3609 🏆 GAMEGALL

[Paul Keating]

The outcome of this round was in the balance right to the end, and ultimately the winner, Eric Boxer, was declared by the deadline, because the two non-voters might have tipped the balance. His #8, “Petulant conduct following a loss” scored 3 + 2 = 5*. Tony Abell and Dan Widdis were joint runners-up with a score of natural 3. 

GAMEGALL is a hapax legomenon: it owes its place in the OED (and so, in this game) to a single 1577 citation, from Holinshed’s Chronicles, a 3-volume history of England, Scotland, and in this case Ireland, that is celebrated because Shakespeare, Marlowe and Spenser mined it for plot material. The OED’s definition is essentially what can be gleaned from the context, and the etymology it proposes is no more than scholarly speculation. I considered offering an alternative, but that, of course, would simply be unscholarly speculation.

1	A bitter or caustic remark, especially one delivered casually but remembered long after.
	Votes from Eric Boxer, Glenn Davis, Mike Shefler
	Submitted by: Dan Widdis, who voted for 4, 10. Score: 3.
2	A bump on the head.
	Votes from Glenn Davis, Judy Madnick, Efrem Mallach
	Submitted by: Tony Abell, who did not vote. Score: 3.
3	A competition among traditional Indonesian musical ensembles.
	Vote from Hugo Kornelis
	Submitted by: Efrem Mallach, who voted for 2, 6. Score: 1+2=3*.
4	A female video game enthusiast.
	Vote from Dan Widdis
	Submitted by: Hugo Kornelis, who voted for 3, 14. Score: 1.
5	Any injury, such as a bruise, incurred in the game of rugby, which causes a raised lump to appear.
	Vote from Judy Madnick
	Submitted by: Tim Lodge, who voted for 8, 12. Score: 1.
6	A jesting exchange or retort.
	Votes from Eric Boxer, Debbie Embler, Efrem Mallach, Mike Shefler
	Real Definition (OED3). Score: D4.
7	One of several kinds of tree gall used as food sources by over-wintering game birds.
	Vote from Shani Naylor
	Submitted by: Tim Bourne, who voted for 8, 9. Score: 1.
8	Petulant conduct following a loss.
	Votes from Tim Bourne, Debbie Embler, Tim Lodge
	Submitted by: Eric Boxer, who voted for 1, 6. Score: 3+2=5*.
9	A powdered plant gall traditionally used to soften leather for binding and fastening purposes.
	Votes from Tim Bourne, Shani Naylor
	Submitted by: Glenn Davis, who voted for 1, 2. Score: 2.
10	A satchel for carrying game birds home from the hunt.
	Vote from Dan Widdis
	Submitted by: Nancy Shepherdson, who did not vote. Score: 1.
11	A short-lived cluster of cells that appears during the early development of some amphibian larvae.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Judy Madnick, who voted for 2, 5.
12	A soft pad-saddle with a footrest, for a woman or child to ride on behind a man.
	Vote from Tim Lodge
	Submitted by: Shani Naylor, who voted for 7, 9. Score: 1.
13	A type of wicker weir set in a stream as a trap for fish.
	No votes
	Submitted by: Mike Shefler, who voted for 1, 6. Score: 0+2=2*.
14	Wild male turkeys fighting to establish dominance for breeding rights.
	Vote from Hugo Kornelis
	Submitted by: Debbie Embler, who voted for 6, 8. Score: 1+2=3*.

Def no	Player	Voted for	Votes from	Score from votes	Correct guess	Total
8	Boxer	1, 6	Bourne, Embler, Lodge	3	2	5*
1	Widdis	4, 10	Boxer, Davis, Shefler	3		3
2	Abell	DNV	Davis, Madnick, Mallach	3		3
3	Mallach	2, 6	Kornelis	1	2	3*
14	Embler	6, 8	Kornelis	1	2	3*
9	Davis	1, 2	Bourne, Naylor	2		2
13	Shefler	1, 6			2	2*
7	Bourne	8, 9	Naylor	1		1
5	Lodge	8, 12	Madnick	1		1
12	Naylor	7, 9	Lodge	1		1
4	Kornelis	3, 14	Widdis	1		1
10	Shepherdson	DNV	Widdis	1		1
11	Madnick	2, 5				0

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France