| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8915 Registered: 4-2010 |
With thanks to Visconti for the clever idea, here is another multi-tiered name-the-movie puzzle. As always, the words go from red to orange to green to blue. Private Jack Challenges Valleys Champion | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3117 Registered: 1-2007 |
Private = Reclusive? personal? confidential? an army rank? a person like Private Benjamin Jack = A person named jack? a playing card? device used in puncture repair? the target in lawn bowls? valleys = Vales? Glens? canyon? I'll leave the rest for someone else to have a go at. | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 419 Registered: 2-2005 |
Private: parts? rank? eye? Jack: coke? johnson? looking for a last name? box? Challenges: trials? games? trivia? Valleys: peaks? hills? river? city? neighborhoods? girls? Champion: winner? looking for a specific name? sparkplug? yay, I get to participate in one. have fun with the \color codes! | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3221 Registered: 1-2001 |
Champion - winner? victor? best? medalist? first place? gold medal? sportswear? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8916 Registered: 4-2010 |
Private = Reclusive? personal? confidential? an army rank? a person like Private Benjamin Jack = A person named jack? a playing card? device used in puncture repair? the target in lawn bowls? valleys = Vales? Glens? canyon? Private: parts? rank? eye? Almost Jack: coke? johnson? looking for a last name? box? Challenges: trials? This games? trivia? Valleys: peaks? hills? river? city? neighborhoods? girls? Champion: winner? looking for a specific name? sparkplug? yay, I get to participate in one. have fun with the \color codes! Will do! Champion - winner? victor? This best? medalist? first place? gold medal? sportswear? All unanswered above are No Private Jack Trials Valleys Victor | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 420 Registered: 2-2005 |
Private: Detective? Dick? Jack: trades? master? all? tire? wheel? car? steal? take? 24? Keifer? Trials: tribulations? tests? court? cases? supreme? judge? lawyer? decisions? competition? Valleys: Death? Simi? Ebbs? Victor: looking for a last name? Vector? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8926 Registered: 4-2010 |
Private: Detective? Dick? No - "eye" was really, really close. Jack: trades? master? all? tire? wheel? car? steal? take? 24? Keifer? Trials: tribulations? tests? court? cases? supreme? judge? lawyer? decisions? competition? Valleys: Death? Simi? Ebbs? Victor: looking for a last name? Yes Vector? Again, unanswered are a No | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 421 Registered: 2-2005 |
Private eyes? Hall and Oats! Victor Hugo? (then to Hugo Reyes? or maybe Hurley?) | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3222 Registered: 1-2001 |
Jack...Nicholson? Nicklaus? Benny? Frost? Klugman? Or Jack...and the beanstalk? Valleys...dips? depressions? dales? troughs? lows? bottoms? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8927 Registered: 4-2010 |
Private eyes? Hall and Oats! Precisely! Victor Hugo? No (then to Hugo Reyes? or maybe Hurley?) Jack...Nicholson? Nicklaus? Benny? Frost? Klugman? Or Jack...and the beanstalk? No to all Ig boops - there has been a large BLOOPER on my part. Jack should read Jacks - sorry for the confusion. Valleys...dips? depressions? dales? troughs? lows? bottoms? No to all Eyes Jacks Trials Valleys Victor | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 422 Registered: 2-2005 |
Eyes: Betty Davis? Snake? Head? body part? Jacks: pair? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8933 Registered: 4-2010 |
Eyes: Betty Davis? Snake? Head? body part? No to all, although "eyes" does refer (-ish) to the part of the body. Jacks: pair? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1777 Registered: 9-2010 |
Eyes: Optic? Optical? Optical illusion? Optician? Ophthalmologist? Ophthalmology? Or a part of the eye? Optic nerve? Optic disk? Retina? Choroid? Sclera? Visual axis? Optic axis? Cornea? Conjunctiva? Iris? Lacrimal glands? Pupil? And there's a lot more to the eye than that, I was just sure if you wanted me to pick something else, you'd say so. For the non-technical: Sclera = "white" of the eye, Iris = "eye color", "pupil" = opening in the middle. (AKA the black dot. =P I'm sure everyone knows the pupil is that bit, but maybe not everyone knows it's an opening. Yay for medical training. *grin*) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8935 Registered: 4-2010 |
Eyes: Optic? Optical? Optical illusion? Optician? Ophthalmologist? Ophthalmology? Or a part of the eye? Optic nerve? Optic disk? Retina? Choroid? Sclera? Visual axis? Optic axis? Cornea? Conjunctiva? Iris? Lacrimal glands? Pupil? No to all - it's far less technical than that. I should probably clarify my "-ish" for the eyes clue - in the grorange connection, "eyes" refers to the part of the body, but the green word is not a part of the eye. And there's a lot more to the eye than that, I was just sure if you wanted me to pick something else, you'd say so. For the non-technical: Sclera = "white" of the eye, Iris = "eye color", "pupil" = opening in the middle. (AKA the black dot. =P I'm sure everyone knows the pupil is that bit, but maybe not everyone knows it's an opening. Yay for medical training. *grin*) This non-technical person appreciates the info =) However, none of it is relevant to the puzzle. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 515 Registered: 8-2010 |
Jacks: Forty jacks? Cards? Face? Court? Jesters? Princes? Servants? Men? Johns? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8941 Registered: 4-2010 |
Jacks: Forty jacks? Cards? Face? Court? Jesters? Princes? Servants? Men? Johns? No to all | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 416 Registered: 9-2010 |
Eyes = Ears? A mouth? A nose? Head? Shoulders? Nees? Tose? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8943 Registered: 4-2010 |
Eyes = Ears? A mouth? A nose? Head? Shoulders? Nees? Tose? Nope - "And no singing!" | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1785 Registered: 9-2010 |
No singing? But we love to sing! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8952 Registered: 4-2010 |
No singing? But we love to sing! Yes, we do. But we also love Monty Python jokes. By the way, I feel like I keep confusing you with the hints for "eyes," so I will flat-out say that the green is not a body part; rather, it is the other word in a two-word...something...in which "eyes" refers to actual eyes. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1263 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is it a type of feeling shown by the eyes (like sleepy eyes, teary eyes, etc.)? another way of describing the state of the eyes (dry eyes, shut eyes, etc.)? a color of eyes (hazel eyes, blue eyes, etc.)? the eyes of a specific creature (eagle eyes, hawk eyes, etc.)? | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
Moderator Username: Woubit Post Number: 1200 Registered: 5-2007 |
jealousy? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1787 Registered: 9-2010 |
of course, because Monty Python is one of the most awesome sources of humour out there...other than woubit =D So, does this puzzle weigh the same as a duck? (I am not promising to make any sense, I'm tired) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8956 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a type of feeling shown by the eyes (like sleepy eyes, teary eyes, etc.)? another way of describing the state of the eyes (dry eyes, shut eyes, etc.)? It could be, but... a color of eyes (hazel eyes, blue eyes, etc.)? ...this would be more accurate...ish. However, there's an even better way to describe it. the eyes of a specific creature (eagle eyes, hawk eyes, etc.)? jealousy? No green-eyed monsters involved in this puzzle of course, because Monty Python is one of the most awesome sources of humour out there...other than woubit =D Definitely true in all senses! So, does this puzzle weigh the same as a duck? (I am not promising to make any sense, I'm tired) Well, you may have made more sense than you thought... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8957 Registered: 4-2010 |
Very ironic BLOOPER: There is a yope-green-eyed monster involved (slight "ish"); however, it is not jealously. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2080 Registered: 7-2009 |
Black eyes? | ||
| Visconti (Visconti)
New member Username: Visconti Post Number: 423 Registered: 2-2005 |
Victor Victoria? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1792 Registered: 9-2010 |
Witches relevant? Sir Bedevere? King Arthur? Wood? Very small rocks? Bridges? You did say I made more sense than I thought, so I'm going with what I remember | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1267 Registered: 6-2008 |
If it's not black eyes, is it red eyes? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8962 Registered: 4-2010 |
Black eyes? No Victor Victoria? No Witches relevant? Yes...but where? No to rest Sir Bedevere? King Arthur? Wood? Very small rocks? Bridges? You did say I made more sense than I thought, so I'm going with what I remember You remembered well. If it's not black eyes, is it red eyes? No - I should probably say that it's Yope a color. I need to stop giving ambiguous hints - sorry again. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8994 Registered: 4-2010 |
To clear up any confusion I shall RECAP progress so far: Eyes Jacks Trials Valleys Victor Eyes -> something which is Yope a color. And I will give a HINT: it is the name of a product. Jacks -> not a name, the game, or playing cards. Trials -> not related to tribulations, and not "court," "judge," "juror," or "lawyer." Valleys -> nothing to do with any actual valleys (as in places). Victor -> a last name, but not "Hugo" or "Victoria." And witches are relevant somewhere. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 522 Registered: 8-2010 |
Trials: scientific trials? like in an experiment? anything to do with court at all? Salem Witch Trials? Valleys: physical valleys? emotional valleys? valley of the shadow of death? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8998 Registered: 4-2010 |
Trials: scientific trials? like in an experiment? anything to do with court at all? Salem Witch Trials? This last one, minus the Salem Valleys: physical valleys? emotional valleys? valley of the shadow of death? No to all Eyes Jacks Witch Valleys Victor | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1271 Registered: 6-2008 |
Jacks: Is it (part of) a proper noun, i.e. should it be capitalized? or does it pertain to objects called "jacks"? If the former, is it a band name containing "Jacks"? a book title? a movie title? the title of another work of art? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9006 Registered: 4-2010 |
Jacks: Is it (part of) a proper noun, i.e. should it be capitalized? Yes or does it pertain to objects called "jacks"? So no If the former, is it a band name containing "Jacks"? a book title? a movie title? the title of another work of art? None of these | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3223 Registered: 1-2001 |
Cracker Jacks? Victor...Mature? Borge? Wooten? Eyes...naked eyes? wide eyes? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9016 Registered: 4-2010 |
Cracker Jacks? Close, but not this. Victor...Mature? Borge? Wooten? None of these Eyes...naked eyes? wide eyes? Neither | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3224 Registered: 1-2001 |
Maybe RCA Victor? Or Victor Newman? And maybe Tracker Jacks? Or Apple Jacks? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9029 Registered: 4-2010 |
Maybe RCA Victor? Or Victor Newman? No to both And maybe Tracker Jacks? No, but... Or Apple Jacks? ...this one is right on the money. Eyes Apple Witch Valleys Victor | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3225 Registered: 1-2001 |
Victor French? Clear eyes? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9046 Registered: 4-2010 |
Victor French? No Clear eyes? Yes Clear Apple Witch Valleys Victor | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9155 Registered: 4-2010 |
With action slow, it's RECAP time, And I think I'll do so in rhyme. I'll add some HINTS where needed they're So all you solvers won't despair. The two bright green clues, Witch and Clear, Are not that tough, so no hints here. For Apple, you may want to ponder Melodies that make minds wander. With Valleys, you should ask your mommy Of paper planes and origami. The Victor whose last name you need? In lit'rature he can be seen. I hope that this did make some sense So solving puzzles can commence! | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2090 Registered: 7-2009 |
Apple -> Beatles? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1294 Registered: 6-2008 |
Valley fold? Clear: In the sense of transparent to light? in the sense of obvious? In the sense of a verb (to make space by removal of something)? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9191 Registered: 4-2010 |
Apple -> Beatles? No Valley fold? Well, "folds," but yes. Clear: In the sense of transparent to light? This in the sense of obvious? In the sense of a verb (to make space by removal of something)? Clear Apple Witch Folds Victor | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 114 Registered: 12-2004 |
Clear - Glass? Water? Apple- Tune? Tunes? iTunes? i-something else? Folds- Pleats? Victor- Hugo? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9206 Registered: 4-2010 |
Clear - Glass? Water? Apple- Tune? Tunes? iTunes? i-something else? Folds- Pleats? Victor- Hugo? No to all | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 489 Registered: 2-2009 |
Witch - Glinda? Good? Bad? of the East? of the West? (totally off track? probably :-D ) Folds - Ben? Victor - Creed? Frankenstein? Von Doom? Krum?? Apple - Fiona? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9223 Registered: 4-2010 |
Witch - Glinda? Good? Bad? of the East? of the West? (totally off track? probably :-D ) None these Folds - Ben? Close - you're looking for a song by him. Victor - Creed? Frankenstein? This 'un Von Doom? Krum?? Apple - Fiona? Same answer as "Folds," only with "her," for obvious reasons Clear Apple Witch Folds Frankenstein | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 493 Registered: 2-2009 |
hmm... Folds - Brick? Gracie? Apple - Shadowboxer? Criminal? Are the songs we're looking for one word titles? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9237 Registered: 4-2010 |
hmm... Folds - Brick? The first one. TANGENT: I have never actually heard a song as performed by the Ben Folds Five, but I have heard a cover of "Army" as done by one of Elon's a cappella groups. Gracie? Apple - Shadowboxer? Criminal? This one, and now we're green all the way across: Clear Criminal Witch Brick Frankenstein Only one more step for each word... Are the songs we're looking for one word titles? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2095 Registered: 7-2009 |
Frankenstein - Monster? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9244 Registered: 4-2010 |
Frankenstein - Monster? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1829 Registered: 9-2010 |
Doctor Frankenstein? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9246 Registered: 4-2010 |
Doctor Frankenstein? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1830 Registered: 9-2010 |
Mary Shelley? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9250 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mary Shelley? No | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 3227 Registered: 1-2001 |
Frankenstein - De Niro? Karloff? Clive? Kenneth Branagh? Gene Wilder? Young Frankenstein? Bride of Frankenstein? Brick - gold? adobe? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9281 Registered: 4-2010 |
Frankenstein - De Niro? Karloff? Clive? Kenneth Branagh? Gene Wilder? Young Frankenstein? This one Bride of Frankenstein? Brick - gold? adobe? Neither Clear Criminal Witch Brick Young | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 499 Registered: 2-2009 |
Clear - free? Criminal - are we looking for a person's name (e.g. Bonnie/Clyde)? a type of criminal (e.g. burglar/murderer)? a type of crime (e.g. murder/theft)? a word that's part of a phrase with the word 'criminal' (like Young Frankenstein above)? Witch - White? Sabrina? Morgan/Morgana? Mab? Brick - Red? House? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1834 Registered: 9-2010 |
Criminal Minds? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9287 Registered: 4-2010 |
Clear - free? Criminal - are we looking for a person's name (e.g. Bonnie/Clyde)? a type of criminal (e.g. burglar/murderer)? a type of crime (e.g. murder/theft)? a word that's part of a phrase with the word 'criminal' (like Young Frankenstein above)? This last one, slight DOYD of "phrase" - No to everything else Witch - White? Sabrina? Morgan/Morgana? Mab? Brick - Red? House? Criminal Minds? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1315 Registered: 6-2008 |
Criminal intent? case? law? justice? Smooth criminal? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9295 Registered: 4-2010 |
Criminal intent? case? law? justice? Smooth criminal? This one, so... Clear Smooth Witch Brick Young | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9404 Registered: 4-2010 |
Another RECAP done in poem On this here Internet forum. You are all so very close To solving this in few posts. Smooth and Young have reached their ends; Work on them no more now, friends. Witch is the first of two-word phrase That's heard quite often in these days. To answer Brick, a common id- iom will help you on your bid. And Clear will go and hit the sink If just on Christmas you all think. Once those are done, the movie can Be realized, and that's the end. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1875 Registered: 9-2010 |
Clear = Midnight? It came upon a midnight clear... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9421 Registered: 4-2010 |
Clear = Midnight? Yes It came upon a midnight clear... So it did... Midnight Smooth Witch Brick Young | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1321 Registered: 6-2008 |
Witch hunt? Brick and mortar (as in a building)? To hit someone like a brick? So the movie title starts out literally "Midnight Smooth"? Or are there other words in there? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9465 Registered: 4-2010 |
Witch hunt? No Brick and mortar (as in a building)? No To hit someone like a brick? No So the movie title starts out literally "Midnight Smooth"? No, FA Or are there other words in there? FA | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 116 Registered: 12-2004 |
Brick- Thick? (...as a brick) Witch- craft? -hazel? -doctor? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9479 Registered: 4-2010 |
Brick- Thick? (...as a brick) Yes Witch- craft? -hazel? -doctor? And yes - that makes all of them! Midnight Smooth Doctor Thick Young | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9562 Registered: 4-2010 |
RECAP-ISH: You have all the words - now find the movie that connects them! (HINT: It might be helpful to look over Visconti's name-the-movie puzzle.) | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 121 Registered: 12-2004 |
These are all characters from "The Boat That Rocked" (a.k.a "Pirate Radio") so I suppose that's it? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9568 Registered: 4-2010 |
These are all characters from "The Boat That Rocked" (a.k.a "Pirate Radio") so I suppose that's it? You suppose correctly... **********SPOILER********** Indeed, these are all nicknames of characters from "The Boat That Rocked" (or if you're in America like me, "Pirate Radio"): Private -> Eyes -> Clear -> Midnight ("Midnight Mark") Jacks -> Apple -> Criminal -> Smooth ("Smooth Bob") Challenges -> Trials -> Witch -> Doctor ("Doctor Dave") Valleys -> Folds -> Brick -> Thick ("Thick Kevin") Champion -> Victor -> Frankenstein -> Young ("Young Carl") The many music-related connections were also a hint to the musical theme of the movie. Nice work, everyone, and nice solve, Docd. |
