| Author | Message | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 730 Registered: 5-2007 |
It's their J.F.K. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1255 Registered: 3-2006 |
They = two people? More than two people? More than 100 people? More than a million people? They = a nation? Are they actually human? JFK = equivalent of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (the person)? JFK the airport? Kennedy the space centre? Is assassination relevant? Is scrabble relevant? Is the title relevant? Anything to do with dancing? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1124 Registered: 1-2007 |
Is it an event in another country which is equated with the JFK assassination as everyone remembers where they were when they heard about it? Death of someone else famous? Longshot this but Princess Diana's death relevant? | ||
| Ezhonok (Ezhonok)
New member Username: Ezhonok Post Number: 44 Registered: 4-2008 |
Are conspiracy theories relevant? Is this about a similar case as JFK's assassination? Is the era/location of this story relevant? Americas? Europe? Africa? Asia? specific country? Present time? Other? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 731 Registered: 5-2007 |
They = two people? More than two people? More than 100 people? More than a million people? An indeterminate number, but probably somehwere between 100 and 1,000,000 They = a nation? No Are they actually human? Yes JFK = equivalent of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (the person)? Yes JFK the airport? No Kennedy the space centre? No Is assassination relevant? Yesish Is it an event in another country No which is equated with the JFK assassination Somewhat as everyone remembers where they were when they heard about it? No Death of someone else famous? No Longshot this but Princess Diana's death relevant? No Is scrabble relevant? No Is the title relevant? Only because of its association witht he JFK assassination Anything to do with dancing? No Are conspiracy theories relevant? No Is this about a similar case as JFK's assassination? Yesish Is the era/location of this story relevant? Yes Americas? Europe? Africa? Asia? specific country? Present time? 1970's Other? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1126 Registered: 1-2007 |
So this happened in the US? Did someone die? Were they shot? if so murder? suicide? accident? Are they members of an organisation? Do they share common beliefs? | ||
| Tsoram1970 (Tsoram1970)
New member Username: Tsoram1970 Post Number: 1068 Registered: 6-2001 |
Is it a case of "where were you when..."? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 732 Registered: 5-2007 |
So this happened in the US? Yes Did someone die? No Were they shot? No if so murder? No suicide? No accident? No Are they members of an organisation? Yesish Do they share common beliefs? Noish | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 734 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is it a case of "where were you when..."? No | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 112 Registered: 5-2003 |
Any injury involved? Any particular technology? Any particular profession? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 737 Registered: 5-2007 |
Any injury involved? No Any particular technology? Yes Any particular profession? Yes | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1257 Registered: 3-2006 |
They = astronauts? telecoms engineers? online gamers? music technologists? scientists? chemists? sportsmen/sportswomen? bus conductors? codebreakers? Was the relevant technology invented before 1950? Before 1900? Before 1800? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 739 Registered: 5-2007 |
They = astronauts? telecoms engineers? online gamers? music technologists? scientists? chemists? sportsmen/sportswomen? This one bus conductors? codebreakers? Was the relevant technology invented before 1950? Yes Before 1900? Yes Before 1800? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1142 Registered: 1-2007 |
Are they athletes? track? field? Football players? Soccer? Baseball? Basketball? Ice Hockey? Bit silly this but are starters pistols relevant? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1260 Registered: 3-2006 |
Cyclists? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 740 Registered: 5-2007 |
Are they athletes? track? field? Football players? Yes Soccer? Baseball? Basketball? Ice Hockey? Bit silly this but are starters pistols relevant? No Cyclists? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1145 Registered: 1-2007 |
So that's American football then? Anything to do with instant replays? Is one particular NFL team relevant? Dallas Cowboys? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 741 Registered: 5-2007 |
So that's American football then? Yes Anything to do with instant replays? Yesish Is one particular NFL team relevant? Yesish Dallas Cowboys? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1150 Registered: 1-2007 |
This is a longshot but i'm gonna go for it anyway! Anything to do with breaking into a TV transmission? Is a girl who lived in the alps relevant? Even in Ireland we've heard of the "Heidi Game" but I don't know when it happened? Are the Oakland Raiders relevant? Or maybe the NY Jets ( I think they were playing that day} | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 742 Registered: 5-2007 |
This is a longshot but i'm gonna go for it anyway! Anything to do with breaking into a TV transmission? No Is a girl who lived in the alps relevant? No Even in Ireland we've heard of the "Heidi Game" but I don't know when it happened? No Are the Oakland Raiders relevant? Yes Or maybe the NY Jets No ( I think they were playing that day} | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 134 Registered: 5-2003 |
A football instant replay that was shown incessantly as a catch was made "back and to the left," where the referees' decision took away a vital win from a team? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 743 Registered: 5-2007 |
A football instant replay that was shown incessantly Yes as a catch was made "back and to the left," No where the referees' decision took away a vital win from a team? <b?yes</b> | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1150 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is it similar to JFK because the video was watched over and over again, trying to work out if something was possible or what happened? Like the "magic bullet", where people tried to work out if one bullet could conceivably have travelled through a certain path? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 744 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is it similar to JFK because the video was watched over and over again, trying to work out if something was possible or what happened? Yes Like the "magic bullet", where people tried to work out if one bullet could conceivably have travelled through a certain path? Similar to this, but it wasn't a bullet. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 1151 Registered: 4-2007 |
Well I don't know the rules of American football, but I was imagining something like wtahcing the replay to see whether a ball was past the line, or a player was offside (do you have that rule?), or whther a player committed a foul? Would the decision have affected whether a goal was allowed or not? Whether a team would win or not? Whether someone had broken the rules or not? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 746 Registered: 5-2007 |
Well I don't know the rules of American football, but I was imagining something like wtahcing the replay to see whether a ball was past the line No, or a player was offside No (do you have that rule? Yes, but it applies only when the ball is snapped ), or whether a player committed a foul? Yope Would the decision have affected whether a goal was allowed or not? It would have affected whether a team scored a touchdown, yes Whether a team would win or not? Yes Whether someone had broken the rules or not? Yes | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 138 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was it during a game? If not, was it the Patriots filming their opponents? Otherwise, I remember watching a Superbowl a couple years back, where a bad call cost someone the game, but I'm not a fan so I don't remember the specific teams involved. Was it the Seahawks? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 747 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was it during a game? Yes If not, was it the Patriots filming their opponents? No Otherwise, I remember watching a Superbowl a couple years back, where a bad call cost someone the game, but I'm not a fan so I don't remember the specific teams involved. Was it the Seahawks? It wasn't the Superbowl, and it wasn't the Seahawks. | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 13 Registered: 4-2008 |
Was it Tony Romo's botched snap against the Seahawks? Or was it the scene in Northern Dallas Forty that is eerily similar? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 748 Registered: 5-2007 |
Was it Tony Romo's botched snap against the Seahawks? The Seahawks had nothing to do with it. Or was it the scene in Northern Dallas Forty that is eerily similar? I don't know which scene you're talking about, but no botched snap was involved | ||
| Ddrapayo (Ddrapayo)
New member Username: Ddrapayo Post Number: 15 Registered: 4-2008 |
Is it "The Immaculate Reception"? If not, then I'm out of ideas. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 142 Registered: 5-2003 |
Fumble or recovery? Where the ball is under a dozen squirming men and no one can tell who's holding it and whether it's touched the ground? Or were they unsure if someone or something was out of bounds? Did they measure the field? | ||
| Alex319 (Alex319)
New member Username: Alex319 Post Number: 749 Registered: 5-2007 |
Is it "The Immaculate Reception"? If not, then I'm out of ideas. This is correct! SPOILER | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1155 Registered: 1-2007 |
Nice puzzle, American Football has a small following here in Ireland and I am quite a fan. I support the Chicago Bears because when I started watching the sport in 1985 their quaterback was Jim McMahon which is my father's name. They won the superbowl that year but haven't done so since. Talking of immaculate receptions in my opinion the Franco Harris catch doesn't hold a candle to the reception in this year's Superbowl where the NY Giant's guy caught the ball by basically clamping it against his helmet during the game winning drive. Amazing! |
