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FNGD Q4 - BACK IN T. O.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:17 pm
by etaoin22
B - Robertson Davies' Deptford trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
(I put the wrong trilogy name originally)
Re: FNGD Q4 - BACK IN T. O.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:19 pm
by andrewjackson
etaoin22 wrote:B - Robertson Davies' Salterton trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
B - Manticore
G - Margaret Atwood
Re: FNGD Q4 - BACK IN T. O.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:20 pm
by andrewjackson
etaoin22 wrote:B - Robertson Davies' Deptford trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
(I put the wrong trilogy name originally)
I didn't know the trilogy but I did get the critter clue part.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:20 pm
by AlphaDummy
Centaur?
and
Paris Hilton
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:21 pm
by littlebeast13
B - Robertson Davies' Deptford trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
Uly's last avatar
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
(I put the wrong trilogy name originally)
The Dancing Queen
lb13
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:21 pm
by T_Bone0806
Manticore
Leona Helmsley
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:21 pm
by KillerTomato
Manticore?
Margaret Atwood (and I'd give her a prize for "The Handmaid's Tale" but not much else. Just MHO)
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:22 pm
by minimetoo26
Manticore
Margaret Atwood
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:23 pm
by mellytu74
the Never Ending Political Threads on the Bored
Margaret Atwood
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:23 pm
by minimetoo26
Effin' unreliable cable service....
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:23 pm
by christie1111
Griffin? What does that have to do with TO?
My brain is fuzzy tonight
Don't know the author
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:23 pm
by ontellen
Huh?
Margaret Atwood
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:24 pm
by AlphaDummy
Ack. Body of a "lion".
Now I feel like the back end of a centaur...
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:25 pm
by T_Bone0806
AlphaDummy wrote:
Now I feel like the back end of a centaur...
Welcome to "T-Bone World".
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:27 pm
by littlebeast13
minimetoo26 wrote:Effin' unreliable cable service....
Someone chewing on wires....?
lb13
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:30 pm
by etaoin22
OK let me answer one question first.
'Deptford' and "Salterton' are two imaginary towns in Ontario, both close to Toronto, the latter of which bears a resemblance to Peterborough. They name the two first trilogies of Robertson Davies. Most of the "action" in the Deptford trilogy takes place in Toronto, except for the stuff in Europe, and Davies was living in Toronto he wrote and publshed the 3 books , working at U of T as "The Master of Massey College", doing whatever he imagined college masters of a hundred years previous would have done.
Manticore has a local importance on the bored owing to famous question for corn back in first syndie season IIRC.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:32 pm
by etaoin22
so in total
Manticore
Margaret Atwood
26-21 for B or something close.
Re: FNGD Q4 - BACK IN T. O.
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:13 am
by ulysses5019
etaoin22 wrote:B - Robertson Davies' Deptford trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
(I put the wrong trilogy name originally)
Manlion or if inordinately feminine a dandylion
Atwood
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:19 am
by ulysses5019
littlebeast13 wrote:B - Robertson Davies' Deptford trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
Uly's last avatar
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
(I put the wrong trilogy name originally)
You're wrong......it's my present avatar.
The Dancing Queen
lb13
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:24 am
by ulysses5019
etaoin22 wrote:so in total
Manticore
Margaret Atwood
26-21 for B or something close.
I've heard of fuzzy logic but fuzzy scoring is a new one to me.
Re: FNGD Q4 - BACK IN T. O.
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:40 am
by peacock2121
etaoin22 wrote:B - Robertson Davies' Deptford trilogy had the titles of "Fifth Business", "World of Wonders", and "The __________".
To fill in the blank, name an imaginary beast with the head of a man, and the body of a lion. And a stingy tale. I mean tail.
G - At some point those durn Swedes are going to relent and give this lady the Nobel Prize in literature, deserved for novels like the dystopia "The Handmaid's Tale".
(I put the wrong trilogy name originally)
Horrible Thing
Atwood