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Humbugardy: Anagram Lines for 1000

2005-10-12 14:09

by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

"He lacks peer; invents word, blank cat."

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

Numb3r5	Sudoku	6th Degree Quotes	What and Where	Anagram Lines	Subjective
200	200	200	200	For The Turnstiles	200
400	For The Turnstiles	400	400	Joe	400
600	600	600	600	600	600
800	800	800	800	Next...	800
1000	1000	1000	1000	For The Turnstiles	1000

Comments

2005-10-12 14:43:17

1. Philip Michaels

Who are Chance, Tinker and Evers?

2005-10-12 15:56:25

2. Bob Timmermann

Who is Stan Musial?

2005-10-12 18:07:03

3. Tom

I thought I was on to something with Steven Hawkings, but clearly I am not. Can't wait to hear the answer

2005-10-12 18:07:57

4. For The Turnstiles

Who is Lewis Carroll?

(Just a guess based on the clue. I'm stumped on the anagram itself, unless it's "Ken arneson th' wack vile scrbd leapt")

2005-10-12 18:26:52

5. For The Turnstiles

Ah, got it:
"The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!"
from Jabberwocky

2005-10-12 19:07:38

6. Score Bard

Turnstiles, you got it again...the board is yours.

2005-10-12 19:10:20

7. Joe

So the answers don't have to be baseball related?

And I'd love an explanation of the anagram.

2005-10-12 19:13:38

8. Score Bard

In this round, the answers are baseball and/or poetry related.

"invents words": Carroll's poem Jabberwocky is full of nonsense words.

"blank cat": refers to the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland.

2005-10-12 19:43:02

9. Shaun P

I was going to guess Barry Bonds ("he lacks peer") - oops.

I'll be glad when this anagram category is finished! Turnstiles, you've earned the lead and then some. Nicely done.

2005-10-12 20:00:46

10. Bob Timmermann

Medals due unseat hairsplitting

2005-10-12 20:05:26

11. For The Turnstiles

Anagram Lines 800 please.
I wouldn't count on the other categories being any easier, Shaun.

2005-10-12 20:49:33

12. Vishal

hah, VORPal blade. it's baseball related!

2005-10-13 09:13:29

13. T J

Yeah, here's the instructions for Double Humbugardy: "I will provide the answer, you provide the question. The answers and questions will all be related to either baseball and poetry somehow, but not necessarily both." I didn't realize it at first either; I spent some time looking around Baseball Reference to find out what Lewis Carroll did for the Grand Old Game.

Hey, if it's "VORPal blade," then Shaun P was right with Barry Bonds.