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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | The dialog, caption, and title text contain many words that appear frequently in crossword puzzle answers because they fit well with intersecting words, in part because they have a high density of vowels. | + | The dialog, caption, and title text contain many words that appear frequently in crossword puzzle answers because they fit well with intersecting words, in part because they have a high density of vowels. In addition, it is reminiscent of Jeopardy answers simply because Cueball's trivia fluxuates between high and low specificity, which is the way Jeopardy hints at an answer. |
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− | + | The kind of puzzle that Megan thinks she is solving is called a "Cryptic", which has markedly different rules than ordinary crosswords. If Cueball's statement had been "Part of this aria is an Indian garment" the answer would have been "sari", because a part of the phrase "this aria" is the sequence "sari", which in turn is an Indian garment. Cueball's actual statement contains quite a few familiar cryptic puzzle triggers. The word "composed" can be a hint of a preceding or following anagram, in this case of "this aria" or of "by Brian" or of even longer adjacent strings. Although "opera star" could be a famous singer, say "Caruso", it might also be the name of an opera followed by the name of an astronomical star. "Au pair" could be any of its ordinary meanings, say "nanny", but might also be "earrings" (because AU is the chemical symbol for gold, and a gold pair could be earrings). The word "start" is often a hint to take just the beginning of a word, so "the start" would be "t", or "start of his" would be "h" or "hi". The New York Times runs a cryptic crossword as its "second Sunday puzzle" every other month or so, and there are other regular cryptic crossword venues. In case you are interested, there are various guides on the web for solving cryptics, such as this one at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/puzzclue.htm. Although Randall says he is messing with us, the fact that he is so much cleverer than any of the rest of us means that Cueball's statement might even be a legitimate cryptic clue. --John [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.214|108.162.219.214]] 18:40, 13 August 2018 (UTC) | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan standing together. He makes some gestures with his hand and some musical notes are above him while Megan holds her | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | :[Cueball and Megan standing together. He makes some gestures with his hand and some musical notes are above him while Megan holds her first before her mouth.] | ||
:Cueball: Parts of this aria were composed by Brian Eno's Opera Star au pair at the start of his post-live era. | :Cueball: Parts of this aria were composed by Brian Eno's Opera Star au pair at the start of his post-live era. | ||
:Megan (thinking): ...parts...start...eno...aria... | :Megan (thinking): ...parts...start...eno...aria... |