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Assigned Quests:

Pling:

254. Ok, crusader, for your first quest I will try to make it easy. For your quest you will need to delve into the dictionary and search throughout the realm of words. Then return with the answer to this question; What is the only word in the English language that has 3 sets of double letters all in a row?. 100 exp , 100 gp.

Amlet:

255. If you like sweets, especially candy, then you should enjoy your next quest. Travel to the land of Marketing and tell me what is the #1 selling candy sold in vending machines.? 200 exp. , 200 gp.

MrYeti

256. You, crusader, will travel to the realm of history and tell me what other member of Abe Lincoln's household was assassinated and how? 200 exp. , 200 gp.

Earn that gold and exp., crusaders!

the answer "bookkeeping" O Sagebrush

your obedient servant
Pling

(well, mamaja hasn't been around for a while and someone has to do the rhyming )

snickers, since it is the most popular candy bar.

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Pling:

257. For your next quest, crusader, I am sending yooou into the land of fun and gambling. When you get there check out the roulette wheel. Add up all the numbers of the roulette wheel and tell me the sum. 100 exp , 100 gp.

Amlet:

258. Now crusader you must study up on the origin of words and slang to complete your next quest. Why do we call sore muscle a charley horse? 200 exp. , 200 gp.

Don't stumble and faulter now, crusaders!

the answer is 666

Your obedient servant
Pling

Pling:

259. For your next quest, crusader, you will study up on music and then go bar hopping to discover the answer to this question; Why do we call a coin-operated machine that plays music a jukebox? 100 exp , 100 gp.

Keep trodding on, crusader!

The answer:

First off, manufacturers did not call them "jukeboxes", they called them Automatic Coin-Operated Phonographs (or Automatic Phonographs, or Coin-Operated Phonographs). The term "jukebox" appeared in the 1930's and originated in the southern United States. Conventional wisdom has determined that the origin either comes from the African word "joot" (meaning to dance), "jute" (a fibrous product grown in the south) or "jook" which is a word used by descendants of African slaves and meant "disorderly or wicked" ... a "jook house" was a term used to describe out of the way shacks used by southern field workers for dancing, drinking and also as brothels. So take your pick but the term clearly originated as a slang term used by southern US field workers for their "entertainment". Interesting enough, the "jukebox" provided the only outlet for black recording artists, as mainstream radio was, through the 30's-40's and part of the 50's, still pretty much a "white" medium.
According to interviews with former Wurlitzer employee's the first reference to Jukebox came from a Texas distributor around 1937 ... it took "headquarters" a little time to clarify what it meant. When Farney Wurlitzer discovered the use of the term, he "banned" its use since he viewed it is degrading and felt "automatic phonographs" to be "fine things". Wurlitzer never used the term in advertisement, until 1972 for the Model 1050 "Jukebox", after Faney's death.

as ever your obedient servant
Pling

Charley Horse

This term for a pulled muscle is originally a baseball term, dating to at least 1888. Most sources list the origin as obscure. No one knows who Charley was or why he may have had a lame horse.

Mencken, however, gives two possible explanations. Mencken does not plump for them and to my ear they sound horribly strained. The first is that is named after Charlie "Duke" Esper, a southpaw pitcher who "walked like a lame horse." Esper, however, did not make his major league debut until 1890, so while it is possible that the term derives from him, the dates make it seem unlikely.

The second is that it comes from a lame horse owned by Charley, the groundskeeper in a Sioux City ballpark. Mencken gives no dates for this one.

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Assigned Quests:

Amlet:

260. Your next quest will be to study rituals.Why do people clink their glasses in response to a toast? 200 exp. , 200 gp.

Pling:

261. After we have the party, we need the place cleaned. Your nest quest will be maintnance work, but before you can clean up the place, you need to answer one question. What's the difference between soap and a detergent? 100 exp , 100 gp.

Keep on truckin', crusaders!

The Answer

Beginning in the Middle Ages, soap was made at home and used for cleaning laundry. Cake soap, however, was a luxury product that came into common use only in the 19th century. The synthetic relatives of soap, detergents were developed during World War II when the natural ingredients for soap became scarce. Unlike soap, detergents are synthetics and do not form easily biodegradable waste products

As ever
Your Obedient Servant
Pling

Pling:

262. For your next quest, crusader, you will travel to "Mery Ol' England" to get some cheese for the party. Where in England (exact location) do they roll big cheeses down a hill and chase after them? 100 exp , 100 gp.

Roll on, crusader!

Answer

Cooper's Hill, part of the Cotswolds, stands between Gloucester, Stroud and Cheltenham. It is just off the A46 Cheltenham - Stroud road.
The annual Gloucestershire 'Cheese Rolling and Wake' has been taking place on Cooper's Hill for possibly hundreds of years.

as ever your obedient servant
Pling

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THE LADY TANGLEDROSE..KNIGHT OF THE QUEST.

if my answer is correct may I have another quest

your obedient servant
Pling

Pling:

263. Study up on your history, crusader and then enter the realm of aviation to answer this question: Who were the first people to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, and when? 100 exp , 100 gp.

Lady Tangledrose

264. You, brave Lady, will have to put on your thinking cap and travel back in time to answer this question: WHAT DID THE PENTAGON CALL THE NEUTRON BOMB? 200 exp. 200 gp.

Study hard crusaders!

Alcock and Brown were the first people to fly an aircraft non-stop across the Atlantic
ocean. They made their flight in June 1919.

if this is correct may I have another quest

as ever
your obedient servant

Pling:

265. Crusader Pling, I now send you on a deed Quest. Enter into the realm of "Myth, Legand or Fact" and post a new topic entitled "Mythological Elections". State that you were wondering what it would be like if instead of the top ones always being in the top seat (ie: Odin - Norse, Zeuss - Greek, etc.), what if they held elections like for the President? Ask people to vote for the character or god to be in the top throne for their favorite Mythology. Only one vote per player. 200 exp. Bonus of 10 exp. for every response up to ten. Extra bonus: I will choose my favorite from each (Greek, Roman and Norse) and will award 50 exp for each one that is voted for (max 150 exp). 200 gp.

Register to vote, crusader!

[This message has been edited by Tangledrose (edited 03-16-2001).]

It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host. Both men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he would then touch--or clink--the host's glass with his own.

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