Shakeepuddn Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) It’s bottom of the ninth, game tied, first batter up! To win the game, you need to 1. Hit the base clues 2. Pick-off the common denominator for each group 3. Catch the relation of these to hit the one-word winner! ***************************************************** Rosey-sear Use a keyboard to make a common vowel Peter in Paris Excavations of the wise one Youth made from elephant teeth Unending amore Ascending to breathe Brute plantation The year when pirates killed native Americans for sport Egghead from U.S. Anti-liberal Youthful Yankee State hymn A Titan dropped the ball Cranial geyser Edited November 17, 2008 by Shakeepuddn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 (edited) It’s bottom of the ninth, game tied, first batter up! To win the game, you need to 1. Hit the base clues 2. Pick-off the common denominator for each group 3. Catch the relation of these to hit the one-word winner! ***************************************************** Rosey-sear Use a keyboard to make a common vowel Type A or O (blood?) Peter in Paris Sellers (pink panther?) Shades of Red perhaps? Or just Red. Excavations of the wise one Youth made from elephant teeth Unending amore eternal love? Ascending to breathe Brute plantation The year when pirates killed native Americans for sport Probably a baseball reference (out of my league) Egghead from U.S. Anti-liberal Youthful Yankee State hymn A Titan dropped the ball Cranial geyser oops, fixed spoiler Edited November 17, 2008 by Grayven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 1. Shades of Red perhaps? Or just Red. 2. Type A or O (blood?) 3. Sellers (pink panther?) 4. eternal love? 5. Probably a baseball reference (out of my league) 1.Red will do it. That’s half 2.Close. Wrong vowel 3.Nope. Think how they do it in crossword puzzles. 4.It’s a hit? Oooo! Foul ball. Reverse! 5.Close. Wrong sport. You’re on the right track. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hey, I'm really new at this and not sure if I'm following protocol. Green on the reply options too. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Peter in Paris is Pierre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 A few to chew on The Sport would be Football. 1984 the Raiders beat the 'Skins in a really terrible Superbowl. Young AmericanConservativeLove eternal, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Ascending to breathe - Coming up for Air Brute plantation - Animal Farm The year when pirates killed native Americans for sport - 1984 So the theme for this set is George Orwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Graven yes, Cherry yes. Your loading the bases. Outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Excavations of the wise one - King Solomon’s Mines Youth made from elephant teeth - The Ivory Child Unending amore - Love Eternal all by: H. Rider Haggard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Rosey-sear - Redburn Use a keyboard to make a common vowel - Typee Peter in Paris - Pierre all by Herman Melville Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Cherry, almost home. Big swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 The American Scholar, ???, The Young American - Ralph Waldo Emerson. It appears I just missed hitting a Homer, but maybe my sacrifice fly was enough to push in the winning run... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 The American Scholar, ???, The Young American - Ralph Waldo Emerson. It appears I just missed hitting a Homer, but maybe my sacrifice fly was enough to push in the winning run... Hopefully the MLB's newly instituted video replay on boundary plays will overturn the initial call... Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 State hymn Anthem A Titan dropped the ball Atlas Shrugged Cranial geyser Fountainhead All written by Ayn Rand. Heavy stuff. The obvious commonality would be(insert appropriate adjective) Authors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 George Bush Conservative Alex Rodsteroids? something to do with John Insane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Egghead from U.S. - Humpty Dumpty? Anti-liberal Youthful Yankee - Yankee Doodle Maybe this has something to do with Nursery rhymes or mother goose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Shakeepuddn Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 d3k3 . . . It's outta da park ladies and gents! Not a grand slam but the run still counts; outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shakeepuddn
It’s bottom of the ninth, game tied, first batter up! To win the game, you need to
1. Hit the base clues
2. Pick-off the common denominator for each group
3. Catch the relation of these to hit the one-word winner!
*****************************************************
Rosey-sear
Use a keyboard to make a common vowel
Peter in Paris
Excavations of the wise one
Youth made from elephant teeth
Unending amore
Ascending to breathe
Brute plantation
The year when pirates killed native Americans for sport
Egghead from U.S.
Anti-liberal
Youthful Yankee
State hymn
A Titan dropped the ball
Cranial geyser
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