WK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK TYPES |
992 |
Mittsterpiece Theatre |
Suppose public-TV shows, past or present, were turned out onto the open market to make a living on commercial TV. Tell us what would happen. |
H |
618 |
Of D.C. I Sing |
Give us a song about Washington, set to a recognizable tune. |
H |
599 |
So What's the News? |
Tell us what the illustrated events are. |
H |
578 |
Ask Backwards |
You are on "Jeopardy!" Above are the answers. Send us the questions. |
H |
574 |
Boor Us Silly |
Come up with some unwise attempts at humor--one either likely to backfire or to create other unpleasant consequences. |
H |
573 |
Thine Ad Goest Here |
Propose biblical and other literary passages, poems, etc., that could benefit from product placement. |
3 |
507 |
Crocktails |
Come up with a drink named for something or someone associated with Washington and describe the drink. |
H |
474 |
Alphabettering |
Create a sentence that uses each letter of the alphabet at least once but that would never be heard on the politically correct, genteel, rarified air of NPR. |
H |
472 |
Water Stupid Idea |
Propose bad ideas for saving water in the continuing drought. |
H H |
469 |
Playing Check-In |
Suggest appropriate hotel check-in names for any celebrities, past or present, living or dead. |
H |
467 |
Get Your But in Here |
Produce a line that fits this structure: (Real thing based upon current events) is (word or phrase suggesting some quality) but (other word or phrase suggesting a dissimilar or incompatible quality), like (funny analogy). |
H |
437 |
The Telegraph Poll |
Tell us the beginning of a joke that badly telegraphs the punch line. |
H |
422 |
Taught Language |
Come up with lessons learned from (1) the movies, (2) popular songs, (3) romance novels or (4) the comics page. |
H H |
409 |
Nice Job, if You Get It |
Take anything that might need its image enhanced and rename it in a way the keeps its essential identity, but makes it seem nicer. |
H W |
370 |
No End in Sight |
Write the beginnings of sentences you don't want to hear the end of. |
H H |
343 |
Eastwood Ho. |
Create a Good-Bad-Ugly progression. |
H H |
245 |
LIKE FUN |
Complete any of the provided "A is like B because" sentences. |
H |
227 |
WILD PITCHES |
Come up worthy successors to Joe Camel. Name the product, and describe the totally inappropriate cartoon character that would be created to represent it. |
H |
183 |
COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG II |
Create hawkers' rhymes for modern-day occupations like lobbyists, lawyers, talk show hosts, actuaries, etc., at a maximum of four lines. It must contain at least one rhyme. |
4 |
177 |
SOUNDS LIKE TROUBLE |
Tell us what any of the provided sounds are. |
H |
171 |
ON SECOND THOUGHT |
Ideas that never got off the drawing board, for good reason. |
H |
154 |
ENTER LAUGHING |
Make up a knock-knock joke. The subject of the third line must be something crude, silly, or profound. |
H |
153 |
STUMP US |
Complete this sentence, "I should be elected President of the United States because…" and launch your campaign. |
H I |
132 |
GIVE US THE BACKS OFF OUR SHIRTS. |
What should our loser's T-shirt say on the back? Your goal is to somehow capture the spirit of the contest. |
2 |
128 |
LIKE, DUH |
Come up with snappy answers to stupid questions. |
2 H |
123 |
WHY IS POOP FUNNY? |
Come up with creative answers to any of the five questions above that might be asked by a 5-year-old. |
H |
122 |
THE UNKINDEST CUTE OF ALL |
Come up with a new story line for "Peanuts", some plot development or new character that will put the strip back on the road to relevance. |
I |
118 |
WEAK 118 |
Take any photo caption or headline appearing anywhere in today's Post and alter its meaning by adding, deleting, or changing one letter. |
H |
116 |
WRITE PURE POETRY |
Write a complete sentence using only the letters contained on the top row of a typewriter. Alternatively, you can use the letters of the first four lines of the standard eye chart. |
H |
108 |
NEAR MISSES |
Come up with the first drafts of great lines in history, entertainment or literature. |
L |
104 |
HERE, DOGGEREL |
Create poems so bad they thud. The first line must be a name. The second line can be as long or as short as you wish. The third line must sound the same as the first line, using the name as a verb or some other part of speech. |
H |
102 |
HELP! I'M A PRISONER IN THIS CONTEST |
Come up with fortune cookie messages that you would love to see, but never will. |
H |
42 |
HEY, IT COULD BE WORSE |
There are worse things in life than the Washington Redskins. Just tell us what they are. |
4 |
40 |
NOT WRONG. JUST INCORRECT. |
What's next on the political correctness agenda? |
H |
34 |
INSPECT A GADGET |
What do these machines do? |
6 H H |
32 |
FATAL ART ATTACK |
In 50 words or fewer, describe a performance art concept that might get public funding. Winners will be audacious enough to seem like art, but pretentious enough to seem to have a social "message." |
4 |
29 |
AD NAUSEAM |
Come up with an unfortunate slogan for any real product, service, or organization. |
3 |
26 |
CASTING ABOUT FOR AN IDEA |
Name a political person (past or present) and the TV or movie role in which he or she could have been cast. |
4 |