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There are many words that you could place in each blank to make different terms. If you choose the correct ones, however, you’ll notice that the four words you use to fill in the blanks have something rather obvious in common. Can you name them (and identify what they have in common)? Good luck:
COUNTRY _________
BASEBALL __________
PURPLE __________
DAVID __________
Hahahahaha my guess was:
Country Lane
Baseball Game
Purple Rain
David Blaine
They kind of rhyme. It made sense to me.
posted by Reese on 6-24-2009 at 7:52 am
I cant believe I got this i am awesome
posted by helen on 6-24-2009 at 7:53 am
Reese – I came up with the same thing!
posted by Diana on 6-24-2009 at 8:56 am
I’m seconding Reese and Diana, same for me as well.
posted by Sean on 6-24-2009 at 9:12 am
Heh heh… I knew there would be at least one other legit answer. More will probably crop up by day’s end, I bet.
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-24-2009 at 9:27 am
Oh wow, this is the first one I’ve actually gotten! Just had to share my excitement. :)
posted by Monica on 6-24-2009 at 9:30 am
I got the same thing as Reese too except I used Name instead of Lane. However, I’m not sure I’d call it legit. The suits are much much better.
posted by Bill on 6-24-2009 at 9:31 am
Congratulations, Monica! Doing the Brain Game each morning does pay off eventually, eh?
posted by Sandy Wood on 6-24-2009 at 9:50 am
Easiest one yet, figured the solution before I even looked at the rules.
posted by Vince L on 6-24-2009 at 10:12 am
I agree that the real answer is much better than the rhyming one. But once I started singing Purple Rain in my head, there was no chance of thinking of an alternative!
posted by Diana on 6-24-2009 at 10:57 am
I was a little less creative and came up with:
Country Star
Baseball Allstar
Purple Star (Chinese Astrology)
David Starr (Nascar Driver)
posted by Matt on 6-24-2009 at 11:46 am
Matt, yours is a good solution, because you had to dig into some really obscure stuff.
I came up with:
Country Roads
Baseball Diamond
Purple Rain
David Lee Roth
What they have in common? Nothing.
I didn’t try very hard.
posted by Southern Buddhist on 6-24-2009 at 3:55 pm
I came up with “Baseball Diamond” and “Purple Heart” and assumed the other two would end with shapes as well, but for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out what a “Country Square” was, or who “David Triangle” might be.
posted by Alexsandra on 6-25-2009 at 7:18 am