It's time for another edition of Name That Kossack, the picture riddle game where a username is worth a thousand words. You can follow the new Name That Kossack group here.
Here's how it works: I will give you a series of Photoshopped pictures, and based on what you see, you guess the Daily Kos username of the Kossack the picture is referring to. For example, this:
would be LaughingPlanet. That's all there is to it: Look at the picture, guess who it is. The game might make for some good DK4 avatars -- in fact, at least two users seem to think so!
There are 12 picture riddles in this edition.
Here are the rules:
1. Leave your answers in the body of the comment section. Do NOT leave them in the subject line.
2. Obviously, you need to be able to view the pictures to play.
Also, here are some helpful hints:
1. The riddles will generally get trickier as you go.
2. Use whatever tools at your disposal (Google, Daily Kos search engine, Wikipedia, Photoshop, etc) to figure the riddles out.
3. This game is first a test of your familiarity with other Daily Kos usernames. But it's also a test of visual reasoning. Some pictures may test your knowledge of history, music, popular culture, and other topics. Again, Google is your friend.
4. Some pictures are designed to be sneaky. For example, if you see a picture of a bee, that may refer to either the word "bee" or the letter B.
5. When in doubt, spell out what you see and go from there.
6. All pictures were selected to refer to active Daily Kos users who are at least fairly frequent commenters/diarists. I didn't pick anyone who signed up yesterday or hasn't posted any comments/diaries in five years.
7. Finally, what you don't see in the picture may be just as important as what you do see.
I will update the diary by providing links to the first user(s) who answer each riddle correctly.
Got all that? Good luck, and have fun!
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1. Answer
2. Answer
3. Answer
4. Answer
5. Answer
6. Answer
7. Answer
Hint: When I think of funny stand-up comics, he's the first name I think of.
8. Answer
9. Answer
Hint: You'll need time in order to solve this one.
10. Answer
Hint: I don't care who she is, though I do care who they are. But I care a lot more about what they are all saying.
11. Answer
12. Answer
Hint #1: I want a name in the picture, and I want a name of a picture. Figure out which one is which and you'll get a well-known phrase.
Hint #2: If you don't recognize them, you might want to take this guy's advice.
Hint #3: Hippocrates once said that it's not what you say, but how you say it. Better listen to him.
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Update #1: All picture riddles have been guessed correctly. I will post the list of "winners" soon.
Update #2: Here is the list of users who posted the correct answers first for each riddle:
1. Deep Harm
2. zenbassoon
3. TFinSF
4. supercereal and TrueBlueMajority (tie)
5. TFinSF and mama jo (tie)
6. falina
7. MTmofo
8. dance you monster
9. zenbassoon
10. TrueBlueMajority
11. pat of butter in a sea of grits
12. zenbassoon
Thanks to all who participated!