The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
- Pastor Fireball
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The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
"4-by-4"
Let's see how these two grids grab you. 4 points for every valid foursome with connection, 4 extra points for a perfect grid, and 20 extra points for two perfect grids.
Answers are due by Thursday 5/29 at 4 PM EDT.
Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
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Let's see how these two grids grab you. 4 points for every valid foursome with connection, 4 extra points for a perfect grid, and 20 extra points for two perfect grids.
Answers are due by Thursday 5/29 at 4 PM EDT.
Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
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"[Drumpf's] name alone creates division and anger, whose words inspire dissension and hatred, and can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.'" --Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
- themanintheseersuckersuit
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Zip/Morse/Hays/Guy Codes
Alexander/Cookie/Julius/Herb Dagwood
Jenner/Alexander/Carver/Wagstaff
Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
Oscar/foxtrot/Whiskey/Tango
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Zip/Morse/Hays/Guy Codes
Alexander/Cookie/Julius/Herb Dagwood
Jenner/Alexander/Carver/Wagstaff
Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
Oscar/foxtrot/Whiskey/Tango
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
- franktangredi
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
Spoiler
Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | COOKIE |HERB |JULIUS -- characters from the comic strip Blondie
BELL |HAYS | MORSE | ZIP -- types of code
Grid 2:
FOXTROT| OSCAR | TANGO| WHISKEY -- represent letters in the international alphabet
ALEXANDER | COOKIE |HERB |JULIUS -- characters from the comic strip Blondie
BELL |HAYS | MORSE | ZIP -- types of code
Grid 2:
FOXTROT| OSCAR | TANGO| WHISKEY -- represent letters in the international alphabet
- smilergrogan
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
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People with first and middle name same as first and last name of a U.S. president: Alexander, Carver, Little?, Mason?Pastor Fireball wrote:Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Types of codes: Hays, Morse, Zip, Atlas?
Radio alphabetic code words: Foxtrot, Oscar, Tango, WhiskeyPastor Fireball wrote: Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
Dances: Charleston, Twist, Watusi, Whirlwind?
- ShamelessWeasel
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
BELL | MASON | COOKIE | HERB - Types of jars
Grid 2:
TANGO | WHISKEY | FOXTROT | OSCAR - Words for letters in phonetic alphabet (T, W, F, o)
BELL | MASON | COOKIE | HERB - Types of jars
Grid 2:
TANGO | WHISKEY | FOXTROT | OSCAR - Words for letters in phonetic alphabet (T, W, F, o)
- Bob Juch
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | COOKIE | HERB | JULIUS --- Dagwood characters
GUY | HAYS | MORSE | ZIP --- codes
Grid 2:
FOXTROT | OSCAR | TANGO | WHISKEY --- NATO alphabet
ALEXANDER | COOKIE | HERB | JULIUS --- Dagwood characters
GUY | HAYS | MORSE | ZIP --- codes
Grid 2:
FOXTROT | OSCAR | TANGO | WHISKEY --- NATO alphabet
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Pastor Fireball
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 7, Wednesday
The five who played this round managed to get a few points on the board.
Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Lots of inventors, famous Richards, and jars in this grid. It probably shouldn't surprise you that the perfect solution included none of those categories.
1. GUY | HAYS | MORSE | ZIP
_____ code. The Hays Code concerned censorship in motion pictures between the 1930s-1960s.
2. ALEXANDER | COOKIE | HERB | JULIUS
Characters in the comic strip Blondie. Julius is Mr. Dithers' first name.
3. BELL | CARVER | LITTLE | WAGSTAFF
These were also fictional characters, but in something a little darker than a comic strip.
Characters on "The Wire". Stringer Bell, Ellis Carver, Omar Little, and Randy Wagstaff.
4. ATLAS | DAWSON | JENNER | MASON
I would have doubled over if anybody had spotted this category.
Craters on the Moon.
Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
The dances were obvious, but not in the perfect solution.
1. FOXTROT | OSCAR | TANGO | WHISKEY
Everybody got this one. Letters of the NATO phonetic alphabet.
2. BRASS | HAWK | POCKET | TWIST
Charles Dickens characters. Sampson Brass, Sir Mulberry Hawk, Matthew Pocket, and the famous Oliver Twist.
3. ESCAPE | SHOGUN | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND
Things written by James Clavell.
4. CHARLESTON | GOULASH | PONG | RED DRAGON
Mahjongg terms.
5/26 + 5/27 + 5/28 Scores (8 participants)
Bob Juch - 18 + 36 + 12 = 66
themanintheseersuckersuit - 10 + 8 + 12 = 30
franktangredi - 4 + 12 + 12 = 28
ShamelessWeasel - 4 + 14 + 8 = 26
smilergrogan - 6 + 10 + 8 = 24
jarnon - 2 + 10 + 0 = 12
kroxquo - 2 + 10 + 0 = 12
Bob78164 - 4 + 6 + 0 = 10
Grid 1:
ALEXANDER | ATLAS | BELL | CARVER
COOKIE | DAWSON | GUY | HAYS
HERB | JENNER | JULIUS | LITTLE
MASON | MORSE | WAGSTAFF | ZIP
Lots of inventors, famous Richards, and jars in this grid. It probably shouldn't surprise you that the perfect solution included none of those categories.
1. GUY | HAYS | MORSE | ZIP
_____ code. The Hays Code concerned censorship in motion pictures between the 1930s-1960s.
2. ALEXANDER | COOKIE | HERB | JULIUS
Characters in the comic strip Blondie. Julius is Mr. Dithers' first name.
3. BELL | CARVER | LITTLE | WAGSTAFF
These were also fictional characters, but in something a little darker than a comic strip.
Characters on "The Wire". Stringer Bell, Ellis Carver, Omar Little, and Randy Wagstaff.
4. ATLAS | DAWSON | JENNER | MASON
I would have doubled over if anybody had spotted this category.
Craters on the Moon.
Grid 2:
BRASS | CHARLESTON | ESCAPE | FOXTROT
GOULASH | HAWK | OSCAR | POCKET
PONG | RED DRAGON | SHOGUN | TANGO
TWIST | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND | WHISKEY
The dances were obvious, but not in the perfect solution.
1. FOXTROT | OSCAR | TANGO | WHISKEY
Everybody got this one. Letters of the NATO phonetic alphabet.
2. BRASS | HAWK | POCKET | TWIST
Charles Dickens characters. Sampson Brass, Sir Mulberry Hawk, Matthew Pocket, and the famous Oliver Twist.
3. ESCAPE | SHOGUN | WATUSI | WHIRLWIND
Things written by James Clavell.
4. CHARLESTON | GOULASH | PONG | RED DRAGON
Mahjongg terms.
5/26 + 5/27 + 5/28 Scores (8 participants)
Bob Juch - 18 + 36 + 12 = 66
themanintheseersuckersuit - 10 + 8 + 12 = 30
franktangredi - 4 + 12 + 12 = 28
ShamelessWeasel - 4 + 14 + 8 = 26
smilergrogan - 6 + 10 + 8 = 24
jarnon - 2 + 10 + 0 = 12
kroxquo - 2 + 10 + 0 = 12
Bob78164 - 4 + 6 + 0 = 10
"[Drumpf's] name alone creates division and anger, whose words inspire dissension and hatred, and can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.'" --Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)