For guessing at something in the category "What" (from the Cranium game Hullabaloo):
Processed Packaged Potted Pork Protein Product Polynesian
What "thing" would you guess?
[ January 14, 2007, 10:31 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I haven't played hullabaloo. Are they all describing the same thing? Soy? Poi? Reminds me of the Dobie chain from hell.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yes, words all beginning with the same letter to describe one thing.
Hullabaloo is a Cranium-family game that uses a colored die and set of cards to determine how you are supposed to get a particular idea across to another player. You can do it through drawing, descriptions of "bigger than X but smaller than Y," acting it out in gestures and non-word sounds, or (like above) a list of words that start with the same letter.
It isn't soy or poi. Hmmm. My husband just laughed when I finally told him the item and rested his head on the table, barely getting out between giggles "You just are really not very good at this, are you?"
*sigh
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Does it start with the same letter as all the clues? Are there any words you are not allowed to us? Is there a constraint on the number of clues?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Pork?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Is it Tofu?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
You can give as many clue words as you want, and the first letter is just whatever letter you think will give the best clues. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the first letter of the word.
You can't use any words that are actually in the title of the item itself. I was drawing a blank at the time, but looking back, I'd add "Python."
Thanks for trying, pooka!
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
pocky?
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
Ah, just read the last bit...
Hmmm.
Snake meat?
I have no idea. Potted is throwing me for a loop.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Not pork, tofu, or pocky, but now I remember that I used "Pork" as one of the clues.
"Processed Pork Protein Product. Processed Potted Pork Product. Polynesian. Packaged."
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
(I haven't played the game before, so I might not understand it entirely. Don't, therefore, take my inability to guess it as a sign that your clues are defective. )
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Spam.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
"Potted" threw David for a loop, too. I was using it in the British sense. (I think. I hope.)
Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
Long pig? (not really appropriate for a children's game, but I'm stumped) spam? sweet and sour?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
I knew quid would get it!
Yep, "Spam."
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Yay!!!!!!
If I can get it in two guesses, and collectively, we can get it in under a dozen, then the clues are fine, methinks. Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
ha...timed out by someone else. potted worked for me, but then I live in Britain.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(Zophar, too. )
Thanks. Just checking to see if my clues were as awesome as I thought. Probably not, given the confusion.
Dang it. Husband was right again.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
So. Does this mean that it's my turn to throw up clues? Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yay!
Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
for info, what slowed me down was the clue Polynesian. So good clues, becasue I learned something! (about use of spam in polynesian food) intersting game. Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Spam is Polynesian?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
My initial reaction to the OP, before reading any of the responses, was "Spam!"
Maybe it's not you, CT. Maybe it's him. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
It's used in Hawaiian cuisine, and I've seen many recipes for Polynesian Spam (correctly named or not).
Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
Why "Python"?
oh. duh.
excellent clue!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Cool, rivka.
I wish I had more to offer you all, but that was my only item with words. If anyone would like to continue, you are welcome to give clues for something else.
My ego is neither stroked nor crushed, only mildly redeemed. I can live with that.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
You know, I so totally suck at trying to think of clues, so I'll let someone else go if they want to.
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
I was thinking spam as well...though the Polynesian and python threw me off
Speaking of which...do you have someone who you just rock those kind of games with? My mother and I are like that. No one else in my family will play with us if we are on the same team, because no matter how off the wall our clues are, we figure it out. My father says that we are using some sort of telepathic connections, and argues that that is cheating. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Or we can just let it go, here to last as a monument to Spam itself. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Just in case it wasn't clear, Monty Python had a famous Spam skit from their tv show and a bit on Spamalot their movie, Monty Python and the The Holy Grail. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lupus: Speaking of which...do you have someone who you just rock those kind of games with? My mother and I are like that. No one else in my family will play with us if we are on the same team, because no matter how off the wall our clues are, we figure it out. My father says that we are using some sort of telepathic connections, and argues that that is cheating.
Not so much. Good for you, though.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Zophar: Why "Python"?
oh. duh.
excellent clue!
My reaction exactly. Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
I was close -- I guessed Hufu Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Whoa, plaid.
(Seconded on the glad Zophar stayed.)
Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :
lol, it just took me a bit longer. I was thinking of the snake, not the movie. I didn't notice Zophar's post at first...but when I reread it just now, it finally clicked. Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I got it right away. Awesome clues.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by Zophar: Why "Python"?
oh. duh.
excellent clue!
My reaction exactly.
I JUST got it. Me be slow.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
I got "Spam" immediately. But, alas, quid got it before me.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
(Just because I'm usually the last to get anything.)
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
It took me about 20 seconds of thinking to get "Spam." "Potted" along with "pork" is what did it for me.
Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
Thanks, CT. My old string is now defunct so I was glad to find something you'd posted to respond to (esp. since I got the right answer!) so you'd know I listened to and accepted your advice. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Zophar, I am most accurately described as thrilled. Sincerely.
(And thank you, dkw!) -------
Round 2 Category: "What"
Chemicalized Curly Coiffure Chemical-smelling Cap-covered Curlers Consistant-sized Curls
Posted by SoaPiNuReYe (Member # 9144) on :
shampoo? conditioner?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Not shampoo or conditioner.
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Chemical-smelling Consistent-sized Curlers
(hmmmm ... still thinking)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
(Permanent wave)
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
My guess is the same as Tante's.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
I will also guess "home perm solution."
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Yes!
Congratulations all around. (Extra points to Tante for the visual. *grin)
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Round 3 Category: "Who"
Great Guitarist Guitar-riffing Genius
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Those would be great clues if they didn't include just about every great guitarist out there. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hmmm.
Gypsy-banded
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Pete Townsend
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Django Reinhardt?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(there are only about 5 or 6 guitarists I would call guitar geniuses, or at least 5 or 6 I'd consider historically at the top of the game. Of course, I'm not musically inclined, so that may limit me.)
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Awww c'mon... Django Reinhardt was never in The Who. And neither was Tonino Baliardo.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Guitar-burning Gypsy-banded Genius Guitarist
maybe ... Ganja? [Better than Ganja but more obscure might be Gidran-injecting]
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(not Django Reinhardt or Pete Townsend)
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Gypsy-banded did it for me. Jimi Hendrix.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Hendrix wasn't in The Who either
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hendrix it is! You go, Flaming Toad on a Stick.
Why did you think it had to be a member of The Who, aspectre? (Hendrix had an album IIRC titled "Band of Gypsys.") I take it this may be a joke. Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
The category was "Who"
Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
And unless I'm quite mistaken, Hendrix left The Jimi Hendrix Experience and formed a new band, Band of Gypsies before his death.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Ahhhh. Clever, aspectre.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
There is only one Guitar God Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Lemme try!
What's this?
Greeting Gateway Gigantic Green Gaulish
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Arc de Tri[o]mphe?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
The Statue of Liberty
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Scratch that: I'm going for the Statue of Liberty.
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Edited to add: timed out by aspectre. Great minds think quicker. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by aspectre: The Statue of Liberty
Bingo! Now it's your turn.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Hafta go to work so I gotta pass. Carry on.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Round 6 Category: "Where"
Fast Food Franchise Fajitas Fiesta
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Taco Bell (although I think you left out "food poisoning")
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Round 7 Category: "What"
Footwear Fad Fat-soled Famolares
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
(Taco Bell is correct!)
Edited to add: The OPer denies any and all liability from the associated experiences of this thread. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Platform shoes?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hey, you are good.
Ahhhh ... hmmm ... (*checks card pack) ... time for a hard one that I couldn't do before.
--- Edited and re-edited for better list
Round 8 Category: "Where"
Pool Proper-plunging Place Plumbless
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: Hey, you are good.
What? You're just first noticing that? I'm flanken AWESOME!!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Well, but I didn't realize just how good. Some of us are slow. Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Deep end?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
YES!
Nicely done.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: I'm flanken AWESOME!!
*snorts at choice of . . . adjective?*
Posted by Zophar (Member # 10063) on :
Is it in the general rules that all clues have to begin with the same letter, or is that the "Hatrack Variation" or does it not matter? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: Yes, words all beginning with the same letter to describe one thing.
Hullabaloo is a Cranium-family game that uses a colored die and set of cards to determine how you are supposed to get a particular idea across to another player. You can do it through drawing, descriptions of "bigger than X but smaller than Y," acting it out in gestures and non-word sounds, or (like above) a list of words that start with the same letter.
(emphasis mine)
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Zophar, rivka is correct that the "all start with one letter of your chosing" part is a rule of Hullabaloo. I don't have a need to continue that if you want to modify the game, though.
I like the restriction, as it makes it harder for me. But -- eh -- I'm flexible.
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Round 9 Category: "Who"
Panda-writing Published Paradigm-shifting Popular Paleontologist
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Stephen Jay Gould
Far too easy with too many clues. How about no hypenated words, no category, and adding one word per set of guesses. (The cluegiver can't be expected to check every time between guesses.) eg Mausoleum
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Crypt?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Mausoleum Minarets
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
hrrrm... maybe two words per set of guesses Mausoleum Minarets Mosque Marble
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
The Taj Mahal?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
[ January 15, 2007, 10:03 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
What's this?
Community Culture Chapeau
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
Tante: Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: I'm flanken AWESOME!!
*snorts at choice of . . . adjective?*
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Ha*cker
* tra : Books, Films, Food and Culture
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Hatrack?
(dkw and CaySedai's KoL group is "Chapeaustand")
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Ahhh, so close. Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Candid Conversation Compiler
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Nah, you win. I originally had: * tra : May not be a culture as yet. Then noticed and deleted&edited in: * tra : Books, Film's, Food, and Culture Then noticed you'd posted "Hatrack?" on returning from the edit.
Your turn
Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
Calculator?
edit: Or computer?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
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Chicagoan Coauthor
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(not "calculator" or "computer")
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