I'll post a category that'd likely be on the top rung of Dick Clark's $100,000 Pyramid early in the tournament. You try and think of 3 good clues for it, or 1 awesome clue, then post your own. Remember, it's the tournament, so they should be hard.



+-------------+
| THINGS THAT |
| . . ARE . . |
| .EXONERATED |
+-------------+

One i thought of was "A retrialed innocent prisoner". Would that get it perhaps?

Well, exonerate means that you were found innocent. If you are innocent, and you were convicted, and then you were for some reason retrialed, you may be found innocent, or exonerated.

You're right. It is tough, but you have to admit one thing: if they get it, they earned $100,000!

How about this one...


+-------------+
| THINGS THAT |
| . . ARE . . |
| . .ELITE . .|
+-------------+

Let's not forget the most impossible of all WC categories, "THINGS THAT ARE PERCEIVED".

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Oy! And that wasn't even in a tournament!!!

When I saw the category, I tried to think of something that ties to a percival. I dunno if that's right or wrong, though.

Ready for a funny joke?


+-------------+
| THINGS THAT |
| . . ARE . . |
|INCAPACITATED|
+-------------+


Try getting your partner to say THAT!

I was gonna say "Things Tom Cruise's Dentist Enshrines" but that wouldn't work on Clark Pyramid.

What is the legality of saying a incorrect clue to direct someone that the word is similar? For example, for "Things that are Elite, you could say "The mother on 'Family Ties'" hoping "Elyse" would pop in to your partners head. Dick would yell "READ IT AGAIN," but it might lead the guesser that it was a similarly spelled word.

I've got one for elite: Duffy's Tavern diners. Of course, your partner would have to be really old to get it.

How's this one?


+-------------+
| THINGS THAT |
| . . ARE . . |
|. ENTHRALLED |
+-------------+

How about a theoretical god, or prehistoric dinosaurs?

I just thought of another one

THINGS
THAT ARE
PARDONED

Would either "an electric chair prisoner" or "the governor's electric chair prisoner" be too descriptive?

For the record, I also thought of "my French," and "the interruption." ;-)

Hmmm, I think the rules for the winner's circle need to be clarified a bit.

A clue can be buzzed if:

Any part of the answer is given in the clue. For example, THINGS THAT OBEY: "An Obedient Dog" (D'oh!)

The clue contains a prepositional phrase. This does not include "Things ____ would say" or "Why you _____". This rule is not as clean cut a rule on the current incarnation of Pyramid.

The clue contains a synonym of the key word. This is determined by the key word appearing in the dictionary definition of the clue word or vice versa.

The clue is nonsensical, such as a phrase that has all of the prepositions removed but cannot stand alone.


Usually if a clue is described as "Too Descriptive", it is because it has violated either the second or third rule in some way.


If there are any corrections to this, please post them. Also, isn't there a site that has a bunch of Game Show rules? If so, are the WC rules there?

Hey, how about:

"THING'S RICHARD GERE'S DENTIST WOULD SAY" (/smart@$$)

-Joe R.

Throws a Sony Pocket Organizer at JRaygor's head.

:)

While we're on the topic of how to get buzzed, I remember an episode where the category was "THINGS WITH AN EDGE", and Lois Nettleton* said "The soap opera's night". She, of course was referring to the soap opera "At The Edge of Night". She was buzzed immediately. Why? Apparently, there is "a long list of reasons".

*=I think it was Lois Nettleton, or it may have been Constance McCashin.