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for those that like to limber up for the friday quiz
lets see if NTHW can crack this one..
http://www.puzzledonkey.org
post your answers so we can pit our collective wits against the one thats bugging everyone
for those that like to limber up for the friday quiz
lets see if NTHW can crack this one..
http://www.puzzledonkey.org (http://www.puzzledonkey.org/)
post your answers so we can pit our collective wits against the one thats bugging everyone
Is it me .... or does this take an age to load ?
hmm.. server has been a bit flakey over the last 24hrs.. it's worth sticking with it though
ok .... it's flippin hard and very cryptic .... got to q3 ... the chinese thing ..
Now stuck :(
ok .... it's flippin hard and very cryptic .... got to q3 ... the chinese thing ..
Now stuck :(
Got it ..... not that easy ..
i'm very sad, i can't even get the first one!
any hints or clues?
i'm very sad, i can't even get the first one!
any hints or clues?
Game ..... not what you think, what's the other meaning ...
i'm very sad, i can't even get the first one!
any hints or clues?
Remember, it's cryptic. Some words in the questions have multiple meanings...
Edit: very difficult indeed. Stuck on 3. Hint Nemesis?
PM me if you really need any answers.. i'll start chipping in once you get to the second round
edit: nemesis, you probably missed it, but, please don't ignore my instruction to post your answers once you have them.. i wanted this to be a team effort ;) /edit
PM me if you really need any answers.. i'll start chipping in once you get to the second round
edit: nemesis, you probably missed it, but, please don't ignore my instruction to post your answers once you have them.. i wanted this to be a team effort ;) /edit
How many questions are there per round?
I got the first two:
1. The clue is in game; an animal to be hunted, two popular variants, (three actually), with ivory pieces: Elephant.
2. The word you're looking for is actually mentioned. It is word. Add and 's', and you get Sword, and the 'er' sound becomes 'or'.
I'm stuck on 3.
there are twenty questions in each round .. and as far as i know there are 5 rounds maybe more
i'm on round 2 question 7.. but as i'm the thread starter i thought i'd be best to get everyone going before i start jumping ahead.
3. the clue is in the title
there are twenty questions in each round .. and as far as i know there are 5 rounds maybe more
i'm on round 2 question 7.. but as i'm the thread starter i thought i'd be best to get everyone going before i start jumping ahead.
3. the clue is in the title
That's what I figured, but that doesn't make it any easier ;)
hint2 : take c,h,i,n,e,s,e away (note my cunning rephrasing there ;) )
Ah, and I was going for 'less i,t,c,h,e,s, (from the title)
Anyway, must run. Will be back later. ;)
I've lost the will to live with this :cry:
I've lost the will to live with this :cry:
same here, way too cryptic for me
3. Waltz. Take all the letters from the word chinese away from the question, and you're left with Waltz.
4. CCLXXV. E =100, S = 200, SE = 150. SE is the average of S and E. The rest is easy ;)
Am I the only one playing now?
philip.j.fry
10-12-2003, 20:12
4. CCLXXV. E =100, S = 200, SE = 150. SE is the average of S and E. The rest is easy ;)
Am I the only one playing now?
I'm playing, got that one, just roman numerals based on compass directions. I'm stuck on the next one now (5)
Yeah, 5 is really doing my head in. I've been looking at the possible words you can make with the letters, but there's just too many words to choose from...
I figured 5 out, it's noughts and crosses with anagrams.
Ok The answers I have are
1.01 .... Elephant
1.02 .... Word
1.03 .... Waltz
1.04 .... ????
/me didn't think you were s'posed to give PD answers away, just hints to them :confused:
but still...
I am still stuck on 1.15 - no amount of cut and paste is helping me with this one, I have the imagination of...something with a very poor imagination :dunce:
I'm begging for a hint - I really have got the idea of what to do, I just can't make a bl**dy picture out of it! Hints really would be appreciated *insert crawling & general sucking-up emoticon here*
CaKe ;)
/me didn't think you were s'posed to give PD answers away, just hints to them :confused:
but still...
I am still stuck on 1.15 - no amount of cut and paste is helping me with this one, I have the imagination of...something with a very poor imagination :dunce:
I'm begging for a hint - I really have got the idea of what to do, I just can't make a bl**dy picture out of it! Hints really would be appreciated *insert crawling & general sucking-up emoticon here*
CaKe ;)
The OP did request for answers to be given. There's a thread on digital spy (http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/t/101565/1dc4d6e9fa986fb2f15d6814d5a67ae7ds.html) on this one. People there are ahead of us, and they are giving hints rather than answers.
Yup, I know, I've posted on DS too :D
I've also looked in the PD forums (can you tell I'm desperate ;))
Didn't mean to sound obnoxious or anything, just thought the idea of PD wasn't to give out the answers!
think I'll bog off back to photoshop & fiddle with the image some more, sorry again
Yup, I know, I've posted on DS too :D
I've also looked in the PD forums (can you tell I'm desperate ;))
I'm not exactly a regular on DS ;), but somehow found my way there ;)
cake. for 1.15 .. those eyes could be something other than eyes.. ;)
Please help me with Q1.5
The words i have are: chant
chair
bring
chaps
graph
chant
Are these right, and what is the 6th one? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese. pm me if you want to
col d. harem
ok, question 1.06 people i don't wanna fill this thread on my own ;)
col d. harem
ok, question 1.06 people i don't wanna fill this thread on my own ;)
As a clue: say the words represented by the pictures quickly. This gives you the word to type in. You can probly guess it on the basis of the first three pictures. The first and third are easy. For the second, you need the name of the figure portrayed. Try searching google images with something like egyptian gods.You will probably find one that looks very similar.
okay, i am feeling very very thick at the moment. can not open my mind to q1.08. :dunce: I have read all the clues on the pd forum but am blocked. can someone please tell me the answer before i jump out of the window. ahhhh go on, i'll luv ya foreva
1.08 .. all the children's names are made up of the parents names.. take the visible parents name away to leave the name of the second .. and so on
1.08 .. all the children's names are made up of the parents names.. take the visible parents name away to leave the name of the second .. and so on
I keep looking and looking, but nothing is coming into my head. every name i try is wrong. s1v3r could you check you pm's
ok.. 1.08
note the upper and lowercase to show you how the names fit together
steph and JOAN - parents are stephAN and JO
mat and BETSY - parents are Sam and BETtY
anne, tad and ASH - parents are SAde and natHan
jo, sam and NATHAN - parents are joN and samANTHA
answer: samantha .. easy huh ;)
ok.. 1.08
note the upper and lowercase to show you how the names fit together
steph and JOAN - parents are stephAN and JO
mat and BETSY - parents are Sam and BETtY
anne, tad and ASH - parents are SAde and natHan
jo, sam and NATHAN - parents are joN and samANTHA
answer: samantha .. easy huh ;)
Well, how clever are you!!!
To be honest i would not have got that in a million years. My mind has shrivelled up and died i think.
Thank you s1lv3r i bow down to your greatness :tu:
lol.. :blush: thanks for those kind words..
got the next one yet? ;)
lol.. :blush: thanks for those kind words..
got the next one yet? ;)
yeah, all the way up to 14 by myself. am stuck now though.
yeah, all the way up to 14 by myself. am stuck now though.
does anyone know the answer to 14 at all. i'll be your friend forever
philip.j.fry
15-12-2003, 03:08
does anyone know the answer to 14 at all. i'll be your friend forever
sea = meditterenean
country = usa
creature = greek mythology, famous for having snakes on her head
I admit, I've found a forum with a lot of clues on :)
yeah, all the way up to 14 by myself. am stuck now though.
lets have the answers posted then.. :rolleyes: :p
1.01 - 1.14
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1.01 - What game, with two popular variants, is famous for having ivory pieces?
Game - relates to an animal that's hunted
Two variants - African and Indian
Ivory - Tusks
answer: elephant
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1.02 - self explanitory (when you know the answer!)
answer: word
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1.03 - Clue is in the title, take away all the letters in chinese from the question and you're left with...
answer: waltz
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1.04 - Relates to the points on a compass and Roman Numerals
C = 100
L = 50
X = 10
V = 5
Therefore
East is 100, South is 200, South East is 150, South West is 250, West South West is 275 =>
answer: CCLXXV
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1.05 - Easiest to write it out and treat it like a wordsearch, just every line that you cross out conatins an anagram of a real word.
Chant, Bring, Chaps can be removed vertically
Graph, Harem can be removed horizontally
Chair can be removed diagonally
This leaves..
answer: toast
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1.06 - Say what you see type thing
Tie, Ra', Nose, Oar, Us, Wrecks!
answer: tyrannosaurus rex
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1.07 - Just cos it does
answer: meet
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1.08 - note the upper and lowercase to show you how the names fit together
steph and JOAN - parents are stephAN and JO
mat and BETSY - parents are Sam and BETtY
anne, tad and ASH - parents are SAde and natHan
jo, sam and NATHAN - parents are joN and samANTHA
answer: samantha
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1.09 - Each of the landmarks looks like a letter, piece them together
answer: hawaii
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1.10 - the letters left by the clues are :
atol
ang
di
pyr
ot
sleet
es
took a while but the answer is : tadpole
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1.11 - Kinda a toughy to explain how to read it, but stick it into a gif editor and it's easy enough
answer: time
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1.12 - Cryptic clue. What learns? Students or equvalent, and is in your face (eye)
answer: pupil
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1.13 - Took me ages... say what you see
eight in cube - rearange words to - in cube ate
answer: incubate
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1.14 -
Inland sea - Mediterranean
Big Country - USA
Snakes on head
answer: medusa
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[QUOTE=s1lv3r]lets have the answers posted then.. :rolleyes: :p
1.01 - 1.14
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Thanks for the help. Worst thing is, that about 12 oclock last night i jumped out of bed when the answer popped into my head.
Do you think i'm hooked? :p
I looked at question 15 last night but wanted to actually go to sleep so i didn't bother thinking about it.
Having looked at it now, i think i may need a printer which i haven't got access to. is there any more clues (not answers), but clues i can have without printing it?
col
hint1 - the title is an anagram of "origami"
hint2 - those things that look like eyes.. might not be
hint1 - the title is an anagram of "origami"
Thats what made me think that i would have to print it out. Do you reckon there is any other way?
hint2 - those things that look like eyes.. might not be
mmm, feet?
nope.. try something that could be mistaken for eye's (possibly by design)
nope.. try something that could be mistaken for eye's (possibly by design)
eh? just tried putting it into paint and flipping it all over the place. but can only come up with nostrils or eyes. bit useless really aren't i?
final hint - begins with "b" and ends with "y" (not baby)
final hint - begins with "b" and ends with "y" (not baby)
body
booty
baddy
boy
I think i will have to get access to a printer and get folding?
Dave Stones
15-12-2003, 11:45
[edit] i got it! yahoo!!!! i love those fluttery creatures...
artistic hint ;)
. .-~\
/ `-'\.' `- :
| / `._
| | .-. {
\ | `-' `.
. \ | /
~-.`. \| .-~_
`.\-.\ .-~ \
`-'/~~ -.~ /
.-~/|`-._ /~~-.~ -- ~
/ | \ ~- . _\
Dave Stones
15-12-2003, 12:03
any clues for the cryptic one? its a b1tch... 1.16 i mean... :angel:
any clues for the cryptic one? its a b1tch... 1.16 i mean... :angel:
Cheers for the help. S1lv3r that was brilliant, nice one
Okay i'm looking at the 2nd. Know what to do, but bloody hard isn't it. I have assignments to do for thursday but can't stay away from PD.
Thought the 2nd one might be 'Cross' what do you think?
philip.j.fry
15-12-2003, 13:32
Cheers for the help. S1lv3r that was brilliant, nice one
Okay i'm looking at the 2nd. Know what to do, but bloody hard isn't it. I have assignments to do for thursday but can't stay away from PD.
Thought the 2nd one might be 'Cross' what do you think?
Each line yields a word and all of the words have a similar theme.
For the second one, Ag is the symbol for silver, and sunday school is RE, rearrange the letters and you get RAGE.
Have forgotten what the actual answer was, will report back as soon as I can log on to the page which seems to be down at the moment.
Line 1 - ? (Something with an "a" in it!)
Line 2 - cross (Relates to Sunday school (christianity), and fury) edit: rage fits better as the answer is the first letter of each word then
Line 3 - g**l
Line 4 - u*****e (anagram of "bear mug" means to take offence)
Line 5 - e**********n (anagram of "expert on Asia", meaning frustrated)
Line 1 - ? (Something with an "a" in it!)
Line 2 - cross (Relates to Sunday school (christianity), and fury) edit: rage fits better as the answer is the first letter of each word then
Line 3 - g**l
Line 4 - u*****e (anagram of "bear mug" means to take offence)
Line 5 - e**********n (anagram of "expert on Asia", meaning frustrated)
okay, i'm going to get this.
So 1 i will look at in a sec
2 is either cross or rage (both the same) hey i got that one
3. is Gaul
4. unbrage
5. am looking at
so i am presuming the answer is angru or anger or emotion???
okay, i'm going to get this.
So 1 i will look at in a sec
2 is either cross or rage (both the same) hey i got that one
3. is Gaul
4. unbrage
5. am looking at
so i am presuming the answer is angru or anger or emotion???
didn't read your post properly:dozey:
got it. cheers mate
Dave Stones
15-12-2003, 15:21
17 is nuts...
Okay on to 17.
Okay so
Monopoly = Hotel?
A plastic bat = yankee which does not fit with hotel
Puru = India
Smurf = Papa
Mackeral = ?
Gorilla = ?
Calander = November
Dancing = tango
Milky way = Alpha (isn't google great)
trees = ??? maybe 3
Shakespeare = Juliet maybe???
Dorian Gray = Oscar
Orkney = Papa (after papa westray)
Chrocodiles = Echo
Mountains = ?
a speaking device = mmm dunno
Radar = Echo
So, don't tell me the answers just which ones i got wrong, as i want to get the actual answers by myself. if they are all wrong. i will cry
this might help
http://www.dynamoo.com/technical/phonetic.htm
monopoly = hotel.. *correct
plastic bat = yankee *nope
peru = india *nope
smurf = papa *correct
calander = november *correct
dancing = tango *correct
milky way = alpha *correct
shakespeare = juliet *nope (the other one ;) )
dorian gray = oscar *correct
orkney = papa *correct
crocodiles = echo *correct
radar = echo *correct
philip.j.fry
15-12-2003, 15:43
Monopoly = Hotel?
yes
A plastic bat = yankee which does not fit with hotel
Think about how bats 'see'
Puru = India
No, think animal
Smurf = Papa
Yep :)
Mackeral = ?
The spanish bit is the important bit
Gorilla = ?
The lead gorilla is a what male?
Calander = November
Dancing = tango
Milky way = Alpha (isn't google great)
Yep
trees = ??? maybe 3
Can't remember that one
Shakespeare = Juliet maybe???
Nearly, think of the other character
Dorian Gray = Oscar
Orkney = Papa (after papa westray)
Chrocodiles = Echo
Yep
Mountains = ?
Don't remember this one
a speaking device = mmm dunno
This ones words that sound similar
Radar = Echo
Yep
The final message isn't pleasant.
cheers guys. Think i've got it.
just waiting for the pd site to come back up. isn't spelt wrong any way?
cheers guys. Think i've got it.
just waiting for the pd site to come back up. isn't spelt wrong any way?
so hold on
i am getting HELP SANTA DROPED ME but its spelt worng, and PD wont accept it!!!
any clues??
philip.j.fry
15-12-2003, 16:13
so hold on
i am getting HELP SANTA DROPED ME but its spelt worng, and PD wont accept it!!!
any clues??
santa is a pervert :D
just incase you mis-read .. it's "tees" not "trees" ;)
just incase you mis-read .. it's "tees" not "trees" ;)
AHHHHHHHHHH thats horrible, not only did santa sexually assult someone , but would he now be classed as a child molester.
I dont know where elves fit in?
The dirty bugger.
Cheers guys, and cheers pd for ruining my chrimbo
So then number 18.
I think you fill in the missing letters, but it comes out like welsh (not that i'm sying thats bad :) ) but it doesn't make sense.(the answer, not welsh, oh blow it i dont care anymore)
Okay give me a sec
I was really pleased with myself.... things were going swimmingly and i was cruising thru these riddles. then i hit 2.9.
I know exactly what i'm supposed to do but it don't make it any easier.
hmmmf bah humbug :shrug:
Meer
edit : lost the ability to count
want to get a bit further on this.. lets summarise:
1.1 = elephant
1.2 = word
1.3 = waltz
1.4 = CCLXXV
1.5 = toast
1.6 = tyrannosaurus rex
1.7 = meet
1.8 = samantha
1.9 = hawaii
1.10 = tadpole
1.11 = time
1.12 = pupil
1.13 = incubate
1.14 = medusa
1.15 = butterfly
1.16 = argue
1.17 = help santa gropes me
1.18 = lit
1.19 = iq
1.20 = nepal
2.01 = attache case
2.02 = cuckoo clock
2.03 = bill gates
2.04 = 15.5
2.05 = prince
2.06 = ionisation
2.07 = unproblematic
2.08 = buttonhole
2.09 = fat
2.10 = bottom
2.11 = train
2.12 = dent
2.13 = ment
2.14 = group
2.15 = bread
ok.. any takers for 2.16?
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