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.
The letters are H.T.
Phrase one clues:
1. The title of the Seinfeld episode in which an Olympic marathon runner plans to stay at Elaine's apartment
Next clue at 910
Phrase one clues:
1. The title of the Seinfeld episode in which an Olympic marathon runner plans to stay at Elaine's apartment
2. May cause fetal damage during pregnancy
Next clue at 920
Incorrect, RR may no longer answer phrase one
Phrase one clues:
1. The title of the Seinfeld episode in which an Olympic marathon runner plans to stay at Elaine's apartment
2. May cause fetal damage during pregnancy
3. Associated with jets
Next clue at 930
Incorrect, MagUidhir may no longer answer phrase one
I cheated, so won't be answering. But I have a guess for one of the coming clues.
A John Cusack reference was coming if that's what you were expecting
I was expecting a Time Machine reference
That's probably the Cusack reference.
I had this (Craig Robinson) in mind:
Phrase one clues:
1. The title of the Seinfeld episode in which an Olympic marathon runner plans to stay at Elaine's apartment
2. May cause fetal damage during pregnancy
3. Associated with jets
4. Earliest ones were from the Greek town of Therma
Next clue at 940
WInner!
Hat Tip! (to mags)
I'll start another at 1:30
Phrase two clues
1. Member of the Hasty Pudding Club
Next clue at 140
Gah, timing issue.
Phrase two clues:
1. Member of the Hasty Pudding Club
2. Spent time in jail after failing to pay taxes
Next clue at 2:00
Winner!
Holy Toledo! Good call, hj.
Dang, I saw this first clue. I should've thought he was a member of the HPC.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure when I'll be able to continue these.
Holidays; thanks!
Totally fair. Either way, this was one of my favorite parts of 2020. Thank you for doing them!
I rarely got to play, but it was still fun to follow along after.
Good news: I can start one at 10:00am!
Phrase three clues:
1. The G.I. Joe team's operations support specialist (who was born in St. Paul, by the way)
Next clue at 10:10
Phrase three clues:
1. The G.I. Joe team's operations support specialist (who was born in St. Paul, by the way)
2. An enemy of Superman
Next clue at 10:20
Phrase three clues:
1. The G.I. Joe team's operations support specialist (who was born in St. Paul, by the way)
2. An enemy of Superman
3. An architectural style whose examples include the World Trade Center, the John Hancock Center, the Sears Tower, and the Etihad Stadium
Next clue at 10:30
Phrase three clues:
1. The G.I. Joe team's operations support specialist (who was born in St. Paul, by the way)
2. An enemy of Superman
3. An architectural style whose examples include the World Trade Center, the John Hancock Center, the Sears Tower, and the Etihad Stadium
4. A phrase first used in a 1958 New York Times article about atomic energy in Europe
Next clue at 10:40
Phrase three clues:
1. The G.I. Joe team's operations support specialist (who was born in St. Paul, by the way)
2. An enemy of Superman
3. An architectural style whose examples include the World Trade Center, the John Hancock Center, the Sears Tower, and the Etihad Stadium
4. A phrase first used in a 1958 New York Times article about atomic energy in Europe
5. Either the most complex or the newest
Final clue at 10:45
Winner!
Another at 1215
Phrase four clues:
1. The album featuring the single "Muskrat Love"
Next clue at 1225
Phrase four clues:
1. The album featuring the single "Muskrat Love"
2. Better than a brace
Next clue at 1235
Phrase four clues:
1. The album featuring the single "Muskrat Love"
2. Better than a brace
3. First used in cricket
Next clue at 1245
Phrase four clues:
1. The album featuring the single "Muskrat Love"
2. Better than a brace
3. First used in cricket
4, May be perfect in soccer
Next clue at 1255
Winner!
damn it.
I believe this is your first win. I suggest you stay humble.
The humblest.
Do I see eyebrows waggling?
lol, it would help if I had the letters in the right order
Are those the letters? I forget.
Not being logged in at the office, and looking at food stuff! Good one.
That was fun. How about another at 1:30?
Yes, let's!
Say, who owns the leaderboard sheet? I'd be willing to update if a hand is needed.
I think Mags created it.
I'll get on it
And my email with my clues just conked out on me... stay tuned...
Phrase five clues:
1. Received Medicare
Next clue at 1:40
In the club
I had that thought, but didn’t have the guts to pull the trigger.
Holy Toledo! Good call, hj.
Leaderboard is up to date as of "Harry Truman"
Are we going with seasons/years? Start over for 2021?
Thanks!
A new one at 830
Phrase six clues:
1. Associated with Louis Wolfson
Next clue at 840
Phrase six clues:
1. Associated with Louis Wolfson
2. May involve a proxy fight
Next clue at 850
Winner
Let's do one more at 900
Phrase seven clues:
1. No longer public
Next clue at 910
Phrase seven clues:
1. No longer public
2. Founded in Montclair, California
Next clue at 920
Phrase seven clues:
1. No longer public
2. Founded in Montclair, California
3. Associated with Ozzfest
Next clue at 930
Phrase seven clues:
1. No longer public
2. Founded in Montclair, California
3. Associated with Ozzfest
4. Exploded in the late nineties
Next clue at 940
Phrase seven clues:
1. No longer public
2. Founded in Montclair, California
3. Associated with Ozzfest
4. Exploded in the late nineties
5. A timely talking point
Final clue at 945
Phrase seven clues:
1. No longer public
2. Founded in Montclair, California
3. Associated with Ozzfest
4. Exploded in the late nineties
5. A timely talking point
6. Mostly found in malls (including 6 Twin Cities locations)
You are correct
I thought that might be one of the code words but I wasn't around. Alas.
Ooo, I might have guessed it at number one or two.
Let's do another at 1115
Phrase eight clues:
1. Nicknamed "Ragtime Texas"
Next clue at 1125
Incorrect, HJ may no longer answer phrase eight
Phrase eight clues:
1. Nicknamed "Ragtime Texas"
2. A tiger and a lion
Next clue at 1135
Phrase eight clues:
1. Nicknamed "Ragtime Texas"
2. A tiger and a lion
3. Nicknamed "Hardware Hank"
Next clue at 1145
You got it (before I even got to ET)
Hells yeah. I figured the second clue was related to sports, and I thought the Vikings Henry Thomas went to Detroit after he left Minnesota. Otherwise, complete guess.
All I could think is that the offspring of a tiger and a lion is called a liger, and that didn't exactly help me any.
Let's try to finish these letters today before another hiatus. I'll start phrase nine at 10:00 am
Phrase nine clues
1. Associated with Woody Guthrie
Next clue at 1010
Phrase nine clues
1. Associated with Woody Guthrie
2. Associated with Andrew Jackson
Next clue at 1020
Phrase nine clues
1. Associated with Woody Guthrie
2. Associated with Andrew Jackson
3. Associated with The Good Lord Bird
Next clue at 1030
Phrase nine clues
1. Associated with Woody Guthrie
2. Associated with Andrew Jackson
3. Associated with The Good Lord Bird
4. From the eastern shore
Next clue at 1040
DG is incorrect and may no longer answer phrase nine
That's alright. Keeps me humble.
damnit!
Mags may still answer phrase nine because his incorrect answer had already been submitted
RR is incorrect and may no longer answer phrase nine
Nibbish is incorrect and may no longer answer phrase nine
Phrase nine clues
1. Associated with Woody Guthrie
2. Associated with Andrew Jackson
3. Associated with The Good Lord Bird
4. From the eastern shore
5. Born Araminta Ross
Final clue at 1045
BrianS is incorrect and may no longer answer phrase nine
Phrase nine clues
1. Associated with Woody Guthrie
2. Associated with Andrew Jackson
3. Associated with The Good Lord Bird
4. From the eastern shore
5. Born Araminta Ross
6. Led at least 13 expeditions north
Pepper wins by a nose!
I would've had it after #5 if I'd been checking more diligently. I'd assumed DG got it earlier and didn't come back to check for a bit.
Too much faith in DG is almost always a mistake.
So close to joining the leaderboard
Six seconds behind Pepper.
Final one at 2pm
Phrase ten clues
1. Originated in colonized India
Next clue at 210
First thing I thought of.
Incorrect, RR may no longer answer phrase ten
I'm busy, don't know, and maybe RR is wrong.
Incorrect, hj may no longer answer phrase ten
Phrase ten clues
1. Originated in colonized India
2. A remedy
Next clue at 220
Correct beverage!
At first I was trying to figure out how gin and tonic or quinine could somehow fit the clues.
huh. I thought it and then dismissed it and then you guessed it. I would have thought it the invention of a more temperate clime.
We have an official Spooky in The Game!