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Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by gentle lemur, 26 Dec 2017.

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  1. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    "Orange Person" was basically a guess for me. I didn't know how the clue related to her.
     
    Chlidonias, 4 Jan 2018
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  2. gentle lemur

    gentle lemur Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    The Dutch football team play in orange shirts, I presume because the House of Orange has been around since the 16th century at least. So do Blackpool AFC, one of England's most famous clubs, although they have not been very good recently and they say that their shirts are tangerine.
    I suspect that Orange Person chose her name because of her fondness for orang utans rather than for any sporting reason :)
     
    gentle lemur, 4 Jan 2018
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    Should have been able to get that along the way, makes a lot of sense now!
     
    KevinVar, 4 Jan 2018
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    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    43 down is a shorter Midlander. :p

    Well done GentleLemur, must have taken you ages tocome up with this, it is very good.
     
    bongorob, 4 Jan 2018
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    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I think my favourite clue was "More Experiences than Jimi Hendrix" :p

    One that threw me was "From the shores of Lake Michigan." I had Pachyderm Pro for a while but realised it was wrong when nothing else fitted in to it! ;)
     
    Brum, 4 Jan 2018
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  6. gentle lemur

    gentle lemur Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I suppose Jimi Hendrix really only had one Experience, but I liked that clue too. My favourites were the ones for FBBird and Batto. I was going to say 'Bird with nothing underneath' for vogelcommando, but I had second thoughts when I realised that idiom might not be understood outside the UK :oops:
     
    gentle lemur, 4 Jan 2018
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    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Explination please ???
     
    vogelcommando, 5 Jan 2018
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  8. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    It took me ages to get Migdog!

    FBBird I got immediately.

    I still don't quite understand the clue for Batto - it was one of the last answers I got (and once I did that enabled me to get Shavington Zoo). It is sort of an anagram but not totally. Was the clue a reference to something else?
     
    Chlidonias, 5 Jan 2018
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    Swampy Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Swampy, 5 Jan 2018
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  10. gentle lemur

    gentle lemur Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Swampy has provided the answer and you have shown that I was probably right to rewrite that clue :)
    Batto sounds like a boat to people who speak French (bateau).
     
    gentle lemur, 5 Jan 2018
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  11. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I have limited French: hello, goodbye, thank-you, policeman, my friend, cat, dog, and I can count to ten.

    Boat was not one of the words I knew.
     
    Chlidonias, 5 Jan 2018
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  12. pachyderm pro

    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I know I’ve only been on this site for a year and a half now, but I’m a bit miffed that I wasn’t included in this! :p

    But in all seriousness, Great idea GL. I would’ve never thought of something like this.
     
    pachyderm pro, 5 Jan 2018
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