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Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:39 am
by DadofTwins
Day 5 below. Day 6 later this afternoon.
Tomorrow I have my last procedure. Hopefully, I'll be feeling well enough to resume the normal posting schedule Wednesday. If not, Round 7 will begin when I get back.
Good luck.
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:39 am
by DadofTwins
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: BAMA MAN – Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded this collaborative online encyclopedia in January, 2001.
4: (FORMERLY) ODD SOX – When this Boston Red Sox catcher signed with the Chicago White Sox in 1981, he reversed the digits of his number from 27 to 72.
6: TEAPOT – A collection of stars in the shape of a teapot appears near this Zodiac constellation named for a legendary archer.
8: BOSON – W and Z Bosons carry weak nuclear force, while these bosons carry the strong force.
10: BILLY PILGRIM – Four outer islands in Boston Harbor are named for this religious leader who served as an advisor to Plymouth governor William Bradford.
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: The SI unit measuring magnetic induction is named for this engineer who invented the first device controlled by radio remote control.
6: Heron, a writer and inventor from this Egyptian city, invented several machines that performed wonders in temples.
9: Nickname shared by an NHL team and the General Atomics MQ-1 Unmanned Ariel Vehicle used by the US Air Force and the CIA.
12: Unimate, a General Motors industrial robot, was the first robot of this type which is not controlled by outside forces.
15: First defined in a robotic context by Norbert Weiner in a book of the same name, this term derives from a Greek word meaning governor.
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:40 am
by DadofTwins
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:55 am
by MarkBarrett
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagitarius
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3:
6: Alexandria
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:04 am
by seaborgium
2. Wikipedia
4.
6. Sagittarius
8. Higgs bosons?
10.
3. Faraday?
6.
9.
12. clam (autonomous? automaton?)
15.
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:18 am
by saintanthony
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: wikipedia
4: clam
6: Sagittarius
8: that should be gluons
10: (Is Billy a tom? If so,) Wm Brewster.
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Faraday
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator?
12: no idea.
15: Nope.
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:48 am
by Paucle
2: WikiPedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
3:
6: Alexandria (Cairo seemed too obvious, and then there's that library thing)
9: Predator?
12:
15:
nasty set
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:14 am
by Turd Ferguson
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Orion
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10:
3:
6: Alexandria
9:
12:
15:
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:36 am
by barandall800
2. Wikipedia
4. CLAM
6. Sagittarius
8. CLAM
10. CLAM
3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. CLAM
12. CLAM
15. Android? (Eh, it's worth a shot.)
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:46 am
by demomoke
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10: Brewster
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: ampere
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12:
15: cybernetics
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:56 am
by OldSchoolChamp
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton “Lute” Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: Gluons
10: William “Cherrystone” Clamford
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Nikola “Barefoot Con” Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
- sp: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, not “Ariel”
12: Don’t know what you’re after here...my guess would be “automaton,” but I’ll take a clam.
15: Cybernetics
Respectfully submitted—
—OSC
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:26 am
by StevenH
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk?
6: Sagitarrius
8: clam
10: clam
3: Webber?
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:27 am
by joepozz
2. Wikiprdia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Sagitarius
8. Higgs
10.
3.
6.
9.
12.
15.
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:43 am
by alietr
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Gauss
6: Alexandria
9: Predators
12: Automaton (I hope)
15:
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:00 am
by Woof
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Saggitarius
8: gluons?
10: CLAM
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria?
9: Predator
12: CLAM
15: cybernetics
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:08 am
by nserven
2. Wikipedia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Orion
8. CLAM
10. William Brewster
3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. Predator
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:33 am
by paul5562
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: CLAM
10: Brewster
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12: autonomous
15: cybernetics
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:38 am
by plasticene
2: Wikipedia
4:
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
3: Tesla?
6: Alexandria
9: Ranger?
12: Autonomous
15: Cybernetics?
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:46 am
by Volante
2: Wikipedia
4: Fisk
6: Orion
8:
10:
3:
6:
9: predator
12: autonomous
15:
Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:03 am
by Asphodel
YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4:
6: Sagittarius
8:
10:
ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3:
6: Alexandria
9:
12:
15:
DadofTwins, I hope your procedure goes better for you than today's round went for me. Speedy recovery!