| Author | Message | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 106 Registered: 7-2011 |
She never won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, or anything like that. But she was honored for something that no other performer, and few other people, have been honored for. she = she = HAF Early $poylers please e-mail. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4196 Registered: 9-2010 |
o hai soli kitteh! She = real? fictional? Was her honor related to performing? Or related to something else, such as writing a book? being an artist? If she is a real person, is she still alive today? is she an American? is she British? otherwise European? from Asia? Africa? Australia? Oceania? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 108 Registered: 7-2011 |
o hai soli kitteh! and hai to you too She = real?yes fictional? Was her honor related to performing? no Or related to something else, yes such as writing a book? being an artist? but not these. If she is a real person, is she still alive today? no is she an American? is she British? otherwise European?This, but lived in the US from Asia? Africa? Australia? Oceania? | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 289 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did she have a handicap that prevented her from working a huge career? I mean the kind of huge career that garners Awards For Lifetime Achievements if not for Greatest Performance This Year. "Beauty and Brains" is a provocative title. Would we know her, mostly, from: written works? art work? TV? movies? stunts work? set decoration? other work in the "background" of staged or filmed performances? "honored for something that no other performer" = Is your stress here on "no" or on "performer"? Is this honor of the type to be presented formally, in front of an audience? Or is it perhaps awarded posthumously? Is this honor in any way related to wonderful women like Helen Keller or Georgia O'Keefe, who might have earned similar sorts of awards? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4198 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz inventor of teh cheezburgur? srsly, i askin dat =D fiona kitteh asks teh questions I wanted...=P | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 298 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was she an inventor? a teacher? an acrobat? involved in the entertaining arts? a mother who home-taught really well? (Kaylee - brace yrslf: inventor of teh cheezburgur haz been discuverd, living in trees where Big Cats hang out. And eat big cheezburgurs all ze dayz. But might be a damn filthy spy. So Kaylee iz careful, bcz no big cats come after my Kaylee Kitteh. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1522 Registered: 2-2011 |
was she honoured for charitable works? or wartime heroics? or her work in rescuing animals? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1523 Registered: 2-2011 |
did she invent something? some famous actress was responsible for the design of an aircraft wing or something? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 109 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did she have a handicap that prevented her from working a huge career? No I mean the kind of huge career that garners Awards For Lifetime Achievements if not for Greatest Performance This Year. irr "Beauty and Brains" is a provocative title. Would we know her, mostly, from: written works? art work? TV? movies? This stunts work? set decoration? other work in the "background" of staged or filmed performances? "honored for something that no other performer" = Is your stress here on "no" or on "performer"? about equal Is this honor of the type to be presented formally, in front of an audience? not relevant Or is it perhaps awarded posthumously? yope/yes Is this honor in any way related to wonderful women like Helen Keller or Georgia O'Keefe, who might have earned similar sorts of awards? no iz inventor of teh cheezburgur? srsly, i askin dat =D heehee - no fiona kitteh asks teh questions I wanted...=P Was she an inventor? yes! a teacher? an acrobat? involved in the entertaining arts? yes a mother who home-taught really well? all the others, no (Kaylee - brace yrslf: inventor of teh cheezburgur haz been discuverd, living in trees where Big Cats hang out. And eat big cheezburgurs all ze dayz. But might be a damn filthy spy. So Kaylee iz careful, bcz no big cats come after my Kaylee Kitteh was she honoured for charitable works? no or wartime heroics? no, but "wartime" is relevant or her work in rescuing animals?no did she invent something? yes! some famous actress was responsible for the design yes of an aircraft wing not this or something? very much OTRT! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4072 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did she invent something used in a war? WWI? WWII? Did she invent a weapon? A machine? An object? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1536 Registered: 2-2011 |
there! now if only I could remember the actress and the thing she invented I'd be home and dry! all I remember is that she was quite glamorous. did she design a new part for a weapon? a trigger? a sight? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1537 Registered: 2-2011 |
there! now if only I could remember the actress and the thing she invented I'd be home and dry! all I remember is that she was quite glamorous. did she design a new part for a weapon? a trigger? a sight? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1539 Registered: 2-2011 |
communications? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 111 Registered: 7-2011 |
Did she invent something used in a war? WWI? WWII? This Did she invent a weapon? no A machine? An object? Noish to both there! now if only I could remember the actress and the thing she invented I'd be home and dry! Yep! I think it must be lurking in the back of your mind now. all I remember is that she was quite glamorous. Indeed she was did she design a new part for a weapon? a trigger? a sight? no to all communications? Yes! very much OTRT! | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1541 Registered: 2-2011 |
OK, I'll back out now. :oD | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4075 Registered: 9-2009 |
A communications method? An encryption scheme? Radio relevant? Radar? Sonar? Steganography? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 112 Registered: 7-2011 |
A communications method? An encryption scheme? It was a "secret communications system", so elements of both.Radio relevant?radio signals, yes Radar? Sonar? Steganography? No to these | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4079 Registered: 9-2009 |
Code talkers relevant? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 118 Registered: 7-2011 |
Code talkers relevant? No | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 120 Registered: 7-2011 |
Hint: Instead of trying to discover exactly what she invented, which is pretty technical, concetrate on what kind of people honored her. You are really quite close! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4085 Registered: 9-2009 |
Military people? If so, relevant which country? Resistance fighters? Fugitives? Concentration camp survivors? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 121 Registered: 7-2011 |
Military people? irr If so, relevant which country? USA Resistance fighters? Fugitives? Concentration camp survivors?No to all of these. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4099 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was she honored by: people in a certain profession? People in a certain area? People affected by a certain event? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 124 Registered: 7-2011 |
Was she honored by: people in a certain profession? Yes!People in a certain area? in the USA, but irr. People affected by a certain event? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14305 Registered: 4-2010 |
Honorers: others in the communication field? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 127 Registered: 7-2011 |
Honorers: others in the communication field? YES. Just needs narrowing down a little. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14322 Registered: 4-2010 |
Broadcasters? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 128 Registered: 7-2011 |
Broadcasters? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4220 Registered: 9-2010 |
o hai soli kitteh...am very confuseded kaylee kitteh. could haz recat plz? er, recap? >^.^< | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4122 Registered: 9-2009 |
Eavesdropping relevant? Voice communications? Text? Morse? Pictures? Numbers? Computers involved? Was the invention used: in the US? In a war zone? Submarines relevant? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 130 Registered: 7-2011 |
Eavesdropping relevant? yessish Voice communications? Text? Morse? Pictures? Numbers? No to the rest Computers involved? yes/yope Was the invention used: in the US? yes In a war zone? could have been Submarines relevant? yessish Especially for Kayleekitteh, here is a RECAP. Miss X was a movie star, and as Shez says, a glamourous one. She invented something that could have made a contribution to the war effort, having to do with radio frequency communications. As the answer to Galfisk just above indicates, eavesdropping, or rather the prevention of it, is relevant. HINT: It relates to a technology that was not used in WW II, but is in common use today. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14356 Registered: 4-2010 |
Electronic wiretapping relevant? There's a story (possibly apocryphal) about Lucille Ball picking up radio signals through teeth fillings. Relevant? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 133 Registered: 7-2011 |
Electronic wiretapping relevant? Yessish - or preventing it. There's a story (possibly apocryphal) about Lucille Ball picking up radio signals through teeth fillings. Relevant? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4238 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz preventz super-sekret recipe of teh cheezburgur gettin owt from teh wiretappin? (= (lol, had to ask, soli kitteh...one-track mind, kaylee kitteh haz) | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4149 Registered: 9-2009 |
Prevention of: receiving the broadcast in the first place? Making sense of what's transmitted? Is only RF communications relevant? Or could it work for preventing wiretapping of wired communications as well? Frequency hopping relevant? | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 134 Registered: 7-2011 |
Prevention of: receiving the broadcast in the first place? Making sense of what's transmitted? Is only RF communications relevant? Or could it work for preventing wiretapping of wired communications as well? Frequency hopping relevant? YES! I'm going to call this a ***************SPOILER**************** Your fathers and grandfathers may remember Hedy Lamarr, or maybe you do if you are an old movie fan - I mean a fan of old movies. During World War II, she and a musician friend developed a anti-jamming device for torpedos involving frequency hopping. It used 88 frequencies, the same as for keys on a piano. It was so advanced, however, that it could not be used at the time, and was not commercialized until 1962, after the patent had expired. She made not a dime from it. Her invention formed a basis for the US defense communications system, and, as an anti-hacking measure, for much of computer & cell-phone technology. Before her death in 2000, Ms. Lamarr was honored at computer technology conferences, and in 2002 was an inductee in the Electronic Design Hall of Fame, along with Tesla, Steve Jobs, Marconi, Mr. Hewlett & Mr. Packard. Pretty elite company for someone who first became famous for doing a nude scene in her native Austria! Nice job, Galfisk, and thanks to all who took part! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14372 Registered: 4-2010 |
"It's Hedley!" Honestly, all I know about Hedy Lamarr comes from Blazing Saddles. And this puzzle -- nice one! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14408 Registered: 4-2010 |
The first question on "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me" today was about this. Perfect timing! |
