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Can you name the person who has been dropped from each of these words and phrases (volume II)?
created by
sproutcm
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Word/Phrase
Name
Clue
SAT*T
Stephen Colbert or Juvenal, e.g.
MIDD*ME
Hussein to Obama (2 wds.)
GLO*EATRE
Site for Shakepeare plays (2 wds.)
S*ENFREUDE
Joy from other's pain
VINE*
Like pickles and relish
GRANDM*ES
American folk artist (2 wds.)
PREG*
Gestation period
BE*GAIN
Start over (2 wds.)
PY*S
French mountain range
DE*TION
___ of Independence
NAR*PSY
Uncontrollable sleep bouts
COMM*PECT
Be worthy of admiration (2 wds.)
R*T
Dependent or a Plymouth K car
FOC*GTH
Every lens has one (2 wds.)
S*RICAL
Partially song-like
Word/Phrase
Name
Clue
P*RDIUM
Membrane around the heart
NO*UREATE
Gore or Einstein, e.g. (2 wds.)
ARAB*
Good ground for farming (2 wds.)
PAR*ENT
Part of British government
BAS*OUND
Dog breed (2 wds.)
S*EER
Catchy phrase maker-upper
BE*R
Greatest of all time (2 wds.)
R*LIZE
Give new life to
B*H
Somewhat sapphire or azure
PROV*ULE
What the exception does (3 wds.)
*ENIUM
Transition metal element
CHAN*E
Johnny Mathis hit song (2 wds.)
*URISMO
Racing video game (2 wds.)
HAR*
Blues instrument
CA*CTS
Cloudy eye condition
Who do you know named Sel?
Cloudy eye condition
Rh is a factor in blood but a crappy name
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Is your independence well-decorated?
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Sheer? Really does he cut things?
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Ramid might be a cool name
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Ooh who doesn't like devil worship
Cloudy eye condition
Oh Michelob - Michel = ob
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Don Draper is now a cow
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Yes, for all those songs in rounds
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Abbi would be an odd spelling
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Aidan is a name; close
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Ares would be a cool name for a kid
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Look who's laughing now
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A pyramid is like a man-made one
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Thisbe a good guess, NOT!
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Barth
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Hey now! No swearing
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What part of adding a name did you miss
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Ea is Sumerian water god
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Really, a blues harp?
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Bach did love the blues
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Most of Arabia is a desert
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Name Dropping II Quiz
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Onno
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Apr 11th, 2010 at 08:18 GMT
0 points
Nice one again. Didn't know so many answers, so I tried to find more awesome bonus answers - sadly there is none for 'Arabia' or 'Harp'.
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GeoExpert
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Apr 11th, 2010 at 23:25 GMT
-6 points
Hard to understand.
goofymuffin
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Apr 12th, 2010 at 06:08 GMT
5 points
Good quiz, although some answers are a bit of a reach...
tankgirl73
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 02:15 GMT
3 points
There is a bonus answer for "arabia", but the word I was actually going for was "arabian", which gives the real name "Ian". Of course, the 'ground for farming' vs. 'desert' issue is true enough!
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kristifree
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Apr 13th, 2010 at 20:51 GMT
-8 points
Wait - an exception doesn't prove the rule... it goes against the rule.
waddl
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Apr 14th, 2010 at 14:04 GMT
0 points
there's also a bonus for 'realize'.
raspberrywine
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Apr 17th, 2010 at 01:35 GMT
2 points
I was sad there was no snarky comment when I tried "ono" for S*RICAL (sonorical could be a word... like sonorous). It worked so well because Ono's "music" is only partially song like... and even that is being generous.
zarmjic
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Apr 19th, 2010 at 02:42 GMT
2 points
Bonus hunters: Try "sel", "rh", "cora", "sheer", "anis", "beer", "abbi", "ares", "ramid", "art", "parent", "ea", "harp", "psichord", "ia" To kristifree: "The exception proves the rule" is an English phrase, you can read about it on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
WyvernSabres
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May 17th, 2010 at 22:59 GMT
2 points
Another really nice idea: well done! Just one little thing: "transistion"?
EmYanks2001
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Oct 4th, 2010 at 06:32 GMT
2 points
I totally missed my own name (Emily) lol... But there was no way I was getting that one... I totally fell for the arabia one, although I knew it didn't make sense so idk what I was really going for -- ialand??? -- arabia land, hmm idk.... and i had to put beer knowing it was a bonus answer!!! LOL... Now onto try the rest of the bonuses -- thnx zarmjic :) sproutcm -- love your quizzes!!!
EmYanks2001
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Oct 4th, 2010 at 06:48 GMT
1 point
can someone explain the bonuses sel, rh, abbie, and ares??? don't get 'em
Game published: Feb 8th, 2011 at 04:08 GMT
Speenatch
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 04:25 GMT
25 points
Thanks to the bonus, I can now name exactly one Sumerian water god.
weriov
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 04:35 GMT
2 points
Great quiz, surprisingly awesome bonuses. Well done sprout!
White
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 04:36 GMT
9 points
Definitely learned some new names today...
Gravey
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 04:48 GMT
7 points
you would think a published game would be edited at some point... transistion?? governement??
cdclark
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 05:12 GMT
5 points
the college student in me wanted to think "Ame" was a name...pregame
PSUnited
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 06:21 GMT
2 points
I always thought the exception disproved the rule. Crazy English idioms...
rbrt
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 06:25 GMT
30 points
Now I want to name my kid "Psichord."
Speenatch
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 06:49 GMT
4 points
@PSUnited It's a bit of a backwards logic, but the saying sort of means that if there wasn't a rule to break, the exception wouldn't exist as such. It's like how the phrase "male nurse" was originally coined simply because it was an exception - although it's not part of the word, the general rule was that nurses would traditionally be female.
BobMillahhh
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 07:18 GMT
3 points
Bach DID love the blues, I hope you weren't being sarcastic...
zamboni
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 08:27 GMT
2 points
Re: Exceptions proving rules. Snopes gives the latin origin of the phrase in the sense explained above (if something is presented as an exception then a rule must exist). The Straight Dope, however, claims that the appearance of the phrase in English corresponds to the traditional wrongheaded thinking that exceptions demonstrate rules. So maybe it's English speakers' understanding of the phrase that is the exception...
slamb
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 09:52 GMT
15 points
Semilyrical, really? Sloganeer? You're trying too hard for this one, sprout.
greebles
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 11:50 GMT
10 points
I tried all sorts of weird and wonderful names and words, with vinegarth being a particular highlight.
Squinta
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 12:49 GMT
-3 points
'Who do I know named Sel'? No one, but I know people named Sela, and it's not impossible that there could be an 'a' in that word. What you intend as funny feels snotty to me.
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Flynny403
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 13:35 GMT
-8 points
Granted, I don't know anyone called Sel, but who the hell do you know with the name 'Leland'?
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ThatStarGirl
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 14:09 GMT
-15 points
Leland? Really? Does that name even exist? Nor do I know of anyone called Elian...
ChileNoseJam
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 14:25 GMT
6 points
I loved the bonus for harpsichord - it was the first "har" instrument which came into my head (apart from harp, which presumably got rejected as a single character answer). Nice work.
Josh:
Feb 8th, 2011 at 14:45 GMT
15 points
Leland Stanford. Elian Gonzalez. Definitely real names.
object_holder
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 14:57 GMT
4 points
@ThatStarGirl: Leland Palmer is a character in "Twin Peaks," and I remember a Saturn and from the 90s in which a guy named Leland tells his wife it's time to get a new "ve-hicle." In both cases I think the name was chosen because it sounds a bit old-fashioned, but it's definitely a real one. And yeah, Elian Gonzalez -- a big news story in 2000.
object_holder
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 14:59 GMT
-1 points
Ignore the haters, "semilyrical" is awesome. Nice to see more ethnic variety in the names, too.
Pogues
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 14:59 GMT
4 points
Funny, my son has a friend named Leland. Didn't think it was an uncommon name...at least so uncommon that some of you think it's fake.
object_holder
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 15:01 GMT
2 points
If you want to hear some great bluesy harpsichord playing, check out the Doors' "Love Me Two Times" and Rosemary Clooney's "Come On-A My House."
chemheel00
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 15:17 GMT
1 point
Couldn't Gared also work?
JimAkin
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 15:28 GMT
2 points
I laughed out loud when I entered Sel and saw the bonus. I don't know anyone with that name, but I also don't know any other suitable transition metals -- or didn't til now. :)
Sudders
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 16:03 GMT
1 point
AAAAAARRGGHHH! Give up! Give Up! wow my brain was not up to that challenge today. Try again next time. :)
Barbaloot
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 18:09 GMT
7 points
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sel_Lisle. Hah! (Though it still shouldn't be accepted since selenium is not a transition metal.)
volkstraum
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:40 GMT
0 points
Reliant means dependable, right? isn't that different than dependent?
tobes32
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 19:45 GMT
5 points
There actually was someone I caddied with back in the day named Sel, haha
jujuju
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 20:27 GMT
1 point
Dont know why I did it, but I guessed Esther for the "greatest of all time" clue...guess I'm having a pretty luck day. I ended up getting the right answer anyway. Great quiz
Commodore
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Feb 8th, 2011 at 21:25 GMT
4 points
Ahhh, Bach.
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