Mar.22

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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Conspiracy

We are never sure how hard the week's theme is; last week's was discovered very quickly by some readers. In fact, the first e-mail arrived 3 minutes after we went live with last Friday's post.

Here's the answer key, courtesy of reader J.H. in Flint, MI:

All the headlines contain the name of a board game:

• Schumer: Netanyahu Should Go
• Schumer Has a Candidate for West Virginia Senate Race: Guess Who?
• Trump to Seniors: Sorry!
• Trump Legal News: What Next?
• Venue Shopping: Judicial Conference Ends Kacsmaryk's Monopoly
• Looking Forward to 2024, Part VI: Reader Predictions, Economy and Finance Edition
• I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Hair of the Dog
• This Week in Schadenfreude: Navarro Is Headed to the Crowbar Hotel
• This Week in Freudenfreude: "My Life Is Incredible"

We had some readers who did not know about the game "Finance." It was one of the games in the evolution from "The Landlord's Game" to "Monopoly." We never played "Finance," but reader J.H. in Lake Forest, CA has, and says "Finance" was more fun. We can believe that, since "Monopoly" is... not the best game design, let's say.

Here are the first 30 readers to get it right (we're expanding from 25):

1. B.M. in Chico, CA
2. W.L. in Springfield, MO
3. R.D. in Cheshire, CT
4. J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
5. A.J. in Baltimore, MD
6. N.F. in Liège, Belgium
7. R.C. in Eagleville, PA
8. B.P. in La Habra, CA
9. A.P. in Kitchener, ON, Canada
10. D.D. in Carversville, PA
11. V.S. in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, MA
12. C.S. in Cincinnati, OH
13. D.L. in Uslar, Germany
14. K.R. in Austin, TX
15. J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
16. J.H. in Lake Forest
17. E.M. in Jersey City, NJ
18. B.R. in Arlington, MA
19. J.H. in Flint
20. M.J. in Oakdale, MN
21. P.Q. in Metuchen, NJ
22. J.J. in Los Angeles, CA
23. J.S. in Germantown, OH
24. B.K.J. in San Diego, CA
25. R.B. in Atlanta, GA
26. M.B. in Albany, NY
27. C.F. in Miami, FL
28. J.P.M. in Eagle Mills, NY
29. M.G. in Arlington, VA
30. S.G. in Durham, NC

This week's theme would be in "Arts & Literature" in "Trivial Pursuit," because that's where they put vocabulary questions. It relies on only some words to the right of the colons, not all. And a hint: This is the kind of puzzle that even someone in a gang, a cartel or the USC alumni association could solve.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line "March 22 Headlines." (Z)