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CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Dec 27 2009, 6:56 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 27 2009, 6:56 PM EST
I defy you to find any reference to such a thing in the Canon. Maybe in the work of Gilette...but in the Canon, no. Do you find this valuable?    
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chrisco97
chrisco97
1. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Dec 27 2009, 9:30 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 27 2009, 9:40 PM EST
Yes, I know. The most described pipe is a curved pipe, which in the films, was a calabash. That is why we used it. But, even when you answer calabash, it says this:

Although film representations have varied and the stories are somewhat unclear, the most associated type of pipe is the calabash, which was originally carved from a gourd. The calabash became associated with Holmes through actor William Gillette, who wanted a pipe that would not interfere with his famous profile or with clear articulation. Do you find this valuable?    

Posted Anonymously
2. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Dec 29 2009, 3:00 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 29 2009, 3:00 PM EST
Negative...a curved pipe is not "the most described," not in the Canon. One is NOT mentioned at all. ;-) Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
3. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Dec 29 2009, 3:04 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 29 2009, 3:04 PM EST
I know. What I meant was it is the most described pipe. In films. No other pipe is really described in the canon or films.

P.S. What pipe would you want to see as the correct answer there? Do you find this valuable?    
JosephRuckman
JosephRuckman
4. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 11:25 AM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 11:25 AM EST
"I know. What I meant was it is the most described pipe. In films. No other pipe is really described in the canon or films.

P.S. What pipe would you want to see as the correct answer there?"
A clay is mentioned in The Hound of the Baskervilles, but I believe the most frequently mentioned in the canon is a cherry. Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
5. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 3:10 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 3:10 PM EST
Well, what I read the most is various different pipes. What do you think of me putting an answer "Many Different Pipes?" But, I think that would be the most answered one if we put that.

I think maybe we should try changing most of the answers, and make it to where we can put "All of the Above" Do you find this valuable?    

Posted Anonymously
6. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 4:46 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 4:46 PM EST
Isn't the cherry mentioned as his favorite? Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
7. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 4:48 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 4:48 PM EST
I think...somewhere. Do you find this valuable?    
JosephRuckman
JosephRuckman
8. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 5:10 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 5:10 PM EST
“…taking up a glowing cinder with the tongs and lighting with it the long cherry-wood pipe which was wont to replace his clay when he was in a disputatious rather than a meditative mood…” The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

So I would recommend clay as one answer, cherry as another and "A and B" (or whatever letters appropriate) as the correct one and possibly "none of the above" in the mix.. Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
9. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 6:14 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 6:14 PM EST
So, can you give me the order of answers you think like this:

a) Clay
b) Cherry
c)
d)

Thanks! It will be helpful! Do you find this valuable?    
JosephRuckman
JosephRuckman
10. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 7:11 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 7:11 PM EST
a) Clay
b) Cherry
c) (a) and (b)
d) None of the above Do you find this valuable?    
JosephRuckman
JosephRuckman
11. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 7:12 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 7:12 PM EST
OR you could rephrase the question:
Holmes' favorite pipe when in a contemplative mood was a:

Same answer selection only the correct answer would be (a). Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
12. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 7:48 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 7:48 PM EST
Okay. I will do it soon! Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
13. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 8:11 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 8:11 PM EST
Can you give me a description to use when it comes up on the correct answer screen? Do you find this valuable?    
JosephRuckman
JosephRuckman
14. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 10:06 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 10:06 PM EST
I'd like a better description me own self. :) It's never described beyond being a clay pipe, so I recommend the quote from The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, above. Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
15. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 12 2010, 10:18 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 12 2010, 10:18 PM EST
Check it out now:
http://sherlockholmesinfo.wetpaint.com/page/Sherlockian+Quiz+6

Tell me if it is good now. Do you find this valuable?    
JosephRuckman
JosephRuckman
16. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 13 2010, 3:43 AM EST | Post edited: Jan 13 2010, 3:43 AM EST
Eep. I should have written the question "meditative" rather than "contemplative" but yeah, good. Do you find this valuable?    
chrisco97
chrisco97
17. RE: CALABASH pipe (in quiz)?
Jan 13 2010, 9:48 AM EST | Post edited: Jan 13 2010, 9:48 AM EST
I fixed it. I thought that was wrong.... Do you find this valuable?