Author Topic: MDP Rules question (Read 2174 times)

toetyper · « **on:** March 02, 2009, 05:34:27 PM »

playing for 250,000, your final word is SHADOW

you give the clues RADIO DETECTIVE KNOWS

after thinking betty white blurts out "the shadow"

legally isnt her guess 'the'

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #1 on:** March 02, 2009, 05:36:42 PM »

[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'209358\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 02:34 PM\']
playing for 250,000, your final word is SHADOW

you give the clues RADIO DETECTIVE KNOWS

after thinking betty white blurts out "the shadow"

legally isnt her guess 'the'
[/quote]
Well, to start, those are the most ridiculous clues you could give for "shadow". What's wrong with "Sunlight, ground, cast..."?

calliaume · « **Reply #2 on:** March 02, 2009, 05:39:57 PM »

[quote name=\'Kevin Prather\' post=\'209359\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 06:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'209358\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 02:34 PM\']
playing for 250,000, your final word is SHADOW

you give the clues RADIO DETECTIVE KNOWS

after thinking betty white blurts out "the shadow"

legally isnt her guess 'the'
[/quote]
Well, to start, those are the most ridiculous clues you could give for "shadow". What's wrong with "Sunlight, ground, cast..."?
[/quote]
"Lamont" and "Cranston" would probably do it quicker.

Of course, anyone younger than Betty wouldn't have any idea what you're talking about. "Groundhog" might be helpful.

As for the legality... beats me.

chad1m · « **Reply #3 on:** March 02, 2009, 05:42:37 PM »

[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'209358\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 05:34 PM\']legally isnt her guess 'the'[/quote]Official rules state: If a Guesser’s answer contains more than one word that is commonly linked together (such as “peanut butter”), we accept the first word as his/her answer and judge accordingly.

For example, if the Clue Giver gives the clue “President” for the Password “George” and the Guesser gives the two-word guess “George Bush,” then we accept “George” as his/her guess and rule the answer correct. However, if the Clue Giver gives the clue “President” for the Password “Bush” and the Guesser gives the two-word guess “George Bush,” then we accept “George” as his/her guess and rule it an incorrect guess.

So, technically, yes. However, I think that there would be enough leniency with this, especially since a password would never be "the".

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #4 on:** March 02, 2009, 05:55:04 PM »

Ken...Howard...White....ding ding ding

/Well, Steve Beverly would have gotten it, at least.

TLEberle · « **Reply #5 on:** March 02, 2009, 08:46:21 PM »

[quote name=\'toetyper\' post=\'209358\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 02:34 PM\']playing for 250,000, your final word is SHADOW[/quote] The first two parts don't matter. You can just easily say "is an article the guess, instead of the second word?" and save yourself a lot of footwork.

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you give the clues RADIO DETECTIVE KNOWS

Why would I do this? My partner might guess "Station" after the first clue, "Detective" might lead somewhere, but "knows" can be interpreted as "nose," and therefore not all that good a clue.

Nevermind the fact that I would go several other routes before resorting to "The Shadow Knows."

Fedya · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2009, 09:47:34 PM »

Nobody for penumbra?

chad1m · « **Reply #7 on:** March 02, 2009, 09:48:43 PM »

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'209389\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 09:47 PM\']Nobody for penumbra?[/quote]No thanks, I just had dessert.

TenPoundHammer · « **Reply #8 on:** March 02, 2009, 10:10:35 PM »

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'209389\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 09:47 PM\']Nobody for penumbra?[/quote]

Is that even a legal clue, since it's just the password in another language?

TLEberle · « **Reply #9 on:** March 02, 2009, 10:17:29 PM »

[quote name=\'TenPoundHammer\' post=\'209394\' date=\'Mar 2 2009, 07:10 PM\']Is that even a legal clue, since it's just the password in another language?[/quote]Dictionary.com seems to think so.