Author Topic: MOCK Puzzle Solved! Cromwell/Babe/Star Trek/”Zefram Cochrane”/Corbett/Route 66 (Read 1744 times)

Otto Puzzell · « **on:** September 18, 2008, 03:51:26 AM »

MOCK - an acronym for Maddeningly Obtuse Connection (puzzle) by the Puzzler Previously known as Karn Utz.

What is the maddeningly tenuous connection between the two vehicles pictured here?

Allemano · « **Reply #1 on:** September 18, 2008, 04:09:49 AM »

The white roof?

They are not sheep?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #2 on:** September 18, 2008, 04:25:29 AM »

Allemano · « **Reply #3 on:** September 18, 2008, 04:35:20 AM »

I gave my all...

Tuckeroo · « **Reply #4 on:** September 18, 2008, 12:45:35 PM »

Kentucky?

max · « **Reply #5 on:** September 18, 2008, 12:47:39 PM »

I know I do a passable imitation of maddening. Anyway, what the "L". Only connect.

The Chevrolet Corvette is a C2. The Morris-Commercial is an LC3. There were LCs, LC3s and LC4s, but no LC2. This Corvette, given time travel and a lot else, might have been a Morris-Commercial.

Tenuous enough?

Tuckeroo · « **Reply #6 on:** September 18, 2008, 02:24:44 PM »

Travel through parallel universes much?

max · « **Reply #7 on:** September 18, 2008, 02:41:24 PM »

No. Traffic lights are a big problem.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #8 on:** September 18, 2008, 03:42:27 PM »

Quote from: Tuckeroo on September 18, 2008, 12:45:35 PM

Kentucky?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #9 on:** September 18, 2008, 03:42:55 PM »

Quote from: max on September 18, 2008, 12:47:39 PM

I know I do a passable imitation of maddening. Anyway, what the "L". Only connect.

The Chevrolet Corvette is a C2. The Morris-Commercial is an LC3. There were LCs, LC3s and LC4s, but no LC2. This Corvette, given time travel and a lot else, might have been a Morris-Commercial.

Tenuous enough?

jimjarron · « **Reply #10 on:** September 19, 2008, 03:54:36 AM »

The picture of the Morris Commercial is from the film "Babe", but I can't see what the connection with the Corvette is. James Cromwell doesn't own one by any chance?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #11 on:** September 19, 2008, 05:28:47 AM »

You are about 1/2 way to solving this one - nice work!

To the best of my knowledge, Mr. Cromwell doesn't own a Corvette. He may, but if he does, it has nothing to do with this puzzle.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2008, 07:28:01 AM »

Your Cromwell hunch was a good one.

jimjarron · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2008, 11:47:43 AM »

Anything to do with the comment by Peter Segal, the director of Adam Sandler's "The Longest Yard", in which Cromwell plays the part of the Warden? When asked about how you should approach the task of remaking a classic film, Segal said "It’s like finding a ’66 Corvette in a barn, it’s an American classic. You have to be careful in restoring it: you don’t touch the body, but you start by adding some new wheels, redo the interior, and take it out for a spin. People can still enjoy what they loved about the first film."

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2008, 02:42:29 AM »

That's a good one, but not the connection I'm after.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #15 on:** October 25, 2008, 06:34:23 AM »

This should be much easier to solve than the "Link Obscura" puzzle, methinks...

Ray B. · « **Reply #16 on:** October 25, 2008, 06:42:33 AM »

Does it mean you solved the Link Obscura? They both leave me speechless.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #17 on:** October 25, 2008, 07:05:51 AM »

I did not.

But The both halves of the link suggested by this puzzle are pictured here, and a clue exists prominently, elsewhere on this site.

Joao Gois · « **Reply #18 on:** November 13, 2008, 10:27:49 AM »

Both are 2-seater, 2-door 4-wheeled RWD front-engined vehicles?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #19 on:** December 12, 2008, 04:57:45 AM »

OK, but that's not what I'm looking for.

Also not the correct answer are:

Both held to the ground by gravity
Both illuminated by sunlight
Both names can be anagrammed into dirty words
Both have tires that were cured using the process of vulcanization
The seat cushions of both contain trace elements of a driver's flatulence

That should narrow it down a bit...

The crux of this puzzle has already been revealed, and there is, as I mentioned previously, a glaring clue located elsewhere within this site.

Ray B. · « **Reply #20 on:** December 12, 2008, 05:58:32 AM »

Here is something else you're not looking for:

The first image is a picture from "Babe".
The second image shows a Corvette.
John Cromwell plays in "Babe".
Oliver Cromwell's nickname was "Old Ironsides"
Wouldn't "Old Ironsides" also be the nickname of a famous ~~corvette~~ frigate?

Missed.

Joao Gois · « **Reply #21 on:** December 12, 2008, 06:06:02 AM »

Both have V8 engines?

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #22 on:** December 12, 2008, 06:13:47 AM »

Quote from: Ray B. on December 12, 2008, 05:58:32 AM

Here is something else you're not looking for:

The first image is a picture from "Babe".
The second image shows a Corvette.
John Cromwell plays in "Babe".
Oliver Cromwell's nickname was "Old Ironsides"
Wouldn't "Old Ironsides" also be the nickname of a famous ~~corvette~~ frigate?

Missed.

A commendably well-reasoned reply, but not the correct answer.

For your effort, a clue: Both are connected by flickering moving images on a screen.

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #23 on:** December 12, 2008, 06:14:14 AM »

Quote from: Joao Gois on December 12, 2008, 06:06:02 AM

Both have V8 engines?

Don't make me retract the clue...

Ray B. · « **Reply #24 on:** December 12, 2008, 06:44:24 AM »

Another one:

The first image is a picture from the movie "Babe" (flickering moving images on a screen).
The second image shows a Corvette (a 1963 Stingray in my opinion).
The Corvette has the main role in the Series "Route 66" (flickering moving images on a screen).
John Cromwell plays in "Babe".
Jonn Cromwell also played the part of William Randolph Hearst in another movie (flickering moving images on a screen).
The Corvette has a Hurst shifter.

Now how's that for flickering moving images on a screen?

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Author Topic: MOCK Puzzle Solved! Cromwell/Babe/Star Trek/”Zefram Cochrane”/Corbett/Route 66 (Read 1744 times)