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No Vowels, Numbers or Gaps Contest
Topic Started: Mar 22 2012, 03:20 PM (589 Views)
CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Last night, I started a new forum game called "No Vowels, Numbers or Gaps". The idea was that I would post the name of a character with all the vowels, numbers and gaps removed (for example, "JSTNBBR"), and the next person to post would tell me the original name (in this case, "Justin Bieber"), and then post a new one for the following person to guess, and so on.

Once I'd started that game, the next thought I had was, "Wouldn't this make a good contest?". So, here we are. I'll post a list of 20 of these, all relating to a specific theme. It's up to you to guess what they are, and you win 5 posts for each correct answer. Same deal as for the picture quiz: each person is only allowed 8 guesses per day (to prevent one person from dominating); the contest closes in a week, or when they've all been guessed (whichever is sooner); and whoever gets the most right gets to host the next round, if they want to.

So, here 20 sports teams (from various different sports, including a couple of fictitious ones!) with all the vowels, numbers and gaps removed. What are they?

1. MNCHSTRNTDFC (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
2. HNDRCKMTRSPRTS (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
3. RMPRNCRS
4. DTRTRDWNGS (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
5. FCBYRNMNCH (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
6. CHPGNSSRCNG
7. KRLSRHSTRM (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
8. RDBLLRCNG (Answered correctly by HeroofDarkness)
9. RLNDMGC (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
10. CHDLCNNS
11. FCLKMTVMSCW (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
12. KNSSCTYCHFS (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
13. SNFRNCSCRS (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
14. SCDRFRR
15. PHNXSNS (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
16. LSNGLSKNGS (Answered correctly by HeroofDarkness)
17. BRTSHNDRSHLNS
18. MTLLRGMGNTGRSK (Answered correctly by Jarkko)
19. PVKBDVNSKRVJR
20. HRSHLMHRRCNS

Good luck!
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HeroineDark
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

8. Red Bull Racing
16. Los Angeles Kings
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CJ
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And those two are correct!
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HeroineDark
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Give the order to deploy the glaive.

And the only 2 I can figure out ><
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Jarkko
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Christian. Exterminator of Spammers.

1. Manchester United FC
4. Detroit Red Wings
5. FC Bayern Munich (although in German it's actually FC Bayern München)
9. Orlando Magic
11. FC Lokomotiv Moscow
12. Kansas City Chiefs
13. San Francisco 49ers
15. Phoenix Suns.

MIDOINITRITE? :headdesk:
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CJ
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Yes, you are "doin' it rite". Those are all correct.
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Jarkko
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Christian. Exterminator of Spammers.

2 - Hendrick Motor Sports? (Or Motorsports, I don't know whether or not there's a gap in there :P)
7 - Karlsruhe Storm
18 - Metallurg Magnitogorsk
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

I'm going to be really mean, and class #2 as two guesses (one with a gap, and one without). Then, the one without the gap would be correct, and you have the other two right too.
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Jarkko
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Christian. Exterminator of Spammers.

Yeah, I can see why you did that. It sort of was two guesses. :P
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

So, does anyone have any more guesses?
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Jarkko
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Christian. Exterminator of Spammers.

I'm guessing this will turn out like my Picture Quiz did. :P
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CJ
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Maybe :P .

It might be better to reduce the numbers, shorten the deadlines and increase the frequency.
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Matthew
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while waiting for someone i'll give you one

nnrbnsn

quite difficult due to lack of constenants in name
Edited by Matthew, Mar 28 2012, 04:30 AM.
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CJ
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OK, but I don't want this topic turning into other people giving each other puzzles. That's what the game is for.

Anne Robinson?
Edited by CJ, Mar 28 2012, 10:41 AM.
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CJ
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Well, time is up! Here are the ones that nobody guessed:

3) Rampa Rancors (1st fictitious one; they're a Shockball team from Star Wars)
6) Chip Ganassi Racing (American racing team in several series)
10) Chudley Cannons (2nd fictitious one; they're a Quidditch team from Harry Potter)
14) Scuderia Ferrari (Italian Formula One team)
17) British and Irish Lions (Combined British/Irish rugby union team)
19) PVK Budvanska rivijera (Montenegrin water polo team)
20) Feel free to headdesk at me for this....but I honestly cannot remember what this one was. Hopefully, it will re-surface one day.

Jarkko wins 65 posts (and gets to run the next one, on a subject of his choice), while HeroofDarkness wins 10 posts. Congrats to both of you!
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Matthew
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dont know if you want me to ask another yet?

but yeah it was anne robinson, nothing fools you CJ
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

Well, if you want to ask your own, please do so in the game.
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Matthew
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plsnh

lack of consenants again
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CJ
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A very minor case of serious brain damage

I said, please use the game.

Since the contest is over, I'll now close this thread to prevent spam.
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