Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2. Cl
4. Ag?
6. Si
8. Ir?
10. CLAM

3. Bus
6. Sandburg
9. Frequent Flyer
12. electric car
15. CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Ar
4: Cu
6: Si
8: Ir
10: clammland

I GET AROUND

3: Bus
6: Sandburg
9: Frequent Flyer
12: Electric Car
15: Pennyfarthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES
2: Cl (chlorine, Chile)
4: Cu (copper, Cuba)
6: Si (silicon, Slovenia)
8: Ir (iridium, Iran)
10:

I GET AROUND
3: bus
6: Carl Sandburg
9: frequent flyer
12:
15: penny-farthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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Holy crap.
2: Ch
4:
6:
8:
10:

3: Bus
6: Robert Frost
9: Frequent flier miles
12:
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2. Ar
4. CLAM
6. CLAM
8. Ve?
10. CLAM

3. CLAM
6. CLAM
9. frequent flyer program
12. CLAM
15. penny-farthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2. CL
4. CU
6. SL
8. IR
10. Taking a flyer on this one -- BR (bromine, Brazil)?

3. bus
6. Sandburg
9. frequent flyer
12. electric car
15. penny-farthing
ETA: Ah, geez. I meant SI of course. Doh; what a doofus.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES

2: Cl
4: Cu
6: Si
8: Ir
10: Cr?

I GET AROUND

3: Bus
6: Carl Sandburg
9: Frequent Flyer
12: CLAMcycle
15: Pennyfarthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Cl
4: Cu
6: Si
8: Ir
10: Cr

3: Bus
6: Sandburg
9: Frequent flyer
12: Electric car
15: Pennyfarthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES
2. Cl [Chile?]
4. Cu [Cuba]
6. Si? [Slovenia?]
8. Ir [Islamic Republic of Iran...don't want to risk a fatwa here]
10.

I GET AROUND
3. The bus
6. Carl Sandburg?
9. Airline miles?
12.
15. Penny-farthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES
2: CL
4: CU
6: Si
8: IR
10: (I'm totally wagging on this, but I'm pretty sure that Lake Nicuragua has the sharks, so let's go with) NI

I GET AROUND

3: Bus
6: Sandburg
9: Frequent Flyer?
12: Electric Car
15: Pennyfarthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Cl
4: Cu
6: Si
8: CLAM
10: CLAM
Tough but fair category. One of the most clever ones I've seen!

3: The Bus!
6: Carl Sandburg
9: Frequent Flier Program
12: Electric Car
15: CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Cl
4: Cu
6:
8: Ir
10:

3: Bus (hey, he's gonna sit by you...)
6: Sandburg
9: Frequent flyer miles?
12: Electric car?
15: penny farthing?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Cl
4: CLAM
6: Si
8: CLAM
10: CLAM

3: The Bus
6: Sandburg
9: Frequent Flier
12: The Electric Car
15: CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Ar
4: Cu
6: Si
8: I (as in the uppercase letter that is pronounced "eye," not a lowercase "L")
10: Ni

3: the bus
6: Sandburg
9: sky miles
12: clam
15: clam
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Cl
4: Cu
6: Si
8: Ir?
10:

3: (Another One Rides) The Bus
6: Carl Sandberg
9: Frequent Flyer
12:Electric Car
15: Penny-Farthing

Mad props to Ivan on one of the more creative categories I've seen!
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2: Cl
4: Cu
6: Si
8: Ir
10: As


3: Bus
6: Sandburg
9: Frequent Flyer
12: CLAM
15: Penny-farthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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great category!
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2: Cl

4: Cu

6: Si?

8: Ir

10:

3: bus

6: Sandberg

9: Frequent Flier

12: Electric car

15: penny-farthing
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES

2: cl
4: cu
6: si
8: ir
10: freshwater clam

I GET AROUND

3: bus
6: Sandburg
9: mileage
12: electric car
15: two clams
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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PERIODIC DOMAIN NAMES

2: A greenish-yellow gas that disinfects drinking water and the country that is home to the southernmost village in the world. What is Cl?

4: An element mined on Cyrpus during the Roman era, and the home to two three-time Olympic boxing champions. What is Cu?

6: The second-most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the first piece of the former Yugoslavia to officially join the Eurozone. What is Si?

8: The International Prototype Kilogram is made of platinum and this “rainbow” element; the country's federal calendar includes Nationalization of the Oil Industry Day What is Ir?

10: An element that can be added to glass to give it a green color and the country where the world's only freshwater sharks live. What is Cr?

I GET AROUND

3: “Another comes on and another comes on” this mode of transport in the title of the first song Weird Al Yankovic played on national TV. What is a bus?

6: The Amtrack route running from Chicago to Quincy, Illinois named for this poet doesn't exactly “come on little cat feet.” Who was Sandburg?

9: Inspired by Green Stamps, this type of rewards program was first introduced by Texas Internaitonal Airlines in 1979. What is Frequent Flyer?

12: A sequel to a 2006 documentary, the movie “Revenge of” this type of vehicle debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival on Earth Day 2011. What is the electric car?

15: This type of bicycle named for two British coins fell out of favor in 1893 with the widespread adoption of pneumatic tires. What is the penny farthing?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 1, Day 6

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2. Cl
4.
6. Si
8.
10.

3.
6
9 Frequent Flyer Miles
12
15
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