SSS Game

[mrkelley23]

17. is apparently MILT MACHLIN, according to Wikipedia. Machlin worked at the same magazine at the same time as Gaddis.

[silverscreenselect]

UPDATED CONSOLIDATION

Based on this updated consolidation, there is now one incorrect answer. Your question mark answer is correct.

[franktangredi]

UPDATED CONSOLIDATION

Based on this updated consolidation, there is now one incorrect answer. Your question mark answer is correct.

Since all of the definites were right on the previous consolidation, and I was able to confirm all of the others that became definite since then, this must be the one that's wrong:

85. He turned down Patrick Stewart’s part on Star Trek TNG before taking a major role on another popular TV science fiction series.
STEPHEN MACHT

[ShamelessWeasel]

I have found a couple of the answers via the google but since I normally don't help with this I wanted to ask if the google is allowed before I post them

[earendel]

UPDATED CONSOLIDATION

Based on this updated consolidation, there is now one incorrect answer. Your question mark answer is correct.

Since all of the definites were right on the previous consolidation, and I was able to confirm all of the others that became definite since then, this must be the one that's wrong:

85. He turned down Patrick Stewart’s part on Star Trek TNG before taking a major role on another popular TV science fiction series.
STEPHEN MACHT

I don't think this is wrong - Macht appeared on Babylon 5 in a recurring role as the successor to G'Kar. I don't know if this would be considered a "major" role, however.

[littlebeast13]

Counting Ear's contributions, there are now two definite wrong answers, two wrong answers with question marks, and one answer with multiple guesses that does not contain the correct answer.

That almost sounds like my 2 answers are incorrect.

I can neither confirm nor deny. It was merely meant to indicate that I'd taken them into account in arriving at my totals.

But I might add that your answers might provide some insight into the Tangredi.

I totally suck at these games, so what i found might just be a coincidence... but I noticed earendel only gave two answers when SSS made this comment... Napoleon Bonaparte and James McDonnell. I figured Napoleon, being the more unique name, might be the "insight" referred to here. That got me thinking of Napoleon the pig from Animal Farm and Napoleon Dynamite. I couldn't make a connection for the former, just I just stumbled upon a connection that would lead to the latter...

20. SIMON LeBON

LeBon anagrams to Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.

It doesn't seem like a lot of the names anagram that well, so it may just be a coincidence... but I figured I'd throw it out for the players' perusal...

lb13

[mrkelley23]

Damn, I was going close to that direction, too, lb -- but I was stuck on Napoleon Solo, since David McCallum was in the puzzle.

Stephen Macht may not be a wrong answer to the question, but I'll bet SSS was going for EDWARD JAMES OLMOS.

[silverscreenselect]

Based on this updated consolidation, there is now one incorrect answer. Your question mark answer is correct.

Since all of the definites were right on the previous consolidation, and I was able to confirm all of the others that became definite since then, this must be the one that's wrong:

85. He turned down Patrick Stewart’s part on Star Trek TNG before taking a major role on another popular TV science fiction series.
STEPHEN MACHT

I don't think this is wrong - Macht appeared on Babylon 5 in a recurring role as the successor to G'Kar. I don't know if this would be considered a "major" role, however.

The actor I'm looking for was one of the top-billed stars on the show. You'll know he's right as soon as you think of it.

EDIT: I didn't see the question had been answered while I was trying writing my response.

[silverscreenselect]

I have found a couple of the answers via the google but since I normally don't help with this I wanted to ask if the google is allowed before I post them

I don't think at this point in the game anyone would begrudge a lookup on the remaining questions.

Once somebody figures out the Tangredi, though, we generally allow some time for people to come up with matchups on their own.

[ShamelessWeasel]

I have found a couple of the answers via the google but since I normally don't help with this I wanted to ask if the google is allowed before I post them

I don't think at this point in the game anyone would begrudge a lookup on the remaining questions.

Once somebody figures out the Tangredi, though, we generally allow some time for people to come up with matchups on their own.

OK Then

38. He finally admitted his guilt in a 2008 interview in the New York Times, nearly 60 years after his arrest, 40 years after his release from prison, and 30 years after a Corporation for Public Broadcasting documentary proclaiming his innocence.

MORTON SOBELL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Sobell

56. In 1831, he and his older brother went to Italy, to help foment resistance against the ruling Austrians, and, while there, both contracted measles; he survived but his brother died in his arms.

NAPOLEAN III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III

74. The Asiatic Hall of Fossils at the American Museum of Natural History is now named after this paleontologist, who has been called the greatest collector of fossil vertebrates who ever lived.

WALTER GRANGER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_W._Granger

[silverscreenselect]

51. In 1994, he unsuccessfully ran for the Senate seat of his retiring father-in-law; his later attempt to get into cable television with Al Gore didn’t end well either.

I got thrown off by the Al Gore part of the question, thinking that this was about Tennessee's Senate seat. I thought it was Jim Sasser's son-in-law, but I found out that Sasser didn't retire. He outright lost re-election. I had to come back north to my own state of Ohio for Howard Metzenbaum's son-in-law, JOEL HYATT.

This is another good clue to look at. If you figure out who this might match with, the Tangredi will pretty much solve itself.

[franktangredi]

51. In 1994, he unsuccessfully ran for the Senate seat of his retiring father-in-law; his later attempt to get into cable television with Al Gore didn’t end well either.

I got thrown off by the Al Gore part of the question, thinking that this was about Tennessee's Senate seat. I thought it was Jim Sasser's son-in-law, but I found out that Sasser didn't retire. He outright lost re-election. I had to come back north to my own state of Ohio for Howard Metzenbaum's son-in-law, JOEL HYATT.

This is another good clue to look at. If you figure out who this might match with, the Tangredi will pretty much solve itself.

I think I might be picking up on something here. SSS didn't say this was a good ANSWER to look at. He said this was a good CLUE to look at....

[silverscreenselect]

51. In 1994, he unsuccessfully ran for the Senate seat of his retiring father-in-law; his later attempt to get into cable television with Al Gore didn’t end well either.

I got thrown off by the Al Gore part of the question, thinking that this was about Tennessee's Senate seat. I thought it was Jim Sasser's son-in-law, but I found out that Sasser didn't retire. He outright lost re-election. I had to come back north to my own state of Ohio for Howard Metzenbaum's son-in-law, JOEL HYATT.

This is another good clue to look at. If you figure out who this might match with, the Tangredi will pretty much solve itself.

I think I might be picking up on something here. SSS didn't say this was a good ANSWER to look at. He said this was a good CLUE to look at....

Although I have been sneaky in the past, I wasn't trying to do so here. If you look at this answer with the other person it matches with, something should click that will give you a very good idea about the Tangredi. The same is true about Ear's answers a couple of days ago, but not to the same extent as this one will.

[franktangredi]

This is another good clue to look at. If you figure out who this might match with, the Tangredi will pretty much solve itself.

I think I might be picking up on something here. SSS didn't say this was a good ANSWER to look at. He said this was a good CLUE to look at....

Although I have been sneaky in the past, I wasn't trying to do so here. If you look at this answer with the other person it matches with, something should click that will give you a very good idea about the Tangredi. The same is true about Ear's answers a couple of days ago, but not to the same extent as this one will.

The only association I have with Hyatt is hotels. Or the word Regency.

[silverscreenselect]

The only association I have with Hyatt is hotels. Or the word Regency.

I don't think looking at this answer by itself will give you the connection. I would think that you and Melly in particular, once you put this answer next to the right other person, will see the connection and have a pretty good idea what the Tangredi is.

[mrkelley23]

93. is either Radley Metzger, the name he was known by before he started directing hardcore porn, or Henry Paris, the name he adopted afterwards.

[mrkelley23]

99. is KIM DOTCOM, fka Kim Schmitz.

[mrkelley23]

82. appears to be a gentleman named Stan Lathan.

[mrkelley23]

73. is WILLIAM JOYCE, aka Lord Haw-Haw.

[mrkelley23]

16. is JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH.

[franktangredi]

The only association I have with Hyatt is hotels. Or the word Regency.

I don't think looking at this answer by itself will give you the connection. I would think that you and Melly in particular, once you put this answer next to the right other person, will see the connection and have a pretty good idea what the Tangredi is.

"You and Melly" would seem to indicate a connection with old movies, perhaps.

[franktangredi]

75. He made it into the Guinness Book of Records by recording songs in 20 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

This took a lot of digging, but it's JULIO IGLESIAS.

[franktangredi]

4. This German spent World War II in the Soviet Union and helped organize propaganda efforts on the Soviets’ behalf, including a massive rally in Stalingrad after the battle at which hundreds of German POW’s were forced to attend; KGB head Beria described him as the greatest idiot Beria had ever seen.

WALTER ULBRICHT

That leaves only one unanswered:

71. For over 100 years, a popular tourist festival named after him has been held in a southern city not far from the location where he supposedly died in a battle against the U.S.S. Enterprise.

[franktangredi]

This also took some digging. I suspected it was a pirate, and it was.


71. For over 100 years, a popular tourist festival named after him has been held in a southern city not far from the location where he supposedly died in a battle against the U.S.S. Enterprise.

JOSE GASPAR aka GASPARILLA

[franktangredi]

COMPLETE 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).

1. TONY ROBBINS
2. STEVE MARTIN
3. IRVING STONE
4. WALTER ULBRICHT
5. PATRICK SWAYZE
6. ERIC LINDROS
7. DAVID McCALLUM
8. SIMON BOLIVAR
9. TERESA BREWER
10. DONALD RUMSFELD
11. MARIA SHRIVER
12. ALEX TREBEK
13. MEIER KAHANE
14. NATALEE HOLLOWAY
15. BILLY ROSE
16. JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
17. MILT MACHLIN
18. ANTOINE-HENRI BECQUEREL
19. PILTDOWN MAN
20. SIMON LeBON
21. JOHN R. (RICHBOURG)
22. KELLY TRIPUCKA
23. DAVID LANDER
24. MICHAEL POWELL
25. HENRY MORISON FLAGLER
26. ROBERT WAGNER
27. CALVIN KLEIN
28. JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER
29. DAVID ATTENBOROUGH
30. HARRISON FORD
31. AARON BURR
32. PATRICK MCGOOHAN
33. ROBERT MOSES
34. FREDI GONZALEZ
35. JOAN RIVERS
36. THE DUKE OF WINDSOR
37. EDMOND O'BRIEN
38. MORTON SOBELL
39. M’ONIQUE
40. DAVID TENNANT
41. MARION BARRY
42. DAVID BELASCO
43. FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
44. ERNIE KOVACS
45. GEORGE V
46. REX HARRISON
47. MASTER P
48. HUGH HEFNER
49. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
50. MATTI NYKANEN
51. JOEL HYATT
52. AL CAPP
53. DANNY DeVITO
54. DAVID ORTIZ
55. BRUCE CABOT
56. NAPOLEON III
57. SERGEI EISENSTEIN
58. MISS JANE 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. WILLIAM JOYCE/LORD HAW-HAW
74. WALTER GRANGER
75. JULIO IGLESIAS
76. CHARLES DICKENS
77. LEA SALONGA
78. SOL HUROK
79. SADDAM HUSSEIN
80. SPIKE JONZE
81. ANTONIO MEUCCI
82. STAN LATHAN
83. THE KINGSTON TRIO
84. JAMES McDONNELL
85. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS
86. JILL STEIN
87. KEN OLSEN
88. T-BONE BURNETT
89. RUTH RENDELL
90. ANTONINO FERNANDEZ
91. JOE SOUTH
92. JOE E. BROWN
93. RADLEY METZGER/HENRY PARIS
94. AMBER HEARD
95. PHILIP ROTH
96. IVAN BOESKY
97. JACK WEBB
98. TOM HANKS
99. KIM DOTCOM
100. ANGELO DUNDEE
101. OLGA KORBUT
102. RALPH FIENNES
103. HO CHI MINH
104. OMAR EPPS