The competition was tough in the early going, with everyone tied except for Cheryl and Viasha. The team that won the second round, and would take a commanding lead, was that of Andrew and Rachel. They had a real chemistry led by the clue giving of Rachel with gems like the one she used for Alamo, “The first three letters are a library association.” As in everything else it takes two to tangle, and Andrew knew what Rachel was thinking as when he guessed six-pack on a clue of pop culture, “Do you watch The Jersey Shore?” Kathleen had one of the funnier clues given, “When a frog poops, what do you call it?” Frances answered “mapple” from the promptings of Juan, which was close but not quite the actual word of “maple.” Juan had the funnies clue of the day, “The first word is when you hit someone in the face…,” this was for the word beatbox. Frances didn’t guess beat, and when Juan prompted her with the clue of, “What you get books from Coutts in,” she answered, true to her Technical Services training, “shipments.”
Arlene “The Enforcer” kept score and on the move as the pack of cards, the timer, and the whiteboard changed hands and slid along the tables. For a sit down game we all got pretty red-faced and out-of-breath. The anguish of not guessing the word that your partner was agonizing over, or, saying the taboo clue word brought even the most confident wordsmiths among us to our knees. We gained and lost points as others shouted: Wrong pronunciation! You forgot the timer! I saw the whiteboard with the answer! “You could have said….you should have…”
Many of the words had at least 2 opposite meanings and giving one aspect first and then another will put your partner in a tizzy.
What American TV show has anything to do with pagan totems? An idol.
What is an animal you can drive? A jaguar.
What famous dog is also an article of clothing for the religious? A yarmulke.
Name an illegally used drug in sports that is also a pedophile. Steroids.
Final scores:
Rachel and Andrew, 15
Susi and Kathleen, 9
Adam and Peggy, 8
Frances and Juan, 5
Cheryl and Viasha, 3
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