AUE: SDC 2006: Questions and Answers, 61-70

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Adrian

Q61. Unlucky

What's the next word?
http://alt-usage-english.org/sdc2006/../sdc2006/pics/wyo.jpg

A. "If"

E. http://www.amendment-13.org/tona/twy76-2.jpg

Adrian

Q62. Nena videt

Complete the famous quotation:
"My ___ are ___: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ ___."

A. "My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft
music." -Nabokov

E. "nenavidet" is Russian for "hate".

Adrian

Q63. Say what you see

Where's this?
http://alt-usage-english.org/sdc2006/../sdc2006/pics/sqthec.jpg

A. Circleville, Ohio

E. http://www.ci.circleville.oh.us/Page.asp?NavID=281

Adrian

Q64. No, sirree.

What connects actors Mel Gibson, John Wayne, Harrison Ford and Iggy Pop?

A. Americans who evaded/avoided military action.

E. The war ended when Gibson was sixteen, but his family had emigrated to
Australia mainly to ensure that none of the children had to serve.
Iggy failed the medical by pretending he was gay.
I would've thought that Harrison Ford was a few months too old for Vietnam
duty, but according to the Telegraph of 11/1/03, he "cobbled together a
made-up religious thesis to petition against his being drafted." This site
http://www.nndb.com/people/812/000022746/ tells it slightly differently.

Garry

Q65. Ugly

Where is this?
http://alt-usage-english.org/sdc2006/../sdc2006/pics/ugly.jpg

A. Ronda, Spain

E. Title: "ronda" is the Hungarian for "ugly".

Paul/Jerry

Q66. This may make you say "uncle".

No doubt many aue-ers mourned the death of a certain person
during the year since the last SDC--we say "no doubt" because
his death wasn't mentioned here. He's connected, in a way that
*has* been mentioned in the group, with the following places:
Layton, Florida; Cove, Oregon; Bladworth, Saskatchewan;
Felchville, Vermont. Add another place to the list, with
supporting evidence.

H. He died in Wales.

A. Any place that's 24 hours from Tulsa according to MapQuest or
one of its competitors.

E. The person is Gene Pitney. "Uncle"
because of the Rolling Stones song "Now I've Got a Witness (Like
Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene)", which refers to Phil Spector and
Pitney.

Jerry

Q67. Or Kylie?

What is the next word in this series? Aurochs, building, camel,
__. Please explain.

H. The next word could be "door" or "dace". Now what's the
word after that? Please explain.
(The answer is then some word starting with "e" and related to
praying, calling, or jubilation--maybe "evensong", "entreaty",
or "exultation".)

A. Door, or any fish name beginning with "d", such as dace.

E. The letter "a" comes from a Semitic pictogram for an
ox head, "b" for a house, "c" for a camel (or a throwing stick),
"d" for either a door or a fish.
Title: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang#Related_terms

Jerry/ Paul

Q68. Long live, or live long

Solve this cryptic crossword clue:
Do we hear merrymaking burn the French boundary? (7, 2)

A. Charles IX.

E. Prosper Merimee wrote about Charles IX, so the
latter is a Merimee king. Burn = char, the (French) = le,
boundary = six. "Long live" for the king, "live long" for
Prosper.

Adrian

Q69. Mapwork

Guernsey
Kent
Oldham
Nevada
Hampshire
Geneva
What's the connection with Miami?

A. They're all US counties.

Adrian

Q70. Oulipo a la Carte (5)

Create a piece of poetry or prose using only the letters AUE SDC.
Minimum 70 letters plus title.
eg. Dad sees Sue accuse Des.

A. Many answers are possible - see the thread in Google Groups.

SDC 2006:

61-70