# One word clues **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 22, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320 "2012-08-22T23:04:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/1 "2012-08-22T23:04:29Z")
Sometimes, one word will evoke memories of a particular television program - whether the word is in dialogue (like “Turkeys” which evokes WKRP) and sometimes it’s not (Dick Van Dyke never (hardly ever?) said “Ottoman”). Here are some one word clues - which tv show am I thinking of for each one? 1. Logical 2. Vontz 3. Scenario 4. Nose 5. Snowglobe 6. Dolores 7. Henna 8. Legendary 9. Bazinga 10. Aristophanes ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/2 "2012-08-22T23:22:56Z")
1)Star Trek:TOS 4)Welcome Back Kotter 5)St. Elsewhere 6)Seinfeld 8)How I Met Your Mother 9)Big Bang Theory ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/3 "2012-08-23T00:02:34Z")
1. I Love Lucy cite: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb2lSEl_Kis) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/4 "2012-08-23T00:03:37Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > 1)Star Trek:TOS > 4)Welcome Back Kotter > 5)St. Elsewhere > 6)Seinfeld > 8)How I Met Your Mother > 9)Big Bang Theory For 4) I was thinking of “The Brady Bunch” but “Kotter” is clearly also correct. The rest, you have. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/5 "2012-08-23T00:04:51Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > 1. I Love Lucy > > cite: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb2lSEl\_Kis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb2lSEl_Kis) Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/6 "2012-08-23T00:22:23Z")
1. M_a_s\*h ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/7 "2012-08-23T13:22:05Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > 1. M_a_s\*h Correct. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/8 "2012-08-23T13:32:44Z")
Wouldn’t have got 2. Still don’t know 3 and 10. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/9 "2012-08-23T14:37:40Z")
#10 is one of my favorite episodes ever. _ **The Odd Couple,** _ when Felix and Oscar appeared with Betty White and Allen Ludden on _ **Password.** _ For those who don’t remember, when the word was BIRD, Felix gave the clue “Aristophanes,” because the Greek playwright Aristophanes once wrote a comedy called \*\*_The Birds._[/B Oscar was furious, and roared “Aristophanes is ridiculous!!!” Then, moments later, the word was RIDICULOUS, and Oscar gave the clue “Aristophanes!!!” Felix remembered what Oscar had said, and answered “Ridiculous.” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/10 "2012-08-23T14:44:31Z")
Good call **astorian**. I remember that episode but never would have recalled that detail. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/11 "2012-08-23T15:08:59Z")
Here are a few new ones: 1. Dren 2. Finkilium 3. Newt 4. Poloponies ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/12 "2012-08-23T15:12:08Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Here are a few new ones: > > 1. Dren > 2. Finkilium > 3. Newt > 4. Poloponies 1 is Happy Days. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/13 "2012-08-23T16:00:10Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > 1 is Happy Days. Yes it is- when Joanie was in love with Potsy, and affectionately called him “dren” (the OPPOSITE of nerd, which is what everyone else called him). ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/14 "2012-08-23T16:26:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Here are a few new ones: > > 1. Dren > 2. Finkilium > 3. Newt > 4. Poloponies I believe # 4 is from The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Ted Baxter misreading/mispronouncing “polo ponies” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/15 "2012-08-23T16:43:47Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > #10 is one of my favorite episodes ever. > > _ **The Odd Couple,** _ when Felix and Oscar appeared with Betty White and Allen Ludden on _ **Password.** _ > > For those who don’t remember, when the word was BIRD, Felix gave the clue “Aristophanes,” because the Greek playwright Aristophanes once wrote a comedy called \*\*_The Birds._[/B > > Oscar was furious, and roared “Aristophanes is ridiculous!!!” > > Then, moments later, the word was RIDICULOUS, and Oscar gave the clue “Aristophanes!!!” Felix remembered what Oscar had said, and answered “Ridiculous.” Absolutely correct. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/16 "2012-08-23T16:48:44Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Poloponies The Honeymooners ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/17 "2012-08-23T17:07:05Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Here are a few new ones: > > 1. Dren > 2. Finkilium > 3. Newt > 4. Poloponies 3 is Monty Python and the Holy Grail! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/18 "2012-08-23T17:19:29Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Here are a few new ones: > > 1. Dren > 2. Finkilium > 3. Newt > 4. Poloponies 4 appears in a number of places; I can think of both The Honeymooners and The Flintstones (although the latter used it only in its singular form). If this is limited to TV shows, #3 might be The Addams Family. (If movies are allowed, Aliens.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/19 "2012-08-23T18:37:10Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > The Honeymooners Yes- from when Ralph and Alice were doing a play together. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320/20 "2012-08-23T18:41:28Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > 3 is Monty Python and the Holy Grail! My first thought was Aliens. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-clues/632320.md?page=2)