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Kevin Prather

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« on: November 06, 2005, 10:39:25 PM »
What are some of the most difficult Pyramid categories you've seen outside the $100K tournament? Three come to mind for me...

- "Things that are perceived"

This is just plained ludicrous. What do you say for that?

- "Things that are simple"

Keep in mind you couldn't say "John Ritter's Eight Rules" back in the 80s. I've heard stories of Adrienne Barbeau sitting in total silence for 20 seconds pondering this category, followed by an "Oh, wow." from Bob Clayton.

- "Things with a base"

The only legal thing I could think of when I saw this was "Wrigley Field's diamond."

What do you guys think?
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dale_grass

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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2005, 11:05:36 PM »
For Things That Are Simple I came up with "country bumpkins," "first grade arithmetic," and "interest."  All that I had for Things That Are Perceived were "notions" and "power."  For Things With A Base, you could use "pedestal" or "women's makeup."
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2005, 11:28:44 PM »
I personally thought Billy Crystal's category "Things That Wilt" from his record-setting "Winner's Circle" was quite difficult as well.  In fact, old flowers was the only thing I could think of with that category.  That just seemed like one of those categories where either you got it right away or you could've been given five minutes up there and you never would have gotten it.

I don't think any other clues could have communicated the essence of that category, anyway.  Somebody care to prove me wrong?  :)

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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2005, 12:01:07 AM »
"Things that are Standard"--the clip featured on Kris Lane's site....the only thing I could think of is "Rockefeller's Oil Company".
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2005, 12:03:41 AM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Nov 6 2005, 10:01 PM\']"Things that are Standard"
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I forgot that one. "Certain car features" perhaps?
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Adam Nedeff

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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2005, 12:20:17 AM »
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"Things that are perceived"

Ideas...Someone else's feelings...Opinions..."Notions" (already given) is probably the best clue for this one.

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"Things that are simple"

Fair-visiting Simon...The wheel and axle...

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"Things with a base"

A ballpark...A litmus test...

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Things that are Standard

Transmission...Old songs...Traditions....
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Jeremy Nelson

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« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2005, 01:38:39 AM »
Things With A Base

Wrigley Field's Diamond was a good one

How about the Air Force

For simple, I noticed somebody said Fair-visiting Simon...maybe it would be easier to say Simon the Pieman
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2005, 01:43:12 AM »
[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' date=\'Nov 6 2005, 10:38 PM\']For simple, I noticed somebody said Fair-visiting Simon...maybe it would be easier to say Simon the Pieman
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Ah, but that would be wrong. He MET a pieman, remember, he was not a pieman himself. :)
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Robert Hutchinson

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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2005, 02:15:42 AM »
"A nursery rhyme's Simon" was my thought for SIMPLE.

BASE is tricky--by naming a specific baseball field, I think you would mislead a lot of receivers into trying to name something specific to it. How about "a sturdy statuette"?

I really cannot think of any clue for PERCEIVED that zeroes in on that particular word. It's cruel even for a tournament. And everyone's taken the clues I would use for STANDARD.
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2005, 02:22:41 AM »
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Nov 6 2005, 11:15 PM\']I really cannot think of any clue for PERCEIVED that zeroes in on that particular word.
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Some people's reality. Depth.

And if that doesn't do it, I'd stand up in the Winner's Circle and do a little soft-shoe until the buzzer sounded, because I have no freakin' idea where to go from there. :)
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2005, 05:29:34 PM »
The toughest subject I could think of--not that ran, as far as I know--is "things that exist." Any ideas?

"Things that are perceived" does come mighty close.
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Robert Hutchinson

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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2005, 06:39:07 PM »
[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Nov 7 2005, 05:29 PM\']The toughest subject I could think of--not that ran, as far as I know--is "things that exist." Any ideas?[/quote]

I can think of some that probably wouldn't be much help with your average celebrity partner: "Kierkegaard", "a thinking Descartes". You'd probably be reduced to listing things like "the cosmos" and "all God's creatures" and hope that the right response would come forth.
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2005, 07:40:54 PM »
[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Nov 7 2005, 12:20 AM\']
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Transmission...Old songs...Traditions....
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Weights...Measures...

The most difficult category I can think of is "Things that are Enshrined".
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Steve McClellan

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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2005, 08:04:49 PM »
[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Nov 7 2005, 04:40 PM\']The most difficult category I can think of is "Things that are Enshrined".[/quote]
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2005, 08:10:16 PM »
I always cringed whenever "Things that penetrate" showed up. Not because of the sexual connotations, but because it's such a hard concept to get your mind around.
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