Comments on: Friday Trivia #7: Abbreviation Station

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:55:52 +0000

Ah! Wedge-tailed Shearwater! WETASH. That’s very good, I tried to find a three word one but couldn’t make it work.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:06:10 +0000

Nope. Both also happen to be 3 word names. Alternate clue for the first one: What’s left after putting out a fire.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:24:38 +0000

Excellent puzzle, very cleverly done—it must have taken you forever to compose it. One issue, though: I got (1) “Roseate Tern” right off, but found myself stuck forever on (2): I couldn’t think of a bird whose six-letter code could possibly be STUPID!

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:27:19 +0000

I don’t know the chair one, but I’d be willing to bet that the second is BAR NOW! Barn Owl, which I like a lot. Cheers!

By: Nate

Nate — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:22:09 +0000

The tree might be Loggerhead Kingbird – LOG KIN? I can’t figure the second one.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:51:37 +0000

I’ll throw in two more.

• Simple Chair Conveyance.

and

• Where you go after a hard day’s work.
(hint: this one is a a special case abbreviation.)

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:45:47 +0000

And Patrick closes it out, except we’re looking for the species name…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:43:48 +0000

Oh duh…. CANTOW.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:36:00 +0000

@Patrick- That’s not what I was thinking, but that would be awesome.

And the correct answer is indeed on that list.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:32:46 +0000

I’m going with WILFLY for #4. I think it’s a good answer even if it’s wrong.

Also, found a list here and cheated: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bbowman/birds/sixlettercode.html