13 JAN - IAP 2008 BIRTHDAY BASH TRIVIA CONTEST

[fiferb]

Welcome to the thirteenth day of this year's IAP TRIVIA CONTEST</u>. You will have until 12 noon ET tomorrow to email your answer to this question. Please be sure to include your IAP screen name with your answer so we know who you are.

All correct answers "postmarked" before noon will be placed in a hat and two winners selected every day. The winners will be announced about 8 P.M. ET of the day the question closes and the decision of the TRIVIAMEISTER will be final.

!!!!!***HAVE FUN AND GOOD LUCK***!!!!!

Question for day 13.....

Question - What is chatoyance?


(Note: Good luck!!)

Email your answer to:<s> 2008bashtrivia@penturners.org</s>Closed

Please show the date and name of the contest in the title block of the email i.e., 13 Jan Trivia. (saves time for the TRIVIAMEISTER in processing entries.)


Note: "Laundry list" entries that include several possible alternative answers are "NOT" acceptable. Submit only one answer per question or question part(if there is a multi-part question) unless the question specifically asks for multiple answers. Thanks.

 

[txbatons]

Hate to ruin it for everyone, but chatoyance is a coined term combining two frequent elements here on the IAP forums....

chat (frequent posters) & 'oyance (shortened for annoyance)

so the definition is twofold:
1) the frequent irritating posting of drivel designed to run up posting totals, or
2) the posting of distractions that are off-topic to the original posted thread

An example of definition #1 is this particular reply.
An example of definition #2 is any reference in any thread that mentions Cav's spelling, Ed's spelling, defense of a particular paper towel, etc.

 

[ed4copies]

Brian,

Your definition is not bad, but your examples are terrible.

I'll have you know that every word I have said (regarding paper towels) is vital knowledge.

My other posts,,,,,,,,wwweeellllllll,,........

 

[TBone]

Actually you're closer than you might think. Chatoyance has 2 different definitions depending on where you look for it.

 

[IPD_Mrs]

Originally posted by TBone

Actually you're closer than you might think. Chatoyance has 2 different definitions depending on where you look for it.

Quite correct ..

Definition 1 = CAV
Definition 2 = ED

or is that reversed .. hrmmmmmmmmm

So hard to decide around here you know. Given that they both are rather friendly and lovable most of the time,(rather like stray cats)we could just call it a tie and determine that the definition stands for ChatOyance as posted above and put both of their photos in the IAP dictionary next to it.
Of course there may be other definitions that are more fitting ..

[:X] Mrs.

 

[fiferb]

Trivia Contest Winners</u>

Question - What is chatoyance?

Answer - â€"adjective 1. changing in luster or color: chatoyant silk.
2. Jewelry. reflecting a single streak of light when cut in a cabochon.
â€"noun 3. Jewelry. a cabochon-cut gemstone having this reflected streak, as a chrysoberyl cat's-eye.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chatoyance


Note: There were 69 entries for this contest. Almost everyone got this one right. If your answer was anywhere close to the definition above, whether speaking about wood, jewels, rocks, gems, etc., I counted it as correct.


The winners of the day 13 contest are:

GoodTurns (Jon Piper)

and

Stevers


And the prizes are:

Prize One - BOW pen boxes donated by kent4him

Prize Two - Pen Blanks donated by pentex






*****CONGRATULATIONS*****



Note: Both winners need to go to Andrew Jordan's profile and email him with:

1. Name and date of the contest you won, in the title block of the email, please. (Example: Jan 13 Trivia)
2. Your mailing address and
3. Your prize preference. (If you both select the same prize, Andrew will flip a coin to determine who gets what.
4. Phone number.(New requirement per Andrew as FedEx requires it for packages they carry.


I would like to remind each winner that the gift you will be receiving has been donated by a supporter of this forum. Please take a minute to email a note of appreciation when you receive your prize. Thanks.

 

[stevers]

I won! I won! I never thought I was going to win this trivia contest. I'm so excited. I'd like to thank the academy, and my Mom, and most of all, the admin folks and all the volunteers who put on this shindig. And of course the folks who are volunteering all this great stuff. I hope I didn't forget anyone. Thanks to all of you.

 

[fiferb]

I won! I won! I never thought I was going to win this trivia contest. I'm so excited. I'd like to thank the academy, and my Mom, and most of all, the admin folks and all the volunteers who put on this shindig. And of course the folks who are volunteering all this great stuff. I hope I didn't forget anyone. Thanks to all of you.

And they say there is a writer's strike going on. Who could tell?[}][}]

 

[stevers]

Don't tell anyone, but I crossed the picket lines. I'm a bad boy.