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[mole]

Well, you have six of CV's eight mages so far. The seventh is waiting for you here.

[Taflinel]

Well...to save most of you from the searches...

1. It's Only a Paper Moon
2. Cote d'Ivoire
3. Red China
4.
5. Orion's Crystal
6. Ebony & Ivory
7.
8. Bronze(?)
9. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
10.
11. Steely Dan
12. Pottery Barn
13. Ivory Soap
14. China Grove
15. Silkworm
16. Leatherface
17. Ivory dealer
18. Jackie Paper
19. China Beach
20. Pottery wheel
21. Leather glove

Thx to referee for correcting 18...

I'll leave the real minds to come forward now...
Ta ta

[This message has been edited by Taflinel (edited 08-12-2003 06:58 AM).]

[referee]

No. It's Jackie Paper, not Draper. Wasn't that number 19?
For number 8 I solved the equations. Those are elements numbers 29 and 50.
Great Job, Taf.

[Dragon Phoenix]

10=Flowers for Algernon.

First thought how to proceed:

The three Cina's suggest linking the answers in groups of 3.

[Highest Prime]

(sudden flash of inspiration on)

I'm guessing we're supposed to translate these into numbers, using the anniversary with which each gift mentioned in the answer is (traditionally) given:

1. It's Only a Paper Moon (Paper = 1)
2. Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory = 14)
3. Red China (China = 20)
4. The Bronze Age (Bronze = 8)
5. Orion's Crystal (Crystal = 15)
6. Ebony & Ivory (Ivory = 14)
7. Something with Flowers or Wood, which when squared will = 25
8. Bronze (Bronze = 8)
9. Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (Crystal = 15)
10. Flowers for Algernon (Flowers = 5)
11. Steely Dan (Steel = 11)
12. Pottery Barn (Pottery = 8)
13. Ivory Soap (Ivory = 14)
14. China Grove (China = 20)
15. Silkworm (Silk = 12)
16. Leatherface (Leather = 3), times 7 = 21
17. Ivory dealer (Ivory = 14)
18. Jackie Paper (Paper = 1)
19. China Beach (China = 20), minus 1 = 19
20. Pottery wheel (Pottery = 8)
21. Leather glove (Leather = 3)

Taking the numbers as a straight substitution gives ANTHONYHOEKHNTLUNASHC, which seems so promising with the "Anthony" in the front before trailing off to gibberish.


H'

[This message has been edited by Highest Prime (edited 08-12-2003 09:05 AM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

Kudos! I never would have thought of that.

[Galto]

Hi,

Well, my first post, but I've been checking things out here at GL for a while now...

Here are my additional thoughts on this puzzle...

#4 = Bronze Age
#7 = ????? I'll have to dig deeper!

At first glance these answers seem to correspond to traditional anniversary gifts for certain years... and since none of the numbers go beyond 26 (including the ones with "mutter math" added) I'm hoping the alphabet is my friend :-)

So... (with math included for #10, 16, and 19...)

1 paper 1 A
2 ivory 14 N
3 china 20 T
4 bronze 8 H
5 crystal 15 O
6 ivory 14 N
7 ??? ??? ???
8 bronze 8 H
9 crystal 15 O
10 flowers 16 P
11 steel 11 K
12 pottery 9 I
13 ivory 14 N
14 china 20 T
15 silk 12 L
16 leather 21 U
17 ivory 14 N
18 paper 1 A
19 china 19 S
20 pottery 9 I
21 leather 3 C



Where to go from here? Anagram the letters, I think, but not many vowels here... perhaps a letter substitution first? I too will defer to greater minds.

- Galto



[This message has been edited by Galto (edited 08-12-2003 09:29 AM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

It's awfully close to

Anthony Hopkins Lunatic

[Galto]

Good call, Prime... and Dragon I'm there with you... But a few letters are a bit off.

[This message has been edited by Galto (edited 08-12-2003 09:23 AM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

maybe pottery=9 instead of 8 (which is bronze)?

[Dragon Phoenix]

Hah! Googling shows that pottery can be 8 or 9!

[Galto]

Yes I saw that too (see my edited list above), but that would still leave
#14 & #19 incorrect... unless the mutter math was meant for #14 INSTEAD OF #19

[This message has been edited by Galto (edited 08-12-2003 09:32 AM).]

[Lucky Wizard]

The GLer in question 7 was quicksilver. Silver is associated with the 25th anniversary, confirming the Y we have.

Anthony Hopkins' lunatic would, of course, be Hannibal Lector.

[Lepton]

Beautiful.

[Galto]

Yup.. Gotta be it. Was just a bit messed up by 14 and 19. Did I miss something or was there a mistype in the puzzle?

- Galto

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[This message has been edited by Galto (edited 08-12-2003 04:32 PM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

Mistype (just confirmed by Lepton on AIM) - he'll correct later.

[Lepton]

What he said. Sorry about that, folks. I'll proofread a bit more carefully in the future.

[Galto]

No prob. Great fun all around! Amazing how useless information can actually be useful!

[Degenerate Operator]

^{Hindsight is 20/20}

"Fine by me. I’ve always thought I had a gift for trivia.”
:groan:

[The Cruciverbalist]

Heh. Yeah, that sort of clue pops up all the time in the MIT Hunt (the one on which this was based).