SSS Game

[franktangredi]

I found a French naval architect named Henri Lome who had some association with Napoleon III, but I'm not convinced it's what we're looking for.

[franktangredi]

You won't be able to form the quartet using four of the remaining unsolved people in the puzzle. Someone has already hinted at how the quartet works a few days ago.

I think, then, that I was right about John Kenneth Galbraith being the linchpin of the quartet. We have one person with the first name John already, and now we're looking for someone with the first name Kenneth.

[edited]

On second thought, that would have to be a group of FIVE. Scratch that idea.

No, I was right the first time. Using John Kenneth Galbraith for both John and Kenneth would be a quartet. I was counting JKG twice.

[franktangredi]

Based on everything SSS has said, and the only way I can make the numbers work out, this is where I think we stand.

Unused names (One pair; one name complete quartet, one name completes triple)
52. Al Capp
60. John Hannah
65. Howard Johnson
67. Lyndon Johnson

Partial quartet
16. John Kenneth Galbraith + 23. David Lander + 45. King George V = John St. Helier Lander
+ ????? = Kenneth ????????

Possible partial triple
18. Antoine-Henri Becquerel + ????? = Antoine ??????
+ 56. Napoleon III = Henri Lome

Extra pair (not part of instructions above)
A. Benito Mussolini + B. Jack McKeon = Benito Santiago

Single
72. Jim Everett + 72. Jim Everett = Jim Rome

Completed pairs (47 out of 48)

55. Bruce Cabot + 88. T-Bone Burnett = Bruce Cockburn
30. Harrison Ford + 103. Ho Chi Minh = Harrison Salisbury
78. Sol Hurok + 7. David McCallum = Sol Madrid
1. Tony Robbins + 35. Joan Rivers = Tony Tripoli
53. Danny DeVito + 85. Edward James Olmos = Danny de la Paz
92. Joe E. Brown + 13. Meir Kahane = Joe Colombo
11. Maria Shriver + 90. Antonino Fernandez = Maria Asuncion
100. Angelo Dundee + 32. Patrick McGoohan = Angelo Muscat
61. Tiger Woods + 5. Patrick Swayze = Tiger Warsaw
49. Spongebob Squarepants + 79. Saddam Hussein = Baghdad Spongebob
21. John R. + 95. Philip Roth = John R. Tunis
33. Robert Moses + 99. Kim Dotcom = Robert Amsterdam
96. Ivan Boesky + 57. Sergei Eisenstein = Ivan Grozny
29. David Attenborough + 98. Tom Hanks = David Moscow
71. Jose Gaspar + 54. David Ortiz = Jose Lima
10. Donald Rumsfeld + 84. James McDonnell = Donald Douglas
9. Teresa Brewer + 63. Robin Tunney = Teresa Lisbon
82. Stan Lathan + 104. Omar Epps = Sanaa Lathan
39. Mo’Nique + 48. Hugh Hefner = Monique St. Pierre
22. Kelly Tripucka + 68. John O'Hurley = Kelly Monaco
12. Alex Trebek + 102. Ralph Fiennes = Alex Kingston
40. David Tennant + 2. Steve Martin = Victoria Tennant
47. Master P + 76. Charles Dickens = Master Juba
38. Morton Sobell + 17. Milt Machlin = Morton Minsky (Minsk)
20. Simon Le Bon + 50. Matti Nykanen = Simon Ammann (Amman)
6. Eric Lindros + 91. Joe South = Eric Berne (Bern)
4. Walter Ulbricht + 41. Marion Barry = Walter Washington
70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = Jack Cardiff
25. Henry Morison Flagler + 93. Radley Metzger = Henry Paris
89. Ruth Rendell + 42. David Belasco = Ruth Saint Denis
81. Antonio Meucci + 8. Simon Bolivar = Antonio Sucre
28. Julie Nixon Eisenhower + 97. Jack Webb = Julie London
14. Natalee Holloway + 46. Rex Harrison = Stanley Holloway
94. Amber Heard + 27. Calvin Klein = Amber Valletta
83. The Kingston Trio + 44. Ernie Kovac = The Nairobi Trio
36. The Duke of Windsor + 66. Napoleon Bonaparte = The Duke of Wellington
43. Francis Ford Coppola + 80. Spike Jonze = Sofia Coppola
101. Olga Korbut + 37. Edmond O'Brien = Olga San Juan
69. Alexander Pushkin + 31. Aaron Burr = Alexander Hamilton
3. Irving Stone + 62. Kate Smith = Irving Berlin
19. Piltdown Man + 74. Walter Granger = Peking Man
15. Billy Rose + 73. Lord Haw-Haw = Tokyo Rose
58. Miss Marple + 77. Lea Salonga = Miss Saigon
51. Joel Hyatt + 64. Peter Lorre = Joel Cairo
75. Julio Iglesias + 34. Fredi Gonzalez = Julio Teheran
87. Ken Olsen + 59. Magic Mirror = Moroni Olsen
86. Jill Stein + 26. Robert Wagner = Jill St. John

[silverscreenselect]

Based on everything SSS has said, and the only way I can make the numbers work out, this is where I think we stand.

Unused names (One pair; one name complete quartet, one name completes triple)
52. Al Capp
60. John Hannah
65. Howard Johnson
67. Lyndon Johnson

1) Remember that the city can be used as a first name as well as a last name.

2) If you took at the right two people above you should find a connection that will allow you to figure out how the quartet works.

[franktangredi]

Based on everything SSS has said, and the only way I can make the numbers work out, this is where I think we stand.

Unused names (One pair; one name complete quartet, one name completes triple)
52. Al Capp
60. John Hannah
65. Howard Johnson
67. Lyndon Johnson

1) Remember that the city can be used as a first name as well as a last name.

2) If you took at the right two people above you should find a connection that will allow you to figure out how the quartet works.

Oh, I've been running both first and last names through my head. All I'm getting so far is mush.
May I assume that you're giving your okay to everything else on the last consolidation?

[silverscreenselect]

Oh, I've been running both first and last names through my head. All I'm getting so far is mush.

The person you're looking for died within the last year.

May I assume that you're giving your okay to everything else on the last consolidation?

You've got one incorrect matchup. Figure out the person above and it will fall into place.

[franktangredi]

I'm not getting anywhere. Maybe someone else will get an idea with a fresh look. Here's where we stand.

Unused names
52. Al Capp
60. John Hannah
65. Howard Johnson
67. Lyndon Johnson

SSS's most recent hints based on the four names above:

1) Remember that the city can be used as a first name as well as a last name.

2) If you took at the right two people above you should find a connection that will allow you to figure out how the quartet works

3) You've got one incorrect matchup. Figure out the person above and it will fall into place.

4) The person you're looking for died within the last year.

Triple. (Possible partial quartet, but SSS's comments about figuring out how the quartet works would suggest otherwise.)
16. John Kenneth Galbraith + 23. David Lander + 45. King George V = John St. Helier Lander
+ ????? = Kenneth ????????
(Note: the John here could still be Hannah instead, but I'm leaving him in place for now with the four. This could be the incorrect matchup to which SSS refers.)

Possible partial triple. (Probably not, since the one above is most likely the triple.)
18. Antoine-Henri Becquerel + ????? = Antoine ??????
+ 56. Napoleon III = Henri Lome
(Note: This might also be the incorrect matchup to which SSS refers, or the Becquerel/Napoleon matchup could simply be a pair, since Becquerel is often referred to by the name Henri alone.)

Extra pair (not part of instructions above)
A. Benito Mussolini + B. Jack McKeon = Benito Santiago

Single
72. Jim Everett + 72. Jim Everett = Jim Rome

Completed pairs (47 out of 48)

55. Bruce Cabot + 88. T-Bone Burnett = Bruce Cockburn
30. Harrison Ford + 103. Ho Chi Minh = Harrison Salisbury
78. Sol Hurok + 7. David McCallum = Sol Madrid
1. Tony Robbins + 35. Joan Rivers = Tony Tripoli
53. Danny DeVito + 85. Edward James Olmos = Danny de la Paz
92. Joe E. Brown + 13. Meir Kahane = Joe Colombo
11. Maria Shriver + 90. Antonino Fernandez = Maria Asuncion
100. Angelo Dundee + 32. Patrick McGoohan = Angelo Muscat
61. Tiger Woods + 5. Patrick Swayze = Tiger Warsaw
49. Spongebob Squarepants + 79. Saddam Hussein = Baghdad Spongebob
21. John R. + 95. Philip Roth = John R. Tunis
33. Robert Moses + 99. Kim Dotcom = Robert Amsterdam
96. Ivan Boesky + 57. Sergei Eisenstein = Ivan Grozny
29. David Attenborough + 98. Tom Hanks = David Moscow
71. Jose Gaspar + 54. David Ortiz = Jose Lima
10. Donald Rumsfeld + 84. James McDonnell = Donald Douglas
9. Teresa Brewer + 63. Robin Tunney = Teresa Lisbon
82. Stan Lathan + 104. Omar Epps = Sanaa Lathan
39. Mo’Nique + 48. Hugh Hefner = Monique St. Pierre
22. Kelly Tripucka + 68. John O'Hurley = Kelly Monaco
12. Alex Trebek + 102. Ralph Fiennes = Alex Kingston
40. David Tennant + 2. Steve Martin = Victoria Tennant
47. Master P + 76. Charles Dickens = Master Juba
38. Morton Sobell + 17. Milt Machlin = Morton Minsky (Minsk)
20. Simon Le Bon + 50. Matti Nykanen = Simon Ammann (Amman)
6. Eric Lindros + 91. Joe South = Eric Berne (Bern)
4. Walter Ulbricht + 41. Marion Barry = Walter Washington
70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = Jack Cardiff
25. Henry Morison Flagler + 93. Radley Metzger = Henry Paris
89. Ruth Rendell + 42. David Belasco = Ruth Saint Denis
81. Antonio Meucci + 8. Simon Bolivar = Antonio Sucre
28. Julie Nixon Eisenhower + 97. Jack Webb = Julie London
14. Natalee Holloway + 46. Rex Harrison = Stanley Holloway
94. Amber Heard + 27. Calvin Klein = Amber Valletta
83. The Kingston Trio + 44. Ernie Kovac = The Nairobi Trio
36. The Duke of Windsor + 66. Napoleon Bonaparte = The Duke of Wellington
43. Francis Ford Coppola + 80. Spike Jonze = Sofia Coppola
101. Olga Korbut + 37. Edmond O'Brien = Olga San Juan
69. Alexander Pushkin + 31. Aaron Burr = Alexander Hamilton
3. Irving Stone + 62. Kate Smith = Irving Berlin
19. Piltdown Man + 74. Walter Granger = Peking Man
15. Billy Rose + 73. Lord Haw-Haw = Tokyo Rose
58. Miss Marple + 77. Lea Salonga = Miss Saigon
51. Joel Hyatt + 64. Peter Lorre = Joel Cairo
75. Julio Iglesias + 34. Fredi Gonzalez = Julio Teheran
87. Ken Olsen + 59. Magic Mirror = Moroni Olsen
86. Jill Stein + 26. Robert Wagner = Jill St. John

[franktangredi]

DUH!

North Vietnamese radio personality Hanoi Hannah! (And she did die within the last year.)

She can go with Ho Chi Minh, meaning Harrison Salisbury goes back with LBJ. (He has definite links to both of them.)

Or she can join Tokyo Rose to form a trio of wartime radio propagandists with Lord Haw-Haw. (The Wikipedia page on wartime propagandists also lists Seoul City Sue and Pyongyang Sally, but they don't have potential matches in this game.)

However, none of that helps with the quartet.

[mellytu74]

DUH!

North Vietnamese radio personality Hanoi Hannah! (And she did die within the last year.)

She can go with Ho Chi Minh, meaning Harrison Salisbury goes back with LBJ. (He has definite links to both of them.)

Or she can join Tokyo Rose to form a trio of wartime radio propagandists with Lord Haw-Haw. (The Wikipedia page on wartime propagandists also lists Seoul City Sue and Pyongyang Sally, but they don't have potential matches in this game.)

However, none of that helps with the quartet.

AL Capp is left. What's the capital of Lower Slobbovia?

[franktangredi]

DUH!

North Vietnamese radio personality Hanoi Hannah! (And she did die within the last year.)

She can go with Ho Chi Minh, meaning Harrison Salisbury goes back with LBJ. (He has definite links to both of them.)

Or she can join Tokyo Rose to form a trio of wartime radio propagandists with Lord Haw-Haw. (The Wikipedia page on wartime propagandists also lists Seoul City Sue and Pyongyang Sally, but they don't have potential matches in this game.)

However, none of that helps with the quartet.

AL Capp is left. What's the capital of Lower Slobbovia?

Al Capp and Howard Johnson, but we still aren't sure who Hanoi Hannah goes with nor the configurations of the triple and the quartet. SSS's hint indicated that figuring out Hanoi Hannah would help us figure out how the quartet works, but I'm not seeing any way she fits into a potential quartet.

Howard St. John was well-known for playing General Bullmoose in the musical L'il Abner, but that would make Robert Wagner/Jill Stein the incorrect matchup and put them both back into play. And that seems like a much better pair for St. John.

[silverscreenselect]

Howard St. John was well-known for playing General Bullmoose in the musical L'il Abner, but that would make Robert Wagner/Jill Stein the incorrect matchup and put them both back into play. And that seems like a much better pair for St. John.

What do you get when you take St. John + St. John?

[franktangredi]

Howard St. John was well-known for playing General Bullmoose in the musical L'il Abner, but that would make Robert Wagner/Jill Stein the incorrect matchup and put them both back into play. And that seems like a much better pair for St. John.

What do you get when you take St. John + St. John?

DOH!

[franktangredi]

This was a great puzzle, even if it did take us a long time to figure out how it worked. Thanks!

COMPLETED CONSOLIDATION

Quartet
86. Jill Stein + 26. Robert Wagner = Jill St. John
65. Howard Johnson + 52. Al Capp = Howard St. John

Triple
16. John Kenneth Galbraith + 23. David Lander + 45. King George V = John St. Helier Lander

Single
72. Jim Everett + 72. Jim Everett = Jim Rome

Pairs
A. Benito Mussolini + B. Jack McKeon = Benito Santiago
60. John Hannah + 103. Ho Chi Minh = Hanoi Hannah
18. Henri Becquerel + 56. Napoleon III = Henri Lome
55. Bruce Cabot + 88. T-Bone Burnett = Bruce Cockburn
30. Harrison Ford + 67. Lyndon Johnson = Harrison Salisbury
78. Sol Hurok + 7. David McCallum = Sol Madrid
1. Tony Robbins + 35. Joan Rivers = Tony Tripoli
53. Danny DeVito + 85. Edward James Olmos = Danny de la Paz
92. Joe E. Brown + 13. Meir Kahane = Joe Colombo
11. Maria Shriver + 90. Antonino Fernandez = Maria Asuncion
100. Angelo Dundee + 32. Patrick McGoohan = Angelo Muscat
61. Tiger Woods + 5. Patrick Swayze = Tiger Warsaw
49. Spongebob Squarepants + 79. Saddam Hussein = Baghdad Spongebob
21. John R. + 95. Philip Roth = John R. Tunis
33. Robert Moses + 99. Kim Dotcom = Robert Amsterdam
96. Ivan Boesky + 57. Sergei Eisenstein = Ivan Grozny
29. David Attenborough + 98. Tom Hanks = David Moscow
71. Jose Gaspar + 54. David Ortiz = Jose Lima
10. Donald Rumsfeld + 84. James McDonnell = Donald Douglas
9. Teresa Brewer + 63. Robin Tunney = Teresa Lisbon
82. Stan Lathan + 104. Omar Epps = Sanaa Lathan
39. Mo’Nique + 48. Hugh Hefner = Monique St. Pierre
22. Kelly Tripucka + 68. John O'Hurley = Kelly Monaco
12. Alex Trebek + 102. Ralph Fiennes = Alex Kingston
40. David Tennant + 2. Steve Martin = Victoria Tennant
47. Master P + 76. Charles Dickens = Master Juba
38. Morton Sobell + 17. Milt Machlin = Morton Minsky (Minsk)
20. Simon Le Bon + 50. Matti Nykanen = Simon Ammann (Amman)
6. Eric Lindros + 91. Joe South = Eric Berne (Bern)
4. Walter Ulbricht + 41. Marion Barry = Walter Washington
70. Jack Daniel + 24. Michael Powell = Jack Cardiff
25. Henry Morison Flagler + 93. Radley Metzger = Henry Paris
89. Ruth Rendell + 42. David Belasco = Ruth Saint Denis
81. Antonio Meucci + 8. Simon Bolivar = Antonio Sucre
28. Julie Nixon Eisenhower + 97. Jack Webb = Julie London
14. Natalee Holloway + 46. Rex Harrison = Stanley Holloway
94. Amber Heard + 27. Calvin Klein = Amber Valletta
83. The Kingston Trio + 44. Ernie Kovac = The Nairobi Trio
36. The Duke of Windsor + 66. Napoleon Bonaparte = The Duke of Wellington
43. Francis Ford Coppola + 80. Spike Jonze = Sofia Coppola
101. Olga Korbut + 37. Edmond O'Brien = Olga San Juan
69. Alexander Pushkin + 31. Aaron Burr = Alexander Hamilton
3. Irving Stone + 62. Kate Smith = Irving Berlin
19. Piltdown Man + 74. Walter Granger = Peking Man
15. Billy Rose + 73. Lord Haw-Haw = Tokyo Rose
58. Miss Marple + 77. Lea Salonga = Miss Saigon
51. Joel Hyatt + 64. Peter Lorre = Joel Cairo
75. Julio Iglesias + 34. Fredi Gonzalez = Julio Teheran
87. Ken Olsen + 59. Magic Mirror = Moroni Olsen

[mellytu74]

Ditto what Frank said ... a lot of fun and educational and a terrific puzzle.

[silverscreenselect]

I really didn't think it would be that tough, because a few of the matches like Napoleon-Duke of Wellington would be easy to spot. It just goes to show you never know with these things. I also thought someone would figure that "St. Johns" would be formed by two pairs of "St. John."

Well, it will be a while before I do another one; I haven't found a good inspiration for another puzzle and the time factor weighs in as well. Besides, I'm looking forward to a shot at the Professor's next one.

[franktangredi]

I really didn't think it would be that tough, because a few of the matches like Napoleon-Duke of Wellington would be easy to spot. It just goes to show you never know with these things. I also thought someone would figure that "St. Johns" would be formed by two pairs of "St. John."

Well, it will be a while before I do another one; I haven't found a good inspiration for another puzzle and the time factor weighs in as well. Besides, I'm looking forward to a shot at the Professor's next one.

You were right: we kept circling it without landing.

I've got the materials, I just have to write the clues. It's going to be a movie game this time, and not a hard one. (But you never know.)