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TopGun2
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Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Cambs, UK
#126 Offside Puzzle by Von, 32 points. Sorry no scan but not necessary. (apologies for the caps but copied as per the card)
"AHHH FOOTBALL
While I personally don't totally understand it (the offside rule, naturally), I find the idea of people running around after an inflated pig bladder quite entertaining. Since our link to Earth became more stable, these teams have developed quite a following in Perplex City - kindly fill in the gaps below of the teams, where they play and what their known as....
NAME - STADIUM (2005) - NICKNAME
BOLTON WANDERERS - REEBOK STADIUM - ????
MANCHESTER UNITED - ???? - RED DEVILS
EVERTON - GOODISON PARK - ????
CHARLTON ATHLETIC - ???? - ADDICKS
BLACKBURN ROVERS - ???? - ROVERS
???? - ST JAMES' PARK - MAGPIES
ARSENAL - ???? - GUNNERS
???? - VILLA PARK - VILLAINS
???? - RIVERSIDE STADIUM - BORO
NOW BY FILLING IN THE GAPS CAN YOU TELL WHERE MY ALLEGIANCES LIE? "
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:53 pm
TopGun2
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Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Cambs, UK
Clue:
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Von is now my favourite Perplexian!
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ref to my signature!
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:55 pm
hendo77
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Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 51
I think these fill the gaps...
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NAME - STADIUM (2005) - NICKNAME
BOLTON WANDERERS - REEBOK STADIUM - TROTTERS
MANCHESTER UNITED - OLD TRAFFORD - RED DEVILS
EVERTON - GOODISON PARK - TOFFEES
CHARLTON ATHLETIC - THE VALLEY - ADDICKS
BLACKBURN ROVERS - EWOOD PARK - ROVERS
NEWCASTLE UNITED - ST JAMES' PARK - MAGPIES
ARSENAL - HIGHBURY - GUNNERS
ASTON VILLA - VILLA PARK - VILLAINS
MIDDLESBOROUGH - RIVERSIDE STADIUM - BORO
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:13 pm
TopGun2
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Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Cambs, UK
That's what I had hendo77, although I would make the following comment regarding the Arsenal one:
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Their (old) stadium was actually officially named "The Arsenal Stadium" but not a lot of people know that, including Von, but then as a Lillywhite I wouldn't expect him to know much about the auld enemy!
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:17 pm
Hunting4Treasure
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Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 385 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL USA
For the 7th one, I have:
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Emirates Stadium instead of Highbury. The Wiki was a great help!
After all that work, I didn't notice the final question until I went to enter it, and now I don't know what they want! 'Allegiances'? I tried 'England' and 'United Kingdom'... Couldn't think of anything else!
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:50 pm
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ramsfan
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Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 232 Location: holmfirth, yorks
I think the 2005 stadium is to exclude Emirates. Topgun2 is giving you a big clue about what they're looking for.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:58 pm
Hunting4Treasure
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Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 385 Location: Tampa Bay Area, FL USA
Well, I was pretty proud of myself for finding all the answers, although it appears I have #7 wrong now. Would I know better if I was male, into sports and in the UK? As it is, neither applies, so I guess I'm SOL.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:03 pm
aliendial
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Joined: 29 Sep 2002 Posts: 3438 Location: Far Far Away. Nowhere Near You. Really.
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Audere est facere - To dare is to do. (Motto of Tottenham Hotspur)
Which tells me exactly nothing. My sport is tennis.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:47 pm
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TopGun2
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Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 30 Location: Cambs, UK
Aliendial, you might want to spoilerise that!!
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:49 pm
Rand0m
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 271 Location: London
Hunting4Treasure wrote:
Well, I was pretty proud of myself for finding all the answers, although it appears I have #7 wrong now. Would I know better if I was male, into sports and in the UK? As it is, neither applies, so I guess I'm SOL.
Arsenal have famously just moved to a swanky new stadium, so I guess the answer to that is 'yes' (not that I know what SOL means). I would imagine Wikipedia would give the one that was in use up to last year - one of the most famous locations in English soccer, though no place I was ever comfortable: my Dad's a Gooner and he took me there a few times as a child, but stopped after I got hit by some kid in a red rosette.
I grew up an Ipswich fan, but Beloved Other Half supports Tottenham - Arsenal's sworn enemy and north London rival.
As for turning what you found out into an answer -
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try forgetting the sports aspect and looking at what you have as a word puzzle that requires a simple answer that can be deduced from the words you just filled in.
Edit - sorry, didn't notice you'd already hit the Wiki.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:46 pm
thereverendeg
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Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 74 Location: Rochester, NY
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T ROTTERS
O LD TRAFFORD
T OFFEE
T HE VALEY
E WOOD PARK
N EWCASTLE UNITED
H IGHBURY
A STON VILLA
M IDDLESBOROUGH
i.e. Tottenham is the answer. So yeah, I suppose his sig would help. Google is your friend.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:05 am
kayakbabe
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Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 12
I don't get how Von and
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Trottenham
are related.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:43 pm
luke13
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Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 6
to kayakbabe:
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You spelt it wrong
I've solved it if anyone needs help.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:51 am
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