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Can you name the sayings formed from a word on the left, 'of the', and a word on the right?
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lukebradford
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belly
bottom
cream
eye
flavor
hair
heart
king
lay
leader
man
name
neck
out
pick
piece
proof
rules
run
salt
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art
ballpark
beast
cloth
crop
devil
dog
earth
game
heap
hill
land
litter
matter
mill
pack
pie
pudding
road
storm
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Two 'of the' Words Quiz
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lukebradford
Created Oct 1, 2010 in
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Featured Nov 27, 2010
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sobdennis
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Oct 1st, 2010 at 06:23 GMT
-4 points
Nice concept. Could use more time, though.
minnmich
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Oct 1st, 2010 at 06:59 GMT
1 point
Nice idea but strangely formatted. Either format with first word of phrase on left, second on right. Or alphabetize. Otherwise, allow more time.
lukebradford
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Oct 1st, 2010 at 17:40 GMT
4 points
@sobdennis and @minnmich - Now alphabetized, which should make it a lot easier (because things like "belly of the beast" pop out.) If it still needs more time let me know. @zeller - Added. Thanks.
rockgolf
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Oct 1st, 2010 at 18:57 GMT
4 points
Time is about right. But there seem to be lots of alternatives that waste time. Heart of the matter could just as easily be matter of the heart.
Jo1987
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Oct 2nd, 2010 at 12:04 GMT
2 points
Could do with a little more time... I knew nearly all of these but couldn't read and type fast enough!
Lindsay
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Oct 2nd, 2010 at 12:58 GMT
7 points
I feel like "out of the woods" and "game of the week" could be alternative answers
lukebradford
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Oct 2nd, 2010 at 14:22 GMT
3 points
@Jo1987 - Two minutes added. @Lindsay and @rockgolf - Alternatives you mentioned have been added. If you want any others let me know.
coyotewoman
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Oct 3rd, 2010 at 01:59 GMT
4 points
How about "ahead of the pack" or "pick of the crop"
gnatural
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Oct 3rd, 2010 at 02:43 GMT
4 points
I think the quiz would be much more compelling without all the overlap. Slip/tip of the tongue, salt/scum of the earth, and so on.
pita
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Oct 3rd, 2010 at 03:14 GMT
34 points
Never heard the wording "proof of the pudding". It's always been "the proof is in the pudding" to me.
lukebradford
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Oct 3rd, 2010 at 06:14 GMT
8 points
Major update! Now with left and right distinction and all repeats removed (thanks @gnatural). I also took out alternatives because I felt with the new format some trial and error could add to the trickiness factor. @pita - The original saying is "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
JWJr
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Oct 6th, 2010 at 20:56 GMT
3 points
With the update, 5 globes.
MichaelB76
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Oct 8th, 2010 at 12:46 GMT
6 points
Stupidly, I didn't think to try typing the answers without putting "of the" in the middle until I'd nearly finished.
Game published: Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:04 GMT
kevinpalooza
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:25 GMT
29 points
I thought it was 'Top of the Heap'
Djibouti
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:25 GMT
160 points
Echoing the archived comments, I've heard of the proof being in the pudding, but never of the pudding
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ohthesarcasm
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:29 GMT
-63 points
Maybe I'm the only one but I thought "man about town" could work. Like a playboy type?
aubreegh
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:30 GMT
206 points
I can't be the only one who saw "eye" and searched for "tiger"...
Executor111
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:32 GMT
32 points
@aubreegh I actually typed eye of the tiger as soon as I saw eye, assuming that was the correct answer. Alas...
icing
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:38 GMT
32 points
Great quiz Luke! Good idea, really enjoyed it! Hope to see more from you soon :) One question, though, I thought it was the "proof IS IN the pudding"?
Tom007
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 04:49 GMT
29 points
Far too much time. Looking at the stats, 73% got perfect. A wee bit easy wouldn't you say?
Pogues
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 05:01 GMT
39 points
Out of the woods is another proper phrase, and fits in this quiz.
watchhound
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 05:14 GMT
3 points
Waaaaaaay too easy.
gwukelic
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 05:17 GMT
72 points
Did anyone else try "rules of the game" or "eye of the tiger"?
chriskotx
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 05:34 GMT
25 points
Several that were tried to no avail: bottom of the barrel, eye of the tiger, man of the year/hour/house/world. out of the loop/woods/ordinary, piece of the pie, rules of the game, run of the house.
lukebradford
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 05:56 GMT
8 points
Thanks for publishing, Sporcle powers!
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MattCortese
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 06:21 GMT
-43 points
This seems like an average quiz. A lot of these phrases I've never heard of "man of the cloth" and "hair of the dog" for instance. Plenty had other options as well such as "eye of the tiger" and "bottom of the barrel." It was mostly good though.
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MikeyB
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 06:44 GMT
-34 points
Time is probably just a touch too long. I had enough time to just do the ones I knew and then check the rest with all alternatives. And what the bleep is "Man of the cloth"?
NY_MOB
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 06:48 GMT
34 points
a man of the cloth is a priest or minister
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AhLeah
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 06:50 GMT
-7 points
too much time, too easy.
lukebradford
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 06:51 GMT
53 points
PS - A whole lot of people say "the proof is in the pudding," but this developed from the original saying, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" (or tasting.)
beatrixkiddo
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 07:19 GMT
18 points
liked this - good mix of phrases. and i'm guessing that the people who've not heard the phrase 'hair of the dog' either have the world's greatest alcohol tolerance, or are underage :)
markyb
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 07:30 GMT
42 points
@Djibouti: The correct phrase is, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." Somehow that got bastardized into, "The proof is in the pudding," which really makes no sense.
derekpetey
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 08:14 GMT
14 points
Decent quiz. There are a lot of possible bonus answers here, which would make getting the wrong "correct" phrase less annoying.
guyborab
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 09:29 GMT
10 points
Gotta agree with a lot of these comments.... Fun quiz but maybe a tad easy... and I truly have NEVER heard the phrase "bottom of the heap" although "top of the heap" is pretty common. I guess it's all the "luck of the draw".
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f8sdafdsal
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 10:42 GMT
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saw
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 11:38 GMT
19 points
Someone needs to give f8asdfdsal a hot poker enema...
alameda
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 12:15 GMT
0 points
should be 1:30-2:00 shorter
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typhoon
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 12:36 GMT
-6 points
proof of the pudding? proof in the pudding, is it both ways?
peanut4
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Nov 27th, 2010 at 13:06 GMT
-4 points
Far too much time.
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