SSS Game

[silverscreenselect]

I can't see how ANY of the suggestions made so far goes with the known Mussolini/McKeon match. And I don't know why Melly and myself are the most likely people to get it, as SSS hinted. We are the old movie mavens, but neither Mussolini nor McKeon has any association with old movies. (Well, except for Rod Steiger and MARLIN Brando....)

I have a feeling that, when I or someone else finally gets it, I'm going to want to smack somebody. Probably myself.

I didn't say that you and Melly were the most likely to get the bonus pair. The bonus pair was actually part of the original puzzle, but somehow I left it out when going from the planning stages to the final cut-and-pasting and reordering the clues.

You might see what some of the sports buffs have had to say about this one.

[jarnon]

I didn't say that you and Melly were the most likely to get the bonus pair. The bonus pair was actually part of the original puzzle, but somehow I left it out when going from the planning stages to the final cut-and-pasting and reordering the clues.

You might see what some of the sports buffs have had to say about this one.

They said McKeon coached Benito Santiago, suggesting we're looking for folks whose first name the same as a clue and whose last name is a place.

Benito (Mussolini) + Santiago = Jack McKeon
51. Joel (Hyatt) + Cairo = 64. Peter Lorre

Two more that are "outside the box":
Indiana + 80. (Spike) Jonze = 30. Harrison Ford
58. Miss (Jane Marple) + Saigon = 77. Lea Salonga

[franktangredi]

I can't see how ANY of the suggestions made so far goes with the known Mussolini/McKeon match. And I don't know why Melly and myself are the most likely people to get it, as SSS hinted. We are the old movie mavens, but neither Mussolini nor McKeon has any association with old movies. (Well, except for Rod Steiger and MARLIN Brando....)

I have a feeling that, when I or someone else finally gets it, I'm going to want to smack somebody. Probably myself.

I didn't say that you and Melly were the most likely to get the bonus pair. The bonus pair was actually part of the original puzzle, but somehow I left it out when going from the planning stages to the final cut-and-pasting and reordering the clues.

You might see what some of the sports buffs have had to say about this one.

Oh, if it's sports-based, there's no way I'm getting it.

(There's a connection between the Florida Marlins and Mussolini?)

[littlebeast13]

I didn't say that you and Melly were the most likely to get the bonus pair. The bonus pair was actually part of the original puzzle, but somehow I left it out when going from the planning stages to the final cut-and-pasting and reordering the clues.

You might see what some of the sports buffs have had to say about this one.

They said McKeon coached Benito Santiago, suggesting we're looking for folks whose first name the same as a clue and whose last name is a place.

Benito (Mussolini) + Santiago = Jack McKeon
51. Joel (Hyatt) + Cairo = 64. Peter Lorre

Two more that are "outside the box":
Indiana + 80. (Spike) Jonze = 30. Harrison Ford
58. Miss (Jane Marple) + Saigon = 77. Lea Salonga

I was trying to think of any reasonably well-known recent Braves who would match with Fredi Gonzalez, and came up with Julio Teheran.... which is not a perfect match for the capital of Iran, but Julio Iglesias is in the puzzle...

lb13

[Pastor Fireball]

I didn't say that you and Melly were the most likely to get the bonus pair. The bonus pair was actually part of the original puzzle, but somehow I left it out when going from the planning stages to the final cut-and-pasting and reordering the clues.

You might see what some of the sports buffs have had to say about this one.

They said McKeon coached Benito Santiago, suggesting we're looking for folks whose first name the same as a clue and whose last name is a place.

Benito (Mussolini) + Santiago = Jack McKeon
51. Joel (Hyatt) + Cairo = 64. Peter Lorre

Two more that are "outside the box":
Indiana + 80. (Spike) Jonze = 30. Harrison Ford
58. Miss (Jane Marple) + Saigon = 77. Lea Salonga

I was trying to think of any reasonably well-known recent Braves who would match with Fredi Gonzalez, and came up with Julio Teheran.... which is not a perfect match for the capital of Iran, but Julio Iglesias is in the puzzle...

lb13

Teheran is an acceptable alternate spelling of Tehran, so the match has to be valid.

I hope that first names can also work in this puzzle because the voice of the Magic Mirror in Snow White was a guy named Moroni Olsen. Moroni happens to be the capital of the Comoros.

Moroni + 87. Ken Olsen = Moroni Olsen, goes with 59. Magic Mirror

[franktangredi]

They said McKeon coached Benito Santiago, suggesting we're looking for folks whose first name the same as a clue and whose last name is a place.

Benito (Mussolini) + Santiago = Jack McKeon
51. Joel (Hyatt) + Cairo = 64. Peter Lorre

Two more that are "outside the box":
Indiana + 80. (Spike) Jonze = 30. Harrison Ford
58. Miss (Jane Marple) + Saigon = 77. Lea Salonga

I was trying to think of any reasonably well-known recent Braves who would match with Fredi Gonzalez, and came up with Julio Teheran.... which is not a perfect match for the capital of Iran, but Julio Iglesias is in the puzzle...

lb13

Teheran is an acceptable alternate spelling of Tehran, so the match has to be valid.

I hope that first names can also work in this puzzle because the voice of the Magic Mirror in Snow White was a guy named Moroni Olsen. Moroni happens to be the capital of the Comoros.

Moroni + 87. Ken Olsen = Moroni Olsen, goes with 59. Magic Mirror

Then it looks like the "refinement" SSS talked about may be that the cities are all capitals.

[franktangredi]

David Moscow played the younger version of Tom Hanks's character in Big, but we can't tell yet which of the Davids in the puzzle should be used for this match.

If we can anagram the capital city, OSLO anagrams to SOLO, which would make our Napoleon Solo match for David McCallum. But that may be a stretch.

[franktangredi]

We can match these two up:

15. BILLY ROSE
73. LORD HAW-HAW

The Pacific equivalent of Lord Haw-Haw was Tokyo Rose.

[franktangredi]

I looked this up on a hunch:

19. PILTDOWN MAN
74. WALTER GRANGER

Sure enough, Walter Granger was one of the discoverers of Peking Man.

[franktangredi]

3. IRVING STONE
62. KATE SMITH

Irving Berlin wrote God Bless America.

[franktangredi]

69. ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
31. AARON BURR

Hamilton is the capital of Bermuda, so here's Alexander Hamilton.

[franktangredi]

I should have realized this as soon as I saw an Olga in the puzzle.

101. OLGA KORBUT
37. EDMOND O'BRIEN

Edmond O'Brien was married to Olga San Juan (best known for starring on Broadway in Paint Your Wagon.)

[franktangredi]

43. FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
80. SPIKE JONZE

And Spike Jonze was married to Sofia Coppola.

[franktangredi]

36. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR
66. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon met his Waterloo at the hands of the Duke of Wellington.

[franktangredi]

As I myself pointed out:

44. ERNIE KOVACS
83. THE KINGSTON TRIO

Ernie Kovacs created the Nairobi Trio.

[franktangredi]

I think we might need to think beyond cities and use any kind of geographic designation because:

86. JILL STEIN
7. DAVID McCALLUM

David McCallum was married to Jill Ireland.

[mellytu74]

I have names ....Henry Stanley (Falkland Islands) and Jack London and Amber Valletta (Malta)

but no matches yet.

[Estonut]

David McCallum was married to Jill Ireland.

I was not aware of that. In looking it up, I found out that Charles Bronson "stole" her from McCallum, but he's not upset about it.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/ncis ... es-7460607

[franktangredi]

I have names ....Henry Stanley (Falkland Islands) and Jack London and Amber Valletta (Malta)

but no matches yet.

Amber Valletta matches with Calvin Klein. Jack London has been nagging at me.

[franktangredi]

I have names ....Henry Stanley (Falkland Islands) and Jack London and Amber Valletta (Malta)

but no matches yet.

Ah, here's the Stanley!

14. NATALEE HOLLOWAY
46. REX HARRISON

Stanley Holloway, with a little bit o' luck.

[franktangredi]

If any geographic name is allowable, not just cities, then

72. JIM EVERETT

can become Chad Everett.

[franktangredi]

Wrong London! Not Jack, but....

28. JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER
97. JACK WEBB

Jack Webb was married to Julie London.

[franktangredi]

WORKING ON A TANGREDI CONSOLIDATION

[franktangredi]

CONSOLIDATION

It's been a while, but I'm back with another SSS puzzle. First, you must identify the famous people described in the 104 clues below. Then, group them together to form 48 pairs, one single, one triple, and one quartet according to a Tangredi which you must figure out. Unlike some of my puzzles, there is no significance whatsoever to the number of clues, or pairings in the puzzle. However, one of the answers, if you look at it the right way, could give you a clue to the Tangredi. Once you figure out the Tangredi, you'll probably need to think outside the box to figure out some of the pairings (and this sentence isn't a clue either).

Completed pairs (using capital cities only)
A. Benito Mussolini + B. Jack Mckeon = Benito Santiago
28. Julie Nixon Eisenhower + 97. Jack Webb = Julie London
14. Natalee Holloway + 46. Rex Harrison = Stanley Holloway
94. Amber Heard + 27. Calvin Klein = Amber Valletta
83. The Kingston Trio + 44. Ernie Kovac = The Nairobi Trio
36. The Duke of Windsor + 66. Napoleon Bonaparte = The Duke of Wellington
43. Francis Ford Coppola + 80. Spike Jonze = Sofia Coppola
101. Olga Korbut + 37. Edmond O'Brien = Olga San Juan
69. Alexander Pushkin + 31. Aaron Burr = Alexander Hamilton
3. Irving Stone + 62. Kate Smith = Irving Berlin
19. Piltdown Man + 74. Walter Granger = Peking Man
15. Billy Rose + 73. Lord Haw-Haw = Tokyo Rose
58. Miss Marple + 77. Lea Salonga = Miss Saigon
51. Joel Hyatt + 64. Peter Lorre = Joel Cairo
75. Julio Iglesias + 34. Fredi Gonzalez = Julio Teheran
87. Ken Olsen + 59. Magic Mirror = Moroni Olsen

Completed pairs (using geographic names other than capital cities + creative spelling)
86. Jill Stein + 7. David McCallum = Jill Ireland
80. Spike Jonze + 30. Harrison Ford = Indiana Jones

Partial pairs
72. Jim Everett + ???? = Chad Everett
David ??? + 98. Tom Hanks = David Moscow


1. Tony Robbins
2. Steve Martin
*3. Irving Stone
4. Walter Ulbricht
5. Patrick Swayze
6. Eric Lindros
*7. David McCallum
8. Simon Bolivar
9. Teresa Brewer
10. Donald Rumsfeld
11. Maria Shriver
12. Alex Trebek
13. Meier Kahane
*14. Natalee Holloway
*15. Billy Rose
16. John Kenneth Galbraith
17. Milt Machlin
18. Antoine-Henri Becquerel
*19. Piltdown Man
20. Simon Lebon
21. John R. (Richbourg)
22. Kelly Tripucka
23. David Lander
24. Michael Powell
25. Henry Morison Flagler
26. Robert Wagner
27. Calvin Klein
*28. Julie Nixon Eisenhower
29. David Attenborough
*30. Harrison Ford
*31. Aaron Burr
32. Patrick McGoohan
33. Robert Moses
*34. Fredi Gonzalez
35. Joan Rivers
*36. The Duke of Windsor
*37. Edmond O'Brien
38. Morton Sobell
39. M’onique
40. David Tennant
41. Marion Barry
42. David Belasco
*43. Francis Ford Coppola
*44. Ernie Kovacs
45. George V
*46. Rex Harrison
47. Master P
48. Hugh Hefner
49. Spongebob Squarepants
50. Matti Nykanen
*51. Joel Hyatt
52. Al Capp
53. Danny Devito
54. David Ortiz
55. Bruce Cabot
56. Napoleon III
57. Sergei Eisenstein
*58. Miss Marple
*59. Magic Mirror
60. John Hannah
61. Tiger Woods
*62. Kate Smith
63. Robin Tunney
*64. Peter Lorre
65. Howard Johnson
*66. Napoleon Bonaparte
67. Lyndon Johnson
68. John O'Hurley
*69. Alexander Pushkin
70. Jack Daniel
71. Jose Gaspar/Gasparilla
*72. Jim Everett
*73. Lord Haw-Haw
*74. Walter Granger
*75. Julio Iglesias
76. Charles Dickens
*77. Lea Salonga
78. Sol Hurok
79. Saddam Hussein
**80. Spike Jonze
81. Antonio Meucci
82. Stan Lathan
*83. The Kingston Trio
84. James Mcdonnell
85. Edward James Olmos
*86. Jill Stein
*87. Ken Olsen
88. T-Bone Burnett
89. Ruth Rendell
90. Antonino Fernandez
91. Joe South
92. Joe E. Brown
93. Radley Metzger/Henry Paris
*94. Amber Heard
95. Philip Roth
96. Ivan Boesky
*97. Jack Webb
*98. Tom Hanks
99. Kim Dotcom
100. Angelo Dundee
*101. Olga Korbut
102. Ralph Fiennes
103. Ho Chi Minh
104. Omar Epps

[franktangredi]

Sports fans: Is there anybody on this list who can pair with Michael Jordan?