Silliness Quiz - Page 953

orlok · 07-09-2014, 04:59 AM

8. Howard Philip Lovecraft?

pdurrant · 07-09-2014, 08:04 AM

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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft: orlok - 2 points
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
orlok: 2 points

(Philip was close enough!)

doubleshuffle · 07-09-2014, 08:13 AM

Ok, some pure blind guessing:

6. Robert Anton Heinlein
7. Benoit Bruce Mandelbrot
12. Leonard Frank Baum
13. Stephen Marc Stirling
14. Ralph Alfred MacAvoy
15. Thomas Kevin Frederic Weisskopf
18. Ernest Charles Tubb

pdurrant · 07-09-2014, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Ok, some pure blind guessing:

6. Robert Anton Heinlein
7. Benoit Bruce Mandelbrot
12. Leonard Frank Baum
13. Stephen Marc Stirling
14. Ralph Alfred MacAvoy
15. Thomas Kevin Frederic Weisskopf
18. Ernest Charles Tubb

6. Near, but not close enough
7. Nowhere near right.
12. You probably won't get this one by guessing
13. A point! Stephen is right!
14. No. Wrong sex.
15. No. Wrong sex.
18. Another point! Charles is right.

pdurrant · 07-09-2014, 11:25 AM

[QUOTE=pdurrant;2868415]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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft: orlok - 2 points
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. Stephen M Stirling: doubleshuffle - 1 point
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 Charles Tubb: doubleshuffle - 1 point
19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points
20 Clifford Donald Simak: poohbear_nc - 1 point

doubleshuffle: 8 points
HIMS: 6 points
poohbear_nc: 6 points
Shayne: 3 points
orlok: 2 points

Guess away! There are still nine points available, so it's anyone's game.

doubleshuffle · 07-09-2014, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

7. Nowhere near right.

Well, that one was a bit of a joke anyway...

pdurrant · 07-10-2014, 02:01 PM

OK, time to call this one to a close. The missing answers:

Robert Anson Heinlein (so close, doubleshuffle!)
Benoit B Mandelbrot: It doesn't stand for anything, although it has been suggested it stands for Benoit B Mandelbrot.

Lyman Frank Baum
Stephen Michael Stirling
Roberta Ann MacAvoy
Toni Katherine Flora Weisskopf (OK, the Toni is Antonia, but those are the initials she writes under.)

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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft: orlok - 2 points
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. Stephen M Stirling: doubleshuffle - 1 point
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 Charles Tubb: doubleshuffle - 1 point
19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points
20 Clifford Donald Simak: poohbear_nc - 1 point

doubleshuffle: 8 points
HIMS: 6 points
poohbear_nc: 6 points
Shayne: 3 points
orlok: 2 points

I declare doubleshuffle the winner!

Over to you!

doubleshuffle · 07-10-2014, 03:24 PM

All right. Next quiz: Match authors and the jobs they worked in at one time in their lives (or some of them their whole lives).

Douglas Adams
William S. Burroughs
John Clare
Don DeLillo
William Faulkner
Zane Grey
Thomas Hardy
Joseph Heller
Langston Hughes
John Keats
Stephen King
Philip Larkin
Harper Lee
Hilary Mantel
Herman Melville
George Orwell
Anne Rice
J. D. Salinger
Kurt Vonnegut
William Carlos Williams

architect
blacksmith's apprentice
bodyguard
car dealer
customs inspector
dentist
doctor
entertainment director on a luxury liner
exterminator
high school janitor
hotel busboy
insurance claims examiner
librarian
lime burner
parking attendant
police officer
reservation clerk for an airline
social worker
surgeon's assistant
university postmaster

HomeInMyShoes · 07-10-2014, 04:56 PM

Kurt Vonnegut - car dealer
Douglas Adams - bodyguard

probably the only ones I know anything about other than reading books

doubleshuffle · 07-10-2014, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Kurt Vonnegut - car dealer
Douglas Adams - bodyguard

Very good. Vonnegut sold Saabs, and Adams was a bodyguard for a Qatari oil tycoon family. 2 points to HIMS, 18 more up for grabs. Don't hesitate to guess.

pdurrant · 07-10-2014, 05:14 PM

George Orwell: University Postmaster

doubleshuffle · 07-10-2014, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

George Orwell: University Postmaster

Sorry, no.

Shayne Parkinson · 07-10-2014, 05:22 PM

Thomas Hardy: architect.

doubleshuffle · 07-10-2014, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shayne Parkinson

Thomas Hardy: architect.

Correct.

Bilbo1967 · 07-10-2014, 05:46 PM

Philip Larkin: Librarian

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07-09-2014, 04:59 AM	#14281
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	8. Howard Philip Lovecraft?

07-09-2014, 08:04 AM	#14282
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft: orlok - 2 points 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 orlok: 2 points (Philip was close enough!)

07-09-2014, 08:13 AM	#14283
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,923 Karma: 185041098 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	Ok, some pure blind guessing: 6. Robert Anton Heinlein 7. Benoit Bruce Mandelbrot 12. Leonard Frank Baum 13. Stephen Marc Stirling 14. Ralph Alfred MacAvoy 15. Thomas Kevin Frederic Weisskopf 18. Ernest Charles Tubb

07-09-2014, 11:25 AM	#14285
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	[QUOTE=pdurrant;2868415]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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft: orlok - 2 points 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. Stephen M Stirling: doubleshuffle - 1 point 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 Charles Tubb: doubleshuffle - 1 point 19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points 20 Clifford Donald Simak: poohbear_nc - 1 point doubleshuffle: 8 points HIMS: 6 points poohbear_nc: 6 points Shayne: 3 points orlok: 2 points Guess away! There are still nine points available, so it's anyone's game.

07-10-2014, 02:01 PM	#14287
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	OK, time to call this one to a close. The missing answers: Robert Anson Heinlein (so close, doubleshuffle!) Benoit B Mandelbrot: It doesn't stand for anything, although it has been suggested it stands for Benoit B Mandelbrot. Lyman Frank Baum Stephen Michael Stirling Roberta Ann MacAvoy Toni Katherine Flora Weisskopf (OK, the Toni is Antonia, but those are the initials she writes under.) 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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft: orlok - 2 points 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. Stephen M Stirling: doubleshuffle - 1 point 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 Charles Tubb: doubleshuffle - 1 point 19 Pelham Grenville Wodehouse: HIMS - 2 points 20 Clifford Donald Simak: poohbear_nc - 1 point doubleshuffle: 8 points HIMS: 6 points poohbear_nc: 6 points Shayne: 3 points orlok: 2 points I declare doubleshuffle the winner! Over to you!

07-10-2014, 03:24 PM	#14288
doubleshuffle Unicycle Daredevil Posts: 13,923 Karma: 185041098 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Planet of the Pudding Brains Device: Aura HD (R.I.P. After six years the USB socket died.) tolino shine 3	All right. Next quiz: Match authors and the jobs they worked in at one time in their lives (or some of them their whole lives). Douglas Adams William S. Burroughs John Clare Don DeLillo William Faulkner Zane Grey Thomas Hardy Joseph Heller Langston Hughes John Keats Stephen King Philip Larkin Harper Lee Hilary Mantel Herman Melville George Orwell Anne Rice J. D. Salinger Kurt Vonnegut William Carlos Williams architect blacksmith's apprentice bodyguard car dealer customs inspector dentist doctor entertainment director on a luxury liner exterminator high school janitor hotel busboy insurance claims examiner librarian lime burner parking attendant police officer reservation clerk for an airline social worker surgeon's assistant university postmaster

07-10-2014, 04:56 PM	#14289
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Kurt Vonnegut - car dealer Douglas Adams - bodyguard probably the only ones I know anything about other than reading books

07-10-2014, 05:14 PM	#14291
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	George Orwell: University Postmaster

07-10-2014, 05:22 PM	#14293
Shayne Parkinson Author Posts: 1,532 Karma: 5447804 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab	Thomas Hardy: architect.

07-10-2014, 05:46 PM	#14295
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Philip Larkin: Librarian

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