Gm Testing!

The second is darkness. :)

Time.

Q u o t e:
A favorite of mine, though more people know it by now:

What is at the beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space,
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every race?

The letter e. :D

A, E, I, O, and U.

Haha! I just got it. It required Pavonum actually voicing the riddle for my brain to wrap appropriately.

"I can be short and sometimes hot"...

One's temper. ;)

The letter m. :)

Q u o t e:
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;

The letter h.

Let's simmer down a bit, folks; no need to get into a froth over a mere misunderstanding. :)

Q u o t e:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

More importantly, how much kin would a moonkin moon, if a moonkin could moon kin?

Perhaps more interesting would be: Without looking it up, who knows the origins of our names for the months of the year? :)

Q u o t e:
What is F=MA?

Force = Mass x Acceleration.

Q u o t e:
Oh gracious, which ones? I've read so many over the years, they've all muddled in my head.

It looks as though Freckles has already answered, but I'll elaborate a bit where I can; I only learned recently, from a lovely etymological text called Dubious Doublets, but nomenclature in general fascinates me, as well as examining the names behind otherwise commonplace things. :)

January is named after Janus (Roman Ianuarius), the custodian of the gods.

February is named after Februa, or an ancient rite of purification.

March is named after Mars (Roman Martius), the god of war.

April is possibly derived from Aphrilis, itself a reference to Aphrodite.

May is named after Maia (Roman Maius), the goddess of fertility.

June is named after Juno, the "queen" of the gods, Jupiter's wife.

July and August are named after Roman emperors — Julius Caesar and Augustus, respectively.

September, October, November, and December are interesting; as noted, they refer to the Roman numerals for 7, 8, 9, and 10, yet they're the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months. This is because the year originally began in March, with January and February tacked on later.

As for the days of the week, Meirlkor and Bastianelle are more or less correct, but for corroboration:

Monday is named after the Moon.
Tuesday is named for the Norse god Tyr.
Wednesday is named after the Norse god Woden (Odin).
Thursday is named for Thor, the Norse god of thunder.
Friday is named after either Frigg or Freya, depending on the language.
Saturday is named for Saturn.
Sunday is named after the Sun.

Edit: Also, nicely done, Freckles! If you didn't look that up, you can colour me impressed. :)

Q u o t e:
An who knows why the year originally began in March?

I'd presume because it's the first month of spring, the beginning of the agrarian year.

Q u o t e:
And Pav, was I correct that it was Pope Gregory who named the months with the creation of the Gregorian Calendar? Or do you know?

Well, clearly the Gregorian Calendar was named for Pope Gregory, but I'm not certain whether he himself devised the names. :)

It's theorized, however, the origin of the seven-day week—and those names used, specifically—began with the Greeks and thus related to the seven known celestial bodies (of the time).

For example, in French:

Sunday - Diamache - Roughly "Day of the Lord," though a derivative of "Sun"
Monday - Lunedi - "Moon"
Tuesday - Mardi - "Mars"
Wednesday - Mercredi - "Mercury"
Thursday - Jeudi - "Jupiter"
Friday - Vendredi - "Venus"
Saturday - Samedi - "Saturn"

This does not persist globally, however; many languages now pull from Germanic and Roman deities, substituting pantheon for pantheon. :)

Each word increases in length by one letter.

I'm just smrt. S-M-R-T!

Q u o t e:
Pav told her. =P

I did notice as well, but she figured it out on her own. Contrary to popular misconception, I'm not responsible for Syndri's erudition. ;)

Q u o t e:
I have Queen stuck in my head now.

"That's why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit..."

Sigh. =/

Q u o t e:
What english word has three consecutive double letters?

This has come up before. ;)

Bookkeeper.

Q u o t e:
Letitia has a large one, and so has cousin Luce.
Eliza has a small one, though large enough for use.
Beneath a soft and glossy curl, each Lass has one in front.
To find it in an animal, you at the tail must hunt.

Hermaphrodites have none; Mermaids are minus too.
Nell Gwynn possessed a double share if books we read are true.
It's used by all in Nuptial Bliss, in Carnal Pleasures found.
Destroy it, life becomes extinct, the world is but a sound.

Lasciviousness here has its sources, Harlots its use apply.
Without it Lust has never been, and even Love would die.
Now tell me what this wonder is, but pause before you guess it.
If you are mother, maid, or man, I swear you don't possess it.

The letter l. :)

Three for the lot of you:

- What is the longest word (in the English language) to possess only one syllable?

- Which word contains all vowels (a, e, i, o, and u) in alphabetical order?

- These two words are antonyms and homophones, one possessing one fewer letter than the other. What are they?

Hop to!

Strengths is, indeed, one of many. :D

Other answers: screeched, scratched, scrunched, stretched...

Q u o t e:
Freckles does have a brain, ya know. /pout

/brains?

Q u o t e:
My brain is full of Queen and Bowie at the moment.

Sounds awfully crowded. Is your head under pressure?

Q u o t e:
Well, i am now going to do a /bump.

/bump

I hope this moves this forward.

I'd advise against "bumping," Meirlkor; it's something of a faux pas, and may result — loath though I am to do so — in this thread being locked. :)

Q u o t e:
isn't it loathe?

Did Pav make a spelling error? That is the ultimate question of this thread.

As has been pointed out, loath is, indeed, correct. Good analytical eye, though. :)

Q u o t e:
ahh, thanks for clearing that up, I believe, at least, loathe would have been proper to use as well.

For the sake of clarification, it wouldn't — loath is exclusively an adjective, and loathe is exclusively a verb. :)

Q u o t e:
There actually is a way to get GM powers in game, but its very very hidden.

You forgot the secret-hidden option (codenamed: Golf Mary)!

http://www.blizzard.com/jobopp/customer-service-representative-tx.shtml

Q u o t e:
i know its been awhile since that was posted, but you spelled Lundi wrong >.>

That's my fault, actually; I must have been thinking of Italian lunedì. Mea culpa. :)

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrrow

Errr, one's shadow?

Q u o t e:
What question do you ask to ensure your survival?

Something to this effect:

"If I were to ask the other tribe what path I should take to guarantee my survival, in which direction would they point me?"

Then go the opposite. ;)

"[T]he English language..."


Language is the answer. Tricky, tricky.

Q u o t e:
Forward I'm Heavy, Backward I'm Not

This one's ton, though it doesn't work with British spellings. ;)

A coffin. :)

Q u o t e:
A guy drives his car by under a bridge on the highway. On the bridge there is a person dressed in all black. There isnt a single light anywhere, not in the car, not on the streets, yet the driver sees the guy on top of the bridge. Why?

Daylight ruins the fun!

Q u o t e:
You are in a room made of solid brick. There is nothing in the room but a table, and on the table there is a mirror. How do you escape the room?

I knew this one, so I'll refrain; but it's a bit ridiculous. ;)

Edit:

He who makes me keeps me not
He who takes me knows it not
He who has me wants me not
What am i?

I'm fairly certain it needs to be flipped to read:

He who makes me keeps me not
He who takes me wants me not
He who has me knows it not
What am I?

It's totally a coffin. :P

Nothing. :)


(And it's a coffin.)

Time?

Hahaha! That one took me a bit. "One letter"—so sneaky!

Envelope. :D



And I adore brain teasers, Sameth. Have since I was a wee darter. :)

"Sentinel" sounds like a dog—a guardian, perhaps, akin to a St. Bernard with the tiny beer keg beneath its chin.

...I think I know the answer. :)

Bark!

Well, you noted that if anyone could get this, it would be Pavonum or me—so that suggests word play. Going off that, I have:

"Sealed with a kiss" - Flip it around a bit and take into account that a kiss requires lips. The word "sealed" can translate to the act of closure; so, the word in question ends in "lips" or some other homophone.

"I may lift a veil" - Not a physical veil, but a metaphoric covering; a revelation.

Combine the two, and you've got "apocalypse"?

I just spent far too much time as a hatchling pouring over brain teaser and crossword puzzle books. I still devote quite a bit of time to crossword puzzles, actually. Gives me a slight edge. :)

(22-Across is always "Ennui"—don't ask me why!)

To pull from a previous post:

Q u o t e:
- These two words are antonyms and homophones, one possessing one fewer letter than the other. What are they?

No one mentioned the answer previously. Take two!

Q u o t e:
Raised and Razed?

"Raise" and "raze" also acceptable. :)