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cmt Jan 18th, 2008 03:56 PM

Thisbe it is!

dina4 Jan 18th, 2008 04:18 PM

Ok, I hope this is an easy one...

This Renaissance architect was commissioned to build a duomo, a papal residency, and a town hall in what was meant to be a "utopian city". All three buildings were completed in three years.

His name (2 words) has 18 letters.
First name is 8 letters and last name is 10 letters.

The 5th letter of his last name is the E in THISBE.



cmt Jan 18th, 2008 04:33 PM

Bernardo Rossellino

dina4 Jan 18th, 2008 06:17 PM

You got it!!


cmt Jan 19th, 2008 06:34 AM

The answer to this clue will be a two-word name. First word has 8 letters; 4th letter is the "n" from Bernardo. Second word has 4 letters.

This is the name of a ship that used to be a cruise liner, but during World War II, the UK put it to different uses. It was carrying Italian, Austrian, and German born British residents across the ocean to internment camps in North American when it was hit by a German torpedo and sank, killing hundreds of passengers.

cmt Jan 19th, 2008 02:51 PM

Ttt.

grandmere Jan 19th, 2008 10:37 PM

Arandora Star?

cmt Jan 20th, 2008 06:07 AM

Yes! I'd never even heard of it until just a few months ago when it was the subject of a discussion on the Italian Language forum. (So many things I've never heard of....)

cmt Jan 20th, 2008 01:00 PM

Your turn.

grandmere Jan 20th, 2008 02:18 PM

This is too easy, but I'm outta ideas again.

A line from another Shakespearean play provided the title for this novel by an Englishman. 3 words:
5,3,5. The third letter of the first word is the letter"A" from the previous answer.

cmt Jan 21st, 2008 08:34 AM

Brave New World

cmt Jan 22nd, 2008 10:47 AM

Grandmere isn't around, but I'm pretty sure my answer in the previous post was good, so I'll make up a new clue.

Glass, steel, temperature measurement, insects, crustaceans, and coral were among the many subject areas in which this French scientist contributed studies or inventions.

The name has 5 "words" or parts, containing 4, 7, 9, 2, and 6 letters (usually in that order). The "r" from Brave is the 3rd letter of the 3rd word in the name.


grandmere Jan 22nd, 2008 11:51 AM

I did send a reply last night but perhaps I forgot to hit the button. Sorry for the lag.

cmt Jan 22nd, 2008 06:10 PM

I've done that with e-mails.

cmt Jan 23rd, 2008 03:22 AM

Ttt. Ttt.

cmt Jan 24th, 2008 04:16 AM

Glass, steel, temperature measurement, insects, crustaceans, and coral were among the many subject areas in which this French scientist contributed studies or inventions.

The name has 5 "words" or parts, containing 4, 7, 9, 2, and 6 letters (usually in that order). The "r" from Brave is the 3rd letter of the 3rd word in the name.

cmt Jan 24th, 2008 02:06 PM

Ttt. Ttt. Ttt.

yasron Jan 25th, 2008 12:38 PM

Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Maira

yasron Jan 25th, 2008 12:41 PM

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumu

yasron Jan 25th, 2008 01:11 PM

I will presume I am correct and hereby post a new clue.

A Bowler hat and a wonderful mustache, an eye for detail this Fictional character entertains us untill today.

5th letter of the third word is his first initial. Two words 7 and 6.


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