no1 wrote:john young

Can a lurker submit a guess? I used to have this list memorized many many years ago.

I know it, if Godfather doesn't get it.


I'll give him a few more minutes ... otherwise I'm going to guess.

no1 wrote:alan bean
edgar mitchell
david scott
james irwin
charles duke

john young

Waited long enough ...

These guys are all astronauts that walked on the moon.

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CatCK wrote:Waited long enough ...

These guys are all astronauts that walked on the moon.

yes.

OK, here's my list. I'm looking for a particular thing they share:

Marcel Dionne
Brad Park
Gilbert Perrault
Peter Stastny
Pat LaFontaine

CatCK wrote:OK, here's my list. I'm looking for a particular thing they share:

Marcel Dionne
Brad Park
Gilbert Perrault
Peter Stastny
Pat LaFontaine

MOD EDIT: male genitalia

Hmmm, while that is true, it's not quite what I'm looking for.

Here's one more:

Dale Hawerchuk

And a hint: These Hall of Fame hockey players all share a certain distinction that they're probably not happy about.

no1 wrote:MOD EDIT: male genitalia

kind of an odd edit, considering that the merriam webster online dictionary does not describe the word that was originally posted as being vulgar (as opposed to many other words that the forum automatically filters)

CatCK wrote:Hmmm, while that is true, it's not quite what I'm looking for.

Here's one more:

Dale Hawerchuk

And a hint: These Hall of Fame hockey players all share a certain distinction that they're probably not happy about.

ruptured spleen?

whoops, mabe body parts are verboten.

no1 wrote:kind of an odd edit, considering that the merriam webster online dictionary does not describe the word that was originally posted as being vulgar (as opposed to many other words that the forum automatically filters)

Well you know, there is one mod who has a special sensitivity to the use of that particular anatomical word.

It's looking like I stumped the band here. Let me think a bit about parallels in other sports that might help out here. I'll post later.

CatCK wrote:It's looking like I stumped the band here. Let me think a bit about parallels in other sports that might help out here. I'll post later.

I don't do much pop culture and you could name a million athletes before I'd recognize more than a dozen, so don't let my snarky self be who you judge by. After all I killed this thread with my pop culture attempt (took 'em 3 days to get it).

Guess we don't have any old-time hockey fans here. How about another hint ...

If this was about football: Dan Marino and OJ Simpson would be on the list.

If this was about baseball: Rod Carew and Ted Williams would be on the list.

If this was about NASCAR: Mark Martin would be on the list.

But, since this is about hockey, here is the current list, plus one more:

Marcel Dionne
Brad Park
Gilbert Perrault
Peter Stastny
Pat LaFontaine

Dale Hawerchuk
Jean Ratelle

CatCK wrote:Guess we don't have any old-time hockey fans here. How about another hint ...

If this was about football: Dan Marino and OJ Simpson would be on the list.

If this was about baseball: Rod Carew and Ted Williams would be on the list.

If this was about NASCAR: Mark Martin would be on the list.

But, since this is about hockey, here is the current list, plus one more:

Marcel Dionne
Brad Park
Gilbert Perrault
Peter Stastny
Pat LaFontaine

Dale Hawerchuk
Jean Ratelle

hall of famers who got away with murdering some1?

no1 wrote:hall of famers who got away with murdering some1?

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention that.

So, what's the ruling here if nobody guesses it? Should I come up with a new List of 5?

CatCK wrote:So, what's the ruling here if nobody guesses it? Should I come up with a new List of 5?

i think ktcallista opened one of her sets up to google, but that makes it kinda easy.

no1 wrote:i think ktcallista opened one of her sets up to google, but that makes it kinda easy.

Yes I did... That was after several days. Besides No1 knew the answer all along. I also added a new item every 12 hours or so - or after every guess, you can go look, it's only a page or two back.

KtCallista wrote: Besides No1 knew the answer all along.

no i didna, i hadda read wikipedia to learn about all the examples!

CatCK wrote:Guess we don't have any old-time hockey fans here. How about another hint ...

If this was about football: Dan Marino and OJ Simpson would be on the list.

If this was about baseball: Rod Carew and Ted Williams would be on the list.

If this was about NASCAR: Mark Martin would be on the list.

But, since this is about hockey, here is the current list, plus one more:

Marcel Dionne
Brad Park
Gilbert Perrault
Peter Stastny
Pat LaFontaine

Dale Hawerchuk
Jean Ratelle

Hockey players charged with a crime? Or steroid use?

jawsuser wrote:Hockey players charged with a crime? Or steroid use?

Nope, that's not it.

Think of their skill.

They're considered amongst the best players who ...

CatCK wrote:Nope, that's not it.

Think of their skill.

They're considered amongst the best players who ...

Since I am not into sports I am just guessing and have no idea what hockey players do besides fight.

no1 wrote:no i didna, i hadda read wikipedia to learn about all the examples!

After the first couple I had to Google more to keep the list going. At least I picked something that I knew there were a lot of.

As I said before, I don't follow names, or sports... sorry.

jawsuser wrote:Since I am not into sports I am just guessing and have no idea what hockey players do besides fight.

No, that's not it. You should watch some hockey. Yeah, it's known for the fighting, but it's really so much more than that. Also, the fighting has decreased over the years so it's not as much as the image seems to still be.

CatCK wrote:No, that's not it. You should watch some hockey. Yeah, it's known for the fighting, but it's really so much more than that. Also, the fighting has decreased over the years so it's not as much as the image seems to still be.

the only thing i know about hockey is that peter forsberg had a ruptured spleen or something.

CatCK wrote:No, that's not it. You should watch some hockey. Yeah, it's known for the fighting, but it's really so much more than that. Also, the fighting has decreased over the years so it's not as much as the image seems to still be.

There's not JUST fighting, but also, waiting for fighting. and cleanup after fighting.

CatCK wrote:Nope, that's not it.

Think of their skill.

They're considered amongst the best players who ...

never won a championship?

abowmankc wrote:never won a championship?

YES! That's it.

According to the blogs I've read, these guys are amongst the best players ever in the NHL to have never won the Stanley Cup.

*whew* Your turn.

CatCK wrote:YES! That's it.

According to the blogs I've read, these guys are amongst the best players ever in the NHL to have never won the Stanley Cup.

*whew* Your turn.

potassium
iron
silver
tungsten
gold

abowmankc wrote:potassium
iron
silver
tungsten
gold

elements whose chemical cymbals aren't the first letter or two of their english names?

no1 wrote:elements whose chemical cymbals aren't the first letter or two of their english names?

Very close, but not exactly what I was looking for. I need to provide more examples:
Mercury, but not Tin or Copper

abowmankc wrote:Very close, but not exactly what I was looking for. I need to provide more examples:
Mercury, but not Tin or Copper

also Sodium, Antimony and Lead

abowmankc wrote:also Sodium, Antimony and Lead

Elements whose abbrevation has no correlation to the letters in the name of the element

ROGETRAY wrote:Nobody guessed? I'm a loss for the answer too...it's a stumper...

I've got nothing beyond what has been said.

ROGETRAY wrote:Is it that they're all alloys?

but Tin and Copper are commonly used in alloys and they do not meet the group requirements.

They are all metals
They all have a positive charge
They all conduct electricity
Without pulling up a periodic table I'd be hard pressed to tell you much else.

KtCallista wrote:but Tin and Copper are commonly used in alloys and they do not meet the group requirements.

They are all metals
They all have a positive charge
They all conduct electricity
Without pulling up a periodic table I'd be hard pressed to tell you much else.

i think what jawsuser said is true ... any1 else agree? mabe if abowmankc (the original puzzlegiver) doesn't come back, we just award it to jawsuser.