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tionis
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lol Very clever! You are indeed correct, Sir.Jonathan Scott said:Or is that wrong?
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lol Very clever! You are indeed correct, Sir.Jonathan Scott said:Or is that wrong?
But now you've tricked me into giving away the actual answer, so I'll have to find time to think of something!tionis said:lol Very clever! You are indeed correct, Sir.![]()
lol Well played.Jonathan Scott said:But now you've tricked me into giving away the actual answer, so I'll have to find time to think of something!
(The reference is of course to the Allende meteorite which broke up in the area of the small town of Allende, Chihuahua state, Mexico).
The UK!Jonathan Scott said:Home is where your horses are stabled; without that, some topical prizes might never have happened. Where is that home?
Sorry, not in this case!tionis said:The UK!
Kentucky!Jonathan Scott said:Sorry, not in this case!
No, and I'll clarify that the prizes do not relate in any way to the horses!tionis said:Kentucky!
Jonathan Scott said:Home is where your horses are stabled; without that, some topical prizes might never have happened. Where is that home?
You're on the right track.collinsmark said:Do you need to be a laureate to figure out this riddle?![]()
No, but a lot closer now.tionis said:Stockholm!
Assuming my information is correct, you're not quite there yet. If that had been his legal home when he died, the prizes might never have happened.collinsmark said:Could it be Alfred Nobel's house in Paris, France?
No, that's where he was living when he died, but not where his legal home was for purposes of his famous will.tionis said:Villa Nobel Sanremo Italy!
collinsmark said:The new challenge comes in the form of poem:
Bars, bars everywhere but none but none that serve a drink.
Water, water everywhere surrounds the island clink.
This was a place of residence, oh what a motley group.
It was in nineteen sixty two that someone flew the coop.
The careful scheme was done at night to avoid the daytime crunch.
Papier-mâché was put to use to form a a noggin bunch
Tucked in sheets the noodles were with purpose to deceive.
And through an unused corridor a few were able to leave.
Yes, that is correct!wolram said:Are you eluding to the rock?
Darn it JS you are to knowledgeable.Jonathan Scott said:If you don't already know, Google will give it to you as the first hit on the question!
Perhaps not in this case; I had heard of this water wheel but couldn't remember the details so I simply googled for 72-foot-6-inch wheel and the Laxey Wheel (Lady Isabella) on the Isle of Man was the first hit, and most of the rest of your clue words were in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry, so I think this one was too easy.wolram said:Darn it JS you are to knowledgeable.
Jonathan Scott said:Perhaps not in this case; I had heard of this water wheel but couldn't remember the details so I simply googled for 72-foot-6-inch wheel and the Laxey Wheel (Lady Isabella) on the Isle of Man was the first hit, and most of the rest of your clue words were in the first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry, so I think this one was too easy.
The Alcatraz one was even more obvious, in that I didn't even need a Google search (and I'm guessing you didn't either).
It's tricky thinking up puzzles that can't be answered with an obvious Google search which is why I tend to let others have a go to save me having to think up a new one. I thought my last one (Nobel's "legal home" in Karlskoga) was topical but fairly obvious, and I was a bit surprised that it took a few days to solve.
Are you willing to have another go? If not, I may need some time to come up with one myself.