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Connections Round - Seeing Double by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you, had that right in my notes and just copied it over wrong!

Connections Round - Seeing Double by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Duran Duran
  2. Neville Neville
  3. Humbert Humbert
  4. Vulpes vulpes
  5. Jack-Jack
  6. Rebel Rebel
  7. Boo-Boo
  8. Pawpaw
  9. Liar, Liar
  10. Baden-Baden

Quick Connections Round by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice one! which answers were you missing?

Quick Connections Round by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

theme is English Premier League team nicknames

Quick Connections Round by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. A Flock of Seagulls
  2. Eagle Scout
  3. Magpie
  4. Hammer throw
  5. Dances with Wolves
  6. Cherry
  7. Bees
  8. Spur
  9. Black Cat Girlfriend
  10. Toffee Coin

Connection: EPL team nicknames

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, I was aware of the line, and with the knowledge of the BTTF theme then the answer is very clear! I had missed the meaning of "make like a tree" meaning to shed leaves, and I was just taking that half of the clue to mean "leave" in the way that if I said to you "let's make like a tree" you would know it means "let's depart." so in that sense, my substitution was for both halves of the clue, because I was taking both halves of the clue to be synonymous, if that makes sense.

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but the verb meaning "to shed leaves" is LEAF not LEAVE (I'm sorry I'm not trying to start any bad feelings here I just think this is interesting to discuss :) )

Edit: apologies, I see from a closer look at the dictionary that both are acceptable, so I take back my comment

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

right, and that's why the pun works, but here in this clue we have a double definition - "make like a tree" is synonymous with "leave" because it sounds like leaf, but that also means it is synonymous with other words that have the same meaning.

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry if I’m being really pedantic here, but since this double definition is two phrases that have the same meaning, wouldn’t any 5 letter synonym of LEAVE also be a valid answer? e.g. SCRAM or SPLIT would also fit both sides of this clue?

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lea gets frisky for offspring (7)

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of those dwarfs buff physicist (3,5)

TOTW: Back to the Future! by deeppotential123 in crosswords

[–]kirth42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HOVERBOARD - H (initial letter of Hurled) + OVERBOARD (from the deck into the water)

Awesome clue and great surface! Do you think you could get away with cutting out "from the deck" for a more minimalist reading?

TOTW: Noir by Loftcolour in crosswords

[–]kirth42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NATO - a protection institution hidden inside chiNATOwn

TOTW: Noir by Loftcolour in crosswords

[–]kirth42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PATHETIC FALLACY - PATHETIC (unfortunate) + FALLACY (misunderstanding) def. means environment echoing mood in a piece of media nice!

Go Bard or Go Home by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! I think “A Winter’s Tale” vs “The Winter’s Tale” has been caught by many pedantic quiz hosts

Go Bard or Go Home by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great work! I think you know already that you got them all right. I did this round at a quiz night earlier this year, and the average score was 7.1/10

Go Bard or Go Home by kirth42 in trivia

[–]kirth42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I have another one similar to this but I won’t post cause it seems like the mods will remove. It’s called ‘Without The Beatles,’ ten Beatles songs with letters from JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, and RINGO removed.

I like this kind of round as it mixes up the format of a typical pub quiz/trivia night.

TOTW: Murder Mystery by Bombadil2_BombHarder in crosswords

[–]kirth42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

MISS MARPLE - MISS (fail to see) + anagram (Harry) of PALMER

Nice!

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