This brainteaser has two variations, both involving well-known persons.
Variation 1:
➤ TOBY GILL = ____________
Variation 2:
Round 5:
➤ MARGO POLK = ____________
PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):
How to Play:
To solve the answer to each simply decode a series of clues whose answers string together to reveal the name of a city, state or country of the world. Each clue is listed with the number of letters to its answer, which also happens, not coincidentally, to equal the total number of letters to the final answer. (Just count the number of ?????? in case of doubt.)
Example:
➤ Small food container (3) + Palindromic woman's name (3) = ??????
How to Play:
Each entry lists a string of 3 or more identical vowels surrounded by blank spaces. Using the clue as a solving aid, figure out each word (or place name).
Example:
➤ ___ ___ EE ___ E ___
(Place to store excess perishables)
[The answer is FREEZER.]
Round 5:How to Play:
How to Play:
Each entry lists a fictional person's name derived from the first name of Mystery Celebrity A and the last name of Mystery Celebrity B. Discover the identity of each entry's [Mystery Celebrity Offspring?] by linking the last name of Mystery Celebrity A with the first name of Mystery Celebrity B. (Homonymic names are allowed.)\
Example:
➤ ELTON [Mystery Celebrity Offspring?] NEWTON =
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[Answer: The fictional person's name is "ELTON NEWTON". Mystery Celebrity A is "ELTON JOHN". Mystery Celebrity B is "WAYNE NEWTON". The Mystery Celebrity Offspring is "JOHN WAYNE".]
How to Play:
Each correctly solved entry will reveal a well-known person whose first and last names consist of just four letters. A clue listing an appropriate "punny" anagram will help discern the mystery identity of each famous "4 X 4-ER" luminary.How to Play:
Each entry lists a sentence with two clues to help reveal the correct blank * blank answer. The first clue hints at a well-known personality (initials given as a solving aid), and the second clue embedded in the sentence hints at the 2-word answer that rhymes with the well-known person.
Example:
➤ Zany "Laugh-In" regular [G.H.] who never took care of the mildewed grass in her yard ended up with a ________ * ________.
[Answer: Based on the clue "mildewed grass", the blank words to fill in are "MOLDY * LAWN", which rhymes with the "Laugh-In" clue answer, "GOLDIE * HAWN".]
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➤ American actor who began his acting career at age 12 [K.R.] once tried his hand at being a stunt man but gave it up after incurring a strained pec and another ________ * ________ or two.
➤ All-American 60's actress "girl next door" screen icon [D.D.] kept her facial beauty secret to herself, but it had something to do with applying a certain type of ________ * ________ mask.
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➤ "Hee Haw" picker [R.C.] whose son was a DEA agent and he called him my "________ * ________".
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➤ "Titanic" star [B.Z.] wanted to film in warm tropical Hawaii, not on the cold Iberian Peninsula in ________ * ________.
How to Play:
Each entry is a sentence that has buried within it a "Lost City" in ruins - meaning the name of the city is broken up between two or more words. Hints are dropped in the sentences to help figure out the answers. Dust off your archaeological skills and begin to uncover the world's Lost Cities.
Example:
➤ I easily tire now that I'm getting old and just hang around gambling at the sports bar.
[Answer: The hint is "gambling" which ties into the name of the "Lost City" - "RENO".]
Round 2:
➤ Nothing like an Iberian Chablis, bonbons and a warm fireplace to cozy up to.
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➤ Was the Inca Iron Age, if there was one, as old as the Egyptian Iron Age?
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➤ Italian film poster got the movie title backwards: From Eternity to Here.
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➤ What, no mention of the Klondike Gold Rush in your report on Alaskan history?
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➤ You are flying to Montreal but I am going to motor on to Quebec.
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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):
How to Play:
Each entry lists a 3-word phrase and each word contains an X. Using the clues as a solving aid, figure out the Triple X-rated phrase. (No blushing allowed!)
Example:
___ ___ X
___ X ___ ___ ___
___ X ___ ___
(A half-dozen additional bovine draft animals needed.)
[Answer: "SIX EXTRA OXEN".]
Round 2:
___ ___ ___ ___ X ___ ___ ___
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(Both gender loving, large breasted femme fatale.)
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(Deceased Tijuanan intervener who gets things done .)
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(San Antonio pugilist who struggles with a speech and language impediment.)
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(Unlawful carnal abuse brought to light.)
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(Those who boldly go in search of a far-away mega-star cluster.)
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PAST ROUNDS (For your solving pleasure!):
How to Play:
Each entry is a common phrase consisting of 2 rhyming words. Clue are given as a solving aid.
Example:
➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___
(Exclamation used to express surprise or dismay)
[The answer is "HOLY MOLY".]
Round 1:
➤ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ * ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
("Meat" expression used to denote something nonsensical or foolish)
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(Book about a notorious "family" by Vincent Bugliosi)
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(Magician's stock phrase)
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(Hippies' motto for changing the world through peace and love)
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(Shortened light-hearted movie genre)
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How to Play:
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