Silliness Quiz - Page 384

issybird · 02-22-2012, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

spot,stop,tops,pots,post

Also opts!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

this, sith, hits, shit, hist

Don't like to call foul, but isn't Sith proper?

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

snip pins spin nips

bugga!

nisp?

Heh.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

peal leap pale plea aple (getting rid of double letters

)

Heh.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bookpossum

eats, seat, sate, teas, east.

Yup.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

teas, east, eats, seat, sate

Ooooh!!! Bookpossum beat me.

Also seta and etas.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

Ears, Sear, Eras, Sera, Ares

Yes. And rase.

So I think Bookpossum has two, and Sneaky Snake, Shayne Parkinson and Daithi have one apiece. Do I have that right?

I can think of a few others and I'm sure there are more, so I'll let this run for a bit.

Shayne Parkinson · 02-22-2012, 09:12 PM

earl,lare,rale,real,lear
eels,lees,else,seel,eles
seal,ales,sale,leas,lase

issybird · 02-22-2012, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

earl,lare,rale,real,lear
eels,lees,else,seel,eles
seal,ales,sale,leas,lase

Oy. Can you elucidate regarding lare, lear and eles?

seal, etc is great.

Shayne Parkinson · 02-22-2012, 09:53 PM

From the OED (a handy thing to have on subscription

. I only used it to check, btw, not for inspiration):

lare - a turner's lathe
lear - a lesson; a binding tape; a colour of sheep
ele - obsolete spelling of oil. I may be pushing it on this one...

issybird · 02-22-2012, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

From the OED (a handy thing to have on subscription

. I only used it to check, btw, not for inspiration):

lare - a turner's lathe
lear - a lesson; a binding tape; a colour of sheep
ele - obsolete spelling of oil. I may be pushing it on this one...

LOL, can we split the difference and give you lare, etc., and not the other? Once we go obsolete, all hell will break loose!

Which gives Shayne Parkinson three, Bookpossum two, and Sneaky Snake and Daithi one each.

Shayne Parkinson · 02-22-2012, 09:57 PM

That seems fair.

Edited: "lare" is listed as obsolete, too, so cancel that one.

issybird · 02-22-2012, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

That seems fair.

Edited: "lare" is listed as obsolete, too, so cancel that one.

Bookpossum and Shayne Parkinson at two each, Sneaky Snake and Daithi at one each.

issybird · 02-22-2012, 10:55 PM

OK, let's wrap this up. I've thought of a few others, but I'm sure this isn't exhaustive:

user, sure, suer, rues, ruse
rats, star, tars, arts, tsar
slit, silt, list, tils, lits
rose, roes, ores, sore, eros
slat, lats, salt, last, alts (high pitched musical notes; I had to look that one up)

Bookpossum or Shayne Parkinson should pose the next poser.

Shayne Parkinson · 02-22-2012, 11:03 PM

Go for it, Possum.

Daithi · 02-22-2012, 11:35 PM

I'm cool with Possum giving the next quiz, but I did want to defend "Sith". I'm guessing Issybird was thinking Star Wars, but according to dictionary.com, sith is an archaic adverb that means "since".

Edit: fun quiz by the way.

issybird · 02-22-2012, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daithi

I'm cool with Possum giving the next quiz, but I did want to defend "Sith". I'm guessing Issybird was thinking Star Wars, but according to dictionary.com, sith is an archaic adverb that means "since".

Edit: fun quiz by the way.

I'm sorry. I thought Star Wars as you inferred. I looked it up to check and that's all I found. Mea culpa.

If you've got a question, go for it, I'd say. Keep the ball rolling.

And, thanks!

Bookpossum · 02-23-2012, 12:18 AM

Are we still waiting for Hamlet to come out from behind the arras? In the meantime, here are a few questions with a literary flavour:

1. What is Nero Wolfe's favourite drink during office hours?

2. What did the title character in John Fowles's "The Collector" collect?

3. Who wrote "Good fences make good neighbours"?

4. Who founded Pravda?

5. Where did English novelist Samuel Butler emigrate to in 1859?

SneakySnake · 02-23-2012, 12:23 AM

1. Sheep's blood?
2. Chickens?
3. My dad?
4. The devil Lenin?
5. New Zealand? (you posed this Q only because you are not living there now)

Bookpossum · 02-23-2012, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SneakySnake

1. Sheep's blood?
2. Chickens?
3. My dad?
4. The devil Lenin?
5. New Zealand? (you posed this Q only because you are not living there now)

1.-3. No to these.

4. Yes - Lenin that is, not the Devil!

5. Yes, New Zealand. (But I'm not a Kiwi - born in Oz of English parents.)

So 2 points to SneakySnake.

issybird · 02-23-2012, 12:34 AM

1. Beer
3. Robert Frost

02-22-2012, 09:12 PM	#5747
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	earl,lare,rale,real,lear eels,lees,else,seel,eles seal,ales,sale,leas,lase Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 02-22-2012 at 09:16 PM.

02-22-2012, 09:57 PM	#5751
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	That seems fair. Edited: "lare" is listed as obsolete, too, so cancel that one. Last edited by Shayne Parkinson; 02-22-2012 at 10:00 PM.

02-22-2012, 11:35 PM	#5755
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	I'm cool with Possum giving the next quiz, but I did want to defend "Sith". I'm guessing Issybird was thinking Star Wars, but according to dictionary.com, sith is an archaic adverb that means "since". Edit: fun quiz by the way. Last edited by Daithi; 02-22-2012 at 11:38 PM.

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02-22-2012, 09:53 PM	#5749
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	From the OED (a handy thing to have on subscription . I only used it to check, btw, not for inspiration): lare - a turner's lathe lear - a lesson; a binding tape; a colour of sheep ele - obsolete spelling of oil. I may be pushing it on this one...

02-22-2012, 10:55 PM	#5753
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,210 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	OK, let's wrap this up. I've thought of a few others, but I'm sure this isn't exhaustive: user, sure, suer, rues, ruse rats, star, tars, arts, tsar slit, silt, list, tils, lits rose, roes, ores, sore, eros slat, lats, salt, last, alts (high pitched musical notes; I had to look that one up) Bookpossum or Shayne Parkinson should pose the next poser.

02-22-2012, 11:03 PM	#5754
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Go for it, Possum.

02-23-2012, 12:18 AM	#5757
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,137 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Are we still waiting for Hamlet to come out from behind the arras? In the meantime, here are a few questions with a literary flavour: 1. What is Nero Wolfe's favourite drink during office hours? 2. What did the title character in John Fowles's "The Collector" collect? 3. Who wrote "Good fences make good neighbours"? 4. Who founded Pravda? 5. Where did English novelist Samuel Butler emigrate to in 1859?

02-23-2012, 12:23 AM	#5758
SneakySnake I'm watching you! Posts: 6,113 Karma: 22344652 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis	1. Sheep's blood? 2. Chickens? 3. My dad? 4. The devil Lenin? 5. New Zealand? (you posed this Q only because you are not living there now)

02-23-2012, 12:34 AM	#5760
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,210 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	1. Beer 3. Robert Frost

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