# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/221 "2006-08-14T03:56:02Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Under > Days > Star > Hot Woof! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/222 "2006-08-14T07:17:11Z")
> [@](#): > > **StarvingButStrong** : > > Under > Days > Star > Hot That one would be easy, but for the life of me, I can’t get **Under** , **Days** and **Star** to go with “Toddy.” ---
**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, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/223 "2006-08-14T10:33:30Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > I don’t get the connection between Daisy and Wheel? 😕 Young un, are ye? Back in the day, early computers had daisy-wheel printers. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/224 "2006-08-14T11:13:41Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Gene Autry > Roy Rogers > Rex Allen > Jimmy Wakely Rather than assume this was just too hard (or too easy), I’m going to assume it was missed on the previous page and repost it. If it goes another page without a guess, I’ll reveal the connection. Surely this is an important point in all our lives. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/225 "2006-08-14T11:17:45Z")
oriole eagle raven falcon seahawk ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/226 "2006-08-14T11:20:35Z")
blue yellow black green red ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/227 "2006-08-14T12:29:01Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > oriole > eagle > raven > falcon > seahawk Pro athletes. And the others are all movie cowboys – or am I missing some more subtle point? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/228 "2006-08-14T12:44:30Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Pro athletes. > > And the others are all movie cowboys – or am I missing some more subtle point? Those birds are all mascots for sports teams, so guys who play on those teams should count, too. Close enough. Those guys were _singing_ cowboys from the B Western era. Not really fair for today’s crowd since their stuff probably doesn’t show up even in rerun. (I thought there might be a geezer or two who would know that.) Here’s a new batch from a puzzle I worked less than an hour ago: circulating checkout reserves media returns reference (Answer has 7 letters.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/229 "2006-08-14T13:23:07Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Those birds are all mascots for sports teams, so guys who play on those teams should count, too. Close enough. > > Those guys were _singing_ cowboys from the B Western era. Not really fair for today’s crowd since their stuff probably doesn’t show up even in rerun. (I thought there might be a geezer or two who would know that.) > > Here’s a new batch from a puzzle I worked less than an hour ago: > > circulating > checkout > reserves > media > returns > reference > > (Answer has 7 letters.) Library. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/230 "2006-08-14T13:29:17Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Library. Right. In case you like to solve these kinds of puzzles, check out [Puzzability](http://www.puzzability.com/puzzles/index.shtml) and click on “Common Knowledge.” New puzzle each weekday. Other puzzles at that site are also fun. ---
**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, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/231 "2006-08-14T13:41:35Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > blue > yellow > black > green > red They’ve all been colors on on of Superman’s costumes? (Probably wrong, but I’m posting my own anyway) Superman Jean Grey Bucky Barnes Jason Todd ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/232 "2006-08-14T13:51:21Z")
> [@Captain Carrot](#): > > They’ve all been colors on on of Superman’s costumes? > (Probably wrong, but I’m posting my own anyway) Reasonable guess – could even be right – but not what I was going for. Could your list have to do with orphans and/or people who got the superpowers as the result of someone else’s death? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/233 "2006-08-14T14:10:53Z")
Sylvester Bones Elijah Real ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/234 "2006-08-14T14:23:04Z")
> [@Captain Carrot](#): > > They’ve all been colors on on of Superman’s costumes? > (Probably wrong, but I’m posting my own anyway) > > Superman > Jean Grey > Bucky Barnes > Jason Todd Not sure about Barnes, but the other three have all been killed and then come back. ---
**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, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/235 "2006-08-14T14:39:53Z")
> [@Mindfield](#): > > Sylvester > Bones > Elijah > Real McCoy. Natalie Portman Demi Moore shit, I can’t think of a third. ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/236 "2006-08-14T14:44:40Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Natalie Portman > Demi Moore > > shit, I can’t think of a third. Insanely hot actresses (or at least popularly perceived as such)? By the way, Bucky Barnes was killed in WWII, and came back last year; that is, I think, the record. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/237 "2006-08-14T14:46:52Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Natalie Portman > Demi Moore > > shit, I can’t think of a third. Actresses who’ve played strippers? (And gotten crap from the media for it?) ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/238 "2006-08-14T14:48:07Z")
Admirer Anti-Perspirant Garden Top ---
**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, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/239 "2006-08-14T14:55:46Z")
Nah – and that’s the problem with only two. Mia Farrow is almost a third, but not quite. ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162/240 "2006-08-14T14:56:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Natalie Portman > Demi Moore > > shit, I can’t think of a third. Perhaps actresses who have shaved their head for a role? To which we could add Sigourney Weaver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-25-000-pyramid-game/368162.md?page=13)