Phoenix LXVIII

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:38 pm

What are the initials of a certain Mr Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff ?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:43 pm

very good question

i know he was born on leap day

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:47 pm

W.X.C(william xerxes clancy) shortenned to a more commonly used H.B(hubert blaine) so as not to provoke violent sniggerings on introduction at social events.

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:05 pm

Looks like an ambiguous answer to me. It could be HB (Hubert Blaine) or ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus).

Over to Lugsy.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:49 am

Thanks Harry,
here goes, C5H5NO2 was first used for what?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:33 am

well its a hydrocarbon so some sort of fuel?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:48 pm

nope.

JG · Post by JG » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:39 pm

Sounds like a quartenary ammonium wotsit. I'm going to have two guesses as I'm new here and I'm a moderator and JUST STAND ASIDE, I'm having two guesses. If anyone has a problem with that then I shall smite them down with the...

"GET ON WITH IT!!"

Ok.

i) Used to manufacture fertiliser.
ii) Chemical used in smelling salts.

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:59 pm

Christ even with my First Class degree in chemistry (albeit many moons ago) I am struggling to even draw a diagram of the fucker. The only structure I could get to was a heterocyclic molecule with 5 C atoms and one N in the ring and an acid group off the side - some sort of pyridine based acid then but could be absolute nonsense and no idea what it would be used for unless some sort of high explosive as (the way I have drawn it) doesnt look massively stable

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:46 pm

your sig says kevlar so i'll guess that

Flying Spaghetti Monster · Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:48 pm

is the 'first used for' a clue, does it now have a quite different use?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:50 pm

time for an ickle clue .

the substance is cyanoacrylate .

YoungKai · Post by **YoungKai** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:02 pm

well my limited knowledge of chemistry knows that that first bit sounds like cyanide, but that second bit sounds like acrylic. sooo, some kine of poisonous paint or laminate or glue, or is that too many guesses?

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:39 pm

3rd time lucky with glue ,now we're getting somewhere.

YoungKai · Post by **YoungKai** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:28 pm

umm, is it some kind industrial strength glue like metal adhesive?