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Post by sostie on Sept 19, 2017 10:24:55 GMT
sostie --- Can you use the PM system? I can tell you there. Not sure what you mean by "OT". It's a "Guess the Link" thread. Doesn't say it has to be movie linked. Not sure if PM is working on this comp netwrok..but don't worry, thanks for the offer. It doesn't say film related in the title true, though my opening post when I started the thread did say that was the intention. It's no biggie, it's getting more action now that it did a few weeks ago. It was something to dip in and out of when I had a few spare minutes at work but difficult (for me personally) to keep track with all the spoiler tags..it's OK there are other threads I can dip into  |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 19, 2017 10:41:11 GMT
sostie OK, I'll keep the original intention in mind. The recent penultimate puzzle is movie linked in that the titles lead to the answer, rather than the content of the movies. It was an event I had in mind, however the answer is also a movie. soullimbo answered correctly.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 24, 2017 21:53:57 GMT
Movie-related quickie...
Nigel Bruce
Art
Midsomer Murders
Humpty Dumpty
Robin Hood
Physics
St. Augustine (yeah... Hey, if I can use the guy for one puzzle, he'll suffice for another too!)
Ornithology
If you put the clues together aright, you should get the title of a movie.
EDIT: It's not an acrostic of any sort, just to pre-empt that. (I just noticed how "putting the clues together" may lead you to think that, especially when I've used acrostics before.)
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Post by alfromni on Sept 24, 2017 22:39:17 GMT
SalzmankCan I ask if the movie is one which would be known by all, and not some obscure movie?
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 24, 2017 22:41:10 GMT
alfromniThat's a difficult question to answer. It's not as well-known as, say, Casablanca, but people who enjoy '30s cinema in particular may well know it. (I should note that it does not have Nigel Bruce in it.)
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Post by alfromni on Sept 24, 2017 22:42:52 GMT
SalzmankThanks. That may narrow it down somewhat.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 29, 2017 23:00:43 GMT
One note: alfromni let me know in a PM that he got the answer. It's * drumroll, please* ... The Bishop Murder Case (1930), starring Basil Rathbone. I'll allow anyone interested to try to fit the clues in...
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 29, 2017 23:15:55 GMT
Salzmank
1. Forget flowers and move to the connection between countries.
2. Not the Dreyfus Affair, the trial of Oscar Wilde, nor the abdication of Edward VIII. Film plots are irrelevant in most cases. Work on the titles.
I was working on the angle of their being the national flowers of the current members (both permanent and non-permanent) of the UN Security Council, but that doesn't quite work. Are international organizations a good angle, by any chance? |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 29, 2017 23:27:05 GMT
Salzmank - Flowers Yes, but not organisations in the plural.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 29, 2017 23:43:21 GMT
alfromni Hm. That stumps me, then. It's not the UN Security Council or the General Assembly. Certainly not the Commonwealth, the OIF, the EU, or the ICC. Not Interpol, the WTO, or the IMF. What's left? ... I'm sure it'll be something obvious I'm not seeing.
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Post by alfromni on Sept 29, 2017 23:47:34 GMT
Salzmank - Flowers
Apolitical...or so we're led to believe.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 30, 2017 0:00:01 GMT
alfromniUmm... Sports? Not FIFA--the Olympics? IOC? But what in the IOC? I can find most of them, but not a few... |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 30, 2017 0:23:46 GMT
Salzmank - (Corrected spoiler) FIFA no, Olympics yes, now fit the flower countries given to answer the puzzle. What do they have in common?
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Post by alfromni on Sept 30, 2017 22:11:07 GMT
Salzmank or anyone - Flower puzzle. Figured it out yet? It's not difficult.
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 1, 2017 19:19:13 GMT
alfromniNot yet, but it's not the difficulty level (one way or another), just that I was away this weekend. As for the question... Countries that have had a multiple Olympic gold medalist? I found it difficult to fit Belarus in any other way.
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Post by alfromni on Oct 1, 2017 19:34:15 GMT
Salzmank No, nothing to do about athletes, performances, schedules, or events, within the Games.
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Post by alfromni on Oct 1, 2017 21:11:27 GMT
Salzmank
I can't really give you any more clues without revealing the answer. It'll have to be a 'Eureka!' moment.
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 1, 2017 21:42:21 GMT
alfromniQuestion: is knapweed in fact referring to Belarus? Because I'm finding it very difficult to find that country in anything having to do with the Olympics (besides what I've already mentioned), especially as it was part of the USSR.
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Post by alfromni on Oct 1, 2017 22:33:52 GMT
SalzmankNo, Belarus is not involved. Try another country. To give you a clue the relevant country's national flower is sometimes referred to as a cornflower, but which itself is of the knapweed family. I wondered before how Belarus came into your equation, but as you were talking about medals....no, not Belarus.
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Post by Salzmank on Oct 1, 2017 22:39:17 GMT
alfromniThink-- think!--I've got it with your last hint: Countries that have hosted the games.
If so, I was really confused because I'd thought that a few of the flowers referred to different countries.
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