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June 15, 2007

Mascarpone

Encountered in an unfavorable (foreign language) context: Mascarpone.

Mascarpone?

Is it botched Italian for:

1) A stock car racing fan?
2) Eyelash darkener?

No. One of the disservices of Google is that I'm denied the pleasure of puzzling over words I don't know during the days (or weeks) before I'll stoop to pick up a dictionary and look them up. It's just too easy to type them in.

For example: Name four different Secretaries of State under Harry S Truman.

I dare you—don't click this to Google it, just agonize over it.

Scoring:

Sec. of State #1, 50pts.
Sec. of State #2, 200pts.
Sec. of State #3, 25pts.
Sec. of State #4, 25pts.

You don't need to know what # they are to collect the points. Also: for naming a non Sec. of State, deduct 40pts. My own score: 25+25-40= 10 points (bad guess at #1 for phonetic reasons).

I'm weak on food words.

Posted by tplambeck at 05:58 PM

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