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[zoobyshoe]

I've got one.

The inventor credited was held prisoner by the Russians and forced to invent this.

The lead lined anti radiation suit?

 

[Evo]

The lead lined anti radiation suit?

heheh good guess

 

[zoobyshoe]

heheh good guess

Meh...is it right?

 

[Evo]

Meh...is it right?

No, but having one around this wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

[Gokul43201]

kryptonite I'm off...

 

[Evo]

a hint - what it produces is bursts of atomic energy and splits in two easily

 

[Huckleberry]

x-ray laser pointers?

 

[dextercioby]

Sorry,Evo...

http://www.electricityforum.com/news/mar04/centrifuge.html

Dr.Gernot Zippe "The invention was the uranium centrifuge, and around the world, millions of them now spin in high-security plants often ringed by barbed wire."

I guess he was a common aquiaintance of mr.Kurchatov.

Daniel.

 

[Evo]

Sorry,Evo...

http://www.electricityforum.com/news/mar04/centrifuge.html

Dr.Gernot Zippe "The invention was the uranium centrifuge, and around the world, millions of them now spin in high-security plants often ringed by barbed wire."

I guess he was a common aquiaintance of mr.Kurchatov.

Daniel.

Correct!

 

[dextercioby]

I'll let Moonbear pick the challange.She owes one for her "balance"

Daniel.

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, it's MB's turn, but until she comes back, here's an easy one.

He is well-known for calling a swan a crow, but he may not have actually said it. Who is the other suspect?

 

[Gokul43201]

The original guy is no doubt, ol' Shakespeare (R&J). Clueless on the other suspect...

 

[honestrosewater]

Erm, you mean the person usually attributed with having called a swan a crow is Shakespeare? That isn't who I was talking about- did he also do that?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Erm, you mean the person usually attributed with having called a swan a crow is Shakespeare? That isn't who I was talking about- did he also do that?

He's all confused. Greene called Shakespeare (aka The Swan of Avon) an "upstart crow". Now the other suspect, who may actually have written this criticism is who you're asking for, right?

 

[honestrosewater]

Right, the "other" Greene. Meh, I don't mean this person is suspected of being Greene- just of writing the quote...

 

[zoobyshoe]

Well, I am sure I read about this in Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess, but I can't for the life of me remember who the other suspect was, except that it was a rival playwright (not Johnson). Something about fox or foxes?

 

[zoobyshoe]

OK the fox thing is spurious. That's a vague memory of "Volpone".

My guess is: Christopher Marlowe

 

[honestrosewater]

No fox or foxes. It's easy to find if you're a googler. If you aren't, this guy only started writing after the publication of Greene's Groatsworth. His name appears in the title of several of Shakespeare's plays.

Well, with the new clue, Marlowe's out.

Okay, you probably haven't heard of him, but maybe you can get it from other clues. His first name appears in the title of several of Shakespeare's plays.
His last name rhymes with something I presume every self-respecting Brit has in their kitchen and a heavy genre of music.

 

[zoobyshoe]

The only Henry I'm finding is Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.

 

[honestrosewater]

Nope, but Henry is right. Do you know the thing I presume every self-respecting Brit has in their kitchen? It also rhymes with a heavy genre of music.

 

[JamesU]

crap?

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Based off of that clue alone I would say the last name is Kettle.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Kettle, Metal...Henry Bettle? Henry Settle? Henry Petal? Henry Phetal? I got nuthin.

 

[Moonbear]

The only thing that comes to mind when you say a "heavy" genre of music is either metal (as in Heavy Metal)...and would the Brits have a "kettle" in the kitchen (all that tea drinking). Now I need to find a Henry who rhymes with that, huh?

 

[Moonbear]

Nettle?

 

[Moonbear]

Aha! Chettle

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Ahhhh... I didn't see the previous post saying that it only rhymed with kettle.

 

[honestrosewater]

Crap, I leave for a few minutes and everyone shows up. Yes to metal, kettle, and Chettle. I guess MB has a double turn!

 

[Moonbear]

Okay, I'll start my question while waiting for confirmation.

Patented in 1889, this item is likely to be found at backyard barbecues, albeit an improved design of the original.

 

[Moonbear]

Crap, I leave for a few minutes and everyone shows up. Yes to metal, kettle, and Chettle. I guess MB has a double turn!

Meh, just means nobody gets cheated out of a turn since it takes me three people's worth of questions to come up with a clue.

 

[honestrosewater]

I'm going to try going googleless and guess those corn-on-the-cob holders that you stick in the ends... er... whatever they're called.

Okay, I relapsed - roll film.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I looked it up on google. I think that makes it much too easy.

 

[Moonbear]

Nope, not roll film. Was that patented the same year? It's not what I have in mind. I'll have to sit here and think a bit more about this clue if it's too ambiguous.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I found hienz tabasco pepper sauce.

 

[Moonbear]

I found hienz tabasco pepper sauce.

I'll narrow it down a bit...it's not a food item.

 

[honestrosewater]

Yeah, I'm finding conflicting answers- some say William Friese-Greene patented a camera that uses roll film in 1889, some it was George Eastman, some say Eastman patented a better type of film in 1889. If this is the answer, I need to find a reliable source. Anywho, Edison had like a bazillion patents in just 1889!

Anyway, I'm going back on the wagon. Or off the wagon, whichever. And I think the clue is just fine for now.

 

[honestrosewater]

A bug zapper?

 

[Moonbear]

Yeah, I'm finding conflicting answers- some say William Friese-Greene patented a camera that uses roll film in 1889, some it was George Eastman, some say Eastman patented a better type of film in 1889. If this is the answer, I need to find a reliable source. Anywho, Edison had like a bazillion patents in just 1889!

Anyway, I'm going back on the wagon. Or off the wagon, whichever. And I think the clue is just fine for now.

Nothing to do with photography or Edison. Sorry, didn't realize half the stuff at backyard barbecues was patented the same year.

 

[Moonbear]

A bug zapper?

Nope. And not the bugs either.

 

[honestrosewater]

Okay, I've only ruled out sunscreen and gas grills, so I think I would need a clue. Oh, is it some kind of disposable dish wear or napkins?

 

[zoobyshoe]

The Charcoal Briquette?

 

[Moonbear]

No to dishes, napkins and charcoal.

Oh, and I have given you a further clue...you might have overlooked it before.

 

[honestrosewater]

The "Kiss the Cook" apron?!

 

[Moonbear]

The "Kiss the Cook" apron?!

I like that answer, but no, that's not it. Okay, here's another clue. When you sit around with your buddies playing poker, you might use it then as well.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

A folding table?

 

[honestrosewater]

A meat thermometer? Now that I see your new clue, this is very funny. I don't think I want to play poker with a meat thermometer.

 

[JamesU]

what is it?

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Glass bottle packaging?

 

[honestrosewater]

what is it?

Gee, why didn't I think of that.

 

[Moonbear]

Nobody has guessed it yet. One of the guesses is getting pretty close though (but I'm not telling you whose).