"4-by-4"
Time to take another swim into my ponds full of red herrings. 2 points for each valid group of four with its valid description, 2 points if you fully solve one grid, and an additional 10 points if you solve both grids perfectly.
A reminder that you may not use any clue more than once.
Answers are due by Thursday at 4 PM EDT.
Grid 1:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | LOUIS ARMSTRONG | RAY BRADBURY | GEORGE H.W. BUSH
BOB DYLAN | ROGER EBERT | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | JOHN F. KENNEDY
NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | RICHARD NIXON
BARACK OBAMA | PABLO PICASSO | RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE
Grid 2:
CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | DRAW OF THE CARDS
GOING TO A GO-GO | LONELY NIGHT | LONG LONG TIME | MIXED EMOTIONS
MORE LOVE | MUSKRAT LOVE | OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
SHOP AROUND | THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS | TUMBLING DICE | VOYEUR
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The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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Pastor Fireball
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The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
"[Drumpf's] name alone creates division and anger, whose words inspire dissension and hatred, and can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.'" --Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
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smilergrogan
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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Lived in Illinois: Bradbury, Ebert, Obama, ReaganPastor Fireball wrote:"4-by-4"
Time to take another swim into my ponds full of red herrings. 2 points for each valid group of four with its valid description, 2 points if you fully solve one grid, and an additional 10 points if you solve both grids perfectly.
A reminder that you may not use any clue more than once.
Answers are due by Thursday at 4 PM EDT.
Grid 1:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | LOUIS ARMSTRONG | RAY BRADBURY | GEORGE H.W. BUSH
BOB DYLAN | ROGER EBERT | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | JOHN F. KENNEDY
NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | RICHARD NIXON
BARACK OBAMA | PABLO PICASSO | RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE
Musical Artists: Armstrong, Dylan, Mars, Midler
Visual Artists: Hitchcock, Kidman, Picasso, Wayne
U.S. Presidents: Adams, Bush, Kennedy, Nixon
Captain and Tenille songs: Muskrat Love, Shop AroundPastor Fireball wrote:Grid 2:
CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | DRAW OF THE CARDS
GOING TO A GO-GO | LONELY NIGHT | LONG LONG TIME | MIXED EMOTIONS
MORE LOVE | MUSKRAT LOVE | OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
SHOP AROUND | THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS | TUMBLING DICE | VOYEUR
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Bob Juch
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | GEORGE H.W. BUSH | RICHARD NIXON | RONALD REAGAN --- Presidents
LOUIS ARMSTRONG | BOB DYLAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER --- Music
RAY BRADBURY | ROGER EBERT | JOHN F. KENNEDY | BARACK OBAMA --- Authors
ALFRED HITCHCOCK | NICOLE KIDMAN | PABLO PICASSO | JOHN WAYNE --- Actors (yes, Picasso too)
Grid 2:
Nope, there are too many songs I don't know.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | GEORGE H.W. BUSH | RICHARD NIXON | RONALD REAGAN --- Presidents
LOUIS ARMSTRONG | BOB DYLAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER --- Music
RAY BRADBURY | ROGER EBERT | JOHN F. KENNEDY | BARACK OBAMA --- Authors
ALFRED HITCHCOCK | NICOLE KIDMAN | PABLO PICASSO | JOHN WAYNE --- Actors (yes, Picasso too)
Grid 2:
Nope, there are too many songs I don't know.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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franktangredi
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
These can’t both be right, but they’re the only ones that I could fill with four names
People who won Oscars
BOB DYLAN | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | NICOLE KIDMAN | JOHN WAYNE
People born in Hawaii
NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | BARACK OBAMA |
Grid 2:
Linda Ronstadt covers:
OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME| THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS| TUMBLING DICE
Captain & Tennille covers:
CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | LONELY NIGHT | MUSKRAT LOVE | SHOP AROUND |
These can’t both be right, but they’re the only ones that I could fill with four names
People who won Oscars
BOB DYLAN | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | NICOLE KIDMAN | JOHN WAYNE
People born in Hawaii
NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | BARACK OBAMA |
Grid 2:
Linda Ronstadt covers:
OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME| THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS| TUMBLING DICE
Captain & Tennille covers:
CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | LONELY NIGHT | MUSKRAT LOVE | SHOP AROUND |
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ShamelessWeasel
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
Presidents JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |RICHARD NIXON | JOHN F. KENNEDY
Singers BOB DYLAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Published Writers ROGER EBERT | BARACK OBAMA | RAY BRADBURY | PABLO PICASSO (he published poems) |
Actors NICOLE KIDMAN |RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE |ALFRED HITCHCOCK (as you showed monday he did cameos in movies which technically makes him an actor)
Grid 2:
Rolling Stones Songs DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | MIXED EMOTIONS |TUMBLING DICE |GOING TO A GO-GO |
Kim Carnes songs - MORE LOVE | | CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | VOYEUR | DRAW OF THE CARDS
Captain & Tenille Songs MUSKRAT LOVE | SHOP AROUND | CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | LONELY NIGHT
Linda Ronstadt songs POOR POOR PITIFUL ME| LONG LONG TIME |THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS | OOH BABY BABY
Presidents JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | GEORGE H.W. BUSH |RICHARD NIXON | JOHN F. KENNEDY
Singers BOB DYLAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
Published Writers ROGER EBERT | BARACK OBAMA | RAY BRADBURY | PABLO PICASSO (he published poems) |
Actors NICOLE KIDMAN |RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE |ALFRED HITCHCOCK (as you showed monday he did cameos in movies which technically makes him an actor)
Grid 2:
Rolling Stones Songs DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | MIXED EMOTIONS |TUMBLING DICE |GOING TO A GO-GO |
Kim Carnes songs - MORE LOVE | | CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | VOYEUR | DRAW OF THE CARDS
Captain & Tenille Songs MUSKRAT LOVE | SHOP AROUND | CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | LONELY NIGHT
Linda Ronstadt songs POOR POOR PITIFUL ME| LONG LONG TIME |THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS | OOH BABY BABY
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christie1111
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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I got one! Nicole Kidman, Bruno Mars, Barack Obama, Bette Midler = all born in Hawaii and I think maybe all born on Oahu which likely makes it more specifically Honolulu, but not sure about that
"A bed without a quilt is like the sky without stars"
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plasticene
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
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Grid 1:
Airport Namesakes:
PABLO PICASSO
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
JOHN F. KENNEDY
JOHN WAYNE
U.S. Presidents:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
BARACK OBAMA
RICHARD NIXON
RONALD REAGAN
Recording artists:
BOB DYLAN
BRUNO MARS
BETTE MIDLER
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Wrote a movie screenplay:
RAY BRADBURY
ROGER EBERT
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
NICOLE KIDMAN (Maybe she did, what do I know?)
Grid 2:
Captain and Tennille songs
CAN'T STOP DANCIN'
LONELY NIGHT
MUSKRAT LOVE
SHOP AROUND
Linda Ronstadt Songs
OOH BABY BABY
POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS
TUMBLING DICE
Song titles with a lot of Os in them
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO
GOING TO A GO-GO
MORE LOVE
LONG LONG TIME
Who knows?
CRAZY IN THE NIGHT
DRAW OF THE CARDS
MIXED EMOTIONS
VOYEUR
Airport Namesakes:
PABLO PICASSO
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
JOHN F. KENNEDY
JOHN WAYNE
U.S. Presidents:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
BARACK OBAMA
RICHARD NIXON
RONALD REAGAN
Recording artists:
BOB DYLAN
BRUNO MARS
BETTE MIDLER
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
Wrote a movie screenplay:
RAY BRADBURY
ROGER EBERT
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
NICOLE KIDMAN (Maybe she did, what do I know?)
Grid 2:
Captain and Tennille songs
CAN'T STOP DANCIN'
LONELY NIGHT
MUSKRAT LOVE
SHOP AROUND
Linda Ronstadt Songs
OOH BABY BABY
POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS
TUMBLING DICE
Song titles with a lot of Os in them
DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO
GOING TO A GO-GO
MORE LOVE
LONG LONG TIME
Who knows?
CRAZY IN THE NIGHT
DRAW OF THE CARDS
MIXED EMOTIONS
VOYEUR
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Pastor Fireball
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Re: The Ultimate QoD Challenge -- Week 2, Wednesday
Grid 1:
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | LOUIS ARMSTRONG | RAY BRADBURY | GEORGE H.W. BUSH
BOB DYLAN | ROGER EBERT | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | JOHN F. KENNEDY
NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | RICHARD NIXON
BARACK OBAMA | PABLO PICASSO | RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE
A lot of possible categories in this grid, with the six U.S. presidents being the obvious one. There were a couple of perfect solutions available. Here's the one that I had, which avoided the presidents category altogether:
1. NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | BARACK OBAMA
christie1111 and Frank each saw this one. They were all born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2. LOUIS ARMSTRONG | GEORGE H.W. BUSH | RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE
plasticene saw this category, but went with a different valid foursome. They all have airports named after them. These airports are in New Orleans, Houston, Washington, DC, and Santa Ana, CA.
3. RAY BRADBURY | BOB DYLAN | ROGER EBERT | JOHN F. KENNEDY
Pulitzer Prize winners. As far as I know, none of them won two Pulitzers.
4. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | RICHARD NIXON | PABLO PICASSO
Anthony Hopkins film roles. These were his roles in "Amistad", "Hitchcock", "Nixon", and "Surviving Picasso".
Grid 2:
CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | DRAW OF THE CARDS
GOING TO A GO-GO | LONELY NIGHT | LONG LONG TIME | MIXED EMOTIONS
MORE LOVE | MUSKRAT LOVE | OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
SHOP AROUND | THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS | TUMBLING DICE | VOYEUR
Nobody took the Smokey Robinson bait. There were four of his songs in this grid... five if you count the slight spelling variation of "Ooo Baby Baby".
1. DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | GOING TO A GO-GO | MIXED EMOTIONS | TUMBLING DICE
Rolling Stones singles.
2. LONG LONG TIME | OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME | THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS
Linda Ronstadt singles. "Tumbling Dice" was also a Linda Ronstadt single, but it was a distractor as far as getting a perfect score was concerned.
3. CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | DRAW OF THE CARDS | MORE LOVE | VOYEUR
Kim Carnes singles.
4. CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | LONELY NIGHT | MUSKRAT LOVE | SHOP AROUND
Captain & Tennille singles.
You guys have certainly done a good job of proving me wrong this week. Weasel got a perfect 30 points today, making it three consecutive days with at least one perfect score.
4/14 + 4/15 + 4/16 Scores (12 participants)
ShamelessWeasel - 5 + 6 + 30 = 41
Bob Juch - 10 + 15 + 10 = 35
plasticene - 5 + 12 + 10 = 27
franktangredi - 7 + 13 + 6 = 26
smilergrogan - 6 + 8 + 10 = 24
Appa23 - 0 + 20 + 0 = 20
jarnon - 5 + 12 + 0 = 17
Bob78164 - 4 + 8 + 0 = 12
christie1111 - 0 + 10 + 2 = 12
kroxquo - 4 + 6 + 0 = 10
MarleysGh0st - 3 + 6 + 0 = 9
themanintheseersuckersuit - 5 + 4 + 0 = 9
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | LOUIS ARMSTRONG | RAY BRADBURY | GEORGE H.W. BUSH
BOB DYLAN | ROGER EBERT | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | JOHN F. KENNEDY
NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | RICHARD NIXON
BARACK OBAMA | PABLO PICASSO | RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE
A lot of possible categories in this grid, with the six U.S. presidents being the obvious one. There were a couple of perfect solutions available. Here's the one that I had, which avoided the presidents category altogether:
1. NICOLE KIDMAN | BRUNO MARS | BETTE MIDLER | BARACK OBAMA
christie1111 and Frank each saw this one. They were all born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2. LOUIS ARMSTRONG | GEORGE H.W. BUSH | RONALD REAGAN | JOHN WAYNE
plasticene saw this category, but went with a different valid foursome. They all have airports named after them. These airports are in New Orleans, Houston, Washington, DC, and Santa Ana, CA.
3. RAY BRADBURY | BOB DYLAN | ROGER EBERT | JOHN F. KENNEDY
Pulitzer Prize winners. As far as I know, none of them won two Pulitzers.
4. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | ALFRED HITCHCOCK | RICHARD NIXON | PABLO PICASSO
Anthony Hopkins film roles. These were his roles in "Amistad", "Hitchcock", "Nixon", and "Surviving Picasso".
Grid 2:
CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | DRAW OF THE CARDS
GOING TO A GO-GO | LONELY NIGHT | LONG LONG TIME | MIXED EMOTIONS
MORE LOVE | MUSKRAT LOVE | OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME
SHOP AROUND | THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS | TUMBLING DICE | VOYEUR
Nobody took the Smokey Robinson bait. There were four of his songs in this grid... five if you count the slight spelling variation of "Ooo Baby Baby".
1. DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO | GOING TO A GO-GO | MIXED EMOTIONS | TUMBLING DICE
Rolling Stones singles.
2. LONG LONG TIME | OOH BABY BABY | POOR POOR PITIFUL ME | THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS
Linda Ronstadt singles. "Tumbling Dice" was also a Linda Ronstadt single, but it was a distractor as far as getting a perfect score was concerned.
3. CRAZY IN THE NIGHT | DRAW OF THE CARDS | MORE LOVE | VOYEUR
Kim Carnes singles.
4. CAN'T STOP DANCIN' | LONELY NIGHT | MUSKRAT LOVE | SHOP AROUND
Captain & Tennille singles.
You guys have certainly done a good job of proving me wrong this week. Weasel got a perfect 30 points today, making it three consecutive days with at least one perfect score.
4/14 + 4/15 + 4/16 Scores (12 participants)
ShamelessWeasel - 5 + 6 + 30 = 41
Bob Juch - 10 + 15 + 10 = 35
plasticene - 5 + 12 + 10 = 27
franktangredi - 7 + 13 + 6 = 26
smilergrogan - 6 + 8 + 10 = 24
Appa23 - 0 + 20 + 0 = 20
jarnon - 5 + 12 + 0 = 17
Bob78164 - 4 + 8 + 0 = 12
christie1111 - 0 + 10 + 2 = 12
kroxquo - 4 + 6 + 0 = 10
MarleysGh0st - 3 + 6 + 0 = 9
themanintheseersuckersuit - 5 + 4 + 0 = 9
"[Drumpf's] name alone creates division and anger, whose words inspire dissension and hatred, and can't possibly 'Make America Great Again.'" --Kobe Bryant (1978-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
"In times of crisis, the wise build bridges. The foolish build barriers." --Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)