Initial Time We Play A Game With Two Letters In May 2021

Just in case the guy on KFAN has got his intellectual property ducks in a row with his Kickstarter thing, I will not refer to this game by the same name he has given his version. Instead, this will be the initial time I "host" a game for the second on this platform with the following rules:

1. I will give you two letters (for example, "K.P"). All the items that week will be a two-word answer in which each word begins with letter in the appropriate spot. The answer can be a person, place, thing, or other two-word phrase. For example, if "K.P." are the letters, then one answer might be Kirby Puckett. Another answer might be "Krakow, Poland." And so on.

2. I will provide six clues for each answer. The clues will be provided one-at-a-time.

3. If you believe you know the answer, make a Spoilered guess in the thread. The point will go to whomever correctly identifies the answer first. If you submit an incorrect response, then you can no longer submit for that particular answer.

4. The participant with the most correct answers at the end of the week wins. (If there is a tie, then I will have tiebreakers for only the participants in the tie.)

5. You're going to be on the honor system, but you should not be using the internet or other resources.

The letters will be revealed, and clues for the first phrase will commence at about 9:00am.

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The initials and a clue for the first phrase will be revealed at 9:00 a.m.

(photo credit to MagUidhir)

116 thoughts on “Initial Time We Play A Game With Two Letters In May 2021”

  1. Phrase one clues:
    1. Licensed a video game for the Commodore
    Next clue at 910

  2. Phrase one clues:
    1. Licensed a video game for the Commodore
    2. Has been named an honorary marine
    Next clue at 920

        1. All the clues should have just been jokes.

          1. If you spell his name in Scrabble, you win.
          2. Death once had a near-him experience.
          3. Has a bear for a rug. Not a bear-skin, just a bear that's afraid to move.
          etc.

    1. Chuck actually came to Camp Ramadi when I was there. This was at the height of military Chuck Norris joke glorification. Was otherwise an unremarkable event.

      I did once make and post a list of inverse Chuck Norris jokes about my CO (who was well-liked). I wonder if I still have those...🤔

  3. Phrase three clues:
    1. Invented by a professor at Cornell University
    Next clue at 1040

  4. Phrase three clues:
    1. Invented by a professor at Cornell University
    2. Subject of the most retweeted tweet of 2017
    Next clue at 1050

  5. Phrase three clues:
    1. Invented by a professor at Cornell University
    2. Subject of the most retweeted tweet of 2017
    3. Largest one in history weighed 51.1 pounds
    Next clue at 1100

  6. Phrase three clues:
    1. Invented by a professor at Cornell University
    2. Subject of the most retweeted tweet of 2017
    3. Largest one in history weighed 51.1 pounds
    4. Almost always frozen at some point
    Next clue at 1110

        1. I know I've gotten 2, but I've had a heck of a time thinking of things that have the "CN" initials (except for Cartoon Network), up and until the two I got were triggered by the clues.

          1. I have a bunch of names written down but really struggling with other non-person CN items. I have two.

            1. I mean, there's both my oldest son and youngest daughter, but I'm guessing they won't make the cut...

  7. Sorry, slight technical malfunction

    Phrase four clues:
    1. When hyphenated, the 2006 word of the year from Oxford Dictionaries for the United States (the UK word that year was bovvered, by the way)
    Next clue at 210

  8. Phrase four clues:
    1. When hyphenated, the 2006 word of the year from Oxford Dictionaries for the United States (the UK word that year was bovvered, by the way)
    2. Adopted by airlines
    Next clue at 220

  9. Phrase four clues:
    1. When hyphenated, the 2006 word of the year from Oxford Dictionaries for the United States (the UK word that year was bovvered, by the way)
    2. Adopted by airlines
    3. Achieved by Suriname and Bhutan
    Next clue at 230

  10. Phrase four clues:
    1. When hyphenated, the 2006 word of the year from Oxford Dictionaries for the United States (the UK word that year was bovvered, by the way)
    2. Adopted by airlines
    3. Achieved by Suriname and Bhutan
    4. Targets a footprint
    Next clue at 240

      1. Going for carbon neutrality, but I'll allow it (especially with the same phrase being used twice)

  11. Phrase five clues:
    1. Participate in a relay
    2. Come in pairs of twelve
    Next clue at 1020

  12. Phrase five clues:
    1. Participate in a relay
    2. Come in pairs of twelve
    3. Described with Roman numerals
    Next clue at 1030

  13. Phrase five clues:
    1. Participate in a relay
    2. Come in pairs of twelve
    3. Described with Roman numerals
    4. Numbered based on position from front to back
    Next clue at 1040

  14. Phrase five clues:
    1. Participate in a relay
    2. Come in pairs of twelve
    3. Described with Roman numerals
    4. Numbered based on position from front to back
    5. Generally named for either their function or structure
    Final clue at 1045

  15. Phrase five clues:
    1. Participate in a relay
    2. Come in pairs of twelve
    3. Described with Roman numerals
    4. Numbered based on position from front to back
    5. Generally named for either their function or structure
    6. Have paths both within and outside of the skull

  16. Phrase six clues:
    1. Spanned multiple generations
    Next clue at 140

  17. Phrase six clues:
    1. Spanned multiple generations
    2. Initially developed in just 18 months
    Next clue at 150

  18. Phrase six clues:
    1. Spanned multiple generations
    2. Initially developed in just 18 months
    3. Succeeded by a citation
    Next clue at 200

  19. Phrase six clues:
    1. Spanned multiple generations
    2. Initially developed in just 18 months
    3. Succeeded by a citation
    4. Permanently discontinued on August 18, 1988
    Next clue at 210

  20. Phrase six clues:
    1. Spanned multiple generations
    2. Initially developed in just 18 months
    3. Succeeded by a citation
    4. Permanently discontinued on August 18, 1988
    5. Sold poorly in Spanish-speaking counties according to an urban legend
    Final clue at 215

  21. Phrase seven clues:
    1. Associated with amnesia
    2. Associated with insomnia

    Next clue at 1020

  22. Phrase seven clues:
    1. Associated with amnesia
    2. Associated with insomnia
    3. Collaborated with Harry Styles

    Next clue at 1030

  23. Phrase seven clues:
    1. Associated with amnesia
    2. Associated with insomnia
    3. Collaborated with Harry Styles
    4. Collaborated with David Bowie

    Next clue at 1040

  24. Phrase seven clues:
    1. Associated with amnesia
    2. Associated with insomnia
    3. Collaborated with Harry Styles
    4. Collaborated with David Bowie
    5. Associated with bats

    Final clue at 1045

  25. Phrase seven clues:
    1. Associated with amnesia
    2. Associated with insomnia
    3. Collaborated with Harry Styles
    4. Collaborated with David Bowie
    5. Associated with bats
    6. A five-time Academy Award nominee

        1. I was thinking an author or writer after the first two, but then the next two clues happened and I stopped considering anything other than musicians. Blargh.

  26. Phrase eight clues:
    1. Should include the owner
    2. Should be permanently legible to an ordinary user
    Next clue at 220

  27. Phrase eight clues:
    1. Should include the owner
    2. Should be permanently legible to an ordinary user
    3. Should include a circle
    Next clue at 230

  28. Phrase eight clues:
    1. Should include the owner
    2. Should be permanently legible to an ordinary user
    3. Should include a circle
    4. When visual, should contain three elements
    Next clue at 240

  29. Phrase eight clues:
    1. Should include the owner
    2. Should be permanently legible to an ordinary user
    3. Should include a circle
    4. When visual, should contain three elements
    5. A 1978 law requires a symbol
    Final clue at 245

  30. Phrase eight clues:
    1. Should include the owner
    2. Should be permanently legible to an ordinary user
    3. Should include a circle
    4. When visual, should contain three elements
    5. A 1978 law requires a symbol
    6. Exist to deter infringement

      1. I was half expecting an acceptance issue spotter after I went down the Contracts lane.

  31. Phrase nine clues:
    1. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    Next clue at 1110

  32. Phrase nine clues:
    1. The Postman Always Rings Twice
    2. Gone Girl
    Next clue at 1120

        1. Hahaha! I haven't had a clue (or haven't been around) for any of the earlier ones in this category. What were the other clues you had queued up?

          1. The Big Sleep, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Maltese Falcon, and The Murder of Roger Aykroyd

          2. we need some sort of way to make this pop up as a text on our phones. Then I'll play more!

            1. I only got the Chevy Nova one because I happened to log in at just that point

              1. Same with me for carbon neutral. I was lucky to log on at that moment, especially since I got it in the nick of time.

  33. Phrase ten clues:
    1. Requests a nod
    2. Part of the wall
    Next clue at 150

  34. Phrase ten clues:
    1. Requests a nod
    2. Part of the wall
    3. Had the working title "The Doctor"
    Next clue at 200

  35. Phrase ten clues:
    1. Requests a nod
    2. Part of the wall
    3. Had the working title "The Doctor"
    4. Appeared first on the soundtrack for a Best Picture Oscar winner
    Next clue at 210

  36. Phrase ten clues:
    1. Requests a nod
    2. Part of the wall
    3. Had the working title "The Doctor"
    4. Appeared first on the soundtrack for a Best Picture Oscar winner
    5. Features two guitar solos
    Final clue at 215

          1. I was on Floyd songs, but every time my brain went to grab this one I kept getting "Wish You Were Here".

            1. that's the only Floyd song I know. Hopefully someday we'll play the WYWH version of this game

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