Well past time for a new thread.

Everyone welcome.

Rules:

Go to page 22, 44 or 66 of the book you are currently reading.

Pick a random word and offer one word clues for others to try to guess the word you have picked.

The game continues until the passwork is correctly guessed or until 5 new clues have been given. If no one guesses the word, you pass your turn onto the last person who guessed at the clue. You must reveal your password when you pass.

I believe it's my go.

From Forcing Amaryllis by Louise Ure, Page 44

Clue Nbr 1: analyze

assay

test?

Clue nbr. 2: experiment

theorize?

sorry DirtPriest

It's been more than 24 hours since my last clue, time for
Clue Nbr. 3: Groundwork

Research?

Hi ThrillerFan - you are right. It's your turn.

Clue 1: Agency

Department ?

Bureau?

Hmmm...I didn't expect one to get it on the first clue. Clues were going to be 1: Agency, 2: Board, 3: Commission, 4: Commode, 5: Dresser.

The answer is Bureau.

Page 44 of Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps

WholeHouseLibrary, you're up next.

OOPS! This thread went off the first Talk page, so I didn't think to look for it until just now. My bad...

Okay, still from The Middle Way, page 154...

Clue #1: Comparative

similarly?

Associate?

No, and no.

Clue #2: ratio (in the adjective sense of the word...)

proportion

Close enough! Proportional.

Your turn, TF

WHL, if you guess this one right in one clue, I'm going to consider you psychic.

CLUE 1: Pink

medium-rare?

So, like, what book is it from?

rose?

No and No

WholeHouseLibrary, in case you haven't noticed, I give out the book when it's solved or after clue 5. The books I read all have free looks into them from Amazon...given the rules, all you have to do is browse pages 22, 44, and 66 (not that you specifically would do that, but doesn't mean nobody would).

Clue 2: Football

pigskin?

Pigskin would be my guess, too.

I would have never thought to do the Amazon thing! What would be the point?

Alternative guess (and is probably 2 words anyway...): Porkbellies?

No and No

Clue 3: Columbus

buckeye?

No

(Though a pink buckeye would be amusing!)

Clue 4: Ten

Message edited by its author, Oct 23, 2009, 1:49pm.

maybe the buckeyes are pink before they are roasted-I wouldn't know since there are no buckeyes in Michigan

I am currently and officially stumped...

You want the 5th and "giveaway" clue?

let the others ponder a while with me

Ok, since I may not be logging on this weekend...Giveaway clue coming at 3:30pm EDT.

Clues so far are:

Pink
Football
Columbus
Ten

Message edited by its author, Oct 23, 2009, 2:00pm.

Ok, 5th, final, and "dead giveway" clue:

Clue 5: Month

Page 66 of Every Move You Make by M. William Phelps

Message edited by its author, Oct 23, 2009, 9:15pm.

I for one haven't got a clue. Perhaps someone else can put these clues together.

DeltaQueen

I thought the last was a dead giveaway.

Pink used for Breast Cancer Awareness (during which month?)

Football occurs then.

Columbus Day

In date format...it's represented by the 4th clue

5th clue directly describes what it is, which leaves only 12 possible answers.

October!

Message edited by its author, Oct 23, 2009, 11:11pm.

KarenElissa got it and is up next!

Ok, from 50 Reasons I Love Being Catholic by Liz Kelly. pg. 44

clue #1 young

innocent?

nubile?

juvenile ?

#40 Thrillerfan - now my face is pink! I should have been able to put it together...

not yet, but juvenile was going to be my next clue, so...

clue #2 juvenile

child?

#40 on the last game I thought about the fall months and checked the birthstones - none are pink so that ended my chances.

immature ?

Youth?

baptism?

#46 - Trust me, I have my own share of instances where I want to slap myself upside my own head!

#48 - I see you were on the right track with the fall months. I take it you don't watch pro football, as a number of players wear pink wrist banks or other parts of their uniform throughout October. It looks extremely weird, even weirder than the pink bats that MLB players use on Mother's Day.

baby?

I definitely noticed the pink football players. Ben Roethlisberger looks like even more of a priss with pink shoes. Also the amount of pink drastically reduced as the month went on. I didn't see pink shoes after the first week and only a few of those ridiculous pink brimmed hats.

You got it DeltaQueen, your turn!

#53

Ah, it's nice to be able to make fun of Ben Roethlisberger without getting popped for doing it! I thought the same thing myself. However, any time I make fun of anyone on the Steelers, I get popped one by my wife. In addition, I'm only allowed to pull for the team that is playing against Pittsburgh once every four years. When the Giants play them (and that's partially only because she knows I'd NEVER root against my own team...been a Giants fan since the mid-80's when I was a kid.)

I've been a Browns fan since billy Sims blew his knee out again in '84. Off that Lions bandwagon just in time, I say. The depths of hatred are rarely plumbed to the abyss of a long suffering Browns fan (Art Modell, the Steelers, the Ravens success, Elway, Earnest Byner's fumble, losing to crappy Bengals teams, seeing the Titans wear the old Oilers colors). And I'm wangling a trade for my boys Brandon Jacobs and Wes Welker to bolster my underachieving fantasy team. Now back to your regularly scheduled Password game with your host Tom Kennedy... (cue funky '80s bass riff)

Ok, here's the next password. From Little Face by Sophie Hannah, Page 22

Clue Nbr. 1: position

Guard?

juxtapose?

No and No

placement? I'll save the snickering one liners.

No to DirtPiest. I'll gie you the next clue as I am going out this evening and won't get back here until tomorrow.

Clue Nbr. 2: incident

Event?

Sherriff?

Hi guys, nobody's got it yet.

Clue Nbr 3 - plight

Debacle?

quandary?

Clue Nbr 4: location

Quagmire?

No, WHL, but I am starting to think my word belongs in a quagmire. A simple word, but perhaps too many meanings!

Entendre, perhaps?

OOH! Bog?

scene?

scene?

Did I read an echo?

No to all of the above. I really wish I had picked a different word!


Final clue = condition

Ummmmm -- situation?

circumstance?

Wow, you're a star WholeHouseLibrary. You got it. Your turn.

I'm a star? Must be a Brown Dwarf...

Okay, I'm still reading The Middle Way, so, from page 176...

Clue 1: stated

Announced ?

No.

spoken?

No.

Clue #2: previously

premeditated?

No.

declared?

No.

Clue #3: Written

Documented?

No.

Since I'm not going to be around much this weekend, I'm going to put the clues in a more logical order, and see if you can figure it out.

I'll check later this evening.

Clues:
Previously
Written
Stated

Last Clue: ibid

bibliography ?

No.

Okay, I'm hitting the sack soon, and most likely won't be back here until Sunday.

The word was: abovementioned

Don't forget to set your clocks back Saturday night / Sunday morning.

Carry on, DeltaQueen50

Message edited by its author, Oct 31, 2009, 12:38am.

Ok, from Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, page 66

Clue Nbr. 1: cover

shelter?

No, Dirt Priest that's not it

That's OK. It could be alot of things...

Ok time for the next clue.

Clue Nbr. 2: Garment

Raiment?

coat?

Not yet.

Clue Nbr 3: Cape

cloak?

You got it DirtPriest, your turn.

Sorry-I was out in the garage watching my inept fantasy football team suck hind tit. Not a single touchdown but almost every team I have a player on won in a blowout. Go figure

from The History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe by Ernest Zebrowski

1) machine

apparatus ?

Device?

clue 2) wheel

automobile ?

Block (political group...)

clue 3) rope

Gallows?

pulley ?

ΔQ wins again with 'pulley'
sorry that took so long-my little nephew and I took long naps this afternoon.

An afternoon nap sounds great to me!

From The Moonlit Cage by Linda Holeman, Page 44

Clue Nbr. 1 - charm

charisma?

I'll give you the next clue now as I won't be around tomorrow morning.

Clue Nbr 2: talisman

Token?

Ah, another nightowl. Sorry WHL that's not it.

Trinket?

HOO HOO

Nope - but that was going to be one of my clues.

Amulet?

You got it WHL.

Okay, I'm still reading The Middle Way, so, from page 198...

Clue #1: voluminous

fullness ?

Dense?

No to both - wrong direction...

Clue #2: extensive

vast?

No.

(I'll be back in about 4 hours.)

lengthy ?

large?

No and no.

Last Clue (mostly because I can't think of any other words...): Roomy

spacious?

immense?

broad?

You guys sound like you are describing my rear end!

Jinkies!

None of the above.

The word was: capacious.

Looks like ThrillerFan made the last guess.

All right, next word is set.

CLUE 1: Letters

mail?

alphabet ?

Runes?

Keyboard?

No, No, No, and No

Clue 2: Manual

Calligraphy?

No

Clue 3: BING!

Password ?

No

Clue 4: Electric

Message edited by its author, Nov 6, 2009, 1:44pm.

typewriter?

KarenElissa got it.

Final clue would have been "Ribbon".

It's from page 66 of the book Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

You're up next KarenElissa!

Message edited by its author, Nov 6, 2009, 1:59pm.

pg 66 of Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

clue #1 sound

Sane?

(It's been that kind of day...)

fundamental?

nope

clue#2 fire

Crackle?

You got it WHL! Your turn.

I don't have my current-read with me at the moment, so from page 22 of a blind-folded selection of possibly a hundred paperbacks in the vicinity of where I am right now...

Oh brother! I wish you luck with this one! It's a book about bookbinding...

Clue #1: Point

typeface?

No.

Clue #2: Awl

scribe??? (I'm stuck on tools and printing press stuff)

piercing?

No, and no.

Clue #3: Punch

Message edited by its author, Nov 9, 2009, 7:17pm.

stylus ?

No.

gimlet?

No.

Clue #4: Odd _______

Last Clue: Hamlet

Yeah, I kind of figured that this was going to be a tough one...

From Introduction to Bookbinding by Lionel S. Darley, the sentence reads:

"Using this marked sheet as a guide, now punch a small neat hole with a bodkin or cobbler's awl in the dead centre of the spine fold of each sheet..."

DirtPriest, you're up next.

Fair enough.

From J.R.R. Tolkien's Roverandom
clue 1) mythological

fabled?

clue 2) creature

Balrog?

nope
clue 3) song

Siren?

Goofy. My post from this afternoon vanished. Sorry.
Siren is obviously correct

In that case... my current-read is again unavailable, so from a literary resource to be named later:

Clue #1 Nil

(bump) - Not a clue; just bringing it back to the top of the stack.

Zilch?

zero?

Good for you, DP!

My 'reference' was a Book-Review-a-Day calendar that featured The Zero that particular day.

Always try numbers first, gravity always wins, and never bet on my Cleveland Browns. Ever.

From Agatha Christie's Tuesday Club Murders
clue 1) smack

Strike?

Spank?

clue 2) Archaic

Smite? (past tense = smote)

That was easier than I thought. And for the record I couldn't connect to LT.com last night for some reason. Go ahead WHL.

From The Middle Way, page 220...

Clue #1: expatriate (noun)

I have no clue, never heard of the word, and at m-w.com, it only mentions it as a Verb or an Adjective, not a noun, so my guess is probably WAY OFF course:

abroad?

You're correct (in that your guess is way off).

Clue #2: asylum-seeker (my apologies for this apparent rule-stretch...)

Insanist?

ummm.... no. {;>)

Transport (as in the old punishment of Transportation from Britain to, say, Australia or the US colonies)

No.

Clue #3: exiled

'Banished' from the Realm??

Message edited by its author, Nov 18, 2009, 8:29pm.

Try that using one word...

Banished

No...

Clue #4: person

Dahmer?

Huh?

Let's review...

Clue #1: expatriate (noun)
Clue #2: asylum-seeker
Clue #3: exiled
Clue #4: person

How in blazes did you get (Jeffrey) Dahmer from that?

Well, can't use clue 1, I only know it as a verb or adjective.

As a verb, it's to Banish or exile.

He belonged in an Insane Asylum

Exile is to leave one's home or country. Granted, in his case, it may not have been voluntary, as he was arrested.

As sick as he was, he was still a person.

Of course, if you let your mind get even sicker, he was exiled from his home in jail by being killed (hopefully he went to hell and not heaven...otherwise, I'm horsemeat when I get there).

It's a little sick and twisted (That's what I get for reading Horror Novels, Thrillers, and True Crime Novels, a sick and twisted mind), but it's the first thing that came to mind given the handicap of clue 1, so really just used clues 2, 3, and 4.

Message edited by its author, Nov 19, 2009, 4:18pm.

Thanks for that...

When you give your last clue, I'm leaving this one for someone else to solve...I'll figure their word out instead. Obviously this one's completely over my head.

Well, the only clue I have left is so obscure, that I doubt anyone would get it anyway.

That clue would have been "Petty".

As in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had a song with the word in the title.

I'm going to have quite limited access to the Net until Monday, so in the interest of keeping the thread going, the word I was trying to give clues for was:

refugee

The torch is passed to you, TP

I'm very busy after tomorrow until Monday, so I'm passing the torch to DirtPriest.

One more thing to do before bedtime

From The Road to Middle-Earth by T.A. Shippey
clue 1) Minstrel

troubadour?

no

clue 2) Dale (this is in a book about Tolkien so let's see who's alert)

OK then, clue 3) Shakespeare

SWAG: Luteist?

clue 4) Balladeer / Troubadour

jongleur ?

Isn't that one of those really important veins in your neck?

round and round the answer we go. It's not...
clue 4) ... hard

I'm stumped. Am I going to feel like slashing my jongleur when I find out the answer? :0

Maybe but I hope not. It's BARD, as in the Bard of Avon or Bard of Dale from The Hobbit. He's the guy that killed Smaug with the Black Arrow. Go ahead ΔQ

Message edited by its author, Nov 25, 2009, 5:16pm.

Well, you were right, it's not that hard at all - should have got it!

From The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards, page 22

Clue nbr 1: slight

I could go a few ways but I'll try - Wee?

snub?

Not yet.

Clue Nbr 2: overlook

ignore?

You got it WHL. Your go.

From The Middle Way, page 242...

Clue #1: pretentious

snobbish?

No.

Clue #2: person

Politician?

The word ~would~ apply to a LOT of politicians, but you should keep guessing.

Liar?

(And NO, I'm not the jerk from South Carolina that shouted "You Lie!", though I would shout it to Bush if I could)

this could also apply to a lot of politicians:

pompous ?

Close (in concept), and no.

Clue #3: faker

phony ?

No.

haughty?

No. Clue 2 is the primary clue to consider.

charlatan ?

That was actually going to be my next clue...

This is a made-up "word" for the new clue:

Clue #4: pseudo-expert

mountebank? (I've apparently read a few too many Agatha Christie mysteries this summer)

imposter ?

No, and close.

I don't have any more clues, so, I'll let you keep pondering until
a) around 6:00 - LT time; or
b) when I return to the house if MrsHouseLibrary hijacks me;
whichever applies...

The word was poseur - someone who pretends to be an expert in a a given field, but actually has no practical experience in it.

I worked for an organ builder for about a year, and whereas I know a lot about what makes pipes and wind chambers work well, I would be a poseur if I were to charge someone money for my advice, because there is still so much I ~don't~ know.

Your turn, DeltaQueen50!

Ok - From The Coldest Blood by Jim Kelly, page 44

Clue Nbr 1: brand

tattoo? (probably not, but...)

logo?

Not yet.

Clue Nbr 2: damage

scar?

You got it DirtPriest. Your go.

Just got home from a late football night

TA Shippey's J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
clue 1) pillager

Congressman?

Or, since Tolkien lived in England - Parlimentarian?

barbarian ?

vandal?

no. clue 2) Raider

I'll also give 3) reaver

looter ?

pirate?

Aggressor?

Hmmm... this might be harder than I thought so here's the last 2 together
4) Highwayman
5) ...Savager?....

Message edited by its author, Dec 1, 2009, 2:46pm.

Beserker ? - I only know this from video games!!

Honestly, I doubt anyone will guess 'Ravager', so go ahead ΔQ (and it's beRserker)

Thanks DirtPriest. Spelling has never been my strong point. :)

Ok, from Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories Volume I page 66:

Clue Nbr 1: detached

distracted?

No

aloof?

Not yet.

Clue Nbr 2 - unemotional

stoic?

indifferent?

Dirt Priest has gotten it. Your turn.

From the same book about Tolkien
1) disgusting

wretched?

offensive ?

nope
2) Repulsive

loathsome ?

Nauseating?

I was hesitant to play this because of all the revolting adjectives you folks would guess, but it's all in good fun
clue 3) horrid (and no, the word is not 'revolting', either)

Good night all and Merry Christmas or Happy whatever your equivalent winter solstice festival might be. May the sun return to us and not keep fading off away to the south.

repugnant ?

ΔQ is correct again

Oh, and I was enjoying writing down all the revolting words ...

From Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella, page 44

clue nbr 1: incised

inscribed?

no

carved?

no.

Club Nbr 2: etched

Scrimshawed? (After reading all this stuff about Tolkien, I'd bet that 'scrimshawn' is more correct.)

good word, but not the one.

I have to use one of your answers for the next clue.

Clue Nbr 3: inscribed

scored?

No

gouged?

chased?

bitten?

No, no and (ouch) no.

Clue Nbr 4: written

Pyrography?

No.

Club nbr 5: gravestone

engraved?

chiseled?

I like chiseled as well...

Nannybebette got it. Way to go Belva. Your turn.

Bump!

(not a clue... just making it easier for nannybebette to find)

Sorry guys. Let the hospital patients and my lame brain get in the way.

Okay;

From War and Peace; page # 66:

1st clue: conveyance

Am going to bed. Will check thread in the A.M.
Sorry again for the delay.
belva

transportation?

vehicle?

encumbrance?

No, no and no.

But I will use one of your guesses for the new clue.

clue#2: transportation

Good luck and my the universe be with you.
belva

carriage ?

DQ50;
Have you been reading War and Peace along with me?
You are 100% correct.
Your go!~!
belva

I have read War and Peace, so I did know they were driving in carriages.

From The Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella, page 44

Clue nbr 1: provisions

supplies?

No

vittles?

No - but I really like that word - reminds me of Granny on Beverly Hillbillies

Message edited by its author, Dec 15, 2009, 12:09am.

Agreements?

No to Thriller Fan

Clue Nbr 2: allotments

rations?

Congrats to Kelisha94, you're right. Your turn.

thank you!

from Before, After, and Somebody in Between by Jeannine Garsee on pg. 66

CLUE #1: work

ergs? (first thing among many to pop in to my mind)
after looking at the cover of your book I doubt it

Message edited by its author, Dec 15, 2009, 3:40pm.

nope...

employment?

CLUE #2: influence

Stress?

mentor ?

urge?

leverage?

CLUE # 3: maneuver

move?

manipulate?

you got it DirtPriest! you're up!

OK. From Dickens' Great Expectations (the first half has bored me to tears but I have to read it for a friend)

1) deduction

subtraction ?

negatory
clue 2) Guess

conclusion?

quick, but incorrect

inference

this time, quick AND correct

wow! ok, this is from Torch by Cheryl Stayed on pg. 22

CLUE # 1: comfort

ease?

console?

luxury?

soothe ?

CLUE # 2: console

calm?

solace?

empathize?

support?

DirtPriest...u got it yet again

Nutty
From a random page of Great Expectations, and electing to pass on 'circumjacent'
1) chicken

fowl ?

Scardy-cat?

(obviously chicken in a different context than DeltaQueen50's guess)

Message edited by its author, Dec 18, 2009, 12:55pm.

I thought that might be easy
go ahead ΔQ

Wow that was fast!

From Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, page 44

clue nbr 1: unrefined

raw?

boorish? (sounds Holmsian)

No and No.

Clue nbr 2: crude

ore?

vulgar?

Clue Nbr. 3: rough

uncouth?

oil?

No and no.

Clue Nbr. 4: crass

brash?

coarse?

DirtPriest got it. Your turn.

Still from Great Expectations
1) floated

hover ?

wafted?

suggested

clue 2) slid

glided

Glided it is. Your move...

From The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins:

Clue #1: Ball

gala?

Clue #2: globe

sphere?

You got it, DirtPriest.

That whole simultaneous post thing is weird and happens to me alot.

From The Inheritors by William Golding (Oddly, glided is again available on my bookmarked page...)
clue 1) echo

reverberation?

copy?

repeat ?

clue 2) reverberate

vibrate

throb?

Hmmm.
clue 3) oscillate

Resonate?

Resonate is correct

From page 44 of Blind Faith Hotel by Pamela Todd

CLUE #1 - decreased

reduced?

no

OK, let's try another clue:

CLUE #2 - diminished

ebbed?

no

decremented?

no.

Is there a rule to when I post a new clue? I guess I've got two no's in a row, so I'll post Clue #3

CLUE #3 - lessened

eased?

no

recessed?

no

receeded?

no

faded?

No

CLUE #4 - Savings

withdrew???

no

empty?

funds?

no and no

Oh Dear, I didn't realize I'd picked such a tough one.

I'm to my last clue and I can't come up with a giveaway clue, so I'm doing the best I can (and hope it makes sense)

CLUE #5 - D (and yes, that is just the letter "D")

Debit?

(Past tense - Debited?)

Message edited by its author, Dec 27, 2009, 10:00pm.

no - but at least you figured out the "D" reference

Deducted?

devalued?

no and no - but so on the right track

depressed?

no

Deminished?

deductible

no and no

Dividends?

They start with D, are supposed to be part of one's savings, but sure have been deducted and diminished in today's economy! (Ok, maybe it's a stretch).

Message edited by its author, Dec 29, 2009, 3:32pm.

good logic but no. and really, my word HAPPENS (or in my case past tense, HAPPENED) to one's savings and isn't a "part of" it. I realize that's another clue, but I really want someone to get this. I can't handle the pressure!

deflate?

I'm tempted to just say yes, but unfortunately, no. I'm inches away from giving a "sounds like" clue...

depleted?

no...I guess it's back to my KINDLE...(#419)

dwindle?

THANK HEAVENS!!! YES!

Sorry, I've been stressing that no one would get it and I'd have to start over. I realize I violated many rules, but the end justifies the means (at least in my eyes)

Now, it's your turn, hemlokgang. Have Fun!!!

Thanks, pba! I hope mine is somewhere near as challenging as yours.......

CLUE #1: chosen

New thread:

http://www.librarything.com/topic/80387#...