I'm calling an audible and replacing the first two categories with ones that are super unambiguous.
scrambled movies replaces pass"ages" - I'll give you the scrambled name and you respond with the movie title. I'll also accept any unscramble fascist, upper or lowercase "f," dictator names, if that works out.
sure excursions replaces that's entertainment - I'll give you an image of a famous tourist attraction, scrambled up like a jigsaw puzzle, and you identify it. That's "sure," not "shore," because you'll have to be, to get the points.
There will be a new feature today that I'm calling the Daily Dreidel. I'll announce that the clue is the Daily Dreidel when we get to it, and then you'll have one hour to post one of these options:
"all-in," meaning that you are betting all your points on this clue, a true Daily Dreidel!
"half-in," meaning that you are betting 50% of all your points on this clue
"not-in," meaning that you are playing for the face value of the clue
"passing go," meaning that you'll take a credit of 200 points and sit this clue out
After the hour, I'll post the "answer." If you did not choose one of those options, by posting it, then you will be playing for the face value of the clue. Note, there is only one Daily Dreidel.
Several water falls in a line that make the width the same as the height
I think it's brilliant that you saw a math problem in the clue. It's more like an observation than a response, though, so no points, up or down, but there should be a special cookie awarded for the effort.
A reminder that, still, everyone can play, and that, still, anyone can still win! We only went through half the clues yesterday, exactly fifteen out of thirty.
And finally, we'll begin the day with one of the new categories, scrambled movies for 200.
Yes, we'll take that. Tom Jones, the movie, Tom Jones, the Singer, Tom Jones, the fascist dictator - hardly a stenographer can keep up with his fast pace - Tom Jones, who played Senior Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel (nee Philip) Gerard ("I don't care!"), and Tom Jones, the name I use to check into cheap Hollywood hotels. {chuckles}
+200 for the early bird
Scoreboard:
Fogmalkin: +1400
Davefr: +502
Freddie: +410
Marc: +400
Mrs. Marc: +300
Seadog: +200
petlover: +0
Ms Understood: -200
Answer:
Originally Posted by scrambled movies, 300
Valuable Toe
And now let's meet Freddie from Camano Island, WA. It says here {points to card in hand} that you're a furniture stripper. How does that work?
Let's meet the current leader, Fogmalkin, from Clayton California!. It says here that you once shot somebody famous in your pajamas. Tell us about that ...
I'm going to leave scrambled movies, 500, open for anyone who cares to respond to it. It is the most difficult in the category, and was deliberately tricky. All the other scramble movies were "best picture" Oscar winners. "Mislaid Unions," unscrambled, isn't an Academy Award winner - it wasn't even eligible! It's a made-for-TV movie, and is topical to this thread!
So lets's open up an additional clue in a new category, "sure excursions." I'm going to post an image, scrambled as a jigsaw puzzle, and you have to identify the tourist attraction. Please be specific in this category - just a city or an area will not do - and please be sure!
Everyone, even if you're not already on the scoreboard, should post their Daily Dreidel option now! I'll give you until 5 pm Pacific since it's a slow day today - and then I'll post the answer to sure excursions for 400. Note that it's going to be more difficult than the previous two in this category - so if you're not sure, maybe take the 200 points just for passing go!
Your options again are:
"all-in," meaning that you are betting all your points on this clue, a true Daily Dreidel!
"half-in," meaning that you are betting 50% of all your points on this clue
"not-in," meaning that you are playing for the face value of the clue
"passing go," meaning that you'll take a credit of 200 points and sit this clue out
Question: Your wager only applies if you actually answer the question correctly or incorrectly (unless you wager "passing go") right? If you wager, but don't answer, no harm no foul?
Question: Your wager only applies if you actually answer the question correctly or incorrectly (unless you wager "passing go") right? If you wager, but don't answer, no harm no foul?
Correct-o-mundo!
And if you fail to choose before the clue is revealed, then you can still play for the face value, in this case, 400.
It's a time-saver, based on my experience playing Jeopardy! as a message board game before.
And the other big difference is that if the first one to respond fails to get the correct response, then others can still play, until someone gets it right.
It's a good risk, because the 400 clue is going to be easier than the 500 clue, which I predict no one will get.
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