Feb 17, 2008 Hypercross Puzzle

OK, who's the guy with the cane?

[1] I believe it's House, from the show by the same name, but since I've misplaced my glasses, I can't be sure!

AAAGH!

I can't make any House quotes fit. And what's with Stephen Colbert?

[1][2] It is House.
But I cant figure out the clue. I have the rest of the puzzle and have seen plenty of episodes of House.

[3] I have never watched the show, but at least I knew who it was. I assume Stephen Colbert is the dude with the flag? Never watched him either. Argh! Stuck on those two!

[3] I believe Colbert's has to do with veracity. Now I gotta go google me some House.

[6] exactly. What else does he say ever?

Yes, everything is clear but for House. The obvious answer (given by Arnott in 6) doesn't work and there aren't that many catchphrases from that show.

Got everything but house - and yes, "everybody lies" SHOULD be it, but....

Ditto. Seen every episode of House, and no idea what that bottom one is.

Any hints on the Back to the Future one?

Edit: NM, I got it. So now like everyone else, I'm stuck on the House one.

Anyone actually get the house qoute?

[13] Mary was an AWESOME queen...

[16] So do we need to start a fresh Hypercross?

OK, there are 10 unknown letters in the house quote, which means there are 26^10 possible combinations. That's 141,167,095,653,376 possibilities. Let's get to it!

Arnot's change made it 11 unknown letters, bringing it to 3,670,344,486,987,776 possibilities...

I refreshed, reentered everything and it still doesn't work?

[21] ditto

So, I guess I need help with the clue then....grrrr.....

[21] ditto here too

I'm going to argue that the quote for our bro Anderw Meyer is a typo.

You solved this puzzle in 0 seconds and were the 14th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 107 points for solving this.

Wee! One top 20 and one top 100 tonight.

EVERYONE should be able to get the House one now.

What do I need to do to make it work?

YAY! The correction made it work!

THANKS Arnott!

any salt on colbert?

ok...now it fits, but still says wrong. And I double checked my spelling.

Oh, wtf, that's wrong.

On the Andrew Meyer one... don't forget to try alternate spellings ;)

Once House was fixed - sort of - I believe the typo is with the UF student. Should be an "s" not a "z" in the phrase.

[28] THANK YOU!!!!!

[33] it has to do with his veracity.

You solved this puzzle in 0 seconds and were the 36th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 85 points for solving this.

Finally. *whew*

Thanks for helping to clear things up, Arnott. And yeah, typo aside, it was a really good puzzle.

[38] I solved it with z in the UF student one.

Two things wrong in this puzzle :(

[38] Thank you!

Ugh, double whammy on the errors in the puzzle.

I agree that there were two errors in the puzzle. It's a shame, because it was a fun one.

Still can't get the House quote to fit. Had the rest, easily. Not worth the effort.

[27] One typo maybe shouldn't count heavily (though it's arguable), but two should.

z not s

Any more salt on the House one... I don't watch it and Google isn't much help.

Great puzzle!

sometimes everybody makes mistakes sometimes everyone makes mistakes.

Need help on Colbert! Is that the other "wrong" one???

salt for the president and colbert

colbert
sienfield
back to the future
and
bush

not making any headway on any of those
any salt?

[47] think of synonyms

Salt for Colbert: Veracity. Look it up.

Salt for President Bush: No New Taxes.

ARRG any help for bush?? PLease!

[57] thx. got the prez

Are you saying "look up veracity" as if we don't know what it means, or is that some kind of clue?

[57]thanks, got those two, only two to go now

House's catchphrase is "Everybody lies". It doesn't fit....

[60]Colbert made up a word for his catchphrase.

Oi. That was ... awful.

[25], [38], [45], [49] Huh? How can it be a "Z" in that one? The acronym for the device in question has an "S" not a "Z" - it has to be an "S"; in my opinion, a "Z" is just plain wrong, even if you are using it as a verb.

seinfield and bttf have me stumped

[61] seinfeld is what the guy behind the counter says

[58] It was his most famous promise - one that he later went back on and did exactly what he said he wouldn't do.

[66] for BTTF, think of Rocky Horror. The professor comes out, and what happens?

[67] didn't watch that show, any hints on how to google for that answer?

OK, I guess Stephen Colbert has his own made up word for "veracity". Whatever.

This puzzle was flat out irritating, and because of that I don't consider it a good puzzle. Mistakes are annoying. They do detract from the overall experience. It was a great concept for a puzzle. I was enjoying it when I started, but after I spent half an hour trying to figure out the House clue, when the puzzle didn't even have the right number of blanks, it became VERY annoying.

[68] A president who didn't keep his promises?! Say it isn't so!

But, we keep believing them.

[70] I'll TG you.

now my UF student doesn't work

[74] Try changing the 's' to a 'z'. If that doesn't make sense, you've got the phrase wrong--google it.

hmm, says I'm wrong got them all - I think, tries s & z for the UF one - got the house one - I think colbert one is right - it was an episode name too, right?

will someone send me a TG for the House answer please? I think I have the rest and is there an error in the puzzle for that oue?

[77] Look at [6] and [52]

[75] ty

Nevermind....got it

I have tried everything still says wrong and I know I have them right

Three major errors in one puzzle?
Come on!

[82] Three errors? What are you talking about?
The 'z' spelling is the mainstream spelling, even if the other spelling is acceptable.
The House quote was a typo, but it's fixed.

I count one error. And it's been fixed.

bah - I know colbert is right

yeah. that university kid, should definitely be spelled with an "s" NOT a "z".

Meanwhile the hard one word also has an error. At least according to WP.

[86] That may be (the issue is under debate), but if you get the other ones, you'll realize what it should be.

[83] Evidence please that 'z' is the mainstream spelling? By the wholly unscientific method of Googling the phrases, the 's' spelling is approximately 10 times more popular than the 'z' spelling.

[88] I stand corrected. I tried googling it myself and I was wrong--'s' is more common. I always spelled it with a 'z' for some reason.

Why am I the only one havinbg trouble with Trump? The obvious one fits, but not when I have the obvious one for George Bush I.

[90] Think of the part that came just BEFORE the part of Bush's catchphrase that you wrote down.

Colbert Fan/Wiki Salt: It was used on Colbert's pilot, and it's a great word that he popularized/made up (depending on whom you ask and whether you count unknowingly repurposing an obscure sub-definition as "making it up"), but I wouldn't call it a catchphrase because he hasn't used it since except to reference the attention the word itself got. "I did it," "You're welcome," "I accept your apology," and of course "George W. Bush: great President, or the greatest President?" are all much closer to the definition of a "catchphrase."

Googleable Salt: It was the Word of the Year in 2005 (American Dialect Society) and 2006 (Merriam-Webster).

As for the House one, that's plain wrong but I figured out what you meant.

And the UF guy is also just wrong. That's like spelling RADAR "raydar." The letters stand for things; it's not like grey/gray where both are equally acceptable.

Still, great idea for a puzzle, if a bit sloppy in execution and subject choice. I look forward to your next one, Scarver!

[87], what do you mean, it's under debate? The third item in the Hard One Word is clearly wrong.

Meanwhile, I don't have the cartoon character, and the two people sitting in front of an empty theatre.

not a bad puzzle some things were a little obscure.

BTW BUGGY thanks for the salt before I got it (the request) typed in That is very good. [57][58]

[94] Hard to salt the cartoon character. Do you know who it is? He's a WB property. And there's definitely no other phrase of his that even comes close.

And the guys in the theater review movies (or used to, the one on the left died a few years back) like Roman emperors at gladiatorial arenas. Kill him vs. let him live.

not knowing the cartoon character could drive you crazy or mad

Colbert is not a wrong one... just 'ambiguous'

Getting old now... figured out the House quote with a word adjustment, changed the 's' to 'z' but stuck on back to the future... need more salt please!

Edit: thx for the tg kilgore, nice to know what the heck scoutmom's salt was about finally... i was about to go crazy.

[91] Thanks!

And I still can't find the cartoon character. Searching for various combinations of "Warner Brothers cartoon character purple hood finger space suit" doesn't yield anything.