# 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:** 11
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/201 "2006-08-13T13:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=StarvingButStrong Let’s see. How about: Saw Knife Pearl Skin[/QUOTE] I can make everything but “saw” fit with “diving.” ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/202 "2006-08-13T13:36:14Z")
Speaking of pearl: Pearl Bird Money Sunflower ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/203 "2006-08-13T14:06:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Speaking of pearl: > > Pearl > Bird > Money > Sunflower Okay. This is a stretch, but “big”? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/204 "2006-08-13T15:11:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Okay. This is a stretch, but “big”? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/205 "2006-08-13T15:19:51Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Robert Redford > John Goodman > Gary Cooper > Anthony Perkins > Kevin Costner > Tim Robbins > Dan Dailey All had film roles as baseball players: Fictional: Redford – Roy Hobbs in _The Natural_ Costner – Several, including Billy Chapel in _For Love of the Game_ Robbins – Nuke LaLoosh in _Bull Durham_ Actual: Goodman – George Herman Ruth in _Babe_ Cooper – Lou Gehrig in _Pride of the Yankees_ Perkins – Jimmy Piersall in _Fear Strikes Out_ Dailey – Dizzy Dean in _Pride of St. Louis_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/206 "2006-08-13T15:21:53Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Speaking of pearl: > > Pearl > Bird > Money > Sunflower Seed. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/207 "2006-08-13T15:29:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > All had film roles as baseball players: > > Fictional: > > Redford – Roy Hobbs in _The Natural_ > Costner – Several, including Billy Chapel in _For Love of the Game_ > Robbins – Nuke LaLoosh in _Bull Durham_ > > Actual: > > Goodman – George Herman Ruth in _Babe_ > Cooper – Lou Gehrig in _Pride of the Yankees_ > Perkins – Jimmy Piersall in _Fear Strikes Out_ > Dailey – Dizzy Dean in _Pride of St. Louis_ Exactly. I was hoping the mix of fictional and actual wouldn’t be a big snag. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/208 "2006-08-13T16:32:29Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Seed. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/209 "2006-08-13T16:56:18Z")
Fanning O’Keeffe Williams Wolfe ---
**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, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/210 "2006-08-13T17:06:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Let’s see. How about: > > > > Saw > > Knife > > Pearl > > Skin > > I can make everything but “saw” fit with “diving.” Nope. How about if I add: Deer Rogers > [@Zeldar](#): > > Fanning > O’Keeffe > Williams > Wolfe People with States as first name? At least, Georgia and Tennessee, don’t know about Wolfe. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/211 "2006-08-13T17:09:49Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > People with States as first name? At least, Georgia and Tennessee, don’t know about Wolfe. That’s a misspelling. Should be Woolf. Right answer, though. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/212 "2006-08-13T17:11:04Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Nope. How about if I add: > Deer > Rogers That helped! Buck. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/213 "2006-08-13T22:42:58Z")
Prop room of the '70s era “SNL” Eyeball Ice cream shop Road crew truck Pine tree ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/214 "2006-08-13T22:44:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Prop room of the '70s era “SNL” > Eyeball > Ice cream shop > Road crew truck > Pine tree cones ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/215 "2006-08-13T23:27:22Z")
Daisy Wagon Fifth Barrow ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/216 "2006-08-14T00:03:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Daisy > Wagon > Fifth > Barrow Wheels. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/217 "2006-08-14T00:48:17Z")
cedent bellum diluvian rior (OK, the last one’s a bit of a stretch) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/218 "2006-08-14T00:57:21Z")
> [@Captain Carrot](#): > > cedent > bellum > diluvian > rior > > (OK, the last one’s a bit of a stretch) Ante. ---
**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 14, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/219 "2006-08-14T02:34:27Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Wheels. I don’t get the connection between Daisy and Wheel? 😕 ---
**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 14, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/220 "2006-08-14T02:35:54Z")
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