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World Famous Dominion Picture Trivia
dghunter79:
Hello, fans. As you are all aware, Dominion Picture Trivia has become a global phenomenon, far surpassing in popularity the original game itself. While this has greatly impacted my lifestyle and status, and while my success has been a massive drain on my time, I haven't gotten so big that I've forgotten my brand.
I'm a puzzle maker. But, unlike other puzzle makers who have reached my level of acheivement -- Da Vinci, Turing -- I have my finger on the pulse. My puzzles, in addition to merely being a delightful mental challenge, are a masterwork that contain and unlock all the other relevant art and culture of our moment. In a way, to solve one of my puzzles is to "solve" our generation.
And so, despite the temptation to rest on my laurels, I must continue to create. Even as I dictate these words into my iPhone 7, while driving my Mercedes G Wagon 15 miles over the speed limit through Beverly Hills, I see in the blank stairs of passersby a hunger for the mental and spiritual enrichment only I can provide.
Every schoolboy knows the rules. The names of exactly two Dominion (was that what the game was called?) cards, events, or landmarks are input into Google Image Search, and an image is chosen from among the front page results. You then work backwards from the images to figure out what the original pairs of cards were.
It's pointless to relive past glory, but previous examples can be found here, here, here, here and here.
These are like the Classic variety of the game, with no additional gimmicks, bells, or whistles.
Can you work backwards from the images to the pairs of card names?
http://i.imgur.com/S4zh5k4.jpg
Posting the solutions as they are solved.
Woo hoo! Mith cracked it: all the card pairs were entered into Google after first being read aloud into a phone, creating 15 sound-alikes. In some cases one card name became a homophone, in others the two words combined when spoken aloud into something new. I'll continue to post the answers as you get them, and in about a week I'll post whatever is still stumping everyone.
1. Mint Spy (Mince Pie)
2. Cache Advance (Cash Advance)
3. Gold Raze (Gold Rays)
4. Ball Arena (Ballerina)
5. Keep Hoard (Keyboard)
6. Abandoned Mine Temple (Abandoned Mayan Temple)
7. Spoils Port (Spoilsport)
8. Loan Ranger (Lone Ranger)
9. Raid Inn (Raiden)
10. Steward Mill (Stuart Mill)
11. Baron Orchard (Barren Orchard)
12. Thief Fugitive (The Fugitive)
13. Shepherd Ferry (Shepard Fairey)
14. Misery Capital (Missouri Capitol)
15. Imp Prince (Imprints)
Skumpy:
These are fun. What's the current status of the 5th game?
dghunter79:
--- Quote from: Skumpy on July 31, 2017, 02:58:36 pm ---These are fun. What's the current status of the 5th game?
--- End quote ---
They were designed to be extra-hard, and can't be reverse-image-searched, so some of them are still sitting around unanswered, waiting for the type of person who wants to stare at pixels until they figure out what they're looking at. I still check in on them.
Skumpy:
#8: "Loan" Ranger Cute...
#12: Had to do some standard googling to come up with something, but I'll Venture a guess and say Fugitive Doctor
Skumpy:
OK, I'm officially struggling. I can guess a word for like half of these, but the second word is where it gets tough.
#3: Gold Fountain
#6: Monument Temple
Don't think I'm right on either, but might as well throw out a guess.
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