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blaqueice
Decorated
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Vancouver, Canada
THE UNCOMMON COMMONPLACE QUIZ
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1. OLIVES
2. O'LEARY
3. DEVIL'S TONGUE
4. 201
5. ANNA KARENINA
aand, VOLUNTEER/VILLIAN FORMALLY DESCRIBED
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MR. REMORA
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:05 am
Griloxnotloggedin
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New puzzle solved
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Using the Sebald code: "THE SISTER TOOK THEM"
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:56 pm
DeformedUncleLouie
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Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 220
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metric system
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emperor nero
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For whom the bell tolls
_________________Hold, my cold dangerous fink.
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:45 am
sixsidedsquare
Unfettered
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 409 Location: 60E
Anyone have any of the books (I'm assuming that's from the first one) and can tell us what the crossed off words are?
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:10 am
grilox
Boot
Joined: 09 Apr 2005 Posts: 24
I am 90% sure that that page is from the new book.
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:26 pm
beccab9
Guest
it is it said it was as soon as you finished the puzzle
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:05 pm
blaqueice
Decorated
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 287 Location: Vancouver, Canada
VOCABULARY FREQUENTLY DEGRADED
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1. ut
2. a sliver or splinter on one's foot
3. vulsion, again
4. the location of someone browsing neither small, medium, nor large clothing in a store.
5. one who smells perfumes and colognes for a living.
6. a top diplomat's orange juice.
7. made entirely of tin foil.
8. a love of spicy Indian food, usually the product of culinary mind.
9. relating to the operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi.
10. Salmon cut into pleasing shapes and simply served raw.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:06 am
Kit Snicket
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Uncommon commonplace quiz
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1. Momento Mori 2. gravlax 3. how water is made 4. it 5. sebald
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:20 pm
aliendial
Unfictologist
Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 3438 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
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mEmento mori
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 4:20 pm
Pixiestix
Resident Angry Midget
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 2465 Location: Tomorrow's Talk Studios
Volunteer/villian
formally described
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Carmelita Spats
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:49 am
vidstudent
Decorated
Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 244 Location: Toledo, OH
Another Vernacularly Fastened Door
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GRIMM BROTHERS
SORROWFUL SONGS
GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
Wikipedia, you are my friend.
_________________Nicholas Eckert
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:53 pm
vidstudent
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Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 244 Location: Toledo, OH
And today's Uncommon Commonplace Quiz ...and thanks to sapagoo in #uf for the first answer:
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POISONOUS PLANT
OXYGEN
PERSON IN THE ROLE OF PARENT
BANANA
ELISHA GRAVES OTIS
_________________Nicholas Eckert
vidstudent
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:29 pm
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
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"person" didn't work for me, instead... acting in the role of parent
_________________"I still miss him to this day and probably always will." - Todd Keeler, Chasing the Wish
"meta meta meta, I made you out of play..." ~ j5
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:49 pm
skywisej
Veteran
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 70 Location: Green and rainy Oregon (Go Ducks!)
Well, these were super easy but I thought I'd post anyway...
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1. monocle
a bicycle for one spy, instead of two
2. aberrant
strawberry flavored
3. catastrophe
a misplaced apostrophe
4. in cahoots
covered in tiny insects
5. xenophobe
an electric xylophone
6. crowbar
a drinking establishment frequented by large, black birds
7. gargantuan
having the characteristics of an angry orangutan
8. stiletto
the text of a very quiet opera
9. al fresco
the name of a famous Italian sculptor
10. crisper
a relatively small case of arson
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:05 pm
skywisej
Veteran
Joined: 27 Jun 2005 Posts: 70 Location: Green and rainy Oregon (Go Ducks!)
Looks like I might be the only one playing now Here's Sept 6th puzzle...
Vernacularly Fastened Door
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Phrase #1: The grim movie, directed by a suspicious person named Edmund Goulding, that won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1931/2.
Grand Hotel
Phrase #2: An organizing scheme commonly used in libraries, in which different topics are assigned different numbers.
Dewey Decimal System
Phrase #3: The only volume of poetry ever written by Charles Baudelaire, and Isadora Quagmire's favorite book.
Les Fleurs Du Mal
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Lost the Experience
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:53 pm
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