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QI - My First and last Grid
Spadge Posted Nov 10, 2009
Hi Bob,
I forgot to mention that I'm still waiting for a points score for my reply in post #38.
EYG
QI - My First and last Grid
Spadge Posted Nov 12, 2009
Okay, just tell me the number of words correct for the 'safely...' group in post # 38, then.
EYG
QI - My First and last Grid
van-smeiter Posted Nov 12, 2009
Stewarded, Ushered, Pilot, Ewer(someone who moves sheep?)
Quadrant, Mullet and Marshalling are terms related to coats of arms/heraldry so I'd add grouping as a guess but I only know it as an art term.
Has anyone started an Only Connect forum yet?
Van 
QI - My First and last Grid
bobstafford Posted Nov 12, 2009
van-smeiter has it, heraldry well done +3
Quadrant, Mullet and Marshalling 1 mising
Stewarded, Ushered, Pilot, Ewer 1 wrong
shout if you need help
QI - My First and last Grid
Spadge Posted Nov 13, 2009
Help!
EYG
P.S. For the love of Clapton, PLEASE answer post #38...
QI - My First and last Grid
bobstafford Posted Nov 17, 2009
OOPS sorry
Octant
Sextant
Compass the above belong together
Stewarded wrong
(Safely moving people or things about)
QI - My First and last Grid
Spadge Posted Nov 18, 2009
Thanks Bob.
You see, we were in danger of word-swapping until the cows came home but all the time never letting go of the thought that "Stewarded" belonged in the "moving xyz safely" group. Fiendishly clever 
In post 46 you say there was "1 missing" from the Heraldry group, without bothering to indicate how many of the three words stated happened to be wrong...
Despite such misdirection, I think I have enough info to piece together the following: -
Marshalling
Ushered
Pilot
Ewer
(Moving people or things safely about)
Quadrant
Mullet
Grouping
Stewarded
(Heraldic terminology)
Not that I score many points for it.
By the way, my dictionary says a ewer is a "wide-mouthed pitcher or jug, esp one used to hold water for washing or shaving" so it is something of an odd-one-out in its set, being an inanimate receptacle, instead of a "person in charge".
It wouldn't have been far out of place in the "drinking vessels" set but then I guess the whole object of the game is misdirection of this kind.
The more highly compartmentalised your thought processes have become, the worse you get at solving these kind of puzzles, I think.
EYG
QI - My First and last Grid
bobstafford Posted Nov 18, 2009
A little hint
Marshalling
Ushered
Pilot
Ewer
(Moving people or things safely about)
Quadrant
Mullet
Grouping
Stewarded
(Heraldic terminology)
QI - My First and last Grid
Spadge Posted Nov 19, 2009
Hi Bob,
I am extremely confused.
For starters, how come Stewarded is wrong in BOTH sets?
EYG
QI - My First and last Grid
bobstafford Posted Nov 19, 2009
At the moment it stands like this Post 37
Flagon
Jack
Quaigh
Piggin
(Drinking Vessels) Correct
Cross Staff
Octant
Sextant
Compass
(Articles used by surveyors) Correct
All above correct
---------------------------------------------------------
Post 37
Stewarded
Marshalling
Ushered
Pilot
(Safely moving people or things about) Group name correct 1 wrong
Post 49
Marshalling
Ushered
Pilot
Ewer
(Moving people or things safely about) 2 wrong
Post 37
Quadrant
Ewer
Mullet
Grouping
(Heraldic terminology) 1 wrong
Post 49
Quadrant
Mullet
Grouping
Stewarded
(Heraldic terminology)2 wrong
I hope this is clear
QI - My First and last Grid
Spadge Posted Nov 20, 2009
Post 47 (yours) says Stewarded is WRONG for "moving things safely"
Post 50 (yours) has an erm smiley (interpreted by me as meaning 'WRONG') against Stewarded, this time in the Heraldry group
This is a direct contradiction. It cannot be wrong in both sets.
So...here we go again
Null
Null
Null
Stewarded
(moving people/things safely about)
EYG
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