The World's Largest Computer in 1951

[Moonbear]

A company exports the largest percentage of beef from the U.S. It shares its name with an American supermodel, what is his father's race?

My lack of knowledge of supermodels slowed this one down considerably.

Okay, Tyson foods is the largest beef exporter, and the supermodel is Tyson Beckford, his father is Jamaican.

 

[JamesU]

MOONBEAR GETS IT...again...nobody answered mine..

 

[zoobyshoe]

MOONBEAR GETS IT...again...nobody answered mine..

You can't post one till you guess one correctly.

 

[JamesU]

but nobody was posting! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

 

[Moonbear]

Need more clues. (Also:Did you really mean to say "his" father's race?)

I see you have a problem with typos there. Her invention might help with that. Name the invention and inventor.

 

[Evo]

but nobody was posting! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

I authorized yomamma to ask a quetion.

 

[JamesU]

I already asked it:

In ---- he reached the London Regional Final of the Times crossword competition, where his score was one of the highest recorded by an American. He was a famous logicion and philosipher. Who was he?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I see you have a problem with typos there. Her invention might help with that. Name the invention and inventor.

I soooo hope you're not talking about Bette Nesmith Graham's liquid paper (white out), since I used that as a clue I gave just yesterday.

 

[Moonbear]

I soooo hope you're not talking about Bette Nesmith Graham's liquid paper (white out), since I used that as a clue I gave just yesterday.

Okay, yomamma's question is still up then (I missed your earlier clue...this thread is moving too fast! )

 

[JamesU]

Okay, yomamma's question is still up

damn' right

 

[zoobyshoe]

I already asked it:

In ---- he reached the London Regional Final of the Times crossword competition, where his score was one of the highest recorded by an American. He was a famous logicion and philosipher. Who was he?

Bertrand Russel 1941

 

[Moonbear]

George Boolos

 

[JamesU]

Bertrand Russel 1941

Sorry, that's wrong his initials are GB

EDIT: moonbear got it

 

[Moonbear]

Okay, I'm just going to check that my next one hasn't already made an appearance here before I post it...brb!

Okay kiddies, listen up! Here's the next clue:
The first model came out in turquoise and cost $15.95.

 

[Danger]

Any way that you can find the answer is fair game.

Now you tell me, you reprobate! Googling, indeed!
I thought we were supposed to figure it out by ourselves.

This was originally called "rod wax" and was considered a nuisance till someone put it in jars and sold it.

When I first read this, my immediate thought was 'turtle wax'. Turned out I was right.

 

[Moonbear]

When I first read this, my immediate thought was 'turtle wax'. Turned out I was right.

Now get googling, my question awaits! There's more than just the obvious clue there.

 

[JamesU]

need more clues!

 

[Moonbear]

I'm sure all the necessary clues are there.

Okay, but now I think it's going to be too easy: its 40th anniversary was commemorated with a gourmet recipe book.

 

[Evo]

Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
Any way that you can find the answer is fair game.

Now you tell me, you reprobate! Googling, indeed!
I thought we were supposed to figure it out by ourselves.

We ARE supposed to know it ourselves. Googling is ok if you think you know the answer but need to verify.

NOT HAVING A CLUE AND GOOGLING THE HINT IS WRONG!

I'm for making this a visual clues only so no googling can be done.

 

[Moonbear]

Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
Any way that you can find the answer is fair game.

We ARE supposed to know it ourselves. Googling is ok if you think you know the answer but need to verify.

NOT HAVING A CLUE AND GOOGLING THE HINT IS WRONG!

I'm for making this a visual clues only so no googling can be done.

I didn't see any rules about not googling. I thought the idea was to try to come up with clues that can't be quickly googled to outsmart the googlers. (How many new word forms can I make up using "google?" )

 

[zoobyshoe]

NOT HAVING A CLUE AND GOOGLING THE HINT IS WRONG!

Too late, everyone's doing it.

 

[Evo]

I didn't see any rules about not googling. I thought the idea was to try to come up with clues that can't be quickly googled to outsmart the googlers. (How many new word forms can I make up using "google?" )

Gokul is against googling, I allow some googling. Gokul's right, if googling the answer is ok, it's just a "first here wins" and there's no intellectual contest. What's the point?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Okay, I'm just going to check that my next one hasn't already made an appearance here before I post it...brb!

Okay kiddies, listen up! Here's the next clue:
The first model came out in turquoise and cost $15.95.

Wild guess: 1st electric stove?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Gokul is against googling, I allow some googling. Gokul's right, if googling the answer is ok, it's just a "first here wins" and there's no intellectual contest.

Not true; googling is an art, and frequently just googling the clues doesn't get you anywhere. You have to be clever about what you punch in. Also, there is an art to giving clues that are ungooglable.

 

[Moonbear]

Wild guess: 1st electric stove?

Nope, but you're warm.

 

[JamesU]

first model car

 

[zoobyshoe]

Nope, but you're warm.

Not the "easy bake" oven is it?

 

[Moonbear]

Gokul is against googling, I allow some googling. Gokul's right, if googling the answer is ok, it's just a "first here wins" and there's no intellectual contest. What's the point?

I hadn't been following this whole thread, but I just went back to the first page, and there were no anti-google rules. I think more of the challenge is in writing a good google-proof clue.

 

[Moonbear]

Not the "easy bake" oven is it?

Yes, it is! You're up.

Edit: Here's an NPR site with two of those Easy-Bake "gourmet" recipes.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1534572

Art Smith's Pecan Ice Box Cookies

Makes 2 dozen cookies, baked two at a time

Considering you have to bake the cookies 20 min, that's sure a devious way to keep the kids busy on a rainy weekend!

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yes, it is! You're up.

Boy, they were expensive. And Turquoise?


OK: 1920, invented because his wife was prone to minor accidents while cooking.