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| Oscar |
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: 1 |
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Ah! I had no idea there was such a thing as a jigsaw sudoku - I solved it as a normal one...
So that means the unidentified artefact represents Columbus who was polled with Churchill.
Reading down from the top then gives
Bach polled with AriStotle
Beethoven/GalIleo
Pope/EinStein
Mandela/NewTon
Mohammed/GutEnberg
Columbus/ChuRchill
Buddha/MozArt
Gates/LinColn
Shakespeare/PlaTo
giving the Oscarly unsuccessful Sister Act |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:19 am Post subject: 0 |
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| Your top-left jigsaw has two fours an no sevens. |
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| Scurra |
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:57 am Post subject: -1 |
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Hmmm. ralphmerridew's solution looked absolutely spot on to me, whereas yours looks wrong.
Two notes:
1. I used the names exactly as they appeared in the subject lines of the forum (typically surnames only.)
2. All the highlighted squares actually show the same number this time (since the answers aren't all nine letters long.)
I'm impressed that you managed to find a plausible answer that fit the meta solution though! |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: -2 |
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I've only just read ralphmerridew's picture link in his last post: (look again at various positions of each '1' for example)
The sudoku solution I've got is:
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192456783
463897125
857123946
749381562
318265497
526749831
231974658
975638214
684512379
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The link to the polling forum (which I would never have found unaided) suggests that the people represented are:
Bach
Beethoven
Pope John Paul II
Mohammed
Mandela
Bill Gates
Shakespeare
and A.N.Other
These all fought(?) in a 1st round poll won by:
Aristotle
Galileo
Albert Einstein
Gutenburg
Isaac Newton
Wolfgang A Mozart
Abraham Lincoln
William Shakespeare (he beat(?) Plato)
??
Using the nth letter of the winner where n is the number on the highlighted square of the appropriate jigsaw piece yields:
T
I
E
E
T
H
W
A
H
?
These anagram to WHITE HEAT if H is the missing letter, which was nominated for an Oscar but failed to win one in 1950.
I'm not totally convinced with this answer since I couldn't force a definite ordering of the letters, but it's worth a shot... |
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| Scurra |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: -4 |
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Re #4:
First Folio (William Shakespeare)
Crossing at the Threshold of Hope (Pope John Paul II)
The Road Ahead (William Henry Gates III)
???
Brandenburg Concerto V (J. S. Bach)
???
???
???
???
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
http://www.glpics.com/ralphmerridew/scurra-4.png
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| Oscar |
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:58 pm Post subject: -5 |
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#7 is: UNFORGIVEN (4 Oscars)
Sneaky one, Scurra!
For #5 I can only add that the second musical snatch looks like Beethoven's Fifth |
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| Quail* |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: -6 |
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| The Gene Hackman pic is No Way Out |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: -7 |
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Oscar's idea gave me two:
??? Way - Way out West - West New York - New York Minute
The Lost Boys - Boys on the Side - Side Streets - Streets of San Francisco
Shakespeare in Love - Love Story - Story Telling - Telling Nicholas |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: -8 |
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Can't believe we're not looking for West Side Story (10 Oscars) in #6. This would give:
West side story
gIgi
goNe with the wind
out Of africa
----R-etc (4,5,6 Oscars)
brokeBack mountain
topsytUrvy
monsterS inc
--------T-etc (0 Oscars)
WIN OR BUST? |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: -9 |
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| FRIGHTEN PLC (publicly limited company?) probably clues MONSTERS, INC (1 oscar) |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:22 pm Post subject: -10 |
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On #5: Grid 1 is
TWOEIG
HTEENF
IFTEEN
ELEVEN
2 18 15 11 (BROK)
Grid 2 is by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags
5 2 1 3 (EBAC)
Grid 5 shows time 9:14 (IN)
I don't know what the other two are, but I'd be astonished if it didn't clue Brokeback Mountain (3 Oscars) |
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| GH |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:08 pm Post subject: -11 |
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Back on #9, I think lewistimetravels is a clue for MEETTHEROBINSONS.
FRIGHTENPLC ?? |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: -12 |
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On #5:
Crossing at the Threshold of Hope (Pope John Paul II)
Brandenburg Concerto V (J. S. Bach)
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
First Folio (William Shakespeare)
The Road Ahead (Bill Gates)
Can't identify the others.
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject: -13 |
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On #6:
Top right: New York Minute && ??
Left: Streets of San Francisco && ??
Lower right: Shakespeare in Love && ??
Whoopi & Drew: Boys on the Side
Ali & Ryan: Love Story (1970)
Rosario & Valeria: Side Streets
Selma & Paul: Storytelling
Stan & Oliver: (Many, but Way Out West fits others)
Frank & Gian: West New York
Way out West - West New York - New York Minute
Boys on the Side - Side Streets - Streets of San Francisco
Shakespeare in Love - Love Story - Story Telling
Any idea on other three films?
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject: -14 |
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I suspect that it's down to number of Oscars won.
GIGI won 9
GONE WITH THE WIND 8
OUT OF AFRICA 7
TOPSY TURVY 2
Reading the last letters gives I DA----Y-
or 1st 2nd 3rd etc gives GOT----R- |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:14 pm Post subject: -15 |
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Summary:
1: TOPSY TURVY
2: MONSTERS, INC.
3: OUT OF AFRICA
4: (first round results)
5: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
6: (movie images)
7: (cryptic, blue hat)
8: GONE WITH THE WIND
9: GIGI |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: -16 |
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And in the light of the answers so far it's not a surprise to find that for #3:
The initials across the top spell AFRICA, giving OUT OF AFRICA
And that suggests the answer to #9 will be GIGI
Hmm... wonder if my name has anything to do with this?  |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: -17 |
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Sorry, Quail!
(I only previewed 4 times, and then edited afterwards!)
Twice!! |
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| Quail* |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: -18 |
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BTW, you missed ENA Sharlpes.  |
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| Quail* |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject: -19 |
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bah!
In previewing for the fifth time while trying to get the format to work, I see that Oscar snaked me.  |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: -20 |
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#8
Kieron Dyer
Catawba Esaw
Ena Sharples
Jacques Tati
Work-bench
Oreo cookie
Neat/tidy
Eastenders
Pruritus itch
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.G.O.N.E.
DYER.ESAW
.R.ENA.S.
NOLO.TATI
..A...D..
IOWA.GOAT
.B.NOR...
WORK.ITCH
.E.H.T... |
giving: Gone With The Wind |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:16 pm Post subject: -21 |
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#8:
Kieron ??
Catawba ??
Sharples RAY
contendre NOLO
Jacques ??
"Hawkeye" IOWA
se.cx GOAT
Neither NOR
-bench ??
Pruritus ??
--
Gearloose GYRO
cookie ??
/ tidy ??
enders ??
Jude LAW
Much ADO
Woodwind OBOE
-Morpork ANKH
True GRIT
Jeanne d' ARC
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G . . .
.Y.. ....
R RAY .
NOLO .A..
A D
IOWA GOAT
B NOR .
.O.K I...
E H T . |
Reading the border gives G.....T..THE.IN.
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| Quail* |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: -22 |
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I kept coming back to Gigi, the 1958 film with Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier. It was just a musical, though - not a music style.
So what would "complete the set"? GQ, the men's fashion magazine? |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: -23 |
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| This is probably the French Music Style. |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject: -24 |
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| That leaves G, Q, and Y open. |
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| Quail* |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject: -25 |
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Guy de Maupassant wrote Coco in 1884. He released a short story called Madamoiselle Fifi in 1882. That would eliminate one of your duplicates.
Shops was written by XiXi.
When in Pennsylvania, I like to shop at Wawa |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: -26 |
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| Re #9: There are 19 clues, the flavor test suggests some are missing, and all of them (except COCO & CACA) start with a different consonant. Currently missing are F, G, Q, W, X, Y. |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject: -27 |
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| Just added yet another one. I wondered about that nihilistic movement too. Not included in the list though as 50's seems very specific. |
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| GH |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: -28 |
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Hey, you added another answer while I was quoting you!
Also, is the French music movement DADA? Maybe not, since the date seems wrong. |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: -29 |
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Re #9
COCO - 1882 Maupassant story
ZOZO - 2005 Swedish/Lebanese movie
BEBE - Actress Neuwirth
TUTU - Archbishop's ballet skirt?!
MOMO - Book by Michael Ende
???? - Chinese author of “Shops”
VAVA - Edvaldo Izídio Neto
JUJU - Fetish with magical power
PUPU - Hawaiian relish platter
???? - Late 1950's French music style
SOSO - Not particularly good or bad
???? - Pennsylvania food store chain
KIKI - Ran a Delivery Service
NENE - River in Northamptonshire, UK
CACA - Roman goddess of the hearth
LULU - Scottish singer of “Shout”
HAHA - Sunken fence
DEDE - The Tree Man of Java
RORO - Type of car ferry |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: -30 |
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Re #9:
Actress Neuwirth == BEBE
Archbishop's ballet skirt?! == TUTU
Book by Michael Ende == MOMO
Not particularly good or bad == SOSO
Ran a Delivery Service == KIKI
If it weren't for the above pattern, I'd say
Roman goddess of the hearth == VESTA / HESTIA?
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| GH |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: -31 |
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| It seems likely that "elephantinehelp" clues HORTONHEARSAWHO. |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: -32 |
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Set 1:
[forms the first verse of Jabberwocky with various letters missing.
These give the message: Topsy Turvy] |
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| MNOWAX |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:37 am Post subject: -33 |
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| my apologies Scurra, i must not have copied them ver when i did the links. Sorry! |
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:30 am Post subject: -34 |
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My progress:
page 3: Each image has a letter in morse code. Combined they spell "OUTOF".
page 2: Reflecting and arranging the images gives:
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FROM TYPE * TO CGI
grendel
1 elephantinehelp
seinfeld
fishhunting
2 ogrefindsheir
3 rodentcooks
scaryedifice
lewistimetravels
visitsnorthpole
thefallingsky
4 familyofheroes
(star represents the down arrow)
Each line clues a CGI film with a name the same length as the clue:
FROM TYPE * TO CGI
BEOWULF
1 HORTONHEARSAWHO
BEEMOVIE
FINDINGNEMO
2 SHREKTHETHIRD
3 RATATOUILLE
MONSTERHOUSE
lewistimetravels
THEPOLAREXPRESS
CHICKENLITTLE
4 THEINCREDIBLES
Indicated column spells frighte?plc
If I enter the movie names in backwards, I get
FROM TYPE * TO CGI
FLUWOEB
1 elephantinehelp
EIVOMEEB
OMENGNIDNIF
2 DRIHTEHTKERHS
3 ELLIUOTATAR
ESUOHRETSNOM
lewistimetravels
SSERPXERALOPEHT
ELTTILNEKCIHC
4 SELBIDERCNIEHT
The indicated column spells b?eihur?oed
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| ralphmerridew |
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:00 pm Post subject: -35 |
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| Where can people interested in teaming up work? Do we just post here? |
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| Scurra |
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