Do You Know This (III)...

Grey_Wolf · 04-12-2007, 06:13 PM

We continue the Lit session in this new game thread...

For all newcomers here is an explanation of the game:

In the current Literature session I post a discription of an author and a few of works in clue-form.

When you have guessed correctly I edit in your answers in the original post containing the text on the author and the list of clued works.

After that I write this - Well done, "your name"!

You may continue.

Sometimes, if the thread havent been touched for a while, I move the entire text of the post to a new post to bump it up for attention or I simply post a new author.

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American author, who wrote over 70 detective novels, 46 of them featuring eccentric, chubby, beer drinking gourmet sleuth Nero Wolfe, whose wisecracking aide and right hand assistant in crime solving was Archie Goodwin. He started his literary career for the pulps, publishing romance, adventure, some borderline detective stories. After 1938 he focused solely on the mystery field.
= Rex Stout

931 – Deadly snake = Fer-de-lance
932 – Group of scared persons = League of Frightened Men
933 – Leader disappears = The President Vanishes
934 – Royal award = A Prize for the Princes
935 – Produce breezed away = Seed On the Wind
936 – Occurance in Australia = Forest Fire
937 – Important in a court of law = A Question of Proof
938 – Lousily kept books = Bad For Business
939 – Not a chance = Over My Dead Body

sun-star · 04-14-2007, 09:42 AM

Rex Stout

933 – The President Vanishes
934 – A Prize for the Princes

Grey_Wolf · 04-14-2007, 01:08 PM

Well done, Sun-star!

U may continue.

Grey_Wolf · 04-15-2007, 03:46 AM

American writer and philanthropist, best-known for an anti-slavery novel . She wrote the work in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which made it illegal to assist an escaped slave. In the story the lead is bought and sold three times and finally beaten to death by his last owner. The book was quickly translated into 37 languages and it sold in five years over half a million copies in the United States. It was also among the most popular plays of the 19th century. = Harriet Beecher Stowe

940 – Religious wanderer's children = Descendants of the Pilgrims
941 – Bombadil's house = Uncle Tom's Cabin
942 – Depressing soaked place's story = A Tale of Great Dismal Swamp
943 – Highly placed politician's prewedding behaviour = The Minister's Wooing
944 – Small red long-tailed royally hunted predators = Little Foxes
945 – An adult pairv = My Wife and I
946 – Holy past: A look on ladies = Women in Sacred History
947 – What Jerusalem's citizens placed at Jesus's feet = Palmetto leaves
948 – The community = We and Our Neighbours
949 – Sniffing about = A Dog’s Mission

sun-star · 04-16-2007, 06:48 AM

Harriet Beecher Stowe

941 – Uncle Tom's Cabin
943 – The Minister's Wooing
944 – Little Foxes
946 – Women in Sacred History

Grey_Wolf · 04-16-2007, 07:50 AM

Well done, Sun-star!

U may continue.

sun-star · 04-16-2007, 12:19 PM

942 – A Tale of Great Dismal Swamp
948 – We and Our Neighbours

Grey_Wolf · 04-16-2007, 12:23 PM

Well done, Sun-star!

U may continue.

Grey_Wolf · 12-12-2007, 04:17 AM

A general one, a usa session (based on a lp guide of USA) and a uk session (based on a lp guide of Britain) which pretty much took up DYKT editions I and II and then the LITERATURE session which began in II and continued in III.

Nautipus · 12-12-2007, 09:08 AM

Wow, that's a broad spectrum. Why not a basic sciences session, like geography or something?

Grey_Wolf · 12-12-2007, 12:53 PM

Nice - thanks for the suggestion - Ill try to compile clues accordingingly.

Grey_Wolf · 12-12-2007, 01:39 PM

Subject: Chemistry

0001 – Comprises a part water that can also be turned into a horrific bomb. = Hydrogen

0002 – It is ubiquitous in all known lifeforms, and in the human body it is the second most abundant element by mass. = Carbon

0003 – It is the largest single component of the Earth's atmosphere = Nitrogen

0004 – It is the 3rd most abundant element in the universe by mass and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust, as well as the most abundant element by mass in the human body. = Oxygen

0005 – It is a component of DNA and RNA and an essential element for all living cells. Due to its high reactivity, it is never found as a free element in nature.
= Phosphorus

0006 - Its commercial uses are primarily in fertilizers, but it is also widely used in gunpowder, matches, insecticides and fungicides. = Sulphur

0007 – It is an essential component of the enzyme glutathione. = Selenium

...this concludes the First Group of the Periodic System-session...

Nautipus · 12-12-2007, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Subject: Chemistry

0001 – Comprises a part water that can also be turned into a horrific bomb.

0002 – It is ubiquitous in all known lifeforms, and in the human body it is the second most abundant element by mass.

0003 – It is the largest single component of the Earth's atmosphere

0004 – It is the 3rd most abundant element in the universe by mass and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust, as well as the most abundant element by mass in the human body.

0005 – It is a component of DNA and RNA and an essential element for all living cells. Due to its high reactivity, it is never found as a free element in nature.

1: Hydrogen?
2:Carbon
3:Nitrogen
4: Oxygen
5:Im going to guess phosphate.

Grey_Wolf · 12-12-2007, 02:58 PM

Well done, Nautie!

U may continue.

Nautipus · 12-12-2007, 03:53 PM

Thanks, GW

Subject: Biology(how hard can these be?)

1: Produces 4 haploid daughter cells (process)

2: The protein that give DNA its shape.

3: Largest cell in humans

4: The structure that amoebas use for locomotion

5: The main characterizing structure of the phylum Foraminifera

**Mari** · 12-18-2007, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautipus

(how hard can these be?)

*feels like an idiot*

Grey_Wolf · 12-27-2007, 12:34 PM

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***Earniel*** · 12-27-2007, 03:16 PM

I'd like to take another stab at this, GW, but the questions are rather hard for non-chemist people like mr.

008: Radium?

010: Kalium?

Nautipus · 01-08-2008, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautipus

Subject: Biology(how hard can these be?)

I was actually asking how hard they are supposed to be, as in difficulty level.

Sorry I didnt make myself clear. What is this AUSBRICAN thing?

***Earniel*** · 01-08-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautipus

I was actually asking how hard they are supposed to be, as in difficulty level.

Sorry I didnt make myself clear.

Oh, I see. Sorry.

I don't think there's a limit on difficulty. However, when questions are too difficult, they'll likely remain unanswered and that kind of defeats the purpose of the game.

04-12-2007, 06:13 PM	#1
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Do You Know This (III)... We continue the Lit session in this new game thread... For all newcomers here is an explanation of the game: In the current Literature session I post a discription of an author and a few of works in clue-form. When you have guessed correctly I edit in your answers in the original post containing the text on the author and the list of clued works. After that I write this - Well done, "your name"! You may continue. Sometimes, if the thread havent been touched for a while, I move the entire text of the post to a new post to bump it up for attention or I simply post a new author. ****************** American author, who wrote over 70 detective novels, 46 of them featuring eccentric, chubby, beer drinking gourmet sleuth Nero Wolfe, whose wisecracking aide and right hand assistant in crime solving was Archie Goodwin. He started his literary career for the pulps, publishing romance, adventure, some borderline detective stories. After 1938 he focused solely on the mystery field. = Rex Stout 931 – Deadly snake = Fer-de-lance 932 – Group of scared persons = League of Frightened Men 933 – Leader disappears = The President Vanishes 934 – Royal award = A Prize for the Princes 935 – Produce breezed away = Seed On the Wind 936 – Occurance in Australia = Forest Fire 937 – Important in a court of law = A Question of Proof 938 – Lousily kept books = Bad For Business 939 – Not a chance = Over My Dead Body** Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 09-28-2008 at 05:27 AM.

04-14-2007, 09:42 AM	#2
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Rex Stout 933 – The President Vanishes 934 – A Prize for the Princes __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-15-2007, 03:46 AM	#4
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	American writer and philanthropist, best-known for an anti-slavery novel . She wrote the work in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which made it illegal to assist an escaped slave. In the story the lead is bought and sold three times and finally beaten to death by his last owner. The book was quickly translated into 37 languages and it sold in five years over half a million copies in the United States. It was also among the most popular plays of the 19th century. = Harriet Beecher Stowe 940 – Religious wanderer's children = Descendants of the Pilgrims 941 – Bombadil's house = Uncle Tom's Cabin 942 – Depressing soaked place's story = A Tale of Great Dismal Swamp 943 – Highly placed politician's prewedding behaviour = The Minister's Wooing 944 – Small red long-tailed royally hunted predators = Little Foxes 945 – An adult pairv = My Wife and I 946 – Holy past: A look on ladies = Women in Sacred History 947 – What Jerusalem's citizens placed at Jesus's feet = Palmetto leaves 948 – The community = We and Our Neighbours 949 – Sniffing about = A Dog’s Mission Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 04-19-2007 at 04:19 AM.

04-16-2007, 06:48 AM	#5
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	Harriet Beecher Stowe 941 – Uncle Tom's Cabin 943 – The Minister's Wooing 944 – Little Foxes 946 – Women in Sacred History __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-16-2007, 12:19 PM	#7
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	942 – A Tale of Great Dismal Swamp 948 – We and Our Neighbours __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-14-2007, 01:08 PM	#3
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, Sun-star! U may continue.

04-16-2007, 07:50 AM	#6
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, Sun-star! U may continue.

04-16-2007, 12:23 PM	#8
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, Sun-star! U may continue.

12-12-2007, 04:17 AM	#9
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	A general one, a usa session (based on a lp guide of USA) and a uk session (based on a lp guide of Britain) which pretty much took up DYKT editions I and II and then the LITERATURE session which began in II and continued in III. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 12-12-2007 at 06:36 AM.

12-12-2007, 09:08 AM	#10
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Wow, that's a broad spectrum. Why not a basic sciences session, like geography or something? __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

12-12-2007, 12:53 PM	#11
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Nice - thanks for the suggestion - Ill try to compile clues accordingingly.

12-12-2007, 01:39 PM	#12
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Subject: Chemistry 0001 – Comprises a part water that can also be turned into a horrific bomb. = Hydrogen 0002 – It is ubiquitous in all known lifeforms, and in the human body it is the second most abundant element by mass. = Carbon 0003 – It is the largest single component of the Earth's atmosphere = Nitrogen 0004 – It is the 3rd most abundant element in the universe by mass and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust, as well as the most abundant element by mass in the human body. = Oxygen 0005 – It is a component of DNA and RNA and an essential element for all living cells. Due to its high reactivity, it is never found as a free element in nature. = Phosphorus 0006 - Its commercial uses are primarily in fertilizers, but it is also widely used in gunpowder, matches, insecticides and fungicides. = Sulphur 0007 – It is an essential component of the enzyme glutathione. = Selenium ...this concludes the First Group of the Periodic System-session... Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 12-18-2007 at 06:15 AM.

12-12-2007, 02:58 PM	#14
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, Nautie! U may continue.

12-12-2007, 03:53 PM	#15
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	Thanks, GW Subject: Biology(how hard can these be?) 1: Produces 4 haploid daughter cells (process) 2: The protein that give DNA its shape. 3: Largest cell in humans 4: The structure that amoebas use for locomotion 5: The main characterizing structure of the phylum Foraminifera __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

12-27-2007, 12:34 PM	#17
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	.................. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 12-28-2007 at 04:22 AM.

12-27-2007, 03:16 PM	#18
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I'd like to take another stab at this, GW, but the questions are rather hard for non-chemist people like mr. 008: Radium? 010: Kalium? __________________ We are not things.