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Old 07-08-2014, 07:47 AM   #14266
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Old 07-08-2014, 01:21 PM   #14267
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While I wait for my train, I'll post a quiz.

Names from Initials. One point per name.

1. Herbert George Wells: HIMS - 2 points
2. Lucy Maud Montgomery: HIMS - 2 points
3. J R R Tolkien
4. Edward Frederic Benson: poohbear_nc - 2 points
5. Joanne K Rowling: doubleshuffle - 1 point
6. Robert A Heinlein
7. Benoit B Mandelbrot
8. H P Lovecraft
9. Henry Rider Haggard: doubleshuffle - 1 point
10. Gilbert Keith Chesterton: doubleshuffle - 2 points
11. Edith Nesbit: doubleshuffle - 1 point
12. L Frank Baum
13. S M Stirling
14 R A MacAvoy
15 T K F Weisskopf
16 Ursula Kroeber LeGuin: poohbear_nc - 1 point
17 Carolyn Janice Cherryh: poohbear_nc - 2 points
18 E C Tubb
19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points
20 Clifford D Simak

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Old 07-08-2014, 01:44 PM   #14268
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:04 PM   #14269
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:05 PM   #14270
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:06 PM   #14271
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:07 PM   #14272
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:11 PM   #14273
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3. Isn't one of the Rs in Tolkien's name for Reuel?
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:16 PM   #14274
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Names from Initials. One point per name.

1. Herbert George Wells: HIMS - 2 points
2. Lucy Maud Montgomery: HIMS - 2 points
3. J R R Tolkien
4. Edward Frederic Benson: poohbear_nc - 2 points
5. Joanne K Rowling: doubleshuffle - 1 point
6. Robert A Heinlein
7. Benoit B Mandelbrot
8. H P Lovecraft
9. Henry Rider Haggard: doubleshuffle - 1 point
10. Gilbert Keith Chesterton: doubleshuffle - 2 points
11. Edith Nesbit: doubleshuffle - 1 point
12. L Frank Baum
13. S M Stirling
14 R A MacAvoy
15 T K F Weisskopf
16 Ursula Kroeber LeGuin: poohbear_nc - 1 point
17 Carolyn Janice Cherryh: poohbear_nc - 2 points
18 E C Tubb
19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points
20 Clifford D Simak

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Old 07-08-2014, 03:16 PM   #14275
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3. Isn't one of the Rs in Tolkien's name for Reuel?
Pick one!
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:21 PM   #14276
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Pick one!
OK, the second one.
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Old 07-08-2014, 03:40 PM   #14277
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Old 07-08-2014, 05:03 PM   #14278
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Names from Initials. One point per name.

1. Herbert George Wells: HIMS - 2 points
2. Lucy Maud Montgomery: HIMS - 2 points
3. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: doubleshuffle - 1 point, Shayne - 2 points
4. Edward Frederic Benson: poohbear_nc - 2 points
5. Joanne Kathleen Rowling: doubleshuffle - 1 point, Shayne - 1 point
6. Robert A Heinlein
7. Benoit B Mandelbrot
8. H P Lovecraft
9. Henry Rider Haggard: doubleshuffle - 1 point
10. Gilbert Keith Chesterton: doubleshuffle - 2 points
11. Edith Nesbit: doubleshuffle - 1 point
12. L Frank Baum
13. S M Stirling
14 R A MacAvoy
15 T K F Weisskopf
16 Ursula Kroeber LeGuin: poohbear_nc - 1 point
17 Carolyn Janice Cherryh: poohbear_nc - 2 points
18 E C Tubb
19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points
20 Clifford D Simak
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Old 07-08-2014, 06:06 PM   #14279
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Old 07-09-2014, 04:30 AM   #14280
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Names from Initials. One point per name.

1. Herbert George Wells: HIMS - 2 points
2. Lucy Maud Montgomery: HIMS - 2 points
3. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: doubleshuffle - 1 point, Shayne - 2 points
4. Edward Frederic Benson: poohbear_nc - 2 points
5. Joanne Kathleen Rowling: doubleshuffle - 1 point, Shayne - 1 point
6. Robert A Heinlein
7. Benoit B Mandelbrot
8. H P Lovecraft
9. Henry Rider Haggard: doubleshuffle - 1 point
10. Gilbert Keith Chesterton: doubleshuffle - 2 points
11. Edith Nesbit: doubleshuffle - 1 point
12. L Frank Baum
13. S M Stirling
14 R A MacAvoy
15 T K F Weisskopf
16 Ursula Kroeber LeGuin: poohbear_nc - 1 point
17 Carolyn Janice Cherryh: poohbear_nc - 2 points
18 E C Tubb
19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points
20 Clifford Donald Simak: poohbear_nc - 1 point

HIMS: 6 points
doubleshuffle: 6 points
poohbear_nc: 6 points
Shayne: 3 points

Unless I've mis-counted it's a three-way tie at the top! And lots more points available!
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