Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 29 02:25PM


> * Game 8, Round 4 - Science - Collective Nouns
 
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
 
weasels
 
> 2. Colony, cloud.
 
bees
 
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
 
ravens
 
> 4. Parliament, stare.
 
owls
 
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
 
butterflies
 
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
 
moles
 
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
 
frogs
 
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
 
ducks
 
 
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
 
EMF
 
 
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
 
Criss Cross
 
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
 
Metropolis and Gotham
 
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
 
Bree
 
> 4. This town in Massachusetts appears in many of H.P. Lovecraft's
> short horror stories.
 
Arkham
 
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
 
Ankh-Morpork
 
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
 
Lake Wobegon
 
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
 
Mos Eisley
 
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_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 29 08:36AM -0700

Mark Brader wrote:
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
 
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
 
crows
 
> 2. Colony, cloud.
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
> 4. Parliament, stare.
 
owls
 
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
 
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
 
penguins
 
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
 
Gotham City and Metropolis
 
> in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
> "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
 
Castle Rock
 
 
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
 
Bree
 
> short horror stories.
 
> 5. Many of Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" novels are set in this,
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
 
Morpork
 
 
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
 
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
 
Lake Wobegon
 
 
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
 
Cabot Cove
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Oct 29 11:42PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ccCdnWGVROiVLkvGnZ2dnUU7-
> all apply to.
 
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
> 2. Colony, cloud.
 
Starling
 
> 3. Unkindness, conspiracy.
 
Crow
 
> 6. Kaleidoscope, flutter, rabble.
> 7. Bale, nest, turn, dole.
> 8. Labor, company, movement.
 
Elephant
 
> 9. Bask, float, congregation.
 
Hippopotamus
 
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
 
> 3. This town in Middle-Earth, just outside the Shire, is known
> for being home to both men and hobbits alike.
 
Hobbiton
 
> the largest and most diverse city on the Disc.
 
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
 
Hogsmeade
 
 
> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
 
Lake Wobegon
 
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
 
> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
 
Pete Gayde
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Oct 30 02:26AM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:ccCdnWGVROiVLkvGnZ2dnUU7-
> type of creature, and you must name the type of creature that they
> all apply to.
 
> 1. Shrewdness, troop.
 
monkeys
 
> 2. Colony, cloud.
 
bees
 
> 4. Parliament, stare.
 
larks
 
> 10. Rookery, colony, huddle; also a raft, if they are in water,
> or a waddle, if they are on land.
 
ducks

 
> The things, you say,
> Your purple prose just gives you away,
> The things, you say...
 
EMF
 
 
> I was alive and I waited, waited,
> I was alive and I waited for this,
> Right here, right now...
 
Jesus Jones

 
> I wish I was little bit taller,
> I wish I was a baller,
> I wish I had a girl who looked good...
 
Skee-Lo
 
 
> Jump, jump,
> The Mac Dad will make you jump, jump,
> A Daddy Mac will make you jump, jump...
 
Kris Kross

 
> Back in your own world,
> Stay with me, stay with me,
> Stay with me, stay with me...
 
Shakespeare's Sister
 
 
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home,
> I know who I want to take me home...
 
Semisonic
 
 
> What if God was one of us?
> Just a slob like one of us,
> Just a stranger on the bus...
 
Joan Osborne

 
> I'm a bitch, I'm a lover,
> I'm a child, I'm a mother,
> I'm a sinner, I'm a saint...
 
Meredith Brooks
 
 
> I'm not sick but I'm not well,
> And I'm so hot 'cause I'm in Hell,
> I'm not sick but I'm not well...
 
Harvey Danger
 
 
> Love me, love me,
> Say that you love me,
> Fool me, fool me...
 
The Cardigans
 
> universe, have been described as "New York during the day"
> and "New York at night" -- which also serves to explain the
> characters who famously reside in them. Name *both*.
 
Metropolis and Gotham City
 
> in Maine. One is the setting of "Cujo", "Stand By Me", and
> "The Dead Zone" among others; the other is the setting of "It",
> "Insomnia", and "11/22/63". Name *either* town.
 
Castle Rock
 
> 6. Harry Potter and his friends required permission from a parent
> or guardian to visit this small town located near their school.
 
Hogsmeade

> 7. Garrison Keillor set most of his stories in this Minnesota town.
 
Lake Wobegon
 
> 9. Fans have calculated that the murder rate of this seaside town
> in Maine, the setting for the TV show "Murder, She Wrote",
> is higher than that of wartime El Salvador or Honduras.
 
Cabot Cove

> 10. This spaceport on Tatooine is described as "a wretched hive
> of scum and villainy".
 
Mos Eisley
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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