Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia
4. Fisk?
6. Sagittarius?
8.
10.

3.
6.
9. Predator?
12.
15.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: BAMA MAN – Huntsville native Jimmy Wales founded this collaborative online encyclopedia in January, 2001. What is Wikipedia?

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. Who is Carlton Fisk?

6: TEAPOT – A collection of stars in the shape of a teapot appears near this Zodiac constellation named for a legendary archer. What is Sagittarius?

8: BOSON – W and Z Bosons carry weak nuclear force, while these bosons carry the strong force. What are gluons?

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. What is CLAM chowdah?

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: The SI unit measuring magnetic induction is named for this engineer who invented the first device controlled by radio remote control. Who was Tesla?

6: Heron, a writer and inventor from this Egyptian city, invented several machines that performed wonders in temples. What is Alexandria?

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. What is Predator? (and fwiw, the new Winnipeg Jets sweater and logo look great!)

12: Unimate, a General Motors industrial robot, was the first robot of this type which is not controlled by outside forces. What is automaton?

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. What is cybernetic?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius?
8: C (and that's not half a guess)
10: C

3: C (ouch)
6: Alexandria?
9: Blackhawks
12: C
15: C
So much C food... [ETA] and I thought I was so clever coming up with this 9-pointer...
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY
2: Wikipedia
4: Carlton Fisk
6: Sagittarius
8: Gluons
10: Clam

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS
3: Tesla
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12: Autonomous
15: Clam
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2: Wikipedia
4: CLAM
6: Saggitarius
8: X & Y?
10: CLAM Mather

3: CLAM
6: Alexandria?
9: CLAM
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2. Wikipedia
4.
6.
8:
10.

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3:
6:Alexandria
9:
12: Automaton
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Sagittarius
8. the CLAM boson
10. Brewster

3. Tesla
6. Alexandria?
9. Predators?
12. CLAM
15. Automaton?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. CLAM
8. CLAM
10. CLAM

3. CLAM
6. Alexandria
9. Predator
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia
4. Carlton Fisk
6. Sagittarius
8.
10.

3. David Bowie made a great Tesla
6. Alexandria
9. Predator
12. automaton
15. cybernetics
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2: wikipedia
4: clam
6: Sagittarius
8: tau?
10: clam

clam all the robot questions...
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia
4. Fisk?
6. Sagittarius
8. X and Y (WAG)
10. Williams WAG

3. Tesla?
6. clam
9. Predator
12. clam
15. clam
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: Wikipedia
4: CLAM
6: Sagittarius
8: X & Y
10: CLAM

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: Faraday
6: Alexandria
9: Predator
12: CLAM (my swag would be automaton)
15: CLAM (my swag would be android)
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia.
4. Clam. For unknown reasons, Johnny Bench comes to mind.
6. Sagittarius
8. clam. My guess would be s for strong, but htat's all it is.
10. Cotton Mather (a leap of faith here).

3. Marconi? For 3 points, it shouldn't be someone obscure like Zworykin.
6. Alexandria. Saw it on TV.
9. Predator
12. Clam. Can think of many possible terms (fully automated, self-directed; none seems right.
15. Clam. I'm thinking technocracy, since the krat- stem means rule in Greek. And isn't it Wiener?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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Hello JBoard folks. This is Sue, --Pete's wife. --Pete is going to be in the hospital for awhile and will not be able to score this until he gets back home. He is not sure how long he will be off line so, he wanted me to be sure you know that if he is away for too long it is OK with him if someone else does this.

Thank you,

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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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--Pete wrote:Hello JBoard folks. This is Sue, --Pete's wife. --Pete is going to be in the hospital for awhile and will not be able to score this until he gets back home. He is not sure how long he will be off line so, he wanted me to be sure you know that if he is away for too long it is OK with him if someone else does this.

Thank you,

Sue
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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--Pete wrote:Hello JBoard folks. This is Sue, --Pete's wife. --Pete is going to be in the hospital for awhile and will not be able to score this until he gets back home. He is not sure how long he will be off line so, he wanted me to be sure you know that if he is away for too long it is OK with him if someone else does this.

Thank you,

Sue
Thanks for letting us all know Sue. Pete: get well soon, we're thinking of you.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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Sorry to hear about your health problems, Pete. Get well soon and hurry back!
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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Geez, is SHC hazardous to your health? Hopefully both DoT and Pete will be good as new very soon.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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2. Wikipedia
4. Fiske
6. Sagittarius
8. [clam]
10. Williams

3. Tesla
6. Thebes
9. Predators
12. autonomous
15. [clam]
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 6, Day 5

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YOU ARE THE CATEGORY

2: BAMA MAN – wikipedia

4: (FORMERLY) ODD SOX – fisk

6: TEAPOT – Sagittarius

8: BOSON – X and Y?

10: BILLY PILGRIM – clam

ROBOTS & ROBOTICS

3: henry?

6: Alexandria?

9: clam

12: Android?

15: clam
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