[SuperJake]

Clearly, from the past game "hints" you have to think more about objects/concepts that relate closely with the item/concept mentioned. Thus, there will not be any gerbils or stock markets, but something relating to them.

Now, pairing this logic with everyone's obsession with water.. I propose this: The robot will have to 'suck' water from something that resembles a gerbil's watering thing... i.e. your robot will have to push something to receive water. You'll then presumably have to water a banana tree or something so Dave can finally resolve his banana craze. The stock market reference may be a new way of randomizing the robot pairings. Your QPs (or some other quantifier) would be "invested" in the team pool. Then the match pairings would occur on the fly based upon your teams "worth" in the team market.

I'm not sure about the K'nex, but they may become an acceptable building material for small assemblies. It would be cool to see teams building a custom camera mount using K'nex or something. Perhaps the manipulator that activates the water would have to be K'nex.

Have fun with that!