This was a very educational round. I learned an odometer can double as a speedometer, Brooks should have pursued a career in the sciences, Margaret is frequenting the wrong restaurants, and the real answer to what Melissa had in middle school was butt shoulders. Oh, and I learned from Colin I am a lazy idiot.
Most importantly I learned who is going to the finals! You can too!
I worried I may have ramped it up a little too much or that things were unbalanced, but you guys were on top of it with a lot of good clues. Some of the clues that were missed I still thought were pretty good, but were just open enough for other reasonable answers. As far as balance goes, we had a winner from each of the four categories. Without further ado…
Winner’s Bracket:
Beau (36), Margaret (34), Brooks (33), Kelly (29)
Loser’s Bracket:
Melissa (22), Annette (21), Jonathon (20), Colin (17)
Congrats! We’ll all be seeing you four in the LIVE* Winner’s Circle!
Science: Lab Coat, White Rat, Test Tube, Variable, Physics, Nucleus, Proof
Restaurant: Appetizer, Happy Hour, Entree, Aioli, Salad Fork, Gratuity, Maitre D’
Gym: Locker, Situp, Repetitions, Elliptical Machine, Aerobic Exercise, Lunge, Deltoids
Cars: Windshiled Wipers, Odometer, Axle, Armrest, Warranty, Brake Pads, Legroom
Notes
Pope’s Answer for Deltoids
“Shoulder muscles” — “a myth”
Pope’s answer for White Rat
“what do they test stuff on in a research facility, red eyes, twitchy nose” —
weak people
Looks like Annette found the suggestion box this week..
“I just want to ask . . . ON WHAT FREAKIN’ PLANET DO YOU GO FROM CAMPING AND PIZZA STRAIGHT TO PHYSICS???”
*Pending agreement from participants and scheduling logistics.
November 8, 2013 at 2:03 am
It seems as though I shouldn’t try to answer questions after three beers. Or maybe I should always answer questions after three beers.
November 8, 2013 at 7:28 am
yay Margaret! I aced your very tough board. Good clues.
Kelly: Never seen Tommy Boy. Sorry!
November 8, 2013 at 7:48 am
Aw, shit. The Hurt Locker! I’ve never seen that movie, or I might have guessed. I’ve also never seen the Tommy Boy/Callahan movie, though at first I thought it might be that thing by the Who.
🙁
Did anyone actually guess Aioli?
Anyway, good job everyone! This is fun.
November 8, 2013 at 8:07 am
As I mentioned above, yes, yes I did. I don’t know how else you could have given that clue.
I’ve never seen The Hurt Locker either, but I’ve heard it mentioned twenty-thousand times since it won Best Picture that I figured it was a slam dunk. However, when the clue is the adjective and not the noun, that makes it harder. I bet if the word was “hurt” and I said “The ____ Locker” it would have come easier. I should have also said, “tall enclosure in a gym to put your stuff in.”
November 8, 2013 at 8:17 am
That’s awesome, Beau! So glad. Do you like Aioli? Sorry about The Hurt Locker — I’ll bet the guys got it, though. 🙂
November 8, 2013 at 9:53 am
I’ve never had aioli, but I heard someone talking about it this week. And because of that, you beat Brooks.
November 8, 2013 at 8:58 am
I guessed aioli. In fact, I got 18 points on the other three boards, which means you guys were really, really not successful with mine. COLLUSION!!!!
November 8, 2013 at 9:24 am
I think I got 5/7. Missed Warranty and the Tommy Boy clue.
November 8, 2013 at 9:42 am
My knowledge of cars is ass on toast, and I assume none of the three of you are car people either. I knew when I got Cars I was cooked.
Honestly, I’m thrilled with myself after looking back and finding out that I was right about what an axle is. I even explained it in a non-idiotic way.
November 8, 2013 at 9:55 am
4/7 here. Great clue for leg room. I left warranty blank. Would have been cool had you made a Best Buy clue there.
November 8, 2013 at 9:58 am
I had one of those tedious people the other day who informed me that they’re a scam because companies make money on them (this is the entire reason for a business existing, dude). The best part is that the guy at the other register, two feet away, was getting a new 60″ TV the same day his died after three years because he’d gotten the protection. The protected guy even jumped in and made fun of the conspiracy theorist.
November 8, 2013 at 9:59 am
Also: 2/7, Margaret? What do you have against me (or cars)?
November 8, 2013 at 12:57 pm
No, I got three! I got windshield wiper, odometer and leg room.
But mostly I had no idea. Instead of axle I put gear shift, I put console for the thing with cup holders, I put mechanic for “good for parts and labor” – (Hey, DON’T JUDGE; I know some hot mechanics!). And I thought radio was a good guess for car components that get sold (I was thinking black market). But still, that one was really, really bad.
November 8, 2013 at 9:00 am
I ran into two of the seven people that didn’t see Tommy Boy when it was out? That’s funny. I knew it was a semi-risk but in that minute I couldn’t think of a better way to get them across, as the clock was ticking.
November 8, 2013 at 9:22 am
I’ve seen Tommy Boy. I still got your clue wrong. Completely blanked on what it was he actually sold.
I did put down “chicken wings” if that helps.
November 8, 2013 at 9:38 am
It does.
November 8, 2013 at 9:24 am
I had zero clue on aioli.
I also put garcon instead of maitre D
November 8, 2013 at 9:29 am
Yeah, after I submitted my wife looked at mine and pointed out that a maitre d is not a waiter, it’s a garcon. My ignorance helped!
November 8, 2013 at 9:30 am
On the plus side, I get to be pedantic! Everybody wins.
November 8, 2013 at 9:56 am
They are the “head waiter” but yeah, they don’t wait tables. I just guessed, and guessed right!
November 8, 2013 at 1:03 pm
Yeah, I thought about putting host for maitre d’, but I thought everyone would think, “I don’t know the french word for host!!!” Then I thought “waiter,” but dumped it because of garcon, and finally I decided it to go with “server,” since it seemed kind of general to me, I guess it worked for Beau and Spooky, at least. It was also my last word, and I probably would have been more creative had it come first. 🙂 I was adding shit to the aioli clue right up to the end, though. I thought why oh why couldn’t it have been tartar? LOL.
November 8, 2013 at 9:27 am
Giving me a science board was kind of a blessing and a curse. All those things have very specific meanings to me, but I wasn’t sure how well I was describing/hinting at them for someone who hasn’t spent the last 15 years of their life in a lab.
Still, 17/21 ain’t bad. Good guessing, group.
November 8, 2013 at 9:38 am
Loads of fun, Ryan. What did Colin say? Do I have to smack a fool here?
November 8, 2013 at 10:13 am
Nah. Here’s his clue for Elliptical Machine.
“sort of like a treadmill but for lazy people, makes you look like a futuristic idiot”
November 8, 2013 at 10:16 am
Oh my God, that’s fantastic (and I think I would have gotten it).
November 8, 2013 at 10:37 am
One could say treadmills are for lazy people who don’t want to go outside 🙂
November 8, 2013 at 10:50 am
I like Elipticals and am both lazy and a futuristic idiot. Solid clue.
November 12, 2013 at 9:06 pm
HA! Do you guys watch Agents of SHIELD? For real, during tonight’s episode they talked about putting too much Aioli on a sandwich. I thought of you right away.