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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 2:46:29 GMT
Salzmank et al Here's a nice easy one for you. You should get this in the twinkiling of an eye. What is the common theme/connection of the following words? Thief Spectacles Thespian Brass Bird Eden Wholesaler Author Bucket Circus Marseilles Lawyer Bride Dustman Murder Then make the connections. :-) ------------------------- Another little teaser. Where am I? (hypothetically speaking). The following clues (all names of movies) should lead you to me. But don't get bogged down with thinking movies. The movies themselves are not related to each other in the context of this puzzle. The Colditz Story (1955) Some like it Hot (1959) The Citadel (1938) Catch Me If You Can (2002) The Pelican Brief (1993) The Dark Tower (2017) Psycho (1960) ===========
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 15:56:34 GMT
Salzmank et al Here's a nice easy one for you. You should get this in the twinkiling of an eye. What is the common theme/connection of the following words? Thief Spectacles Thespian Brass Bird Eden Wholesaler Author Bucket Circus Marseilles Lawyer Bride Dustman Murder Then make the connections. :-) Alfred Hitchcock's filmography? Still a number of connections I haven't made yet, though, which leads me to believe it's not the answer.
Thief--Marnie or To Catch a Thief
Spectacles--the reflection of Miriam's murder in Strangers on a Train
Thespian--Murder! or Stage Fright
Brass--not sure
Bird--The Birds
Eden--not sure
Wholesaler--Frenzy
Author--not sure
Bucket--Rear Window [?] (the little dog Thorwald kills is carried up in a bucket)
Circus--Strangers on a Train
Marseilles--To Catch a Thief, possibly?
Lawyer--The Paradine Case, The Wrong Man, I Confess, Murder!
Bride--Rebecca
Dustman--heh. Rebecca or Under Capricorn?
Murder--the majority of AH's films
Unfortunately, the more I go through this theory in my head, the less convincing it sounds. |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 16:17:00 GMT
SalzmankRight idea. Wrong solution on all counts. Think literature more than movies.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 17:01:00 GMT
alfromniI'm a damn fool. It's Dickens, isn't it?
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 17:02:46 GMT
Salzmank Correct. Now explain the clues. :-)
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 17:13:19 GMT
Thief--Oliver Twist
Spectacles--Samuel Pickwick, The Pickwick Papers
Thespian--Nicholas Nickleby
Brass--The Old Curiosity Shop
Bird--Barnaby Rudge
Eden--Martin Chuzzlewit
Wholesaler--Dombey and Son
Author--David Copperfield
Bucket--Insp. Bucket, Bleak House
Circus--Hard Times
Marseilles--Little Dorrit
Lawyer--A Tale of Two Cities
Bride--Miss Havisham, Great Expectations
Dustman--Noddy Boffin, Our Mutual Friend
Murder--The Mystery of Edwin Drood
All these go in publication order except the first two. Was that intentional? alfromni, mind if I borrow--read: steal--this one too for a story?  Believe me, I'm kicking myself right now. It was your last hint that gave it to me. |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 17:34:03 GMT
Salzmank Correct on all counts. Use it to your heart's content. The stand-out clue that I thought you'd get straight off was: Bucket the detective. Didn't know about the publication order. I just copied the list from Wiki, then figured out which clues to set. Now try the other wee puzzle. Incidentally I've given up on the poem in despair. But keep it on. Someone else might figure it out. :-)
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 17:39:29 GMT
alfromni, I realized about that clue after I saw the pattern. Pfui. Again, let me tell ya that Mr. Geoffrey Lord is ashamed of his creator at the moment. No worries, Paula Vale is trying to comfort me, though.  To be honest, I think you're overthinking the poem. Use the first letter from valse as the first letter of the word you're looking for. Then find the other letters, which "you already know" from the first verse. Why did I use ascertain in that verse? Because of the letter-- I'll try the location one.
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 17:48:01 GMT
Salzmank~~~ "Mr. Geoffrey Lord is ashamed of his creator at the moment"~~~ Even SH isn't perfect. Remember about the tobacco?
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 17:53:37 GMT
alfromni , sostie , soullimbo , moviebuffbrad , et al. Let's see if I may offer this one--it uses numbers instead of words, though. John Q. Public (yeah... ) wants to join the illustrious Swordfish Club, but he's always been denied. He decides to talk to the president, but security at the door won't let him. At the door, he hears a member talk to the security guard: And the guard lets him in. Well, John goes right up to the guard. What is the connection between the numbers, and what is [or should be] John's reply?
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 18:46:12 GMT
alfromni said: Probably too obvious, but-- a prison?
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 18:48:58 GMT
SalzmankThe Bastille perhaps? Keep going.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 21:39:00 GMT
Salzmank The Bastille perhaps? Keep going. The Tower of London?
It's a tower, it was used as a citadel, also used as a prison [à la Colditz], sometimes for the mentally ill (and those thought to be mentally ill) [à la Psycho], certainly for people who didn't want to be caught, it had the Royal Menagerie at one point (pelicans, maybe?--it certainly has those infamous ravens). I can't find a connection for Some Like It Hot. |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 22:17:08 GMT
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 22:18:42 GMT
I meant in the [former] zoo. Lions and tigers certainly aren't indigenous either. Oh, well, I'll keep thinking... |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 22:26:43 GMT
SalzmankCorrect about Colditz, but what type of prison? The clue Psycho doesn't relate to "mentally ill".
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 22:31:12 GMT
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 22:35:21 GMT
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 12, 2017 22:49:00 GMT
alfromniPelicans. Of course. I am not having a good track record with grasping the obvious, am I? Alcatraz.
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Post by alfromni on Sept 12, 2017 22:50:16 GMT
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Believe me, I'm kicking myself right now. It was your last hint that gave it to me.