Author Topic: Difficult 'Pyramid' Subjects (Read 4980 times)

tpirfan28 · « **on:** October 17, 2006, 01:18:46 PM »

In watching the ep. Jamie posted from the $25,000 Pyramid, I was pondering the subject "Sophisticated Things" and how much trouble Betty had getting her partner in saying it. There's no way I would have come up with it, even with the clues that she was giving. In your opinion, what are some more really difficult "Pyramid" subjects?

tvmitch · « **Reply #1 on:** October 17, 2006, 02:42:15 PM »

I believe, although maybe not, that I saw "Things That Congeal" once.

clemon79 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 17, 2006, 03:28:58 PM »

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'134721\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 11:42 AM\']
I believe, although maybe not, that I saw "Things That Congeal" once.
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Spilled blood. Gelatin. Cold gravy.

/when you're writing the check, Lemon has one "M", please

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #3 on:** October 17, 2006, 03:35:07 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'134718\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 01:18 PM\']
I was pondering the subject "Sophisticated Things" [/quote]
Duke Ellington's "Ladies".

If Clay Zambo is my partner, I just won $100 large.

clemon79 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2006, 03:37:08 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'134737\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 12:35 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'134718\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 01:18 PM\']
I was pondering the subject "Sophisticated Things" [/quote]
Duke Ellington's "Ladies".

If Clay Zambo is my partner, I just won $100 large.
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Dead Or Alive's "Boom-Boom".

If someone who grew up in the 80's is my....aw, who'm I kidding, I'm still screwed...

mmb5 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 17, 2006, 04:55:45 PM »

Paging Mike Klauss in 3...2...1...

MikeK · « **Reply #6 on:** October 17, 2006, 05:27:44 PM »

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'134751\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 04:55 PM\']Paging Mike Klauss in 3...2...1...[/quote]
Oh shut up. :-P

From Mister Burger's Game Show Round at the 4th installment of the Congreff in August of ought-5...

* Presidents Named Buchanan (Jason Block: "James...James...James....")
* Mediocre Foods
* Things on Neptune (almost got that one; I named every planet but Neptune)
* 7-Digit Prime Numbers

And by not getting that last one, I must forfeit both my math teaching licensure and my degree in mathematics.

There was a fifth oddball category in my photo, but Mr. Block must've given an illegal clue.

For more difficult Pyramid topics, watch the last $20,000 Pyramid.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #7 on:** October 17, 2006, 07:10:23 PM »

I'm still gonna try "1,000,001, 1,000,003 ..." if given 7-DIGIT PRIME NUMBERS. The show never required the list items to be *accurate*, as long as they weren't trying to sneak the answer by in a non-list way.

But yeah, Bob Stewart was undoubtedly watching the budget on Bill's last appearance. Not just SOPHISTICATED THINGS, but THINGS YOU GATHER? Bill didn't have much time, but "(the proverbial) rosebuds" is one of only two I can think of that pinpoint the category at all, the other being "Pete Seeger's stones".

(Never underestimate the usefulness of "the proverbial".)

mcsittel · « **Reply #8 on:** October 17, 2006, 08:44:57 PM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'134773\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 06:10 PM\']
THINGS YOU GATHER? Bill didn't have much time, but "(the proverbial) rosebuds" is one of only two I can think of that pinpoint the category at all, the other being "Pete Seeger's stones".

(Never underestimate the usefulness of "the proverbial".)
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** Would "ye rosebuds" have been acceptable?

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 17, 2006, 08:53:36 PM »

[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'134786\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 05:44 PM\']
** Would "ye rosebuds" have been acceptable?
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Totally.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #10 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:07:31 PM »

Huh. For some reason, I thought "gather ye rosebuds" was "gather you rosebuds", in Yoda-esque subject-verb inversion style, which would (if the judges were awake) invalidate it as a clue. But upon further review, I am so wrong. Yeah, say "ye rosebuds", definitely.

clemon79 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:13:21 PM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'134791\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 06:07 PM\']
Huh. For some reason, I thought "gather ye rosebuds" was "gather you rosebuds", in Yoda-esque subject-verb inversion style,
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"Hmmmmm! Rosebuds ye shall gather, yes!"

mmb5 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:18:08 PM »

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'134757\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 05:27 PM\']
There was a fifth oddball category in my photo, but Mr. Block must've given an illegal clue.
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THINGS THAT SOUND EXACTLY LIKE FOUR. Say four, it's an illegal clue. Don't say four, it's an illegal clue.

--Mike

Jay Temple · « **Reply #13 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:48:03 PM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'134773\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 06:10 PM\']
I'm still gonna try "1,000,001, 1,000,003 ..." if given 7-DIGIT PRIME NUMBERS. The show never required the list items to be *accurate*, as long as they weren't trying to sneak the answer by in a non-list way.

But yeah, Bob Stewart was undoubtedly watching the budget on Bill's last appearance. Not just SOPHISTICATED THINGS, but THINGS YOU GATHER? Bill didn't have much time, but "(the proverbial) rosebuds" is one of only two I can think of that pinpoint the category at all, the other being "Pete Seeger's stones".

(Never underestimate the usefulness of "the proverbial".)
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I too came up with "Duke Ellington's ladies" immediately.

In the New York era, at least, the list did have to be accurate, because I recall "Randy Newman" being buzzed as a cule for SHORT PEOPLE. (He's six feet tall.) You could also say that buzzing "a diaper" for THINGS YOU PAMPER is a requirement of accuracy.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #14 on:** October 17, 2006, 09:56:01 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' post=\'134798\' date=\'Oct 17 2006, 09:48 PM\']In the New York era, at least, the list did have to be accurate, because I recall "Randy Newman" being buzzed as a cule for SHORT PEOPLE. (He's six feet tall.) You could also say that buzzing "a diaper" for THINGS YOU PAMPER is a requirement of accuracy.[/quote]

I think you missed part of my description:

"as long as they weren't trying to sneak the answer by in a non-list way"

Saying "Randy Newman" for SHORT PEOPLE is not merely a misunderstanding about the man's height; it's an attempt to communicate the idea of "short people" without listing short people. Same with Vicki Lawrence's "a child's toy bag" for THINGS YOU GRAB. That even meets the accuracy requirement--you can certainly grab a toy bag--but its more direct, obvious intent is to make the receiver think of a "grab bag".

On the other hand, you can see inaccurate list items get accepted all the time, often in geographic categories. Ontario as a Canadian city, penguins living at the North Pole . . .