Daily puzzles/problems.

[MarkBastable]

I put a little more thought into no. 11.
Looking at heroine in terms of a drug led me to "Molly" or "Brown Molly" and somehow made my way to "Golden Brown"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_51bEKfOfw

There's a line in there about heading west. Will that one work??

Yep, Golden Brown is right. One left.

1. An impromptu festival to lose the smog. (You're looking for a song.) Woodstock
2. The state of swamp cabbage. The Palmetto State (South Carolina)
3. Girl told to let her hair down, regardless of her father's occupation. (You're looking for a song.) Sloopy
4. "I’m the hero," the dog says lassitudinously. Droopy
5. She was evilly winked at by a snake of a guy. (You're looking for a song.) Columbia
6. "Will you be my friend?" is his spirited request. Casper
7. Once gastronomically tipped on Wilshire and North Vine.
8. Flighty Florence and Myrtle. (Airports in) South Carolina
9. "Good grief!" he says roundly. Charlie Brown
10. His opening line: It was a dark and stormy night... Snoopy
11. A tempting metaphorical heroine heading west. (You're looking for a song.) Golden Brown
12. A lopazoo on the coast. Charleston
13. It ain't her sister - it's a southern girl with two left feet. (You're looking for a song.) Sweet Georgia Brown

[MarkBastable]

7. Once gastronomically tipped on Wilshire and North Vine.


If you Google:

"Wilshire" "North Vine"


the first returned page is this.

So now, if any reader yet gives a flying one, all you have to do is arrange them in four groups of three in order to identify the one left over.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...GG, what about Atlanta - carried west on the back of a bull?

I read about a a pioneer family that left Atlanta heading west to Oregon. They used a bull to carry their belongings including Grandma Atlanta.

Can't find the correct song, so we'll go with this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRXRH...eature=related

[B]

..."Wilshire" "North Vine"


the first returned page is this.

So now, if any reader yet gives a flying one, all you have to do is arrange them in four groups of three in order to identify the one left over.

Is this the correct order?...

Woodstock - Charlie Brown - Casper = animated characters

The Palmetto State - South Carolina - Charleston = Relative to South Carolina

Sloopy - Droopy - Snoopy = "oopy"

Golden Brown - Sweet Georgia Brown - Brown Derby = "Brown"

Odd one out "Columbia" - completes the third airport in the list of clues, but not part of the answer list

[MarkBastable]

I read about a a pioneer family that left Atlanta heading west to Oregon. They used a bull to carry their belongings including Grandma Atlanta.

Can't find the correct song, so we'll go with this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRXRH...eature=related



Is this the correct order?...

Woodstock - Charlie Brown - Casper = animated characters

The Palmetto State - South Carolina - Charleston = Relative to South Carolina

Sloopy - Droopy - Snoopy = "oopy"

Golden Brown - Sweet Georgia Brown - Brown Derby = "Brown"

Odd one out "Columbia" - completes the third airport in the list of clues, but not part of the answer list

Nope. Apart from anything else, 'The Palmetto State' and 'South Carolina' would appear to be the same answer stated two ways. Did you mean 'Tha Palmetto State' and 'Florence and Myrtle'? In which case, what makes Columbia the odd one out?

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...Did you mean 'Tha Palmetto State' and 'Florence and Myrtle'? In which case, what makes Columbia the odd one out?

Uh...yeah?...maybe?
(aside) No, couldn't be Columbia. Why Columbia? Why not Charleston? Charleston has an airport too. Florence was in the Brady Bunch, but that was filmed in California. Myrtle...oh the hell with it!
Prendrelemick where are you? someone, anyone.

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[Basil]

I can't really help you, Gilliat, but I'll list my hunches--such as they are--in the hopes they will possibly assist someone more capable than myself in solving this [strike]blasted puzzle[/strike] maelstrom of fun:

1. I'm not sure Charleston and Columbia match up very well with either of the South Carolina answers; I'm thinking the third answer to complete that grouping may be Casper (as in Casper, Wyoming) for 'U.S. Cities beginning with the letter C'.

2. Sloopy, Droopy and Snoopy, almost certainly.

3. Charlie Brown, Golden Brown and Sweet Georgia Brown.

...which leaves Woodstock, the Palmetto state, the Brown Derby, and (Airports in) South Carolina; two of which seem to go together, but I can't for the life of me figure out which of the other two would join them. Anyone?

[prendrelemick]

Thinking out loud..

I suspect Casper is the odd one out, as all the other seem to go together, though not in the right grouping.

There's a "oo" group,

a South Carolina group,

a Peanuts group,

and a Brown group.

and Casper.

These are all overlapping and would easily make three groups of four (dropping the peanuts group)

GG spotted there may be a cartoon group - but that would leave Sloopy high and dry (or odd one out?)

The other thing that works is "names of towns that are also names of characters" group

Woodstock
Casper
Columbia

Then the oopies
Droopy
Sloopy
Snoopy

Then the Carolinas
Palmatto
Airports
Charleston

Then the Browns - but there are four of them, any could be odd one out, but "Brown Derby" isn't a person so I would say that one...

[MarkBastable]

Thinking out loud..

I suspect Casper is the odd one out, as all the other seem to go together, though not in the right grouping.

There's a "oo" group,

a South Carolina group,

a Peanuts group,

and a Brown group.

and Casper.

These are all overlapping and would easily make three groups of four (dropping the peanuts group)

GG spotted there may be a cartoon group - but that would leave Sloopy high and dry

The other thing that works is "names of towns that are also names of characters" group

Woodstock
Casper
Columbia

Then the oopies
Droopy
Sloopy
Snoopy

Then the Carolinas
Palmatto
Airports
Charleston

Then the Browns - but there are four of them, any could be odd one out, but "Brown Derby" isn't a name so I would say that one.

Nope. You may or may not have more than one group right - but I'll give you one for sure. The 'oopies' are right.

[MarkBastable]

Okay - I obviously failed to attract popular interest here. My apologies. I wanted to come up with thirteen items that suggested multiple possible groups, so that the actual correct one left over would be inarguably so only when all four groups of three slotted together in a way that was solidly and satisfyingly self-evident. I might have made that too rubbery.

Last giveaway before I give it all away...

The odd-one-over is Woodstock. So what are the four groups of three? 'Oopies' is one of them.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Maybe I should change my name to "Stretch Armstrong"...

Sloopy - Droopy - Snoopy = "oopy"

Charlie Brown - Golden Brown - Casper = Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UnPzp2lmNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_51bEKfOfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlyR9U1pQ70

(Airports in) South Carolina - Columbia - Charleston = airports in SC

Sweet Georgia Brown - Brown Derby - The Palmetto - restaurants

(btw - I've been to Sweet Georgia Brown a few times for some down home south Dallas Soul Food)

Woodstock = one leftover (extra song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_XB5xrHS4

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[MarkBastable]

Maybe I should change my name to "Stretch Armstrong"...

Sloopy - Droopy - Snoopy = "oopy"

Charlie Brown - Golden Brown - Casper = Songs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UnPzp2lmNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_51bEKfOfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlyR9U1pQ70

(Airports in) South Carolina - Columbia - Charleston = airports in SC

Sweet Georgia Brown - Brown Derby - The Palmetto - restaurants

(btw - I've been to Sweet Georgia Brown a few times for some down home south Dallas Soul Food)

Woodstock = one leftover (extra song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF_XB5xrHS4

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So, as I understand it, your argument is that Woodstock is the odd-one out because it's a song that you haven't included in the group of, er, songs.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

So, as I understand it, your argument is that Woodstock is the odd-one out because it's a song that you haven't included in the group of, er, songs.

A fitting response would be; “good grief!” I see your point.

(quick damage control)...

Uh…what I meant is…it’s the only song that begins with a “W” and…and therefore it’s the odd one out since it is the fourth song in alphabetical order?

(Let me quickly rearrange the other three, so this argument makes sense)

Casper - Charlie Brown - Golden Brown - Woodstock

No, no…I didn’t mean song. I meant to say it is the odd one out because it represents an event rather than a song, airport, oopies or restaurants. That has to be it, right?

That’s it for me; Prendrelemick?...Basil?...someone?

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[billl]

Casper is pure white. Woodstock had brown acid. So three browns, and Casper left over.

EDIT: a bare 10 seconds of checking my idea over reveals that there'd be at least five browns if brown were a category.

[Basil]

I think I may have discovered the missing link:

1. Sloopy, Droopy, Snoopy - the oopies

2. Golden Brown, Sweet Georgia Brown, Brown Derby - the brownies

3. The Palmetto State, Florence and Myrtle, Charleston - South Cackalacka

4. Casper, Charlie Brown, Columbia - all names used by NASA for Apollo mission Command Modules

[MarkBastable]

I think I may have discovered the missing link:

1. Sloopy, Droopy, Snoopy - the oopies

2. Golden Brown, Sweet Georgia Brown, Brown Derby - the brownies

3. The Palmetto State, Florence and Myrtle, Charleston - South Cackalacka

4. Casper, Charlie Brown, Columbia - all names used by NASA for Apollo mission Command Modules

Yep. I feel a bit guilty that this one proved difficult to the point of being tiresome.