Well done. I only got purple after I had cleared yellow and green, and then it became obvious. However I described it simply as "features on the Let's Make a Deal" game show. The show I think went into the 80s as I remember it well. By the way, they described the booby prizes (often live animals and the goat was was the most common of these), as 'Zonks'. I think I get full points for purple. My perfect solve was in forward rainbow order. Oranje also got the reverse rainbow by the way. As for the Door #1, Door #2 and Door #3, i seem to remember that was the end game. They gave the chance to play to the two contestants who won the most valuable prizes and went down the line until they found two contestants willing to trade in their winnings to play the final game. The final game always featured a car, an intermediate prize such as furniture / kitchen appliances or TV /Stereo and finally a zonk (often a goat). Monte would of course reveal the door that nobody picked if it didn't have the car and I think, but I am not 100% sure of this, give the contestants the chance to switch or not. It's also possible he would try to buy the door from you (so you give up your chance to win one of the two prizes left in play for $X). Maybe both of these activities took place. I haven't seen this show in many years! The newer game "Deal or No Deal" takes some of these elements from Let's Make a Deal. Thanks for explaining that problem. Yes I've heard it somewhere. I knew intuitively you had to switch and for this reason. it's easy to see why when you extend the problem to say, 10 doors. You pick a door at random. Monte Hall reveals 8 doors, all have goats. Should you switch or stay? Since your door had a 1/10 chance of scoring the car because of your random pick, the door that is still in play has to have a 9/10 chance. Absolutely you switch in this scenario.
I solved the 1/09/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:54! Coda repeated from recent puzzle Wordle 1,301 4/6 ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛promo ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛trunk ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩brail 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩crawl Connections Puzzle #579 🟦🟦🟦🟦some drink ingredients (not a drinker) 🟩🟩🟩🟩calm down 🟪🟪🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨required 🟪🟪🟪🟪🤷♂️ that’s out there…
Connections YYYY - Continge PPPP - Monty Hall problem GGGG - Not difficult (0.5 pts) BBBB - Ingredients in something (0.5 pts) Under five minutes Imagine there were 100 doors. Monty Hall reveals 98 goats. Then it's clearly in your interest to switch (hearing that explanation is what made the problem finally click for me)
I liked the monty hall category. The scene from the movie with kevin spacey is one of my favorites. The student "ben" does a great job explaining why you should switch. The clip is about 2 minutes long. I watch it a few times a month.
@RisetotheEquation very good. I guessed correctly that you were going to explain the problem once i saw your thumbnail. I already did connections and was very interested to see what you were going to say about it.
Very impressive you got Monty Hall. I was left over with Purple and even though I'm very familiar with it, didn't even occur to me. And i suspect few people are aware of the problem at all.
The China Syndrome was a 1979 film about an atomic reactor meltdown. The name comes from the supposed threat that the reactor would melt its way from the USA to China. ( That would be Australia - the Antipodes- for the UK ).
Wordle - CRAWL or CRAZY were the only two choices. WordleBot solved in 4 with PROMO TRACE CRANS CRAWL. Form Salet it would get in 3 or 4: SALET CLAIM and then 2 equally probable choices of CHALK or CRAWL
This was the worst possible situation for sticking to hard mode. Especially if you make no effort to remember previous solutions: PROMO CRANE CRASH CRAFT CRAWL
Wordle 1,301 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛SAUCE 🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛CHALK 🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛CLAMP 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRAWL I was going to guess the yellow category first and correctly, but I second guessed myself: Connections Puzzle #579 🟩🟨🟩🟩 -REST- 🟦🟦🟦🟦Ingredients to a mixed drink that I couldn't remember the name of and never had one, but it does sound delicious. 🟨🟨🟨🟨Contingent 🟪🟪🟪🟪Elements of the Monty Hall Experiment, (Let's Make a Deal) 🟩🟩🟩🟩Ways of saying "Calm Down/Simmer Down"
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Well done. I only got purple after I had cleared yellow and green, and then it became obvious. However I described it simply as "features on the Let's Make a Deal" game show. The show I think went into the 80s as I remember it well. By the way, they described the booby prizes (often live animals and the goat was was the most common of these), as 'Zonks'. I think I get full points for purple. My perfect solve was in forward rainbow order. Oranje also got the reverse rainbow by the way.
As for the Door #1, Door #2 and Door #3, i seem to remember that was the end game. They gave the chance to play to the two contestants who won the most valuable prizes and went down the line until they found two contestants willing to trade in their winnings to play the final game. The final game always featured a car, an intermediate prize such as furniture / kitchen appliances or TV /Stereo and finally a zonk (often a goat). Monte would of course reveal the door that nobody picked if it didn't have the car and I think, but I am not 100% sure of this, give the contestants the chance to switch or not. It's also possible he would try to buy the door from you (so you give up your chance to win one of the two prizes left in play for $X). Maybe both of these activities took place. I haven't seen this show in many years! The newer game "Deal or No Deal" takes some of these elements from Let's Make a Deal.
Thanks for explaining that problem. Yes I've heard it somewhere. I knew intuitively you had to switch and for this reason. it's easy to see why when you extend the problem to say, 10 doors. You pick a door at random. Monte Hall reveals 8 doors, all have goats. Should you switch or stay? Since your door had a 1/10 chance of scoring the car because of your random pick, the door that is still in play has to have a 9/10 chance. Absolutely you switch in this scenario.
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I solved the 1/09/2025 New York Times Mini Crossword in 1:54!
Coda repeated from recent puzzle
Wordle 1,301 4/6
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛promo
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛trunk
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩brail
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩crawl
Connections
Puzzle #579
🟦🟦🟦🟦some drink ingredients (not a drinker)
🟩🟩🟩🟩calm down
🟪🟪🟨🟨
🟨🟨🟨🟨required
🟪🟪🟪🟪🤷♂️ that’s out there…
Connections
YYYY - Continge
PPPP - Monty Hall problem
GGGG - Not difficult (0.5 pts)
BBBB - Ingredients in something (0.5 pts)
Under five minutes
Imagine there were 100 doors. Monty Hall reveals 98 goats. Then it's clearly in your interest to switch (hearing that explanation is what made the problem finally click for me)
Yes, I tried to explain it that way to friends and they *still* stuck to their original choice. Oh well...
@@mearls242 It's weird how it much it varies from person to person in what makes that problem click
Scoredle 4/6
14,855
⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ SATIN (946)
🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ROULE (22)
⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ALARM (4)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 CRAWL
A false ALARM and I landed on a four.
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I liked the monty hall category. The scene from the movie with kevin spacey is one of my favorites. The student "ben" does a great job explaining why you should switch. The clip is about 2 minutes long. I watch it a few times a month.
I know the scene as well, great movie. I also think I did a good job explaining it - and, unlike Ben, my version was unscripted!
@RisetotheEquation very good. I guessed correctly that you were going to explain the problem once i saw your thumbnail. I already did connections and was very interested to see what you were going to say about it.
Very impressive you got Monty Hall. I was left over with Purple and even though I'm very familiar with it, didn't even occur to me. And i suspect few people are aware of the problem at all.
The China Syndrome was a 1979 film about an atomic reactor meltdown. The name comes from the supposed threat that the reactor would melt its way from the USA to China. ( That would be Australia - the Antipodes- for the UK ).
Wordle - CRAWL or CRAZY were the only two choices. WordleBot solved in 4 with PROMO TRACE CRANS CRAWL. Form Salet it would get in 3 or 4: SALET CLAIM and then 2 equally probable choices of CHALK or CRAWL
Math is mathing. Statistics and probability were always confusing for me.
ROMAN-STAIR- BRACE- CRAWL
Sinister is left, Dexter is right.
I can't believe Dexter was the right harbour butcher
But yes Sinistra is specifically left handed, with all the negative connotations.
This was the worst possible situation for sticking to hard mode. Especially if you make no effort to remember previous solutions:
PROMO CRANE CRASH CRAFT CRAWL
Chase-craft-crack-cramp-crawl.
Wordle 1,301 4/6
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛SAUCE
🟩⬛🟩🟨⬛CHALK
🟩🟨🟩⬛⬛CLAMP
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩CRAWL
I was going to guess the yellow category first and correctly, but I second guessed myself:
Connections
Puzzle #579
🟩🟨🟩🟩 -REST-
🟦🟦🟦🟦Ingredients to a mixed drink that I couldn't remember the name of and never had one, but it does sound delicious.
🟨🟨🟨🟨Contingent
🟪🟪🟪🟪Elements of the Monty Hall Experiment, (Let's Make a Deal)
🟩🟩🟩🟩Ways of saying "Calm Down/Simmer Down"
The trick I always use is DESSERT (two S'): think Strawberry Sundae -and- DESERT, (one S) think Sahara
Day 3 of asking Art to play Minute Cryptic
Give me a few more days to practice and understand how to do it and we'll give it a spin.
Promo. Crawl. Zing!!!!!!
ART-2. TIE- 7. DOUG - 1
Wordle 1,301 5/6
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,301 3/6
⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
PZAZZ CRANE CRAWL
BASIL PEARL DRAWL CRAWL
Connections
Puzzle #579
🟪🟪🟪🟪Associated with "Let's Make a Deal"
🟦🟦🟦🟦Alcoholic cocktails
🟩🟩🟩🟩"Take 5"
🟨🟨🟨🟨Important/vital to