"Alphabetical Jeopardy"

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• CdM: Egg yolk, vinegar, mustard, pepper and arsenic mean that this salad is what, exactly?
  
  Epimenides, although I may be lying.
• Raak: Firkins to figs, sirrah, that I can ferret out your name in but a single question: were I to ask you what you would tell me if I were to ask you what you would tell me if I were to ask you what your name was, what would you answer?

  Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere.

• Blob: Gyrometric camera lenses have what effect ?

  Gomeisa (Beta Canis Minor) is a good example.

• elmyrs: how do i play?
• Elmyra: Does anyone hear know anything about word manipulation, where the letters of any given word, are spelt in alphabetical order??? please help with this!!
• blamelewis`: [Elmyrs/Elmyra - you are the same person yes?] Welcome! To play this particular game your post should first pose a question (the previous post's last bit is to be the answer) Then you should set an answer for the next person to ask a question to. In short - read this page upwards and it'll make sense. Maybe. Plus in this particular version of jeopardy each persons moves must begin with successive letters of the Alphabet.
  In general for most games look at the first move and there'll be a description of the special rules.
  There's a "Chat" game here where you can get advice on your alphabetical word query! Good luck!...
  Normal service is now resumed:
  Gomeisa (Beta Canis Minor) is a good example.
• PaulWay: Heard of any suggestive-sounding star names lately, blamelewis?

  Hurricanes hardly ever happen in Hampshire, after all.

• Huxley: GWhat minor discovery led the advertisers of Southern Comfort to film their commercial in New Orleans rather than Southampton?
  
  Generally speaking; children.
• Huxley: Spot the rules violation in my last move. The first word was intended to be 'given' but I got so caught up in picking an awful color that I forgot the rest of the word!
• Ibid: Four foot and under is the average height of what sort of person?

  Fishfingers

• PaulWay: Every day you stick things up your nose, apparently to prevent hayfever. What are they?

  East by Northeast 270 nautical miles.

• Raak: Do you know where your children are tonight?

  Dervishes.

• PaulWay: Can you tell me what you're having for dinner tonight, Raak?

  Cartwheeling down The Strand.

• Huxley: Exaclty what were you doing when you fell down that manhole?
  
  Even small dogs.
• CdM: ust what is it with the alphabet and this server?? I mean, I can understand people having dificulty near the end of the alphabet -- it gets complicated, and many of us skipped the lessons at the end of the year -- but, really, getting confused around the letter C does seem a bit much...
  By the way, exaclty what were you doing when you fell down that manhole?
  
  Believe it or not, even small dogs.
• Huxley: Will someone please just put me out of my misery! Oh dear.
• PaulWay: Are you sure this fence is dog-proof? Those holes look pretty big.

  Attacking frontally with the Minnerman Gambit.

• Raak: Zounds! What manoeuvre did you then recommend to General Thielmann, Herr Clausewitz?

  Zarquon's Nose.

• Blob: Yellow dangly things - where did they come from ?

  Yamoussoukro is now the official capital.

• Ibid: Xavier went to Abidjan, but said it was very quiet there. Any idea why?

  Xhosa, mostly.

• Baaka: What language gives you the best chance of clicking with a member of the opposite sex?

  Wet fish from Whitby.

• blame: Clicking - like it!
• PaulWay: Vaporous emissions from what have caused the evacuation of Lower Whitby?

  Valetudinarians.

• Zoe: Uh-oh, thought young Mr Quayle as he heard which word in the spelling bee?

  Underwater, with a fish.

• Raak: Tuataras mate most successfully under what conditions?

  The traditions must be observed!

• Ibid: Seriously, why are England getting stuffed by the Aussies?

  Sixteen times in an hour, if you're lucky

• Phil: Refresh of Cricketline's ball-by-ball commentary occurs how often?

  Rupert Bear in a kimono.

• Baaka: Quite what does Helen Bonham Carter look like in Planet of the Apes?

  Quit while you're ahead.

• Phil: [Baaka] Brilliant - genuinely laughed out loud.
• CdM: Phil, what did you think of Baaka's last move, what effect did it have on you, and what advice would you now give him?
  
  Paddington Bear in a kimono
• Baaka: Orange marmalade and fugu sandwiches were a clue to which murder?

  Often four times a day

  [Phil] Thanks [CdM] Good advice

• PaulWay: Not redecorating your house again? How often do you do this?

  November.

• Blob: Misty mornings, squelchy ground, smell of cordite, damp evenings, constant drizzle ... that's ...

  Matilda of Flanders (d.1083)

• CdM: Let me see, what obscure historical personage might be a suitable answer for a question that includes the phrase Mornington Crescent for no good reason?

• Blob: Hmmm, I hadn't actually expected dear old Matilda to be the killer blow in this game. It has been a very sporadic game this.
  Anyway, congratulations CdM.
• Tolken: About time too. I never liked it.
• Tolken: But congratulations to the winner, obviously. No thanks to me...
• Artaud: I too was somewhat offput by Blob's killer move... Clearly a player to watch out for in the future... We have been warned!
• CLIVE: GREEN MOVE

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