Brain busters! How smart are you? - Requires the knowledge of the English Language!

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Ok, I think it's high time we get the answers, no?

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Really!! C'mon I gotta know!!

[Neo the Warrior Cat]

More please (How a bout a post that contains the answers and new ones?)

I got here too late XD

[Kynaeus]

Originally posted by Callum: Eschew obfuscated phraseology: employ perspicuous verbiage Don't use complicated terms, speak simply... ?

Hah, they are one to talk

More questions!!

[Aragorn1]

Originally posted by Kynaeus: More questions!! [/QB]

And answers!!!

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

C'mon stop messin' around. Post the link or something.

[Edd_y]

Sorry guys, been busy with RL.

I was asked to post the replies to these q's, so here they are:


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1.) Scintillate, Scintillate, asteroid minutia. Twinkle, twinkle, little star
2.) Surveillance should precede salvation Look before you leap
3.) Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate. Birds of a feather flock together
4.) Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity. Beauty is only skin deep
5.) It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid. Don’t cry over spilled milk
6.) Freedom from encrustations of grime is contagious to rectitude. Cleanliness is next to godliness
7.) The stylus is more potent than the claymore. The pen is mightier than the sword
8.) It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
9.) All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous. OR That which possesses gleaming, glistening, splendorous sparkle is not automatically anatomically atomic number 79. All that glitters is not gold
10.) Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion. Spare the rod and spoil the child
11.) The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 100O Centigrade. A watched pot never boils
12.) Opting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted. Beggars can’t be choosers
13.) Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials there is conflagration. Where there is smoke there is fire
14.) A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping certain combustibles. Too many cooks spoil the broth
15.) Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally. Charity begins at home
16.) Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones
17.) Neophyte’s serendipity. Beginner’s luck
18.) Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony. Dead men tell no tails
19.) Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interlude of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebitudinous fellow. OR Total time is toil with fun and frolic forbidden will turn Jacques into a flat finish fellow. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
20.) A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of minute, verdant bryophitic vegetation. A rolling stone gather’s no moss
21.) The person representing the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation. He who laughs last, laughs best
22.) Missiles of a ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me
23.) Abstention from elevatory undertakings precludes a potential escalation of a lucrative nature. Nothing ventured…nothing gained
24.) Eschew obfuscated phraseology: employ perspicuous verbiage. Keep it simple
25.) Veracity ascertains emancipation. The truth shall set you free
26.) A pulchritudinous entity pleasures eternally. A thing of beauty is a joy forever
27.) Mandate establishing orb and bicuspid exchange. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
28.) Don’t inquire and you won’t be treated to deceit. Ask no questions and I’ll tell you no lies
29.) Four farthing coins for confessing fancies. A penny for your thoughts
30.) New York is New York and California is California but an encounter between them cannot ever exist. East is east and west is west, but the twain shall never meet
31.) A singular measure if 28.3 grams used to anticipate, interrupt, and forestall an impending event has a value equivalent to sixteen times that amount applied later as a restorative remedy. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
32.) It is common for mankind to be amiss in the commission of an omission, but permission for remission is the mission of providence. To err is human, to forgive is divine
33.) Fair damsel’s drudgery doth drag on forever. A woman’s work is never done
34.) In scant cognition there’s a precarious condition. A little learning is a dangerous thing.
35.) Propinquity avails itself only in the coverlets of equine quadru-bases. Close only counts in horseshoes


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There they are. Hope you enjoyed the game! When my life permits I will post smore!

[Lady Sedai]

Yes, we enjoyed it. And thanks for the answers.

And sorry to hear that r/l has kept you busy. Hope everything is well and that you can spend more time entertaining folks with these word games and just hanging out in general soon. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ZFR]

Here is something similar.

Name the Christmas tune


1. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their
Belief
2. Embellish Interior Passageways
3. Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist
4. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of
A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color
5. Soundless Nocturnal Period
6. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural
7. The Yuletide Occurance Preceding All Others
8. Precious Metal Musical Devices
9. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished
Males
10. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage
11. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend
12. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural
By The First Person Plural
13. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize
14. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant
Future
15. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period
Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere
16. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal
Period
17. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea
Southwest Of Jerusalem

[Bungleau]

Originally posted by ZFR: Here is something similar. Name the Christmas tune 1. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief O come all ye faithful 2. Embellish Interior Passageways Deck the halls 3. Vertically Challenged Adolescent PercussionistLittle drummer boy 4. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color I'm dreaming of a white christmas 5. Soundless Nocturnal Period Silent night 6. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural We three kings of orient are? 7. The Yuletide Occurance Preceding All Others The first noel 8. Precious Metal Musical Devices Silver bells 9. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males God rest ye merry, gentlemen 10. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer 11. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend Let it snow 12. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural WE wish you a merry christmas 13. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize Hark the herald angels sing 14. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future Santa Claus is coming to town 15. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere Walking in a winter wonderland 16. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period It came upon a midnight clear 17. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea Southwest Of Jerusalem O little town of bethlehem