SSS Game

[jarnon]

81. Antonio Meucci + 8. Simon Bolivar = Antonio Sucre
22. Kelly Tripucka + 48. Hugh Hefner = Kelly Monaco

[franktangredi]

12. Alex Trebek + 40. David Tennant = Alex Kingston

(My wife is a big Dr. Who fan)

[franktangredi]

89. Ruth Rendell + 42. David Belasco = Ruth Saint Denis

[franktangredi]

I think the Jill Ireland thing was a coincidence because, if we can accept St. John as a derivative of St. John's, then

86. Jill Stein + 26. Robert Wagner = Jill St. John

[franktangredi]

I think the Jill Ireland thing was a coincidence because, if we can accept St. John as a derivative of St. John's, then

86. Jill Stein + 26. Robert Wagner = Jill St. John

I wonder if that means we can do things like turn Minsk into Minsky.

[franktangredi]

Rather than list him and his alias together:

25. Henry Morison Flagler + 93. Radley Metzger = Henry Paris

[littlebeast13]

I can't come up with a Michael Jordan match, but I may have found a sports match that satisfies the odd "single" SSS says is in this puzzle somewhere.....

Jim Everett may pair with himself to make Jim Rome. The two had an infamous showdown a couple decades ago that me and Vandal still honor in the Merry Man parade every year....

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[mellytu74]

Partial pairs
72. Jim Everett + ???? = Chad Everett

I bet this is here for Jim Everett's famous altercation with TV reporter Jim ROME.

[mellytu74]

I can't come up with a Michael Jordan match, but I may have found a sports match that satisfies the odd "single" SSS says is in this puzzle somewhere.....

Jim Everett may pair with himself to make Jim Rome. The two had an infamous showdown a couple decades ago that me and Vandal still honor in the Merry Man parade every year....

lb13

Great minds, lb!!

[littlebeast13]

I can't come up with a Michael Jordan match, but I may have found a sports match that satisfies the odd "single" SSS says is in this puzzle somewhere.....

Jim Everett may pair with himself to make Jim Rome. The two had an infamous showdown a couple decades ago that me and Vandal still honor in the Merry Man parade every year....

lb13

Great minds, lb!!

LOL! You should be scared!

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[franktangredi]

I can't come up with a Michael Jordan match, but I may have found a sports match that satisfies the odd "single" SSS says is in this puzzle somewhere.....

Jim Everett may pair with himself to make Jim Rome. The two had an infamous showdown a couple decades ago that me and Vandal still honor in the Merry Man parade every year....

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I'm now convinced that we are looking only for cities. All the ones we've found so far have been capitals, but that may just be because that's all we've been looking for.

[franktangredi]

40. David Tennant + 2. Steve Martin = Victoria Tennant

Second use of David Tennant, so that's one less David to choose from for the partial.

[mellytu74]

70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = cinematographer Jack Cardiff


We have the possibility of this

102. Ralph Fiennes = Ralph Boston

but I don't see a match

[franktangredi]

Okay, this is too good not to be the quartet.

84. James McDonnell + 30. Harrison Ford = James HONG (who was in Blade Runner)
45. King George V + 55. Bruce Cabot = King KONG

[franktangredi]

70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = cinematographer Jack Cardiff


We have the possibility of this

102. Ralph Fiennes = Ralph Boston

but I don't see a match

Not sure we can use state capitals, but maybe if we find some other possible matches.

Somewhere, there has to be a Washington. I don't see anyone who matches with George Washington. And, though we do have a Fredi, I don't see anybody who matches with Fredi Washington, either.

[silverscreenselect]

Not sure we can use state capitals, but maybe if we find some other possible matches.

Just a clarification; there are no US state or Canadian province capitals in the puzzle.

[franktangredi]

BEDTIME CONSOLIDATION

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

Quartet
84. James McDonnell + 30. Harrison Ford = James Hong
45. King George V + 55. Bruce Cabot = King Kong

Single
72. Jim Everett + 72. Jim Everett = Jim Rome

Pairs

A. Benito Mussolini + B. Jack Mckeon = Benito Santiago
70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = Jack Cardiff
40. David Tennant + 2. Steve Martin = Victoria Tennant
25. Henry Morison Flagler + 93. Radley Metzger = Henry Paris
89. Ruth Rendell + 42. David Belasco = Ruth Saint Denis
81. Antonio Meucci + 8. Simon Bolivar = Antonio Sucre
22. Kelly Tripucka + 48. Hugh Hefner = Kelly Monaco
12. Alex Trebek + 40. David Tennant = Alex Kingston
28. Julie Nixon Eisenhower + 97. Jack Webb = Julie London
14. Natalee Holloway + 46. Rex Harrison = Stanley Holloway
94. Amber Heard + 27. Calvin Klein = Amber Valletta
83. The Kingston Trio + 44. Ernie Kovac = The Nairobi Trio
36. The Duke of Windsor + 66. Napoleon Bonaparte = The Duke of Wellington
43. Francis Ford Coppola + 80. Spike Jonze = Sofia Coppola
101. Olga Korbut + 37. Edmond O'Brien = Olga San Juan
69. Alexander Pushkin + 31. Aaron Burr = Alexander Hamilton
3. Irving Stone + 62. Kate Smith = Irving Berlin
19. Piltdown Man + 74. Walter Granger = Peking Man
15. Billy Rose + 73. Lord Haw-Haw = Tokyo Rose
58. Miss Marple + 77. Lea Salonga = Miss Saigon
51. Joel Hyatt + 64. Peter Lorre = Joel Cairo
75. Julio Iglesias + 34. Fredi Gonzalez = Julio Teheran
87. Ken Olsen + 59. Magic Mirror = Moroni Olsen
86. Jill Stein + 26. Robert Wagner = Jill St. John

Partial
David ??? + 98. Tom Hanks = David Moscow

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

[mellytu74]

70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = cinematographer Jack Cardiff


We have the possibility of this

102. Ralph Fiennes = Ralph Boston

but I don't see a match

Not sure we can use state capitals, but maybe if we find some other possible matches.

Somewhere, there has to be a Washington. I don't see anyone who matches with George Washington. And, though we do have a Fredi, I don't see anybody who matches with Fredi Washington, either.

But we DO have dueling former DC mayors

4. Walter Ulbricht + 41. Marion Barry = Walter Washington

[silverscreenselect]

Not sure we can use state capitals, but maybe if we find some other possible matches.

Just a clarification; there are no US state or Canadian province capitals in the puzzle.

And one more note. Nobody is used more than once. There are some alternate possibilities in some cases, but they won't allow you to match up all the clues.

[franktangredi]

Not sure we can use state capitals, but maybe if we find some other possible matches.

Just a clarification; there are no US state or Canadian province capitals in the puzzle.

And one more note. Nobody is used more than once. There are some alternate possibilities in some cases, but they won't allow you to match up all the clues.

Well, then, one of the David Tennant matches is wrong. I'm going to assume it's the Victoria Tennant match, since there are a lot more possibilities for Victoria.

That narrows down our partial to David Lander, David Tennant, or David Ortiz.

[franktangredi]

Okay, it looks like spelling variations are permissible, because this works too well. (And SSS did counsel us to think outside the box):

6. Eric Lindros + 91. Joe South = Eric Berne (Bern)

Games People Play.....

Keep an eye out, then, for a Minsk(y).

[littlebeast13]

Is there a Lieutenant in the puzzle? Patrick McGoohan makes me think of Columbo, which just happens to be (with a slight spelling variation) the capital of Sri Lanka. I know SSS was a fan of the series as well...

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[silverscreenselect]

Okay, it looks like spelling variations are permissible, because this works too well. (And SSS did counsel us to think outside the box):

6. Eric Lindros + 91. Joe South = Eric Berne (Bern)

Games People Play.....

Keep an eye out, then, for a Minsk(y).

I did use variations when I could find some verification that the variation had been used in reference to the city. So, I have seen Berne as an alternate spelling for Bern. But I tried to use the exact preferred spelling whenever possible. I also read that the book title (it was a best seller in the mid-60's) helped inspire Joe South to write the song.

[Pastor Fireball]

Since variant spellings are allowed on the cities, I remembered that Simon Ammann was a more recent ski jumping champion. Ammann sounds like the capital of Jordan. Since there is really no other way that Matti Nykanen could fit into this puzzle, this has to be a correct match.

20. Simon Le Bon + Amman = Simon Ammann, with 50. Matti Nykanen

[franktangredi]

A little cheating here. I looked up the Minsky brothers, of burlesque fame, and what did I find? One of the brothers was named Morton - and he co-wrote a history of Minsky's with .... wait for it ... Milt Machlin.

38. Morton Sobell + 17. Milt Machlin = Morton Minsky (Minsk)

I'm kind of surprised Gypsy Rose Lee wasn't used as the match for this one.