Can you name the scientists and inventors given words very near in the dictionary? by MrChewypoo

Can you name the scientists and inventors given words very near in the dictionary?

created by MrChewypoo

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Even us science geeks can have a sense of humor! The names have been replaced with words found nearby in the dictionary.
Note: The very next word before or after wasn't always chosen if the clue was too obvious eg. 'Charitable Babbler' is far more interesting and challenging than 'Charley Babbit'.
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Show Missed Answers

Proximity Person	Actual Person
Alfalfa Kinky
Thong Edible
Albino Eighty
DNA Mender
Alexic Flemish
Marijuana Cure
Carload Sagging
Educated Hubris
Maximum Planet
Gallbladder Gala
Beretta Russian
Jangling Goodies
Significant Fretter

Proximity Person	Actual Person
Niece Bohemian
Eroded Ruthlessly
Nike Testosterone
Isatropic Newsman
Loudmouthed Pastor
Stepmother Hawaiian
Nicotine Copenhagen
Enriched Fermentation
Charismatic Dartboard
Claustrophobic Berliner
Jambalaya Waterworks
Alert Grainy Belladonna
Rendezvous Description
Erotic Everlasting Juror

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Dictionary Proximity: Science Edition Quiz

by MrChewypoo

Created Dec 5, 2011 in Science
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	jamieg:	Dec 5th, 2011 at 20:50 GMT	3 points
	Don't you mean Bertrand Russell, not Russell Bertrand?

	MrChewypoo:	Dec 5th, 2011 at 20:52 GMT	2 points
	Oops! Fixed, thanks!

	ambition:	Dec 5th, 2011 at 21:21 GMT	1 point
	Alfalfa Kinky's last name is misspelled, as is Marijuana Cure's first name. Love these quizzes though.

	sproutcm:	Dec 5th, 2011 at 22:22 GMT	1 point
	@Chewy Wow, as a science professor, I had all but Erotic Everlasting Juror in 3 minutes, and spent the next several minutes guessing things. I'd never heard of him, and he went to my own alma mater. I might suggest picking another biologist who is a bit more famous and accessible. Otherwise, I LOVE this series of quizzes. Also, I think you should have to type in first and last names. I didn't realize you accepted just surnames until someone told me.

	MrChewypoo:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 02:14 GMT	1 point
	@sproutcm: Thanks for the cudos, I am honoured. I considered including you on this ("Sprocket") but didn't want to make the quiz THAT easy! I swapped out the Erotic Juror for another clue (not a biologist, but one of my favourites). I hope he's not as obscure (but still a little tricky). I've left him in as a bonus answer for anyone patient enough to read our babbling and keen enough to play along. I turned off the surnames too. I had that because I can never spell Niche Copenhagen's first name!

	Cerdog:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 10:50 GMT	1 point
	Loved the quiz, but shouldn't it be Galileo Galilei, not Galilei Galileo? Also, it's Niels Bohr, not Neils.

	LTH:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 13:49 GMT	2 points
	@Chewy, I'm sure you have as much fun making these quizzes as we do taking them! One thing: I was having real trouble with Copernicus' name. You have it as Nichlaus when it's supposed to be Nicolaus.

	Juvo415:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 14:38 GMT	1 point
	@MrChewypoo I have to second LTH. Copernicus spoke so many different languages and rendered his name so many different ways that historians hardly know what the "real" one was, so there ought to be a few alternates, or something along those lines.

	Juvo415:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 14:46 GMT	1 point
	P.S. Erotic Everlasting Juror made for an interesting google challenge, but I got it.

	Big_dog:	Dec 6th, 2011 at 22:04 GMT	2 points
	I was convinced 'Jambalaya Waterworks' was James Watt (Scottish inventor) and that I simply kept misspelling it! Great quiz though.

	Pyrophorus:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 03:19 GMT	1 point
	Agreed on Watt. Seems close enough that it should be accepted too.

	ostroffj:	Dec 11th, 2011 at 23:50 GMT	2 points
	I always forget how to spell Mendeleev because of how mendelevium is spelt. I blame whoever invented the periodic table.

	Zak6009:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 00:54 GMT	1 point
	I got 12, but the ones I didn't get I haven't heard of or didn't know full name (except Darwin). So... no shame really. Also, I swear in high school chem I was taught to spell it Mendelev.

	uranoxymoron:	Jan 25th, 2012 at 05:27 GMT	3 points
	Kinsey and Kinky. I see what you did there.

	lighthawk:	Feb 10th, 2012 at 17:05 GMT	1 point
	@uranooxymoron Just what I was thinking, nice coincidence.