[GSM] Sale of the Century

[BipolarChemist]

Wayne Gretzky

Psh asking a Canadian this!

[BipolarChemist]

I've met him a couple times actually! Super nice guy!

[StrangerCoug]

It is Wayne Gretzky

Here's the Fame Game board from where we left off:


Your wet dream (seeing how well Instant Bargains went here) and your competition's worst nightmare: You find the $25 cash card I put up there and make life hell for Aronis and Framm 18. The $10 and $15 cash cards are still up there, and your chances of finding any of them are as high as it's going to be at three in seven.

[BipolarChemist]

Let's go for right in the middle!

Number 5

[StrangerCoug]

This is a

HOWARD MILLER 630-122 FLEETWOOD CHIMING MANTEL CLOCK.

Normally $686, it's yours for free!

Let's see where those cash cards were, by the way:


I will now PM all three of you and make sure you're good to go for the Speed Round. I understand sleep and all, so you are not expected to be online the entire time, but you are expected to be paying attention to the thread and passing if you don't know. A couple things I've been tempted to do is to extend the time to 72 hours and shorten the answering window to 12 hours. If all three of you approve, I'll make the changes before starting the clock.

[BipolarChemist]

Gosh darn it!

I'm fine with the changes!

[Framm 18]

Sounds good.

Edit: I knew Gretzky... Stupid Work getting in the way... :sigh:

[Aronis]

I'm fine with those changes.

[StrangerCoug]

And away we go!

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

What purpose does a cribbage board serve?

[BipolarChemist]

To count points in the game of cribbage

[StrangerCoug]

That's exactly it.

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

On a manual-transmission vehicle with the steering wheel on the left, the pedal on the left is the clutch, the pedal in the middle is the brake, and the pedal on the right is the accelerator. Are the pedals in the same positions when the steering wheel is on the right?

[BipolarChemist]

Yes!

[StrangerCoug]

Sure is.

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

The stretch of S. Las Vegas Blvd. in Nevada known for its resort casinos is usually called by what name?

[BipolarChemist]

The Las Vegas Strip!!

[StrangerCoug]

You're on a roll!

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

If Queen Elizabeth II is still alive on September 10, 2015, then on that date, whose record will she break for longest-reigning monarch in British history and the longest-reigning queen in world history?

[BipolarChemist]

Pass

[Framm 18]

Queen Victoria?

[StrangerCoug]

Yes

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

On January 10, 1991, the

Giornale di Sicilia

published an open letter written by Libero Grassi, an Italian clothing manufacturer who refused to any longer pay the Sicilian Mafia protection money, addressed to "Caro estortore". What does "caro estortore" mean in English?

[Framm 18]

Pass

[BipolarChemist]

Pass

[StrangerCoug]

"Dear extortionist".

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

What planet does Titan orbit?

[Framm 18]

Saturn

[StrangerCoug]

Yes.

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

What U.S. president, the 20th, had the slowest death by assassination of any U.S. president, being shot on July 2, 1881 but not dying until the following September 19?

[BipolarChemist]

James Garfield

[StrangerCoug]

Yes

TIME REMAINING:

(expired on 2014-07-24 16:43:59)

Which of the four bases of DNA is not found in RNA?