| Jason Kreitzer <krei513@aol.com>: Sep 13 08:17AM -0700 On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:47:32 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > driving forces behind the establishment of the Las Vegas Strip. > He was shot to death in 1947 at the Beverly Hills home of his > girlfriend, Virginia Hill. Meyer Lansky > in 1985. He became known as the Dapper Don" for his expensive > clothes, and was later nicknamed the "Teflon Don" after three > high-profile trials in the 1980s each ended in his acquittal. John Gotti > 9. He was associated with the Lucchese family and had Irish and > Sicilian roots. His life story was documented in the true-crime > book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family" by Nicholas Pileggi. Henry Hill |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 13 10:09AM -0700 On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 2:47:32 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. What is the word for "a person who pokes his [or her] head into a > pub to see if there's anyone who might stand him [or her] > a drink"? snecklifter > 2. What 19th century American word means "a shrewd, unprincipled > person, especially a politician"? snollygoster > 3. What do you call "somebody who gives opinions on subjects they > know nothing about"? ultracrepidarian > 4. Vin Diesel will know this. What do you call "a fast or furious > driver"? jehu (vin is jewish?) > 5. Which word means "pretending to work when not actually doing > anything at all"? feague > 6. Staying with work, which word means "to feign sickness in order > to avoid work"? egrote > 7. What is the word for "a cup-shaped coffee cup holder (often > ornamental)"? zarf > 8. This old Scottish verb means "to lay a bottle on its side > for some time so that it may be completely drained of the last > few drops"? duffifie > 9. What do you call "a morbid fear of dinner parties"? deipnophobia > 10. Another Scottish classic, which word means "to chase girls > around among the haystacks after dark"? gongoozle > 1. He is considered the father of modern organized crime in the > United States. He split New York City into five different > Mafia crime families and established the first Commission. lucky luciano > driving forces behind the establishment of the Las Vegas Strip. > He was shot to death in 1947 at the Beverly Hills home of his > girlfriend, Virginia Hill. bugsy siegel > history. He served as consigliere to <answer 1> and later led > that man's crime family for 20 years. He retired in 1957 after > surviving an assassination attempt. frank costello > he became boss of the modern-day Gambino crime family. He was > assassinated in the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel > in 1957. albert anastasia > 5. During the 1920s he helped build the criminal empire known > as the Chicago Outfit, which was inherited by his protege, > Al Capone. johnny torrio > 6. Known as the "Howard Hughes of the mob", in 1976 he succeeded > Carlo Gambino as head of Gambino family. He was assassinated > in 1985. paul castellano > in 1985. He became known as the Dapper Don" for his expensive > clothes, and was later nicknamed the "Teflon Don" after three > high-profile trials in the 1980s each ended in his acquittal. john gotti > to cooperate with the FBI, thus becoming the highest-ranking > member of New York's five families to break his Cosa Nostra > oath and cooperate with the government. Name that underboss. sammy gravano > 9. He was associated with the Lucchese family and had Irish and > Sicilian roots. His life story was documented in the true-crime > book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family" by Nicholas Pileggi. henry hill > the Genovese family from 1981 to 2005. He was also the shooter > in the failed assassination of <answer 3>. He died in prison > in 2005. vincent gigante swp |
| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Sep 13 08:16PM +0100 > 1. What is the word for "a person who pokes his [or her] head into a > pub to see if there's anyone who might stand him [or her] > a drink"? Snecklifter. There's a real ale called that round these parts, made up in Cumbria. > 2. What 19th century American word means "a shrewd, unprincipled > person, especially a politician"? Snollygoster, Ultracrepidarian > 3. What do you call "somebody who gives opinions on subjects they > know nothing about"? Philogrobolize, I assume. Now superceded by "Usenetter" > 4. Vin Diesel will know this. What do you call "a fast or furious > driver"? Duffifie, Egrote > 5. Which word means "pretending to work when not actually doing > anything at all"? Wamblecropt, Zarf > 6. Staying with work, which word means "to feign sickness in order > to avoid work"? Feague, Fudgel > 7. What is the word for "a cup-shaped coffee cup holder (often > ornamental)"? Duffifie, Smicker > 8. This old Scottish verb means "to lay a bottle on its side > for some time so that it may be completely drained of the last > few drops"? Smicker, Sprunt > 9. What do you call "a morbid fear of dinner parties"? Gelotophobia, Deipnophobia > 10. Another Scottish classic, which word means "to chase girls > around among the haystacks after dark"? Gongoozle, Wamblecropt > 1. He is considered the father of modern organized crime in the > United States. He split New York City into five different > Mafia crime families and established the first Commission. Erland "The Swede" Sommarskog > driving forces behind the establishment of the Las Vegas Strip. > He was shot to death in 1947 at the Beverly Hills home of his > girlfriend, Virginia Hill. Mickey Cohen > history. He served as consigliere to <answer 1> and later led > that man's crime family for 20 years. He retired in 1957 after > surviving an assassination attempt. Steven "Brains" Perry > he became boss of the modern-day Gambino crime family. He was > assassinated in the barber shop of the Park Sheraton Hotel > in 1957. Peter "The Notoriously Meticulous" Smyth > 5. During the 1920s he helped build the criminal empire known > as the Chicago Outfit, which was inherited by his protege, > Al Capone. Mark "The Canadian of Intermediate Size" Brader > 6. Known as the "Howard Hughes of the mob", in 1976 he succeeded > Carlo Gambino as head of Gambino family. He was assassinated > in 1985. Howard Hughes (notoriously unimaginative, mob nicknames) > in 1985. He became known as the Dapper Don" for his expensive > clothes, and was later nicknamed the "Teflon Don" after three > high-profile trials in the 1980s each ended in his acquittal. John Gotti > to cooperate with the FBI, thus becoming the highest-ranking > member of New York's five families to break his Cosa Nostra > oath and cooperate with the government. Name that underboss. Mark "The Other Mark" Dashevsky > 9. He was associated with the Lucchese family and had Irish and > Sicilian roots. His life story was documented in the true-crime > book "Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family" by Nicholas Pileggi. Henry Hill (you'd like him, he's a Good Fella) > the Genovese family from 1981 to 2005. He was also the shooter > in the failed assassination of <answer 3>. He died in prison > in 2005. Theopulous P. Mandible |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 13 01:29PM -0700 On Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 3:16:23 PM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote: > > in the failed assassination of <answer 3>. He died in prison > > in 2005. > Theopulous P. Mandible <giggle> swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 13 06:40PM -0500 Gareth Owen: > > Mark "The Canadian of Intermediate Size" Brader Ah, fiction. Stephen Perry: > <giggle> Likewise, plurally! -- Mark Brader "Those who do not know USENET Toronto are doomed to repeat each other." msb@vex.net -- Erik Fair (after George Santayana) |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 13 09:32AM -0700 On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 3:20:12 PM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote: > > Game 2 is over and GARETH OWEN wins. Hearty congratulations! > Thanks. > Note: I *OWN* swp (as long as he spots me a 90-pt head start) challenge accepted! (assuming my master allows it...) swp |
| swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Sep 13 09:36AM -0700 On Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 4:02:37 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > Mark Brader | "How, you may ask, did the mind of man ever excogitate > Toronto | anything so false and foolish? The answer is that the > msb@vex.net | mind of man had nothing to do with it..." --A.E. Housman thank you, Erland. much appreciated. as the question was fundamentally flawed, would you have scored differently for anyone else who gave the correct answer? the flaw was in asking for 2 words, instead of the correct number in his actual address. swp |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 13 06:38PM -0500 Stephen Perry: > as the question was fundamentally flawed, would you have scored > differently for anyone else who gave the correct answer? Other than you, you mean? I shouldn't've, but it's hard to say. -- Mark Brader | "Every year this part of our job gets easier. Toronto | Between Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr, people are msb@vex.net | surveilling *themselves*." --Phil Coulson (Jeffrey Bell) |
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