SSS Puzzle

[franktangredi]

I believe one of the current matches is still incorrect, per sss. Perhaps the Eli Whitney/John C. Calhoun match, which seemed like it might be tenuous? Which could bring Keynes back into play.

97. WILL ROGERS + [76. JAMES LONGSTREET or 35. JAMES COOK] = JAMES WHITMORE
72. She is the most recent female astronaut. + 99. PEGGY NOONAN = PEGGY WHITSON
17. EUGENE DEBS
26. JOE PERRY
47. BRAD DEXTER

100. JOHN C. CALHOUN + 41. ELI LILLY = ELI WHITNEY
7. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON + 81. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES = JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
95. GENE RODDENBERRY +18. ALBERT HOFFMAN = ALBERT WHITLOCK
83. WILLIAM SHATNER]+ 31. GRACE METALIOUS = GRACE LEE WHITNEY
10. SHIA LABEOUF + 52. ROSIE O'DONNELL = ROSIE HUNTINGDON WHITELEY
5. TOM BERENGER + 29. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE = MARGARET WHITTON
73. TOM SEAVER + 60. JOAN MIRO = JOAN WHITNEY PAYSON
30. SAMUEL BECKETT + 51. BILLIE SOL ESTES = BILLIE WHITELAW = BILLIE WHITELAW
20. MORRISSEY + 65. ALAIN DELON = ALAIN WHYTE
13. JIMMY DEAN + 68. WILLARD SCOTT = WILLARD WHYTE
8. BILLY MARTIN + 89. ED GEIN = ED WHITSON
71. ALGER HISS + 28. MARILYN CHAMBERS = WHITAKER CHAMBERS
2. MICKEY MANTLE + 66. GERALD FORD = WHITEY FORD
38. OZZIE SMITH + 55. WERNER HERZOG = WHITEY HERZOG
94. ABRAHAM LINCOLN + 57. WALT KELLY = WALT WHITMAN
98. ANDY KAUFMAN + 32. SLIM PICKENS = SLIM WHITMAN
92. ALAN TRAMMELL + 53. LOU HOLTZ = LOU WHITAKER
11. REDD FOXX + 36. VIRGINIA MAYO = WHITMAN MAYO
80. MOSS HART + 49. SHERIDAN LE FANU = SHERIDAN WHITESIDE
24. BERRY GORDY + 12. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE = NORMAN WHITFIELD
88. LARRY THE CABLE GUY + 42. DAN GLICKMAN = DAN WHITNEY
67. MACK BROWN + 6. MAJOR GARRET = MAJOR APPLEWHITE
15. MICHAEL CAINE + 75. MAURICE RAVEL = MAURICE MICKLEWHITE
85. THOMAS CHIPPENDALE + 34. GEORGE MASON = GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE
46. MICKEY WRIGHT + 23. KATHY IRELAND = KATHY WHITWORTH
37. JIM MCGREEVEY + 86. CHRISTINE KEELER = CHRISTINE WHITMAN
96. GEORGE GERSHWIN + 39. PAUL VON HINDENBURG = PAUL WHITEMAN
45. DIONNE WARWICK + 27. SAM HOUSTON = WHITNEY HOUSTON
62. BERTRAND RUSSELL + 22. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON = ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
33. ROBERT MONTGOMERY + 14. MAY ROBSON = DAME MAY WHITTY
25. BRIAN KEITH + 82. JOHNNY CARSON = JOHNNY WHITAKER
70. KURT RUSSELL + 16. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES = CHARLES WHITMAN
50. JOHNNY MERCER + 77. MARGARET MITCHELL = MARGARET WHITING
64. JOSEPHINE BAKER + 44. LYNN SWANN = LYNN WHITFIELD
93. MARTIN SHEEN + 59. BRADLEY MANNING = BRADLEY WHITFORD
19. SPARTACUS + 87. ANDY ROBUSTELLI = ANDY WHITFIELD
90. JERRY BROWN + 69. MEG RYAN = MEG WHITMAN
58. KERMIT THE FROG + 9. STEVE WOZNIAK = STEVE WHITMIRE
56. JIM MCKAY + 3. JACK RUBY = JACK WHITAKER
40. ARMISTEAD MAUPIN + 21. JEFF BEZOS = JEFF WHITTY
1. LINCOLN CHAFEE + 48. SHELDON LEONARD = SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
78. KAT DENNINGS + 63. e.e cummings = WHITNEY CUMMINGS
79. OSCAR DE LA HOYA + 43. PERNELL ROBERTS = PERNELL WHITAKER
91. DICK CHENEY + 74. HARRY REID = HARRY WHITTINGTON
4. JOHN DINGELL + 61. JAMIE OLIVER = JAMIE WHITTEN
84. LORRIE MORGAN + 54. KEITH OLBERMANN = KEITH WHITLEY

[littlebeast13]

I believe one of the current matches is still incorrect, per sss. Perhaps the Eli Whitney/John C. Calhoun match, which seemed like it might be tenuous? Which could bring Keynes back into play.

97. WILL ROGERS + [76. JAMES LONGSTREET or 35. JAMES COOK] = JAMES WHITMORE
72. She is the most recent female astronaut. + 99. PEGGY NOONAN = PEGGY WHITSON
17. EUGENE DEBS
26. JOE PERRY
47. BRAD DEXTER

Doing a little fooling around, I found that if you put Keynes back into play, you can match him up with Brad Dexter to get economist Harry Dexter White. White's Wiki page even has a photo of him with Keynes...

lb13

[silverscreenselect]

I believe one of the current matches is still incorrect, per sss. Perhaps the Eli Whitney/John C. Calhoun match, which seemed like it might be tenuous? Which could bring Keynes back into play.

Your matches are correct. I didn't really have any great matches for Whitney since I couldn't find anyone famous with whom he was closely associated, and the school and military ties as well as their association with the South of that era made this as good a match as any.

[ShamelessWeasel]

26. JOE PERRY may match up with someone to get to Brad Whitford (lead guitarist for Aerosmith)

[franktangredi]

26. JOE PERRY may match up with someone to get to Brad Whitford (lead guitarist for Aerosmith)

Brad Dexter

[franktangredi]

97. WILL ROGERS + [76. JAMES LONGSTREET or 35. JAMES COOK] = JAMES WHITMORE
17. EUGENE DEBS
72. She is the most recent female astronaut. + 99. PEGGY NOONAN = PEGGY WHITSON

So either Eugene X goes with Longstreet or Cook
OR
X Debs goes with Longstreet or Cook
OR
X Longestreet or X Cook goes with Eugene Debs
OR
another James X goes with Eugene Debs

Once we figure that out, we're done except for naming the right astronaut.

Debs and James Whitcomb Riley were both from Indiana. I wonder if there's any other connection.

[franktangredi]

Debs and James Whitcomb Riley were both from Indiana. I wonder if there's any other connection.

Apparently, there was, as I found when i googled the two names together:

The Eugene V. Debs Home is located on the campus of Indiana State University, and it was given the State and National Historic Landmark status in 1966. Before it was rescued, this house was home to a professor, converted into apartments and then used as a fraternity house at this Indiana college. Eugene V. Debs built the home and lived there with his wife Kate, whom he married in 1885. The couple often had visitors, including the likes of James Whitcomb Riley and Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg. A second floor bedroom of the Eugene V. Debs Home is even named the James Whitcomb Riley Room, because he frequently stayed overnight with the Debs couple.

I bet Mr. Kelley would have gotten this.

[franktangredi]

So, in an unusual situation, we've finished all the matches without identifying all the people. We're done otherwise.

72. She is the most recent female astronaut. + 99. PEGGY NOONAN = PEGGY WHITSON
97. WILL ROGERS + 76. JAMES LONGSTREET or] = JAMES WHITMORE
17. EUGENE DEBS + 35. JAMES COOK = JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
26. JOE PERRY + 47. BRAD DEXTER = BRAD WHITFORD
100. JOHN C. CALHOUN + 41. ELI LILLY = ELI WHITNEY
7. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON + 81. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES = JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
95. GENE RODDENBERRY +18. ALBERT HOFFMAN = ALBERT WHITLOCK
83. WILLIAM SHATNER]+ 31. GRACE METALIOUS = GRACE LEE WHITNEY
10. SHIA LABEOUF + 52. ROSIE O'DONNELL = ROSIE HUNTINGDON WHITELEY
5. TOM BERENGER + 29. MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE = MARGARET WHITTON
73. TOM SEAVER + 60. JOAN MIRO = JOAN WHITNEY PAYSON
30. SAMUEL BECKETT + 51. BILLIE SOL ESTES = BILLIE WHITELAW = BILLIE WHITELAW
20. MORRISSEY + 65. ALAIN DELON = ALAIN WHYTE
13. JIMMY DEAN + 68. WILLARD SCOTT = WILLARD WHYTE
8. BILLY MARTIN + 89. ED GEIN = ED WHITSON
71. ALGER HISS + 28. MARILYN CHAMBERS = WHITAKER CHAMBERS
2. MICKEY MANTLE + 66. GERALD FORD = WHITEY FORD
38. OZZIE SMITH + 55. WERNER HERZOG = WHITEY HERZOG
94. ABRAHAM LINCOLN + 57. WALT KELLY = WALT WHITMAN
98. ANDY KAUFMAN + 32. SLIM PICKENS = SLIM WHITMAN
92. ALAN TRAMMELL + 53. LOU HOLTZ = LOU WHITAKER
11. REDD FOXX + 36. VIRGINIA MAYO = WHITMAN MAYO
80. MOSS HART + 49. SHERIDAN LE FANU = SHERIDAN WHITESIDE
24. BERRY GORDY + 12. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE = NORMAN WHITFIELD
88. LARRY THE CABLE GUY + 42. DAN GLICKMAN = DAN WHITNEY
67. MACK BROWN + 6. MAJOR GARRET = MAJOR APPLEWHITE
15. MICHAEL CAINE + 75. MAURICE RAVEL = MAURICE MICKLEWHITE
85. THOMAS CHIPPENDALE + 34. GEORGE MASON = GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE
46. MICKEY WRIGHT + 23. KATHY IRELAND = KATHY WHITWORTH
37. JIM MCGREEVEY + 86. CHRISTINE KEELER = CHRISTINE WHITMAN
96. GEORGE GERSHWIN + 39. PAUL VON HINDENBURG = PAUL WHITEMAN
45. DIONNE WARWICK + 27. SAM HOUSTON = WHITNEY HOUSTON
62. BERTRAND RUSSELL + 22. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON = ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
33. ROBERT MONTGOMERY + 14. MAY ROBSON = DAME MAY WHITTY
25. BRIAN KEITH + 82. JOHNNY CARSON = JOHNNY WHITAKER
70. KURT RUSSELL + 16. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES = CHARLES WHITMAN
50. JOHNNY MERCER + 77. MARGARET MITCHELL = MARGARET WHITING
64. JOSEPHINE BAKER + 44. LYNN SWANN = LYNN WHITFIELD
93. MARTIN SHEEN + 59. BRADLEY MANNING = BRADLEY WHITFORD
19. SPARTACUS + 87. ANDY ROBUSTELLI = ANDY WHITFIELD
90. JERRY BROWN + 69. MEG RYAN = MEG WHITMAN
58. KERMIT THE FROG + 9. STEVE WOZNIAK = STEVE WHITMIRE
56. JIM MCKAY + 3. JACK RUBY = JACK WHITAKER
40. ARMISTEAD MAUPIN + 21. JEFF BEZOS = JEFF WHITTY
1. LINCOLN CHAFEE + 48. SHELDON LEONARD = SHELDON WHITEHOUSE
78. KAT DENNINGS + 63. e.e cummings = WHITNEY CUMMINGS
79. OSCAR DE LA HOYA + 43. PERNELL ROBERTS = PERNELL WHITAKER
91. DICK CHENEY + 74. HARRY REID = HARRY WHITTINGTON
4. JOHN DINGELL + 61. JAMIE OLIVER = JAMIE WHITTEN
84. LORRIE MORGAN + 54. KEITH OLBERMANN = KEITH WHITLEY

[plasticene]

Okay, the latest woman in space was Sunita Williams, who broke Peggy Whitson's record for total cumulative spacewalk time for a female astronaut. That should do it.

[Pastor Fireball]

Okay, the latest woman in space was Sunita Williams, who broke Peggy Whitson's record for total cumulative spacewalk time for a female astronaut. That should do it.

Ah, yes. After a five-year absence, Williams did indeed go back into space one month after Liu's historic flight. Good catch.

Now... I started writing up a new movie puzzle three years ago. I never got a chance to finish it because of my heart attack and because I quit the Bored. I intended to delete this game from my computer because I thought that I would never return to the Bored. But while going through my hard drive a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that--whoops!--I forgot to delete it. So now I'm debating whether or not I want to finish the work and post it.

[Bob Juch]

I believe one of the current matches is still incorrect, per sss. Perhaps the Eli Whitney/John C. Calhoun match, which seemed like it might be tenuous? Which could bring Keynes back into play.

Your matches are correct. I didn't really have any great matches for Whitney since I couldn't find anyone famous with whom he was closely associated, and the school and military ties as well as their association with the South of that era made this as good a match as any.

Except that while the cotton gin was of great benefit to the South, Eli Whitney lived and worked in New Haven.

Didn't we have a Bored question on him sometime? I read all about him within the last ten years for some reason.

[franktangredi]

Fun puzzle, SSS! Thanks!

[mrkelley23]

Debs and James Whitcomb Riley were both from Indiana. I wonder if there's any other connection.

Apparently, there was, as I found when i googled the two names together:

The Eugene V. Debs Home is located on the campus of Indiana State University, and it was given the State and National Historic Landmark status in 1966. Before it was rescued, this house was home to a professor, converted into apartments and then used as a fraternity house at this Indiana college. Eugene V. Debs built the home and lived there with his wife Kate, whom he married in 1885. The couple often had visitors, including the likes of James Whitcomb Riley and Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg. A second floor bedroom of the Eugene V. Debs Home is even named the James Whitcomb Riley Room, because he frequently stayed overnight with the Debs couple.

I bet Mr. Kelley would have gotten this.

I might have, once it was narrowed down this far, but having never been to the Debs house, I would've been limited to the knowledge you had; namely, that they both came from here and were roughly contemporary. Nice job, everyone. Fireball, you might want to see if you can remove Estonut from ignore, or else make it known that he and any others you have there won't be included in games and consolidations you're running.

[silverscreenselect]

Okay, the latest woman in space was Sunita Williams, who broke Peggy Whitson's record for total cumulative spacewalk time for a female astronaut. That should do it.

Ah, yes. After a five-year absence, Williams did indeed go back into space one month after Liu's historic flight. Good catch.

Now... I started writing up a new movie puzzle three years ago. I never got a chance to finish it because of my heart attack and because I quit the Bored. I intended to delete this game from my computer because I thought that I would never return to the Bored. But while going through my hard drive a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that--whoops!--I forgot to delete it. So now I'm debating whether or not I want to finish the work and post it.

Go for it. There's never enough good puzzles on the Bored.

[Pastor Fireball]

Debs and James Whitcomb Riley were both from Indiana. I wonder if there's any other connection.

Apparently, there was, as I found when i googled the two names together:

The Eugene V. Debs Home is located on the campus of Indiana State University, and it was given the State and National Historic Landmark status in 1966. Before it was rescued, this house was home to a professor, converted into apartments and then used as a fraternity house at this Indiana college. Eugene V. Debs built the home and lived there with his wife Kate, whom he married in 1885. The couple often had visitors, including the likes of James Whitcomb Riley and Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg. A second floor bedroom of the Eugene V. Debs Home is even named the James Whitcomb Riley Room, because he frequently stayed overnight with the Debs couple.

I bet Mr. Kelley would have gotten this.

I might have, once it was narrowed down this far, but having never been to the Debs house, I would've been limited to the knowledge you had; namely, that they both came from here and were roughly contemporary. Nice job, everyone. Fireball, you might want to see if you can remove Estonut from ignore, or else make it known that he and any others you have there won't be included in games and consolidations you're running.

I don't really have a need to acknowledge somebody as arrogant, ignorant, dishonest, and disrespectful as Estonut. Nobody should really be surprised that I've had him and others who have attitudes like his (such as SportsFan68 and Fanny) on my block list ever since I officially left the Bored. They're the reason I almost died. But all of that is irrelevant here because he never participated in any of my previous puzzles, and I would be surprised if he participated in any of my future ones.

People do change, and certainly if Estonut atoned for his sins, I would happily remove him from my block list so that he could participate. But I would eat a hat and post a video of it on YouTube if he ever actually genuinely did that.

Even if I do put out this new puzzle, it won't be until June at the earliest. The next few weeks will be a bit hectic for me. I'm leaving for Cleveland in a couple of days. When I get back home, I'll be out looking for a bigger house. After my kids and I get moved and settled in, I'll have my birthday and a Memorial Day picnic to plan out. So if anybody out there has a puzzle ready between now and June, feel free to go ahead of me.

[franktangredi]

I don't really have a need to acknowledge somebody as arrogant, ignorant, dishonest, and disrespectful as Estonut. Nobody should really be surprised that I've had him and others who have attitudes like his (such as SportsFan68 and Fanny) on my block list ever since I officially left the Bored. They're the reason I almost died. But all of that is irrelevant here because he never participated in any of my previous puzzles, and I would be surprised if he participated in any of my future ones.

People do change, and certainly if Estonut atoned for his sins, I would happily remove him from my block list so that he could participate. But I would eat a hat and post a video of it on YouTube if he ever actually genuinely did that.

Then do not take it upon yourself to consolidate for the rest of us. It doesn't help us.

If you knew what I was thinking when I saw the words "atoned for his sins," you would certainly put me on your block list.

[smilergrogan]

But all of that is irrelevant here because he never participated in any of my previous puzzles, and I would be surprised if he participated in any of my future ones.

People do change, and certainly if Estonut atoned for his sins, I would happily remove him from my block list so that he could participate.

This wasn't your puzzle, and even if it was, you still don't get to decide who can participate. Everybody gets to participate - even the businessmen who rob and cheat and steal from people every day. I do think Estonut could have easily just corrected the consolidation though, for everybody's benefit.

[SportsFan68]

But all of that is irrelevant here because he never participated in any of my previous puzzles, and I would be surprised if he participated in any of my future ones.

People do change, and certainly if Estonut atoned for his sins, I would happily remove him from my block list so that he could participate.

This wasn't your puzzle, and even if it was, you still don't get to decide who can participate. Everybody gets to participate - even the businessmen who rob and cheat and steal from people every day. I do think Estonut could have easily just corrected the consolidation though, for everybody's benefit.

Sorry, Jerr, it wouldn't have been just as easy for Estonut. He noticed that his contribution was missing, but what about the rest of us? I'm with Frank: "Then do not take it upon yourself to consolidate for the rest of us. It doesn't help us."

Just to clarify, I didn't participate in this one, but I was very pleased that my Annie Sullivan quote identification helped in the last movie puzzle, and I would have been horrified if someone had to duplicate my effort.

[smilergrogan]

Sorry, Jerr, it wouldn't have been just as easy for Estonut.

Why not? He copies and pastes the existing consolidation, and types in his answers where they belong. Takes about two minutes. As someone who does the consolidating fairly often, I would much rather see someone paste in missed answers rather than complain that they were missed. And I understand his complaint was justified in this case, but it still would have been more helpful to the other puzzlers to just correct the omissions and move on.

He noticed that his contribution was missing, but what about the rest of us? I'm with Frank: "Then do not take it upon yourself to consolidate for the rest of us. It doesn't help us."

I think it should have been clear from what I said that I was agreeing with Frank.

[SportsFan68]

Sorry, Jerr, it wouldn't have been just as easy for Estonut.

Why not? . . .

Because Estonut wasn't the only one missed.

He noticed that his contribution was missing, but what about the rest of us? I'm with Frank: "Then do not take it upon yourself to consolidate for the rest of us. It doesn't help us."

I think it should have been clear from what I said that I was agreeing with Frank.

It was, up until you said Estonut could have easily fixed it and it "would have been more helpful to the other puzzlers to just correct the omissions and move on." Estonut could not correct all the omissions without going through and doing another consolidation.

[franktangredi]

Sorry, Jerr, it wouldn't have been just as easy for Estonut.

Why not? . . .

Because Estonut wasn't the only one missed.

He noticed that his contribution was missing, but what about the rest of us? I'm with Frank: "Then do not take it upon yourself to consolidate for the rest of us. It doesn't help us."

I think it should have been clear from what I said that I was agreeing with Frank.

It was, up until you said Estonut could have easily fixed it and it "would have been more helpful to the other puzzlers to just correct the omissions and move on." Estonut could not correct all the omissions without going through and doing another consolidation.

Let's agree to put this to rest.

[smilergrogan]

Let's agree to put this to rest.

I agree with Frank again. I am too exasperated to do otherwise.