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ARCHIVE Team Challenge: UNO 2017
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Team Elizabeth Bennet
Spreadsheet Updated to here!Okay, this is where we are now!
0/Z= 1
1/O= 6
2/T= 3
3/H= 7
4/F= 4
5/I= 6
6/S= 4
8/E= 3
9/N= 3
Skip= 6
Reverse= 7
Wild= 4
Wild Draw Four= 4
Draw Two= 1
**Color Cards**
1 Red
2 Yellow
4 Green
7 Yellow
If you notice a book that you've read please let me know! And by that, I mean a book that someone else has posted :)
Wow we used all our 7 cards, with the exception of 7 yellow
March 9th
0/ Standalone
2/T Title The
3/H= Title High
4/F= Character Frank Fink
6/S= Setting San Francisco,
8/E= Character Ed McCarthy
9/N= Character Nobusuke Tagomi
Skip= Author Philip K. Dick
2 Yellow = Title The
Completion Post
Date Read: 3/9/17
2- Title: The
3- Author: Molly Harper
4- #4
6- Title: Single
Skip-Character: Finn Palmeroy
Completion Post
Book:
Date Read: 3/9/17
1- #1
4- Character: Flora
8- Character: Eric
9- Title: Nine
Completion PostBook:
Date Read: 3/9
0- stand-alone
1- name of character is Oscar
2- surname of an author is Tucholke
3- surname of character is Hudson
4- name of character is Frederick
5- name of character is Izlette
6- surname of an author is Shepherd
7- name of character is Violet
8- name of character is EmmaRae
9- name of character is Nara
Skip- name of an author is Kendare
March 9th, 2017
0= Character Zoe
1= First in a series
3= Character last name Hennessy
4= Character Flynn
6= Character last name Steele
9= Author Nora
Skip Setting Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania
Book:
Date Read:3/9/17
2- #2
3- Author: Helen Harper
6- Character: Staines
TGIF! My current book has a I character :-)I should have two to post by end of day :-)
Berit☀️✨ wrote: "TGIF! My current book has a I character :-)I should have two to post by end of day :-)"
Same here Berit, well it starts with an I, we needed to knock some 5/I cards out.
Awesome! I have some 5/I's on my list but they haven't worked with the other challenges yet. I'll get us updated later!I'm off today so I plan on speeding through a couple of books :)
Nichole wrote: "Awesome! I have some 5/I's on my list but they haven't worked with the other challenges yet. I'll get us updated later!I'm off today so I plan on speeding through a couple of books :)"
I have a doctors apt shortly and we know what waiting rooms can be like, so my kindle app is ready to go lol.
I'm bringing my iPad to work so I don't have to talk to people on my lunch break, lol! I want to try to get through the rest of the audiobook I'm listening to (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) and the book I'm currently reading (The Gunslinger) because the new call for Shelf Pursuit is tonight :P
Poison Study
3/9/17
4 stars
1-Oscove
2-Tesso
3-Hazel
4-Franis
5-Irys
6-Star
7-Valek
8-Etta
9-Nix
Skip- Poison Study
Completion PostBook:
Date Read: 3/11/17
1- #1
4- F'lar
Skip- Location: Pern
Reverse- Read by Abbie
** 4 GREEN **
Completion Post
Book:
Date Read: 3/10/17
1- #1
6- Character: Martin Sandeke
8- Character: Eric
Skip- Author: Penny Reid
** 1 RED**
Completion post Book
3/9☘️☘️☘️☘️☑️2 character Tilly
☑️3 character Hester
☑️ Character Nathan
Completion post Book
3/10☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☑️5 character Ida
If you want more I have more, but I know we were focusing on this, I'm also currently reading a fifth in the series :-)
That's good enough for me! I'll get everything updated tomorrow. I'm getting things set up for our Mini challenge that is coming soon :)
Spreadsheet updated to here! Good job on those 5's!!This is what we have left
Card 1= 3
Card 2= 3
Card 3= 4
Card 4= 4
Card 5= 3
Card 6= 2
Card 8= 3
Card 9= 3
Skip= 4
Reverse= 6
Draw 2= 1
Wild= 4
Wild D4= 4
2/T Yellow= 1
7/V Yellow= 1
We couldn't use Carrie's book for the 2 Yellow. It was sooo close but not quite 50%. I still asked! But it was a no go :(
Yay! After this round of amazing race I can concentrate on reverses, and my current book works for five as well :-)
I have a reverse I am doing now.Its harder cause you all dont read the same stuff as me.
But I found one on Arcia's shelf that I am lmost done with.
*grumbles* Dang Romance readers! :)Berit, I've been on a Lauren Blakely kick lately so there are a few more for you to choose from :)
I also have 2 books that work for 5 that I'm using for other challenges this week. Or 1 of them could be a reverse instead. But I have complete faith in us!
OK fabulous, I have quite a few of hers I just have not got to yet, maybe I can fit them in for some other challenge as well :-)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyRead 11 March
4stars
0- Character name Zaphod
1- #1 in series
4 - Character name Ford
Skip - Character last name Prefect
Reverse - Read by Carrie, Abbie, Nichole
March Mini ChallengeOfficial Announcement Page
✣ Only books read March 15-31 will count for this challenge.
✣ Please note that books started before March-15 don't count for this mini-challenge
✣ The usual book length requirement for UNO apply
✣ Books used for this mini challenge do not need to be separate books for what you are claiming for your UNO hands
✣ The countdown to the start of this mini challenge:
Countdown Clock>
This month the mini challenge is all about our team books and authors. There are 4 ways to gain points.
1. Team Authors
2. Team Books
3. Scavenger Hunt
4. Scrabble
☘️You will get a 15 point bonus if your team complete all tasks for part 1-3
PART 1- TEAM AUTHORS
Read FIVE books by an author of one of the team names for 15 points each
Note: Individual team member can only read each author once. It is ok if more than one team member read the same author.
J.D. Robb
John Green
Fredrik Backman
Dan Brown
Andy Weir
Richelle Mead
Abigail Roux, Madeleine Urban
Neil Gaiman
Jeaniene Frost
Stephen King
Markus Zusak
Paula Hawkins
J.K. Rowling
Jane Austen
Ilona Andrews
Patricia Briggs
Emily Brontë
William Goldman
Julia Quinn
Sophie Kinsella
Agatha Christie
Suzanne Collins
Jim Butcher
Jojo Moyes
PART 2- TEAM BOOKS
Read ONE book that is one of the team names for 30 points
Note: Where a team name is a series book, only book 1 of the series can count for this part.
☘️Abbie-
Eve Dallas-Naked in Death
Augustus Waters- The Fault in Our Stars
Ove- A Man Called Ove
Robert Langdon- The Da Vinci Code
Mark Watney- The Martian
Rose Hathaway- Vampire Academy
Ty & Zane- Cut & Run
Yvaine- Stardust
Bones- Halfway to the Grave
Jack Torrance- The Shining
Liesel Meminger- The Book Thief
Rachel Watson- The Girl on the Train
Ron Weasley- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Elizabeth Bennett- Pride and Prejudice
Kate Daniels- Magic Bites
Mercy Thompson- Moon Called
Heathcliff- Wuthering Heights
Buttercup- The Princess Bride
Sybilla (Billie) Bridgerton- Because of Miss Bridgerton
Becky Bloomwood- Confessions of a Shopaholic
Hercule Poirot- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Peeta Mellark - The Hunger Games
Harry Dresden- Storm Front
Will Traynor- Me Before You
PART 3- SCAVENGER HUNT
Maximum of TEN books.
Scavenger hunt character names in books. Find the FIRST name of one of the characters from our team names for 5 points each. One name per book. Each name must be different (i.e. 10 different names need to be 'hunted').
♣ Where one of our team names is a series book, you can take a character from any book within that series. For example, if you find Sirius that is ok as that is from Harry Potter (Team Ron Weasley)
♣ The name needs to be the name the character is known by. If they are known as two names in their book (Sybillia and Billie) you can find either. Where they are known as one name (Mercy, not Mercedes) you can only find the name they are known as
♣ The name needs to be in context as a proper name. So finding the word "bones" or "buttercup" in a book which is not a persons name will not count
Most of the character names that I found are from the book's character list. If you see any that don't belong or if you have any to add, please let me know.
Eve Dallas- Eve, Roarke, Ryan, Charlotte, Jack, Mavis, Nadine, Lawrence, Charles
Augustus Waters- Augustus, Hazel, Isaac
Ove- Ove, Parvaneh, Sonja, Rune, Adrian, Nasanin, Mirsad, Jimmy
Robert Langdon- Robert, Sophie
Mark Watney- Mark, Venkat, Melissa, Rick, Beth, Alex, Teddy, Mindy, Annie, Bruce, Mitch, Chris, Rich, Brendan
Rose Hathaway- Rose, Lissa, Dimitri, Christian, Mason, Victor, Mia, Janine, Natalie, Edison, Ellen, Camille, Stan, Jesse, Tatiana
Ty & Zane- Ty, Zane, Richard, Deacon, Earl, Nick, Julian, Kelly, Cameron, Liam
Yvaine- Tristran, Yvaine, Victoria, Dunstan
Bones- Bones, Cat, Tate, Denise, Mencheres, Spade, Don, Ian, Vlad, Kira, Dave, Cooper, Juan
Jack Torrance- Jack, Wendy, Danny, Dick, Horace, Stuart, Albert, Bill, Charles, Sylvia, Larry, Howard
Liesel Meminger- Liesel, Hans, Rudy, Rosa, Max, Tommy, Ilsa, Frau
Rachel Watson- Rachel, Anna, Tom, Scott, Megan
Ron Weasley- Ron, Harry, Hermoine, Sirius, Draco, Petunia, Vernon, Dudley, Albus, Severus, Hagrid, Minerva, Fred, George, Jenny, Neville, Molly, Poppy, Oliver, Dean... and a billion more!
Elizabeth Bennett- Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Louisa, Lydia, Kitty, Caroline, Fitzwilliam, Georgiana, Charlotte, Catherine, Charles, George
Kate Daniels- Kate, Curran, Julie, Derek, Roland, Andrea, Beatrice, Jim, George, Mahon, Rowena, Raphael, Dali, Hugh, Saiman, Ted, Barabas
Mercy Thompson- Mercy, Adam, Samuel, Stefan, Ben, Jesse, Zee, Darryl, Warren, Kyle, Bran, Honey, Tony, Marsilia, etc..
Heathcliff- Heathcliff, Catherine, Edgar, Isabella, Hindley, Nelly
Buttercup- Westley, Inigo
Sybilla (Billie) Bridgerton- Sybilla, Billie, George
Becky Bloomwood- Becky, Luke, Susan, Tarquin, Alicia
Hercule Poirot- Arthur, John, Emily, Alfred, Cynthia, Mary, Evie, Lawrence, Hercule
Peeta Mellark - Katniss, Peeta, Cato, Primrose, Gale, Effie, Haymitch, Cinna, Rue, Venia, Flavius, Lavinia, Marvel, Glimmer, Clove, Foxface, Thresh, Sae, Madge, Portia, Caesar, Claudius, Octavia
Harry Dresden- Harry, Bob, Karrin, Susan, John, Michael, Thomas
Will Traynor- Will, Lou
PART 4- SCRABBLE
Create a word using the first and last letter of the team names - which words you use is up to the team - but they must be at least 4 letters long.
Read one book per letter of that word for 5 points per letter.
- 4p bonus for completed words with 7 or more letters
- 2p bonus for completed words with 6 letters
You can only get points for one partially finished word, i.e. if you by the end of the month have more than 1 incomplete words, you will only get 5p/book for the first word.
Example, PYRES (Yvaine is Y,E ; Buttercup is P, Kate Daniels is S, Rose Hathaway for R). Teams can complete this task more than once by creating new words, but you can't re-use letters already used.
Normal "spell-it-out" rules apply. i.e. Letter needs to be the first letter in the book title, author first name or surname, character name or nickname, or setting. Articles (a/an/the) can be ignored in the book titles. For this spell-it-out, you can also use the first letter in the series name.
**This Site is really helpful! It will give us words to use with the letters that we enter. You can scramble up to 14 letters.
Word Finder
To help you out, here are the letters, and how many of each, that are available for Scrabble:
A = 1
B = 3
D = 1
E = 6
F = 1
H = 3
J = 1
K = 2
L = 1
M = 2
N = 5
O = 1
P = 2
R = 6
S = 5
T = 3
W = 1
Y = 4
7 Letter words
Brambly
Krypton
Webster
Jennets
Hyphens
6 Letter word
Myrrhs
5 letter word
Nerds
Possible Scrabble words: 7 Letter
Alrighty! March Mini is now posted. Let the discussions begin!
I think we should focus on Part 1, 2 and then try to spell out as many long words as we can. I've been compiling a list of 7 letter words that only use 1 or 2 vowels and are plural, in case we need to use it for a 6 letter word.Q. Would it be easier if we pick a word ahead of time and read specifically for that? Or would you rather just wing it and hope we make something of it?
Q. Would anyone like to Claim anything ahead of time? Just let me know and I'll pencil you in.
I think I will have the most trouble with the second part of this, I think I have read most of the books that qualify and those I haven't our books I probably will never read....Also if we read the book for the first part can we use it for the third part where we find the name? Sorry if this was answered somewhere :-)
Yeah, I'm in the same boat for Part 2. However, I've been meaning to do a reread of Harry Potter on audio, so I can try to do that if needed. It's only 1 book :)No, it's one or the other.
Ahhhh! I dont even know where to begin!
Are you interested in reading any books from the authors? Part 1Or any of the books listed in Part 2?
We can find character names in books- Part 3
Or there's the spell out- Part 4
Does that help, haha!
I can take part 2, as we only need one.I have never read Hercule Poirot, so will give me a reason too
I am just going to claim that one for now. My sister is comimg for a visit, so I most likely wont get as much done this coming week.After that I will try for a King book for 1
I believe we can't start reading until March 15 anyways, and that is Saturday? Never mind it is Wednesday, LOL
Yup...and Wednesday is when she is supposed to be here!
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We still have one. BUT I'm about to update the spreadsheet so we'll see in a few minutes :)