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09-15-2005, 08:46 AM | #681 |
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actually giant is a straight translation...and Im reffering to roadrunner as squatter pointed out not the rocks
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09-15-2005, 09:09 AM | #682 |
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Quickbeam?
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09-15-2005, 09:15 AM | #683 |
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yay you can go
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09-15-2005, 02:00 PM | #684 | |
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I suggest we again try to solve Squatter's last puzzle.
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1. The first difficulty is, what is the straight clue? Somehow I don't think that either worldly jewelry or choral piece is a straight clue, so maybe this is a rare cryptic clue without a "straight" part. 2. "Worldly" – Eä? 3. "Jewelry" inevitably suggests "ring" to me. 4. "Unsuitable" – ah, there's the rub. This must be a cryptic "pointer" of some kind, but what can it mean? "Unsuitable" means it doesn't fit. Could that mean that whatever "worldly jewelry" means, you shorten it before combining it with "choral piece"? 5. Finally, "choral piece" – probably means "CHOR", "CHO" or something like this. Which gives us . . . WHAT, exactly? I thought of ECHORIATH, which has EARTH ("worldly"?) plus CHO ("choral piece"), but it doesn't fit with the rest. Anyone else have an idea?
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09-16-2005, 11:13 AM | #685 |
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Actually, it fits quite well, since it's a "ring" of mountains, a very "earthly" ring.
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09-16-2005, 11:31 AM | #686 |
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Hmmm - but what about "unsuitable"?
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09-20-2005, 12:32 PM | #687 |
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actually is there perhaps another name for that? I mean maybe its "unsuitable for you to have that particular answer i mean...it could be that but another name for it?
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09-21-2005, 06:10 AM | #688 |
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Echoriath?
There's some impressive thinking going on there. Unfortunately it's leading in entirely the wrong direction. I'll lend a hand by telling you that 'choral piece' doesn't refer to a portion of the word 'choral', and that 'echoriath' isn't the answer. Turambar's suggestions regarding 'worldly' and 'jewellery' are on the money, though. 'Unsuitable' carries on the jewellery metaphor, but the answer I'm looking for certainly wasn't welcome. I'm looking for an obscure alternative description for something ubiquitous in the legendarium.
As I said earlier, the answer is quite close to Home.
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09-21-2005, 12:34 PM | #689 |
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You mean we need to have read HoME?
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09-21-2005, 12:37 PM | #690 |
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The fact that it's obscure makes me feel better.
"Ubiquitous in the Legendarium" would make a good name for a band. EDIT: I think that "choral piece" may be the straight clue. A choral piece is a song or lay. I don't know any obscure alternative names, other than ann-thennath, which refers to a particular type of song.
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09-21-2005, 12:40 PM | #691 | |
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Suddenly I have the feeling that English is not my first language...
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09-21-2005, 01:06 PM | #692 | ||
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09-21-2005, 03:10 PM | #693 |
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How about Ring of Doom or Mahanaxar?
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09-22-2005, 04:07 AM | #694 |
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We have a winner
The Phantom has extended his dominion by getting the right answer.
Worldly jewellery: all of Middle-earth was Morgoth's ring. Unsuitable for choral piece: the marring of Arda implicit in making it into Morgoth's ring was unsuitable for the choral piece. Close to home: Morgoth's Ring is the title of HoME X.
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09-22-2005, 12:14 PM | #695 |
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Here's one that probably won't take as long to solve- Sports Illustrated, The Foremost in League Coverage: Massachusetts rivulet and charged particle destroys team unity in Valinor.
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09-23-2005, 09:23 AM | #696 |
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Silmarillion?
Sports Illustrated = SI The Foremost in League Coverage = L Massachusetts = Ma rivulet = Rill charged particle = Ion The Silmarillion concerns the destruction of "team unity in Valinor".
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09-23-2005, 11:04 AM | #698 |
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Perfect, Sauce.
Your turn.
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09-28-2005, 11:27 PM | #699 |
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Either SPM is busy working on an absurdly difficult clue, or he is drawing a blank and is waiting for the ten day rule to save him.
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09-29-2005, 02:41 AM | #700 |
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Neither. I forgot that it was my turn ...
In an effort to attract fresh blood to this thread, here's an absurdly easy one: Swift ray is faster than most.
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10-25-2005, 08:33 AM | #701 |
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SPM you're talking to us welll especially me since when have i got these right?
if its "absurdly easy" Ill go with the obvious choice: Shadowfax
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10-25-2005, 08:58 AM | #702 |
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I'd say Quickbeam. Quick=faster than most, Beam= ray.
And if I'm supposed to guess anything right, it can't get harder than this I've red a few early clues here, and I'm truly impressed by you folks.
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10-25-2005, 09:10 AM | #703 |
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Gosh, I had forgotten about this one ...
Sorry Morsul, it's not Shadowfax, although that's a good guess.
In fact, Gothmog is correct with Quickbeam. Well done, Gothmog. The thread's all yours.
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10-25-2005, 09:14 AM | #704 |
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good job gothmog that actually was fairly i thought it was a horse though
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10-25-2005, 09:56 AM | #705 |
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Thank you Morsul!
Oh your supposed to come up with one of these now? Whoa, that's not easy. I've constructed one, but I don't know if it is too simple or impossible to guess... Well, I trust SpM, phantom & Co could figure out anything so here i go: A long way for the friend is this clue Remember this is my first time...
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10-29-2005, 12:18 PM | #706 |
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a long way for the friend
the friend is sam so he came a long way to mordor? mordor? that doesnt sound right at all
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10-29-2005, 02:06 PM | #707 |
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mellon? Elvish for friend that was the clue to getting into Moria? But that doesn't explain the long way..
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10-29-2005, 05:13 PM | #708 |
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Good guesses but no. Mithalwen is on the right track...sort of. This might be harder than I expected now when I think about it. I wanted something challenging for the quiz-pros I've seen in action here. I'll wait a while longer before giving any hints I think.
I hope I did this the right way. It is more of a clue to the name than the person... Good luck to you! P.S. OK, now you know it's a person. It just slipped me
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10-29-2005, 05:48 PM | #709 |
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Is it Gimli (elf friend)?
he might have taken the straight road with Legolas. |
10-29-2005, 05:55 PM | #710 |
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Sorry, not Gimli either... As I said it's all about the name. And very cryptic
Is this to far-fetched I wonder. Well, hint's coming up on monday if nobody gets it before that.
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10-31-2005, 10:09 AM | #711 | |
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Obviously this wasn't a good question. Well, here's a hint as promised. This was my original version (not posted):
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10-31-2005, 10:59 AM | #712 |
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A long way = far
french friend = ami (if my very rusty French serves me correctly) Is it Faramir?
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10-31-2005, 11:03 AM | #713 |
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Brilliant guessing and yes, that is most correct. I'll try to do a better one next time, was in a bit of a hurry...sorry.
The thread is all yours, SpM!
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11-07-2005, 09:35 AM | #714 |
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A small BUMP! to SpM. I'm looking forward to something new to figure out! I'd like to keep this confusing thread alive!
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11-19-2005, 11:07 AM | #715 |
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Uh 10 day rule i guess.....
Jaws that decieve and make leprecans dance this is pretty simple but its a fun clue to say
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11-22-2005, 09:22 AM | #716 |
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does no one have any ideas or does no one care? if its the first tell me ill give a clue
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11-22-2005, 10:02 AM | #717 |
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I've given it some thought, but have no idea. But on the other hand, I'm not too good at these. Wild guessing isn't usually my way to tackle a problem like this.
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11-22-2005, 12:26 PM | #718 |
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What is leprecans ?¨
I will guess allthough I dont understand that word. Saruman ? |
11-22-2005, 01:04 PM | #719 | |
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Jaws: jaws is a shark sharki leprecaNS ARE LITTLE IRISH GUYS THAT LOVE GOLD AND RAINBOWS(SARUMAN OF MANY COLORS) AND DECIEVE IS THE STRAIGHT CLUE GO AHEAD oops hit caps lock but too lazy to retype it in lowercase Rhune go ahead
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11-22-2005, 03:24 PM | #720 |
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This might be difficult.
an explorers home on the sea |
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