Mike Shefler
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Tony Abell is the runaway winner and next dealer with 6 natural points.
1. A Jamaican name for a grackle, _Quiscalus niger_.
Submitter: Keating Votes: [1] & *2* 2 + 2 = 4
Voted for by: [Keating]; Naylor; Widdis
2. A conifer, _Araucaria hunsteinii_, native to the mountains of Papua
New Guinea.
Submitter: Shefler Vote: N/A D3
Voted for by: Keating; Madnick; Widdis
3. Bells traditionally attached to reindeer to make them easier to
locate.
Submitter: Bourne Votes: 4 & 10 0 + 2 = 2
Voted for by: Embler; Mallach
4. A sickle-like tool of South Asia, used for harvesting rice.
Submitter: Lodge Votes: 9 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Bourne
5. A small woody outgrowth occurring low on the stem of many climbing
plants.
Submitter: Madnick Votes: *2* & 10 2 + 1 = 3
Voted for by: Naylor
6. [Old Norse] The noise an empty bowl makes when tapped.
Submitter: Embler Votes: 3 & 10 0 + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Boxer
7. A palm-muted, distorted guitar chug, esp. in metal music.
Submitter: Boxer Votes: 6 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
8. A pole vault attempt in which the athlete's trailing foot
inadvertently dislodges the bar.
Submitter: Mallach Votes: 3 & 10 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
9. Building bricks, also known as engineering bricks made of sintered
clay; fired at a high temperature of around 1200ºC.
Submitter: Barrs Vote: DQ DQ + 1 = 1
Voted for by: Lodge
10. Fine gravel.
Submitter: Abell Vote: N/V 0 + 6 = 6
Voted for by: Bourne; Lodge; Madnick; Embler; Boxer; Mallach
11. [Obs.] A two-man tent [named for Austrian cavalry officer Walter
Klinki]
Submitter: Naylor Votes: 1 & 5 0 + 0 = 0
Voted for by:
12. [slang, hist.] A guillotine, so called from the imagined sound of its
blade falling.
Submitter: Widdis Votes: 1 & *2* 2 + 0 = 2
Voted for by: