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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject: 1 |
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Always open to new puzzles. Post away. |
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| Sentran |
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:53 pm Post subject: 0 |
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| Hey Zag, I hope you don't mind that I borrowed a few of these to use in the Pirate Treasure Hunt. If anyone is interested, I can start a new thread (after the event) with the puzzles I used in order. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:30 pm Post subject: -1 |
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| Yes, that was the intention. If you're not sure, though, it doesn't fit my criteria of a good riddle. |
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| Gomez* |
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject: -2 |
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| Just to be sure, 48 is a pen, right? |
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| Lepton* |
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:48 pm Post subject: -3 |
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| Surely not the answer, but the blue beret of a UN peacekeeper seems an appropriate solution to 48. |
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| carrier_of_the_arch |
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:46 am Post subject: -4 |
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I'm pretty sure the answer to #48 is a pen. "The pen is mightier than the sword!".
To add my twopence to the chromosome detour, I think it is actually the presence of a Y chromosome that makes a person male, and there does exist a genetic condition where a person has only the X chromosome and no Y or second X (they're female). |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:59 am Post subject: -5 |
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The Y chromosome is there to fix the mistakes in the X chromosome.
It intercedes at key moments to alter standard development leaving the X chromosome to do most of the work. That's why males still have nipples etc. They were not fixed in the current patch. Not really sure when the next patch comes on-stream, as there are numerous reports of its imminent release, but then that's been the case for millennia already. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:22 am Post subject: -6 |
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Hmmm. We may have to move this to the Science forum soon.
But I think you're wrong, since people with [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klinefelter's_syndrome]Klinefelter's syndrome (a.k.a. XXY syndrome)[/url] are male. |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 3:46 am Post subject: -7 |
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| If I remember correctly, it's not the Y-chromosome that makes one male, but the absense of a second X-chromosome. |
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| groza528 |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: -8 |
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For Zag's: I don't think the past participle of "write" is "wrought"  |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 5:05 pm Post subject: -9 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| Well, right. So the speaker (the X) is the sister, and she's referring to her brother, Y. |
But the first brother is another X... |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: -10 |
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When I cam up with the chromosome solution, I thought it was weak. It didn't fit as snugly as I'd hoped. If I had seen the connection for the letter I would have been pretty certain of my answer.
As for #48, I'm pretty sure it's not a syringe filled with opiates, but it could be.  |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:24 pm Post subject: -11 |
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| Well, right. So the speaker (the X) is the sister, and she's referring to her brother, Y. |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:36 pm Post subject: -12 |
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| Zag wrote: |
| I like it better as the chromosome, especially because you said "worthy of my brother." |
Er...but it's the Y chromosone that makes it male, Zag, and the maths don't stack up. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:43 pm Post subject: -13 |
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#48. A pretty easy one that I just made up.
I'm not very big; I could fit in your hand.
But I have wrought changes throughout the land.
I am a weapon, or an agent of peace.
I can have power that does not cease.
I'm not what's prized; instead you'll find
The prize is the tracks I leave behind. |
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| Zag |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:27 pm Post subject: -14 |
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| Bah! I like it better as the chromosome, especially because you said "worthy of my brother." |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject: -15 |
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That's it! The long saga is finally ended.
I'm an 'X' scrabble tile worth 8 points normally, as opposed to the 10 of my Roman numeral 'brother', but on 'special occasions' (when I'm played on a triple letter square) I'm worth 24, which is where my other 'brother' is in the alphabet. |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: -16 |
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| X = 24 in the alphabet? |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: -17 |
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| Nice ideas, Icarus, but the third assembly is nothing to do with a game, it's a collection used by all of us constantly, every day |
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| Icarus |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:00 pm Post subject: -18 |
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| Oscar wrote: |
I'm not going to give any further clues just yet, I'll just wait for serendipity to strike. You might be doing anything, maybe just playing some game or other, when inspiration hits you, and you go
'That's it! I know the answer to Oscar's riddle!' |
Well, in Bowling an "X" represents a Strike, worth 10 points/pins + the number of points/pins from the next 2 balls?
Three strikes in a row, XXX, is a Turkey.
Or in Baseball, an "X" represents a strike as well.
EDIT - Actually in baseball it's a "K" not an "X"
Do any of these move the answer along? |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:51 pm Post subject: -19 |
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Two thirds correct, Jack_Ian!
For the third assembly it's a very well-known one. Why might a Scrabble X be worthy of this member on 'special occasions'? |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:16 pm Post subject: -20 |
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| If that isn't the intended answer, it should be. |
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| Jack_Ian |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 1:41 pm Post subject: -21 |
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I'm guessing X.
It's worth 8 in scrabble (only one X in set), but 10 as a Roman numeral.
I'm assuming the third assembly relates to XY chromosomes. |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject: -22 |
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| How about RISK? |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:01 pm Post subject: -23 |
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| The game of LIFE? Stratego? |
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| Zag |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:31 am Post subject: -24 |
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| bgg, you're really showing your age (or lack thereof). I would think that chess/checkers/backgammon would be even more than one third, so I imagine we're talking about Monopoly, Clue, Yachtzee, something like that. Nothing from any of those seems to fit the riddle, though. |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:07 am Post subject: -25 |
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| Sims? |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:05 am Post subject: -26 |
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| World of Warcraft? |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:56 am Post subject: -27 |
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| Apparently this game can be found in about one third of American households |
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| Suspence |
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:20 pm Post subject: -28 |
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| Civilization? |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: -29 |
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OK.
[There's a game that I'm pretty sure almost every poster on this board has played....] |
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| Gomez* |
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject: -30 |
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| I think we need a bigger hint. |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:49 pm Post subject: -31 |
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Not at all - just the normal human pleasure of seeing someone else suffer!
By the way, I was lying about not giving another clue - read my last post again carefully.  |
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| carrier_of_the_arch |
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 2:55 am Post subject: -32 |
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Damn you Oscar...you are getting some kind of sick pleasure out of this aren't you  |
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| Oscar |
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:55 am Post subject: -33 |
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I'm glad you're over your migraine, carrier_of_the_arch, but your guess, while inventive, is not correct.
Since we're on a new page I'll repost the riddle:
47.
I' m unique! (Well, among those with whom I operate)
Sadly, I used to be more valuable a few thousand years ago.
But even now I'm highly valued.
In fact on special occasions I'm worthy of my brother in yet a third assembly!
What am I?
I'm not going to give any further clues just yet, I'll just wait for serendipity to strike. You might be doing anything, maybe just playing some game or other, when inspiration hits you, and you go
'That's it! I know the answer to Oscar's riddle!' |
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| carrier_of_the_arch |
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:36 am Post subject: -34 |
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| Post-migraine thought: Are you a COMPACT DISC (CD)? The two brothers being DC (Roman numerals for 600) and DC (direct current). |
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| carrier_of_the_arch |
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:55 am Post subject: -35 |
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| I am developing a migraine |
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| carrier_of_the_arch |
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:47 am Post subject: -36 |
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| A die? |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:36 pm Post subject: -37 |
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H?
J? |
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| bgg1996 |
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 11:35 pm Post subject: -38 |
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| Caesar salad? |
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