quiz time

chained_bear Wow. Those were tough ones!

Cool quiz though. I'll keep an eye out for the next one. Maybe I'll guess more than one too! Oct 29, 2007

sionnach Closing out this quiz, the remaining answers are Salammbo* for #7, and las Ramblas for #10.

*: or possibly Salammbô, the eponymous heroine of Flaubert's 1862 historical novel, set in Carthage during the tumultuous third century BCE.

las Ramblas is one of Barcelona's main thoroughfares.

Thanks to everyone who contributed answers. if I manage to work up another quiz, I will try to give more advance notice next time. Oct 29, 2007

trivet Not so much French literature as coffee...

Is there a Spanish cognate of amble/ramble? Cause that's my guess for #10.

You can keep your Carthaginian beauty, sionnach, I'm done. I wouldn't mind another quiz, though, 'specially if I'm not late next time. Oct 28, 2007

reesetee Nope, that was trivet, sionnach. (I know we look alike from here.) Oct 28, 2007

sionnach Yes, reesetee! Rimbaud for #8. Oct 28, 2007

trivet Rimbaud? Oct 28, 2007

sionnach Yea! c_b - Columbo it is!

7, 8, and 10 are still open.

10 is actually pretty straightforward, if you've ever been in Barcelona.

7 and 8 are a little more obscure, but surely someone on Wordie has studied 19th century French literature? Oct 28, 2007

chained_bear Columbo? As in, Peter Falk?

Is it really fair to list that word twice even if it's spelled differently?

Just kidding. This was a really clever quiz, sionnach! I wish I were a smarter person, but it's always a learning experience reading your lists! Oct 28, 2007

uselessness Jeesh, could you be any more cryptic? ;-) How about Humperdinck, am I on the right track? Oct 28, 2007

sionnach A one-eyed raincoat model with excellent detective skills, who also appears in "The Princess Bride"?

Does that help? Oct 28, 2007

uselessness Not in the least. ;-) Oct 27, 2007

sionnach David's heavy-handed efforts to lead the witnesses came to naught, apparently....

#4 is Colombo.
#3 is a "raincoat model".

Would it help if I said that we are dealing with a one-eyed raincoat model? Oct 27, 2007

chained_bear We have a lot in common, then, sionnach. I wonder too.
;) Oct 27, 2007

sionnach Yes. Number 4 is Colombo. I wonder what number 3 could be. Oct 27, 2007

uselessness Sri Lanka? So... um... Colombo? Oct 26, 2007

sionnach OK: I'll give a hint on #4. serendipity comes from the kingdom of Serendip, which is nowadays called ? Oct 26, 2007

uselessness Did I say bumbershoot? And the question is about raincoats? Whoops, stupid me. It's Friday and my thoughts are already on the weekend. ;-) Oct 26, 2007

trivet Awww, I'm late.

I'd second a tenative Dido for #7. And for #8, errr...Sambo?

I don't know anything about obscure raincoats. Oct 26, 2007

reesetee I see the "mb" thing going on, but some of these are totally flummoxing. At least I made out better than on Identify the Wordie. ;-) Oct 26, 2007

uselessness I'm still stumped, but here are a couple wild guesses...

3. bumbershoot?
4. stumble?
7. Dido?
8. absolutely no idea
10. ditto that Oct 26, 2007

chained_bear I don't know any of these answers, but I want to add the words adumbra and penumbra and la bamba and rochambeau to this page.

So there! I did. Oct 26, 2007

sionnach 1 = mamba, 2 = gumbo, 5 = limbo, 6=namby-pamby, 9= bomb bus, 11= marimba, 12 = grampas are correct.

Still leaves 3,4,7,8,10. Oct 26, 2007

uselessness I'm pretty clueless, but...

1. mamba
9. bomb bus?
10. amblers? Oct 26, 2007

reesetee Ooh! Let's see....
Okay, I have a few, I think:

2. Gumbo
4. Umbo
5. Limbo
6. Namby-pamby
11. Marimba
12. Grandpas

Back later, unless someone beats me to it (and around here, I wouldn't be surprised). Oct 26, 2007

chained_bear Uhh... No, I can't. *feels really dense*

This looks like fun though! Oct 26, 2007

sionnach 1. Carnaval dance : samba :: venomous reptile : ?
2. flying elephant : Dumbo :: Louisiana purchase : ?
3. Congolese freedom fighter : Lumumba :: raincoat model : ?
4. supersized elephant : jumbo :: center of serendipity : ?
5. supermodel boy toy : himbo :: dance of the unbaptized : ?
6. cute forest critter : Bambi :: insipid and sentimental : ?
7. cheesehead hangout : Lambeau :: Carthaginian beauty : ?
8. toted guns in Vietnam : Rambo :: toted guns in Abyssinia : ?
9. equilateral parallelogram : rhombus :: terrorist tactic : ?
10. Las Vegas denizens : gamblers :: Catalan promenade : ?
11. hands on hips : akimbo :: xylophone : ?
12. home of the gaucho : pampas :: Munster, Walton : ?
Oct 26, 2007