The Final Scores for Last Week are :-

Pinhead................140
karmaloupster...........110
Mamaja..................103
Baglady.................100
Cohalen.................91
SageBrush...............82
Fortunata...............78
JoJo2...................78
Linkay49................75
Sypher..................67
CellarDoor..............64
PartsDude...............63
Smiley..................51
Caers...................41

Congrats to All who played and the Winner 'Pinhead'

This weeks topic was chosen by Fortunata. So, in her own words, The topic I decided on is Explorers/Expeditioners throughout history.
I will continue to let her explain the valid / invalid rules:
No limit on the number of words in the people´s names.
Last name first, first name last.
No doubling entire entry score for Q, X, Y and Z, but they will count as two points each within the name.
Entries must state what the person (re)discovered and the years in which the event happened.

This week is kicked off by 'Dumbell' using the letter 'S'

Good Luck Everyone

Explorer of Africa - 1871

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It only takes ONE person to transform thoughts, beliefs and ideas into action.
It's called The Power of One.

MT Everest, Nepal 1953

Blazed the Anza Trail
1774

French navigator who explored the Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of La Pérouse.

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

"The El Cid of Canada"

Iberville reached the Gulf of Mexico in 1699 and founded Old Biloxi (now Ocean Springs, Miss.). He was the first definitely to ascertain the mouth of the Mississippi from the Gulf approach and to explore its delta.

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"Well, that's nothing compared to the fury of a woman who has been cheated out of tricks or treats."

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown...Linus

First European to reach North America; explored Greenland

Morocco, 1100-1166

Travelled extensively through Northern Africa, Western Europe and Asia Minor ca. 1145: Becomes the official court geographer of king Roger II of Sicily. Sends out expeditions, collects sources and produces two world maps and a book on geography.

sorry--have to pass for today.......

"Ibn Fadlan was an Arab chronicler. In 921 C.E., the Caliph of Baghdad sent Ibn Fadlan with an embassy to the King of the Bulgars of the Middle Volga. Ibn Fadlan wrote an account of his journeys with the embassy, called a Risala." -- the Viking Answer Lady

ibn-Fadlan met various Viking tribes on his journeys, and his real-life writings were the springboard for Michael Crichton's very good book "Eaters of the Dead" and the movie "The 13th Warrior"

1826-9: Discovers and charts several Pacific islands, collects specimens and learns about the fate of La Pérouse's expedition.
1837-40: Sees the Antarctic Peninsula and Joinville Island, cruises the south Pacific and discovers Adélie Coast (Antarctica).

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I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall,
but Newton was the one who asked why.
Bernard Mannes Baruch

A rule added: No titles (ex: Sir, Lord, etc.).

Here are the results so far:

Fortunata...............73
Mamaja..................56
PartsDude...............42
CellarDoor..............41
Baglady.................30
Caers...................23
SageBrush...............19
JoJo2...................18
karmaloupster...........15
Smiley..................12
Linkay49................0

OK, knuckle down and come back on day two.

Good Luck!

[This message has been edited by Sagebrush (edited 10-31-2000).]

Sailed for the New World in 1542, navigated the Gulf of St. Lawrence and then settled temporarily at Cartier's former headquarters at Cap Rouge (near present-day Quebec).

A Spanish Franciscan missionary-explorer, who in 1776-77 along with his superior, set out on an expedition seeking a northern route to Monterey in California from Santa Fe (now in New Mexico). Father Escalante chronicled this first European exploration across the Great Basin desert.

(Spain, 1679-1755)
1709: With xxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx establishes a mission post at the site of later San Antonio, Texas.
1716, 1718, 1721: Joins three more missionary expeditions to Texas.

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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
Jewish proverb

American Explorer who led the first trans-Arctic (1926) and trans-Atlantic (1935) air crossings.

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"Well, that's nothing compared to the fury of a woman who has been cheated out of tricks or treats."

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown...Linus

Korolyev, Sergei Pavlovich (1906-1966)

Soviet rocket scientist who, by launching Sputnik on 4 October 1957, began the era of space exploration.

1800-3: Captain of the second ship on a voyage to Australia. When the ships are blown apart by a storm, charts the Australian coast from Geographe Bay to south of Swan River and Rottnest Island.

Explorer Manitoba Canada, 1738-42

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If all the worlds wealth were divided between every man, woman & child
presently alive on the planet, we would all have $13 million a piece.
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$13 Million for every single Human....
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USA, 1811-1887)
1844: Surveys the Texas-Mexican border
1844-6: Surveys the United States-Canadian border
1848-53: Surveys the United States-Mexican borden
1854-7: Surveys the region of the Gadsden Purchase

No more E's please.