PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER 5πe2 SERVED
Schpuzzle of the Week:
Translate the following blank verse into a five-words-longer verse that rhymes:
Play with that voodoo doll,
Hold that black vampire bat,
Plant some greens, clover,
You are weary of all, you feel sore,
So paint your poser’s rosy-face grin.
(Note: You will need to change an “o” to an “a” and delete two commas in your translation.)
Appetizer Menu
Appellate Court Appetizer:
Trials, Convictions and Sentences... You be the Judge!
Part I: A Tumult Like No Other
Dangerous orange toilet prompts angst amongst soldiers; angry fiends filmed engulfing capitol. Anxious populace glimpsed chaos amidst depths.
foibles obviously plagued country.
Unusual woman’s warmth wounded bronzed “husband”. Citizens oblige justice!
What else pierces this opus?
Part II: Order in the Court!
What weird or uncustomary feature is in these sentences?
Part III: The People State Their Case
evacuating many, cancelling ritual.
What constitutes the original idea in this sentence?
Part IV: Defense: “This is Nothing More Than a Show Trial!”
What can you see in these sentences?
Part V: The Final Verdict: Key Parts of the Trial
What pokes your interest in this dystopian sentence?
MENU
Literary Hors d’Oeuvre:
A mix of meat and sweetness
Who is this author?
What are the cut of meat and the dessert?
ROT10 Slice:
Truckers and danglers
ROT10 the removed letters, in order, to spell what might dangle from the ignition switches of these trucks. What are this Ford truck name, truck manufacturer and ignition-switch danglers?
Riffing Off Shortz And Gordon Slices:
Plenty20 Dirty30 Sporty40 Nifty50?
Will Shortz’s May 19th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by noted crossword constructor and editor Peter Gordon, reads:
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Gordon Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Think of a singing duo whose surnames can be anagrammed to spell something that is human to do and a canine ordinance, in two words, that is enforced in Pennsylvania,
Tennessee and Michigan.
The first names of these singers are the first and last names of a puzzle constructor.
Who are the singers in this duo?
Who is the puzzle constructor?
What are the something that is human to do and the two-word canine ordinance?
Note: Entree #2 was composed by our friend Ecoarchitect whose “Econfusions” is featured in this edition of Puzzleria!
Think of a famous song with a two-word title in which the words are rhymes for a number and
its adjectival form.
What song is it?
Note: Entrees #3 through #8 were composed by our friend Nodd whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is a regular feature on Puzzleria!
Think of a 1940’s film with a three-word title
(four letters in the first word, three letters in the second), in which the first word rhymes with a number and the second word sounds like the next number in order.
What movie is it?
Think of a 1970’s film with a six-word title in which the first word is a number and the second word rhymes with the next number in order.
What movie is it?
ENTREE #5:
What movie is it?
Think of a 1940’s film with a five-word title in which the fourth word is a number. The third word sounds like the immediately preceding number.
What movie is it?
Think of a 1990’s film with a three-word title in
which the first word is a number.
The third word rhymes with the immediately preceding number.
What movie is it?
Think of a 1940’s film with a six-word title in which the first word sounds like a number and the second and third words rhyme with the next two numbers in order. What movie is it?
Think of a newsmagazine on network television, in one word of two syllables – syllables that are rhymes for consecutive numbers.
What TV newsmagazine is it?
ENTREE 10:
Name a beverage recommended by herbalists to alleviate dry coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma, “bronchial cramps” and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and whooping cough.
The syllables of the beverage are rhymes for three consecutive numbers.
What is this beverage?
ENTREE 11:
Name a cultish American religious movement that was much in the news in the late 1990s.
What is this movement?
What are the numbers?
Take words that rhyme with four consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence.
These words give an incorrect description of Utah during the past sixty years vis-à-vis its presidential election voting results.
What is this incorrect description of Utah?
What is this sequence of Fibonacci numbers?
ENTREE #13:
numbers.
What do these people do and what are the numbers?
A synonym of “counterfactual” rhymes with a pair of consecutive numbers. What are this synonym and pair of numbers?
ENTREE #15:
Name two words: where a man gripping a brassie may be standing and what he might yell after swinging this brassie.
What are the two numbers?
Where might a brassie-gripping man be standing?
What might he yell?
ENTREE #16
Write a two-word caption for each of the four images pictured here.
Dessert Menu
Drinkable Dessert:
Refreshed? Sated? Tipsy?
Name a two-word beverage.
What is this beverage? What may its drinkers hope to become?
Note: The only part of the second word that is a part of the answer is the seventh letter of the beverage (which is in the second word). The remainder of the second word does not appear in the answer.
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QUESTIONS?
ReplyDeleteIn the first slice (Meat and Sweetness) is the author name supposed to be entire name, or merely a surname?
DeleteGood question, ViolinTeddy. We are looking for the entire name, two words, first and last.
DeleteEarly Hint: "E.B., but not White."
Another early hint: Anagram "Guys who install windows"
LegoLambdaWhichIsAnAnagramOf"OldAgeBalm"
I got all excited, Lego, thinking I'd worked out the first Slice for a minute (I'm still clinging onto the author whom the early hint seems to suggest). I just simply can't turn that name into a meat and a dessert. There are two 'good' possibilities for the meat, but the letters left in each case refuse to turn into anything else.
DeleteThe meat seems very "BBQ/USDA".
DeleteThe dessert word comes to us from another language, and literally means "lightning."
LegoWereHeToBeAContestantOnJeopardy!WouldBeLightweightNotLightningQuickWithTheBuzzer!
OK, have it now. There's a bit of a trick to it.
DeleteDidn't get anywhere with the "window" hint, though.
The hint allowed me to figure out the dessert (I had never known that about that word), but the meat still eludes me. I had desperately wanted the author to be Emily Bronte, from which I could derive both loin and T-bone, but as I said above, no dessert. However, the actual dessert prevents her from being the author, so i can safely write about her being wrong.
DeleteOoh, I just now solved it, too. Yippee!
DeleteVT, the cut of beef is "short" in more ways than one.
DeleteLego, I may have figured out the hint now, although my answer is more accurate for "windows on the house." I solved it in VT's favorite way - backwards! - in that I started with the words I thought were associated with the answer and then got the window phrase. I had a bit of trouble figuring it out at first since there is a synonym for those words with a "P" and "M" but I got nowhere with that.
What does any of this have to do with the price of potatoes?
DeleteTortie,
Delete(In my hint this morning I neglected to print the word, in boldface, below:
The window hint:
Anagram "Guys who install windows" = two words beginning with P and M.
LegoWhoSaysThatTheseAreNotGuysWhoInstallWindowsOnYourComputer
HINTS!
ReplyDeleteSunday Hints for Entrees 3-8:
Delete3. The rhyming words are alliterative. If the third word were also alliterative, the second and third words would name something with which a certain Puzzlerian is intimately familiar.
4. The movie’s most important female character reminds me of a Fanon book.
5. The fourth word is a color.
6. The second word is a letter.
7. The third word is a color and is described in the second word.
8. What’s the question, again?
Nodd, I kid you not. After going through a list with several THOUSAND film titles (and using the Finder function to try to locate 1940s, to no avail), I waded through ANOTHER list, where at long last, number 934, I finally zeroed in on your movie title for Entree 5. My poor eyes are utterly worn out.
DeleteEARLY MONDAY HINTS:
DeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Those with a "giant lip" may have an advantage in solving this "Voodoo, vampire, clover, verse."
Appellate Court Appetizer:
I shall defer to Ecoarchitect regarding hints.
Literary Hors d’Oeuvre:
A "Bic appellation" is involved.
ROT10 Slice:
A Cruise Missile? No, a Cruise role.
Riffing Off Shortz And Gordon Slices:
ENTREE #1
"Don't make a mistake and allow your dogs to run loose!"
ENTREE #2
Lynyrd Skynyrd's usual closing-a-concert song -- at the end it is just instumental, but quite frenzied!
(See Nodd's hints, that he posted above, for hints to his Entrees #3 through #8. We thank him!)
ENTREE 9:
The newsmagazine you need is conspicuously missing from my graphic.
ENTREE 10:
Thr first two syllables form a compound word that evokes "glistening grass in the early morn." the third syllable is a non-alcoholic brew.
ENTREE 11:
"Knock knock knocking on... well, anyway, it at least serves kinda the same purpose as a door!"
ENTREE #12:
"Well, we got to irrigate our deserts
We gotta get some things to grow
And we gotta tell this country about _ _ _ _
'Cause nobody seems to know!"
ENTREE #13:
... ____ ___, pick up sticks, seven eight, lay them straight...
ENTREE #14:
“Counterfactual? Why not just say 'false'? or even '_ _ _ _ _ _'?”
ENTREE #15:
That's "brassie"... not "brassiere!" 'Tis a club in a golf bag used for driving far down the fairway.
ENTREE #16
The two consecutive counting numbers with which each caption rhymes are the same two consecutive counting numbers... you see?
Drinkable Dessert:
The beverage is not alcoholic, like beer, for instance, but it is associated with the Badger State.
LegoNewLondondairy
Hmmm, Appetizers are feeling a little neglected in the discussion. Too hard, or is the jury still deliberating? There are instructions in each sub-heading as well as in each question related to its Part. In addition:
Delete1. App Part I: there is no gold medal for solving this, but there is silver.
2. App Part II: the Jackson 5 almost sang about how easy this puzzle is.
3. App Part III: do a word count and you might see why I was REALLY GLAD history stopped at 13. Some say ViolinTeddy won't get this, I say just the opposite!
4. App Part IV: you must watch these words!
5. App Part V: this might not be your type of puzzle; the trick is to divide the sentence into equal parts. How many is up to you, do you feel lucky? The answer could be pleasing.
6. Entree #2: things just couldn't be the same after this band left us.
VT, considering the star, director, budget, and box office, it's surprising the film was so far down the list. Sorry you had such a tough time with it, but I'm glad you got it.
DeleteThanks, everyone, for the hints.
DeleteNodd, looks like I have Entree #7 right, even though I have never heard of the movie. I am confused about Entree #3, however. My answer fits your hint if I change the hint to the following: "The first two words of the movie are alliterative. If the third word were also alliterative, the first and third words would name something with which a certain Puzzlerian is intimately familiar."
Eco, I didn't discuss the appetizers because I was hopelessly stuck! I have #3 now at least, and hopefully I'll make additional progress (and I like the ViolinTeddy shoutout!).
Tortie, what I meant by "the rhyming words" was the words that rhyme with the consecutive numbers, not that they rhyme with each other. Those "rhyming words" are indeed the first and second words of the movie title. But you are correct that I should have said the FIRST and third words form the something with which one of our ranks is familiar. Thanks for catching that; apologies to all.
DeleteNodd, thank you for that clarification. I was pretty sure that was the right movie, even though I have never heard of it. I do know some of the actors in it; in fact, one of the actors was in the show pictured in App #4. I have a long list of movies that I obtained from the IMDB website and I couldn't really see what else could fit.
DeleteLego, I finally solved the Schpuzzle, but I do have a question. Should there also be a deleted letter in line 4? It's possible I don't understand the nuances of "giant lip."
"Giant lip" is an anagram of "Pig Latin", but I don't see any connection with the verse. I do have Entree #13 solved, though.
Deletepjb,OrEpayAjayEbay
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DeleteIn the Schpuzzle, does “rosy-face” count as one word or two when you count the words in the original verse? It seems the hyphen would be removed in the translation. If it counts as just one word in the original, my translation is six words longer than the original, rather than five as specified in the directions.
DeleteThis HInts section has become very long, but referring directly back to Eco's hints re his Appetizers: I have NO idea what I'm not supposed to get your Part III.....I had written down that Parts 1 and III were related, but then I have NO idea what to do with Parts 2, 4 and 5. And the hints don't lead me anywhere. IN fact the hints for Parts 1 and 3 don't really match up with my answers, but I fail to see how they could be wrong.
DeleteVT: my reference to you in my clue was not actually directed at you, cryptic crossword solvers may get the reference. I'll be curious to see how you find Parts I and III are related, in my mind (and solution) they are not.
DeleteThe solutions lie in the words or groupings of words, not in the subjects of the sentences. For example, my original version for Part III was "Elderly patrons enjoy elegant acts remaking humdrum scores, enhancing innovative symphony concert tributes." I changed it to fit the stormy scene in NYC.
Similarly, for Part II I had the partial sentence of "As the lion cub watched, its mom put a perilous chase …"
The sentences in Part IV are somewhat silly, largely because there are relatively few words that fit the criteria.
Not sure if this helps or makes it worse!
Eco, I clearly have nothing, then, re your Appetizer puzzles. I had gone for the meanings in Parts 1 an 3, and I will just let them stay put in my answers, as I have zero clue what the real answers are meant to be.
DeleteNot sure whether I should feel good or bad about the difficulty, I thought the challenge increased in each part. Tortie did say she got #3, which was pretty hard for my test audience - Word Woman.
DeleteI'm working on my stump speech.
After I saw the original “lion” puzzle, somehow I was able to also solve #2. Still stuck on the rest, however.
DeletePUZZLE RIFFS:
ReplyDelete1. Think of a 1940’s film with a five-word title. The first word sounds like a number. The second word rhymes with the immediately preceding number.
Delete2. Think of an author with the initials E. B. Anagram the author's name into two words that describe Kristin Chenoweth.
An actor in #1 shared a profession with a namesake in CT.
DeleteHints:
Delete1. Judy and Gene.
2. Take the username of a talented and prolific puzzle-maker on this blog and add a letter to the end. You'll have what is likely the author's most famous character. Spell the first name of the author backwards. You'll have a synonym of "eat."
Riff 3: Think of a 1950's film with a three-word title. Each word contains three letters. The third word is a number. The first word rhymes with the number after that. The second word sounds like the number after that.
DeleteTortie, I have your second and third riffs, but it's that pesky 1940s film that still puzzles me. I haven't got any of the 1940s films in this week's puzzles at all. I need a little help on those. Then again, I have to see my therapist tomorrow at 2:00pm, so P! hasn't been as big a priority lately. Will do my best to explain later tomorrow night.
DeletepjbHasNothingAgainstAnyMoviesThatCameOutInThe1940s,Though
pjb, I hope your therapist appointment goes well. I understand if Puzzleria! is not a priority right now! Here are some hints in case you get to see them in time.
DeleteMy first movie was Gene Kelly's debut. It was named after a song, as was the movie in Riff #3.
For Nodd's 1940's movies, I'll give you some music hints (except #8). Hopefully Nodd won't mind! The first word of #3 is the group that did "All RIght Now." #5's last two words are related to oak trees. The first two words are two words sung before "Blue Velvet." #6's first two words are what the singer wanted Maria to take. #8 is a quote from Shakespeare.
MY PROGRESS SO FAR:
ReplyDeleteSo far the Entrees have proved to be the easiest(not any of the 1940s ones, though), as I have just solved #1, #2, #4,,#9, #14, #15, and #16. The first few puzzles(Schpuzzle and Appetizers)will require hints before I am to be able to solve either. My official first post will be some time tomorrow evening after "Lingo" goes off the air. Feeling better, BTW, though my sinuses have been bothering me off and on for a while now.
DeletepjbWillBeGettingAMuch-NeededHaircutTomorrow(SpoilerAlert!)
In a pleasant change of pace from lately, I managed to solve not only all the Entrees except #s 5 and 10, but the ROT10 Slice, and the Dessert. (Assuming that the latter's answer is just the first word, after its has had a change of second letter. I.e. the second word becomes irrelevant?)
DeleteViolinTeddy is correct. The second word does indeed become irrelevant. It is just a one-word answer.
DeleteLegoWhoShallNowClarifyTheDessertTextThanksToVT
My progress is similar to VT's. I have the Slice, Entrees (some might be alts, as I've never heard of them, but they fit the descriptions), and Dessert.
DeleteOf the remaining puzzles, the Hors d'Oeuvre feels like the most solvable, but haven't gotten anywhere on that.
Jeepers, I completely missed that the Meat/Sweet puzzle was the Hors D'O. I don't know WHY I thought there were two Slices this week, that being the first one. I even wrongly called it 'the first slice' in my question above to Lego, as well as my later comment about it.
DeleteI believe I finally stumbled upon the solution for Entree 10. Certainly nothing I had ever heard of!
DeleteGood Memorial Day Weekend Eve to all!
ReplyDeleteMom and I are fine, but still getting over our stomach bug from last week. We did not eat out tonight, because Bryan and Renae had gone to Baltimore yet again with Maddy this week, and they got back home yesterday(I think), and Mom called them about eating out and Bryan said they were just going to go to bed. Clearly they are exhausted from the whole trip. Earlier I had gotten a much-needed haircut at Cuts By Us. I should have gone much sooner, but of course I was under the weather for about two weeks now. Next week I have to go see my therapist Dr. Bentley. This too is much-needed. Being sick depressed me a little, but I've felt a little strange going into the new year anyway. Won't go into detail here, though. I already mentioned what I'd solved so far this week, so I won't bother to repeat it. Next I'll tackle the Private Eye and Prize Crosswords. Wish me luck or please pray for me, however you must look at it after you read this.
pjbDidRecentlyGetAPairOfThoseSkechersSlip-InShoes,SoThat'sDefinitelyBeenOneOfTheHighPoints(WearsThemEverywhere!)
I forgot to mention what we did have for supper: Mom wanted Captain D's, and I wanted Hardee's, so she made two trips.
ReplyDeletepjbSaysHardee'sCinnamonRollsBeatCaptainD'sFunnelCakeSticksAnyDayOfTheWeek
Astoundingly, I am actually downstairs, AWAKE, and remembered that today is P! answer day, for a change!
ReplyDeleteSCHPUZZLE:
Play with your AMULET,
Hold that little DRACULET,
Plant seeds of PROSPERITY,
You’re weary of INSINCERITY.
So paint your model’s HILARITY.
[I completely failed to follow the given Note. And my rhymes makes no sense, admittedly.]
APPETIZER:
1. IT’S ABOUT TRUMP AND THE ASSAULT ON THE CAPITOL ON JAN 6, 2021.
III. ALSO ABOUT TRUMP: HIS LIKING WHAT THE ATTACKERS DID, PREVENTING THAT DAY’S CONFIRMATION OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE.
HORS D'O: ERIC BLAIR [George Orwell] => ECLAIR & RIB
ROT10 SLICE: MAVERICK => MACK; VERI => FOBS
ENTREES:
1. PETER Asher & GORDON Waller => ERR & LEASH LAW
2. Per the hint, it must be FREE BIRD (Three, Third) [I had had : YOU RECKON? (Two, Second)]
3. FREE FOR ALL (Three, Four)
4. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (One, Two)
5. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (Three, Four)
6. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (Two)
7. THREE COLORS: BLUE (Three, Two)
8. TO BE OR NOT TO BE ( Two, Three, Four)
9. DATELINE
10. SUNDEW TEA (One, Two, Three)
11. HEAVEN’S GATE (Seven, Eight)
12. 2, 3, 5, 8 => BLUE BEE HIVE STATE
13. DRIVE STICKS (Five, Six)
14. UNTRUE (One, Two)
15. TEE & FORE (Three, Four)
16. BLUE SEA; YEW TREE; BREW TEA; SHOE TREE (Two, Three)
DESSERT: SKIM MILK => SLIM
Window installers are PANE MEN which is an anagram of PEN NAME which is a synonym of PSEUDONYM which is an anagram of SPUD MONEY.
ReplyDeleteYou can get 10 pounds of Russet potatoes at Wal-mart for $5.98.
SCHPUZZLE – PLAY WITH THAT VOODOO ALL DAY,
ReplyDeleteHOLD THAT BLACK VAMPIRE AT BAY,
PLANT SOME GREENS OVER CLAY,
YOU ARE WEARY OF ALL YOU DO OR SAY,
SO PAINT YOUR POSER’S ROSY FACE IN GRAY.
APPETIZER PART II – IN EACH SENTENCE, A, E, I, O, AND U APPEAR IN THAT ORDER REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE SENTENCE, AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY VOWELS IN THE SENTENCE (EXCLUDING Y), FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT TIMES IN THE THREE SENTENCES.
HORS D’OEUVRE – ERIC BLAIR (AKA GEORGE ORWELL); RIB, ECLAIR
SLICE – MAVERICK; MACK; FOBS
ENTREES
1. PETER ASHER, GORDON WALLER; PETER GORDON; ERR, LEASH LAW
2. FREE BIRD
3. FREE FOR ALL
4. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
5. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
6. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
7. THREE COLOURS: BLUE
8. TO BE OR NOT TO BE
9. DATELINE
10. SUNDEW TEA
11. HEAVEN’S GATE
12. BLUE BEEHIVE STATE; 2, 3, 5, 8
13. DRIVE STICKS
14. UNTRUE
15. THREE, FOUR; TEE, “FORE”
16. TWO, THREE – BLUE SEA; YEW TREE; BREW TEA; SHOE TREE
DESSERT – SKIM MILK; SLIM
TORTITUDE RIFF #1 – FOR ME AND MY GAL
TORTITUDE RIFF #2 – ENID BLYTON; BLONDE, TINY [DISCLOSURE: SOLVED AT 12:01 PM PDT]
NoddWhoSaysProlific?Admittedly;Talented?Questionable–But ComplimentGratefullyAccepted
Yes, you are talented!
DeleteI think we all struggled with those difficult (even with hints) Apps. I'm curious to see the answers, and whether or not they'll fit into "I should have seen that" (typical "Wheel of Fortune" puzzle) or "I'm nowhere near smart enough to ever figure that out and it doesn't even seem like English to me" ("Jeopardy! Masters").
Schpuzzle: (Post hint: ) change each word on the end to Pig Latin (DOLL -> change O to A -> ALL DAY; BAT -> AT BAY; CLOVER -> OVER CLAY; SORE -> OR SAY; GRIN -> IN GRAY)
ReplyDeleteApp: (#2 and #3 are post hint; others not solved: Sheesh!)
Part 1: ??? Greek letters, chemical symbols, math symbols/abbreviations (ANG shows up a bunch of times, ORANGE is anagrammed into DANGEROUS)
Part 2: Contains vowels in order (AEIOU, AEIOU, etc.)
Part 3: Contains original 13 colonies postal abbreviations in order of admittance (DE, PA, NJ, GA, CT, MA, MD, SC, NH, VA, NY, NC, RI; VT would be next :); other than “our” very own ViolinTeddy, the only other VT entry I found was Russian poet Yevtushenko)
Part 4: ??? Something about TV shows (show, watch, see)? I see “megahit” in a few of the sentences but can’t get anything past that. A hit game by ???
Part 5: ??? Separated into 7 groups of 3 words each and 3 groups of 7 words each and looked for patterns; couldn’t get anywhere
Hors d’Oeuvre: (Post hint: ) ERIC BLAIR (GEORGE ORWELL); RIB, ECLAIR (Hint: PANE MEN -> PEN NAME (not PSEUDONYM -> SPUD MONEY))
Slice: MAVERICK, MACK, (VERI ->) FOBS
Entrees:
1. PETER ASHER, GORDON WALLER; PETER GORDON; ERR, LEASH LAW
2. FREE BIRD
3. FREE FOR ALL
4. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
5. SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
6. A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
7. THREE COLORS: BLUE
8. TO BE OR NOT TO BE
9. DATELINE (EIGHT, NINE)
10. SUNDEW TEA
11. HEAVEN’S GATE; SEVENS, EIGHT
12. BLUE BEE HIVE STATE; TWO, THREE, FIVE, EIGHT
13. DRIVE STICKS; FIVE, SIX
14. UNTRUE, ONE, TWO
15. THREE, FOUR; TEE; FORE
16. TWO, THREE; BLUE SEA, YEW TREE, BREW TEA, SHOE TREE
Dessert: SKIM MILK, SLIM
Riffs:
1. FOR ME AND MY GAL
2. ENID BLYTON (creator of Noddy); TINY BLONDE
3. TEA FOR TWO
Gosh, Tortie, I love being considered "our very own ViolinTeddy"..... : o )
DeleteI think Lego will post a longer answer, but for now:
ReplyDeleteApp 1: all of the words in the sentences, including "tumult" in the heading, "pierces" and "opus" in the question, and "silver" in the hint, have no natural rhymes. At least among common words, I think there were a couple of really obscure words that rhymed.
App 2: Tortie and Nodd were spot on, the vowels AEIOU appear repeatedly in that order. The question starts with the same principle, "WhAt wEIrd Or Uncustomary...." The Jackson 5 reference was to their song "ABC, easy as 123." That wasn't for Musinglink's benefit, sheesh!
App 3: Tortie got it exactly right, "ElDErly psychoPAth eNJoyed GAng’s aCTions MAking huMDrum diSCussion uNHinged,
eVAcuating maNY, caNCelling RItual."
Originally I wasn't going to make these about a trial, but couldn't resist the timing and found ways to make it work. As Tortie notes, Vermont (VT) was the 14th state admitted, and I could find no words that fit - never heard of that Russian poet. Side bar: to my clue "Some say ViolinTeddy won't get this, I say just the opposite!" in some cryptic cluing the opposite translates to "Some say this won't get ViolinTeddy!", an obscure reference to the impossibility of VT.
App 4: I thought this might be tough, all of the words are acronyms for well-known television shows. "Hi, Tess may gab" is short for Home Improvement/ The Ed Sullivan Show/ Mad About You/ Gimme A Break. Lego will provide the full list.
App 5: I knew this would be tough. You can divide the sentences into 13 equal parts of 8 letters each. Each of those segments contains an "isofinger", where each of the 8 fingers is used once and only once, at least for touch typists on a standard QWERTY typewriter or keyboard. No help for hunter-peckers.
I had clued this as "KEY" parts of the trial, and "What poke(s)" and "dystopia(n)" are also isofingers. From my hint, "pleasing" is a well-known typewriter word.
Clever apps! I think - maybe - I could have solved #1 and #4. #5 was well beyond me.
DeleteI kept trying anagrams for #4.
Eco, thanks for those Apps. They were certainly challenging, and fun even though I only solved one. I was particularly intrigued by the first one, as I hadn't known there were that many words with no rhymes. But I think two or three of them do have rhymes, at least as most people pronounce them:
ReplyDeletePrompts -- romps. I didn't find any website in which the pronouncer articulated the T.
Fiends -- liens, beans, etc. At least one pronouncer articulated the D, but most didn't.
And, of course, angry -- hangry. MW added the word in 2018.
Interesting Nodd, there are always debates when it comes to pronunciation. I found numerous places with lists of non-rhyming words, and I used rhymezone.com as my arbiter. But apparently not sufficiently, as it does say prompts rhymes with romps/ chomps/ whomps/ swamps. But it doesn't find any rhymes with fiends; means/ beans/ leans are almost rhymes. It doesn't include hangry as an option, those newfangled words get my dander up!
ReplyDeleteI had hoped inclusion of orange and silver, perhaps the best known non-rhyming words, would be solid hints.
Schpuzzle
ReplyDeleteIt all rhymes if you put the last words in Pig Latin form:
DOLL=ALL DAY
BAT=AT BAY
CLOVER=OVER CLAY
SORE=OR SAY
GRIN=IN GRAY
Appetizer
Part II: The words feature all of the vowels, repeated many times, in their order(AEIOU).
Part III: Each word features a postal abbreviation: DE, PA, NJ, GA, CT, MA, IN, MD, SC, NH, IN(again), VA, IN (again), MA(again), NY, CA, NC, IN(what, again?), RI.
Part IV: All words are acronyms of famous TV shows(Home Improvement, The Ed Sullivan Show, Mad About You, Gimme A Break!). Like everyone else, I will check Lego's official answers, as nothing else is really coming to me(except "The Office" for "to").
Menu
Literary Hors d'Oeuvre
ERIC BLAIR(George Orwell), RIB, ECLAIR
ROT10 Slice
MAVERICK, MACK, FOBS
Entrees
1. PETER ASHER, GORDON WALLER, ERR, LEASH LAW
2. "FREEBIRD"(three, third), by Lunged Skynyrd(1973)
3. "FREE FOR ALL"(three, four)
4. "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST"(one, two)
5. "SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON"(three, four)
6. "A LETTER TO THREE WIVES"(two, three)
7. "THREE COLORS:BLUE"(three, two)
8. "TO BE OR NOT TO BE"(two, three, four)
9. "DATELINE"(eight, nine)
10. SUNDEW TEA(one, two, three)
11. HEAVEN'S GATE(sevens, eight)
12. BLUE BEEHIVE STATE(two, three, five, eight)
13. DRIVE STICKS(five, six)
14. UNTRUE(one, two)
15. TEE, FORE(three, four)
16. BLUE SEA, YEW TREE, BREW TEA, SHOE TREE(two, three)
Drinkable Dessert
SKIM MILK, SLIM
Tortie's Riffs:
1. "FOR ME AND MY GAL"(four, three)
2. ENID BLYTON=TINY BLONDE
3. "TEA FOR TWO"(three, four, two)
I've been having a little trouble with depression and anxiety lately, as I've also had a lot of appointments these past few weeks. Dr. Bentley prescribed an extra depression medication for me, with a difficult-to-pronounce name. It should be ready at Walgreens any day now. BTW Will also have to see Dr. Banesh this coming Monday, shortly before going to FL on Friday until Tuesday. Don't even get me started on our cruise in November(which we may or not be taking!).-pjb
I think BMW is Boy Meets World and GI is Gilligan's Island. One I like that wasn't included here (if you don't include the "the") is Carol Burnett Show, which was actually on the CBS network. Another pesky "the" situation would be WY = (The) Wonder Years. And if you could do something with "ake", "ocoa" or "hocolate", you could have HOTC = Head of the Class. And, of course, PM = Perry Mason, which may have enabled me to solve the puzzle!
Deletetags = The Andy Griffith Show
DeleteTortie is right about BMW, GI, and tags. My internal "rules" decided that I would have to include "the" if it were in the title, so the coincident TCBS on CBS would not have worked. And I should have included PM as a clue once I saw Lego's use of that image. Oh well.
DeleteFor those who want to waste more time in front of the TV, here's my complete list of acronyms, some shows are obscure, and thus not used:
a
ad
AI
am (2 options)
are
at (somewhat devious)
BMW
cub
dip
eat
fag
gab
get
got
GI
glow
how
hi
I
IG
I’ll or ill
I’m
is
it
jab
jaw
lay
lip
lose
lot
math
may
me
mod
Mr
nap
par
pats
poi
roe
saw
sin
sob (2 options)
tabs
tags
tat
Tess
teas
Ted’s
to
toc
tot
tows
TV (2 options)
If anyone is interested I can post the shows, but isn't it fun to be tormented a bit more? My favorite was "Is it a sin to eat poi?" which I think I generated, but I thought "eat" was too obscure. I also tried ChatGPT to generate sentences, it came up with about 50, though I didn't use any.
"a" might be ALF, although that's an acronym for Alien Life Form, so I don't know if you'd have that in your puzzle. I = Ironside (could be others), ill = I Love Lucy, me = Mister Ed, teas = The Eddy Arnold Show (didn't even know he had a show; also tried Ed Ames, who didn't have his own show), toc = The Odd Couple (or The O.C.)
Delete"a" = Alice, eliminates any ambiguity. You're exactly right on the others, and I didn't use "teas" for the reason you state. In elementary school we put on a performance of The Odd Couple - Neil Simon's original play, not the TV show.
DeleteMy favorite segment (< 2 minutes) from the TV show is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEP1acj29-Y, I'll assume it will be your favorite too.
Just had a chance to watch that. I had predicted that episode. It's even an NPR/P! puzzle in a way!
DeleteTortieWhoAlsoLikesPasswordAndIRSEpisodes,AmongOthers
This week's official answers for the record, part 1
ReplyDeleteSchpuzzle of the Week:
Voodoo vampire clover verse
Translate the following blank verse into a five-word-longer verse that rhymes:
Play with that voodoo doll,
Hold that black vampire bat,
Plant some greens, clover,
You are weary of all, you feel sore,
So paint your poser’s rosy-face grin.
(Note: You will need to change an “o” to an “a” and delete a comma in your translation.)
Answer:
Translate the four ending words:
"doll," "bat," "clover," "sore," "grin"
into Pig Latin:
"all day" ("oll day," before changing the "o" to an "a") "at bay," "over clay," "or say," "in gray"
Play with that voodoo all day,
Hold that vampire at bay,
Plant some greens over clay,
You are weary of all you feel or say,
So paint your poser's rosy face in gray.
Lego...
Lego, even though I was completely and totally off the mark re the Schpuzzle, I still like my "amulet" and "Draculet" somehow.
DeleteThis week's official answers for the record, part 2
ReplyDeleteAppetizer Menu
Appellate Court Appetizer:
Trials, Convictions and Sentences... You be the Judge!
Part I: A Tumult Like No Other
Dangerous orange toilet prompts angst amongst soldiers; angry fiends filmed engulfing capitol. Anxious populace glimpsed chaos amidst depths.
Neutral cabinet officers scarcely traipsed, foibles obviously plagued country.
Unusual woman’s warmth wounded bronzed “husband”. Citizens oblige justice!
What ELSE PIERCES this OPUS?
ANSWER: Each word (including those highlighted in the header and question) has no natural rhyme, at least in common words.
Part II: Order in the Court!
A devious plan, set with outcast men, will not push atheists to run. Can we sit out that serious scam? Scheming our way begins to hurt.
What weird or uncustomary feature is in these sentences?
ANSWER: The vowels in the sentences (and FIRST part of the question) are in aeiou order.
Part III: The People State Their Case
ElDErly psychoPAth eNJoyed GAng’s aCTions MAking huMDrum diSCussion uNHinged, eVAcuating maNY, caNCelling RItual.
What constitutes the original idea in this sentence?
ANSWER: The words contain the abbreviations of the 13 original states in the order of their admission to the union, stemming from their ratification of The Constitution. Thankfully popular culture stops at 13, as there are no words containing VT – sorry Violin Teddy!
Part IV: Defense: “This is Nothing More Than a Show Trial!”
Hi, Tess may gab. Ted’s BMW tows a cub. Poi, roe, got me ill; I lose it to GI. How am I to get math? AI tags are mod; TV ad is at par.
What can you see in these sentences?
ANSWER: Each word is an acronym of a (mostly) well-known television show, hinted in both the heading and the question. In order:
1. Home Improvement/ The Ed Sullivan Show/ Mad About You/ Gimme A Break/ The Ellen DeGeneres Show/ Boy Meets World/ The Oprah Winfrey Show/ Alice/ Celebrity Undercover Boss.
2. Person Of Interest/ Rules Of Engagement/ Game Of Thrones/ Mr. Ed/ I Love Lucy/ Ironside/ League Of Super Evil/ In Treatment/ The Office/ Gilligan’s Island.
3. Hell On Wheels/ Ally McBeal (or American Masters)/ Ironside/ The Office/ General Electric Theater/ Man About The House.
Part V: The Final Verdict: Key Parts of the Trial
A prisone|r explain|s, “Life hap|pens, fail|ings leap| out as epi|c points a|top a sine|wave impo|sing a poe|tic plan: S|caling Sp|iral Pens!”
WHAT POKEs your interest in this DYSTOPIAn sentence?
ANSWER: If you divide the sentence into thirteen 8-letter sections, each is a typewriter “word”, also called isofinger words. Touch-typists use each finger once and only once on a QWERTY typewriter or keyboard. Pleasing, biplanes, captions, plainest, , jackpots, esophagi are among many typewriter words, as are proper names Pontiacs, Spalding, Topekans. What poke(s) and dystopia(n) have the same property.
Lego...
And to complete Part IV: American Idol/ The Andy Griffith Show/ Adam Ruins Everything/ Molly Of Denali/ The Virginian (or The View)/ American Dad!/ I Spy/ Adam-12 (could question the legitimacy)/ Parks and Recreation.
DeleteMore importantly, CITIZENS OBLIGE JUSTICE! Maybe there's no rhyme, but there is reason!
This week's official answers for the record, part 3
ReplyDeleteLiterary Hors d’Oeuvre:
A mix of meat and sweetness
Rearrange the letters in an author’s name to get a cut of meat and a dessert one might order at a restaurant.
Who is this author?
What are the cut of meat and the dessert?
4. Answer:
Eric Blair (whose pen name was George Orwell); rib, eclair
Rearrange the letters in (a literary name) (the birth name of an author) to spell a main-course cut of meat and a dessert. What are this name, cut of meat and dessert?
**Rearrange the letters in the name of an author to get a cut of meat and dessert. Who are this author? What are the cut of meat and dessert?
Answer:
Eric Blair (George Orwell); rib, eclair
ROT10 Slice:
Truckers and danglers
Remove consecutive letters from the name of a Ford truck, leaving a long-time truck manufacturer. ROT10 the removed letters to spell what might dangle from the ignition switches of these trucks. What are this Ford truck name, truck manufacturer and ignition-switch dangler?
(Ford) Maverick; Mack (Trucks, Inc.); (key) fobs (veri ROT10 = fobs)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 4
ReplyDeleteRiffing Off Shortz And Gordon Slices:
Plenty20 Dirty30? Sporty40 Nifty50?
Will Shortz’s May 19th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, created by noted crossword constructor and editor Peter Gordon, reads:
Think of a famous film with a three-word title (six letters in the first word, three letters in the second, and four letters in the last), in which the first and last words are rhymes for consecutive numbers. What movie is it?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Gordon Slices read:
ENTREE #1
Think of a singing duo whose surnames can be anagrammed to spell something that is human to do and a canine ordinance, in two words, that is enforced in Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Michigan. The first names of these singers are the first and last names of a puzzle constructor.
Who are the singers in this duo?
Who is the puzzle constructor?
What are the something that is human to do and the two-word canine ordinance?
Answer:
Peter (Asher) &Gordon (Waller); Peter Gordon; Err, Leash Law
Entree #2 was composed by our friend Ecoarchitect whose “Econfusions” is featured in this edition of Puzzleria!
ENTREE #2
Think of a famous song with a two-word title in which the words are rhymes for a number and its adjectival form.
What song is it?
ANSWER:
Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) → three, third
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 5
ReplyDeleteEntrees #3 through #8 were composed by our friend Nodd whose “Nodd ready for prime time” is a regular feature on Puzzleria!
ENTREE #3:
Think of a 1940’s film with a three-word title (four letters in the first word, three letters in the second), in which the first word rhymes with a number and the second word sounds like the next number in order. What movie is it?
Answer:
FREE FOR ALL (1949)
ENTREE #4:
Think of a 1970’s film with a six-word title in which the first word is a number and the second word rhymes with the next number in order. What movie is it?
Answer:
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975)
ENTREE #5:
Think of a 1940’s film with a five-word title (three letters in the first word, four letters in the second), in which the first and second words are rhymes for consecutive numbers. What movie is it?
Answer:
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (1949)
ENTREE #6:
Think of a 1940’s film with a five-word title in which the fourth word is a number. The third word sounds like the immediately preceding number. What movie is it?
Answer:
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES (1949)
ENTREE #7:
Think of a 1990’s film with a three-word title in which the first word is a number. The third word rhymes with the immediately preceding number. What movie is it?
Answer:
THREE COLOURS: BLUE (1993)
ENTREE #8:
Think of a 1940’s film with a six-word title in which the first word sounds like a number and the second and third words rhyme with the next two numbers in order. What movie is it?
Answer:
TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)
Lego...
This week's official answers for the record, part 6
ReplyDeleteENTREE 9:
Think of a newsmagazine on network television, in one word of two syllables – syllables that are rhymes for consecutive numbers. What TV newsmagazine is it?
Answer:
"Dateline" eight, nine)
ENTREE 10:
Name a beverage recommended by herbalists to alleviate dry coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma, “bronchial cramps” and inflammatory diseases such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and whooping cough.
The syllables of the beverage are rhymes for three consecutive numbers.
What is this beverage?
Answer:
sundew tea; one, two, three
ENTREE 11:
Name a cultish American religious movement that was much in the news in the late 1990s. The syllables of the movement are rhymes for two consecutive numbers, the first one in its plural form.
What is this movement? What are the numbers?
Answer:
Heaven's Gate; sevens, eight
ENTREE #12:
Take words that rhyme with four consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci Sequence. These words give an incorrect description of Utah during the past sixty years vis-à-vis its presidential election voting results.
What is this incorrect description of Utah?
What is this sequence of Fibonacci numbers?
Answer:
Blue Beehive State; 2, 3, 5, 8
ENTREE #13:
What people who own automobiles with manual instead of automatic transmissions do, in two words, rhymes with consecutive numbers.
What do these people do and what are the numbers?
Answer:
Drive sticks; five, six
ENTREE #14:
A synonym of “counterfactual” rhymes with a pair of consecutive numbers.
What are this synonym and pair of numbers?
Answer:
Untrue; one, two
ENTREE #15:
Name two words: where a man gripping a brassie may be standing and what he might yell after swinging it. The first word rhymes with a number and the second word is a homophone of the number that follows that number.
What are the two numbers?
Where might a brassie-gripping man be standing, and what might he yell?
Answer:
Tee, "Fore!"; three, four
ENTREE #16
Write a two-word caption for each of the four images pictured here.
Clockwise from the upper-left-hand image, the captions begin with B and S, Y and T, B and T, and S and T. Each caption rhymes with two consecutive counting numbers. What are the numbers? What is this quartet of captions?
Dessert Menu
Drinkable Dessert:
Refreshed? Sated? Tipsy?
Name an two-word beverage.
The first word, when you replace its second letter with the seventh letter of the beverage, spells what some who consume the beverage may hope to become.
What is this beverage? What may its drinkers hope to become?
ANSWER:
Skim Milk; slim
Lego!
Lego, you didn't put the answer for Entree #16!
ReplyDeletepjbAlmostFeelsLikeTheKidTellingHis/HerTeacherThatHe/SheForgotToAssignTheHomework!