Word puzzle game

[ceptimus]

I see the regulars over at Moosie's Euroforum are working on this puzzle.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi

Those of us who're not playing it over there can work on it here. :yup: You just have to guess the words in the different categories - when you get a word on the edge of a category square (that also belongs to another category) then a new square opens up.

The homepage says that only a team effort can hope to solve it.

On the first 'farm' page, I guessed various animals, including cow and bull, then I tried bullshit (which the puzzle shortened to bs) and that opened up a new page of magicians. I knew Penn & Teller (which is the bullshit connection on the magician page) and David Copperfield. But I can't think of any other magicians... :chin:

[Ari]

Interesting, what is the point of this puzzle?
not sure if I should put this in spoilers,
Pig will take you to the left, from farm. David blaine is another magician. Copperfield is famous for disappearing the statue of liberty which will take you to the right of that section

[ceptimus]

The point of the puzzle, like any puzzle, is to solve it. :yup:

I don't think spoilers are necessary. It's supposed to be a group effort, and there is way of pasting another person's work to add to your own answers.

Here's what I've got so far (with your help).

where ceptimus has got to (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=fagbkbaaaaaabbacabiacaaaaaabaaacaebbiaaadaabaeaabcaaaaaiaccabaaaaoniaaaeibaaeaaaaaaaaaaebaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uzbwxpwraqewqhovvtqssisxtucayvearvygbdybdteruszxwrbzputesscsvvnyaltekbie&i=3&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[lisarea]

Here is what I have, if I done copied and pasted this right. (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=fabaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiaiacaaaaaaaiaaabaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaoiiaaaaibaaaaaaaaaieaaoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=udxzvaasvvxtqbscqwqeoerosthakwgvbyvcaddlzoasssvaaswbynsfqzfsemkbxfvghzfx&i=1&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+)

Now I am going to try to merge ceptimus' answers into mine.

Pray for me!

[Dragar]

On religions, try scientology. :yup:

[ceptimus]

and tom cruise :giggle:

[Miisa]

You came, you saw, and didn't post?

:euroinq:

[ceptimus]

Sorry Miisa :cry:

:penguinglomp:

I thought it would be better to introduce the puzzle to the people here, who don't go to the Euroforum. And I only saw it last night - judging by the length of the thread there, you must be close to finishing the puzzle. I wanted to work on it myself.

[Ari]

A merge of everything so far (including scientology and tom cruise (but not including any post after that, if someone happens to post) and what I have,
Game (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=fahbkbaaaaaabbacabiacaaaiaibccacaebbiaeadaabaeaabcacaabiacgcbaaaaoniaaaeibaaeaaaaaaimaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wgzwtyfpawvtnbsrywuxoczoataayuhtpseyyxcgexztcydazubcqqrbxodpspecyguezifx&i=1&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[D. Scarlatti]

There is a poker player called "Jesus"? That's it, I'm done with this out and out blasphemy.

[Miisa]

Jesus is not linked directly to poker, we suspect a famous player must be religious. Only direct links count.

[D. Scarlatti]

Chris "Jesus" Ferguson (http://www.chrisferguson.com/)

[Miisa]

Ha haa! Thanks!

[D. Scarlatti]

:wink:

[ceptimus]

a few more (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=fihbkbaaaaaabdacabibcbaakcibccacaedbiaecdbabaeaabcadaebiacgcbaaaaoniaaaeibaaeaaadaijmaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=yzdwvvepezurxhtqqasxterxtyibcrgawxfyavbjcrgxcufyzpyawordsraxdpffzhsgfdjh&i=1&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[lisarea]

I think I merged stuff right. (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nahbkbaaaaaabdacabiacaaaiaibccacamdbiaeadaabaeaabcacaabiacgcbaaaaoniaaaeijcaeaaaaaaimaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uwcdbsewyzssokruqdswudyszccxcqzvuxxxwwsdaxzayrvxasdarpshwxjsvpizvisbkzbf&i=3&j=2&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[lisarea]

OH, fuck Ryan out loud.

Girl, you'll be a woman soon

[D. Scarlatti]

Phil Gordon
Phil Ivey
Greg Raymer
Chris Moneymaker
Doyle Brunson
Barry Greenstein

:chin:

[Sorrel]

Time - hour, second, hand.

[Ari]

It seems to be getting harder.
Anyone else notice "7:00" was already filled in, on the clock page?

Not much new, but merge link (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nipbkbiaaaaibdacabibpbaakcibccacamddiaecdbabaeaabcahaebiacgcbaaaaoniaaaeijcaeaaahaijmaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=zzyaaqarzauuyfqbryysodpouabaaraqssaavxzjzresyrhzbsxbqrynspzuxwizzcskzfdf&i=2&j=2&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[slimshady2357]

Phil Gordon
Phil Ivey
Greg Raymer
Chris Moneymaker
Doyle Brunson
Barry Greenstein

:chin:

Off of Doyle is "Texas Dolly" his nickname
And off of Raymer is "fossilman" his nickname

Does phil ivey have a nickname?

[quiet bear]

I typed in my guess, but how the heck do you get it to show up in the puzzle?

[lisarea]

Phil Gordon
Phil Ivey
Greg Raymer
Chris Moneymaker
Doyle Brunson
Barry Greenstein

:chin:

Off of Doyle is "Texas Dolly" his nickname
And off of Raymer is "fossilman" his nickname

Does phil ivey have a nickname?

Tiger Woods, apparently.

Barry Greenstein is Robin Hood.

I just Googled that stuff, lest anyone think I already knew it or something. I DID NOT.

[slimshady2357]

Phil Gordon
Phil Ivey
Greg Raymer
Chris Moneymaker
Doyle Brunson
Barry Greenstein

:chin:

Off of Doyle is "Texas Dolly" his nickname
And off of Raymer is "fossilman" his nickname

Does phil ivey have a nickname?

Tiger Woods, apparently.

Barry Greenstein is Robin Hood.

I just Googled that stuff, lest anyone think I already knew it or something. I DID NOT.

I forgot, they call Phil the Tiger Woods of poker. And Barry gives all his winnings to charity, no matter how much he wins.

And some more of the poker ones... "Mike Matusow" and off him --> "mouth"

[slimshady2357]

I've got some more, but I don't know how to merge... can someone explain it please?

[lisarea]

Merge by going to Save Game, then pasting the URL for another saved game in the "Merge Saved Games" field, then select Merge.

Here's the URL (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaabaibdacabmbpbabkckbkcadamddiaeclbabaeaabcahaebiacgcbaaaaonieaaeijobeaaapaijoaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uzxuctzvaayqtlorruuzsenpxbxegrdqvatbyvxlfzyuysxevogapqviquzquwicyfuededa&i=1&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+) for what I have now, if you want that.

ETA: Plus enter "time" in the "Magazines" page off "money."

[slimshady2357]

Here is the URL (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacabmbpbabkckbkcadamddiaeclbabagaibcahaebiacgcbaaaaonieaaeijobeaaapaijoaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=tibcwwetvcvwzawbyxpzrdnrwsbchywtsqxzrvvedrfyyuaaquzcmyvebpaptohbbevdccbh&i=3&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+) for the merged game.

Thanks lisarea!

[Ari]

I'm slowly blanking so here is Merge url (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacabmbpbabkckbkcadamddiaeclbabagaibdahaebkacgcbaeaaonieaaeijobeaaepaijoaaobaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wdevzzwvcqxrseyuyuodokruutcwfqgwvsygysbfcszpryhzuugytqxfwsfqtwdbgedleige&i=0&j=2&cmd=guess&guess=+) what I have so far. I find it funny Oprah is linked off of Tom cruise.

[Ari]

Baseball>base>acid>lsd>drugs opens up what looks like a drugs category

[lisarea]

The fuck?

There is something between "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" and heroin. Four letters - seven letters.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The? Fuck?

[livius drusus]

Pulp Fiction.

[Ari]

And steroid connects baseball and drugs.

[lisarea]

straitjacket between Houdini and Dire Straits.

[ceptimus]

on the page with just pink floyd, animals (it was one of their albums)

That opens a new animals category.

[lisarea]

Between The Beatles and animals is beetle > Volkswagen > car

[ceptimus]

Where we're at (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacebmbpbabkckbkcbhcmhdijmclfebahaibdaheeblbcgcfamaaonieaagijobeaaepaijoaaobabahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=xdgcwozvyzvzndybsdyxxkworxgaiscuuaxdpvykcswsvbbduqywxryftrduusecxexbiklb&i=1&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[ceptimus]

From the car page, go-kart, go, board games, opens up a new page. :cool:

[lisarea]

OK. I got a few more and then merged.

The latest latest, (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacebobpbabkckbkcbhcmpdijpclfefghaidhbhfeblbcgcfamaeonieaagijoneaaepaljoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=aeawuyyqgyvtndnzxuqescqnxcfwhpzrtbxgbyzlgsbqsuwcsxzuwwufwxcpdumycerizbdb&i=2&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+) I think.

[Ari]

Possibly some more (the problem with merge is it doesn't tell you what ones are new), including a priest section off of friar tuck Merge (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacebobpbabkckbkcbhcmpdijpclfefghekdhbhfeblfcgcfamaeonieaagijonebaepaljoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=dzxtypbozwxxsdzxscuvthqwwvbyeoztqyxwzvbixrwuqzxaxqyrypzkusetapebufwkjkda&i=2&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[lisarea]

karma + police = karma police > Radiohead

Also, Mother Theresa is in there, but Rasputin isn't. Those are all the religious things I can think of.

[Sorrel]

Farm: Crops
Games: Snakes & ladders, Risk
car/go-kart: racing

[Legs]

crops goes beside tractor (Horse Girl contribution)

[Nightson]

How exactly do you input answers?

[lisarea]

Car to Checkers is taxi, and I think I got some others, too, so if anyone wants to merge (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacfbobpbcbkckbkcbhcmplijpclfefghekdhbhfeblncgcfimaeopieaagijonfdaepkpjoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=twdsdyvtyvvznkoqtxswrbnpsczacqbazwuyvuxkxwatwbvfryyrnqwfzwhzbrnzzawgizef&i=2&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+).

[Legs]

snakes & ladders and scrabble

[Ari]

crops goes beside tractor (Horse Girl contribution)
Yay for Horse girl, that was bugging the hell out of me. Grains or field or wheat or etc. but I never thought of crops.

[Legs]

I'll pass on the message :pleased: She has been working hard at it

[Ari]

How exactly do you input answers?
Be on the page with the square you want to enter a guess for, type it into the box on the left and hit return/enter.

[lisarea]

How exactly do you input answers?

You just enter it into the "Your Guess" field, and if it fits anywhere on the current screen, it'll put it in.

And YOUSE OTHER PEOPLE can stop re-giving answers I already done GOT! I think the last merge should have the board games section at least half filled in.

I want to get that Fossilman one. I've tried names of famous hominids that I know and nothing so far fits, but I don't know very much about that stuff.

[Nightson]

Alrighty then

[lisarea]

Mother Theresa > Home for the Dying > India

[Nightson]

alternative goes inbetween radiohead and oasis

[Nightson]

Oprah> Talk show hosts

Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O'brien all connected to talk show hosts

Jon Stewart too

[lisarea]

Oprah> Talk show hosts

Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O'brien all connected to talk show hosts

Jon Stewart too

Jay Leno > motorcycles

[Nightson]

Got that already, here's what I've added Link (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpjkdjaafaiddahfbobpbcbockbkcbhdmplilpclfefghekdhbhheblncgcfkmaeopieaagijonflbepkpjoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=beftwazxguvpwfqatdvcwzvprubfcwxwsuavtxulgwgvbsayurbyrnsetqdqdnmhgdwbdjez&i=0&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[Joshua Adams]

racing + go-kart = Mario Kart

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpbkbjaafaibdacfjobpbcbkckbkcbhcmplijpclfefghekdhbhfeblncgcfimaeopieaagijonfdaepkpjoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=aauczaxrcwtppiwzuyswodupsuxhdwzatbzbvvvebybxauzgwpacqpukzseucqgbzcvecddb&i=2&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

did i do that correctly?

I don't really understand merging at all... I added lisarea's and Nightson's URLs to mine, but what is the URL to my game then?

[Nightson]

when you go to save game, copy and paste the url I gve for my game into the second box and hit merge

[lisarea]

Go to "Save Game" and cut and paste the URL from the text box there.

[Joshua Adams]

Ok, that's what I did. I don't see how that records the merger itself, but whatever, I guess it works out somehow.

[D. Scarlatti]

I want to get that Fossilman one.

archaeology

[Nightson]

It adds all their answers to yours

latest Link (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpjkdjaafaiddahfjobpbcbockbkcbhdmppilpclfefghekdhbhhgblncgcfkmaeopieaagijonflbmpkpjoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uawxwycoyyxrvkxvwxquvgomztyhisgxbsxcbvagbuioauyzurzzotrfunludncfxdvaeeda&i=2&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[lisarea]

Keane is in the British bands, plus lion-cat-tiger-Pink Floyd = Pink Panther, which opens up a new page.

[lisarea]

Har har! On that baseball page: Red Sox, Curse of the Bambino.

I Googled keywords for that Curse of the Bambino, but I am still proud because I am sportstarded.

ETA: ArchAeology is what sticks out of Fossilman. I kept trying to spell it without the A.

[Joshua Adams]

Hmm... some things I've been thinking about

6 letters between "animals" and "The Beatles." Shamefully, I don't know anything about the Beatles; are they associated with an animal? I tried Monkey, for that song about me and my pet monkey or whatever, but that didn't work.

The link between Penn and teller and Las Vegas is 6 letters and 3 letters.
They film Bullshit! at the Rio, so that's something, but I'm not sure what would fit there.

[lisarea]

walrus

Here's what I have right now. (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdjaafajddahfjobpdkbodkbkcbhdnplilpcpfefghfkdhbhhgnlncgcfkmceopiecaoijopflbepkpjoaipdabchaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=rwcvbtfydqtqtfstwyxxwlwxttjhizzxpvbyusvnzacstxyawpvbpssdtsewwplbxeycdbid&i=2&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpjkdjaafajddahfjobpbcbockbkcbhdmppilpclfefghekdhbhhgblncgcfkmaeopieaagijonflbmpkpjoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=reuwyrxqdvxxqeottzqvtcurbvyzhxzwvbycpuecgwzrvszbzpazoxxksudtdumjadagiylw&i=1&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

Dogs -> German Shepherd. C'mon lisarea, where were you on that one?

[Joshua Adams]

wtf? I clicked on one of the squares and it said "Cheating attempted logged", thinking I tried to read the page source.

[lisarea]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nkpjkdjaafajddahfjobpbcbockbkcbhdmppilpclfefghekdhbhhgblncgcfkmaeopieaagijonflbmpkpjoaipdabahaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=reuwyrxqdvxxqeottzqvtcurbvyzhxzwvbycpuecgwzrvszbzpazoxxksudtdumjadagiylw&i=1&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

Dogs -> German Shepherd. C'mon lisarea, where were you on that one?

What? I had that one. I didn't lose it or something, did I?

I've been trying to fit Hitler and Nazi stuff in between GS and Volkswagen, but nutting I try fits.

ETA: Yeah. It keeps thinking I'm cheating too. I thought maybe I was spazzing on some mouse gesture I don't know about or summat.

[Joshua Adams]

I'm not sure how you could have lost it, but I guess so.

I tried Hitler as well. :darn:

[Nightson]

Merged Latest (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdjaafajddahfjobpdkfodkbkcbhdnppilpcphefghfkdhbhhgnlncgcnkmceopiecaoijopflbmplpjoaipdabchaihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=saaxcwazfrcvohycswxeudrvsscdcyzbaafwsvvgbzyxsydyaqyvyrtfysgayqebcktjiide&i=2&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[Nightson]

Origami > Japan

Unlocks a bunchload

[Nightson]

tea and tea cermony link india and japan

[lisarea]

I'm not sure how you could have lost it, but I guess so.

Well, I DID have it. Maybe I pasted the wrong URL somehow or something.

You're just trying to hurt my feelings. MEANIE.

[Joshua Adams]

Stephen Colbert - George W Bush

opens up a lot (it's right underneath the top left square)

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdjaafejddahfjobpdkbodkbkcbhdnppilpcpfefghfkdhbhhgnlncgcfkmceopiecaoijopflbmpkpjoaipdabchaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=aazywvhsywvzxaqsoutspcrrpcaadsdqxravutufboeuszczssaapvyeqqdsarfgxcbgayjc&i=0&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+

Nightson, merge with that, and post it...

edit: George W Bush -> War on Terra, obviously -> War on Drugs

both of those link to "war", also "iraq"

[Nightson]

Latest (http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdjaafejddihfjobpdkfodkbkcbhdnppilpcphefghfkdhbhhgnlncocnknceopiecaoijopfpbmplpjoaipdabchaihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=xfetsrdxyzvvukrtodnetzusrwjcataatbzzsxcewzbvuvbxsmzcqsrepuizyugbgadajdeb&i=2&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+)

[lisarea]

Japan > ninja > that long comic book name

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlaafgjdlihfjobpdkfodkbkcbhdnppilpcphefghfkdhbhhgnlncocnknofopiecaoijopfpbmplpjoaipdabchaihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=tgzwcaataxxtsitqzywxtlnxtvbxjywrvyuhpwzhdtxttugzsvwvrsskrsfuyrhjvfwdcjbe&i=0&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+

I filled in a lot of that square... of course, anybody could get these answers.

[Nightson]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlaafgjdlihfjobpdkfodkbkcbhdnppilpcphefghfkdhbhhgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpjmplpjoaipdabchaihaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=afebvsbqfxtrsjpcsaydxfrnayxeirbbvrfbqdwdhtzpaxwzynarvnsduxgzvpkdgkvzdzki&i=0&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Joshua Adams]

That must be Teenage Mutant ninja Turtles.

[lisarea]

It is. I think I got yourses merged right.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlaafgjdlihfjobpdkfodkbkcbhdnppilpcphefghfkdhbhhgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpjpplpjoaipdabchaihaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=vzdcwawwhszrnjwzwtpeylpnzvbxbqzbxscbtvwmwshttagarpwuryriavfsxpgfgawfgbjx&i=3&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Joshua Adams]

Tarja halonen links President and Conan O'brien

And then Finland, of course.

[Nightson]

link between Iraq and the two bushes is Saddam

[lisarea]

George W. Bush > The Decider

[Joshua Adams]

Wtf, Finland links to a 1 letter box. Welp, let's do this systematically...


It was F.

I'm glad it wasn't like, semi colon or something, because that could have taken awhile.

[Nightson]

it's f

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlihfjobpdkhodldkcbhdpppilpcphefghfkdhbhhgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpjpplpjocipdabchaihaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=bxcreavrcsdonbxvpepwqlnosbxabwarwcvxbuxibsasbrzvssazqzqhpoevurfawdufcieh&i=2&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

:dopey: On that page with car and train and Volkswagen and everything, the center piece is "automobile".

[Blake]

You guys suck and you're doing this too fast and the only (probably non-original) contribution I have is that there's a "monks" in the priests/friars box.

[Nightson]

Didn't have monks yet

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkhodldkcbhdpppilpcphefghfkdhbphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpjpplpnocipdabcpaihaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=vdzuataycyxqrdxbsxwspcqwstcbbtwvavcztyccgteptavysweuqqsiauduvvkhdewkjzfd&i=1&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[lisarea]

Dunno if you guys have this yet, but on Japan, there's martial arts, kung-fu, karate, haiku. And kung-fu > shaolin.

Hang on. I'll merge and post.

[lisarea]

Post count +1

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhdpppilpcphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpjpplpnocmpdabcpaihaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=ddguwqyrzrxwzevvryodyetquyiwjsxsvsyduuwlbtbubpaburhavpqmsvgxvplhufbgeifb&i=2&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Joshua Adams]

Why is archaeology linked to dinosaurs... that's just ignorant.

[Blake]

Yay, I contributed! Also, there's "seppuku" in the Japan box.

eta: and "haiku," duh.

[Joshua Adams]

Home for the Dying -> Death -> Seppuku

haiku -> poetry


EDIT:

sushi -> raw

EDIT AGAIN:

tea -> coffee

[Nightson]

Latest, opened up the bottom left corner

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhdpppilpcphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpppplpnocmpdabcpaihaaaaoaagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wwzuywerftbzuhrvpzraxbzwawyzcsycyrecwwzbgwxsstfzswhdwosjvtzsvseevcyedaac&i=2&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[lisarea]

Viagra on the drug page. Is a goldmine.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhdpppilpcphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpppplpnocmphahcpaihaaaapaagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=thvvsaxqwvbzxmsstauuacysucbffqbauufyruxfxtzturzesufurszhuqgxxofggkvceflz&i=1&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Blake]

"anime" takes you to the right-hand border of the Japan page.

[Nightson]

viagra > Cialis

edit: anime (how could I not get that one) > cartoons

[lisarea]

Oh, wait. More.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhdpppilpcphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpppplpnocmphapcpgnhaaaapaagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wxcrxxcsetwutinwxxqdvztszvghyyxrsvycyyslwqyrtuhysogrqoqhtnkqewcdvczihbhi&i=4&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Nightson]

Latest

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhhpppippcphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoijopfpppplpnocmphapcpgnhaaaapaagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=abdcxwzxdusysayrqcvwscprvtccashtxafybdwmboavtuywvrzbrysmatbsynfyyevhakfb&i=3&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Joshua Adams]

on the Board games page, China and Xiangqi

I put some other stuff in but I forget what, so

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhhpppippcphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoipopfpppplpnocmphapcpgnhaaaapaagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=xzxydowryvxwuezrqwrarhvqzyhfzritvyvzqexfcsbtatzhuqaxqwqdsqdawrbcykzidgeg&i=3&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Joshua Adams]

I can't believe the link between "Reservoir Dogs" and "Plastic Surgery" isn't "ear". I mean what the hell?

[Nightson]

it's cut

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldkcbhhpppippkphefohhodhdphgnlpcocnknofopiecaoipopfpppplpnokpphapcpgnhaaaapaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uhxrvaxxvvexocwqyvvwvbovurdxdpdyssbarudhbtzaqtzdvozvpnqduwcrxqhbbewfecac&i=0&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+

Filled in some stuff on the Poker players page.

[Nightson]

I have to find one more before I take a break.

[Blake]

yay "Tom & Jerry" in cartoons yay

eta: not the mention "The Simpsons"! jeesh

etaa: "Bart"

[Nightson]

Arg! What goes between Hell's Angels, crime, Scientology, and The Police?

[Joshua Adams]

I finished the Poker square :pleased: ("forest")

[Joshua Adams]

Kendo for the Japan page.

What could connect Japan, fish, and The Simpsons??

[lisarea]

fishbulb?

[Joshua Adams]

I thought of that episode, but I dunno. It's 4 letters, and I googled and found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_over_Tokyo but I haven't seen the episode, and nothing jumps out at me.

[Nightson]

Here's everything I have http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nlpjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldodbhhpppippkphefohpodhdphgnlpcocnknofopimcaoipopfpppplpnpkpphapcpgnhaaaapaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uixytshwfxxtthrwuypwvzvyzuighsbvawxaatvlasbvbrehaobvntxevuaxemddxhrddefb&i=2&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

I found the wikipedia article too and I thought it might be wish, but no.

[lisarea]

Dur. I just now found the Japan page again.

Yeah, that's not it. I also tried 'tuna,' thinking Jessica Simpson. But it's not that either.

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfgjdlkhfjobpdkpodldodbhhpppippkphefohpodhdphgnlpcocnknofopimcaoipopfpppplpnokpphapcpgnhaaaapaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=tgxcyrvxazuvrmyrwewbsiqrvtbzbohsyweyycvgaxztxwfdtrycpzzebnayuqghyccfcgkz&i=2&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[lisarea]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfgjdllhfjobpdkpodldodbhhpppippkphefohpodhdphgnlpcocnknofopimcaoipopfpppplpnpkpphapcponhaaaapaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=dgxwepgwzvyrtfxuuymwqesqruxahxzuqawypbcchtcyssdwtqhtuvygtzcbsthizivgdbdf&i=2&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+

Just in case I got anything you don't have yet.

[Blake]

"Tom & Jerry" + "The Simpsons" = "Itchy & Scratchy."

[lisarea]

You must be REAL PURTY, Blake.




(You know I'm kidding. Right?)

Oh, and hey, thanks for editing so I look crazy and all.

[Joshua Adams]

Kid Flash links The Flash and Bart

Futurama.

[Blake]

Thanks, Joshua. :) Never would have gotten it.

You must be REAL PURTY, Blake.




(You know I'm kidding. Right?)

Oh, and hey, thanks for editing so I look crazy and all.Somehow, it still makes sense. But if you have to give me that refresher spanking, I'll understand. ;)

[lisarea]

The fuck. I typed in dinosaur, hoping it'd fill something in all nice like it does, and it did.

"Fictional dinosaurs." Yay for fuzzy matching!

I tried Gertie already and that doesn't work.

Dino>The Flintstones

ETA: And even though Godzilla is not either a dinosaur but instead a MONSTER, Godzilla.

ETAA: That comics page is done now!

[Joshua Adams]

Google for "Hells Angels Scientology." You'll find all sorts of people comparing Scientology lawyers to a "motorcycle gang." I'm not sure what 5 letter word could be the connection, though, but I bet it's related to that.

I tried "Lopez" which is the last name of some guy that the Scientologists are said to have mistreated in some manner or other, but no go.

[Joshua Adams]

Also, the remaining 'saur is Yoshi, who further begets Mario.

[Legs]

Mad Hatter if anyone cares

[Joshua Adams]

Thanks, Legs. On the "magazine" screen, there's also "news" and "march hare." Below that, on Japan, is "tea party."

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfhjdllhhnobpdkpodldodbhhpppippkphefohpohhdphhnlpcocnkpofopinodoipopfpppplpnpkpphapdponhaaaapaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wzyszadpytwsqcytobowxawqxacgitbzbywbqvxfzqaayvzgssxvqwzespiswnedchulcykh&i=2&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Joshua Adams]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfhjdllhhnobpdkpodldodbhhpppippkphefohpohhdphhnlpcocnkpofopinodoipopfpppplpnpkpphapdponhmoaapaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wcdztrypvubungrtoxwapenwuufwbnhuqzyyazvefuaruxczrofyqzpetuavvseefzvidjec&i=4&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

Bottom right corner is about Medical Dramas, I've discovered. Where are all you TV watchers?

Edit: I wonder what the yellow squares mean? There's also one in the bottom left section.

[Blake]

Ooh! Thanks for the tip. Though Medical Dramas are not exactly my favored genre.

Up one square, on the "spam" page, I filled in "phishing." Doesn't lead anywhere new, though. :sadcheer:

eta: some fillins on "medical dramas" are M*A*S*H, Grey's Anatomy, Gray's Anatomy, ER.

[Joshua Adams]

I needed Gray's, didn't realize there were two. House also goes in there, btw. All that should be included in my previous link.

[Blake]

Well, Gray's is the original, the book. :wink:

Sorry, I'm not checking the merges; don't have enough to add. However ... the yellow box is "hospital"! And off of "ER" is "Chicago."

[Joshua Adams]

Sorry, I'm not checking the merges; don't have enough to add. However ... the yellow box is "hospital"! And off of "ER" is "Chicago."When you merge it adds our answers to your game, not the other way around...

Unless you want to fill stuff in manually, or something.


House links to New Jersey, of all things.

[Blake]

That's ridiculous. Oh well.

In better news, a genius who wishes to remain anonymous links "fish" and "The Simpsons" with ... "fugu"!

[Joshua Adams]

Wow, that guy is like, the King of France from now on, or something.

[lisarea]

You mean it was CHUCK?

(I guess Nip/Tuck is in Miami)

[Joshua Adams]

Grey's Anatomy = Seattle

Will look for M*A*S*H...

"Where was M*A*S*H filmed?
The interior shots of the series were filmed on stage 9 at the 20th Century Fox Studios in Hollywood (the same soundstage was used for AfterMASH, LA Law, and now NYPD Blue). The external scenes were filmed at the Fox Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains located in Calabasas, California, about 6 miles inland from Malibu Beach on Malibu Canyon Road. This has since been renamed to Malibu Creek State Park." -- some dorky fan site.

That doesn't seem to pan out, though...

[lisarea]

On that British bands page, what's between murder and alternative? I can't think of any alternatives to murder.

[Nightson]

I'm back, link to the latest?

[lisarea]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfhjdllhhnobpdkpodldodbhhpppippkphefohpohhdphhnlpcodnkpofopinodoipopfpppplpnpkpphapdponhmpldpbahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=udbdzsdoesetvmztpdswwewwsxhzerytwwwvuvbhcsctxqedsoarrprnuxjttrdexdyhhdma&i=0&j=3&cmd=guess&guess=+

I'm supposed to be working. GAR.

[Joshua Adams]

I went through Wikipedia's whole entire list of Alternative rock bands, and only like one of them even had the right number of letters for that thing.

Right now I'm trying to get from karma to cowboy in two steps.

[lisarea]

I don't think the blank one is a band, though. It's not connected to the bands. Just murder and alternative.

[Joshua Adams]

Well, the same is true for Straitjacket Fits so I don't know how much to read into that. If that's any indication, it would be a band with some kind of Murder-related name.

[lisarea]

Oh, you're right. Maybe just not a British band. Hmm.

[Ari]

Up in the top second from the right square monopoly>antitrust

[lisarea]

antitrust > Microsoft > Office > Windows > operating system

Trying variations on boot sector, boot disk, etc. Nothing's working so far, though.

[Nightson]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfhjdllhhnpbpdkpodpdolfhppppippkphefohpohhdphhplpcodnkpofopinodoipopfpppplpnpkpphapdponhnppdpdohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=ubvsatbnzcwrylottuquwlzxyybfdzgyvyzvtaeddtzaqvgfwrawsxrcxygtzrmayazdiaff&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

Bit more progress

[Joshua Adams]

on the clock page: Diamonds are Forever
board games page: Settlers of Catan

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdlacfhjdllhhnpbpdkpodpdolfhppppippkphefohpohhdphhplpcodnkpofopinodoipopfpppplpnpkpphapdponhnppdpdohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=ubvsatbnzcwrylottuquwlzxyybfdzgyvyzvtaeddtzaqvgfwrawsxrcxygtzrmayazdiaff&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

Merged everything. How the hell'd you get That 70's Show, Nightson?

[lisarea]

boot loader was what I was after before

[Nightson]

cause the blank showed up .... '70. .... :lol:

vista > toyota

[lisarea]

Diamonds are Forever goes off into James Bond, From Russia With Love, and stuff like that.

But now I can't find where any of the pages are, so I can't verify nothing.

WAAH.

ETA: From James Bond > martini > cocktails

[Joshua Adams]

well, that page is diagonal from the top right corner...

(err, I guess if I took ten minutes to post you probably found it already...)

drug cocktail

[Nightson]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdpacnhjdlphhnpbpdkpodpdopfhppppjppkphefohpohhdphhplpcodnkpofopinodoipopfppppppnpkpphapdponhnppdpdohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=dawtxodnaassueqypxsvpjzpxvxictacstygbwweargyttezsqhxqyzbvqktwybiudwzidha&i=4&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Nightson]

link between german shepard and volkswagon is german

[lisarea]

well, that page is diagonal from the top right corner...

(err, I guess if I took ten minutes to post you probably found it already...)

drug cocktail

Not necessarily. I'm actually working on some stuff, so I'm flitting in and out.

That is my excuse for not remembering where anything is, too.

Boy, I cannot tell you how many times I've tried to fit "eight ball" into that drug page. I keep thinking maybe it'll stick this time.

[Joshua Adams]

link between german shepard and volkswagon is german
Man, I bet lisarea feels really dumb for not thinking of that one.

:hoot:

[Nightson]

That little three letter word connected to animals (in the top just left of center box) which we haven't been able to get is fox.

[lisarea]

link between german shepard and volkswagon is german
Man, I bet lisarea feels really dumb for not thinking of that one.

:hoot:

I started to, but then I decided that it is not me. It is the rest of the universe that is stupid.

So, what is a Vista Cruiser? That seems to have to do with That 70s Show and Vista.

[Joshua Adams]

Oldsmobile.

oh, and Red Forman is in there.

So, is there a cocktail called Oldsmobiloyota or something? I don't drink.

[Nightson]

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdpacnpjdlpphnpbpdkpolpdopfhppppjppkphefohpohhdphhplpcodnkpofoppnodoipopfppppppnpkpphaplponhnppdpdohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wbcwwxxtctvsnewvrvquwluxpwazbzgxuqxytccmytdssryfuryyyzqjpzhyxwhcgfvfebgw&i=4&j=2&cmd=guess&guess=+

Got ones in the bottom left

[lisarea]

Argh. I give up. I am now just sitting here staring at this 6 letter-4 letter drug cocktail with cocaine plus something, and I'm stuck.

Anyways, it is a something "ball," I bet.

I'm going to bed.

In case I filled in anything and forgot:

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdpacnpjdlpphnpfpdkpolpdophhppppjpplphgfohpohhhphhplpcodnkpofoppnodoipopfppppppnpkpphaplpophpppdpdohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=cywbtrzocsuxudrcwytetbwpswhwhvwurtwbsxxdywiruuyhymazrrngroiuaumyxiuijcjw&i=4&j=2&cmd=guess&guess=+

ETA: If you ever have to invent a new drug cocktail, you should make it be ecstasy and cocaine, and you should call it a "roller ball." It's not an answer or anything, but it really should be.

Really going to bed now.

[Joshua Adams]

Bottom left category is Movies.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=nppjkdpacnpjdlpphnpfpdkpolpdophhppppjpplphgfohpohhhpphplpcohnkpofoppnodoipopfppppppnpkpphaplpophpppdpdohaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=dcgtvrgyaxbuufsxrbsbzkpnttbajpbvutwyreviypasvsadpwbaryxgqrjtzyfbbdzeecei&i=0&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

[Nightson]

ocean's eleven is one of them

[ceptimus]

You guys did good while I was sleeping. :)

films

plan 9 from outer space

[Miisa]

Between "purple" and "people" (just under the centre box) comes "soylent green".

The last Bond reference is "High Time to Kill".

[Nightson]

Alright, this link is to an almost completed version of the puzzle thanks to the help of BigToe if you know her from CF. She pretty much flew through it, I was having trouble keeping up just putting in the answers she gave me.

There's only like ten blanks left, so if you want to keep enjoying the challenege ignore this.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppphppppppplppppppppppppppppppppppnpppppppphppppppppppppppplppppppppppppopnppppppnppppplpppophpppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wzbwtyxshuxrrjqtrexypkpnwubgjszyuyybyevkeadovtvfurezwqxgswgweoicylvldkcx&i=4&j=1&cmd=guess&guess=+

[ceptimus]

The four yellow squares are:

Religious cult
X-files
That 70's show
Hospital

It looks as though those four are clues to the overall solution of the puzzle? :chin:

ETA: Hint #15 To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win.

[lisarea]

Are you going to use that last version? Because if someone else doesn't want to, I won't either.

[ceptimus]

I've used it but don't mind me if you want to carry on... :)

[lisarea]

Well, I'm not going to finish it alone, so I'll wait and see if anyone else feels like it.

Oh, and murder > Counting Crows > alternative.

[Ari]

I used it, as I've been drawing blanks for awhile now.

[lisarea]

Hey, no. That's fine. Feel free to SUCK AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO, everybody.

I won't stop you.

[D. Scarlatti]

Oh, and murder > Counting Crows > alternative.

I can't stand that guy either, but this seems a little harsh.

[Joshua Adams]

I haven't looked at the completed one.

I added "smoke" between "second" and "hand"... hit me during sleep.

Looks like you still haven't found that elusive cock ball tail. Ball cocktail.

I have NO IDEA what the top left category could be. Harry S Truman? Pink Panther? X-files? fox? Any non-cheaters have a clue?

[Joshua Adams]

I've added the following to the bottom left:

cult films
7-Eleven
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Twelve
ocean
Alcoholics Anonymous (???)

Man, I should be doing homework...

[lisarea]

I've added the following to the bottom left:

cult films
7-Eleven
Ocean's Eleven
Ocean's Twelve
ocean
Alcoholics Anonymous (???)

Man, I should be doing homework...

TWELVE STEPS!

w00ty w00t!!1!

[Ari]

Minor Harry Truman link clue from a cheater:
notice it is in the middle of the map square

[lisarea]

Also:

films. Because I guess that's different from "movies"

Days of Wine and Roses

alcoholic > Father Jack on the priests page (I have a feeling all those six-letter n-letter guys are "Father" something, so I searched on father priest alcoholic).

Is there, like, a Jurassic Park 2: Electric Boogaloo or something?

[lisarea]

Minor Harry Truman link clue from a cheater:
notice it is in the middle of the map square

I don't even know what that means.

And on the subject of that page, I still don't understand why the Pink Panther thing isn't Jacques Clousseau.

[Joshua Adams]

Father Ted, Father Dougal

Clousseau isn't even how you spell it.

We need a priest who is also a T. rex, or something, and then we should be done.

[lisarea]

Is so how I spell it. I'm just wrong is all.

But Jacques Clouseau doesn't work either.

[Ari]

Minor Harry Truman link clue from a cheater:
notice it is in the middle of the map square

I don't even know what that means.

And on the subject of that page, I still don't understand why the Pink Panther thing isn't Jacques Clousseau.
An explanation for the non cheating zombie. Normally the center box is the topic of that square. We were given them in purple boxes in the middle nine squares but have to figure them out for the edge squares.

[Ensign Steve]

I don't know if I have any that you all don't, but here's my game merged with yours.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppphppppppplppppppppppppppppppppppnpppppppphppppppppppppppplppppppppppppopnppppppnppppplpppophpppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=wzbwtyxshuxrrjqtrexypkpnwubgjszyuyybyevkeadovtvfurezwqxgswgweoicylvldkcx&i=0&j=0&cmd=guess&guess=+

Hubby and I and some friends from our mud have been working on it for a couple weeks.

[lisarea]

OK. Just WHAT?

I looked at that page with the Pink Panther, and:

Why does it say Harry S Truman is a fictional detective?

What is that from?

[Ensign Steve]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Harry_S._Truman

However, I still don't know how to fill in the square that joines "fictional detectives" to "Harry S Truman".

ETA: Oh wait, it's Agent Cooper. I knew Dale Cooper was too short.

[lisarea]

GAR.

Best part? I knew that. At least I did once.

[Ensign Steve]

lisa, look up. The answer's in my edit, FYI.

[Joshua Adams]

Well... I actually tried something like "fictional inspectors" or something, but it didn't take it.

Anyway, Sherlock Holmes -> Dr. Watson -> ...

?

Hercule Poirot

Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, DUH.

[Ensign Steve]

Also, I hear tell that the yellow squares are supposed to be clues for some sort of meta-puzzle. I have hospital, X-Files, and That 70's Show. What does it all mean?!

[Joshua Adams]

I don't even know the mechanism by which one guesses the meta puzzle. Perhaps we need to finish the regular one first.

The link between JFK and X-files /Fox Mulder has to be something conspiracy-related. But what?

nm... merged with Ensign Steve... let's see how much is left.

http://shygypsy.com/farm/p.cgi?state=ppppphppppppplppppppppppppppppppppppnpppppppphppppppppppppppplppppppppppppopnpppppppppppplppppphpppppppppaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&style=uxgxsrerbqdqrhnbxdvvtgvpxuhfysctptfeudveivdycpzvpqvzuuumqulxcrjbyeuifymd&i=4&j=4&cmd=guess&guess=+

Well, that's almost complete. There's some in the top middle, top right, and down the right side that need completing.

[lisarea]

OK. I suck too much to finish it, so I merged that one too.

[Joshua Adams]

Merging with Nightson's seems to have had no effect at all. :pout:

I've got nuffin for the rest of it.

[Ensign Steve]

Okay the 4th meta-clue is "religious cult". There's a link to hints.

[Ensign Steve]

Oh wait, nn, they are just hints to playing the main game. Never noticed the link before, though. :dopey:

[Ensign Steve]

Okay, here we go. Hint #15.

"To solve the meta-puzzle, put the two left ones together and get something red. Add the top-right and get into the right state. Then add the last clue and you will win."

[Ensign Steve]

The two left ones are "religious cult" and "X-files." The top-right is "That 70's Show". State=Wisconsin? The last clue is "hospital". :shrug:

[Ari]

I was quickly bored.
A quick search for X-files and religious cult gave a story outline about a Cult in canada, thinking that could possibly be something red, and Wisconsin being the state, I looked for famous hospitals on the border, or any variation. But I came up blank.
From the sound of it, the meta puzzle answer will be a word or phrase that links all four of the yellow squares together.

[ceptimus]

You're looking for a hospital in Wisconsin. The name of the puzzle (funny farm) is also a clue.

I googled on: Wisconsin hospital and looked for a psychiatric hospital in the results.

The answer wasAurora