There and Back Again: Another Long Palindrome by Tortoise

Champion(s):

KreitzerJ

GriffithsM


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Quiz Description

I've been enjoying the fully palindromic quizzes here and on LL, so I decided to make one of my own for my first quiz. The complete sequence of 12 correct answers will form a single palindromic string, reading the same backwards and forwards. Some answers may have multiple possible phrasings or spellings, but only the phrasing and spelling that fits the global palindrome will be accepted.

Full Results:

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1 GriffithsM 281 98 15
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1 KreitzerJ 281 98 15
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3 Rhea428 279 96 15
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4 KonkelT 278 94 15
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5 RautY 276 87 15
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5 PlotkinD 276 87 15
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5 BarthR 276 87 15
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5 randalleng 276 87 15
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5 Bup 276 87 15
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5 Projectyl 276 87 15
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5 Kloefkorn 276 87 15
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5 HolstJ 276 87 15
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13 WangS 273 78 15
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13 WeinbergD 273 78 15
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13 MorganI 273 78 15
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13 Jeffurry 273 78 15
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17 petkunm 270 75 15
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18 VenguswamyK 269 72 15
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18 PriceG 269 72 15
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20 BradburnA 267 70 15
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21 LiptonM 266 68 15
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21 GambinoG 266 68 15
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23 FeitelD 265 65 15
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23 srs 265 65 15
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25 McClintockJ 260 62 15
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25 GriffinK 260 62 15
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27 WeikleB 259 59 15
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28 NathanL 258 58 15
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29 BellA 251 54 15
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29 ShapiroA 251 54 15
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29 KaufmanK 251 54 15
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29 MyrowitzJ 251 54 15
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33 LuskT 243 50 15
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34 Dromeda 242 49 15
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35 DreyfusB 237 47 15
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36 BrownellA 236 46 15
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37 RalliP 231 44 00
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38 McClellanS 228 43 15
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40 PenningtonJ 224 39 15
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42 Eponine 222 36 15
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44 OlewnickB 214 34 15
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45 ChloeDenmark 212 31 15
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Questions:

What is the name given to a mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae? Lutrinae is a subfamily of the weasel family Mustelidae.

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Otter

What designation was first applicable, in the United States, to John D. Rockefeller? 2009 was the last year you (well, the hypothetical you) could be on the Forbes 400 list without earning this designation.

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Billionaire

What paralyzing attack is the signature move of Pokémon such as Ekans and Arbok?

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Glare

What ribbon-shaped style of pasta derives its name from an Italian word meaning "to cut"?

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Tagliatelle

After that pasta question, how about some dessert? (which of course makes a palindrome with "stressed," but that's not important right now) What pastry item ends a famous improvised quote from Peter Clemenza in The Godfather?

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Cannoli

What adjective can precede "gravity" and "heat" to make terms describing the density and thermal capacity of substances, respectively?

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Specific

In mathematics, what vowel is often used to represent arbitrarily small quantities, especially in contexts such as limits and neighborhoods?

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Epsilon

Identify the component of the spacecraft outlined in green in the accompanying image.

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Nacelle

What noun can describe someone committing a particular moving traffic violation, or someone partying before a sporting event?

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Tailgater

What is the demonym given to an inhabitant of Africa's largest country?

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Algerian

What Upton Sinclair novel loosely inspired the 2007 film There Will Be Blood? (The exclamation mark is not required for the palindrome, but go on...it'll make you feel good to type it!)

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Oil!

What is the name traditionally given to a text that might be supplied to an artistic collaborator by an author such as Lorenzo da Ponte, Eugène Scribe, or Arrigo Boito?

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Libretto