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Cryptic Somethingites
Oh lordy, it's the unwelcome return of the cryptic series! This time it's with a twist - I'm not telling you who or what links the answers. I'm not even telling you if the clues make any sense or not
Oh, alright, there's a television theme going on. And I've edited 1: a bit so it actually does make sense.
22 points on offer - 1 for getting the right answer, 1 for giving the right method of getting to the answer, or 2 for giving and fully justifying an answer that is different to the one I've got. Max 2 points per clue.
If anyone gets all 22 points they win Jono*. Answers/justification in a PM please, closing time of, ooh, let's say 9:37pm GMT on MARIO day***.
1: Elementally, 2, 2, 3 and 3 - s
2: Π(1/2)², Π(1/3)², Π(1/4)², Π(1/5)², ...
3: 0.0625
4: Scalene Rovers, Isosceles United, Equilateral Athletic
5: Square root of 256
6: 1, 3, 6, 10 or 15 etc
7: 0.1 + ers
8: Roman 2 and 5 - s
9: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 12
10: 1/2 or 0.5
Special bonus 11th question that doesn't quite fit the logic of the above:
11: C, A, B, F, G#, B, C, D, A, F, B, C, G, A, F#, C#, A, C, C
*Prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Probably half a packet of crisps**.
**At CoNot 2009 or CoLin 2010. I'm not paying postage and packing.
*** 10th of March.
Oh, alright, there's a television theme going on. And I've edited 1: a bit so it actually does make sense.
22 points on offer - 1 for getting the right answer, 1 for giving the right method of getting to the answer, or 2 for giving and fully justifying an answer that is different to the one I've got. Max 2 points per clue.
If anyone gets all 22 points they win Jono*. Answers/justification in a PM please, closing time of, ooh, let's say 9:37pm GMT on MARIO day***.
1: Elementally, 2, 2, 3 and 3 - s
2: Π(1/2)², Π(1/3)², Π(1/4)², Π(1/5)², ...
3: 0.0625
4: Scalene Rovers, Isosceles United, Equilateral Athletic
5: Square root of 256
6: 1, 3, 6, 10 or 15 etc
7: 0.1 + ers
8: Roman 2 and 5 - s
9: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 12
10: 1/2 or 0.5
Special bonus 11th question that doesn't quite fit the logic of the above:
11: C, A, B, F, G#, B, C, D, A, F, B, C, G, A, F#, C#, A, C, C
*Prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Probably half a packet of crisps**.
**At CoNot 2009 or CoLin 2010. I'm not paying postage and packing.
*** 10th of March.
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If I enter with all wrong answers, do I get zero? If so I might manage to beat a few people that slip into negative numbers.
If you cut a gandiseeg in half, do you get two gandiseegs or two halves of a gandiseeg?
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I like the look of this, hopefully I'll have the chance to study it properly before Mario day.
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Are we allowed to enter as many times as we want or do you just want the one entry?
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You can have 1 guess/justification at each clue, but you could make those guesses over 11 separate PMs if you wanted.
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I only attemped 3 of these questions so I am very curious as to find out what the other answers are
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We'll find out when I can remember what the answers are (March 13th, for anyone who cares)
Until then feel free to post openly with answers/speculation/abuse that the clues don't make any sense.
Until then feel free to post openly with answers/speculation/abuse that the clues don't make any sense.
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#5 was 4 SQUARE (16 square root of 256 and 4 square root of 16) and for #6 I said PYRAMID (as the numbers were triangle numbers), which you accepted, but this is not what you originally had. For #10 I guessed SAME DIFFERENCE (from X Factor), but it was not accepted.Gary Male wrote:Until then feel free to post openly with answers/speculation/abuse that the clues don't make any sense.
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Bored now. Answer time.Gary Male wrote:Oh lordy, it's the unwelcome return of the cryptic series! This time it's with a twist - I'm not telling you who or what links the answers. I'm not even telling you if the clues make any sense or not
Oh, alright, there's a television theme going on. And I've edited 1: a bit so it actually does make sense.
22 points on offer - 1 for getting the right answer, 1 for giving the right method of getting to the answer, or 2 for giving and fully justifying an answer that is different to the one I've got. Max 2 points per clue.
If anyone gets all 22 points they win Jono*. Answers/justification in a PM please, closing time of, ooh, let's say 9:37pm GMT on MARIO day***.
1: Elementally, 2, 2, 3 and 3 - s
2: Π(1/2)², Π(1/3)², Π(1/4)², Π(1/5)², ...
3: 0.0625
4: Scalene Rovers, Isosceles United, Equilateral Athletic
5: Square root of 256
6: 1, 3, 6, 10 or 15 etc
7: 0.1 + ers
8: Roman 2 and 5 - s
9: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 12
10: 1/2 or 0.5
Special bonus 11th question that doesn't quite fit the logic of the above:
11: C, A, B, F, G#, B, C, D, A, F, B, C, G, A, F#, C#, A, C, C
*Prize of equal or greater value may be substituted. Probably half a packet of crisps**.
**At CoNot 2009 or CoLin 2010. I'm not paying postage and packing.
*** 10th of March.
1: 2, 2, 3 and 3 are the factors of 36. In the periodic table, element 36 is Krypton. so Krypton Factors minus s = Krypton Factor.
2: All formulas for circles that get smaller in sequence. They are Ever Decreasing Circles.
3: 0.0625 is the same as 1 in 16, or Fifteen To One
4: All triangles that have become part of sporting teams. Sporting Triangles.
5: See above
6: Just Triangle (with Kate O'Mara. Probably) would have done, no need to go the extra leap.
7: 0.1 is the same as 10%. Add ers and you get the Ten Percenters. It was a sitcom, alright?
8: Same logic as 1:, but 10 becomes X. X-Factor
9: The sum makes sense if you make it so Every Second Counts
10: More probability. Doesn't matter which you choose it's 50/50
11: Musically, ther eare 19 Keys.
Winner is Daniel Peake with 9 points. Nobody wins Jono. Next time* to encourage entries I'll offer something people might want to have.
*Bollocks will there be a next time. Though if there is they will be completely unfair instead of vastly unfair.
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Really excellent. Wish I'd had more time to play with these.
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- > - > - > These clues
............ My head
Enjoyed having a go at them though
............ My head
Enjoyed having a go at them though
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I can't believe that I didn't get the X-Factor, the Krypton Facton and 19 Keys (that was a brilliant game show, pity it was on Channel 5). Well done Gary for an awesome quiz and well done to Daniel for winning.
Did anyone get lower than 4 points?
Did anyone get lower than 4 points?
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I don't get this. The factors of 36 are surely 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36. Can you explain please? Sorry to be dense.Gary Male wrote:1: 2, 2, 3 and 3 are the factors of 36.
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He means the prime factors. Every positive integer (except for 1) can be expressed as a unique product of prime numbers, and for 36 its 2*2*3*3.Phil Reynolds wrote:I don't get this. The factors of 36 are surely 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36. Can you explain please? Sorry to be dense.Gary Male wrote:1: 2, 2, 3 and 3 are the factors of 36.
These were rather interesting clues btw, wish I'd made more of an effort with them now.