# The $25,000 Pyramid Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162 "2006-08-10T15:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/181 "2006-08-12T17:30:24Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Good deal. > > ========== > > pike > tuck > layout > twist dives I think this one is hard, so a long list: Davis Brown Irving Capote Ford Brosnan Miller Prefect Wood ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/182 "2006-08-12T17:37:10Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > dives > > I think this one is hard, so a long list: > > Davis > Brown > Irving > Capote > Ford > Brosnan > Miller > Prefect > Wood people with the same name(s) as US presidents? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/183 "2006-08-12T17:37:19Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > dives > > I think this one is hard, so a long list: > > Davis > Brown > Irving > Capote > Ford > Brosnan > Miller > Prefect > Wood People whose first names are also Presidential names? (Truman, Pierce, Ford, etc…) ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/184 "2006-08-12T17:41:47Z")
Dang! I thought it would be a stumper, and simulsolved in seven minutes. :eek: Must try harder… ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/185 "2006-08-12T19:11:39Z")
Thomas Norman John Peter Jost Vincent ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/186 "2006-08-12T19:20:37Z")
or: Dorothy Antonia Patricia Agatha Phyllis ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/187 "2006-08-12T20:51:52Z")
Regarding my list of Bay Hornet Kate > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Green? While a Google search brings up several women named Kate Green, I don’t consider any of them famous enough to be clues for this game. Here’s another item for the list: Rock **Zeldar** : Did you mean to include “fish” in this list? angel devil fish cat I ask because it completes compound words started by “angel”, “devil”, and “cat”. “Blue” works well for the first three, but [_BlueCat_](http://www.lynuxworks.com/embedded-linux/embedded-linux.php) seems rather obscure (I just learned about the operating system when I Googled the word combination). Should I keep trying? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/188 "2006-08-12T20:54:16Z")
> [@Random](#): > > Thomas > Norman > John > Peter > Jost > Vincent The results of a Yahoo! search on these names brought back a likely hit of Caribbean cruise destinations, so I’ll go with that – having the least clue otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/189 "2006-08-12T20:57:39Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Zeldar** : Did you mean to include “fish” in this list? > > angel > devil > fish > cat > > I ask because it completes compound words started by “angel”, “devil”, and “cat”. “Blue” works well for the first three, but [_BlueCat_](http://www.lynuxworks.com/embedded-linux/embedded-linux.php) > seems rather obscure (I just learned about the operating system when I Googled the word combination). Should I keep trying? Blue was not my connection, but to help with the search, perhaps “devil’s” is more precise than “devil.” The answer is almost trivial, too. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/190 "2006-08-12T21:02:42Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Regarding my list of > > Bay > Hornet > Kate > > While a Google search brings up several women named Kate Green, I don’t consider any of them famous enough to be clues for this game. Here’s another item for the list: > > Rock Yes. That spoiler is the clincher: Hudson ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/191 "2006-08-12T21:14:53Z")
> [@Random](#): > > or: > Dorothy > Antonia > Patricia > Agatha > Phyllis Whatever else these gals may have in common (hopefully more convincing) their names do appear on [this page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_writers) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/192 "2006-08-12T21:33:35Z")
Bugs Bunny Rocky the Flying Squirrel Mighty Mouse Bucky Beaver ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/193 "2006-08-12T21:35:11Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Blue was not my connection, but to help with the search, perhaps “devil’s” is more precise than “devil.” The answer is almost trivial, too. Food, I think. (Devil’s, angel, fish, cat, I mean) Dorothy Antonia Patricia Agatha Phyllis I suspect are female detective writers: Dorothy Sayers, Patricia Highsmith, Agatha Christie, Antonia Fraser. I know I read a bunch of detective books by a “Phyllis” decades ago, but I just cannot call her name to mind now. Senility, you know. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/194 "2006-08-12T21:37:42Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Bugs Bunny > Rocky the Flying Squirrel > Mighty Mouse > Bucky Beaver Cartoon rodents? (Is a Beaver a rodent?) Airplane Moon Tiger Chain ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/195 "2006-08-12T21:38:58Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Food, I think. (Devil’s, angel, fish, cat, I mean) > Dorothy > Antonia > Patricia > Agatha > Phyllis > > I suspect are female detective writers: > > Dorothy Sayers, Patricia Highsmith, Agatha Christie, Antonia Fraser. I know I read a bunch of detective books by a “Phyllis” decades ago, but I just cannot call her name to mind now. Senility, you know. You’re right with “food” on mine. And if you’re wrong on the writers, I am. too. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/196 "2006-08-12T21:44:04Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Cartoon rodents? (Is a Beaver a rodent?) > > Airplane > Moon > Tiger > Chain My dictionary says beavers are rodents. Gnawing critters. Paper for your set. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/197 "2006-08-12T21:47:20Z")
Gene Autry Roy Rogers Rex Allen Jimmy Wakely ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/198 "2006-08-12T22:07:12Z")
Robert Redford John Goodman Gary Cooper Anthony Perkins Kevin Costner Tim Robbins Dan Dailey ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/199 "2006-08-13T00:37:32Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Food, I think. (Devil’s, angel, fish, cat, I mean) > Dorothy > Antonia > Patricia > Agatha > Phyllis > > I suspect are female detective writers: > > Dorothy Sayers, Patricia Highsmith, Agatha Christie, Antonia Fraser. I know I read a bunch of detective books by a “Phyllis” decades ago, but I just cannot call her name to mind now. Senility, you know. Correct. Phyllis is P.D. James. (I had to do something to counteract the obviousness of Agatha.) ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/200 "2006-08-13T03:03:20Z")
> [@Random](#): > > Correct. Phyllis is P.D. James. (I had to do something to counteract the obviousness of Agatha.) Oh! And I knew that… Anyway, I just remembered who I was thinking of: Phyllis A. Whitney. She wrote over 70 mysteries and was a Grand Master of the Mystery Writer Guild. Mostly women in jeopardy suspense-ish ones, IIRC. Let’s see. How about: Saw Knife Pearl Skin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162.md?page=11)