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Ghost
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by Ghost Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:47 am
Weekly VOlley Ball Sherlock Winners: Oct 10-16 - Cho Chiyo (The Pirate Queen) and Sept 26-Oct 2 - Ghost
Ghost: 19
Aunflin: 18
Brad: 12
torybear: 8
jweb: 6
Kvetch: 6
Gil Galad: 5
felonius: 4½
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Edge: 3
Hunter Berwick: 3 (formerly known as Norseraider)
Recluce Mage: 3 (formerly known as EJSarao)
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
MidasKnight: 2
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
Learion
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by Learion Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:40 pm
Ghost: 19 Recluce Mage: 4 (formerly known as EJSarao)
Kvetch
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by Kvetch Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:50 pm
felonius, AQGfelonius: 5½ Gil Galad: 5
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
Ghost
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by Ghost Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:04 pm
felonius got another Book/Author right in Another Quote Game before we could get toghter on the rules. (felonius please give me one (1) point for my correct answers)felonius: 6½
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
RecluceMage
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by RecluceMage Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:17 am
Edge won a good one in Modesitt Quote Game! And the race is off between the four of us...
EDIT: Ok, he just won another at AQG, I guess the race is off.
Ghost: 19
Aunflin: 18
Brad: 12
torybear: 8
felonius: 6½
jweb: 6
Kvetch: 6
Gil Galad: 5
Edge: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Recluce Mage: 4
Hunter Berwick: 3
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
MidasKnight: 2
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
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Edge
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by Edge Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:44 pm
MQG:Ghost: 20
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
felonius
Circumlocutus of Borg
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by felonius Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:18 pm
Ghost: 21
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously
Ghost
Judge Roy Bean
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by Ghost Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:47 pm
Cho won a point from the Another Quote Game:Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 3
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
Ghost
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by Ghost Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:51 pm
MidasKnight won a point from the MQG:
Ghost: 21
Aunflin: 18
Brad: 12
torybear: 8
felonius: 6½
jweb: 6
Kvetch: 6
Gil Galad: 5
Edge: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Recluce Mage: 4
Hunter Berwick: 3
MidasKnight: 3
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 3
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
ChoChiyo
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by ChoChiyo Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:53 pm
Recluse Mage won a point from the Another Quote Game:
Ghost: 21
Aunflin: 18
Brad: 12
torybear: 8
felonius: 6½
jweb: 6
Kvetch: 6
Gil Galad: 5
Edge: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Recluce Mage: 5
Hunter Berwick: 3
MidasKnight: 3
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 3
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
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ChoChiyo
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by ChoChiyo Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:35 am
Auflin got
8 points on the Shakespeare trivia game and begins to kick arse in a major way!
Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 21
Brad: 12
torybear: 8
felonius: 6 ½
jweb: 6
Kvetch: 6
Gil Galad: 5
Edge: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Recluce Mage: 5
Hunter Berwick: 3
MidasKnight: 3
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 3
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
I am a poor, wayfaring stranger
Kvetch
Sweeper
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by Kvetch Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:58 am
Have tidied the ordering a bit.
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
ChoChiyo
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by ChoChiyo Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:47 pm
Kvetch: 2 sherlocks from the Shakespeare Trivia Game.Kvetch: 8
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ChoChiyo
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by ChoChiyo Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:36 am
Laurie: l sherlock from the Shakespeare Quote Game and 1 from the Shakespeare Trivia Game.Laurie: 2 Was this your first sherlock Laurie? I'm not seeing you on the list, unless I'm blind.
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laurie
Spelling Mistress
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by laurie Sun Oct 24, 2004 8:03 pm
Edge: 1 for the Shakespeare Quote Game
Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 21
Brad: 12
torybear: 8
Kvetch: 8
felonius: 6 ½
jweb: 6
Edge 6
Gil Galad: 5
Recluce Mage: 5
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 3
MidasKnight: 3
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 3
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Laurie: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
Was this your first sherlock Laurie? I'm not seeing you on the list, unless I'm blind.
Yeah, it was. All the other Sherlock games are for fantasy/sci-fi trivia, which I don't read.
Finally there's one I can play!
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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by Darb Tue Oct 26, 2004 1:30 pm
Whoa ... I go out for 2 weeks, and suddenly miss a deluge of sherlock points.
Kvetch
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by Kvetch Tue Oct 26, 2004 4:37 pm
poor Brad, I'm sure you'll catch up soon...Recluce Mage: 5½ Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 3½
"I'm the family radical. The rest are terribly stuffy. Aside from Aunt - she's just odd."
ChoChiyo
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by ChoChiyo Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:26 pm
Ghost gets the quote from Gone With the Wind.Ghost: 22
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Edge
Literature Addict
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by Edge Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:18 am
Brad gets ½ for the SQGBrad: 12 ½
It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.
Ghost
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by Ghost Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:19 am
felonius gets a Sherlock for correctly guessing 2001: A Space Odyssey in the AQGfelonius: 7 ½
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
felonius
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by felonius Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:05 am
Cho got Poe's Telltale Heart also.Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 4 1/2
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously
Ghost
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by Ghost Wed Oct 27, 2004 1:06 pm
Kvetch got Adam's
Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy correctly.
Aunflin: 26
Ghost: 22
Brad: 12 ½
Kvetch: 9
torybear: 8
felonius: 7 ½
jweb: 6
Edge 6
Recluce Mage: 5 ½
Gil Galad: 5
Pirate Queen ChoChiyo: 4 ½
Crispind: 4
Ean143: 4
Hunter Berwick: 3
MidasKnight: 3
SuperEnigmatix: 3
Learion: 2
Uncle Beard: 2
Laurie: 2
Antangil: 1
BKM: 1
Dorrin: 1
Holmes: 1
Joolee: 1
Kagnok: 1
Kahrey: 1
Mrdude: 1
Nancy: 1
Trebor: 1
Magicfan241: ½
Kilt: -1
Cho, you owe me one for
The Sound of Thunder .
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you,
ChoChiyo
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by ChoChiyo Wed Oct 27, 2004 3:50 pm
Ghost got one for "Sound of Thunder" by Ray BradburyGhost: 23
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Hunter B
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by Hunter B Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:59 pm
Kvetch gets one for my little trivia questionKvetch: 10
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."
Darb
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by Darb Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:57 pm
Somebody owes me 1/2 point
Auflin got 
Finally there's one I can play!