Scrambled Stories

These are predominantly plays on words, puns. I work a lot of crossword puzzles, so they really lack the sophistication of Pendragon's clues. Really, these are groaners.
Helpful hints.
If it ends with an ellipsis (...), adding the work will complete the sentence.
A question mark indicates a play on words - a homonym, a synonym. Like clue 2.
Trust me you are going to groan when you see the answers.
Because I'm feeling generous, I'm going to give Papayahead credit for getting The Seagull as the answer to number 11. (Although I don't think it had a name).
I honestly thought number 3 was the most obscure one on this list and that was guessed immediately.

Hints or answers, Q! You've brought my simple game to a standstill! http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...est/aHummm.jpg

yeah i havent a clue.

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Originally Posted by PabloQ

4. Soda Jerk CEO? The Fountainhead
5. Once it burns to the ground... What if it was your house - American
7. Worn out shoes? Dead Souls
8. On the menu under appetizers: Buffalo Squab? What do we slather buffalo sauce on in this country? American
9. You like him, I like him. 19th century British, big name.
11. For Everything there is a season - tern, tern, tern The Seagull
13. A disease you catch at the bus station? What's another name for bus station - French
14. He has a rake... Ivanhoe
15. Loam - I learned what concubine was from this one - American
16. Sergeant York, for one Two cars in every garage - British
18. "Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! You in the schooner..." Praire schooner - American
19. "Sir, I've got Oscar on line 2." British playwright on the telephone? - American
20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." Try saying got another way - American

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There are some clues. You'll groan. Answers Tuesday night.

4: The Fountainhead

8) cant be chicken wings surely?
19) is somthing to do with Oscar Wilde
14) Ivanhoe ?
:D

7. isn't Dead Souls, is it? If so, what an APPALLING pun!!!!!!!!!! :D

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Originally Posted by Pendragon

4: The Fountainhead

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Now we're talking.

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

8) cant be chicken wings surely?
19) is somthing to do with Oscar Wilde
14) Ivanhoe ?
:D

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8. You're on the right track, but what's a squab?
19. Ok...so far so good...one more step
14. uh huh, you bet.

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Originally Posted by Bitterfly

7. isn't Dead Souls, is it? If so, what an APPALLING pun!!!!!!!!!! :D

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I believe you were adequately warned at the beginning that these are some real groaners. Correct!!

well i would say 19 has something to do with oscar wilde too although hes irish not British.

there are like seven american ones there. As i dont read american lit, i forfit this round. The clues dont help me.

but 14) is Ivanhoe

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20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." Try saying got another way - American

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Is this to do with baseball somehow?

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Originally Posted by Niamh

well i would say 19 has something to do with oscar wilde too although hes irish not British.

there are like seven american ones there. As i dont read american lit, i forfit this round. The clues dont help me.

but 14) is Ivanhoe

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I stand corrected. Irish playwright. However, you don't have to have read any of these books to get the clues. You merely need to have heard of them. I haven't read half the books on this list.

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Originally Posted by Nightshade

Is this to do with baseball somehow?

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No it has to do with playing around with the verb of which "got" is a form.

I miss Pen. :bawling:

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Originally Posted by PabloQ

I stand corrected. Irish playwright. However, you don't have to have read any of these books to get the clues. You merely need to have heard of them. I haven't read half the books on this list.

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There are still more of a chance of you hearing of them than me considering i'm on the other side of the atlantic.

although just looking at 19) again....
Call of the Wild.
9) our mutual friend.

13. A disease you catch at the bus station? What's another name for bus station - French

Could it be Germinal, by any chance? Germ+ terminal, groan :p

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Originally Posted by ntropyincarnate

I miss Pen. :bawling:

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Well, Nightshade is going to post the next list, but to quote a movie, I'll be back! :):D

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Originally Posted by PabloQ

1. It goes right through town Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
2. Patty Hearst? Kidnapped
3. Burger King theme? As You Like It
4. Soda Jerk CEO? The Fountainhead
5. Once it burns to the ground... You Can't Go Home Again
6. "It's not unusual to be loved by anyone." Tom Jones
7. Worn out shoes? Dead Souls
8. On the menu under appetizers: Buffalo Squab? The Wings of the Dove
9. You like him, I like him. Our Mutual Friend
10. Eva, Magda, and Zsa Zsa The Three Sister by Chekhov
11. For Everything there is a season - tern, tern, tern The Seagull
12. Dear Mom stop Pops bit it stop Love ya and I really mean it stop Eddie Oedipus Rex
13. A disease you catch at the bus station? Germinal
14. He has a rake... Ivanhoe
15. Loam The Good Earth
16. Sergeant York, for one The Good Soldier
17. Where do kittens sleep? Cat's Cradle by the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, JR.
18. "Yoo hoo! Yoo hoo! You in the schooner..." O Pioneers
19. "Sir, I've got Oscar on line 2." The Call of the Wild
20. Dimaggio: "I got it! I got it! I don't got it." To Have and Have Not

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Goes to show just how good at this is Mr. Pendragon. Sorry to have sucked the fun out of it.

I wouldnt go as far as to say that you've sucked the fun out of it or that they were bad even I just reckon we all got used to Pen's particular brand of scrambled. So if they are all answered I will post the next 20

1)An analysis of Mrs R. Butler
2) The gatherer
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) Hefner is not the original
5) Offspring of the Industrial age
6) Of Milton and Helstone
7) A raging cyclone
8) The goddess’s name is putrid
9) He just couldn’t say no
10) Settlment in the bend of a river
11) a dreary dwelling place
12) Needed so others can understand
13) Sewer rat in two cities
14) Misplaced royal heir
15) Cold Monarch
16) She wore widow’s weeds
17) Debate on unbalance
18) Pretentious pageant
19) The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
20) The silent grotesque

Good luck and all that :D

Yours were fun too, PabloQ. Don't beat yourself up!! :thumbs_up

1)An analysis of Mrs R. Butler - Gone with the wind, Michell
2) The gatherer - The Collector, Fowles
4) Hefner is not the original - The playboy of the western world, Synge
11) a dreary dwelling place - Bleak House, Dickens
14) Misplaced royal heir - The lost prince Burnett
18) Pretentious pageant - Vanity Fair, Thackeray

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Originally Posted by Bitterfly

Yours were fun too, PabloQ. Don't beat yourself up!! :thumbs_up

1)An analysis of Mrs R. Butler - Gone with the wind, Michell
2) The gatherer - The Collector, Fowles
4) Hefner is not the original - The playboy of the western world, Synge
11) a dreary dwelling place - Bleak House, Dickens
14) Misplaced royal heir - The lost prince Burnett
18) Pretentious pageant - Vanity Fair, Thackeray

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1) nope but think more about gone with the wind and Mrs Butler in particular youll get the second part of the answer. :D
2) Not the one I was thinking of but Ill accept as it is a fitting answer- I was actually looking for the harvester by gene Stratton-porter
4) 11) 14) and 18) all right!
:D

so the list as it now stands is:

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Originally Posted by nightshade

1)an analysis of mrs r. Butler>>> A study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle
2) the gatherer >>>the collector by fowles ( or the harvester by stratton-porter)
3) parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) hefner is not the original>>> the playboy of the western world by synge
5) offspring of the industrial >>>> The railway children by Nesbit
6) of milton and helstone
7) a raging cyclone>>>> The tempest by Shakespeare
8) the goddess’s name is putrid
9) he just couldn’t say no
10) settlment in the bend of a river
11) a dreary dwelling place>>>>>>>bleak house by dickens
12) needed so others can understand
13) sewer rat in two cities
14) misplaced royal heir>>>>>>the lost prince by burnett
15) cold monarch
16) she wore widow’s weeds
17) debate on unbalance
18) pretentious pageant>>>>>>vanity fair by thackeray
19) the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
20) the silent grotesque

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1: Scarlett. by Alexandra Ripley :)

1. A Study in Scarlet - Doyle
7. The Tempest - Wee Willy Shakespeare
19. Three Men in a Boat - Jerard

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Originally Posted by PabloQ

1. A Study in Scarlet - Doyle
7. The Tempest - Wee Willy Shakespeare
19. Three Men in a Boat - Jerard

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yupp except the last isnt by Jerard... wrong author :p :D#

sorry pen :( :)

5. The railway children!
12. Notes from the underground?

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Originally Posted by Bitterfly

5. The railway children!
12. Notes from the underground?

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5. yepp 12 sorry thats a no
:D

1)an analysis of Mrs R. Butler>>> A Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle
2) The Gatherer >>>The Collector by Fowles ( or the Harvester by Stratton-Porter)
3) Parent’s siblings are not transgender.
4) Hefner is not the original>>> The playboy of the western world by Synge
5) Offspring of the industrial age>>>>>The railway children by Nesbit
6) of Milton and Helstone>>>>North and South By Gaskell
7) a raging cyclone>>>> The Tempest by Shakespeare
8) The Goddess’s name is putrid
9) He just couldn’t say no
10) Settlment in the bend of a river
11) A dreary dwelling place>>>>>>>Bleak house by Dickens
12) Needed so others can understand
13) Sewer rat in two cities
14) Misplaced royal heir>>>>>>The lost prince by Burnett
15) Cold monarch>>>>>The Ice Queen by Hoffman
16) She wore widow’s weeds
17) Debate on unbalance
18) Pretentious pageant>>>>>>Vanity fair by Thackeray
19) The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker>>>>>>Three men in a boat by Jerome
20) The silent grotesque

15 -Snow Queen

Not bad! :)

6. North and South, Gaskell
19. Three men in a boat, Jerome K. Jerome
17. Erasmus, the praise of folly??

I love this game! :D

9: Oliver Twist? He wanted more... :D

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Originally Posted by Taliesin

15 -Snow Queen

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Yes!

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Originally Posted by Bitterfly

6. North and South, Gaskell
19. Three men in a boat, Jerome K. Jerome
17. Erasmus, the praise of folly??
I love this game! :D

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6. YEs
19) wasnt this one already answered did I forget to put it on the list? sorry! but yes!
17) No sorry!

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Originally Posted by Pendragon

9: Oliver Twist? He wanted more... :D

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Sorry pen...

12 Persuasion

nope :D

I was wondering if you wanted clues?
Only youd have to give me a day or so because Id have to think of some..:D

Clues, YES! :D

but First some real stabs in the dark:
10 Hannibal?
12 Sense and Sensibility?
16 Ahab's Wife?

UH, Nighty:idea::idea::idea:? Bump!:yawnb::yawnb: