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46 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

In the absence of any lingering interest in today's brainteaser, I shall now reveal the link is that the players in my team all share their surname with a keyboard player.

The purple highlighting of the words "key", "board" and "player" was the giveaway at the end.

So onto the real names of said keyboardists:

B:        Mathew Fisher     Ian Stewart     Randy Newman

H/B:   Tony Banks     Jools Holland     Billy Preston

C:        Mark Kelly     Alan Price     Leon Russell

H/F:    Isaac Hayes     Ron "Pigpen" McKernan     Jerry Lee Lewis

F:       Manfred Mann     Garth Hudson     Carole King

R:       Geddy Lee     Vince Clarke     Booker T. Jones

I/C:   Nicky Hopkins     Burton Cummings     Michael McDonald     Rick Wright

 

Third prize of a virtual bronze medal and bupkis is unawarded but WCW can claim them if she so desires. 

I'll put up another teaser next Sunday if there is any interest.

Thank you ball kids, thank you lines people and goodnight.

Very clever.

BTW do you think of Geddy Lee as more of a Bass or Keys player? Or just good old both?

 
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Geddy is probably better known to most people as a bass player, but also plays keyboards for Rush.

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4 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I don’t want any half-arzed prize! Even if it is bupkis. This will prove I won Bronze fair n square. Note the time…

???  Where did that post appear?  Not in this thread that I can see and it didn't appear in my PMs.

 
Just now, Demonstone said:

???  Where did that post appear?  Not in this thread that I can see and it didn't appear in my PMs.

I didn’t start a new PM. I just continued with an old one. I just had a look and it appears that you’ve “left the conversation” which is why you wouldn’t have seen it. 

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That would explain it.  I delete old conversations/PMs after the teaser is done and dusted.

The tribunal has agreed to award you the Bronze Medal on protest.  You also take home your prize of bupkis.


7 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Geddy is probably better known to most people as a bass player, but also plays keyboards for Rush.

Not that there's a good answer to that question but I reckon yours is. Great 3-piece band 😀

30 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

should of had a soundtrack to it 👌

Always curious as to how the medalists worked it out?

Did it strike you immediately when you saw the surnames? Or was it a bit of google trial and error?

A bit of both.

My first thought was actors as I recognised:  Paul Newman, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Kelly, Eddie Fisher etc.  Then I googled several others who I thought were actors, pm'd 'actors' to ds but was wrong, well at least not the answer he wanted.

Went and did other things for an hour or two and looked at the list again.  I recognised names of singers:  Eddie Fisher, Peggy Lee, Rod Stewart, Carol King, Paul Kelly etc.  Then I googled a few more who I thought were singers and they were, submitted 'singers' to ds and response was wrong but 'getting warm'.

Just as I was ready to raise the while flag, I thought of singer/guitarists which I knew was wrong but sent it to ds anyway.  Ds response was check the clues again without strings. 

Bingo!

Doubt googling the names would work very well as the names are so common. 

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3 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

A bit of both.

My first thought was actors as I recognised:  Paul Newman, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Kelly, Eddie Fisher etc.  Then I googled several others who I thought were actors, pm'd 'actors' to ds but was wrong, well at least not the answer he wanted.

Went and did other things for an hour or two and looked at the list again.  I recognised names of singers:  Eddie Fisher, Peggy Lee, Rod Stewart, Carol King, Paul Kelly etc.  Then I googled a few more who I thought were singers and they were, submitted 'singers' to ds and response was wrong but 'getting warm'.

Just as I was ready to raise the while flag, I thought of singer/guitarists which I knew was wrong but sent it to ds anyway.  Ds response was check the clues again without strings. 

Bingo!

As I am a bit of a geography/cartography nerd... I saw a bunch of island names.

King Island

Stewart Island

Isle of Mann

Isle of Lewis

Outer Banks

 

No McKernan island though, but I did google a Corey!

 
Just now, Engorged Onion said:

As I am a bit of a geography/cartography nerd... I saw a bunch of island names.

King Island

Stewart Island

Isle of Mann

Isle of Lewis

Outer Banks

 

No McKernan island though, but I did google a Corey!

Looks a very reasonable line of thinking.   

For a little while I thought of rivers but that line of thinking didn't last long.  I didn't even pm it to ds.

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5 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

No McKernan island though,

Timothy Reddan-A'Blew made the connection with the late Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, a founding member of The Grateful Dead, and went from there.

 


4 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Looks a very reasonable line of thinking.   

For a little while I thought of rivers but that line of thinking didn't last long.  I didn't even pm it to ds.

For anyone thinking their answers were embarrassing… I thought they were brands of outboard motors. 😆

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10 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Isle of Mann

Never mind the Isle of Man (from whence the Manx cat originated).  If I was going for islands, it would be compulsory to include Sean Wight.

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8 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

I thought they were brands of outboard motors.

That would have been a cheeky answer.   Some would say Evinrude.  :D

3 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Never mind the Isle of Man (from whence the Manx cat originated).  If I was going for islands, it would be compulsory to include Sean Wight.

I had thought that when I saw Wright (Rick)...🤙

Shame there were no AFL/VFL players with the surnames Wakeman, Emerson, Argent or Rolie!

But how could you not include any of the Lord boys in deference/with reference to the late, great Jon Lord !!!!


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Good Lord!  Would you believe that he was the injury sub?

I also couldn't find any player named Liberace or Dwight, but did consider naming Graeme or Gareth (Elton) John.

"Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player."

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