Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Just Ralph
by Sandy Wood - August 26, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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Today’s Brain Game may seem unanswerable at first, but don’t let that throw you. The puzzle is really in two parts… once you identify what the clues have in common, you have to employ that information (and perhaps do a quick info search) to come up with the final answer. Good luck!

Ralph is rather picky.

He owns a football, but not a basketball.
He likes chocolate, but not strawberry.
He uses UPS, but steers clear of FedEx.
And he idolizes Joe Louis, but ignores Rocky Marciano.

Based on these four clues,
in what U.S. city did Ralph attend college?

Here is the SOLUTION.
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Comments (13)

  1. Basketballs aren’t brown?, asked the old coot.

    posted by Mike Jackson on 8-26-2009 at 7:50 am

  2. Basketballs could be brown. It all depends on your perception of the color. Most people would say they’re orange. I agree that they are of an earthtone color, resembling brown more.

    …said the young coot.

    posted by Steven on 8-26-2009 at 8:22 am

  3. As a kid who excelled at youth basketball (before my growth spurts turned more horizontal than vertical) I can attest to playing with an old basketball that was almost brown… we called it “the old ball.” (It was a rural county youth league, so we didn’t have many to choose from.)

    Anyway, it was a light brown; almost a tan. But every “regular” basketball I’ve seen, I’d say it was orange. I’d even say “pumpkin”-color if I didn’t think Kara would make fun of me.

    And, FWIW, I originally had “baseball” in that slot, but figured that a basketball would make for a better contrast.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 8-26-2009 at 8:43 am

  4. I’m just glad I got it correct right away. Yay!

    posted by Garrett on 8-26-2009 at 8:43 am

  5. It took me a while, but I’m glad I had the foresight* to figure this one out.

    * =synonym for the answer.

    posted by Sue on 8-26-2009 at 9:20 am

  6. I went with Cleveland :) Guess I was too ready for some NFL football…

    posted by Josh on 8-26-2009 at 12:03 pm

  7. My Ralph went to Brown College in Minneapolis.

    posted by Connie on 8-26-2009 at 12:06 pm

  8. Good for you, Connie. I’d definitely consider that to be a correct answer.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 8-26-2009 at 12:12 pm

  9. @Josh – I also associated brown with Cleveland. It’s football time!

    posted by PartiallyDeflected on 8-26-2009 at 2:32 pm

  10. I also said Cleveland!

    But you know, being from NorthEast Ohio, that makes sense. :P

    posted by Tim on 8-26-2009 at 6:10 pm

  11. yay I got it right. but I had to see where brown was located and look up joe luis. ahahahha.

    posted by grace on 8-26-2009 at 6:40 pm

  12. Hey, I finally got the right answer on one of these quizzes! Now, you guys are going to tell me it was pathetically easy, aren’t you?

    posted by Rusty on 8-26-2009 at 6:52 pm

  13. He could have also gone to school in Cleveland, Ohio, home of the Browns!

    posted by Bob on 8-26-2009 at 8:20 pm

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