Author Topic: password judges (Read 5745 times)

chad1m · « **Reply #15 on:** November 03, 2009, 10:00:21 PM »

[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'229811\' date=\'Nov 3 2009, 09:14 PM\']Buzz. The clue contains the essence of the password.[/quote]"The essence of" was never an issue on Password, only Pyramid. Password always dealt in forms of the word.

WhirlieBird74 · « **Reply #16 on:** November 03, 2009, 10:32:04 PM »

To me, 'Phillies' would be allowed on Password, but not Pyramid.

joker316 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 04, 2009, 08:02:04 AM »

Was "Phillies" a shortened name of Philadelphians (similar to the Mets being short for Metropolitans)? If so, then the form of the word rule applies and...buzz!

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2009, 08:36:04 AM »

[quote name=\'joker316\' post=\'229834\' date=\'Nov 4 2009, 08:02 AM\']Was "Phillies" a shortened name of Philadelphians (similar to the Mets being short for Metropolitans)? If so, then the form of the word rule applies and...buzz![/quote]
From Wikipedia: "After being founded in 1883 as the "Quakers", the team changed its name to the 'Philadelphias', after the convention of the times. This was soon shortened to 'Phillies'."
(In turn, cited from The Team-by-Team Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball)

opimus · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2009, 04:01:44 PM »

Would cheesesteak be accepted as a clue?

toetyper · « **Reply #20 on:** November 04, 2009, 05:14:56 PM »

[quote name=\'opimus\' post=\'229855\' date=\'Nov 4 2009, 04:01 PM\']Would cheesesteak be accepted as a clue?[/quote]

why not

BrandonFG · « **Reply #21 on:** November 04, 2009, 05:24:12 PM »

[quote name=\'opimus\' post=\'229855\' date=\'Nov 4 2009, 04:01 PM\']Would cheesesteak be accepted as a clue?[/quote]
Merriam-Webster approves.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 04, 2009, 05:25:30 PM »

[quote name=\'opimus\' post=\'229855\' date=\'Nov 4 2009, 04:01 PM\']Would cheesesteak be accepted as a clue?[/quote]
Indeed!

/at least in 2009

EDIT: Well, currently. Per the post above me (which came in as I was typing), it was admitted in 1977 - so no bones on classic Password.

alfonzos · « **Reply #23 on:** December 25, 2009, 04:39:26 AM »

Watching the Christmas morning GSN rerun of the original prime time Password. Rosemary Clooney and Shelley Berman were the celebrities. I caught the show in the middle so I don't know if Dr. Goodman was the judge of clues. Anyway, I thought the show let some questionable clues slide by. For "inside," both inner and outside were accepted. For "landlord," landlady was rules accepted. I would have voided all three clues.

Opinions?

chris319 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 25, 2009, 05:06:53 AM »

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For "inside," both inner and outside were accepted. For "landlord," landlady was rules accepted. I would have voided all three clues.

And why shouldn't they have been accepted? The "no opposites" rule was not in effect at the time. "Inner" and "outside" are not forms of the word "insider" and "landlady" is not a form of the word "landlord".

geno57 · « **Reply #25 on:** December 25, 2009, 01:16:22 PM »

[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'232984\' date=\'Dec 25 2009, 04:06 AM\']

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For "inside," both inner and outside were accepted. For "landlord," landlady was rules accepted. I would have voided all three clues.

And why shouldn't they have been accepted? The "no opposites" rule was not in effect at the time. "Inner" and "outside" are not forms of the word "insider" and "landlady" is not a form of the word "landlord".
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Right. And neither clue actually contains the password. So that makes 'em legal.