Game #30

And here it is, the final game of the Washington Squares re-reboot.  If you know anything about us, you should be able to put these pieces together...

Game #30

1. Shug Avery
2. Jenna Hunterson
3. Carlos
4. Sir Robin
5. Drew Boley
6. Papa Ge
7. Teen Angel
8. Charlie Price
9. Nina Rosario

Game #29 Results

The penultimate game of this revival...how did you do?

Spoiler alert...not great.

Game #29 Answer: Sirius XM Radio Stations

1.  Watercolors
2.  Triumph
3.  Lithium
4.  Iceberg
5.  (The) Bridge
6.  (The) Pulse
7.  Venus
8.  No Shoes (Radio)
9.  (The) Highway

Game #29 Results: 
Julie "I May Not Know TV Moms But I Know This" Osborne - 5

Valiant Effort:
Merideth MacLain - Lesser known book titles in Oprah's Bookclub, Dumb things that turned into movies

Funniest Answer(s):
Merideth MacLain - I put these 9 items into the google-box and it told me....”you’re either drunk or high to try and find something these things have in common"

Ryan Lilly - The closest lead I got was an entire novel by Ray Bradbury. RAY BRADBURY! On a scale of 1-10, I'm forlorn.

Nicole, are you alive? We're concerned!

Game #29

Answers are due Friday at noon to washingtonsquares@gmail.com!

Game #29 

Game #28 Results

We love a good sitcom mom at Washington Squares.

Game #28 Answer: First Names of Actresses Who Played TV Moms

1. Suzanne Somers (Carol Lambert/Step by Step)
2. Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone/Everybody Loves Raymond)
3. Betsy Randle (Amy Matthews/Boy Meets World)
4. Janet Hubert (Vivian Banks/Fresh Prince)
5. Debra Jo Rupp (Kitty Forman/That 70s show)
6. Judith Light (Angela Bower/Who’s the Boss?)
7. Patricia Richardson (Jill Taylor/Home Improvement)
8. Meredith Baxter-Birney (Elyse Keaton/Family Ties)
9. Joanna Kerns (Maggie Seaver/Growing Pains)

Game #28 Results: 
Jay "Better Late Than Never" Gelston - 3
Kristen Meiss - 1

Valiant Effort(s):
Merideth MacLain - Names of Mandarin Alumni (even though I don't spell Meredith that way...I don't think there was another Mandarin Merideth)

Julie Osborne - Names of people's weddings Melissa has been in (great guess my friend, but my friends' names don't skew quite this old)

Funniest Answer: Ryan Lilly - Women who combine their powers to create Mecha-Karen, the only creature capable of defeating Godzilla. AKA, people who have definitely asked to speak to the manager.

Game #28

As New York State continues its (safe, data-driven) phased reopening, the Washington Squares staff is also moving on to a new phase. Beginning this week, we will have Monday-only games with answers due Fridays at noon. Game #30 will therefore wrap up by July 4th, and we will all attempt to enjoy our summer while awaiting the Second Wave.

Game #28
1. Suzanne
2. Patricia
3. Betsy
4. Janet
5. Debra
6. Judith
7. Patricia
8. Meredith
9. Joanna

Game #27 Results

Rami?  Freddie?  You decide.

Game #27 Answer: Actors That Played Famous Singers In Biopics

1. Angela Bassett (Tina Turner in What's Love Got To Do With It)
2. Val Kilmer (Jim Morrison in The Doors)
3. Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles in Ray)
4. Sissy Spacek (Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter)
5. Jennifer Lopez (Selena in Selena)
6. Taron Egerton (Elton John in Rocketman)
7. Joaquin Phoenix (Johnny Cash in Walk The Line)
8. Chadwick Boseman (James Brown in Get On Up)
9. Renee Zellweger (Judy Garland in Judy)

Game #27 Results: 
Julie "Star WS Player" Osborne - 1
Kristen Meiss - 1
Merideth MacLain - 1

Valiant Effort: everyone that played got this correct, but we especially liked Kristen and Merideth's Google-find of "actors who completely transformed themselves into real-life music legends"

Funniest Answer: we didn't hear from Nicole this weekend so we'll have to check in and make sure she is okay

Game #27

Washington Squares VIP Julie reflected in her last email, "Always seems like I remember to do the Monday ones, but Fridays I seem to forget." The staff will take this into consideration as we develop Phase 3 of the phasing out of the reboot of Washington Squares. Stay tuned for more info but in the meantime, here is...

Game #27

1. Angela Bassett

2. Val Kilmer

3. Jamie Foxx

4. Sissy Spacek

5. Jennifer Lopez

6. Taron Egerton

7. Joaquin Phoenix

8. Chadwick Boseman

9. Renee Zellweger


Answers are due Monday at noon to washingtonsquares@gmail.com

Game #26 Results

Welcome to the 100th Post of the reboot of Washington Squares!  While we all know the game will never return to its early-2000s popularity, at least it still amuses us.

Game #26 Answer: Lego Movie Voices

1. Morgan Freeman
2. Charlie Day
3. Will Arnett
4. Elizabeth Banks
5. Nick Offerman
6. Chris Pratt
7. Alison Brie
8. Liam Neeson
9. Will Ferrell

Game #26 Results:
Nicole Vanderlinde - 1
Moni Haley - 1
Kristen Meiss - 1
Julie Osborne - 1
Merideth MacLain - 1

Valiant Effort: No one got it wrong!

Funniest Answer(s): 
Moni Haley - Pasty People and Morgan Freeman
Nicole Vanderlinde - Actors With Legendary Body Parts

Game #26

Nicole wants to remind all players that Google is not cheating in Washington Squares.

Really!

Game #26 

Game #25 Results

We definitely both forgot it was Monday.  Time has no meaning anymore.

Game #25 Answer:  Items Harry Potter Received For Christmas

1. Book
2. Sweater
3. Toothpick
4. Painting
5. Tissue
6. Knife
7. Socks
8. Wallet
9. Candy

Game #25 Results:
Nicole Vanderlinde - 5 JUMPING TO THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD WHOA

Valiant Effort: Kristen Meiss, with "items in Melissa and/or Tracy's backpack/bag(s)/purse/trunk"

Funniest Answer(s): Nicole Vanderlinde - Things My Husband Has Thrown On The Floor And I Have Subsequently Picked Up While Holding My Seething Rage In Because I Don't Want To Be A Nagging Wife But Honestly Is It So Hard To Put Something In The Proper Place, MIKE???

Ryan Lilly - Failed ingredients in the folk tale 'Stone Soup'

Game #25

Game #25

1. Book
2. Sweater
3. Toothpick
4. Painting
5. Tissue
6. Knife
7. Socks
8. Wallet
9. Candy

Answers due Monday by noon to washingtonsquares@gmail.com!

Game #24 Results

Game #24 Answer:  Prehistoric Reptiles That Were NOT Classified As Dinosaurs 

1. Elasmosaurus - Cretaceous reptile

2. Desmatosuchus - Triassic reptile

3. Kronosaurus - Cretaceous reptile

4. Dimorphodon - Jurassic reptile

5. Euparkeria - Triassic reptile

6. Lotosaurus - Triassic reptile

7. Deinosuchus - Cretaceous reptile

8. Gracilisuchus - Triassic reptile

9. Liopleurodon - Jurassic reptile

Game #24 Results:

Julie Osborne - 1

Kristen Meiss - 1

Valiant Effort: chosen by Jamie

Sarah Cronin - Obviously these are dinosaurs but there's got to be something more and I am not a dino expert. If this would have been characters in the Netflix cartoon "Trolls: The Beat Goes On"  I would have NAILED it.  But without cheating, my guess is that they are all herbivores. (Jamie also thought this was a funny answer, but since Sarah didn't research he said it was a very good guess.)

Merideth MacLain - Dinosaurs that all resemble Alligators or Crocodiles (Jamie said Merideth should have used the term "crocodilians'' because crocodiles and alligators didn't exist when dinosaurs were alive. Then he started to explain the differences and I told him to go eat his yogurt...)

Funniest Answers: chosen by Jamie

Jenn Bee (both answers earned this award, and the second one was Jamie's #1 favorite funny answer)

- Prehistoric creatures that a 5 year old knows more about than almost every adult on the planet.

*- Names of creatures that sound like they could be real, but also sound like they could be fake, so you need to google them.

Moni Haley - The last set of Greek dinosaurs before Trump killed us all. 

Courtney Perrone - A puzzle created by an insanely adorable and brainiac little boy about class reptilia dinosaurs? 

Ryan Lilly (all 3 answers earned this award) 

- Medicines Donald Trump has taken without advice from doctors

- Words in spelling bees that have made 3rd graders cry.

- ... ... ... ... ... Dinosaurs??? I feel like I should have a much better answers than dinosaurs but I'm just gonna throw a 3.5 foot hail mary here.

Along with Julie's right answer she also said the following: "Lowkey, actually learned a lot of information. A Kronosaurus must have been a badass to be named after the titan Kronos. Does Jamie have a favorite one?"

Jamie says his favorite one on this list is Gracilisuchus.

Thanks for being so supportive of our newest WS staff member! Jamie loved being included in the game and was so excited that a few people got it right. He also liked reading all the funny and "not quite right" answers. Maybe he'll think of another game soon!

Game #24

Tracy has a 5 year old son, Jamie, who's been working on this game for a week. So without further ado...

Game #24 

1. Elasmosaurus
2. Desmatosuchus
3. Kronosaurus
4. Dimorphodon
5. Euparkeria
6. Lotosaurus
7. Deinosuchus
8. Gracilisuchus
9. Liopleurodon

Game #23 Results

Did anyone else watch Space Force?  Melissa did and didn't think it was as funny as it should have been. 

Back to Game #22, sorry Merideth, while we're sure the Google Box would never steer you wrong, that just wasn't the answer we were looking for!  This one, however, was not as up to interpretation...

Game #23 Answer:  Quotes by Characters Played By Steve Carell

1.  "I don't know what we're yelling about!" (Anchorman)
2.  "I'm just chillin' with the guac from my chip hat." (Despicable Me 2)
3.  "Fool me once, strike one. Fool me twice, strike three." (The Office)
4.  "...and I do the cha-cha like a sissy girl." (Bruce Almighty)
5.  "Is it true that if you don't use it, you lose it?" (The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
6.  "Space is...hard." (Space Force)
7.  "High school...those are your prime suffering years." (Little Miss Sunshine)
8.  "I'm gonna put the 'show' back in 'chauvinism'." (Battle of the Sexes)
9.  "Short everything that guy has touched." (The Big Short)

Game #23 Results:
Nicole Vanderlinde - 1
Melissa Swistak - 1
Kristen Meiss - 1
Courtney Perrone - 1

Valiant Effort:  Merideth MacLain - Conversations Between Melissa and Tracy when living in Washington Arms (also hilarious)

Funniest Answer:  Nicole Vanderlinde - Things I'm Considering Putting On My Tombstone