Comments on: Thursday Morning Riddle

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:46:25 +0000

WILSON is correct! Congratulations, Brian! And thanks to all for playing.

Line 1: In the movie Castaway, Tom Hanks does his island scenes alone, and talks to a volleyball named Wilson.

Line 2: On the TV show Home Improvement, Tim talks to a neighbor named Wilson, who we only ever see on the other side of a fence. The Pulitzer winning play Fences was written by August Wilson.

Line 3: Ambassador Joe Wilson wrote a NY Times article debunking the claim made by President Bush in a State of the Union address that Saddam Hussein had sought yellowcake uranium from Africa.

Line 4: President Woodrow Wilson set out Fourteen Points which he believed were necessary to maintain peace in Europe following World War I.

By: DeLisa

DeLisa — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:36:18 +0000

This was a great one! I figured it out, of course, from the theatre and film references. For people like me who get it based on a couple of clues, can you do that great thing you do when you clarify each of the references? I get the yellowcake one (Joe), and Fences (August) and Tom (Castaway) but I’m a little shaky on the rest….

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:20:51 +0000

Wilson! (damn you, Brian.)

I got this after 1.5 sentences. I like these much better than Sir Francis Bacon.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 May 2007 13:40:09 +0000

WILSON!!!