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[hobbitomm]

What links…..?

1) Christopher Reeve, Stalin, David McCallum
2) Clark Savage Jr MD, Roger Bacon, Homer’s sky
3) The US’ first manned space project, The third movement of the Planets
4) The Paradoxes of Defence, an Orienteering tool
5) Cyprus and a Policeman?
6) A Navigation aid, a form of display and a Heavy (?metal?) balloon?
7) 5c and the base of a policeman?
8) A treatment for Rheumatism with the ultimate Olympian accolade?
9) An unelected leader of a minor state and a can of food.
10) Oberon’s Queen, and the giant enemies of Zeus?

And what connects them all?

Comments

In no particular order..

[meepfrog.livejournal.com]

1. Steel
2. Bronze
10 Titania/Titans/titanium
9. Tin god/Tin
5. Cu/copper
4. Silver ?
3. Mercury ?

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Yep, in general, tho' not a 'Tin God'. And you might have to explain your working on 1-4 ;)

Re: In no particular order..

[qidane.livejournal.com]

Tin-pot dictator

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Indeed so

Re: In no particular order..

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

1: Steel (Man of Steel I, Man of Steel II, Steel as in Sapphire)
2: Bronze (Doc Savage - Man of Bronze, ... , ... )
3: Mercury (Mercury 7, the planet Mercury)
4: Silver (George Silver, Silva compass)
5: Copper (... , Copper (short for Constable on Patrol))
6: Lead (Lead for leading, ... , Led Zeppelin)
7: Nickel (A US 5c piece, ... )
8: Gold (Fools's gold (iron pyrites), gold medal)
9: Tin (Tin pot dictator, tin can)
10: Titanium (Titania, the titans)

Nice one! Made me think this evening :) Although I'm a little unsure of the of some of the sub-answers.

Re: In no particular order..

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Sorry, forgot the link. They're all agents that can be used where life is present, not being transuranic.

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Quite so ;)

How many of them appear, tho'? ;)

(Oh, and what _was_ Sapphire doing in that list of agents? It's not a pure elemental form, dammit!)

Re: In no particular order..

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

Nor is jet. Diamond I'm willing to let them get away with...just.

So who actually appeared... Steel (of course), Silver and Lead.

Copper and gold are named in the intro, and I think that tin is, but I don't think any of the others are. The remaining one is radium.

I loved that series!

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Yes to all of the answers.
No to 'Fools Gold' in the sub-answers, but the rest are correct :)

Re: In no particular order..

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

But did I get the link? :)

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Well, it's certainly _a_ link ;)

Re: In no particular order..

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

They all appear in songs by Tom Lehrer? :)

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Does Steel or Bronze? ;)

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

In reply to your gaps.

2)Roger Bacon had a bronze head (sculpture!) which gave him prophesies, Homer described the sky as 'bronze'

5)Cyprus 'Cuprium' is the source for Cu as the symbol for copper

6)The display is an LED ;)

7)A policeman's base is a 'Nick' ;)

8) Gold injections are a treatment for Rheumatism


Basically, every sub-answer was got by _someone_. I'm impressed at my polymath friendlist :)

Re: In no particular order..

[meepfrog.livejournal.com]

1. Man of Steel/Steel/ Steel in Sapphire and Steel
2. Man of Bronze/Bronze head/Bronze sky
3. Well, Mercury/Mercury..
4. George Silver wrote it/no idea
8. Gold/gold medal

Re: In no particular order..

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

I should have expected you to get the Brazen Sky :)