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ima1trkpny
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Take a glance
« on: May 14th, 2009, 3:55pm » |
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By another name I played a role in WW2
Peeping at my collar you may see a lovely hue
Chicks appear when I am near
Heads up!
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Azgard
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #1 on: May 16th, 2009, 8:20am » |
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Okay, here's an attempt:
A shirt
A shirt with no sleeves is called a tank top, tanks played a role in WW2.
Shirts can have collars of varying colours, or hues.
When there is a shirt sale, the girls will be there, guarenteed, girls are sometimes called chicks.
As for heads up, well, your head needs to be up to put on a shirt....
How'd I do?
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Lots of opportunities are missed because they come dressed in overalls and look like work.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #2 on: May 16th, 2009, 5:10pm » |
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Not what I had in mind, Azgard. But I like your explanation and think it makes a good alternate answer. Keep trying! 
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ima1trkpny
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #3 on: May 20th, 2009, 12:27pm » |
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HINT: Think a little more about homophones... and when all else fails, step back and take a glance. 
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #4 on: May 21st, 2009, 11:33pm » |
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| hidden: | | Chicks can also mean “young birds especially of domestic fowl”, and thus can figuratively represent fighter aircrafts, which are attracted by the sight of a battleship (or submarine). |
If so, German battleship Bismarck may be a possibility.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #5 on: May 22nd, 2009, 12:58pm » |
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Actually your answer is fairly close but incorrect. Keep thinking like that though and you might figure it out
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #6 on: May 23rd, 2009, 12:12am » |
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A “tank” can also attract enemy fighter aircrafts.
Looking at synonyms, a “reservoir”, or “pool” - seems to be a possibility.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #7 on: May 23rd, 2009, 12:38am » |
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getting warmer...
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #8 on: May 23rd, 2009, 1:11am » |
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A wild guess:
A “nest egg”, since a tank can colloquially be called a “nest egg”.
But, this does not seem to fit the second line.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #9 on: May 23rd, 2009, 1:17am » |
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Maybe it's time to consider tanks are not the only vehicles used in WW2.  The ship guess was a bit closer... but anyway that's part of the riddle... if you can figure out that half it will lead you to the actual answer.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #10 on: May 23rd, 2009, 4:55am » |
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Well, the HMS Hood had a role to play in WW2 - even if it was just most famously being sunk by the Bismarck. Something tells me that Hood doesn't quite fit, though...
Perhaps Pearl (as in Pearl Harbor) works better
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #11 on: May 23rd, 2009, 5:34am » |
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No correct answers so far. This is not one specific craft... and I'd encourage exploring other clues in the riddle to set you in the right direction.
Side note and won't give you clues about riddle:
As for the HMS Hood, while it is probably most commonly remember now as being sunk by the Bismark, was once the greatest warship in the world and the USN was so impressed with her that it changed the look of the fleet permanently. Not to mention she bore a name with a lot of history as Adm Samuel Hood developed several revolutionary naval tactics in his time. (I'll stop being a history geek now hehe but hey, it might come in handy one day!)
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #12 on: May 23rd, 2009, 8:47am » |
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frigate?
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #13 on: May 23rd, 2009, 10:47am » |
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nope
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #14 on: May 24th, 2009, 6:55am » |
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A rose field (or, rose garden).
We know that President Franklin D. Roosevelt played a significant role in WWII, and "roosevelt" means a rose field.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #15 on: May 24th, 2009, 12:44pm » |
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Shell - although not too sure how it fits with the last line...
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #16 on: May 25th, 2009, 4:59pm » |
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Nope.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #17 on: May 25th, 2009, 11:03pm » |
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We know that the overall design of the classical submarine periscope is simply two telescopes pointing into each other. So, telescope (or, binoculars) can be assumed to be an approximate synonym of a “submarine periscope.”
Is “telescope (or, binoculars)” the answer to this riddle?
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #18 on: May 26th, 2009, 8:55pm » |
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Chicken
By another name I played a role in WW2
Chicken wire
Peeping at my collar you may see a lovely hue
"Peeping" is really the only thing that fits here.
Chicks appear when I am near
Chicken makes chicks
Heads up!
More like "heads down" for chicken wire.
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ima1trkpny
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #19 on: May 27th, 2009, 12:28am » |
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, the correct answer fits a bit better than that but you're super close 
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #20 on: May 27th, 2009, 11:02am » |
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May be a “chickenhawk”. The 365th Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Force, called the "Hell Hawks” did play a role in WWII.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #21 on: May 27th, 2009, 8:10pm » |
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K Sengupta, nope.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #22 on: May 30th, 2009, 1:14pm » |
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Submarine?
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #23 on: May 31st, 2009, 12:41pm » |
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Nope.
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Re: Take a glance
« Reply #24 on: Jun 1st, 2009, 11:22am » |
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“Radio”(or, "radio transmitter") - playing a role in WW II as “radar”?
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