Round 3469 GUMPHEON Results

Tim Lodge

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Aug 3, 2024, 6:52:58 AMAug 3

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Judy Madnick is our new dealer for round 3470 with a total score of 8. Judy was one of five players who guessed correctly that GUMPHEON was a Scottish funeral banner. Five players also tied for the coveted runner up position with 3 points each: Johnny Barrs, Glenn Davis, Debbie Embler, Efrem Mallach, and Dan Widdis.

Take it away, Judy!

-- Tim L

*** GUMPHEON ***

1. _Scottish._ A funeral banner.
Submitter: OED Votes: - & - Score: 5 + 0 + 0 = D5
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Glenn Davis, Judy Madnick, Debbie Embler, Johnny Barrs

2. A road or path lined with columns.
Submitter: Tony Abell Votes: 1 & 7 Score: 0 + *2* + 0 = 2 *
Voted for by: Nobody

3. A loud, oafish, unpleasant person.
Submitter: Glenn Davis Votes: 1 & 7 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Debbie Embler

4. Contemptuous. A coin-operated photocopier.
Submitter: Paul Keating Votes: DQ Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

5. a medley of vegetables, served as part of a smorgasbord.
Submitter: Mike Shefler Votes: 9 & 10 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Dan Widdis

6. Random characters inserted into a line of text as the result of a coding error.
Submitter: Nancy Shepherdson Votes: 7 & 10 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

7. a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn under the hauberk in the middle ages.
Submitter: Judy Madnick Votes: 1 & 13 Score: 6 + *2* + 0 = 8 *
Voted for by: Tony Abell, Glenn Davis, Nancy Shepherdson, Shani Naylor, Efrem Mallach, Johnny Barrs

8. an obsolete unit of force or thrust in the metre-tonne-second system of units (mts).
Submitter: Debbie Embler Votes: 1 & 3 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Dave Cunningham

9. A device used to turn pages of music on a piano, controlled by the pianist's knee (named for its inventor, Murgatroyd Gumph).
Submitter: Shani Naylor Votes: 7 & 12 Score: 1 + 0 + 0 = 1
Voted for by: Mike Shefler

10. The eel Eurypharynx pelecanoides, also known as the 'pelican eel' because its mouth can distend to swallow prey much larger than the eel itsef.
Submitter: Efrem Mallach Votes: 7 & 12 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Mike Shefler, Nancy Shepherdson, Dan Widdis

11. [Stroboscopy] a name given by Dr. Harold Edgerton to the apparent reversal of motion of a balloon burst by a bullet as photographed with strobe lights.
Submitter: Dave Cunningham Votes: 8 & 12 Score: 0 + 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by: Nobody

12. An imaginary or theoretical device or contraption, often referenced humorously or ironically to denote something overly complex and ultimately impractical.
Submitter: Dan Widdis Votes: 5 & 10 Score: 3 + 0 + 0 = 3
Voted for by: Shani Naylor, Efrem Mallach, Dave Cunningham

13. sticky mud; any of various fine-grained silty soils common in the central U.S. that when saturated with water become impervious and soapy or waxy and very sticky.
Submitter: Johnny Barrs Votes: 1 & 7 Score: 1 + *2* + 0 = 3 *
Voted for by: Judy Madnick

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Judy Madnick

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Aug 3, 2024, 7:00:06 AMAug 3

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I guess I should have kept track so I'd be prepared. I'll try to get a word posted shortly.

Judy

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