Game #192: House of Games

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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#76 Post by mellytu74 » Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:12 pm

7. EDMUND + 54. ROSS = Kansas

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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#77 Post by franktangredi » Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:19 pm

Oh, this is very embarrassing. I misspelled Mr. Bennet's name!

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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#78 Post by jarnon » Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:08 am

Now it makes sense. Updated consolidation…

Identify the 100 people in the clues below. Then, match them into 50 pairs according to a Tangredi, or principle you must discover for yourself.

There will undoubtedly be alternate matches, but only one solution will allow you to use each name once.

*1. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
*2. WHITNEY HOUSTON
*3. THOMAS HOBBES
*4. TIM BERNERS LEE
*5. CARL THEODOR DREYER
*6. BUSTER DOUGLAS
*7. EDMUND SPENSER
*8. DORIS HUMPHREY
*9. CLAUDE MONET
*10. CESAR CHAVEZ
*11. RICHARD BYRD
*12. CONRAD HILTON
*13. JOSEPH HOOKER
*14. BLANCHE DuBOIS
*15. ALAN MacDIARMID
*16. JAMES BLUNT
*17. THADDEUS STEVENS
*18. PEGGY CASS
*19. JACK KEROUAC
*20. BERNIE PARENT

21. Among his nicknames were “American Moses” and the “Lion of the Lord.”
BRIGHAM YOUNG

*22. GARY BECKER
*23. HANNAH DAVIS
*24. HOWARD UNRUH
*25. JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
*26. WAYNE LaPIERRE

27. This organic chemist committed suicide at the age of 41, and thus never became aware of the lasting importance of his own work.
WALLACE CARROTHERS

*28. RICHARD HELMS
*29. MICHAEL FEINSTEIN
*30. LINDSAY VONN
*31. NORMA TALMADGE
*32. ELMER RICE
*33. NEIL CLARK WARREN
*34. CHRISTOPHER GLENN
*35. RICHARD REID
*36. PATTY
*37. GEORGE SANTAYANA
*38. CHARLES BEARD
*39. CARRIE UNDERWOOD
*40. RUFUS PUTNAM
*41. CRAWFORD LONG
*42. HAROLD GODWINSON
*43. WILKIE COLLINS
*44. FORREST GREGG
*45. BILL WATTERSON
*46. JENNY CRAIG
*47. KAM FONG
*48. CASSIUS CLAY
*49. CARTER OOSTERHOUSE
*50. WILLIAM OCCAM
*51. HERMAN HOLLERITH
52. MR. BENNETT
*53. WALLIS SIMPSON
*54. NELLIE ROSS
*55. ART PEPPER
*56. FRANK NORRIS
*57. MELISSA HAYDEN
*58. DIANNE WIEST
*59. BOB MATHIAS
*60. FRANKLIN GRAHAM
*61. MARGARET MURRAY
*62. LUCY BURNS
*63. RAY STANNARD BAKER
*64. HIRAM POWERS
*65. DENNIS GABOR

66. He was overthrown in 1971, regained power in 1980 when the man who overthrew him was overthrown, was overthrown again in 1985, died in exile twenty years later, and (surprisingly) was brought back to his own country for a state funeral.
MILTON OBOTE? PINOCHET?

*67. PHILLIP GLASS
*68. JUDD APATOW
*69. MARY McCARTHY
*70. BERNARD KING
*71. COLONEL HARLAND SANDERS
*72. JOHN LOCKE
*73. JEFFERSON SMITH
*74. STEPHEN DECATUR
*75. HUBERT GIVENCHY
*76. PHILIP JOHNSON
*77. ROBERT PLANT
*78. JESSE JAMES
*79. ELIZABETH MONROE
*80. SUSAN GLASPELL
*81. HARRY HAY
*82. SAMUEL MORSE
*83. CLARENCE THOMAS
*84. JIMMIE DODD
*85. MARK ROTH
*86. LEWIS TERMAN
*87. SAM SPADE
*88. SIMON THE ZEALOT
*89. LARRY PAGE
*90. OSCAR TSCHIRKY
*91. HUEY NEWTON
*92. WALTER REED
*93. ROY LIECHTENSTEIN
*94. LORENZ HART
*95. REX HARRISON
*96. OMAR BRADLEY
*97. HENRY HUDSON
*98. TED WILLIAMS
*99. LANGSTON HUGHES
*100. ABRAHAM LINCOLN


TANGREDI:
First name + Last name = Famous senator from each state


MATCHES:

9. CLAUDE Monet + 55. Art PEPPER = Claude Pepper of Florida

79. ELIZABETH Monroe + 33. Neil Clark WARREN = Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

68. JUDD Apatow + 44. Forrest GREGG = Judd Gregg of New Hampshire

97. HENRY Hudson + 48. Cassius CLAY = Henry Clay of Kentucky

45. BILL Watterson + 96. Omar BRADLEY = Bill Bradley of New Jersey

64. HIRAM Powers + 47. Kam FONG = Hiram Fong of Hawaii

78. JESSE James + 28. Richard HELMS = Jesse Helms of North Carolina

51. HERMAN Hollerith + 31. Norma TALMADGE = Herman Talmadge of Georgia

12. CONRAD Hilton + 62. Lucy BURNS = Conrad Burns of Montana

5. CARL Theodor Dreyer + 57. Melissa HAYDEN = Carl Hayden of Arizona

14. BLANCHE DuBois + 100. Abraham LINCOLN = Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas

81. HARRY Hay + 35. Richard REID = Harry Reid of Nevada

87. SAM Spade + 2. Whitney HOUSTON = Sam Houston of Texas

75. HUBERT Givenchy + 8. Doris HUMPHREY = Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota

77. ROBERT Plant + 11. Richard BYRD = Robert Byrd of West Virginia

20. BERNIE Parent + 71. Colonel Harland SANDERS = Bernie Sanders of Vermont

58. DIANNE Wiest + 29. Michael FEINSTEIN = Dianne Feinstein of California

30. LINDSAY Vonn + 60. Franklin GRAHAM = Lindsay Graham of South Carolina

80. SUSAN Glaspell + 43. Wilkie COLLINS = Susan Collins of Maine

38. CHARLES Beard + 59. Bob MATHIAS = Charles Mathias of Maryland

3. THOMAS Hobbes + 84. Jimmie DODD = Thomas Dodd of Connecticut

50. WILLIAM Occam + 85. Mark ROTH = William Roth of Delaware

22. GARY Becker + 94. Lorenz HART = Gary Hart of Colorado

72. JOHN Locke + 34. Christopher GLENN = John Glenn of Ohio

74. STEPHEN Decatur + 6. Buster DOUGLAS = Stephen Douglas of Illinois

93. ROY Liechtenstein + 16. James BLUNT = Roy Blunt of Missouri

1. BENJAMIN Franklin + 95. Rex HARRISON = Benjamin Harrison of Indiana

19. JACK Kerouac + 92. Walter REED = Jack Reed of Rhode Island

98. TED Williams + 17. Thaddeus STEVENS = Ted Stevens of Alaska

26. WAYNE LaPierre + 82. Samuel MORSE = Wayne Morse of Oregon

89. LARRY Page + 46. Jenny CRAIG = Larry Craig of Idaho

91. HUEY Newton + 41. Crawford LONG = Huey Long of Louisiana

40. RUFUS Putnam + 70. Bernard KING = Rufus King of New York

36. PATTY + 61. Margaret MURRAY = Patty Murray of Washington

15. ALAN Macdiarmid + 53. Wallis SIMPSON = Alan Simpson of Wyoming

42. HAROLD Godwinson + 99. Langston HUGHES = Harold Hughes of Iowa

65. DENNIS Gabor + 10. Cesar CHAVEZ = Dennis Chavez of New Mexico

90. OSCAR Tschirky + 39. Carrie UNDERWOOD = Oscar Underwood of Alabama

49. CARTER Oosterhouse + 67. Philip GLASS = Carter Glass of Virginia

88. SIMON the Zealot + Julia Margaret CAMERON = Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania

24. HOWARD Unruh + 63. Ray Stannard BAKER = Howard Baker of Tennessee

32. ELMER Rice + 83. Clarence THOMAS = Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma

73. JEFFERSON Smith + 23. Hannah DAVIS = Jefferson Davis of Mississippi

13. JOSEPH Hooker + 69. Mary McCARTHY = Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin

4. TIM Berners Lee + 76. Philip JOHNSON = Tim Johnson of South Dakota

37. GEORGE Santayana + 56. Frank NORRIS = George Norris of Nebraska

86. LEWIS Terman + 18. Peggy CASS = Lewis Cass of Michigan

7. EDMUND Spenser + 54. Nellie ROSS = Edmund Ross of Kansas


UNUSED STATES:

North Dakota
Utah
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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#79 Post by mrkelley23 » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:45 am

And Wallace Bennett, Bob's Daddy, represented Utah in the Senate, and Milton Young did the same for North Dakota.

Definitely clears things up.

Good thing Frank didn't leave any loose ends anywhere. Like, oh, I dunno, his heart. In San Francisco, or something. :)

Thank you as always, Frank!
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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#80 Post by jarnon » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:51 am

Thanks for a fun game (as always) Frank!
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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#81 Post by franktangredi » Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:29 am

Glad you enjoyed it, and sorry for that mistake.

I'm actually going to have a new lyrics based game ready to go tomorrow.

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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#82 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:45 am

franktangredi wrote:I'm actually going to have a new lyrics based game ready to go tomorrow.

That is music to my ears!

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Re: Game #192: House of Games

#83 Post by mellytu74 » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:06 am

It was another fun game! Looking forward to the lyrics one.

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