A list of 27 words by sionnach.
- tubman appears on just this list
- thrush appears on 37 other lists
- syllabub appears on 28 other lists
- haplography appears on 19 other lists
- cynosure appears on 168 other lists
- háp-háp appears on just this list
- hadji appears on 5 other lists
- le corbusier appears on 1 other list
- psychopomp appears on 74 other lists
- l'enfant et les sortilèges appears on just this list
- marfan syndrome appears on 3 other lists
- nyx appears on 8 other lists
- siegel appears on just this list
- crotchety appears on 27 other lists
- curious appears on 46 other lists
- ellison appears on just this list
- cousin bette appears on just this list
- reading gaol appears on just this list
- colporteur appears on 30 other lists
- cliometrics appears on 5 other lists
- pecorous appears on 7 other lists
- insolent appears on 95 other lists
- 112118 appears on 1 other list
- cardigan appears on 25 other lists
- david blaine appears on just this list
- colgar los guantes appears on just this list
- sucrer les fraises appears on 1 other list
uselessness David Blaine is the poor man's Derren Brown. Dec 19, 2007
sionnach #27 - guantes : colgar :: fraises : sucrer.
#28. Answer is insolent, to see why, check the geographic location of the Isle of Wight.
#25. seagull is probably a better answer than Siegel.
#22. From the numbering of Mozart symphonies, answer is 31. Dec 19, 2007
sionnach #26: cold irritant : chilblain :: cool irritant : David Blaine.
(Does anyone not find David Blaine irritating?) Dec 19, 2007
sionnach burger : 97 :: hot dog : 78
Clear as mud, right? Would it help if I replaced 'hot dog' by 'Frankfurter', and 'burger' by 'Burger'? Dec 19, 2007
sionnach seanahan is correct on clue # 12.
Clue # 3 is also related to atomic numbers: see note under the answer 112118
Clue # 15: answer is 1
The logic derives from S.I. units : exa- is the prefix for 10^18 ; deca is the prefix for 10^1 (now reverse the prefixes and the exponents) Dec 19, 2007
seanahan 12. From the hint, element 63 is europium, and element 95 is americium. Dec 19, 2007
rolig #24. La Cousine Bette (used Wikipedia). Dec 18, 2007
rolig #10. Wilde prison: Reading Gaol Dec 18, 2007
sionnach I'm going to give this 24 more hours and then post all the answers. Some fairly heavy-handed hints are given below (though I'm not associating them with specific clues). Remaining answers have to do with:
the periodic table - literature by Honore - literature by Oscar - music by Wolfgang - the Crimean war - the supreme court - death - cows - geography - the Muses - pop culture bozo - units of measurement Dec 18, 2007
sionnach Oh no! My sources revealed. Shock! Horror! Dec 15, 2007
mollusque Given that hint, I went all out on Google, and ended up finding the source of the question: gaelstat.com/Documents/powerquiz2005answers.doc. The answer is not a word I know, so I'll leave it for others to try to figure out. Dec 15, 2007
sionnach Mollusque: no for Polyphemus on #7. Hint - it is a 'sound alike' clue - the answer is acoustically reminiscent of part of the clue; in this case very reminiscent. Dec 15, 2007
mollusque 7. “It’s De Lovely�? : Cole Porter :: bible salesman : Polyphemus?
Dec 15, 2007
sionnach #4 solved, I think, by the joint efforts of seanahan (who was on the right track) and sarra (who brought it home). The invisible part of the clue was, of course, the word invisible. Dec 15, 2007
sarra Oh gosh, now I understand 4 but my knowledge is lacking! My survey says—Ellison? Dec 15, 2007
seanahan 4. Marx? Dec 15, 2007
skipvia You can always count on me to take the low road, si. Dec 15, 2007
sionnach Looking at clue #28, I think perhaps it's not entirely fair. The answer is not a direct analogy; rather it has to do with the geographical location of the Isle of Wight. I will say no more.... Dec 15, 2007
sionnach Skipvia: I had the same idea, but suppressed it, knowing that someone wouldn't be able to resist. You didn't disappoint! :-) Dec 15, 2007
bilby Sionnach mentioned no overarching theme. In the Spears case, we can probably assume no underarching theme and advise paparazzi accordingly. Dec 15, 2007
skipvia Now, that's getting a little personal, isn't it? I mean, just because Britney doesn't wear underwear, I'm not sure you should call her...Oh...wait...annus. Oh. I get it. Never mind... Dec 15, 2007
sionnach r_t: Why, yes it is.
Britney fans: before you fire off those e-mails of protest, consider the woman's recent annus horribilis and you will have to acknowledge that the designation 'white trash' is sadly appropriate. Dec 14, 2007
trivet errr... Is #30 curious? Dec 14, 2007
sarra hahaha! 18. crotchety! Dec 14, 2007
sionnach A few hints:
literary clues - 4, 10, 24
science clues - 3, 12, 15
musical clues - 18, 22
popular culture clues - 26, 30
'sounds like' clues - 7, 24, 29, 30 Dec 14, 2007
sionnach Hmmm. I guess the Saturnalian shopping frenzy has choked off the creative juices of assorted wordizens. Dec 14, 2007
trivet For 25 - Siegel, then? Dec 11, 2007
rolig Hey, thanks! I seem to be stumped on the rest, though. Could No. 10 be "zoo"? And No. 18, "quivering"? Dec 11, 2007
sionnach Trivet: "harrah" is not right for #25, though you are on the right track.
Rolig rocks on these clues! Dec 10, 2007
trivet Hmmmm....
2-if not what rolig said, Bolero?
5-THRUSH?
19-Marfan
25-harrah???? Dec 9, 2007
rolig 21. night or Nyx
According to Hesiod, Night (Nyx) was born of Chaos, and Nemesis was born of Night. Dec 9, 2007
rolig 10. penitentiary perhaps? - though I don't get the "wild" part. Dec 9, 2007
rolig Would No. 2 be "L'Enfant et les sortilèges" ("The Child and the Spells"), also a "lyric fantasy" in which a child has to deal with objects coming to life. Dec 9, 2007
sionnach Very good, rolig: all three are correct. Dec 9, 2007
rolig Think these are right:
9. hajji
16. Le Corbusier
17. psychopomp Dec 9, 2007
sionnach mollusque: yes on #8; no on the other three Dec 9, 2007
mollusque 8. ribit-ribit oink-oink : quack-quack : bre-ke-ke röf-röf-röf : háp-háp
10. safe haven : sanctuary :: wild prison : hellhole
14. astronomy, physics :astrophysics ::history, statistics : psychohistory
28. Isle of Man : masculine :: Isle of Wight : human Dec 9, 2007
sarra hmm! Dec 9, 2007
sionnach 'genderless" is not the answer to question 28. Dec 8, 2007
mollusque 6. easy job : sinecure :: guiding light : cynosure Dec 8, 2007
sarra 13. haplography. ugh! I had to Google.
23. syllabub
28. genderless! Curiously, etymonline points out the archaic word wight is not to do with the Isle's Wight. Some speculation on the roots of the Manx Man can be found in this book chapter. Dec 8, 2007
rolig Could 5 be "thrush"? Dec 8, 2007
seanahan 1. Tubman (Harriet is the clue, if that helps with the others, as well as Underground Railroad)
After getting the first, I thought the rest would be easy, but I couldn't get any of them at first glance. Dec 8, 2007
sionnach 1. author : Beecher Stowe :: subway conductor :
2. Dukas : The Sorcerer’s Apprentice :: Ravel
3. Indy : 4966 :: NASCAR :
4. hand : Smith :: man :
5. Hatfield : McCoy :: uncle :
6. easy job : sinecure :: guiding light :
7. “It’s De Lovely�? : Cole Porter :: bible salesman :
8. ribit-ribit oink-oink : quack-quack : bre-ke-ke röf-röf-röf
9. Holy war : jihad :: accomplished pilgrim :
10. safe haven : sanctuary :: wild prison :
11. burger : 97 :: hot dog :
12. Europe : 63 :: America
13. accellerando : dittography :: ralentando :
14. astronomy, physics :astrophysics ::history, statistics :
15. axe : 81 :: aced :
16. creator of high spirits : Courvoisier :: creator of high-rises :
17. Boston strangler : psychopath :: Grim Reaper :
18. tremulous : quavering :: irritable :
19. Arthur : bright :: Lincoln :
20. heavy : Scarlett : light :
21. night : chaos :: nemesis :
22. Prague : 38 :: Paris :
23. course outline : syllabus :: cream-based dessert :
24. baby kitten : fuzzy pet :: poor relation :
25. mirage : win :: flamingo :
26. cold irritant : chilblain :: cool irritant :
27. guantes : colgar :: fraises :
28. Isle of Man : masculine :: Isle of Wight :
29. proper : decorous :: Wisconsin :
30. inauthentic : spurious :: white trash fragrance : Dec 8, 2007