You're right, it is The French Line and the actress is Kim Novak.mellytu74 wrote:OK. I am thinking the movie is The French Line. I remember reading about how Jane Russell's outfits gave the Legion of Decency fits.silverscreenselect wrote:I didn't say the film was Bwana Devil, but it couldn't have been The Outlaw which was made in 1943.Bob78164 wrote:The question doesn't say it's the first 3D film. It says it's the actress's first appearance. --Bob
And, IIRC, there's something about models going to Paris or a fashion show on the ship, so I am betting our unbilled future famous person is one of the models.
Time for a Nelly Game!
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I'm grasping at straws here, but I'll kick around a couple of thoughts. The only historical movie Goldberg made was Ghosts of Mississippi, in which she played Medger Evers' widow. It's possible her character or one of the other real people had some connection with Mississippi native Elvis.NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
51 sounds like the story line from that Michael J. Fox movie The Hard Way.
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I'm not sure, but I think in The Hard Way Fox's character was going to be doing a movie, not a TV show. And anyway, the voice is all wrong for Fox's character. --Bobsilverscreenselect wrote:I'm grasping at straws here, but I'll kick around a couple of thoughts. The only historical movie Goldberg made was Ghosts of Mississippi, in which she played Medger Evers' widow. It's possible her character or one of the other real people had some connection with Mississippi native Elvis.NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
51 sounds like the story line from that Michael J. Fox movie The Hard Way.
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2. This famous sitcom dad was born on the same date of the same year as his famous sitcom wife.
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51 is Sean Hayes as Jack McFarland in "Will & Grace".Bob78164 wrote:I'm not sure, but I think in The Hard Way Fox's character was going to be doing a movie, not a TV show. And anyway, the voice is all wrong for Fox's character. --Bobsilverscreenselect wrote:I'm grasping at straws here, but I'll kick around a couple of thoughts. The only historical movie Goldberg made was Ghosts of Mississippi, in which she played Medger Evers' widow. It's possible her character or one of the other real people had some connection with Mississippi native Elvis.NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
51 sounds like the story line from that Michael J. Fox movie The Hard Way.
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33. Susan Butcher, who passed away in 2006 at age 51, won this race four times. Iditirod
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As soon as somebody puts up a consolidation, I'll begin to tell how many answers with question marks are correct, how many stated answers are incorrect, how many answers where you're way off base, etc.
I can tell you, though, that on two questions where the correct answer has been offered, you'll need to provide an alternate name in order for the puzzle to work.
I can also tell you that there is one correct answer offered that has been placed with the wrong question.
As soon as somebody puts up a consolidation, I'll begin to tell how many answers with question marks are correct, how many stated answers are incorrect, how many answers where you're way off base, etc.
I can tell you, though, that on two questions where the correct answer has been offered, you'll need to provide an alternate name in order for the puzzle to work.
I can also tell you that there is one correct answer offered that has been placed with the wrong question.
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The place name answers are well distributed across the globe and elsewhere - Easter Island, Australia, Java, Nepal, Nineveh, Alexandria, Denmark, Ireland, Brazil?, Minnesota?, Iditarod in Alaska, Mars, Tatooine - but there aren't enough to have one in each of the 48 groupings.
We have Mars and Eartha. Don't know what to do with Helicopter?, Condom, Moths, a radioactive element, a Cabbage Patch Kid?, and Cream of Wheat. (A fellow could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all that stuff!)
That's all I've got so far.
Identify the 109 people, places, things, titles, and fictional characters below.
Arrange them into 47 trios and 1 quartet based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle, that you must discover for yourself. 21 answers will be used twice, 6 answers will be used three times, and 1 answer will be used four times.
Whenever you come across a quotation, bear in mind that I may be looking for a real person, a fictional character, or a title. It's up to you to work your way through the puzzle in order to determine what answers will allow everything to work out.
1. “Any man who wants to be President is either an egomaniac or crazy.”
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER? GEORGE MCGOVERN?
2. This famous sitcom dad was born on the same date of the same year as his famous sitcom wife.
MICHAEL GROSS
3. This famous artist was born on the same date of the same year as his famous artist wife.
4. He was the first left-handed quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Half of Fame.
STEVE YOUNG
5. “Ten more miles on his four-day run, a few more songs from the all-night radio, then he’ll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves.”
KATHY MATTEA in ??
6. The British monarch despised black funerals, so the city of London was festooned in purple and white during her own funeral.
VICTORIA? ELIZABETH I?
7. He hypothesized that the sight of a green apple proves that all ravens are black.
CARL HEMPEL (I bet he said "is evidence that", not "proves")
8. One year after he received his second honorary Academy Award, he won his only competitive Academy Award for a film that didn’t premiere in Los Angeles until 20 years after its original release.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
9. “I’ve always tried to do what’s right. That’s the code I live by. Do you understand that?”
FOREST WHITAKER in "GHOST DOG"?
10. One of the world’s most well-known wine-producing regions in the world, Barossa Valley is located in this country.
AUSTRALIA
11. SEGA gave him his own video game in 1990 called “Supreme Court”.
DAVID ROBINSON
12. Seth Green credits this actor as the inspiration the voice of his character on “Family Guy”.
13. Leonardo da Vinci’s “screw” is considered the forerunner to this.
HELICOPTER?
14. The real-life inspiration for the character Belle Watling in “Gone With the Wind” began working in a brothel that also happened to be the house where, exactly 40 years earlier, this now-iconic female lived. (Hint: The former brothel has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.)
MARY TODD LINCOLN?
15. “Don’t worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise, I’m real normal. Everything’ll be cool.”
16. A native of this island is called a “Pescuense”.
EASTER ISLAND
17. In 1991, he was named the very first composer laureate of North Carolina.
18. This former San Diego Chargers cheerleader co-starred on two TV series with an actor who used to be a production assistant for the TV series based on the writings of a famous “Miami Herald” columnist.
CHARISMA CARPENTER
19. His grandfather, who had the same name as he did, served as a bass singer in the court of the Elector of Cologne.
20. In the Bible, Jonah referred to it as an “exceeding great city of three days’ journey”.
NINEVEH
21. “That is grade-A, 100% bull cookies!”
22. He wrote a total of 45 books over an incredible span of 65 years. Not bad for a plumber.
E. HOWARD HUNT
23. The cover of the second solo rap album by one-half of CIA and the County Police features what appears to be the corpse of this American icon.
24. His interest in politics began at age 11 when his father took him to the funeral of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.
KARL ROVE? GEORGE W. BUSH?
25. Bill Clinton once said of this country, “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, [this country] stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.”
BRAZIL?
26. At age 12, this musician had an uncredited role in the film adaptation of the very first novel written by an ex-Catholic priest from Detroit.
JACK WHITE
27. “Relax, I have just the thing to cheer you up... we’re being sued!”
28. In a career spanning seven decades, he has produced nearly 150 films, most of them classics... but perhaps his biggest mistake was passing on “The Silence of the Lambs”.
DINO DE LAURENTIIS
29. Fort Qaitbey was built on the site, and constructed out of some of the ruins, of this more famous structure.
PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA?
30. This former female U.S. senator’s father was a governor and a presidential runner-up. She served in the same state and at the same time as two U.S. senators who also ran for President--one lost in the primaries, one lost in the general election. She is currently married to another former U.S. senator, one who immediately preceded a previously mentioned U.S. senator as Senate Majority Leader and whose first wife was the daughter of a former Senate Minority Leader. Got it?
NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM BAKER
31. It’s the Dakota word for “water”.
MINNE something
32. “We all enjoy the riches of L.A., and we all need to make a commitment to helping others.”
33. Susan Butcher, who passed away in 2006 at age 51, won this race four times.
THE IDITAROD
34. Before turning 19 years old, this comedian appeared on “Soul Train”, “Def Comedy Jam”, “Showtime at the Apollo”, and “A Different World”... and co-starred on a CBS series that was so bad, it was canceled after one episode.
35. The section of Interstate 44 that runs through Springfield, MO, is named in honor of him.
HARRY TRUMAN? ROY BLUNT?
36. It has a population of roughly 2,000,000 people, it has only 1% surface water, its capital is Bestine, its points of interest include Mos Eisley and Mos Espa, and it’s home to Womp rats and Krayt dragons.
TATOOINE
37. “If I never feel you in my arms again, if I never feel your tender kiss again, if I never hear ‘I love you’ now and then, will I never make love to you once again?”
TONI BRAXTON in ??
38. Although it ran for only four episodes in March 1977, a program based in Columbus, OH, that was hosted by this man is considered to be TV’s very first cable game show.
PHIL DONAHUE?
39. The woman who hid this famous writer and this famous writer’s family and friends is still alive today at age 100.
ANNE FRANK
40. It is the only country in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters in elevation. Its lowest point is over 4,500 feet above sea level!
NEPAL? BHUTAN?
41. “I don’t hate women, but I think they should be kept in cages.”
NORMAN MAILER
42. He was once considered for the roles of Clark Kent in “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and Fox Mulder in “The X-Files”.
KEVIN SORBO?
43. Just before her 17th birthday, she wrote, “God spoke to me and called me to His service”.
JOAN OF ARC
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
MEDGAR EVERS?
45. Fanny could tell you that he is considered the most successful coach of the Denver Nuggets (outside of George Karl), putting together a 628-529 record and winning a Coach of the Year Award. Merry Man Carmelo Anthony could tell you that he’s currently a Denver Nuggets assistant coach.
DOUG MOE
46. “What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation.”
47. Three well-known varieties of them are Atlas, Madagascan Sunset, and Emperor Gum.
MOTHS
48. Her first on-screen appearance was an uncredited role in a 3-D film that Howard Hughes claimed would “knock both your eyes out”.
KIM NOVAK
49. Its many sister cities include Washington DC, Moscow, Beijing, Sydney, Budapest, and Bored favorite Fukuoka.
50. He is the only member of the “Gang of Seven” who is still in office today.
JOHN MCCAIN?
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
SEAN HAYES as JACK MCFARLAND in "WILL AND GRACE"
52. This actor/singer played a cop and a paramedic on two popular 1970s series. He was the son of a famous actor/singer and his three brothers–two of whom committed suicide by gunshot–were also singers.
GARY CROSBY
53. According to a well-known legend, a beautiful young maiden, distraught by the infidelities of her lover, committed suicide by jumping off a steep rock (now named for her) and landing in here.
BUZZARD'S BAY?
54. The woman who completes the following sequence: Sybil Bauer, Eleanor Holm, Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Kaye Hall, Melissa Belote, Theresa Andrews, Beth Botsford, __________.
NATALIE COUGHLIN?
55. While working in Jimmy Carter’s 1980 re-election campaign, he wrestled an eight-foot, 260-pound alligator for a $15,000 contribution.
56. It was released by Nutting Associates in November 1971. Even though it was a financial failure, just a few months later, its two creators formed a successful company whose name is Japanese for “hit the target”.
SUZUKI?
57. She was the first African-American woman to enter the line of succession to the U.S. Presidency.
PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
58. It’s the only film in which five of its stars were nominated for Academy Awards for acting and none of them won. Incidentially, it’s also the only film in which three stars were nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
TOM JONES?
59. “New York is the biggest boobtown there is. They will buy any damned thing here.”
60. This veteran character actress who passed away in 2008 was perhaps best known for her supporting role on a TV series that had characters die in bizarre ways such as drowning in chicken soup.
DODY GOODMAN
61. Albert Ghiorso discovered it while examining the debris that resulted from Operation Ivy.
A TRANS-URANIUM ELEMENT
62. During the 2008 presidential campaign, this American socialite who is married into British royalty accused then-presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist and later put her foot in her mouth when she referred to rural American voters as “rednecks” and “bitter”.
LYNN DEROTHSCHILD
63. On an episode of “South Park”, Kenny G and Yoko Ono organized four million third-graders to perform this song on recorders, humorously causing the entire population of Earth to crap their pants.
MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
64. In a classic 1940s print advertisement, an African-American mother is holding up this product as her son (who, years later, served in the U.S. Cabinet) tries to reach for it.
CREAM OF WHEAT? PANCAKES?
65. He was a drummer for no fewer than seven different metal bands before winning the “Get John’s Job” contest.
66. “Hustlers, grab your guns. Your shadow weighs a ton. Driving down the 101.”
67. In the film “Anchorman”, Ron Burgundy claimed that he was friends with this football legend to try to impress a woman that he met at a party.
68. “After considering other options like Hannibal, Timber, Flagg, and Raintree”, a television producer ultimately settled on this name for the lead character of the second (and successful) pilot of his iconic series.
JAMES T. KIRK
69. In an infamous 2001 game, Marcus Camby tried to punch Danny Ferry in the face, but instead, accidentally punched this coach in the face.
JEFF VAN GUNDY
70. A flag that has a 4x4 grid of alternating white and blue squares would represent this.
VICTORY? (Thought that is white and black)
71. Obscure Foreign Actor Question: He was named the Best Supporting Actor for his country’s Academy Awards for his role in the remake of a film that, exactly 50 years earlier, was nominated for eight Academy Awards in this country.
72. Its Parliament is called the Folketinget.
DENMARK
73. “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
DICK CAVETT
74. Neil Sedaka’s first hit single, “The Diary”, was inspired by her diary.
CONNIE FRANCIS
75. In 1984, an Australian politician had to resign from Parliament when he was caught importing this toy without paying duty.
CABBAGE PATCH KID? RUBIK'S CUBE?
76. “I’m sick of portraits, and wish very much to take my viol-da-gam and walk off to some sweet village, where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness and ease.”
77. All three of his sons played college basketball. He was the coach for both his eldest and middle son, each at a different university. His middle son is now his assistant coach at his current coaching job, at yet another different university.
78. “He” was discovered in 1891 by Eugene Dubois at Trinil on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River.
JAVA MAN
79. He is the oldest person ever to win an MTV Movie Award.
JACK NICHOLSON
80. “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’”
CONAN O'BRIEN?
81. He was the most (in)famous resident of 2230 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, NY...
82. ... and he was his equally notorious cousin and brother-in-law.
83. Although when exactly they were invented is subject to debate by archaeologists and historians, their first documented use can be traced back to a 1564 treatise entitled “De Morbo Gallico”.
CONDOM
84. You could say that Thom Hartmann has brunch with him every Friday.
85. It’s the title shared by a 1930 painting, a 1942 photograph, a 1972 music album, a 1988 film, and a 1995 TV series.
AMERICAN GOTHIC
86. He got his famous nickname because of his trademark long brown hair, but his nickname is ironic in that he is an atheist.
CHRIS "JESUS" FERGUSON
87. “Now I’m Doc Strange in the Range like ‘Whoa!’ Hundred miles an hour, switchin’ lanes like ‘Whoa!’”
NICHOLAS CAGE?
88. When an Irish-born British admiral invented it in 1805, it used thirteen numbers (0-12). In 1946, it was extended to include numbers 13-17, but these numbers are used only in China and Taiwan.
89. He is the only NBA Rookie of the Year whose father was an NFL Rookie of the Year.
GRANT HILL
90. Two of the cast members of this ABC series went on to co-produce a Nickelodeon series starring two cast members of another Nickelodeon series and co-starring a third cast member of the aforementioned ABC series. Got it?
91. “Look, I’m a woman, so I like Hillary. I’m Black; I like Obama. But I’m also grumpy, so I like John McCain.”
EARTHA KITT
92. If you want 3GB of storage space for your Angelfire-hosted website, you can upgrade your account to this for $8.95 per month.
93. This current manager has something in common with his immediate predecessor: They both used to be catchers for the St. Louis Cardinals.
JOE GIRARDI
94. As far as we know, this longtime comedian--still performing today at age 86--was the first door-to-door dance salesman.
95. He has tried out with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans in the hopes of becoming a wide receiver while serving a four-year ban in the sport in which he achieved fame.
JUSTIN GATLIN
96. It was known as “The Emergency” during World War II.
IRELAND
97. A 5,000-year-old rock carving in Knowth (located in the answer to the previous question) is believed to have the earliest known depiction of this.
98. “That’s a lovely name--‘Angel’. But then, Satan was an angel.”
?? as ?? in "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
99. In 1954, this future Academy Award- and Emmy-winning cinematographer “crashed” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden on opening night.
100. He was one of the first celebrities to set up his own website at the advent of the Internet. In advertising his website, he dressed up as Queen Elizabeth II and said, “This Scottland has two Ts. My Scotland has one T.”
SCOTT THOMPSON?
101. He was born in the same town as, and his university professor father taught, the man who deposed him just 3 months and 18 days after taking office.
ALEXANDER KERENSKY
102. G.K. Chesterton once referred to him as “the celebrated American comedian”.
103. She has drawn comparisons to Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock, despite the fact that she probably doesn’t yet know how to spell “Wassily Kandinsky”.
104. “It takes time to master your skills... and use will hone your technique. But take care to choose your new skills wisely.”
ALEC GUINESS as OBI WAN KENOBI in "STAR WARS"?
105. Its geological history is split into three main epochs: Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian.
MARS
106. He was the very first comedian to receive a standing ovation on a debut appearance on “The Tonight Show”.
107. Her grandmother’s recording of a folk song written in 1878 was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
108. Comedian Artie Lange auditioned for a role in this film, but he described his audition as being so bad, it was “like a plumber who won a radio contest and got to try out for a movie”.
OFFICE SPACE
109. He was the co-commentator of the boxing match that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for a little film called “Rocky”.
HOWARD COSELL?
We have Mars and Eartha. Don't know what to do with Helicopter?, Condom, Moths, a radioactive element, a Cabbage Patch Kid?, and Cream of Wheat. (A fellow could have a pretty good time in Vegas with all that stuff!)
That's all I've got so far.
Identify the 109 people, places, things, titles, and fictional characters below.
Arrange them into 47 trios and 1 quartet based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle, that you must discover for yourself. 21 answers will be used twice, 6 answers will be used three times, and 1 answer will be used four times.
Whenever you come across a quotation, bear in mind that I may be looking for a real person, a fictional character, or a title. It's up to you to work your way through the puzzle in order to determine what answers will allow everything to work out.
1. “Any man who wants to be President is either an egomaniac or crazy.”
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER? GEORGE MCGOVERN?
2. This famous sitcom dad was born on the same date of the same year as his famous sitcom wife.
MICHAEL GROSS
3. This famous artist was born on the same date of the same year as his famous artist wife.
4. He was the first left-handed quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Half of Fame.
STEVE YOUNG
5. “Ten more miles on his four-day run, a few more songs from the all-night radio, then he’ll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves.”
KATHY MATTEA in ??
6. The British monarch despised black funerals, so the city of London was festooned in purple and white during her own funeral.
VICTORIA? ELIZABETH I?
7. He hypothesized that the sight of a green apple proves that all ravens are black.
CARL HEMPEL (I bet he said "is evidence that", not "proves")
8. One year after he received his second honorary Academy Award, he won his only competitive Academy Award for a film that didn’t premiere in Los Angeles until 20 years after its original release.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
9. “I’ve always tried to do what’s right. That’s the code I live by. Do you understand that?”
FOREST WHITAKER in "GHOST DOG"?
10. One of the world’s most well-known wine-producing regions in the world, Barossa Valley is located in this country.
AUSTRALIA
11. SEGA gave him his own video game in 1990 called “Supreme Court”.
DAVID ROBINSON
12. Seth Green credits this actor as the inspiration the voice of his character on “Family Guy”.
13. Leonardo da Vinci’s “screw” is considered the forerunner to this.
HELICOPTER?
14. The real-life inspiration for the character Belle Watling in “Gone With the Wind” began working in a brothel that also happened to be the house where, exactly 40 years earlier, this now-iconic female lived. (Hint: The former brothel has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.)
MARY TODD LINCOLN?
15. “Don’t worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise, I’m real normal. Everything’ll be cool.”
16. A native of this island is called a “Pescuense”.
EASTER ISLAND
17. In 1991, he was named the very first composer laureate of North Carolina.
18. This former San Diego Chargers cheerleader co-starred on two TV series with an actor who used to be a production assistant for the TV series based on the writings of a famous “Miami Herald” columnist.
CHARISMA CARPENTER
19. His grandfather, who had the same name as he did, served as a bass singer in the court of the Elector of Cologne.
20. In the Bible, Jonah referred to it as an “exceeding great city of three days’ journey”.
NINEVEH
21. “That is grade-A, 100% bull cookies!”
22. He wrote a total of 45 books over an incredible span of 65 years. Not bad for a plumber.
E. HOWARD HUNT
23. The cover of the second solo rap album by one-half of CIA and the County Police features what appears to be the corpse of this American icon.
24. His interest in politics began at age 11 when his father took him to the funeral of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.
KARL ROVE? GEORGE W. BUSH?
25. Bill Clinton once said of this country, “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, [this country] stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.”
BRAZIL?
26. At age 12, this musician had an uncredited role in the film adaptation of the very first novel written by an ex-Catholic priest from Detroit.
JACK WHITE
27. “Relax, I have just the thing to cheer you up... we’re being sued!”
28. In a career spanning seven decades, he has produced nearly 150 films, most of them classics... but perhaps his biggest mistake was passing on “The Silence of the Lambs”.
DINO DE LAURENTIIS
29. Fort Qaitbey was built on the site, and constructed out of some of the ruins, of this more famous structure.
PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA?
30. This former female U.S. senator’s father was a governor and a presidential runner-up. She served in the same state and at the same time as two U.S. senators who also ran for President--one lost in the primaries, one lost in the general election. She is currently married to another former U.S. senator, one who immediately preceded a previously mentioned U.S. senator as Senate Majority Leader and whose first wife was the daughter of a former Senate Minority Leader. Got it?
NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM BAKER
31. It’s the Dakota word for “water”.
MINNE something
32. “We all enjoy the riches of L.A., and we all need to make a commitment to helping others.”
33. Susan Butcher, who passed away in 2006 at age 51, won this race four times.
THE IDITAROD
34. Before turning 19 years old, this comedian appeared on “Soul Train”, “Def Comedy Jam”, “Showtime at the Apollo”, and “A Different World”... and co-starred on a CBS series that was so bad, it was canceled after one episode.
35. The section of Interstate 44 that runs through Springfield, MO, is named in honor of him.
HARRY TRUMAN? ROY BLUNT?
36. It has a population of roughly 2,000,000 people, it has only 1% surface water, its capital is Bestine, its points of interest include Mos Eisley and Mos Espa, and it’s home to Womp rats and Krayt dragons.
TATOOINE
37. “If I never feel you in my arms again, if I never feel your tender kiss again, if I never hear ‘I love you’ now and then, will I never make love to you once again?”
TONI BRAXTON in ??
38. Although it ran for only four episodes in March 1977, a program based in Columbus, OH, that was hosted by this man is considered to be TV’s very first cable game show.
PHIL DONAHUE?
39. The woman who hid this famous writer and this famous writer’s family and friends is still alive today at age 100.
ANNE FRANK
40. It is the only country in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters in elevation. Its lowest point is over 4,500 feet above sea level!
NEPAL? BHUTAN?
41. “I don’t hate women, but I think they should be kept in cages.”
NORMAN MAILER
42. He was once considered for the roles of Clark Kent in “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and Fox Mulder in “The X-Files”.
KEVIN SORBO?
43. Just before her 17th birthday, she wrote, “God spoke to me and called me to His service”.
JOAN OF ARC
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
MEDGAR EVERS?
45. Fanny could tell you that he is considered the most successful coach of the Denver Nuggets (outside of George Karl), putting together a 628-529 record and winning a Coach of the Year Award. Merry Man Carmelo Anthony could tell you that he’s currently a Denver Nuggets assistant coach.
DOUG MOE
46. “What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation.”
47. Three well-known varieties of them are Atlas, Madagascan Sunset, and Emperor Gum.
MOTHS
48. Her first on-screen appearance was an uncredited role in a 3-D film that Howard Hughes claimed would “knock both your eyes out”.
KIM NOVAK
49. Its many sister cities include Washington DC, Moscow, Beijing, Sydney, Budapest, and Bored favorite Fukuoka.
50. He is the only member of the “Gang of Seven” who is still in office today.
JOHN MCCAIN?
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
SEAN HAYES as JACK MCFARLAND in "WILL AND GRACE"
52. This actor/singer played a cop and a paramedic on two popular 1970s series. He was the son of a famous actor/singer and his three brothers–two of whom committed suicide by gunshot–were also singers.
GARY CROSBY
53. According to a well-known legend, a beautiful young maiden, distraught by the infidelities of her lover, committed suicide by jumping off a steep rock (now named for her) and landing in here.
BUZZARD'S BAY?
54. The woman who completes the following sequence: Sybil Bauer, Eleanor Holm, Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Kaye Hall, Melissa Belote, Theresa Andrews, Beth Botsford, __________.
NATALIE COUGHLIN?
55. While working in Jimmy Carter’s 1980 re-election campaign, he wrestled an eight-foot, 260-pound alligator for a $15,000 contribution.
56. It was released by Nutting Associates in November 1971. Even though it was a financial failure, just a few months later, its two creators formed a successful company whose name is Japanese for “hit the target”.
SUZUKI?
57. She was the first African-American woman to enter the line of succession to the U.S. Presidency.
PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
58. It’s the only film in which five of its stars were nominated for Academy Awards for acting and none of them won. Incidentially, it’s also the only film in which three stars were nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
TOM JONES?
59. “New York is the biggest boobtown there is. They will buy any damned thing here.”
60. This veteran character actress who passed away in 2008 was perhaps best known for her supporting role on a TV series that had characters die in bizarre ways such as drowning in chicken soup.
DODY GOODMAN
61. Albert Ghiorso discovered it while examining the debris that resulted from Operation Ivy.
A TRANS-URANIUM ELEMENT
62. During the 2008 presidential campaign, this American socialite who is married into British royalty accused then-presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist and later put her foot in her mouth when she referred to rural American voters as “rednecks” and “bitter”.
LYNN DEROTHSCHILD
63. On an episode of “South Park”, Kenny G and Yoko Ono organized four million third-graders to perform this song on recorders, humorously causing the entire population of Earth to crap their pants.
MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
64. In a classic 1940s print advertisement, an African-American mother is holding up this product as her son (who, years later, served in the U.S. Cabinet) tries to reach for it.
CREAM OF WHEAT? PANCAKES?
65. He was a drummer for no fewer than seven different metal bands before winning the “Get John’s Job” contest.
66. “Hustlers, grab your guns. Your shadow weighs a ton. Driving down the 101.”
67. In the film “Anchorman”, Ron Burgundy claimed that he was friends with this football legend to try to impress a woman that he met at a party.
68. “After considering other options like Hannibal, Timber, Flagg, and Raintree”, a television producer ultimately settled on this name for the lead character of the second (and successful) pilot of his iconic series.
JAMES T. KIRK
69. In an infamous 2001 game, Marcus Camby tried to punch Danny Ferry in the face, but instead, accidentally punched this coach in the face.
JEFF VAN GUNDY
70. A flag that has a 4x4 grid of alternating white and blue squares would represent this.
VICTORY? (Thought that is white and black)
71. Obscure Foreign Actor Question: He was named the Best Supporting Actor for his country’s Academy Awards for his role in the remake of a film that, exactly 50 years earlier, was nominated for eight Academy Awards in this country.
72. Its Parliament is called the Folketinget.
DENMARK
73. “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
DICK CAVETT
74. Neil Sedaka’s first hit single, “The Diary”, was inspired by her diary.
CONNIE FRANCIS
75. In 1984, an Australian politician had to resign from Parliament when he was caught importing this toy without paying duty.
CABBAGE PATCH KID? RUBIK'S CUBE?
76. “I’m sick of portraits, and wish very much to take my viol-da-gam and walk off to some sweet village, where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness and ease.”
77. All three of his sons played college basketball. He was the coach for both his eldest and middle son, each at a different university. His middle son is now his assistant coach at his current coaching job, at yet another different university.
78. “He” was discovered in 1891 by Eugene Dubois at Trinil on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River.
JAVA MAN
79. He is the oldest person ever to win an MTV Movie Award.
JACK NICHOLSON
80. “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’”
CONAN O'BRIEN?
81. He was the most (in)famous resident of 2230 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, NY...
82. ... and he was his equally notorious cousin and brother-in-law.
83. Although when exactly they were invented is subject to debate by archaeologists and historians, their first documented use can be traced back to a 1564 treatise entitled “De Morbo Gallico”.
CONDOM
84. You could say that Thom Hartmann has brunch with him every Friday.
85. It’s the title shared by a 1930 painting, a 1942 photograph, a 1972 music album, a 1988 film, and a 1995 TV series.
AMERICAN GOTHIC
86. He got his famous nickname because of his trademark long brown hair, but his nickname is ironic in that he is an atheist.
CHRIS "JESUS" FERGUSON
87. “Now I’m Doc Strange in the Range like ‘Whoa!’ Hundred miles an hour, switchin’ lanes like ‘Whoa!’”
NICHOLAS CAGE?
88. When an Irish-born British admiral invented it in 1805, it used thirteen numbers (0-12). In 1946, it was extended to include numbers 13-17, but these numbers are used only in China and Taiwan.
89. He is the only NBA Rookie of the Year whose father was an NFL Rookie of the Year.
GRANT HILL
90. Two of the cast members of this ABC series went on to co-produce a Nickelodeon series starring two cast members of another Nickelodeon series and co-starring a third cast member of the aforementioned ABC series. Got it?
91. “Look, I’m a woman, so I like Hillary. I’m Black; I like Obama. But I’m also grumpy, so I like John McCain.”
EARTHA KITT
92. If you want 3GB of storage space for your Angelfire-hosted website, you can upgrade your account to this for $8.95 per month.
93. This current manager has something in common with his immediate predecessor: They both used to be catchers for the St. Louis Cardinals.
JOE GIRARDI
94. As far as we know, this longtime comedian--still performing today at age 86--was the first door-to-door dance salesman.
95. He has tried out with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans in the hopes of becoming a wide receiver while serving a four-year ban in the sport in which he achieved fame.
JUSTIN GATLIN
96. It was known as “The Emergency” during World War II.
IRELAND
97. A 5,000-year-old rock carving in Knowth (located in the answer to the previous question) is believed to have the earliest known depiction of this.
98. “That’s a lovely name--‘Angel’. But then, Satan was an angel.”
?? as ?? in "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
99. In 1954, this future Academy Award- and Emmy-winning cinematographer “crashed” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden on opening night.
100. He was one of the first celebrities to set up his own website at the advent of the Internet. In advertising his website, he dressed up as Queen Elizabeth II and said, “This Scottland has two Ts. My Scotland has one T.”
SCOTT THOMPSON?
101. He was born in the same town as, and his university professor father taught, the man who deposed him just 3 months and 18 days after taking office.
ALEXANDER KERENSKY
102. G.K. Chesterton once referred to him as “the celebrated American comedian”.
103. She has drawn comparisons to Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock, despite the fact that she probably doesn’t yet know how to spell “Wassily Kandinsky”.
104. “It takes time to master your skills... and use will hone your technique. But take care to choose your new skills wisely.”
ALEC GUINESS as OBI WAN KENOBI in "STAR WARS"?
105. Its geological history is split into three main epochs: Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian.
MARS
106. He was the very first comedian to receive a standing ovation on a debut appearance on “The Tonight Show”.
107. Her grandmother’s recording of a folk song written in 1878 was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
108. Comedian Artie Lange auditioned for a role in this film, but he described his audition as being so bad, it was “like a plumber who won a radio contest and got to try out for a movie”.
OFFICE SPACE
109. He was the co-commentator of the boxing match that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for a little film called “Rocky”.
HOWARD COSELL?
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Re: Time for a Nelly Game!
2 The Keatons Meredith Baxter and Michaael Gross both born June 21 1947
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Nine answers with question marks by them are correct.
Four of your definites are incorrect.
One of your definite answers is correct, but you'll have to provide that person's familiar nickname in order for the puzzle to work.
And, of course, there is one answer which is incorrect for the question under which it is currently placed, but is a correct answer to a different question in the game.
Four of your definites are incorrect.
One of your definite answers is correct, but you'll have to provide that person's familiar nickname in order for the puzzle to work.
And, of course, there is one answer which is incorrect for the question under which it is currently placed, but is a correct answer to a different question in the game.
smilergrogan wrote:Identify the 109 people, places, things, titles, and fictional characters below.
Arrange them into 47 trios and 1 quartet based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle, that you must discover for yourself. 21 answers will be used twice, 6 answers will be used three times, and 1 answer will be used four times.
Whenever you come across a quotation, bear in mind that I may be looking for a real person, a fictional character, or a title. It's up to you to work your way through the puzzle in order to determine what answers will allow everything to work out.
1. “Any man who wants to be President is either an egomaniac or crazy.”
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER? GEORGE MCGOVERN?
2. This famous sitcom dad was born on the same date of the same year as his famous sitcom wife.
MICHAEL GROSS
3. This famous artist was born on the same date of the same year as his famous artist wife.
4. He was the first left-handed quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Half of Fame.
STEVE YOUNG
5. “Ten more miles on his four-day run, a few more songs from the all-night radio, then he’ll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves.”
KATHY MATTEA in ??
6. The British monarch despised black funerals, so the city of London was festooned in purple and white during her own funeral.
VICTORIA? ELIZABETH I?
7. He hypothesized that the sight of a green apple proves that all ravens are black.
CARL HEMPEL (I bet he said "is evidence that", not "proves")
8. One year after he received his second honorary Academy Award, he won his only competitive Academy Award for a film that didn’t premiere in Los Angeles until 20 years after its original release.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
9. “I’ve always tried to do what’s right. That’s the code I live by. Do you understand that?”
FOREST WHITAKER in "GHOST DOG"?
10. One of the world’s most well-known wine-producing regions in the world, Barossa Valley is located in this country.
AUSTRALIA
11. SEGA gave him his own video game in 1990 called “Supreme Court”.
DAVID ROBINSON
12. Seth Green credits this actor as the inspiration the voice of his character on “Family Guy”.
13. Leonardo da Vinci’s “screw” is considered the forerunner to this.
HELICOPTER?
14. The real-life inspiration for the character Belle Watling in “Gone With the Wind” began working in a brothel that also happened to be the house where, exactly 40 years earlier, this now-iconic female lived. (Hint: The former brothel has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.)
MARY TODD LINCOLN?
15. “Don’t worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise, I’m real normal. Everything’ll be cool.”
16. A native of this island is called a “Pescuense”.
EASTER ISLAND
17. In 1991, he was named the very first composer laureate of North Carolina.
18. This former San Diego Chargers cheerleader co-starred on two TV series with an actor who used to be a production assistant for the TV series based on the writings of a famous “Miami Herald” columnist.
CHARISMA CARPENTER
19. His grandfather, who had the same name as he did, served as a bass singer in the court of the Elector of Cologne.
20. In the Bible, Jonah referred to it as an “exceeding great city of three days’ journey”.
NINEVEH
21. “That is grade-A, 100% bull cookies!”
22. He wrote a total of 45 books over an incredible span of 65 years. Not bad for a plumber.
E. HOWARD HUNT
23. The cover of the second solo rap album by one-half of CIA and the County Police features what appears to be the corpse of this American icon.
24. His interest in politics began at age 11 when his father took him to the funeral of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.
KARL ROVE? GEORGE W. BUSH?
25. Bill Clinton once said of this country, “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, [this country] stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.”
BRAZIL?
26. At age 12, this musician had an uncredited role in the film adaptation of the very first novel written by an ex-Catholic priest from Detroit.
JACK WHITE
27. “Relax, I have just the thing to cheer you up... we’re being sued!”
28. In a career spanning seven decades, he has produced nearly 150 films, most of them classics... but perhaps his biggest mistake was passing on “The Silence of the Lambs”.
DINO DE LAURENTIIS
29. Fort Qaitbey was built on the site, and constructed out of some of the ruins, of this more famous structure.
PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA?
30. This former female U.S. senator’s father was a governor and a presidential runner-up. She served in the same state and at the same time as two U.S. senators who also ran for President--one lost in the primaries, one lost in the general election. She is currently married to another former U.S. senator, one who immediately preceded a previously mentioned U.S. senator as Senate Majority Leader and whose first wife was the daughter of a former Senate Minority Leader. Got it?
NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM BAKER
31. It’s the Dakota word for “water”.
MINNE something
32. “We all enjoy the riches of L.A., and we all need to make a commitment to helping others.”
33. Susan Butcher, who passed away in 2006 at age 51, won this race four times.
THE IDITAROD
34. Before turning 19 years old, this comedian appeared on “Soul Train”, “Def Comedy Jam”, “Showtime at the Apollo”, and “A Different World”... and co-starred on a CBS series that was so bad, it was canceled after one episode.
35. The section of Interstate 44 that runs through Springfield, MO, is named in honor of him.
HARRY TRUMAN? ROY BLUNT?
36. It has a population of roughly 2,000,000 people, it has only 1% surface water, its capital is Bestine, its points of interest include Mos Eisley and Mos Espa, and it’s home to Womp rats and Krayt dragons.
TATOOINE
37. “If I never feel you in my arms again, if I never feel your tender kiss again, if I never hear ‘I love you’ now and then, will I never make love to you once again?”
TONI BRAXTON in ??
38. Although it ran for only four episodes in March 1977, a program based in Columbus, OH, that was hosted by this man is considered to be TV’s very first cable game show.
PHIL DONAHUE?
39. The woman who hid this famous writer and this famous writer’s family and friends is still alive today at age 100.
ANNE FRANK
40. It is the only country in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters in elevation. Its lowest point is over 4,500 feet above sea level!
NEPAL? BHUTAN?
41. “I don’t hate women, but I think they should be kept in cages.”
NORMAN MAILER
42. He was once considered for the roles of Clark Kent in “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and Fox Mulder in “The X-Files”.
KEVIN SORBO?
43. Just before her 17th birthday, she wrote, “God spoke to me and called me to His service”.
JOAN OF ARC
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
MEDGAR EVERS?
45. Fanny could tell you that he is considered the most successful coach of the Denver Nuggets (outside of George Karl), putting together a 628-529 record and winning a Coach of the Year Award. Merry Man Carmelo Anthony could tell you that he’s currently a Denver Nuggets assistant coach.
DOUG MOE
46. “What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation.”
47. Three well-known varieties of them are Atlas, Madagascan Sunset, and Emperor Gum.
MOTHS
48. Her first on-screen appearance was an uncredited role in a 3-D film that Howard Hughes claimed would “knock both your eyes out”.
KIM NOVAK
49. Its many sister cities include Washington DC, Moscow, Beijing, Sydney, Budapest, and Bored favorite Fukuoka.
50. He is the only member of the “Gang of Seven” who is still in office today.
JOHN MCCAIN?
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
SEAN HAYES as JACK MCFARLAND in "WILL AND GRACE"
52. This actor/singer played a cop and a paramedic on two popular 1970s series. He was the son of a famous actor/singer and his three brothers–two of whom committed suicide by gunshot–were also singers.
GARY CROSBY
53. According to a well-known legend, a beautiful young maiden, distraught by the infidelities of her lover, committed suicide by jumping off a steep rock (now named for her) and landing in here.
BUZZARD'S BAY?
54. The woman who completes the following sequence: Sybil Bauer, Eleanor Holm, Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Kaye Hall, Melissa Belote, Theresa Andrews, Beth Botsford, __________.
NATALIE COUGHLIN?
55. While working in Jimmy Carter’s 1980 re-election campaign, he wrestled an eight-foot, 260-pound alligator for a $15,000 contribution.
56. It was released by Nutting Associates in November 1971. Even though it was a financial failure, just a few months later, its two creators formed a successful company whose name is Japanese for “hit the target”.
SUZUKI?
57. She was the first African-American woman to enter the line of succession to the U.S. Presidency.
PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
58. It’s the only film in which five of its stars were nominated for Academy Awards for acting and none of them won. Incidentially, it’s also the only film in which three stars were nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
TOM JONES?
59. “New York is the biggest boobtown there is. They will buy any damned thing here.”
60. This veteran character actress who passed away in 2008 was perhaps best known for her supporting role on a TV series that had characters die in bizarre ways such as drowning in chicken soup.
DODY GOODMAN
61. Albert Ghiorso discovered it while examining the debris that resulted from Operation Ivy.
A TRANS-URANIUM ELEMENT
62. During the 2008 presidential campaign, this American socialite who is married into British royalty accused then-presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist and later put her foot in her mouth when she referred to rural American voters as “rednecks” and “bitter”.
LYNN DEROTHSCHILD
63. On an episode of “South Park”, Kenny G and Yoko Ono organized four million third-graders to perform this song on recorders, humorously causing the entire population of Earth to crap their pants.
MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
64. In a classic 1940s print advertisement, an African-American mother is holding up this product as her son (who, years later, served in the U.S. Cabinet) tries to reach for it.
CREAM OF WHEAT? PANCAKES?
65. He was a drummer for no fewer than seven different metal bands before winning the “Get John’s Job” contest.
66. “Hustlers, grab your guns. Your shadow weighs a ton. Driving down the 101.”
67. In the film “Anchorman”, Ron Burgundy claimed that he was friends with this football legend to try to impress a woman that he met at a party.
68. “After considering other options like Hannibal, Timber, Flagg, and Raintree”, a television producer ultimately settled on this name for the lead character of the second (and successful) pilot of his iconic series.
JAMES T. KIRK
69. In an infamous 2001 game, Marcus Camby tried to punch Danny Ferry in the face, but instead, accidentally punched this coach in the face.
JEFF VAN GUNDY
70. A flag that has a 4x4 grid of alternating white and blue squares would represent this.
VICTORY? (Thought that is white and black)
71. Obscure Foreign Actor Question: He was named the Best Supporting Actor for his country’s Academy Awards for his role in the remake of a film that, exactly 50 years earlier, was nominated for eight Academy Awards in this country.
72. Its Parliament is called the Folketinget.
DENMARK
73. “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
DICK CAVETT
74. Neil Sedaka’s first hit single, “The Diary”, was inspired by her diary.
CONNIE FRANCIS
75. In 1984, an Australian politician had to resign from Parliament when he was caught importing this toy without paying duty.
CABBAGE PATCH KID? RUBIK'S CUBE?
76. “I’m sick of portraits, and wish very much to take my viol-da-gam and walk off to some sweet village, where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness and ease.”
77. All three of his sons played college basketball. He was the coach for both his eldest and middle son, each at a different university. His middle son is now his assistant coach at his current coaching job, at yet another different university.
78. “He” was discovered in 1891 by Eugene Dubois at Trinil on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River.
JAVA MAN
79. He is the oldest person ever to win an MTV Movie Award.
JACK NICHOLSON
80. “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’”
CONAN O'BRIEN?
81. He was the most (in)famous resident of 2230 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, NY...
82. ... and he was his equally notorious cousin and brother-in-law.
83. Although when exactly they were invented is subject to debate by archaeologists and historians, their first documented use can be traced back to a 1564 treatise entitled “De Morbo Gallico”.
CONDOM
84. You could say that Thom Hartmann has brunch with him every Friday.
85. It’s the title shared by a 1930 painting, a 1942 photograph, a 1972 music album, a 1988 film, and a 1995 TV series.
AMERICAN GOTHIC
86. He got his famous nickname because of his trademark long brown hair, but his nickname is ironic in that he is an atheist.
CHRIS "JESUS" FERGUSON
87. “Now I’m Doc Strange in the Range like ‘Whoa!’ Hundred miles an hour, switchin’ lanes like ‘Whoa!’”
NICHOLAS CAGE?
88. When an Irish-born British admiral invented it in 1805, it used thirteen numbers (0-12). In 1946, it was extended to include numbers 13-17, but these numbers are used only in China and Taiwan.
89. He is the only NBA Rookie of the Year whose father was an NFL Rookie of the Year.
GRANT HILL
90. Two of the cast members of this ABC series went on to co-produce a Nickelodeon series starring two cast members of another Nickelodeon series and co-starring a third cast member of the aforementioned ABC series. Got it?
91. “Look, I’m a woman, so I like Hillary. I’m Black; I like Obama. But I’m also grumpy, so I like John McCain.”
EARTHA KITT
92. If you want 3GB of storage space for your Angelfire-hosted website, you can upgrade your account to this for $8.95 per month.
93. This current manager has something in common with his immediate predecessor: They both used to be catchers for the St. Louis Cardinals.
JOE GIRARDI
94. As far as we know, this longtime comedian--still performing today at age 86--was the first door-to-door dance salesman.
95. He has tried out with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans in the hopes of becoming a wide receiver while serving a four-year ban in the sport in which he achieved fame.
JUSTIN GATLIN
96. It was known as “The Emergency” during World War II.
IRELAND
97. A 5,000-year-old rock carving in Knowth (located in the answer to the previous question) is believed to have the earliest known depiction of this.
98. “That’s a lovely name--‘Angel’. But then, Satan was an angel.”
?? as ?? in "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
99. In 1954, this future Academy Award- and Emmy-winning cinematographer “crashed” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden on opening night.
100. He was one of the first celebrities to set up his own website at the advent of the Internet. In advertising his website, he dressed up as Queen Elizabeth II and said, “This Scottland has two Ts. My Scotland has one T.”
SCOTT THOMPSON?
101. He was born in the same town as, and his university professor father taught, the man who deposed him just 3 months and 18 days after taking office.
ALEXANDER KERENSKY
102. G.K. Chesterton once referred to him as “the celebrated American comedian”.
103. She has drawn comparisons to Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock, despite the fact that she probably doesn’t yet know how to spell “Wassily Kandinsky”.
104. “It takes time to master your skills... and use will hone your technique. But take care to choose your new skills wisely.”
ALEC GUINESS as OBI WAN KENOBI in "STAR WARS"?
105. Its geological history is split into three main epochs: Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian.
MARS
106. He was the very first comedian to receive a standing ovation on a debut appearance on “The Tonight Show”.
107. Her grandmother’s recording of a folk song written in 1878 was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
108. Comedian Artie Lange auditioned for a role in this film, but he described his audition as being so bad, it was “like a plumber who won a radio contest and got to try out for a movie”.
OFFICE SPACE
109. He was the co-commentator of the boxing match that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for a little film called “Rocky”.
HOWARD COSELL?
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Re: Time for a Nelly Game!
106 is Rocky LaPorte.
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25. Bill Clinton once said of this country, “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, [this country] stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.”
BRAZIL?
I have a feeling this is meant to be ironic. Something like Yugoslavia.
31. It’s the Dakota word for “water”.
MINNE something
Minnesota might be an obvious answer. There's also a semi-famoulake in Minnesota called Minnetonka
35. The section of Interstate 44 that runs through Springfield, MO, is named in honor of him.
HARRY TRUMAN? ROY BLUNT?
At the risk of making things even murkier, what about Dick Gephardt?
46. “What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation.”
WAG - Rich Little?
107. Her grandmother’s recording of a folk song written in 1878 was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
Would it be a stretch to say Roseanne Cash?
109. He was the co-commentator of the boxing match that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for a little film called “Rocky”.
HOWARD COSELL?
The fight was between Ali and the Bayonne Bleeder Chuck Wepner. Cosell probably called it with someone else.
We haven't found a Tangredi connection but it occurs to me that there are two diary related questions that combined lead to Anne Francis. Is that any help at all
BRAZIL?
I have a feeling this is meant to be ironic. Something like Yugoslavia.
31. It’s the Dakota word for “water”.
MINNE something
Minnesota might be an obvious answer. There's also a semi-famoulake in Minnesota called Minnetonka
35. The section of Interstate 44 that runs through Springfield, MO, is named in honor of him.
HARRY TRUMAN? ROY BLUNT?
At the risk of making things even murkier, what about Dick Gephardt?
46. “What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation.”
WAG - Rich Little?
107. Her grandmother’s recording of a folk song written in 1878 was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
Would it be a stretch to say Roseanne Cash?
109. He was the co-commentator of the boxing match that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for a little film called “Rocky”.
HOWARD COSELL?
The fight was between Ali and the Bayonne Bleeder Chuck Wepner. Cosell probably called it with someone else.
We haven't found a Tangredi connection but it occurs to me that there are two diary related questions that combined lead to Anne Francis. Is that any help at all
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I think you're going to have to kick yourself, Frank. (At bottom)franktangredi wrote:Norman Mailer. I hate that guy.
Identify the 109 people, places, things, titles, and fictional characters below.
Arrange them into 47 trios and 1 quartet based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle, that you must discover for yourself. 21 answers will be used twice, 6 answers will be used three times, and 1 answer will be used four times.
Whenever you come across a quotation, bear in mind that I may be looking for a real person, a fictional character, or a title. It's up to you to work your way through the puzzle in order to determine what answers will allow everything to work out.
1. “Any man who wants to be President is either an egomaniac or crazy.”
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER? GEORGE MCGOVERN?
2. This famous sitcom dad was born on the same date of the same year as his famous sitcom wife.
MICHAEL GROSS
3. This famous artist was born on the same date of the same year as his famous artist wife.
4. He was the first left-handed quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Half of Fame.
STEVE YOUNG
5. “Ten more miles on his four-day run, a few more songs from the all-night radio, then he’ll spend the rest of his life with the one that he loves.”
KATHY MATTEA in ??
6. The British monarch despised black funerals, so the city of London was festooned in purple and white during her own funeral.
VICTORIA? ELIZABETH I?
7. He hypothesized that the sight of a green apple proves that all ravens are black.
CARL HEMPEL (I bet he said "is evidence that", not "proves")
8. One year after he received his second honorary Academy Award, he won his only competitive Academy Award for a film that didn’t premiere in Los Angeles until 20 years after its original release.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
9. “I’ve always tried to do what’s right. That’s the code I live by. Do you understand that?”
FOREST WHITAKER in "GHOST DOG"?
10. One of the world’s most well-known wine-producing regions in the world, Barossa Valley is located in this country.
AUSTRALIA
11. SEGA gave him his own video game in 1990 called “Supreme Court”.
DAVID ROBINSON
12. Seth Green credits this actor as the inspiration the voice of his character on “Family Guy”.
13. Leonardo da Vinci’s “screw” is considered the forerunner to this.
HELICOPTER?
14. The real-life inspiration for the character Belle Watling in “Gone With the Wind” began working in a brothel that also happened to be the house where, exactly 40 years earlier, this now-iconic female lived. (Hint: The former brothel has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.)
MARY TODD LINCOLN?
15. “Don’t worry, Mr. Simms. I look weird, but otherwise, I’m real normal. Everything’ll be cool.”
16. A native of this island is called a “Pescuense”.
EASTER ISLAND
17. In 1991, he was named the very first composer laureate of North Carolina.
18. This former San Diego Chargers cheerleader co-starred on two TV series with an actor who used to be a production assistant for the TV series based on the writings of a famous “Miami Herald” columnist.
CHARISMA CARPENTER
19. His grandfather, who had the same name as he did, served as a bass singer in the court of the Elector of Cologne.
20. In the Bible, Jonah referred to it as an “exceeding great city of three days’ journey”.
NINEVEH
21. “That is grade-A, 100% bull cookies!”
22. He wrote a total of 45 books over an incredible span of 65 years. Not bad for a plumber.
E. HOWARD HUNT
23. The cover of the second solo rap album by one-half of CIA and the County Police features what appears to be the corpse of this American icon.
24. His interest in politics began at age 11 when his father took him to the funeral of Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn.
KARL ROVE? GEORGE W. BUSH?
25. Bill Clinton once said of this country, “In a world darkened by ethnic conflicts that tear nations apart, [this country] stands as a model of how people of different cultures can live and work together in peace, prosperity, and mutual respect.”
BRAZIL?
26. At age 12, this musician had an uncredited role in the film adaptation of the very first novel written by an ex-Catholic priest from Detroit.
JACK WHITE
27. “Relax, I have just the thing to cheer you up... we’re being sued!”
28. In a career spanning seven decades, he has produced nearly 150 films, most of them classics... but perhaps his biggest mistake was passing on “The Silence of the Lambs”.
DINO DE LAURENTIIS
29. Fort Qaitbey was built on the site, and constructed out of some of the ruins, of this more famous structure.
PHAROS OF ALEXANDRIA?
30. This former female U.S. senator’s father was a governor and a presidential runner-up. She served in the same state and at the same time as two U.S. senators who also ran for President--one lost in the primaries, one lost in the general election. She is currently married to another former U.S. senator, one who immediately preceded a previously mentioned U.S. senator as Senate Majority Leader and whose first wife was the daughter of a former Senate Minority Leader. Got it?
NANCY LANDON KASSEBAUM BAKER
31. It’s the Dakota word for “water”.
MINNE something
32. “We all enjoy the riches of L.A., and we all need to make a commitment to helping others.”
33. Susan Butcher, who passed away in 2006 at age 51, won this race four times.
THE IDITAROD
34. Before turning 19 years old, this comedian appeared on “Soul Train”, “Def Comedy Jam”, “Showtime at the Apollo”, and “A Different World”... and co-starred on a CBS series that was so bad, it was canceled after one episode.
35. The section of Interstate 44 that runs through Springfield, MO, is named in honor of him.
HARRY TRUMAN? ROY BLUNT?
36. It has a population of roughly 2,000,000 people, it has only 1% surface water, its capital is Bestine, its points of interest include Mos Eisley and Mos Espa, and it’s home to Womp rats and Krayt dragons.
TATOOINE
37. “If I never feel you in my arms again, if I never feel your tender kiss again, if I never hear ‘I love you’ now and then, will I never make love to you once again?”
TONI BRAXTON in ??
38. Although it ran for only four episodes in March 1977, a program based in Columbus, OH, that was hosted by this man is considered to be TV’s very first cable game show.
PHIL DONAHUE?
39. The woman who hid this famous writer and this famous writer’s family and friends is still alive today at age 100.
ANNE FRANK
40. It is the only country in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters in elevation. Its lowest point is over 4,500 feet above sea level!
NEPAL? BHUTAN?
41. “I don’t hate women, but I think they should be kept in cages.”
NORMAN MAILER
42. He was once considered for the roles of Clark Kent in “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and Fox Mulder in “The X-Files”.
KEVIN SORBO?
43. Just before her 17th birthday, she wrote, “God spoke to me and called me to His service”.
JOAN OF ARC
44. The quickest route between Whoopi Goldberg and Elvis Presley is through this historical figure.
MEDGAR EVERS?
45. Fanny could tell you that he is considered the most successful coach of the Denver Nuggets (outside of George Karl), putting together a 628-529 record and winning a Coach of the Year Award. Merry Man Carmelo Anthony could tell you that he’s currently a Denver Nuggets assistant coach.
DOUG MOE
46. “What I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation.”
47. Three well-known varieties of them are Atlas, Madagascan Sunset, and Emperor Gum.
MOTHS
48. Her first on-screen appearance was an uncredited role in a 3-D film that Howard Hughes claimed would “knock both your eyes out”.
KIM NOVAK
49. Its many sister cities include Washington DC, Moscow, Beijing, Sydney, Budapest, and Bored favorite Fukuoka.
50. He is the only member of the “Gang of Seven” who is still in office today.
JOHN MCCAIN?
51. “I’m going to be playing a cop in a new TV show and I would love some pointers. The only cop things I’ve done is use handcuffs and say to someone, ‘Do you have any idea how fast you were going?’”
SEAN HAYES as JACK MCFARLAND in "WILL AND GRACE"
52. This actor/singer played a cop and a paramedic on two popular 1970s series. He was the son of a famous actor/singer and his three brothers–two of whom committed suicide by gunshot–were also singers.
GARY CROSBY
53. According to a well-known legend, a beautiful young maiden, distraught by the infidelities of her lover, committed suicide by jumping off a steep rock (now named for her) and landing in here.
BUZZARD'S BAY?
54. The woman who completes the following sequence: Sybil Bauer, Eleanor Holm, Lynn Burke, Cathy Ferguson, Kaye Hall, Melissa Belote, Theresa Andrews, Beth Botsford, __________.
NATALIE COUGHLIN?
55. While working in Jimmy Carter’s 1980 re-election campaign, he wrestled an eight-foot, 260-pound alligator for a $15,000 contribution.
56. It was released by Nutting Associates in November 1971. Even though it was a financial failure, just a few months later, its two creators formed a successful company whose name is Japanese for “hit the target”.
SUZUKI?
57. She was the first African-American woman to enter the line of succession to the U.S. Presidency.
PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS
58. It’s the only film in which five of its stars were nominated for Academy Awards for acting and none of them won. Incidentially, it’s also the only film in which three stars were nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award.
TOM JONES?
59. “New York is the biggest boobtown there is. They will buy any damned thing here.”
60. This veteran character actress who passed away in 2008 was perhaps best known for her supporting role on a TV series that had characters die in bizarre ways such as drowning in chicken soup.
DODY GOODMAN
61. Albert Ghiorso discovered it while examining the debris that resulted from Operation Ivy.
A TRANS-URANIUM ELEMENT
62. During the 2008 presidential campaign, this American socialite who is married into British royalty accused then-presidential candidate Barack Obama of being an elitist and later put her foot in her mouth when she referred to rural American voters as “rednecks” and “bitter”.
LYNN DEROTHSCHILD
63. On an episode of “South Park”, Kenny G and Yoko Ono organized four million third-graders to perform this song on recorders, humorously causing the entire population of Earth to crap their pants.
MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
64. In a classic 1940s print advertisement, an African-American mother is holding up this product as her son (who, years later, served in the U.S. Cabinet) tries to reach for it.
CREAM OF WHEAT? PANCAKES?
65. He was a drummer for no fewer than seven different metal bands before winning the “Get John’s Job” contest.
66. “Hustlers, grab your guns. Your shadow weighs a ton. Driving down the 101.”
67. In the film “Anchorman”, Ron Burgundy claimed that he was friends with this football legend to try to impress a woman that he met at a party.
68. “After considering other options like Hannibal, Timber, Flagg, and Raintree”, a television producer ultimately settled on this name for the lead character of the second (and successful) pilot of his iconic series.
JAMES T. KIRK
69. In an infamous 2001 game, Marcus Camby tried to punch Danny Ferry in the face, but instead, accidentally punched this coach in the face.
JEFF VAN GUNDY
70. A flag that has a 4x4 grid of alternating white and blue squares would represent this.
VICTORY? (Thought that is white and black)
71. Obscure Foreign Actor Question: He was named the Best Supporting Actor for his country’s Academy Awards for his role in the remake of a film that, exactly 50 years earlier, was nominated for eight Academy Awards in this country.
72. Its Parliament is called the Folketinget.
DENMARK
73. “Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
DICK CAVETT
74. Neil Sedaka’s first hit single, “The Diary”, was inspired by her diary.
CONNIE FRANCIS
75. In 1984, an Australian politician had to resign from Parliament when he was caught importing this toy without paying duty.
CABBAGE PATCH KID? RUBIK'S CUBE?
76. “I’m sick of portraits, and wish very much to take my viol-da-gam and walk off to some sweet village, where I can paint landskips and enjoy the fag end of life in quietness and ease.”
77. All three of his sons played college basketball. He was the coach for both his eldest and middle son, each at a different university. His middle son is now his assistant coach at his current coaching job, at yet another different university.
78. “He” was discovered in 1891 by Eugene Dubois at Trinil on the banks of the Bengawan Solo River.
JAVA MAN
79. He is the oldest person ever to win an MTV Movie Award.
JACK NICHOLSON
80. “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’”
CONAN O'BRIEN?
81. He was the most (in)famous resident of 2230 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, NY...
82. ... and he was his equally notorious cousin and brother-in-law.
83. Although when exactly they were invented is subject to debate by archaeologists and historians, their first documented use can be traced back to a 1564 treatise entitled “De Morbo Gallico”.
CONDOM
84. You could say that Thom Hartmann has brunch with him every Friday.
85. It’s the title shared by a 1930 painting, a 1942 photograph, a 1972 music album, a 1988 film, and a 1995 TV series.
AMERICAN GOTHIC
86. He got his famous nickname because of his trademark long brown hair, but his nickname is ironic in that he is an atheist.
CHRIS "JESUS" FERGUSON
87. “Now I’m Doc Strange in the Range like ‘Whoa!’ Hundred miles an hour, switchin’ lanes like ‘Whoa!’”
NICHOLAS CAGE?
88. When an Irish-born British admiral invented it in 1805, it used thirteen numbers (0-12). In 1946, it was extended to include numbers 13-17, but these numbers are used only in China and Taiwan.
89. He is the only NBA Rookie of the Year whose father was an NFL Rookie of the Year.
GRANT HILL
90. Two of the cast members of this ABC series went on to co-produce a Nickelodeon series starring two cast members of another Nickelodeon series and co-starring a third cast member of the aforementioned ABC series. Got it?
91. “Look, I’m a woman, so I like Hillary. I’m Black; I like Obama. But I’m also grumpy, so I like John McCain.”
EARTHA KITT
92. If you want 3GB of storage space for your Angelfire-hosted website, you can upgrade your account to this for $8.95 per month.
93. This current manager has something in common with his immediate predecessor: They both used to be catchers for the St. Louis Cardinals.
JOE GIRARDI
94. As far as we know, this longtime comedian--still performing today at age 86--was the first door-to-door dance salesman.
95. He has tried out with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans, and Tennessee Titans in the hopes of becoming a wide receiver while serving a four-year ban in the sport in which he achieved fame.
JUSTIN GATLIN
96. It was known as “The Emergency” during World War II.
IRELAND
97. A 5,000-year-old rock carving in Knowth (located in the answer to the previous question) is believed to have the earliest known depiction of this.
98. “That’s a lovely name--‘Angel’. But then, Satan was an angel.”
?? as ?? in "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
99. In 1954, this future Academy Award- and Emmy-winning cinematographer “crashed” the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden on opening night.
100. He was one of the first celebrities to set up his own website at the advent of the Internet. In advertising his website, he dressed up as Queen Elizabeth II and said, “This Scottland has two Ts. My Scotland has one T.”
SCOTT THOMPSON?
101. He was born in the same town as, and his university professor father taught, the man who deposed him just 3 months and 18 days after taking office.
ALEXANDER KERENSKY
102. G.K. Chesterton once referred to him as “the celebrated American comedian”.
103. She has drawn comparisons to Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock, despite the fact that she probably doesn’t yet know how to spell “Wassily Kandinsky”.
104. “It takes time to master your skills... and use will hone your technique. But take care to choose your new skills wisely.”
ALEC GUINESS as OBI WAN KENOBI in "STAR WARS"?
105. Its geological history is split into three main epochs: Noachian, Hesperian, and Amazonian.
MARS
106. He was the very first comedian to receive a standing ovation on a debut appearance on “The Tonight Show”.
107. Her grandmother’s recording of a folk song written in 1878 was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
108. Comedian Artie Lange auditioned for a role in this film, but he described his audition as being so bad, it was “like a plumber who won a radio contest and got to try out for a movie”.
OFFICE SPACE
109. He was the co-commentator of the boxing match that inspired Sylvester Stallone to write the screenplay for a little film called “Rocky”.
HOWARD COSELL?
Still not sure how we get some of the last names, but:
39. Anne FRANK + ? = FRANK TANGREDI, who missed a WWTBAM question about 41. NORMAN MAILER
30. NANCY Kassebaum + ? = NANCY CHRISTY, won $1M on WWTBAM answering a question about 85. AMERICAN GOTHIC
? JOHN ? + 18. Charisma CARPENTER = JOHN CARPENTR, won on a question about RICHARD NIXON (maybe the answer to #1?)
42. KEVIN Sorbo + ? = KEVIN OLMSTEAD, who I believe answered a question about 13.
HELICOPTERS
93. JOE Girardi + ? = JOE TRELA, won on a question about 47. MOTHS
? + 60. Dody GOODMAN = DAVID GOODMAN won $1M, don't remember his question
48. KIM Novak + 22. E. Howard HUNT = KIM HUNT won $1M, don't remember his question
I think I remember STEVE PERRY had a question about JAVA MAN, but that wasn't his last question
Somebody early on had a $1M question about which minor character said "Something is rotten in the state of DENMARK" (#72)
Unfortunately I don't follow the show as closely as I once did, so that's about all I can remember.
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Re: Time for a Nelly Game!
I would assume that the multiple answers mean that a first name is only here once for multiple people, so that if both Steve Perry and I are on here, we'd both be matched with Steve Young and someone else who yields a last name. That would indicate there's an American flag for the answer (probably that South Park question) and a Brady Bunch question.smilergrogan wrote: Arrange them into 47 trios and 1 quartet based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle, that you must discover for yourself. 21 answers will be used twice, 6 answers will be used three times, and 1 answer will be used four times.
It also means that #40 should be Bolivia.
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Someone had a high dollar question on the show about whose face was on the mask that Michael Myers of Halloween wore. The answer was James Kirk.NellyLunatic1980 wrote: 68. “After considering other options like Hannibal, Timber, Flagg, and Raintree”, a television producer ultimately settled on this name for the lead character of the second (and successful) pilot of his iconic series.
JAMES T. KIRK
The alligator wrestler was Terry McAulliffe.
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This is one puzzle that could use a lot of input from other BBs who remember more of these shows than I do.smilergrogan wrote: 23. The cover of the second solo rap album by one-half of CIA and the County Police features what appears to be the corpse of this American icon.
I'm guessing this is Uncle Sam, who was Kevin Smith's million dollare subject.
38. Although it ran for only four episodes in March 1977, a program based in Columbus, OH, that was hosted by this man is considered to be TV’s very first cable game show.
Could this be Bill Cullen, leading to Bernie Cullen?
90. Two of the cast members of this ABC series went on to co-produce a Nickelodeon series starring two cast members of another Nickelodeon series and co-starring a third cast member of the aforementioned ABC series. Got it?
Could this be The Brady Bunch?
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Answers that are used multiple times are not necessarily used solely for their first names.silverscreenselect wrote:I would assume that the multiple answers mean that a first name is only here once for multiple people, so that if both Steve Perry and I are on here, we'd both be matched with Steve Young and someone else who yields a last name.smilergrogan wrote: Arrange them into 47 trios and 1 quartet based on a Tangredi, or hidden principle, that you must discover for yourself. 21 answers will be used twice, 6 answers will be used three times, and 1 answer will be used four times.
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45. DOUG Moe + 69. Jeff VANGUNDY + 33. IDITAROD
Doug VanGundy's question about the Iditarod won him the $250K. He walked on the $500K about Bolingbroke. So if the contestant walked away -- perhaps it isn't the last question/answer we want, but the last successful one?
The presence of Norman Mailer (and that fellow McCain) suggests that for those of us who did NOT walk away, we're looking for the answer to the missed question. Or maybe the answers aren't totally consistent in that respect.
Doug VanGundy's question about the Iditarod won him the $250K. He walked on the $500K about Bolingbroke. So if the contestant walked away -- perhaps it isn't the last question/answer we want, but the last successful one?
The presence of Norman Mailer (and that fellow McCain) suggests that for those of us who did NOT walk away, we're looking for the answer to the missed question. Or maybe the answers aren't totally consistent in that respect.
Bazinga!
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Norman Mailer. I hate that guy.mcd1400de wrote:45. DOUG Moe + 69. Jeff VANGUNDY + 33. IDITAROD
Doug VanGundy's question about the Iditarod won him the $250K. He walked on the $500K about Bolingbroke. So if the contestant walked away -- perhaps it isn't the last question/answer we want, but the last successful one?
The presence of Norman Mailer (and that fellow McCain) suggests that for those of us who did NOT walk away, we're looking for the answer to the missed question. Or maybe the answers aren't totally consistent in that respect.
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At least you only hate one guy. I hate five.franktangredi wrote: Norman Mailer. I hate that guy.
Bazinga!
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And I can't even hate anything because that would be unpatriotic.mcd1400de wrote:At least you only hate one guy. I hate five.franktangredi wrote: Norman Mailer. I hate that guy.
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If memory serves, David Goodman's million-dollar question was Paddington Bear's country of origin, which I think was Peru.smilergrogan wrote:? + 60. Dody GOODMAN = DAVID GOODMAN won $1M, don't remember his question
48. KIM Novak + 22. E. Howard HUNT = KIM HUNT won $1M, don't remember his question
I think I remember STEVE PERRY had a question about JAVA MAN, but that wasn't his last question
Somebody early on had a $1M question about which minor character said "Something is rotten in the state of DENMARK" (#72)
Unfortunately I don't follow the show as closely as I once did, so that's about all I can remember.
I think Kim Hunt had the question about elements -- which of four scientists did not have an element named after him.
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I just hate my slow fingers.silverscreenselect wrote:And I can't even hate anything because that would be unpatriotic.mcd1400de wrote:At least you only hate one guy. I hate five.franktangredi wrote: Norman Mailer. I hate that guy.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!
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Java Man was indeed my 500k. So that's embarrassing that I didn't see the Tangredi.