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Darn it, my turn again! I had a big weekend, my son's 8th birthday, big party, made a really cool cake. Completely forgot about getting on here and leaving a clue.I will be back within 5 hours to give a clue after I've done all my morning run around!
Ok, so it's been more like 6 hours...All right, a nice easy one. How does one protect oneself from white-faced clowns, and in which book would you find the answer?
Stand in a fountin as in "Reflex", because "they don't like water". (Sounds like schoolboys!)
ok, yes, it's stand in a fountain cos they don't like water, but it's not Reflex...
yes, Banker is correct. Your turn Chris!
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bump :)
Sorry - tied up in alphabetti spaghetti!Sardines; soup, anchovies and scrambled eggs.
Which book and given to whom?
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I think I know. Does the semi colon separate the list? ie the sardines were given to one character and the rest to another?
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Blood Sport! Lynnie cooks "soup, and anchovies on scrambled egg" for Gene Hawkings. Chrysalis (the horse) likes sardines, which is how Gene tells him apart from other horses.
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Which book and why is it significant?
It's from"High Stakes" and Jody Leeds, trainer, hadn't askedwhy Steven was taking his horses away.
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Your turn again!
A Great Dane and a "butterfly". which book? What were their significance?
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I had to look up the "butterfly." The villain in Slay-Ride has a butterfly birthmark. Is there more to the significance of it? It's been a long time since I last read Slay-Ride.
hey guys, sorry I've been MIA for so long. Serious family health issues! Yes, Slay-Ride isn't one of my favourites either, but I like it more now than I did when I first read it as a teenager. I did love Odin!
Correct Luann, your turn. I hope that all is resolved at home, Valerie.Kind regards
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Since our last clue involved a dog, I thought I would continue the theme. Which book involves a dog whistle as an important part of the mystery?
Ahh, I know that one. The very first DF book I ever read. It's from 'For Kicks' and Daniel Roke realises that the whistle is used to make the horses run faster by association with the fear of fire. I read it when I was about 14 and it gave me nightmares about being trapped with fire.
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Your turn!
ok. I beg your indulgence til the morning (it's currently 10pm) and I will have a new clue for you then.
I'll start this quiz again. The book I'm currently reading has an explosion which destroys a grandstand.
I believe that would be Dead Heat.This plot includes the protagonist pretending to be an actor, a brief correspondence with a wise woman, and stunning scenery.
It's Decider, not Dead Heat for the explosion in the grandstand. The protagonist pretending to be an actor... is The Edge.
Correct on The Edge. I'm thinking there may be more then one book with a grandstand explosion. :)
You are right, of course, about Dead Heat.One of the suspects grows batwillows.
I'll start this quiz again (don't know the answer to Julie's question about batwillows).In which novel is the protagonist kidnapped and kept in a dark place not once, but twice? First time on a boat, second time in a cargo van.
It was Risk - Roland Britten, accountant.(Batwillows is from Wild Horses.)
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It's from Whip Hand, it refers to the amount of lift one can get with a hot air balloon, and when Sid goes with John Viking on the balloon race they come down in the town of Eastbourne, 'scraped the eaves of grey slate roofs, made a sharp diagonal descent over a road and a patch of grass, and smashed down on a broad concrete walk twenty yards from the waves.'