Round 3104: GRA [Results]

[Paul Keating]

The real winner of this round, with a spectacular 8 votes, was the OED.

No fewer than 4 players tied for second place, with 4 points each: Dan Widdis, Efrem Mallach, Judy Madnick, and Tim Lodge. None of those scores was a natural, so the leader in the rolling scores takes the next deal. With 15 points from the last 5 rounds, including this one, that is Efrem Mallach.

1	A shard or fragment Votes from Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne	Nancy Shepherdson
2	A sneeze of contempt	John Barrs
3	The coarse outer hair of llamas, used for rugs, wall-hangings, and lead ropes Votes from Dan Widdis, Debbie Embler	Tim Lodge
4	A critical bug in a computer program, resulting from a minor and understandable but still really bad mistake, that can take hours to figure out and fix	Debbie Embler
5	To burble or make a gurgling noise, said of a stream Vote from John Barrs	Shani Naylor
6	Obs. or Scot. A feast Votes from Efrem Mallach, Tim Lodge	Dan Widdis
7	a spice made from lemongrass, turmeric, star anise and black pepper [Thai]	Alan Mallach
8	A riding jacket of Eastern Europe Vote from Nancy Shepherdson	Tim Bourne
9	A graduate research assistant	Ryan McGill
10	Obsolete. rare. An exclamation ascribed to Irishmen [apparently representing Irish a ghráidh ‘my dear’, in English books commonly rendered agra(h or arrah]	Real definition from OED
11	A quickly assembled makeshift shelter	Tony Abell
12	A brain disease suffered by sheep Vote from Alan Mallach	Judy Madnick
13	Obs. originally the Bearded Vulture, later applied to other vultures, buzzards and kites [prob. Celtic] Votes from Nancy Shepherdson, Ryan McGill	Mike Shefler
14	A dwarf buffalo native to the Philippines Votes from Judy Madnick, Ryan McGill	Efrem Mallach
15	An ancient musical instrument resembling the lyre Votes from Shani Naylor, Tim Bourne	Chris Carson

Scores are as follows:

Player	Votes	Correct Guess	Total
Alan Mallach		2	2
Chris Carson	2		2
Dan Widdis	2	2	4
Debbie Embler		2	2
Efrem Mallach	2	2	4
John Barrs		2	2
Judy Madnick	2	2	4
Mike Shefler	1	2	3
Nancy Shepherdson	2		2
Ryan McGill
Shani Naylor	1		1
Tim Bourne	1		1
Tim Lodge	2	2	4
Tony Abell	1		1

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Paul Keating
Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[Efrem G Mallach]

I totally did NOT see this coming. New word as soon as I get my act together. 

Efrem

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

Paul,

This format is very confusing. Also, my def was #7, not #13. So I think you have switched the scores of Alan Mallach and me. And shouldn't the owner of #13 have received either 2 or 4 points, given 2 votes for that def? I can't say if that has happened to anyone else.  You also have Tony Abell with 1 vote but do not note any voters after his def.

--Mike

[amal...@comcast.net]

Paul – Mike is right – my def was #13. And I do think I get 4 points, as Mike points out.

Alan

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