cryptic band names
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Topic: cryptic band names
Posted By: mrgd
Subject: cryptic band names
Date Posted: July 25 2007 at 20:06
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I'm always one for a bit more levity, so here's a cryptic clue game where the answer is a band.
Now this may not be that original but I did a search and couldn't find one similar. [I promise I did - apologies if it 's been done before or if there is a similar thread already going around]. I had a quick look at existing threads and the Progressive Rebus is very similar, except it uses images so it makes me think that it might be going around already. Anyway.... EXAMPLE 1 Q - Old Testament book of creation. A - Genesis [Lame example ,I know] EXAMPLE 2 Q - Burrowing mammal of similar appearance and proportions. A - Matching Mole.......[ better] So, the answerer has to come up with the next cryptic clue to keep it going. The more obscure and crypyic the better!! Here's another to get us underway. Q - Enormous creature of quiet and honourable disposition A - ?? Have fun. { if it's been done or already going around, we'll just give it the old K.O.D} ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
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Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 11:26
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Gentle Giant! Sorry, I haven´t found a new one yet. ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 11:29
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Okay, this should be quite easy: Tambourine-shaped metal instrument which when struck with a padded stick emits a loud sonorous note, used as a signal for meals, etc. ------------- He say nothing is quite what it seems; I say nothing is nothing (Peter Hammill) |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 11:36
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Gong!!!!!!! -------------  |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 11:43
| The opposite over the adjacent. |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 11:45
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Tangent
Would you like a billion dollars?
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 12:30
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Yes! Substance which has not yet reached the stage in which it would be referred to as lava. ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 12:46
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Magma!
a state of imagination during sleep at a cinema show. -------------  
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Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 14:56
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Ugggggg..... Dream Theater. Red Royalty. -------------   |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 15:25
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King Crimson. Electrostatic machine which uses a moving belt to accumulate very high voltages on a hollow metal globe. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 15:48
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Van der Graaff Generator Mythical creature preceded by a predecessor of the typewriter. ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 15:50
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Pendragon. Descendant of a Greek goddess. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:00
There will probably be more than one band for which this description fits. But you probably mean Aphrodite's Child. Gigantic landmass in prehistorical times. (This one is not easy, I think). ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Vompatti wrote:Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:04
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:08
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So who is this: Gigantic landmass in prehistorical times. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:11
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Pangaea not hard at all. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:29
I know you are responding to Friede, but the bold part above translates into Soft Machine  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:34
 Yes, that's exactly what I meant. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 16:46
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Hey, I'm good.... Here's a new one: A bunch of hooded folkson camels... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 17:00
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That's easy. Caravan. Sign on the M1. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 17:04
That's harder.... Swindon is on the M4. Going to sleep over it... ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 17:32
| Is it Hatfield and the North? |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 17:37
Yes it is!  ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 17:49
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Here's a new one: Violent releases of energy above the earth. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 18:06
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Explosions in the Sky. Indian spiritual master of an Indian spiritual master. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 18:08
Guru Guru. =) "Root worldgroup." ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 18:12
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Guru Guru? Damn, I came second. You go ahead, laplace. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 19:21
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In the absence of a new one just yet, I'll intervene with another. Some great cryptics coming up so far.
Q - Short form of instrument used in amplification of sound [esp. voice] in aged parcel of land used for tillage or pasture ? ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 22:08
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Mike Oldfield. Nice one, man. That had me stumped for a few minutes
Here's mine: The chin hairs of a Vulcan
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 22:09
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Spock's Beard. mine got lost so I'l reiterate: "Root worldgroup" ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 26 2007 at 22:13
| root worldgroup? man that is cryptic. |
Posted By: rileydog22
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 00:13
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Worldgroup makes me want to say Earth Band, but Manfred Mann doesn't fit.
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Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 01:36
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Root worldgroup, eh? Nope, it hasn't dawned on me just yet , but someone will get it. ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: mrgd
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 02:25
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I didn't know there was a band called 'Red Cross Intercourse'. ------------- Looking still the same after all these years... mrgd |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 02:52
Could it be 'Manfred Mann', the 60's predecessor of Manfred Mann's Earth Band (the root of the world group??) ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 07:26
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Oh, no, I wasn't thinking of them. I'm referring to a french-speaking band.
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 08:15
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No clue here....
------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 08:22
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PANGÉE ?
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 09:05
| Harmonium? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 09:17
Mike Oldfield. ------------- What? |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 09:36
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my clue was also cryptic - the band play mostly instrumentals ;) ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 09:41
Huh? A French speaking band, playing instrumenals. You're not giving much hints are you? ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 09:41
| Univers Zero, by chance??? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 09:46
That was the best I could come up with too - very cryptic  ------------- What? |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 10:18
I guess Harmonium was wrong, huh? laplace, you don't get to do anymore of these 
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Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:07
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Univers Zero was correct, so Fassbinder plays =)
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Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:17
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Nice one laplace
------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:20
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Mutiny not on the Bounty (1905); Russian Field General and Village, minus a vowel. -------------   
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:22
| technically it's Fassbinder's turn, but I'll play. Is that two bands or three that you wnt us to guess? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:25
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One band. All the clues lead to the same answer.
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:27
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James you cheeky devil
I know of the 1905 mutiny on the Potemkin, but not of a field general
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:28
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Look it up.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:29
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Oh wait, the clue is wrong... Mutiny not on the Bounty (1905); Russian General-Field Marshal, and Village(s), plus a vowel. -------------
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:32
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Wait a sec, is it just Potemkin? I can't find a Potemkin on PA, but all three of your clues are Potemkin. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:34
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No... see the last part of the clue (which I accidently had incorrect). You're almost there though. They are in P.A. by the way. -------------
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:42
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Aha! Potemkine!
Now the next one:
A male error
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:46
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I know this isn't the answer, but "Birth Control" comes to mind. And damn you for getting Potemkine so quickly! -------------
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:47
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You know, I added e to potemkin, but got no results from the search. Bizarre. And no, it's not Birth control (besides I think the error would be "unwanted child")
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:51
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Potemkine, a Zheul band. Ok, here is mine: Coloured ramp for loading and emptying ships. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 11:53
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A little late Friede, plus I've got one on the table, but I'll look for yourswhile you and james look for mine.
Mine was "a male error"
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 13:14
Chroma Key (Quay)
I'll wait for 1800's clue to be solved... ------------- What? |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 13:30
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For a while... I had a turn somewhere at the previous page...
A Scottish author's personage undergoing a physical process related to calorification...
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 13:33
Sorry, but that's not the solution. Try again. Hint: British 70s band with 2 keyboarders and no guitar. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:04
| Greenslade has two keyboardists, no guitarist, a colour in the title, but there's no traces of a dock or anything related... |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:24
It is Greenslade indeed. A slade (nautical term) is a ramp with which ships are loaded and emptied. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:29
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I'll help out with mine. It is led by the former frontman for a highly successful alternative band
again the orignal clue is "a male error"
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:30
| No else add one until mine and fassbinder's are solved. |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:05
| fasbinder, is it Flaming Bess?? |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:25
No, it is not...
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:28
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grrr.. didn't think it was. Can't think of a process related to calorification. this is supposed to be a game, not a chemistry lesson!
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:30
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It's more physics than chemistry, I think...
Think about the Scottish authors...
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:31
| Heat is pretty much split evenly between physics and chemistry, but that's beside the point. Man, i wish I knew anything about Scottish authors. Help me out, Bob! |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:33
| Was he a Scot, by the way? I begin to doubt, thanks to you... Well, think of the English authors... |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:35
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^Thanks a lot man. Now I get to surf two countries worth of literature |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:36
| At least, you don't need to search beyond The Island... |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:39
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I can't tell if that's a clue or a really bad stap at optimism . I'll assume the former
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:46
So it's Canned Heat! Chemists put stuff in cans, don't they?  |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:47
Alternative to what, by the way?
And: is the band listed in PA?
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:49
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:49
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Male error = Mr.Bungle ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:49
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Mr Bungle
/damn - fraction of a second too late.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:50
| yes, but Proletariat got it first. Now on to fassbiner's elusive little clue. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:52
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Mine is not ridiculously hard. It is rather hardly ridiculous...
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:53
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We need MORE CLUES, Eugene!
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:54
| ^ what he said! |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:58
| Walter Scott Boiling? |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 15:58
| The author is indeed a Scottish writer. A rather famous one... |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:00
Is there such a band?
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:01
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Fish?
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:01
| I know of Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson, and I don't see either of those names on PA |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:01
Probably not, but there definitely should be. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:02
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XIX century Scottish writer...
A physical process related to rhe notion of "heat"...
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Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:04
| You're looking for the writer's name, whereas I was talking about the Scottish author's personage. |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:07
| By the way, the right name of an author was already mentioned several times... |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:07
I've searched the PA database for anything related to Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, Rob Roy... nothing! 
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Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:08
| The author is Sir Walter Scott. I know that, now to find his personage... |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:08
| Arthur Conan Doyle wasn't a Scot, was he? |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:09
You're on the right way...
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:09
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According to Wikipedia he was, and Wikipedia is always right.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:10
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Damn this was hard... It's Burning Red Ivanhoe. Never heard of them. Might as well give them a listen, for that matter.
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