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Yes just like that.
I guess they're playing charades. I don't have a lot of experience with the game, but I think she begins by using her hand(s) to indicate how many letters are in the word (i.e. this word has 5 letters), and then holds one finger up for the first letter in the word, followed by a clue, then she holds up two fingers for the second letter and gives its clue, and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
So, right off the bat, we have a five-letter word with a couple T's in it, if things happen to be so straight-forward:
T _ _ T _
At this point, I have to ask about whether or not it might matter which country the players were educated in. I've spent a little time here with some lame and surely wrong ideas about what the clues for letters 2, 3, and 5 might be, but bouncing around in the back of my head are some of my earliest introductions to literacy, which included learning the alphabet "British-style". I might be way off-base here, because I never paid the issue any attention again, once I had gotten the hang of it and later moved on to the "American-style", but at least in early education at that time, British students were taught the letters according to how they sound.
For instance, a class of British children practicing the alphabet would pronounce the first four letters "AHH, BUHH, KUHH, DUHH..." and from there I think maybe it was "EH, FUHH, GUHH..." but those last three I'm not so sure about, I might be just imagining those at this point. I do remember, though that the earliest letters sounded a LOT like the beginning of "abracadabra" which was a revelation, and the final letter, of course, is the well-known "zed". Anyhow, I assume all of this to be the case, because it was what I encountered, but it might be the case that my school was out of step with the rest of Britain, maybe this was hippie nonsense or something, I don't know...
And, for the sake of completeness, I should point out that the "American-style" pronunciation of the letters is exactly the one British people know from the movies, songs, TV shows, and news reports that the US has bombarded them with.
So, Mick, do I need to worry about this issue? Has England switched over to the US pronunciation since I was educated there perhaps? Or was I in fact in a progressive hippie school that was totally unrepresentative of Britain all those years ago? (Didn't seem like it.) Or what?
Anyhow, I'm thinking the second letter might be "U", because that's what the other players would call the woman (i.e. they would call her "You").
The third letter might be "N" but I'm really doubtful about that one. By tugging at the ear, she's indicating that her forthcoming clue will "sound like" the third letter (rhyme with it, probably). So, the clue is maybe "hand" or "palm"? Maybe one of those sounds like "N". (American style...?)
Anyhow, IF the second letter were "U", then it's a crossword-type combo that would have a pretty limited number of solutions, I would think...
T U _ T _
"TUFTS"? "TUTTI"? So, I'm probably wrong about these three letters... Unless it is indeed "TUFTS". I wouldn't put it past Mick to use that, I guess. Wool reference?
And I have no idea what the last clue might be. And then the repeating of the two letters over and over, I don't know, maybe that just means the other players had trouble with those two letters?
They are playing charades and the answer is (drum roll):
"The Sound and the Fury" ...I think. Am I close?
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Gotta Be!
(My fractured understanding of the game is made obvious.)
Correct GG. I'm so glad a non brit got it as I thought there might be cultural issues. Billl's mind is endlessly fascinating to me, I know he would've got it if he had set out with the right premise.
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Not so fast Mick, we need to cross at least one cultural divide that stumped me for a moment and that regards the use of the "time out" hand gesture giving away the "The".Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
I asked the missus if she had ever employed the timeout gesture for "the" and I received an emphatic "are you kidding me? is that how they do it over there!!?"
No wonder we never get past one or two rounds; it takes us half an hour just getting past "The".
Okay, this is my first time to offer up the next game, so let's see how this goes:
Name the character and the book
Clues:
1. Clue to the book in the lyrics of a Procol Harum song (don’t be concerned about deep cuts)
2. The character must have eaten too much of the “magical fruit”
3. Received a… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9KniULwvjE …singeing
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzI323zFrs
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I'd guess it's the Miller in the Canterbury Tales. Or, to be more accurate, Nicholas in the Miller's tale in the Canterbury Tales.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
Incidentally, that T gesture doesn't mean 'time out' in the UK, because we don't have any games in which the participants can stop the clock just because it suits them. So that gesture has only ever been the sign for 'the' in the game Charades.
You got it; “Nicholas” and The Canterbury Tales are the correct answers.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Good job Mark.
Cultural divides, you gotta love 'em.
Timeouts can be a beating. I recall many frustrating games of tetherball interrupted by the spontaneous time out call at the moment I was delivering the beat down on my opponent and then came instant replay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyRDM...eature=related
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I've tried to pull albums from a broader range of decades this time. You want the initial letter of the first word of each album's name - and when you have nine (or enough to see where it's going) you can arrange them to make the name of another album.
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...able/9-1-1.jpg
I think this is probably a collaborative thing, where you post the names of the albums - or the letters - here, and the winner is the first to get the constructed album title.
1...2...3
4...5...6
7...8...9
This may help....
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...astable/10.jpg
5. On the Beach - Neil Young.
"This may help".... Frank Zappa Apostrophe
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6. Scary Monsters - David Bowie.
1. Radiohead OK Computer
3. U2 October
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Thats 4 letters and an apostrophe so far.
2. = Led Zeppelin III
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^ Heavens above! I actually owned that one and didn't recognise it.
That number 4 is familiar too - I hate this quiz!
For Number 4, I've checked: Pulp, Oasis, Blur, Weezer, Primus, and quite a few others from that time period.
Before the latest Zep hint, I had already checked all US and UK Number One Billboard albums in the history of mankind, and none of those have an apostrophe and three O's in the title.
I'll give you the year of release for the remaining ones....
4 - 2010
7 - 1967
8 - 1994
9 - 2004
Number 8, actually, is not an album I know, although it is by a big band. I wanted to broaden the reference of the game beyond the stuff I'm personally familiar with. Subsequent research, however, suggests that, although the band's well-known, the album might be a bit obscure. So, here's an alternative Clue 8.
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...ternative8.jpg
OHHHHHH FFFFFFF....iddlesticks!
I just realised I left a letter out! Damn!
Well, at least you hadn't got so far down the track that you'd've been misled by its absence - I hope. Sorry though. Here's the missing letter....
http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/q...ble/256350.jpg
I should have changed the game, by saying the winner is the person who figures out the missing letter.
The alternative 8 is Crosby, Stills and Nash
The extra one is Hard Promises by Tom Petty
7. Their satanic family requests - by The Rolling Stones. Which I had never heard of.
9. Up all night by Razor light.
4. Sea of cowards by The Dead Weather.
As you may have gathered I have found a suitable site for this kind of thing.
Their Satanic Majesties Request - but close enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
What was the site?
Well, I got it, thanks to Mick and his handy site:
School's Out by Jimmy Reed.
(Mark really put together a wonderful barrel of fun this time!)
Ah see, there was your mistake when you were going through Billboard Number Ones. An album of the same name by a less hip group hit number two in the US and UK, but reached number one in Canada.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
Yes. Alas, I knew I had cooped myself up with that particular technique--but it was all that Wikipedia had to offer.
EDIT: I'll try to have the next one up reasonably soon... It'll be in the same vein as yours, but it might take some work to keep it from being too easy (or near impossible).
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Originally Posted by billl
Tellin' me.
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Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Amazon.
By the way what was the cat's eye one?
You put in the year and then scrolled through every album released?Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshir...link-182_album)
No, only the top 100. I do have a life - of sorts.
I've often wondered what shepherds do to get to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Like the recent puzzles Mark has done, this one involves images that clue one in to particular letters. We're looking for 13 letters this time, and they will be used to form a well-known song title. The images presented here are composites of other images alluded to in the clues:
The first letters of the last names of these two authors (one Brit, and one American) provide two letters for the solution to the puzzle:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/6...f4cd80eb0f.jpg
The first letters of the last names of these three U.S. authors provide three letters for the solution to the puzzle:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/7...b9898e29a4.jpg
The first letters of the last names of these two authors (one American, and one Brit) provide two letters for the solution to the puzzle:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6...b2f5cb124e.jpg
The first letters of the last names of these two British authors provide two letters for the solution to the puzzle:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7...0dfe26c147.jpg
The first letters of the album titles for these four album covers provide four letters for the solution to the puzzle:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8012/6...e885cd6d1f.jpg
SO, that's 13 letters total. These thirteen letters can be arranged to create the title of what hit pop song?
(Note: the clues refer to the images below them. Also, I'm not entirely sure that each step of this is sufficiently difficult, but I've been wrong before.)
Crikey billl, you've been busy.
Is the Brit in the first one Mark Bastable?
I see the resemblance, but no. (Brilliant idea, I must say.)Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
The fourth one is a composite of George Orwell and Virginia Woolf.
And one of the albums is Abraxas.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...anaAbraxas.jpg.
I'd be immensely flattered to feature in a quiz such as this. But it'll never happen.
EA Poe in the one with three? Perhaps Mark Twain as well?
Maybe Stephen King in the first one?
Right!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
I was hoping someone would say King there (but no, it isn't King, sorry). But you're in the ballpark (these aren't all repeat-Pulitzer-winners here).Quote:
Originally Posted by jajdude
No Poe in this--actually, that one with three might be tougher than I think. Even knowing the original pics, I kind of have to work at it to see them in that one... These might require clues, but I'll wait a bit longer.
TO SUM UP, Mark got this one (Orwell and Woolf):
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7...0dfe26c147.jpg
from these
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/20...rwell_0808.jpghttp://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...arts/woolf.jpg
and he got one of the Albums (Santana's Abraxas)
Letters so far: O, W, A
One of the three is Hemmingway.
YESQuote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
...and I thought that might be the hardest one there in that one. (It's the most famous photo of him, I think, so I was just hoping those scraps would click with someone around here.)
Letters so far: O, W, A, H
Poe?
Also...
http://www.hotcards.com/images/promo/thriller1.jpg
and possibly
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/se...1311743616.jpg
Neither Poe nor Twain feature in any of the images.
However, these two album covers (from Thriller and Nevermind) DO feature in the final image. That means that three of four albums have been accounted for. The last album might be the most challenging part of this puzzle (like Abraxas, it's a "classic" LP, but not in the same league sales-wise as these last two).
So, we have:
(first image, two authors to go)
1 author (second image, two authors to go): Hemingway
(third image, two authors to go)
2 authors (fourth image, completed): Orwell, Woolf
3 albums (fifth image, one album to go): Abraxas, Thriller, Nevermind
Letters so far: O, W, A, H, T, N
Note: Due to differences in the proportions between images, there has been some (generally slight) warping of some original images, in order to completely fit them in the area taken by the other images of the composite. This is analogous to the warping we sometimes see when a panoramic film scene gets squeezed, and suddenly the cowboy hero looks particularly tall and emaciated.
In the case of one of these images, the warping is rather severe, so I'm going to post an alternate form: it's the same composite of the same two images, but this time the images will swap status as "warped" and "non-warped". (This problem could have been avoided with some judicious trimming pre-compositing, but live and learn...)
So, here's the original third image, side-by-side with the new version:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7068/6...b2f5cb124e.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6...61f9bb8717.jpg
The problem here, for me, is that I don't actually know what most authors look like. I'd say that if they appeared on the TV, I'd recognise about one in eight of the authors whose books are on the shelf closest to where I'm now sitting.