Can you name the words of each length that begin AND end with S, P, O, R, C, L and E?

6-Letter Word
Emphasis or accent
Queen Elizabeth's husband
Verdi Shakespearean opera
John of 'Three's Company'
A type of brandy
Comedic partner of Hardy
A.A. Milne's donkey

7-Letter Word
The blues
Relative of the carrot
Italian cooking herb
Adult male chicken
Relating to the heart
Conservative's opposite
When the moon blocks the sun

8-Letter Word
Teacher of Plato
Place to trade items for money
A lengthy choral work
Rudolph and Vixen, e.g.
Luxury brand of GM cars
Gland for tears
Place to place a letter

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Begins and Ends in S.P.O.R.C.L.E. Quiz

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Created Apr 13, 2011 in Miscellaneous
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	gstntb26:	May 5th, 2011 at 04:17 GMT		25 points
	Lacrimal tripped me up. I've only ever seen it spelled "lachrymal".

	ohthesarcasm:	May 5th, 2011 at 04:43 GMT		17 points
	This could be nitpicky but shouldn't it really be 'Queen Elizabeth II's husband'? Seeing as how Queen Elizabeth I had no husband. Maybe that didn't throw anyone else though.

	caramba:	May 5th, 2011 at 04:45 GMT		7 points
	@gstntb26: I've only ever seen it spelled "lacrymal", and I couldn't figure out why I didn't get it as it had 8 letters. Did a quick check and it is an accepted alternative. I'm sure sproutcm will fix it up. He's good about that sort of thing.

	bondquizace:	May 5th, 2011 at 04:55 GMT		5 points
	The hidden answer for Othello was misleading. I thought it was condescendingly telling me to think of a different Shakespearean play beginning and ending in o. Perhaps that answer would be better suited for the 7 letter category, since everyone knows it as Othello.

	druhutch:	May 5th, 2011 at 05:02 GMT		33 points
	If the Othello bonus said "Try a six letter play/opera" then that would be misleading. But it says "Try a six letter spelling", which I thought was pretty generous and led me straight to the answer. I didn't see it as condescending either, as I'm sure many people made and will make the same mistake we did.

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	Chromatos:	May 5th, 2011 at 05:19 GMT		3 points
	@dragynbob: I didn't think GM made tents, so no.

	wrink1117:	May 5th, 2011 at 06:09 GMT		36 points
	See, People Only Really Criticize Letter Endings, deserveS claP! bravO, cleveR, fantastiC, speciaL gamE

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	climber_v12:	May 5th, 2011 at 06:33 GMT		8 points
	Out of interest, why is it a lioness's roar? Just that normally people refer to it as a lion's roar.

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	Lolo76:	May 5th, 2011 at 07:37 GMT		11 points
	Fun game! Took me a minute to come up with parsnip, and you know what's really sad about that? It's the translation (from Russian) of my last name... LOLOL.

	unholyeagle:	May 5th, 2011 at 08:08 GMT		18 points
	LOL is the most correct guessed... i weep for society...

	jefe_:	May 5th, 2011 at 08:11 GMT		25 points
	You'd think the three-letter answers would be better guessed since you're given the first and last letters.

	gvigary:	May 5th, 2011 at 08:34 GMT		14 points
	Othello is the Shakespeare play. The question asks for the name of the Verdi opera which, being in Italian, is called Otello. Stumped only by the U of Maine question - almost impossible for a non-American. I enjoyed it.

	TessSGS:	May 5th, 2011 at 08:36 GMT		17 points
	What's wrong with parsnips? Roast parsnips are delicious.

	TLordaGama:	May 5th, 2011 at 11:32 GMT		7 points
	gvigary don't feel bad in california we don't know any maine information either. Parsnips are great in veggie chips too, pick them up at trader joe's in the mall all the time!

	Pogues:	May 5th, 2011 at 13:27 GMT		5 points
	Moving the tricky Maine question even further east, I grew up in PA and had no clue. My guess is if you live in New England, you have a 50/50 chance of getting it.

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	Tommy_C:	May 5th, 2011 at 14:03 GMT		3 points
	I grew up in Canada and live in Ohio, and I had heard of Orono, so you complainers can just pipe down. It's supposed to be obscure. Just what web site do you think you're on? Great quiz. It's funny what gets you -- I couldn't think of envelope.

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	kwelly15:	May 5th, 2011 at 14:12 GMT		16 points
	Nevermind. Just noticed the pattern.

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	esoryma:	May 5th, 2011 at 14:33 GMT		14 points
	@Booger: Except neither of those begins nor ends with "P".

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	WyattsTorch:	May 5th, 2011 at 14:37 GMT		5 points
	I got 'em all, but I think Pawnshop was a bit of a stretch, given that it's typically two words. I'd also never seen "Lacrimal" spelled that way before. Good quiz overall though.

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	dancastro:	May 5th, 2011 at 15:08 GMT		2 points
	The name of the cooking herb is also oregano (actually, orégano) in Spanish. And of course there are also moon eclipes, but we must acknowledge that "When the moon blocks the sun or the earth casts its shadow over the moon" is too long a definition to fit in one line.

	Word_Nerd99:	May 5th, 2011 at 15:45 GMT		-3 points
	i think you should do it by letters rather than word length

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	TimeAndTide:	May 5th, 2011 at 15:48 GMT		3 points
	Another outstanding sproutcm quiz! A few comments based on previous comments: (1) Anyone who does American crossword puzzles regularly will know where the University of Maine is. (2) Although others have pointed it out, it bears repeating: The Verdi opera based on the Shakespearean play "Othello" is called "Otello". (3) @caramba: How do you know sproutcm is a "he"?? :-) (4) @WyattsTorch: I usually see pawnshop as a single word. (5) Fittingly -- 5 orbs!