Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Dec. 2, 2008
Average score: 6.07/10 (15 teams)

Triangulation is the product of an unholy union between Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages, seldom-used dictionary definitions, Urban Dictionary, and whatever words catch my fancy. I’ll give you three definitions, you tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.

Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno

1) a kind of wine, a kind of rock, and where Hewlett-Packard got its start

2) a British drink made of fruit juice and soda water, a non-Olympic racquet sport, and a zucchini

3) something you build while hunting, a forced bet, and a slat-driven device

4) five and a half yards, something you’d find near a cone, and a character from Avenue Q

5) Snoopy’s sister, a Disney princess, and Sebastian’s dog

6) a wrestling lineup, a wag or wit or joker, or something you punch

7) a kind of bug, a field, and Jennifer’s middle name

8) part of a whip, a British crime TV series, and a racial slur

9) a tour guide, to summon someone, and a 1950s Playmate of the Month

10) a porn studio, Elphaba’s story, and Bostonese for “extremely”

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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Nov. 18, 2008
Average score: 6.47/10 (15 teams)

Given three definitions, find the one term that fits them all.

Example:
Something you’d see on a slot machine, a U2 song, and a name you’ll hear on Must-See Thursday: Lemon

1) Part of an engine, a Chuck Palahniuk novel, and what the Patriots did in Super Bowl LXII

2) A Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album, paramnesia, and home of 1000s of beautiful girls and 3 ugly ones

3) A Radiohead song, a project management hazard, and the Committee to Re-elect the President

4) A kind of bowl, a kind of bunny, and the source of T.S. Eliot’s fear

5) An infantry weapon, a freshwater fish, and a starfleet captain

6) The fictional criminal agency opposed by MASK, a toxin, and a Topher Grace role

7) Mr. Wilson, a cocktail that includes an egg, and a somersault

8) Burt Reynolds’ autobiography, a Michael Keaton film, and a presidential autobiography

9) A Cirque du Soleil show, a hug, and Mr. Henry

10) A key, a Prime Minister, and a resident of Fawlty Towers

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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on October 7, 2008

Triangulation is the product of an unholy union between Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages, seldom-used dictionary definitions, Urban Dictionary, and whatever words catch my fancy. I’ll give you three definitions, you tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.

Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno

1) An SUV, a bar on Capitol Hill, and an East Coast WNBA team
2) The opposite of double, an indefinite pronoun, and the force that threatens Fantasia
3) A honeycomb holder, a story that contains stories within itself, and 1/24th of a second of a movie
4) The average value of a force multiplied by the time during which it acts, a jazz record label, and when a man you never met before suddenly gives you flowers
5) A Unix command, an octothorp, and a kind of brown
6) Police Woman, a warm-up exercise, and a Gwyneth Paltrow character
7) A British lad mag, a really good poker hand, and a WWII quote
8) Two out of three games of bridge, a gumshoe, and a french letter
9) Clarissa’s last name on Clarissa Explains It All, Lady’s owner in Lady and the Tramp, and a Julie Christie film
10) Chutzpah, the website that described itself as “literate smut,” and what the Cowardly Lion sings for

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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on Sept. 2, 2008
Average score: 8.18/10 (11 teams)

I’ll give you three definitions, you tell me what word fits all of them.

Example: an after dinner cocktail, one of the few kosher insects, and a synonym for padawan? Grasshopper.

1) one way to fly, a leather merchant, and Ernie Pantusso
2) part of a skateboard, something you make in PowerPoint, and something you hit
3) a popular cut for diamonds, a character on Battle of the Planets, and Grace
4) a defense, a low-carb diet, and somewhere an athlete can be
5) a book of the bible, a unit of currency, and conman lingo
6) Julian Lennon’s nursery school classmate, a five-cent psychologist, and an Australopithecus afarensis
7) a muscle spasm, BDSM, and Ray Davies
8) the moon, Poland from 1948 to 1990, and a Toshiba notebook
9) part of a violin, part of a song, and a card game
10) a hip-hop sound, the devil, and cash money

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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on August 12, 2008
Average score: 4.82/10 (11 teams)

Triangulation is my tip of the hat to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages and the seldom-used tertiary and sub-tertiary definitions in the dictionary. Given three definitions, tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.

Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno

1) a sequel by Alexandra Ripley, a G.I. Joe, and Barack’s email pen pal
2) something you’d yell at a dog, sentimental stuff, and porridge
3) a British car model, a fictional FBI agent, and a Project Mercury astronaut
4) a knotmaking term, a fingerprint pattern, and part of a roller coaster
5) a kind of railway freight car, an American painter, and a Pixar villain
6) an album by Jewel, the crimefighting identity of Denny Colt, and something you’d find at a pep rally
7) a movie about skiing, Jughead’s pet, and the goodbye song on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
8) a corporate mascot elf; a football term; and an exclamation of dismay, disbelief, surprise, or joy
9) something a Jungian psychologist discusses, a pulp hero played by Orson Welles, and Sonic’s rival
10) a professional degree, a character on MASH, and a TV trucker

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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on July 1, 2008.
Average score: 6.41/10 (17 teams)

Triangulation is my tip of the hat to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages and those seldom-used tertiary and sub-tertiary definitions in the dictionary. I’ll give you three definitions, you tell me the word or phrase that fits them all.

Example: A Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s favorite film of 2007: Juno

1) a kind of wrench, something you can make from socks, and something you spank
2) a novel by Irvine Welsh, a byproduct of horses, and the opposite of rubber
3) a documentary by Diane Keaton, a place where nothing ever happens, and a place on earth
4) the author of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a key on a calculator, and a George Hamilton accessory
5) the shipboard computer in a science fiction classic, a John Lennon song, and something that turns wine to vinegar
6) one third of a popular hip-hop trio, a product formed by the neutralization of an acid by a base, and what we talked about when we talked about nukes
7) something you’d see on a slot machine, a U2 song, and a name you’ll hear on Must-See Thursday
8) an Edith Wharton novel, a lake in Oregon, and a lifeguard on Baywatch
9) Christopher Martin’s hip-hop alias, the NY Times’ online sports magazine, and “the work of children”
10) a celebritot, a unit of Smurf measurement, and a Newtown Pippin

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Round 3 at the Old Pequliar on June 3, 2008.
Average score: 6.13/10 (16 teams)

1) the Segway, one of the Spice Girls, and a castaway
2) a DC Comics supervillain, a children’s television show, and a kind of camera lens
3) a fruit-based dessert, a geologic term, and something a baseball player wants to avoid
4) Beatrice’s cousin, a role playing game system, and what they call a grinder in New York
5) a sign in the Chinese zodiac, something you’d find at a mall, and Splinter
6) a monster that lives in a maze, something funky you might see on TV, and a Whoopi Goldberg film
7) a women’s basketball team, a Peggy Lee song, and something to starve
8) an episode of the series Rome, an automotive company, and a Conan O’Brian character,
9) a recent celebrity autobiography, a truly creepy Japanese horror film, and an Adobe software title
10) a baseball stadium, a jazz-era synonym for hunky-dory, and the alligator man

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Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on May 6, 2008
Average score: 8.33/10 (12 teams)

My ode to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages. Find the word that fits all three descriptions.

Example:
a planet, a candy bar, and a fictional Veronica: Mars

1) a Saturday Night Live character, something a baker does to a cake, and a unit of butter
2) a Stephen King novel, something Clara Bow had, and someone you try to avoid at recess
3) something done to stomachs, part of a traditional diet, and something that used to be common in Playmates
4) a pharmaceutical term, a shade of blue, and something you seek out at Whistler
5) a particular kind of fiction, something done to prices, and someone who played guitar for Michael Jackson
6) a Sondheim musical, a kind of taxi, and a resident of the Satellite of Love
7) an after dinner cocktail, one of the few kosher insects, and a pop cultural synonym for padawan
8) a resident of Narnia, something women wear, and a typewriter key
9) a chapter of the Qur’an, a Harvey Keitel movie, and something you do to salmon
10) someone who just doesn’t get jazz, a popular intersection in a city, and a carpenter’s tool
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Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 5, 2008
Average score: 6.78/10 (8 teams)

A.k.a. my ode to Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages.

Identify the word or term that fits all three definitions given. Example: a Canadian music award, a Roman goddess, and Roger Ebert’s best film of 2007: Juno

1) a British railway station, an ABBA song, and a Belgian municipality
2) a Mariah Carey song, a Jessica Alba movie, and an agricultural product
3) a city in Illinois, a Marvel comics superhero, and a Disney princess
4) a Biblical queen, a Bette Davis movie, and one of Gawker Media’s blogs
5) a department store, an ice shelf, and a Friend
6) an educational philosophy, a salad, and a Muppet
7) a supporting character in Peanuts, an Israeli anti-tank missile, and volleyball lingo
8) a principle of good design, a candy, and an Andy Warhol film
9) an Angstrom, one of Winnie the Pooh’s friends, and a sex toy
10) a book by Lemony Snicket, a song by the Doors, and a Seattle radio station

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Round 5 at the Old Pequliar on April 1, 2008
Average score: 6.33/10 (21 teams)

example: a Roman goddess, a Canadian music award, and one of this year’s Best Picture nominees = Juno

1) something you might find on a map, part of a telegraph, and a Florida island
2) a fictional duck, a program used in computer networking, and a noise your car’s engine might make
3) something that can kill an unprepared hiker, magicians’ slang for revealing secrets to non-magicians, and something to keep in mind when you’re taking a picture
4) a symbol for heat, a James Bond character, and the fictional avenue where Gary Coleman lives
5) a shade of black, a musical gang member, and a hit song by Wings
6) a briefcase, Condé Nast’s business magazine, and a collection of your best work
7) a secret agent on TV, a Michael Jackson role, and an iconic local retail store
8) a John Coltrane tune, part of the NATO phonetic alphabet, and a country
9) a film studio mascot, a zodiac sign, and any of 13 popes
10) an Italian motorcycle, an R.E.M. album, and a common last name on Sesame Street

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