Comments on: Conundrum: Pic Tac Toe III

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:11:36 +0000

Correct!

Answers

Top Row: CURRENCY Center Row: RED CAP Bottom Row: BICYCLE Left Column: GEORGE Center Column: BACK Right Column: TWIST Up Diagonal: RED AND WHITE STRIPES Down Diagonal: SEASONS

Picture Credits

Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Picture 6 Picture 7 Picture 8 Picture 9

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:41:32 +0000

Ohhh.

Currency (dollar, franc, pound). Never would’ve gotten it without the clue.

I’m still quite fond of Annalisa’s wiener.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:23:24 +0000

The edge of the falls is not straight, it has some twists in it. They are visible even in the smaller picture.

I also like Annalisa’s virtual hotdog, but I really like the Tender/Frank/Soft connection. That’s really creative, but the real answer is not such a stretch. If nobody solves it, it will be posted here tomorrow evening.

Now, how much flour did you say was in that bag…?

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:30:13 +0000

Wait, how is “twist” the correct answer for the right column? I don’t see how it applies to Niagara Falls.

Really, I don’t think your answer for the top row (or anything I could come up with, for that matter) will top Annalisa’s virtual hot dog.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 15:42:33 +0000

“Seasons” is correct, and I’ll give you “twist” for the right column, though I think that was an accident.

That leaves only the top row. You guys are going to kick yourselves.

Or me…

By: Annalisa

Annalisa — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:08:13 +0000

For that matter, money is “bread” and pretzels are “bread”…darn that Frank…unless it’s a virtual hot dog: frank between bread…

By: Annalisa

Annalisa — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:05:31 +0000

Column 3: necessary for life? Bread/Water/Air?

By: Annalisa

Annalisa — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:59:59 +0000

Hey, gents – looks like I’m late to the party!

Color me baffled. Bill, you evil man – this will keep me up tonight, not to mention I now cannot work. Must. Solve. MUST.

Neel, maybe you can make gold out of some dross:

Row 1: (Legal) Tender / Frank (Gore) / Soft (Pretzel)
This isn’t right, but something about how we speak to people?
OR
Legal (Tender); 21 (legal age); ???

Arggghhhh!

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:29:37 +0000

Ah. Thanks for the tip. My mind is so twisted from the pretzel.

159 diagonal: seasons (Laurence Summers, Bruce Springsteen, Niagara Falls)

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:48:38 +0000

None of these is correct, but I like the way you reason.

Based on your previous guesses, you definitely have enough to solve the top row. It’s a fun answer.

Make sure you view the dollar bill in large size before solving the diagonal. That’s a fun answer, too.

I’m heading out of town, but should be back over the weekend.

Good luck!

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:59:49 +0000

Seriously. Annalisa, anybody?

159 diagonal: wear and tear? (faded dollar bill, holey jeans, erosion from falls)

Top row: maybe stadium food (frank and pretzel), but I’m not sure what the green single has to do with it.

Right column: still no clue.

Please put me out of my misery. Not now, but before Pic-Tac-Toe IV.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:10:31 +0000

Neel, you are correct on red and white stripes. The remaining three are much trickier.

The number 1 is a nice catch. I can give you another “alternate answer” credit for that. But I had something else in mind.

DNP is not part of the answer.

The right column is a single word that can be used to describe something in each of the three pictures, like the other two columns.

The remaining two are categories, closer to last week’s “breakfast” answer.

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:57:32 +0000

Where’s Annalisa when you need her?

I was thinking the top row had to do with the number 1 ($1, 21, 1 lb.) but if the name Frank Gore is relevant…

I’m telling you, the pretzel picture is messing with my head. It feels like a mistake. And the DNP Farms, with Frank Gore listed as DNP in the preseason? And what does a dollar bill have to do with it?

Meanwhile…

357 diagonal: red and white stripes? (paperboy, Bruce’s background, the oval logo)

All I got for now. I need some better puzzlers than me to crack this case.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:32:35 +0000

Nice work, Neel! I think that’s four correct.

Left column: CORRECT
Middle column: CORRECT
Right column: I also noticed the water. But the answer is not water-related. This one’s a little tougher than the others, perhaps.

Top row: That is Frank Gore. And you do need to know that to solve this row.
Middle row: CORRECT
Bottom row: CORRECT

159 diagonal: That is Niagara Falls, but USA isn’t what I was going for.
357 diagonal: Ooh, white cloth does work (I hadn’t seen that), but there is a better answer.

By: Neel Mehta

Neel Mehta — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:25:23 +0000

Tricky. And everything related to the pretzel picture has stumped me.

Left column: George (Washington, friend of Arthur, Curious)
Middle column: Backs (Running, Bruce’s, Rider)
Right column: ? (though two of the pictures have water)

Top row: ? (I know that’s Frank Gore, though)
Middle row: Red caps
Bottom row: Bicycles

159 diagonal: USA/Americana? (dollar, flag, Niagara Falls)
357 diagonal: White cloth?