Friday, February 19, 2021

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Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Feb 18 09:14PM +0100

> * Game 10, Round 2 - Literature - Sleuthing Pairs
 
> Name the authors who created the following duos:
> 10. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane.
 
Dorothy Sayers
 
 
> We provide the nickname of a jazz musician and their instrument;
> you give us their name or stage name.
 
> 2. "Bird" or "Yardbird"; alto saxophone.
 
Charlie Parker
 
> 3. "Trane"; tenor saxophone.
 
John Coltrane
 
> 4. "The First Lady of Song"; voice.
 
Elle Fitzgerald
 
> 7. "Cannon" or "Cannonball"; alto saxophone.
 
Alderley
 
> 8. "Zoot"; tenor saxophone.
 
Simms
 
> 9. "King of Swing"; clarinet.
 
Charlie Goodman
 
> 10. "Lady Day"; voice.
 
Bille Holliday
Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Feb 18 08:12PM -0600

Mark Brader wrote:
> 2. Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers.
> 3. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.
> 4. Nick and Nora Charles.
 
Hammett
 
> 7. Pam and Jerry North.
> 8. Inspector Thomas Pitt and Charlotte Pitt.
> 9. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
 
Christie
 
 
> We provide the nickname of a jazz musician and their instrument;
> you give us their name or stage name.
 
> 1. "The Velvet Fog"; voice.
 
Mel Torme
 
> 2. "Bird" or "Yardbird"; alto saxophone.
 
Charlie Parker
 
> 3. "Trane"; tenor saxophone.
 
John Coltrane
 
> 4. "The First Lady of Song"; voice.
 
Ella Fitzgerald
 
> 5. "Fatha" [pronounced similarly to "father"]; piano.
 
Earl Hines
 
> 6. "Prez" or "the President"; tenor saxophone.
 
Lester Young
 
> 7. "Cannon" or "Cannonball"; alto saxophone.
 
Cannonball Adderley
 
> 8. "Zoot"; tenor saxophone.
 
Zoot Sims
 
> 9. "King of Swing"; clarinet.
 
Benny Goodman
 
> 10. "Lady Day"; voice.
 
Billie Holiday
 
 
Pete Gayde
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Feb 19 02:27AM


> * Game 10, Round 2 - Literature - Sleuthing Pairs
 
> 3. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.
 
Agatha Christie
 
> 6. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Detective Jim Chee.
 
Tony Hillerman
 
> 9. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin.
 
Rex Stout
 
> 10. Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane.
 
Dorothy Sayers
 
> * Game 10, Round 3 - Entertainment - Jazz Musicians' Nicknames
 
> 1. "The Velvet Fog"; voice.
 
Mel Torme
 
> 2. "Bird" or "Yardbird"; alto saxophone.
 
Charlie Parker
 
> 3. "Trane"; tenor saxophone.
 
John Coltrane
 
> 9. "King of Swing"; clarinet.
 
Benny Goodman
 
> 10. "Lady Day"; voice.
 
Billie Holliday
 
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