The Triad Game

Okay, bear with me here while I try to explain this. The object of the game is to find triads. A triad is a group of three things that are related by three qualities, but only two at a time. Confused? Here’s an example:

The movies: Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Get Shorty.

The qualities:

  1. Features John Travolta (PF, GS)
  2. Directed by Quentin Tarentino (PF, JB)
  3. Based on Elmore Leonard books (JB, GS)

Unfortunately, that’s the only example I have at hand. Assuming this thread doesn’t just crash and burn, hopefully enough people got it to provide further examples.

Bob Dylan, Prince, Jimi Hendrix

Born in Minnesota (Prince & Dylan)
Recorded “All Along the Watchtower” (Dylan & Hendrix)
Black guitarists (Prince & Hendrix)

Question #1: Are we supposed to:
a. Provide the answer,
b. “Spoiler” the answer, OR
c. Not provide the answer & wait 'til someone get the answer right and earns a chance to provide the next Triad?

Question #2: [JHS Student] Is there extra credit if we can turn the triad into a quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon or decagon by hinding more than 3 features shared by 2 of the 3 submissions?

The Political Triad:
Which should go over like a fart in church in the MPSIMS forum

  1. Bill Nelson
  2. Chuck Hagel
  3. Ben Nelson

2 Are Senators from Nebraska (#2 & #3)
2 Are Class I Democrats with the same last name (#1 & #3)
2 Have the same #of letter in their name (#1 & #2)
#3 That triad answer borders on cheating, so Ill try another…

A difficult Triad:
Which is the 3rd “Cafe Society” type triad of the thread

  1. Spirit In The Sky
  2. One Piece at a Time
  3. Car

2 Are exactly 4:00 minutes long (#1 & #2)
2 Are considered 1-hit wonders (#1 & #3): (By Norman Greenbaum & Gary Numan).
2 Are songs about cars / driving (#2 & #3)

…oops make 3. of the music triad:

Cars

Animal House, Caddyshack, Meatballs

Features John Belushi: (AH, BB)
Features Sarah Holcomb: (AH, C)
Features Bill Murray: (C, M)

Bonus connection:

All were written by Harold Ramis

Gene Hackman, Scott Glenn, Denzel Washington

Absolute Power (Hackman, Glenn)
Training Day (Glenn, Washington)
Crimson Tide (Hackman, Washington)