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Post by lucasscooter on Oct 18, 2016 21:30:43 GMT -5
I originally debuted this puzzle in the introduction thread. However, it was getting tired of living there and wanted a better home. A few U-Haul trips and some frenzied painting later, we have this beautiful Victorian-style manor on some prime real estate in Epping Forest that was so cheap, it was murder! Have at it! I'm just going to go check out that noise I heard from that thick patch of brush. I'll be back in a jiffy, I'm sure.  |
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Post by freshness on Oct 24, 2016 5:04:21 GMT -5
Ok, I'll have a go. Here's my guess. A guinea was 1 pound 1 shilling, so that's a total of 21 shillings.
The largest single syllable number in the English language is twelve.
The world's most populous democracy is India, and the number you'd call for the police is 100.
(But, starting in 2017, this is supposed to change to 112).
The first Australians to reach the top of Mount Everest are Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer and they did so in 1984.
The room in the year the first Australians reached the top of Mount Everest would be the "Room" in 1984. In the book 1984, that terrible room in the basement of the Ministry of Love is Room 101.
21-12+100-101=8
21-12+112-101=20
So, you're either 20 or 8. I'm really hoping you're 8. |
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Post by lucasscooter on Oct 24, 2016 18:43:21 GMT -5
Ok, I'll have a go. Here's my guess. A guinea was 1 pound 1 shilling, so that's a total of 21 shillings.
The largest single syllable number in the English language is twelve.
The world's most populous democracy is India, and the number you'd call for the police is 100.
(But, starting in 2017, this is supposed to change to 112).
The first Australians to reach the top of Mount Everest are Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer and they did so in 1984.
The room in the year the first Australians reached the top of Mount Everest would be the "Room" in 1984. In the book 1984, that terrible room in the basement of the Ministry of Love is Room 101.
21-12+100-101=8
21-12+112-101=20
So, you're either 20 or 8. I'm really hoping you're 8. You are one number off. Alas, I am not eight. Sorry to disappoint.  |
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Post by hollyhemlock on Oct 25, 2016 10:37:35 GMT -5
Going off of freshness 's I didn't even think about the book! Which still disturbs me to this day, I am going to try again... 20-12+100-101=...7? That's even worse XD But if it's
20-12+112-101=19 then that's more believable.... :\ |
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Post by lucasscooter on Oct 25, 2016 12:15:10 GMT -5
Going off of freshness 's I didn't even think about the book! Which still disturbs me to this day, I am going to try again... 20-12+100-101=...7? That's even worse XD But if it's
20-12+112-101=19 then that's more believable.... :\ You are two numbers off. And I am neither 7 nor 19.  |
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Post by craigrj on Oct 26, 2016 3:01:28 GMT -5
Pretty much by process of elimination that makes you 21 |
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Post by freshness on Oct 26, 2016 11:26:24 GMT -5
Pretty much by process of elimination that makes you 21 Or 9. |
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Post by lucasscooter on Oct 26, 2016 14:16:06 GMT -5
Pretty much by process of elimination that makes you 21 Pretty much by process of elimination that makes you 21 Or 9. Apparently, process of elimination is flawed. Both guesses are wrong. This next hint may spoil the puzzle. Proceed with caution. There's more than one number you'd call in an emergency. |
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Post by hollyhemlock on Oct 26, 2016 16:42:46 GMT -5
OK, so I know I was wrong on my shilling to guinea ratio, but my new beef is with the latest clue... So I give up  |
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Post by lucasscooter on Oct 26, 2016 18:05:18 GMT -5
OK, so I know I was wrong on my shilling to guinea ratio, but my new beef is with the latest clue... So I give up Everyone who has been trying to solve it has struggled with that India one. So I edited it. It's probably too easy now, but it's better than the current "impossibility" of guessing the answer due to strange wording. Don't give up! You can do it. |
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Post by hollyhemlock on Oct 26, 2016 18:21:41 GMT -5
OK! So with that information... Edited because I still forgot to change my shilling to guinea mistake XD 21-12+108-101=16?! Way younger than I thought, if that's the case! I never would have gotten it without freshness figuring out the "room" part, tho Bravo on a stumping puzzle! |
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Post by lucasscooter on Oct 26, 2016 22:33:17 GMT -5
OK! So with that information... Edited because I still forgot to change my shilling to guinea mistake XD 21-12+108-101=16?! Way younger than I thought, if that's the case! I never would have gotten it without freshness figuring out the "room" part, tho Bravo on a stumping puzzle! I was quite proud of that room part.  |
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