Tuesday, 12 April 2011

N-41 CLUE A837

TRIVIA A837:  Original preposition [4 letters, SP 9]

N-40 CLUE K017

TRIVIA K017 :  Murdered his aunt in Zion [4 letters, no SP]

N-39 CLUE K001

TRIVIA K001 :  Of the same colour as the rest.  [4 letters, SP 7]

N-38 CLUE A242

TRIVIA A242 :  First words of Nero Wolfe in the first Nero story (1934): “Where’s the___” [4 letters, SP 6]

N-37 CLUE A147

TRIVIA A147 :  When you rearrange the letters from one complete regulation Scrabble ® set of tiles, you will be able to spell out the answers to trivia questions A132, A135, A136, A138, A140, A141, A142, A144, A145, A146  and you will be left with this colour [6 letters, SP 12]

N-36 CLUE K026

TRIVIA K026 :  Place where tablets were delivered [5 letters, no SP]

Sunday, 10 April 2011

N-35 CLUE G129

TRIVIA G129 : Second-largest human organ (after skin) [5 letters, SP 8]

N-34 CLUE A197

TRIVIA A197 :   When you rearrange the letters from one complete regulation Scrabble ® set of tiles, you will be able to spell out the answers to trivia questions A151, A152, A153, A154, A156, A157, A188, A189, A190, A191, A192, A193, A194, A195, A196  and you will be left with Nessie’s Canadian cousin [7 letters, no SP]

N-33 CLUE A900

TRIVIA A900 : Indefinite pronoun equivalent to one [3 letters, SP 6]

N-32 CLUE A899

TRIVIA A899 : Linguistic form meaningfully spoken in isolation [4 letters, SP 8]

N-31 CLUE A893

TRIVIA A893 : To sever [8 letters, SP 10]

I-30 CLUE A836

TRIVIA A836 : Belongs to Dad only once per year in June [3 letters, SP 7]

I-29 CLUE G112

TRIVIA G112 : Left Lewis behind in 1956 [6 letters, SP 8]

I-28 CLUE G110

TRIVIA G110 : Household item invented by Byrn [9 letters, SP 20]

I-27 CLUE G103

TRIVIA G103 : Declared war after claiming “peace in our times” [11 letters, SP 20]

I-26 CLUE G101

TRIVIA G101 : The Great Lake State [8 letters, no SP]

I-25 CLUE G100

TRIVIA G100 : Two are featured in Adam’s watership [7 letters, SP 11]

Thursday, 7 April 2011

I-24 CLUE K024

TRIVIA K024 :  Calcium oxide [4 letters, 6 SP]

I-23 CLUE A182

TRIVIA A182 : to shrink with fear [5 letters, SP 14]

I-22 CLUE K021

TRIVIA K021 :  Stimulate [4 letters, 10 SP]

I-21 CLUE A809

TRIVIA A809 : The Finn, Paavo Nurmi, was known for ___ .  {If you remember the song about cabby Harry and Sue (she wanted to be an actress); you’ll recall Harry’s intention was the same as Paavo’s}[6 letters, SP 13]

I-20 CLUE A991

TRIVIA A991 : Stories and ancient paintings about this extinct bird were once widely believed to be myths, but in 1863 George Clark, believing the myths to be literally true, followed some of the clues in the legends and discovered fossil evidence confirming the existence of this bird. [4 letters, SP 6]

I-17,I-18,I-19 CLUES A970,A971,A972

TRIVIA A970, A971, A972 :    Find the missing words:  In 1961, Nero Wolfe read The A970[5 letters, SP 5] and the A971[5 letters, SP 7], by A972 [6 letters, no SP]  Koestler.

I-16 CLUE A955

TRIVIA A955 : With little ability for independent action, a single ____ is easily beaten, but as a group they represent a formidable threat, repairing themselves and their vessel very rapidly and absorbing the knowledge and strengths of each conquered race [4 letters, no SP]

B-15 CLUE A918

TRIVIA A918 : Adult castrated male used for draft and food [2 letters, SP 9]

B-14 CLUE A806

TRIVIA A806 : The name of the Apostle for whom this cathedral is named, also appears within a  Kangaroo Poet’s name, and the cathedral was where Chuck and Di tied the knot. [4 letters, no SP]

B-13 CLUE A797

TRIVIA A797 : Medieval British developed the checkered tablecloth as a part of one form of this calculating device [6 letters, SP 10]

B-12 CLUE A383

TRIVIA A383 : Some NHL players, usually defencemen, score no goals but do gather assists.  Of the top ten NHLers in history posting 20 or more points in a season without scoring a goal, four come from this team. [5 letters, no SP]

B-11 CLUE A381

TRIVIA A381 : The largest regulation NHL jersey ever made, a size 360, was worn by a statue during the 1997 Stanley Cup final.  In which city? [7 letters, no SP]

B-10 CLUE A253

TRIVIA A253 : First words of Ellery Queen in the first Ellery story (1929):  “As a matter of fact, I can’t return the _________”[10 letters, SP 17]

B-9 CLUE A252

TRIVIA A252 : First words of Sherlock Holmes in the first Holmes story (1887): “I’ve found it! I’ve found it.  I have found a ________”[7 letters, SP 8]

B-8 CLUE A202

TRIVIA A202 : Nocturnal mammal swung in baseball? [3 letters, SP 5]

B-7 CLUE A191

TRIVIA A191 : Private house antonym[3 letters, SP 7]

B-6 CLUE A190

TRIVIA A190 : Catches flies world-wide? [3 letters, SP 8]

B-5 CLUE A183

TRIVIA A183 : One-fifth of the atmosphere, by volume [6 letters, SP 17]

B-4 CLUE A200

TRIVIA A200 : Concealing the zipper batted high over the field? [3 letters, SP 9]

B-3 CLUE A166

TRIVIA A166 : The closing date for the real estate transfer of one-third of North America from the Hudson’s Bay Company to Canada in exchange for a payment of 300,000 pounds was _________1, 1869 [8 letters, no SP]

B-2 CLUE A159

TRIVIA A159 : Produced the Vulgate, authoritative Latin translation of the Bible in use, unchanged, for over 1,000 years [6 letters, no SP]

B-1 CLUE A802

TRIVIA A802 : The history of humanity is a history of devolution rather than evolution; the greatest heighth of technological development was achieved in our past, not in our future [Refer to James Churchward and Zecharia Sitchin].  We are still unable to duplicate construction of the pyramids, for example, and cannot explain the megalithic structures which survive from pre-history.  We wonder how a hewn stone measuring 64 feet by 14 feet by 14 feet, still too awkward and heavy for any modern equipment to move, became part of the foundation of an ancient temple in this East Lebanon town [7 letters, no SP]