As promised, the Weekend Genius Challenge returns this week with a visual stumper. The graphic below contains 12 images that have something in common. Your job is to figure out what that “something” is. The order of the entries isn’t important, nor is their position within the grid.
If you’re the first to figure it out, you’ll win a T-shirt of your choice from the mental_floss online store. Just put your guess in a comment and send it on. (Comments must be moderated, so they won’t show up right away.) You can enter as many times as you like, but please put each guess in its own comment. Good luck!
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Each picture represents an item or thing that is also the name of a movie.
posted by Carole on 3-22-2008 at 10:04 am
More specifically, one-word movie titles, like Eraser, Airplane, Twins, Hook, Hairspray, Dinosaur, Signs, Contact, etc.
posted by Johnny Cat on 3-22-2008 at 10:12 am
Damn! My guess was movie names as well.
posted by Jeannette on 3-22-2008 at 10:13 am
Forgive me if you’ve already posted this, but who won the last Weekend Genius Challenge? (The one two weeks ago)
posted by Tracy on 3-22-2008 at 10:23 am
Tracy – we did select a winner, and I’ll post it tomorrow. Thanks for your interest!
posted by Sandy on 3-22-2008 at 10:40 am
they are all something that one thing goes on top of another
posted by andy on 3-22-2008 at 12:15 pm
each thing represents one thing that goes on top of the other
posted by andy on 3-22-2008 at 12:17 pm
Knotted
Signs
Contact
Jockey
Twins
Airplane
Hairspray
Dinosaur
Eraser
Rocky
Hook
Dodge?
posted by R on 3-22-2008 at 12:56 pm
I think that horse one is Seabiscuit.
posted by Johnny Cat on 3-22-2008 at 1:27 pm
The first one must be Rope. Can’t figure out the last one, though.
posted by Johnny Cat on 3-22-2008 at 1:44 pm
They are all names of movies.
posted by Amanda on 3-22-2008 at 2:15 pm
Knotted
Signs
Contact
Seabiscuit
Twins
Airplane
Hairspray
Dinosaur
Eraser
Rocky
Hook
Maverick
posted by domobro on 3-22-2008 at 2:49 pm
I agree w/ Rope. Maybe the last one is Mustang? Question is….does the title have something to do with it (35)?
posted by Jeannette on 3-22-2008 at 3:33 pm
Thanks domobro…Maverick! It was driving me nutty. But I doubt the 1st one is Knotted. Too obscure, and a short film.
posted by Aha on 3-22-2008 at 3:48 pm
The picture seems to be broken … I can’t get it to load, no matter what I do. :(
posted by M on 3-22-2008 at 4:39 pm
I thought the last one was Cars.
posted by Christina on 3-22-2008 at 5:01 pm
I almost agree with Domobro, I still stand by the first one is Hitch not knotted, but Maverick makes more sense than Dodge especially after doing a google image search and finding that exact image under ford maverick
so the twelve titles are
Hitch
Signs
Contact
Seabiscuit
Twins
Airplane
Hairspray
Dinosaur
Eraser
Rocky
Hook
Maverick
posted by Eli on 3-22-2008 at 5:21 pm
Bravo to Eli, for getting Hitch – I guess not that many people are familiar with hitch knots, but being a sailor’s daughter, I am.
Sigh. I miss the gentle art of Macrame.
posted by Marion on 3-22-2008 at 10:34 pm
i tried to send this before but i didnt type the words in the spam blocker, agh…anyway, i’m going to go with a crazy guess…each photo contains something that is made of plastic (that is if the twins are dolls)
posted by kait on 3-22-2008 at 11:42 pm
I knew my Boy Scout training would come in handy one day :)
posted by Eli on 3-23-2008 at 4:56 am
here i’ll try to put it together from what i got so far from everyone.
Hitch
Signs
Contact
Seabiscuit
Twins
Airplane
Hairspray
Dinosaur
Eraser
Rocky
Hook
Christine
i changed the last one to christine, because i thought it looke more like christine than Maverick. :)
posted by alicia on 3-23-2008 at 11:32 am
All were taken with a lomographic camera.
posted by Ira on 3-23-2008 at 11:54 am
All the pictures represent movies that grossed over $100 million dollars.
posted by Derek on 3-23-2008 at 12:34 pm
“12 going on 35″ are 12 images that are also titles on movies shot with 35 mm film. I think Eli has the movie titles correct.
posted by marybeth on 3-23-2008 at 12:36 pm
They all have the same frame. :D
posted by Niah on 3-23-2008 at 3:21 pm
Hitch
Signs
Contact
Seabiscuit
Twins
Airplane
Hairspray
Dinosaur
Eraser
Rocky
Hook
Maverick and
Nova
posted by Seppo Vataja on 3-23-2008 at 3:48 pm
They all represent movies that have earned more than $100 million.
posted by Derek Ruth on 3-23-2008 at 6:05 pm
The only thought that comes to mind is…two, or double. I know it doesn’t make sense or, perhaps, it might be too obvious.
Probably wrong, but there’s a guess after a 30 second look see.
posted by Drew on 3-23-2008 at 8:35 pm
Hitch
Signs
Contact
Seabiscuit
Twins
Airplane
Hairspray
Dinosaur
ERASERHEAD
Rocky
Hook
Maverick
posted by Art on 3-23-2008 at 9:04 pm
All represent a “connection” to the other.
posted by Betty Reed on 3-23-2008 at 10:01 pm
thank you Art, I’m pretty sure the movie everyone else is thinking of is THE eraser.
posted by Evan on 3-23-2008 at 11:54 pm
I’ll go with the more obvious answer–they’re all the same size and shape image.
posted by Lydia on 3-24-2008 at 1:31 am
the first one is a clover hitch so that could be cloverfield or hitch
posted by insider105 on 3-24-2008 at 7:09 am
I don’t know how this would fit into the title, “12 Going On 35″, but each picture represents a word that is a noun and also a verb.
1. Knot
2. Sign
3. Eye
4. Horse
5. Baby
6. Fly
7. Spray
8. Toy
9. End (?) (Tip? Eraser?)
10. Rock
11. Hook
12. Ride
posted by caitlen315 on 3-24-2008 at 11:39 am
I would have never gotten Hitch, but I am pretty sure Maverick is right. My mom had one when I kid, I would recognize that POS anywhere.
posted by domobro on 3-24-2008 at 5:40 pm