| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1397 Registered: 4-2010 |
"The sober one." | ||
| Alternativepants (Alternativepants)
New member Username: Alternativepants Post Number: 8 Registered: 6-2010 |
Is 'the sober one' the verbatim answer to a question? The one who asks a question? Is WWTBAM relevant? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1407 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is 'the sober one' the verbatim answer to a question? Yes The one who asks a question? Could you please reword this? Is WWTBAM relevant? No, but... | ||
| Alternativepants (Alternativepants)
New member Username: Alternativepants Post Number: 15 Registered: 6-2010 |
Rewording: In the solution, does someone/thing who could be identified as 'the sober one' ask a question? Is the question asked in a casual, conversational environment? Does it concern work or business? Are game shows or other forms of entertainment involved? Is the question asked by a single person? Is the response given by a single person? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3069 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it the punchline of a joke? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1416 Registered: 4-2010 |
Rewording: In the solution, does someone/thing who could be identified as 'the sober one' ask a question? No Is the question asked in a casual, conversational environment? No Does it concern work or business? No Are game shows Yes! or other forms of entertainment involved? Is the question asked by a single person? Yes Is the response given by a single person? Yes Is it the punchline of a joke? No | ||
| Fermat1601 (Fermat1601)
New member Username: Fermat1601 Post Number: 69 Registered: 6-2010 |
Is the game show Jeopardy? Wheel of Fortune? Millionaire? Is the asker of the question the game show host? Is the answerer a player? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1442 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the game show Jeopardy? Wheel of Fortune? Millionaire? None of these Is the asker of the question the game show host? Yes Is the answerer a player? Yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1453 Registered: 4-2010 |
HINT: The question asked was part of the game show. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3086 Registered: 5-2003 |
Was the answer facetious? Was it correct? Was the question asked as part of the game, or as part of the introduction of the players ("Tell us about yourself, Mr. Smith...")? | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 833 Registered: 6-2008 |
Does the answer reveal a scrund? ditziness (or the equivalent for a guy, whatever that is)? is it in some other way really off the mark? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1473 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the answer facetious? Yes Was it correct? Yes Was the question asked as part of the game, This or as part of the introduction of the players ("Tell us about yourself, Mr. Smith...")? Does the answer reveal a scrund? No ditziness (or the equivalent for a guy, whatever that is)? No is it in some other way really off the mark? No | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 719 Registered: 6-2009 |
The sober "one"... is the one a person? a human creation? a drink? an animal? an object? a concept? Is it a trivia question? Multiple choice? A hollywood-squares type situation of choosing between actual people who are present? A question of what to do next? Is the show hollywood squares? pyramid? family feud? the price is right? the weakest link? deal or no deal? That's literally all the game shows I can think of right now. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1478 Registered: 4-2010 |
The sober "one"... is the one a person? a human creation? a drink? an animal? an object? a concept? None of these, really. Is it a trivia question? Yes Multiple choice? No A hollywood-squares type situation of choosing between actual people who are present? No A question of what to do next? No Is the show hollywood squares? pyramid? family feud? the price is right? the weakest link? deal or no deal? None of these. That's literally all the game shows I can think of right now. It's all right; I'm sure you'll come up with it soon. | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 721 Registered: 6-2009 |
Does "sober" refer to not being drunk at a particular point in time? Not drinking in general? Not containing alcohol? Being serious? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1481 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does "sober" refer to not being drunk at a particular point in time? No Not drinking in general? Yopish Not containing alcohol? Noish Being serious? No | ||
| Ohlala8 (Ohlala8)
New member Username: Ohlala8 Post Number: 726 Registered: 6-2009 |
Does the question relate to celebrity culture? Popular media? Current events? Math? Science? History? Literature? Language? Geography? Medicine? Religion? Sports? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1491 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the question relate to celebrity culture? Popular media? Current events? Math? Science? History? Literature? Language? This-ish Geography? Medicine? Religion? Sports? | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2330 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is a specific word relevant? Is "the sober one" a word? Euphemisms for being drunk relevant? Or for being sober? Or "on the wagon"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1500 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a specific word relevant? Yes! Is "the sober one" a word? Yes! Euphemisms for being drunk relevant? Not a euphemism... Or for being sober? Or "on the wagon"? No to these | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 2334 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it a word for being drunk? For drunkenness? For something one might do while drunk? Is it a noun? Verb? Adjective? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1506 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a word for being drunk? For drunkenness? For something one might do while drunk? "The sober one"? None of these. Is it a noun? Verb? This Adjective? CORRECTION/BLOOPER: "Euphemisms for being drunk relevant?" should be "Yope", as there are actually two words relevant, and neither of them are euphemisms, but... | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 384 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is it a multiple choice question? in which he is choosing the "sober" answer? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1528 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a multiple choice question? Noish... in which he is choosing the "sober" answer? ...but Yes. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 388 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is the game show, er, "The $64,000 dollar question"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1543 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the game show, er, "The $64,000 dollar question"? No HINT: The game show started out in the US. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 390 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is there a $64k questions in the show? Did the show start in the 2000's? 90's? 80's? 70's? 60's? earlier? Is "the sober one" accepted as a correct answer? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1547 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is there a $64k questions in the show? No Did the show start in the 2000's? This 90's? 80's? 70's? 60's? earlier? Is "the sober one" accepted as a correct answer? Yes, though the contestant did say what the "official" answer was as well. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 395 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is the game show still going on now? Is it a buzzer style game, where contestants compete for the same questions? Or is the question only directed to one person? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1571 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the game show still going on now? Yes Is it a buzzer style game, where contestants compete for the same questions? No Or is the question only directed to one person? Yesish to Yope | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 398 Registered: 5-2010 |
Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader? Cash Cab? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1604 Registered: 4-2010 |
Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader? This one! Cash Cab? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 402 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is it a true-false question? Just a question to which he must derive an answer? Is it on one of these subjects: Science? Math? History? Geography? Language/Grammar? English/Literature? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1615 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it a true-false question? No Just a question to which he must derive an answer? Yesish, if I understand what you mean by "derive an answer". Is it on one of these subjects: Science? Math? History? Geography? Language/Grammar? This one English/Literature? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 408 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is he being asked a grammar question? Is he given a sentence? from which he must select a word that fits a grammatical term ("find the intransitive verb")? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1629 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he being asked a grammar question? Yes Is he given a sentence? No... from which he must select a word that fits a grammatical term ("find the intransitive verb")? ...but Yes. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 409 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is he given a list of phrases? a list of verbs? and asked to find a certain type of verb? transitive/intransitive? past/present/future tense? present/past participle? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1632 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he given a list of phrases? No a list of verbs? No and asked to find a certain type of verb? Yes transitive/intransitive? past/present/future tense? Simple past tense present/past participle? | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 411 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is he given any framework to begin with? Or simply asked to give a verb in its past tense? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1637 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he given any framework to begin with? Yope, with svv of "framework" Or simply asked to give a verb in its past tense? Yes... | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 414 Registered: 5-2010 |
Is he asked the past tense of "drink"? And he is choosing between "drank" and "drunk"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 1648 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he asked the past tense of "drink"? Yes! And he is choosing between "drank" and "drunk"? You know it! **********SPOILER********** On an episode of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, the contestant was asked to give the past tense of "drink", but wasn't sure if it was "drank" or "drunk" (which was described as "the alcoholic one"). He eventually chose "drank" (the correct answer), describing it as "the sober one." Thanks for solving it, ISH - I had a feeling this one was going once you figured out the game show. | ||
| It_so_happened (It_so_happened)
New member Username: It_so_happened Post Number: 416 Registered: 5-2010 |
It finally clicked for me there at the end. I enjoyed it! |
