End of Daze 2011

Round IVANSWERS

• 12 questions• Each question will have a synonym/description

leading you to a word• One cryptic clue provided for each question• Link all 12 answers to arrive at a theme, which

is sort of exhaustive• 12x1 + 3 for the theme = 15 points for the

round

1

Conventional.

Washington has a few of them.

General

2

Tutelage.

Even Calicut has one for girls .

Providence

Providence Girls Higher Secondary School

3

Belligerent horseback guy.

Variant of a Russian stringed musical instrument’s namesake.

Lancer

MiG-21 Lancer, a MiG-21 variant(Nicknamed ‘Balalaika’)

4

Chip in.

America’s Cup winner.

Volunteer

Winner of the 1887 edition

5

Device useful at night or in a cave perhaps.

Pakistan lost, thanks to their use of one.

Searchlight

Operation Searchlight to curb Bengali sentiments leadto the liberation of Bangladesh

6

Opens everything?

You’ll find a similar sounding structure in the building that gets destroyed in the latest IMF act

Pass Key

Spassky Tower, part of Kremlin that’s blown apart in MI-4.

IMF here = Impossible Missions Force.

7

Servant of sorts.

The only documented one would be the namesake of a Friends character

Deacon

St. Phoebe

8

Skin sans the tan.

ALSo, was the only time we saw him on screen

Rawhide

9

Man’s best friend’s forefather.

There aren’t just shades of black and white.

Timberwolf (Gray Wolf)

Also, a shade of gray

10

The dude hated every one of ‘em.

Also, one reason why the Red devil nation should be mighty pissed this year

Eagle(s)“I hate the fucking Eagles, man”

Crystal Palace FC, nicknamed The Eagleseliminated Manchester United from the

Carling Cup this year

11

Faller.

The online variant of an offline website.

Tumbler.

Tumblr.

12

Outlaw.

Outlaws had love all over their face.

Renegade

The cover art for RATM’sRenegades was a parody of Robert Indiana’s LOVE

13

THEME?

• General• Providence• Lancer• Volunteer• Searchlight• Pass Key• Deacon• Rawhide• Timberwolf• Eagle• Tumbler• Renegade

Secret Service Codenames for US Presidents

• General – Harry Truman• Providence – Dwight Eisenhower• Lancer – JFK • Volunteer – Lyndon Johnson • Searchlight – Richard Nixon• Pass Key – Gerald Ford• Deacon – Jimmy Carter• Rawhide – Ronald Reagan• Timberwolf – George HW Bush• Eagle – Bill Clinton• Tumbler – George W Bush• Renegade – Barack Obama