Anagrammy Leaders' Board - June, 2010 - 35 votes cast

35 votes

GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT TOPICAL PEOPLES NAMES OTHER NAMES
MEDIUM LENGTH ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE LONG SPECIAL RUDE

GENERAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

73  

Italian crime boss = A Sicilian mobster.

2

  Rick Rothstein

18  

Nicotine addiction = Idiotic and not nice.

3

  View

14  

Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree = One scientist prepares a law.

3

  Tony Crafter

14  

Don't eat cereals that change the colour of the milk = Chocolate Corn Flakes that delight me are out then?

5

  Larry Brash

13  

"Kids, please, don't try this at home." = He pled: "It means that's risky to do!"

6

  Adie Pena

9  

The evolutionary anthropologists = Our vision: That long lost ape theory.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

9  

Multiple personality disorder = Sly people do it in murder trials.

6

  Scott Gardner

9  

American football = October/fall mania.

9

  Rosie Perera

8  

A match made in heaven? = Ha! A damn achievement!

10

  Ellie Dent

6  

The material witness ~ sees them win at trial.

10

  Ivan Andonov

6  

Perfect anagrams = Crafter-Pan games.

12

  Jesse Frankovich

5  

"All the news that's fit to print" = Spin talents wrote that filth.

13

  Mike Torr

4  

Climate change sceptic ~ catches ice cap melting.

13

  David Bourke

4  

Circumstantial evidence = Minutiae cancels verdict.

15

  Ed Pegg Jr

3  

A match made in heaven ‡ Man, maiden have e-chat.

15

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

3  

Incontrovertible evidence = I convinced rotten believer.

17

  Nikola Zivanovic

2  

No-law deadly soccer = A second yellow card.

18

  Hamlet

1  

Roman armies ~ man armories.

 

  Total points:

201 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.514)

ENTERTAINMENT:

1

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

40  

William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra = Snake poisons were lethal act in a play drama

2

  Tony Crafter

31  

Sandro Botticelli's painting 'Primavera'. = Vibrant art! Spring made poetical in oils.

3

  Scott Gardner

27  

English guitarist Pete Townshend ~ is The Who's reputed singing talent.

4

  David Bourke

17  

The American Idol host Ryan Seacrest = More critics dare say "He has no talent!"

4

  Meyran Kraus

17  

The animated film and sequel 'Toy Story Three' = Most of the quality and style remained there!

6

  Ellie Dent

15  

L. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz = A few dazzled, rum folk hunt for rainbow.

6

  Dharam Khalsa

15  

The modern art of Pablo Picasso = Abstract of model in poor shape!

8

  View

12  

The surrealist Salvador Dali ~ shares "visual riddle" art a lot.

9

  Adie Pena

10  

"West Side Story" [Leonard Bernstein] = Real bitterness worsens. Tony died.

10

  Ivan Andonov

8  

Rage Against the Machine = A hi-tech main stage anger.

11

  Christopher Sturdy

7  

Tonight With Jonathan Ross - BBC One = Best Chat Show. I rant... No job, nothing!

12

  Rosie Perera

5  

Paul McCartney can't remember most of his songs = Gaps from senior moments scramble catchy tune?

 

  Total points:

204 

from 35 votes     (DFE factor: 0.343)

TOPICAL:

1

  David Bourke

42  

The coastline of Florida and Louisiana = The fauna, flora and soil is coated in oil.

2

  Meyran Kraus

37  

The environmental disaster = Oil in streams that never end.

3

  Ellie Dent

23  

Oil spill in the Gulf = I'll pollute fishing.

4

  Adrian Hickford

16  

The England/Slovenia game = Eleven men dashing at goal.

5

  Christopher Sturdy

13  

The nasty oil company, British Petroleum = BP - they pollute most in American history!

6

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

11  

"Who cares, it's done, end of story, will probably be fine" = Words said by fellow in BP before one oily tar stench.

7

  Ed Pegg Jr

10  

Superhumanity = Isner-Mahut? Yup.

8

  Adie Pena

9  

The Louisiana shoreline = I see thin oil on lush area.

9

  Rosie Perera

8  

Cleaning up the oil spill = Hell until closing a pipe.

9

  Scott Gardner

8  

The reality television show "American Idol" = Hint: I hear Simon Cowell is ready to leave it.

11

  Ivan Andonov

6  

Israeli commandos = Iron Mossad malice.

11

  Tony Crafter

6  

The FIFA World Cup Football Tournament = Forum for a full pitch battle. Date? On now!

13

  View

4  

The CEO of British Petroleum Tony Hayward = Unworthy; hefty oil spot bothered America.

14

  Dharam Khalsa

2  

Monday is Summer Solstice = Sun's mode is more mystical.

14

  Nikola Zivanovic

2  

Giant sinkhole in Guatemala = Agatha kills in a minute, gone.

 

  Total points:

197 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.441)

PEOPLES NAMES:

1

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

36  

Archbishop Tutu: a life force = The Republic of South Africa.

2

  View

26  

Danica Sue Patrick = Pick a car and use it.

3

  Dharam Khalsa

17  

United States General Stanley McChrystal = My last insane stunt gets called 'treachery'.

4

  Larry Brash

16  

The Andalucian artist Pablo Picasso = He is a top Cubist and a local partisan.

4

  Ivan Andonov

16  

Tiger Woods' ~ id got worse.

6

  Meyran Kraus

15  

The CEO of British Petroleum, Anthony Hayward = I blame the unwary top honcho for the dirty sea.

7

  David Bourke

13  

The lingerie model Abigail Rose Clancy = All logical men agree it...her body is nice!

8

  Adie Pena

11  

The surrealist Dali = This ideal art rules!

8

  Christopher Sturdy

11  

The Arsenal football captain, Cesc Fabregas = Barcelona has acceptable offer at last... Sign!

8

  Scott Gardner

11  

Basketball player Manute Bol = A superbly-tall NBA team bloke.

11

  Rosie Perera

10  

The Dog Whisperer host, Cesar Millan, ~ helps dame to train her Welsh Corgis.

12

  Ellie Dent

6  

Will Shakespeare, the English Bard = Aha! Spells bewhiskered earthling!

13

  Tony Crafter

5  

The famous American soprano Renee Fleming = Och! An eminent female opera singer from USA!

 

  Total points:

193 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.382)

OTHER NAMES:

1

  David Bourke

41  

The World Cup football competition in South Africa = To ruin it, blow off a loud, totemic, cheap plastic horn!

2

  Meyran Kraus

24  

Sun-filled New York = Wonderful skyline!

3

  Scott Gardner

23  

British Petroleum Company = My pipe burst; oil came north.

4

  Adie Pena

18  

Transportation Security Administration = Nasty rotten discrimination at U.S. airport.

5

  Larry Brash

16  

Issac Newton's three Laws of Motion = Where two actions manifest, no loss.

5

  Tony Crafter

16  

The Otis Elevator Company = Yes, another place to vomit!

7

  Ellie Dent

14  

Europeans = EU persona.

8

  Rick Rothstein

11  

Otis Elevators = O, it serves a lot.

9

  Ivan Andonov

9  

The Sagrada Familia church = Gaudi hatches a frail charm.

10

  View

7  

The Otis Elevator Company = Can help move it to a storey.

11

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

The Master Lock Combination Padlock = A crook can't pick the model's main bolt.

12

  Rosie Perera

5  

Occupational Safety and Health Administration ~ can find lethal radiation at a hot US company site.

13

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

4  

The Sydney to Hobart Race = Yacht boats there yonder!

 

  Total points:

194 

from 34 votes     (DFE factor: 0.382)

MEDIUM LENGTH:

1

  David Bourke

27  

How to permanently silence the incessant dronin... = Shove the thing into any convenient zulu fello...

2

  Tony Crafter

24  

The helpful 'Catseyes' were invented by P. Shaw... ~ eyes aglow in the headlights. A gift! So... ...

2

  Meyran Kraus

24  

Clear-eyed, we can understand that there will b... = We'd near a total Mideast peace pact when: -...

4

  Ellie Dent

21  

A kangaroo walks into a city bar. "Beer, please... = Descartes goes to a Wallaroo bar. A barkeeper,...

5

  Adie Pena

18  

"The events depicted in this movie are fictitiou... = Every idiotic individual or vilified enemy in a...

6

  Rosie Perera

14  

Untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan could ... = Taliban men announcing: "We'd shift all our ol...

7

  Ivan Andonov

11  

The American trumpet player John Birks "Dizzy" G... = Hear a chirpily jumpy tone like Miles, Bird, ...

7

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

11  

The events depicted in this movie are fictitiou... = Did this film not tell a true story is happeni...

9

  View

10  

The iron-containing respiratory pigment in red ... = Hemoglobin - protein transports 'air' in bloo...

9

  Christopher Sturdy

10  

Q: How long is a piece of string? A: Double th... = Told him of quite a feeble response holding so...

11

  Dharam Khalsa

6  

An unpaid fat fill-in hatched a dependent in th... = "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant....

 

  Total points:

176 

from 31 votes     (DFE factor: 0.355)

ANAGRAMMY CHALLENGE:

1

  Dharam Khalsa

31  

A fortune-telling octopod quaint Jumped out from its tub restraint, Foretold of a German win, Which excited a humour ...

2

  Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

20  

France got jinxed with team spirit of nil Uruguay have more adequate skill On Dutch form could I frown ... But on mer...

2

  David Bourke

20  

Look, I don't care a jot who wins, I'm afraid ...but quit blowing the confounded monotone plastic trumpets for throughou...

4

  Ellie Dent

18  

Many in turmoil spend to order food, Much of it junk: a mountain... larger, though. Extra cratefuls of booze, wine...

5

  Adie Pena

15  

IRRITATION MIFFED ME A drone for long so loud Can bother in a crowd. Throw over the 'zela, Obnoxious anti-quiet fel...

5

  Tony Crafter

15  

Don't Drop It On TV! Dire England to win it, the Jules Rimet? Fu*k off! A Zulu has more chance! Italy, or Mexico, ...

7

  Ivan Andonov

14  

Quite a cool commotion, for I dreamt of an outstanding, fruitful Serbian role, but I just woke up to find Xavi Hernandez...

7

  Meyran Kraus

14  

Formal Bet Uruguay? Jinxed. Ghana? Quite off. Teutonic or Dutch? Need to train. Proud Brazil or those last two won't...

9

  Larry Brash

10  

Australia expected to beat rival Germany in the first round? Just think how much of a gold prize for our own nation? Co...

10

  Rosie Perera

9  

But how come mild Canada isn't on the victors' list? Bizarre. A mixup? No. They got ejected from the running due to qu...

11

  Christopher Sturdy

3  

Wow! Fuck! France, England, Italy, Spain, vie to out-underperform one another and be first out with just too much to do....

12

  View

0  

Look, question is, who can see tomorrow - the future. Who can be major fruitful prophet, fit to aid to find victor.......

 

  Total points:

169 

from 29 votes     (DFE factor: 0.414)

LONG:

1

  Meyran Kraus

41  

How Smart Are You? 1. You're participating in... = How Stupid Are You? Choose an answer for ea...

2

  Tony Crafter

29  

A fourteen-year old Amish boy and his father we... = A couple took in an 18-year-old girl as a lod...

3

  Ellie Dent

27  

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR. WATSON IN A HOT-AIR BAL... = Sherlock Holmes turns and asks: 'My dear old ...

4

  Dharam Khalsa

14  

Hours after the end of the world, a dispute emer... = "The game would be a farce!" the Lord protests...

5

  Larry Brash

11  

Can you spare just two dollars? Ranji is a n... = Do you enjoy racist jokes? I have some other ...

6

  Adie Pena

9  

An eighty-nine-year-old man goes for a physical... = "Wow, that's so incredible," the doctor says....

6

  View

9  

Mr. Lonely Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely, I have nobo... = I'm Gilad Shalit. Four years ago I was captur...

 

  Total points:

140 

from 24 votes     (DFE factor: 0.292)

SPECIAL:

1

  Meyran Kraus

49  

The Anne Bradstreet poem "The Author to her Book"

2

  Ellie Dent

30  

Dryden quote of 218 letters into 8 anagrams relating to Sherlock Holmes.

3

  Tony Crafter

26  

THE GOLFING NUN / THE GOLFING ASSASSIN.

4

  Meyran Kraus

17  

George Farquhar's 'The Recruiting Officer'

5

  Adie Pena

8  

BEYOND THE SEA by Bobby Darin

5

  Mike Torr

8  

Hotel California by The Eagles

7

  Tony Crafter

3  

SANDY From 'Grease'.

7

  Dharam Khalsa

3  

Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson

9

  Adie Pena

2  

DISTANT SHORES By Chad and Jeremy

9

  Dharam Khalsa

2  

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night;

 

  Total points:

148 

from 26 votes     (DFE factor: 0.385)

RUDE:

1

  Larry Brash

29  

Woman's G Spot = "Now!", most gasp.

2

  Adie Pena

26  

Prostitutes for hire = Forte is "tits-per-hour." (Awardsmaster's Choice Award)

2

  Meyran Kraus

26  

A stimulated prick = A lick made it spurt!

4

  Tony Crafter

18  

Frankenstein's monster = Ten foreskins' remnants!

5

  David Bourke

12  

The hymen reconstruction operation = I chose one to repair my torn cunt, then!

6

  View

10  

Fornicating depths ~ I can't find her G-spot!

7

  Ivan Andonov

7  

The shemale porn movies = Hot mom leaves her penis.

8

  Christopher Sturdy

6  

Deutschland Uber Alles... ~ are such bellend adults

 

  Total points:

134 

from 23 votes     (DFE factor: 0.348)


Daniel F. Etter Memorial Award Points*

Name

Points

 

Name

Points

Meyran Kraus

135.30

 

Ivan Andonov

30.17

Tony Crafter

69.10

 

Rosie Perera

23.79

David Bourke

69.09

 

Christopher Sturdy

19.22

Ellie Dent

60.34

 

Rick Rothstein

13.46

Adie Pena

51.22

 

Adrian Hickford

7.06

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

47.58

 

Ed Pegg Jr

5.95

Dharam Khalsa

40.41

 

Mike Torr

5.13

Larry Brash

36.35

 

Jesse Frankovich

2.57

View

35.35

 

Nikola Zivanovic

1.91

Scott Gardner

30.42

 

Hamlet

0.51

*Adjusted Points = Sum of (Points * 'DFE factor')
DFE factor is (No of Noms) / (No of votes) for category

 

High Standings

Name

1st

2nd

3rd

Meyran Kraus

3

4

0

David Bourke

3

1

0

Mike Mesterton-Gibbons

2

1

0

Dharam Khalsa

1

0

1

Larry Brash

1

0

0

Tony Crafter

0

3

2

Ellie Dent

0

1

2

View

0

1

1

Adie Pena

0

1

0

Rick Rothstein

0

1

0

Scott Gardner

0

0

2


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