It's time for another edition of Name That Kossack, the picture riddle game where a username is worth a thousand words.
Here's how it works: I will give you a series of Photoshopped pictures, and based on what you see, you guess the Daily Kos username of the Kossack the picture is referring to. For example, this:
would be LaughingPlanet. That's all there is to it: Look at the picture, guess who it is. The game might make for some good DK4 avatars -- in fact, at least one user seems to think so!
There are 12 picture riddles in this edition.
Here are the rules:
1. Leave your answers in the body of the comment section. Do NOT leave them in the subject line.
2. Obviously, you need to be able to view the pictures to play.
Also, here are some helpful hints:
a) The riddles will generally get trickier as you go.
b) Use whatever tools at your disposal (Google, Daily Kos search engine, Photoshop, etc) to figure the riddles out.
c) Some pictures may test your knowledge of history, music, popular culture, and other topics. Again, Google is your friend.
d) Some pictures are designed to be sneaky. For example, if you see a picture of a bee, that may refer to either the word "bee" or simply the letter B.
e) All pictures were selected to refer to active Daily Kos users who are at least fairly frequent commenters/diarists. I didn't pick anyone who signed up yesterday or hasn't posted any comments/diaries in 5 years.
f) Finally, what you don't see in the picture may be just as important as what you do see.
I will update the diary by providing links to the first user(s) who answer each riddle correctly.
You can play a previous edition of this game here.
Got all that? Good luck, and have fun!
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1. Hint, Answer
2. Answer
3. Answer
4. Answer, Answer (both are close enough)
Hint: Actor Owen has an interesting method.
5. Answer
6. Answer
7. Hint, Answer
8. Answer
And now it's time to play The Dating Game! Here are the three lucky contestants:
Before you decide to go on a date with any of them, here's some basic romance advice:
1. Contestant #1 is just a spring fling, so keep things short and sweet with him.
2. Don't go any further than first base with Contestant #2. People know him, but you don't need to know him that well. There's more to him than just a face, and he'd be a good friend, but that's it.
3. Go all the way with Contestant #3. He should be the key to your heart.
9. Answer
Hint: In 1456, explorers discovered an ancient map with directions to find buried treasure -- but because they couldn't understand it, they did the opposite of what the map said, yet found the treasure anyway.
10. Answer
Hint #1: She won an Oscar for being the first woman who was more than just a two-face.
Hint #2: He is like Barry Goldwater -- he would have been a star on FOX in '64.
11. Extra hint
Hint: C'mon man, you gotta look at the big picture. Is it a good idea to go rushin' into a task that's too much for you, like this guy did?
12. Answer
Hint #1: If you need a clue, then I gotta level with you -- you must not be very bright.
Hint #2: The finale is a....oh, never mind.
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Update #1: All of the picture riddles have been solved. I will post the list of "winners" soon.
Update #2: Users who posted the correct answers first for each of the following riddles:
1. Kysen, marigold (tie)
2. pat of butter in a sea of grits
3. N in Seattle
4. SpecialKinFlag, Euroliberal (tie)
5. pat of butter in a sea of grits
6. sancerre2001
7. RLMiller, marigold (tie)
8. JTinDC
9. dance you monster
10. pat of butter in a sea of grits
11. pico
12. Prof Haley
Thanks to all who participated!