And yeah, Custer is a county in Colorado while the other three are cities, but I was just going for a general “places in” thing. The three shows I was thinking of when I posted the challenge were Mork & Mindy, Dynasty, and South Park. I later discovered that Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Everwood were also set in Colorado.

Delovely DeLisa… Now there’s a nickname with staying power!

DeLisa and I were trying to think backwards: sets of TV series in various places (Airport names came close; Boston and London came close; Chicago even came close) and then see if we could work backwards to the location.

This was a FABULOUS amalgamation – it stuck with me all week and into last weekend!

I. Thursday Morning Riddle

1. Denver
2. Oxford
3. Derby
4. Libby
5. Custer
6. Bacon
7. Elizabeth
8. March

II. Conundrum

Circle A (Denver, Derby, Custer, Elizabeth): Colorado
Circle B (Oxford, Derby, Bacon, Elizabeth): The Authorship Question
Circle C (Elizabeth, Libby, Bacon, Custer): Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer

III. The Headline Game

The three shows I was thinking of were Mork & Mindy, Dynasty, and South Park. I would have also accepted Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Everwood.

IV. Question of the Week

The plays were written by Shakespeare.

V. Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon

Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer > Ulyssess S. Grant > Abraham Lincoln > William Shakespeare > Sir Francis Bacon

Actually, the Question of the Week is “Who wrote the plays of Shakespeare?” with Shakespeare being one of the possible answers.

I guess I should have made one of the riddle answers “Shakespeare” to make this clearer – especially since the Oxford riddle didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. It’s much better than the first draft of it, though:

I’m a shoe or a shirt of eponymous weave;
I’m a college with status that few can achieve;
I’m an unabridged lexicon you won’t believe;
And a city of size just below Tel Aviv.

We’ll just call that the bad quarto version and leave it at that.

So anyway, feel free to discuss who wrote Shakespeare’s plays – I agree with AL that it’s Shakespeare, but have at it.

Also, this week’s Six Degrees is, as AL says, Elizabeth “Libbie” Bacon Custer. Enjoy!

I know my clues were for “Libby” but had trouble coming up for a riddle for “Libbie” and I couldn’t resist using the riddle to get another dig at the Bush administration. Forgive me.

Circle A still open as well.

Thanks to all who participated in this, either here in the thread, or silently. I’m just getting back from DC, and getting ready for this evening’s class. We’re doing conflict resolution through drama tonight, which always takes up the whole 100 minute class period and still feels rushed, but I may need to talk about the Shakespeare in American Education conference for a bit.

But when I get home tonight, do I watch the new 24 or last night’s Slings & Arrows, which is now waiting for me on the DVR?

Who are some (gratuitously theoretical) candidates that might have written Shakespeare’s plays other than Shakespeare? (As if.)

Andrew: All correct except for 7!

DeLisa: Correct on 7!

Annalisa: Correct on C!

I’m still in DC, having a great time at the conference. More later.

I think.

Right?