POG MOLE - Game Thread

[fnord_too]

Nich,

Can I ask for a definition of Conquistadors? Is it anyone sailing under the Spanish flag, or did they actually have to go in and militarily conquer places?

[Nicholasp27]

under spanish flag

[fnord_too]

I've looked at these questions and I don't like my chances. I need to gamble and get lucky.

[metsandfinsfan]

15 is real hard. i cant believe you did it last round tbh

[fnord_too]

Here's what I just sent nich...


6 - IN
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Hernán Cortés
Juan Ponce de León

7 - OUT
Blue Skin Disorder
Geostigma
The Red Death
Vampire Disease
Werewolf Syndrome

8 - IN
Barbary Lion
Chinese River Dolphin
Passenger Pigeon
Southern California Kit Fox

9 - OUT
Periwinkle
Red Mulberry
Sawtooth Oak
Slippery Elm

10 - IN
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)
Rendezvous with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke) - reaking of havoc, sorta

[metsandfinsfan]

good luck

[Nicholasp27]

6)
all but vasco de gama, who was portugese-paid, were correct

7)
blue skin disorder
vampire disease
werewolf syndrome

8)
all 10 were correct!

9)
bradford pear - china
kudzu - japan (all over atlanta)
pampas grass - south america
periwinkle - europe
sawtooth oak - east asia

10)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
The Puppet Masters (Robert A. Heinlein)
Footfall (Larry Niven)
The Alien Years (Robert Silverberg)
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells)


fnord: 5+0+4+0+0=9 points

final score:

isotopes: 38
pin pals: 32

isotopes win task 11!

[Nicholasp27]

Werewolf Syndrome - aka Hypertrichosis, is a medical term referring to a condition of excessive body hair.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrichosis

[Bulletproof Monk]

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isotopes win task 11!

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Huzzah!

[fnord_too]

Technically, Rendezvous with Rama fits that category. An alien ship enters the solar system and we scramble to board and investigate it. Pretty major disruption, which ended up with Mercury almost blowing the thing up.