SSS Puzzle

[plasticene]

Is it possible that GRACE LEE WHITNEY should be connected to WILLIAM SHATNER instead of GENE RODDENBERRY? Seems like just as good a match to me.

[franktangredi]

Is it possible that GRACE LEE WHITNEY should be connected to WILLIAM SHATNER instead of GENE RODDENBERRY? Seems like just as good a match to me.

Hmmm. We'll have to keep an open mind on that one. Shatner has more possible associations than Roddenberry, but maybe the GENE is more important.

[smilergrogan]

8. BILLY MARTIN + 89. ED GEIN = ED WHITSON, Yankees pitcher who fought with Martin (who didn't?)

[mellytu74]

How about...

13. JIMMY DEAN + 68. WILLARD SCOTT = Willard Whyte, played by Dean in Diamonds Are Forever?

Which would make the Alain Whyte / Morrissey one work, too.

[mellytu74]

10. One of his earliest acting roles was as a boy needing a liver transplant on an X-Files episode remarkably similar to the current TV series, Touch.
Is this Shia Laboeuf in the episode the Goldberg Variation with Willie Garson Moz from White Collar

It could go with Rosie O'Donnell to give us Rosie Huntingdon Whiteley, his Transformers co-star

[mellytu74]

Can there be some connection between John C Calhoun and Eli Whitney?

What, I don't know. But the cotton gin and the South and Calhoun and war could be something.

[Bob Juch]

Can there be some connection between John C Calhoun and Eli Whitney?

What, I don't know. But the cotton gin and the South and Calhoun and war could be something.

They both went to Yale.

[mellytu74]

Can there be some connection between John C Calhoun and Eli Whitney?

What, I don't know. But the cotton gin and the South and Calhoun and war could be something.

They both went to Yale.

I'm not sure that's enough, though. Were they classmates?

[Bob Juch]

Can there be some connection between John C Calhoun and Eli Whitney?

What, I don't know. But the cotton gin and the South and Calhoun and war could be something.

They both went to Yale.

I'm not sure that's enough, though. Were they classmates?

No, Whitney was older. However Calhoon was Secretary of War when Whitney got a contract from the War Department to supply guns with interchangeable parts; he never fulfilled it. I'd have to look it up but I recall that caused Whitney to die in poverty.

[mellytu74]

FWIW isn't it BILLIE Sol Estes, not Billy?

Reason I ask....

Billie Whitelaw is associated with Samuel Beckett.

BUT, Billie Whitelaw is female and, if sss wanted to do that, he could have done it with Billie Burke.

[Hale Bopper]

I'm not feeling the love!

[mellytu74]

I'm not feeling the love!

Billie Sol Estes was a follower of Marshall Applewhite?

[Pastor Fireball]

FWIW isn't it BILLIE Sol Estes, not Billy?

Reason I ask....

Billie Whitelaw is associated with Samuel Beckett.

BUT, Billie Whitelaw is female and, if sss wanted to do that, he could have done it with Billie Burke.

True... but then again, Billie Burke is not as interesting a name as Billie Sol Estes.

And indeed, his name is spelled with an -ie and not a -y, so the pair works.

[franktangredi]

I think this consolidation is up to date.

ALERNATE ANSWERS POSSIBLE
97. WILL ROGERS + [76. JAMES LONGSTREET or 35. JAMES COOK] = JAMES WHITMORE
[95. GENE RODDENBERRY or 83. WILLIAM SHATNER]+ 31. GRACE METALIOUS = GRACE LEE WHITNEY

UNMATCHED
5. TOM BERENGER
10. One of his earliest acting roles was as a boy needing a liver transplant on an X-Files episode remarkably similar to the current TV series, Touch.
SHIA LeBOEUF? [I don't think this is correct]
18. ALBERT HOFFMAN
26. JOE PERRY
47. BRAD DEXTER
52. ROSIE O'DONNELL
60. JOAN MIRO
72. LIU YANG
73. TOM SEAVER
99. PEGGY NOONAN

COMPLETE
30. SAMUEL BECKETT + 51. BILLIE SOL ESTES = BILLIE WHITELAW = BILLIE WHITELAW
20. MORRISSEY + 65. ALAIN DELON = ALAIN WHYTE
13. JIMMY DEAN + 68. WILLARD SCOTT = WILLARD WHYTE
8. BILLY MARTIN + 89. ED GEIN = ED WHITSON
100. JOHN C. CALHOUN + 41. ELI LILLY = ELI WHITNEY
7. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON + 81. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES = JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
71. ALGER HISS + 28. MARILYN CHAMBERS = WHITAKER CHAMBERS
2. MICKEY MANTLE + 66. GERALD FORD = WHITEY FORD
38. OZZIE SMITH + 55. WERNER HERZOG = WHITEY HERZOG
94. ABRAHAM LINCOLN + 57. WALT KELLY = WALT WHITMAN
98. ANDY KAUFMAN + 32. SLIM PICKENS = SLIM WHITMAN
92. ALAN TRAMMELL + 53. LOU HOLTZ = LOU WHITAKER
11. REDD FOXX + 36. VIRGINIA MAYO = WHITMAN MAYO
80. MOSS HART + 49. SHERIDAN LE FANU = SHERIDAN WHITESIDE
24. BERRY GORDY + 12. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE = NORMAN WHITFIELD
88. LARRY THE CABLE GUY + 42. DAN GLICKMAN = DAN WHITNEY
67. MACK BROWN + 6. MAJOR GARRET = MAJOR APPLEWHITE
15. MICHAEL CAINE + 75. MAURICE RAVEL = MAURICE MICKLEWHITE
85. THOMAS CHIPPENDALE + 34. GEORGE MASON = GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE
46. MICKEY WRIGHT + 23. KATHY IRELAND = KATHY WHITWORTH
37. JIM MCGREEVEY + 86. CHRISTINE KEELER = CHRISTINE WHITMAN
96. GEORGE GERSHWIN + 39. PAUL VON HINDENBURG = PAUL WHITEMAN
45. DIONNE WARWICK + 27. SAM HOUSTON = WHITNEY HOUSTON
62. BERTRAND RUSSELL + 22. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON = ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
33. ROBERT MONTGOMERY + 14. MAY ROBSON = DAME MAY WHITTY
25. BRIAN KEITH + 82. JOHNNY CARSON = JOHNNY WHITAKER
70. KURT RUSSELL + 16. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES = CHARLES WHITMAN
50. JOHNNY MERCER + 77. MARGARET MITCHELL = MARGARET WHITING
64. JOSEPHINE BAKER + 44. LYNN SWANN = LYNN WHITFIELD
93. MARTIN SHEEN + 59. BRADLEY MANNING = BRADLEY WHITFORD
19. SPARTACUS + 87. ANDY ROBUSTELLI = ANDY WHITFIELD
90. JERRY BROWN + 69. MEG RYAN = MEG WHITMAN
58. KERMIT THE FROG + 9. STEVE WOZNIAK = STEVE WHITMIRE
56. JIM MCKAY + 3. JACK RUBY = JACK WHITAKER
40. ARMISTEAD MAUPIN + 21. JEFF BEZOS = JEFF WHITTY
1. LINCOLN CHAFEE + 48. SHELDON LEONARD = SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
78. KAT DENNINGS + 63. e.e cummings = WHITNEY CUMMINGS
79. OSCAR DE LA HOYA + 43. PERNELL ROBERTS = PERNELL WHITAKER
91. DICK CHENEY + 74. HARRY REID = HARRY WHITTINGTON
29. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE + 17. EUGENE DEBS = EUGENE WHITNEY
4. JOHN DINGELL + 61. JAMIE OLIVER = JAMIE WHITTEN
84. LORRIE MORGAN + 54. KEITH OLBERMANN = KEITH WHITLEY

[silverscreenselect]

One of your matchups will not allow you to complete the puzzle (I won't say it's wrong, due to the nature of this game), but you're matching two people who should be matched somewhere else.).

[silverscreenselect]

FWIW isn't it BILLIE Sol Estes, not Billy?

Reason I ask....

Billie Whitelaw is associated with Samuel Beckett.

BUT, Billie Whitelaw is female and, if sss wanted to do that, he could have done it with Billie Burke.

True... but then again, Billie Burke is not as interesting a name as Billie Sol Estes.

And indeed, his name is spelled with an -ie and not a -y, so the pair works.

I did not want to point this out earlier in the game because that would have been a big tipoff as to the nature of the Tangredi.

[franktangredi]

I thought of this before, but never completed the thought:

73. TOM SEAVER + 60. JOAN MIRO = JOAN WHITNEY PAYSON

[Pastor Fireball]

One of your matchups will not allow you to complete the puzzle (I won't say it's wrong, due to the nature of this game), but you're matching two people who should be matched somewhere else.).

I think I know where we (or more like I) screwed up.

I think we need one of the Margarets to make MARGARET WHITTON, who played the owner of the baseball team in "Major League" (TOM BERENGER).

[franktangredi]

One of your matchups will not allow you to complete the puzzle (I won't say it's wrong, due to the nature of this game), but you're matching two people who should be matched somewhere else.).

I think I know where we (or more like I) screwed up.

I think we need one of the Margarets to make MARGARET WHITTON, who played the owner of the baseball team in "Major League" (TOM BERENGER).

In that case, I would keep the Margaret Whiting/Johnny Mercer match and kill the Bourke-White match. The link between Mercer and Whiting is much stronger than the link between Bourke-White and dams.

Eugene V. Debs goes back on the unused list.

ALERNATE ANSWERS POSSIBLE
97. WILL ROGERS + [76. JAMES LONGSTREET or 35. JAMES COOK] = JAMES WHITMORE
[95. GENE RODDENBERRY or 83. WILLIAM SHATNER]+ 31. GRACE METALIOUS = GRACE LEE WHITNEY

UNMATCHED
10. One of his earliest acting roles was as a boy needing a liver transplant on an X-Files episode remarkably similar to the current TV series, Touch.
SHIA LeBOEUF?
17. EUGENE DEBS
18. ALBERT HOFFMAN
26. JOE PERRY
35. JAMES COOK
47. BRAD DEXTER
52. ROSIE O'DONNELL
72. LIU YANG
76. JAMES LONGSTREET
83. WILLIAM SHATNER
99. PEGGY NOONAN

[franktangredi]

I was wrong. Shia Labeouf is right.

[franktangredi]

Updated. One of the completed pairs is still 'wrong.'

ALERNATE ANSWERS POSSIBLE
97. WILL ROGERS + [76. JAMES LONGSTREET or 35. JAMES COOK] = JAMES WHITMORE
[95. GENE RODDENBERRY or 83. WILLIAM SHATNER]+ 31. GRACE METALIOUS = GRACE LEE WHITNEY

UNMATCHED
10. SHIA LABEOUF
17. EUGENE DEBS
18. ALBERT HOFFMAN
26. JOE PERRY
47. BRAD DEXTER
52. ROSIE O'DONNELL
72. LIU YANG
99. PEGGY NOONAN

COMPLETE
5. TOM BERENGER + 29. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE = MARGARET WHITTON
73. TOM SEAVER + 60. JOAN MIRO = JOAN WHITNEY PAYSON
30. SAMUEL BECKETT + 51. BILLIE SOL ESTES = BILLIE WHITELAW = BILLIE WHITELAW
20. MORRISSEY + 65. ALAIN DELON = ALAIN WHYTE
13. JIMMY DEAN + 68. WILLARD SCOTT = WILLARD WHYTE
8. BILLY MARTIN + 89. ED GEIN = ED WHITSON
100. JOHN C. CALHOUN + 41. ELI LILLY = ELI WHITNEY
7. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON + 81. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES = JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
71. ALGER HISS + 28. MARILYN CHAMBERS = WHITAKER CHAMBERS
2. MICKEY MANTLE + 66. GERALD FORD = WHITEY FORD
38. OZZIE SMITH + 55. WERNER HERZOG = WHITEY HERZOG
94. ABRAHAM LINCOLN + 57. WALT KELLY = WALT WHITMAN
98. ANDY KAUFMAN + 32. SLIM PICKENS = SLIM WHITMAN
92. ALAN TRAMMELL + 53. LOU HOLTZ = LOU WHITAKER
11. REDD FOXX + 36. VIRGINIA MAYO = WHITMAN MAYO
80. MOSS HART + 49. SHERIDAN LE FANU = SHERIDAN WHITESIDE
24. BERRY GORDY + 12. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE = NORMAN WHITFIELD
88. LARRY THE CABLE GUY + 42. DAN GLICKMAN = DAN WHITNEY
67. MACK BROWN + 6. MAJOR GARRET = MAJOR APPLEWHITE
15. MICHAEL CAINE + 75. MAURICE RAVEL = MAURICE MICKLEWHITE
85. THOMAS CHIPPENDALE + 34. GEORGE MASON = GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE
46. MICKEY WRIGHT + 23. KATHY IRELAND = KATHY WHITWORTH
37. JIM MCGREEVEY + 86. CHRISTINE KEELER = CHRISTINE WHITMAN
96. GEORGE GERSHWIN + 39. PAUL VON HINDENBURG = PAUL WHITEMAN
45. DIONNE WARWICK + 27. SAM HOUSTON = WHITNEY HOUSTON
62. BERTRAND RUSSELL + 22. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON = ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
33. ROBERT MONTGOMERY + 14. MAY ROBSON = DAME MAY WHITTY
25. BRIAN KEITH + 82. JOHNNY CARSON = JOHNNY WHITAKER
70. KURT RUSSELL + 16. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES = CHARLES WHITMAN
50. JOHNNY MERCER + 77. MARGARET MITCHELL = MARGARET WHITING
64. JOSEPHINE BAKER + 44. LYNN SWANN = LYNN WHITFIELD
93. MARTIN SHEEN + 59. BRADLEY MANNING = BRADLEY WHITFORD
19. SPARTACUS + 87. ANDY ROBUSTELLI = ANDY WHITFIELD
90. JERRY BROWN + 69. MEG RYAN = MEG WHITMAN
58. KERMIT THE FROG + 9. STEVE WOZNIAK = STEVE WHITMIRE
56. JIM MCKAY + 3. JACK RUBY = JACK WHITAKER
40. ARMISTEAD MAUPIN + 21. JEFF BEZOS = JEFF WHITTY
1. LINCOLN CHAFEE + 48. SHELDON LEONARD = SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
78. KAT DENNINGS + 63. e.e cummings = WHITNEY CUMMINGS
79. OSCAR DE LA HOYA + 43. PERNELL ROBERTS = PERNELL WHITAKER
91. DICK CHENEY + 74. HARRY REID = HARRY WHITTINGTON
4. JOHN DINGELL + 61. JAMIE OLIVER = JAMIE WHITTEN
84. LORRIE MORGAN + 54. KEITH OLBERMANN = KEITH WHITLEY

[mellytu74]

Two more

10. SHIA LABEOUF + 52. ROSIE O'DONNELL = Rosie Huntingdon Whiteley (his Transformers co-star)

72. LIU YANG + 99. PEGGY NOONAN = Peggy Whitson (head of the US astronauts. Two historic women astronauts)

[mellytu74]

Can Albert Hoffman be here for Albert Whitlock, the visual effect Oscar winner?

Did he do anything on Star Trek, maybe? I don't know enough to say.

[Pastor Fireball]

Can Albert Hoffman be here for Albert Whitlock, the visual effect Oscar winner?

Did he do anything on Star Trek, maybe? I don't know enough to say.

Yes, on the original TV series.

[silverscreenselect]

72. LIU YANG + 99. PEGGY NOONAN = Peggy Whitson (head of the US astronauts. Two historic women astronauts)

Just a point here since it won't affect the solving of the puzzle, but Liu Yang is incorrect. The correct answer has a more direct connection with Whitson than Yang does.