A list of 12 words by sionnach.
- salammbôwas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- las ramblaswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- rimbaudwas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- columbowas added by sionnach and appears on 2 lists
- colombowas added by sionnach and appears on 4 lists
- marimbawas added by sionnach and appears on 14 lists
- grampaswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- bomb buswas added by sionnach and appears on just this list
- namby-pambywas added by sionnach and appears on 36 lists
- limbowas added by sionnach and appears on 74 lists
- gumbowas added by sionnach and appears on 34 lists
- mambawas added by sionnach and appears on 14 lists
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
1. Carnaval dance : samba :: venomous reptile : ?
2. flying elephant : Dumbo :: Louisiana purchase : ?
3. Congolese freedom fighter : Lumumba :: raincoat model : ?
4. supersized elephant : jumbo :: center of serendipity : ?
5. supermodel boy toy : himbo :: dance of the unbaptized : ?
6. cute forest critter : Bambi :: insipid and sentimental : ?
7. cheesehead hangout : Lambeau :: Carthaginian beauty : ?
8. toted guns in Vietnam : Rambo :: toted guns in Abyssinia : ?
9. equilateral parallelogram : rhombus :: terrorist tactic : ?
10. Las Vegas denizens : gamblers :: Catalan promenade : ?
11. hands on hips : akimbo :: xylophone : ?
12. home of the gaucho : pampas :: Munster, Walton : ?
October 26, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list quiz-time
Uhh... No, I can't. *feels really dense*
This looks like fun though!
October 26, 2007
reesetee commented on the list quiz-time
Ooh! Let's see....
Okay, I have a few, I think:
2. Gumbo
4. Umbo
5. Limbo
6. Namby-pamby
11. Marimba
12. Grandpas
Back later, unless someone beats me to it (and around here, I wouldn't be surprised).
October 26, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time
I'm pretty clueless, but...
1. mamba
9. bomb bus?
10. amblers?
October 26, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
1 = mamba, 2 = gumbo, 5 = limbo, 6=namby-pamby, 9= bomb bus, 11= marimba, 12 = grampas are correct.
Still leaves 3,4,7,8,10.
October 27, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list quiz-time
I don't know any of these answers, but I want to add the words adumbra and penumbra and la bamba and rochambeau to this page.
So there! I did.
October 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time
I'm still stumped, but here are a couple wild guesses...
3. bumbershoot?
4. stumble?
7. Dido?
8. absolutely no idea
10. ditto that
October 27, 2007
reesetee commented on the list quiz-time
I see the "mb" thing going on, but some of these are totally flummoxing. At least I made out better than on Identify the Wordie. ;-)
October 27, 2007
trivet commented on the list quiz-time
Awww, I'm late.
I'd second a tenative Dido for #7. And for #8, errr...Sambo?
I don't know anything about obscure raincoats.
October 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time
Did I say bumbershoot? And the question is about raincoats? Whoops, stupid me. It's Friday and my thoughts are already on the weekend. ;-)
October 27, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
OK: I'll give a hint on #4. serendipity comes from the kingdom of Serendip, which is nowadays called ?
October 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time
Sri Lanka? So... um... Colombo?
October 27, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
Yes. Number 4 is Colombo. I wonder what number 3 could be.
October 27, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list quiz-time
We have a lot in common, then, sionnach. I wonder too.
;)
October 27, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
David's heavy-handed efforts to lead the witnesses came to naught, apparently....
#4 is Colombo.
#3 is a "raincoat model".
Would it help if I said that we are dealing with a one-eyed raincoat model?
October 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time
Not in the least. ;-)
October 27, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
A one-eyed raincoat model with excellent detective skills, who also appears in "The Princess Bride"?
Does that help?
October 28, 2007
uselessness commented on the list quiz-time
Jeesh, could you be any more cryptic? ;-) How about Humperdinck, am I on the right track?
October 28, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list quiz-time
Columbo? As in, Peter Falk?
Is it really fair to list that word twice even if it's spelled differently?
Just kidding. This was a really clever quiz, sionnach! I wish I were a smarter person, but it's always a learning experience reading your lists!
October 28, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
Yea! c_b - Columbo it is!
7, 8, and 10 are still open.
10 is actually pretty straightforward, if you've ever been in Barcelona.
7 and 8 are a little more obscure, but surely someone on Wordie has studied 19th century French literature?
October 28, 2007
trivet commented on the list quiz-time
Rimbaud?
October 28, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
Yes, reesetee! Rimbaud for #8.
October 28, 2007
reesetee commented on the list quiz-time
Nope, that was trivet, sionnach. (I know we look alike from here.)
October 28, 2007
trivet commented on the list quiz-time
Not so much French literature as coffee...
Is there a Spanish cognate of amble/ramble? Cause that's my guess for #10.
You can keep your Carthaginian beauty, sionnach, I'm done. I wouldn't mind another quiz, though, 'specially if I'm not late next time.
October 29, 2007
sionnach commented on the list quiz-time
Closing out this quiz, the remaining answers are Salammbo* for #7, and las Ramblas for #10.
*: or possibly Salammbô, the eponymous heroine of Flaubert's 1862 historical novel, set in Carthage during the tumultuous third century BCE.
las Ramblas is one of Barcelona's main thoroughfares.
Thanks to everyone who contributed answers. if I manage to work up another quiz, I will try to give more advance notice next time.
October 29, 2007
chained_bear commented on the list quiz-time
Wow. Those were tough ones!
Cool quiz though. I'll keep an eye out for the next one. Maybe I'll guess more than one too!
October 29, 2007