# Match Game anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949 "2011-08-24T21:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/1 "2011-08-24T21:01:02Z")
I’ll be the host. I’ll need two contestants and 6 for the panel. If this works, we can rotate folks around. Game play: For round 1, I will post a statement in the form “Straight \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” The panel members will PM me with their answers. When all panel member answers are in, I’ll post to the thread for contestant A to reply. Contestant A will reply to the thread. I will then ask the panel to post their answers. Score will be tallied. Repeat for contestant B. Then repeat for both for round 2. The winner after round 2 wins. Anybody interested? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/2 "2011-08-24T21:24:28Z")
Hmmm. Maybe 5:01 p.m. was bad timing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/3 "2011-08-24T21:46:23Z")
I will play ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/4 "2011-08-24T22:13:42Z")
I’m game. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/5 "2011-08-24T22:20:09Z")
Cool. Six more gets us going. I suppose if only 5 more show up, I could do the lugubrious late-90s version. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/6 "2011-08-25T02:18:17Z")
I’ll play. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/7 "2011-08-25T03:33:34Z")
I’ll play. The answer is “Boobs,” right? It always is! ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/8 "2011-08-25T07:38:52Z")
I’d like to play! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/9 "2011-08-25T08:39:37Z")
I loved Match Game on TV. I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/10 "2011-08-25T12:28:17Z")
Excellent. We’re 3/4 of the way to our goal! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/11 "2011-08-25T15:46:58Z")
I’m in, but only if I get to be Charles Nelson Reilly! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/12 "2011-08-25T15:50:30Z")
Then I’m Brett and/or Betty White. Or I’ll get to be the Bimbo they always put farthest to the left on the bottom row. Or Richard Dawson. Okay, I’ll be anyone. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/13 "2011-08-25T15:52:23Z")
Fantastic! We have a quorum. To be fair to all, I’m now randomly selecting two names to be contestants. Back in a flash. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/14 "2011-08-25T15:59:01Z")
Alright, for game one, our contestants are: MadTheSwine vs. cmkeller GAME ONE BEGINS! **HardlySanguine** , **MeanOldLady** , **antonio107** , **astorian** , **Dr. Girlfriend** , and **etv78** : please PM me your responses to this: University \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/15 "2011-08-25T16:00:27Z")
When I have received PMs from all 6 panelists, I will prompt for posts from our 2 contestants. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/16 "2011-08-25T16:23:51Z")
Bah, that’s what I get for doing this at work. Not from “our 2 contestants”: this is your question for round 1, **MadTheSwine**. Be thinking about your answer, but don’t post until I prompt you. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/17 "2011-08-25T17:27:15Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Bah, that’s what I get for doing this at work. Not from “our 2 contestants”: this is your question for round 1, **MadTheSwine**. > > Be thinking about your answer, but don’t post until I prompt you. gotcha ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/18 "2011-08-25T17:58:35Z")
Aww, missed the sign-up. Oh well, I can sit here and laugh at dumb answers. One of the questions had better start, “Dumb Donald was _so dumb_,…” so we can all shout “HOW DUMB WAS HE?!” I miss Gene Rayburn :(. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/19 "2011-08-25T18:34:05Z")
By all means, **Skammer** , stick around. I’ll open the floor after the first game is over (again, assuming this works at all) for anyone who wants to rotate off. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/20 "2011-08-25T20:12:26Z")
Years and years ago - maybe I was in high school? - I saw Gene Rayburn in a production of _A Christmas Carol_ in Boston. He was pretty decent, although he really hit the humorous lines hard. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=2)