Author Topic: $100,000 Pyramid tournament categories... (Read 51875 times)

Jay Temple · « **Reply #60 on:** December 10, 2003, 01:05:37 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 02:53 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 9 2003, 10:50 AM\'] Explanation: Randy Newman is over six feet tall. "Randy Newman's enemies" would have been acceptable. [/quote]
Interesting. What if Brad Garrett gave that clue? Or Richart Moll? Six foot ain't nothin' when you're standing next to Manute Bol. [/quote]
I can think of one or two people who might know who gave that clue. But, do you really want the judges to tell a contestant, "We need you to stand next to this measuring stick so that we can determine whether your clue is legal"?

clemon79 · « **Reply #61 on:** December 10, 2003, 05:30:30 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 11:05 AM\'] But, do you really want the judges to tell a contestant, "We need you to stand next to this measuring stick so that we can determine whether your clue is legal"? [/quote]
Exactly my point, it seems kind of a subjective term to be buzzing.

I picture a plywood standup of Dick Clark holding out his hand with a word balloon saying "YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS TALL TO GIVE THIS CLUE"

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #62 on:** December 10, 2003, 06:07:43 PM »

[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 01:02 PM\'] I think what they really meant is that the word French in the clue was not an adjective modifying "potato," but an adverb modifying--describing, if you will--"fried." [/quote]
And yet John O'Hurley was allowed to say "a daddy spider" for "THINGS WITH LONG LEGS". Granted this WAS on the Osmond show, so it may not be a good basis, but still...

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #63 on:** December 11, 2003, 09:50:20 AM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 10 2003, 06:07 PM\'] And yet John O'Hurley was allowed to say "a daddy spider" for "THINGS WITH LONG LEGS". Granted this WAS on the Osmond show, so it may not be a good basis, but still... [/quote]
Hell, the producers on the Osmond show probably had "daddy spider" penciled in as the perfect clue.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #64 on:** December 22, 2003, 12:29:12 PM »

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 8 2003, 10:37 PM\'] [quote name=\'Little Big Brother\' date=\'Dec 8 2003, 08:50 PM\'] The clue is nonsensical, such as a phrase that has all of the prepositions removed but cannot stand alone. [/quote]
One example of such an infraction: in 1982, the subject was "Things you fry", and Barry Gordon was buzzed for the clue "a French potato". Jack Clark said there is no such thing.

Here's my facetious subject...one that hits home with this group:
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I'm not sure this even requires spoiler space, given how little info I'm going to pass on, but last week (12/18, I think), they had this category again on Osmond's Pyramid. The clue "French potatoes" was given and not disqualified. I know the contestant didn't get it off that clue, but I don't remember whether he/she got it at all.

HYHYBT · « **Reply #65 on:** December 22, 2003, 05:01:04 PM »

Oh, just say "French-cut potatoes" and be done with it.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #66 on:** January 14, 2006, 03:55:19 PM »

Sorry to bump the thread, but I was playing Pyramid with my friends, and one of them wrote up a fantastically ridiculous category for the top level...are you ready for this?...

"Things you could be."

What the hell do you say for that? Discuss and cuss.

clemon79 · « **Reply #67 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:04:25 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 12:55 PM\']Sorry to bump the thread, but I was playing Pyramid with my friends, and one of them wrote up a fantastically ridiculous category for the top level...are you ready for this?...

"Things you could be."

What the hell do you say for that? Discuss and cuss.

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"A contender." (Or, "A contendah".)

(And here's the problem with that category: what's the keyword? Are you gonna run into the "Things Found On A Cave Wall" problem with that? Very possibly.)

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #68 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:15:41 PM »

"A contendah" is what he came up with in the postmortem.

My guess is that "be" would be the keyword. It makes for a pretty lousy clue though, because wouldn't you have to accept "is" and "are" too, since they're forms of the word?

Celeb: A human being. A male, a female...
Contestant: Things that are...
*dingdingdingdingdingding*
Contestant: Wait, what??
Opponents: Wait, WHAT???

BrandonFG · « **Reply #69 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:54:03 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 03:55 PM\']Sorry to bump the thread, but I was playing Pyramid with my friends, and one of them wrote up a fantastically ridiculous category for the top level...are you ready for this?...

"Things you could be."

What the hell do you say for that? Discuss and cuss.

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"Contender" (-DAH?) is a good clue, but it reminds me of when Dick Cavett appeared on "$100K Pyramid" and walked to center stage, and held up a cue card which read "Things You Do". Dick was understandably confused.

As for things you could be...how about "all you can...in the Army." Maybe sing it like the jingle.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #70 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:55:58 PM »

Things you do: your laundry, your chores, your homework, the twist, the hokey-pokey...

Steve McClellan · « **Reply #71 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:06:42 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 01:55 PM\']Things you do: your laundry, your chores, your homework, the twist, the hokey-pokey...
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Okay, another legality question: "That Thing." "That Tom Hanks Thing."

Thing is certainly part of the category, but I've seen "_______ things" given as a clue for "Things That Are ________" and not zapped often enough that it might be worth a try. Jury?

clemon79 · « **Reply #72 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:28:14 PM »

[quote name=\'Steve McClellan\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 02:06 PM\']Thing is certainly part of the category, but I've seen "_______ things" given as a clue for "Things That Are ________" and not zapped often enough that it might be worth a try. Jury?

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I'd let it fly. I think they're more interested in the whole "essense of the answer" thing to ding you on something like that.

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #73 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:42:52 PM »

[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 04:15 PM\']Celeb: A human being. A male, a female...
Contestant: Things that are...
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Contestant: Wait, what??
Opponents: Wait, WHAT???

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Problem here is, you're never gonna get to that point, 'cause you've already been buzzed on "being."

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #74 on:** January 14, 2006, 05:47:06 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 04:54 PM\']As for things you could be...how about "all you can...in the Army." Maybe sing it like the jingle.
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Illegal; preposition.