Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[hsdrop]

Mr. Scott you have the com

 

[Jonathan Scott]

New one:

This spectacular scenic location in the North of England is one of the highest in volume as well as height. It sounds as if it might have something to do with physics (especially Newton's second law), but the relevant word in the original name meant a moat or ditch.

 

[wolram]

Offas dyke?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Offas dyke?

Sorry, no, and if you think that's in the North of England I think your map is the wrong way up.

 

[hsdrop]

Gaping Gill??

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Gaping Gill??

Not the answer I was looking for, but closely related in some ways.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Think about the physics bit of the clue. Or follow some Star Wars advice.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Perhaps Gaping Gill is the highest, but this one's high and more visible.

 

[hsdrop]

hmmmmmmm

 

[hsdrop]

High Force Waterfall - Google Maps
www.google.com/maps/place/High+Force+Waterfall/@54.6503578,-2.1875587,84m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487c3a089df4dac9:0x1551a8aeac821d0f!8m2!3d54.6504339!4d-2.1876579

 

[Jonathan Scott]

High Force Waterfall

Yes, that's right! You spotted how to use the "Force"!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Force
The word "Force" in the name was originally "Fosse" or "Foss" which was a Nordic word for waterfall, but could be confused with the Anglo-Saxon "Fosse" as in "Fosse Way" meaning a ditch or moat. It's only about 35 miles from Gaping Gill. We visited High Force on our family holiday in 2015.

Over to you.

 

[hsdrop]

wish i could come across the pond to see it for my self
give me a few to come up with a good one my bed room laptop is not working the best so I am trying to get it going quick before i give you guys a good riddle but with in a day ill have one posted i already have a couple of places in mind so it will not take me too long

 

[hsdrop]

sorry everyone for taking so long

You can't get there by parachute so you must start at the lake that is suspended up high
if you follow the river down past the storm king and onto the mountain that never gets snow on it
then follow the rig north west till you get to 2 bodys of water then turn north between them
when the rifle falls you think it would go bang but that not the sound you hear when you get there
even throw it should be 3 times louder than most all you hear is one
drip drip drop

please post a pic or a link to a pic or map
this is a place that I use to live and I miss the overwhelming beauty of the place

 

[1oldman2]

if you follow the river down past the storm king and onto the mountain

OK, so first off, are we speaking of the Hudson River and Storm King Mt. of NY state ?

 

[hsdrop]

OK, so first off, are we speaking of the Hudson River and Storm King Mt. of NY state ?

lol well at least you got the right country but not the right state try going west a ways

 

[1oldman2]

try going west a ways

Good advice, Here's what I have so far... a picture of Rifle Falls, in a part of Colorado with to many familiar names to be a coincidence. I'm thinking the "drip drip drop" just may refer to the three channels the falls take.

 

[hsdrop]

yep you got it

 

[hsdrop]

the lake is called hanging lake and the mount with no snow on it is burning mt. there's a strip across the side of it that snow always melts from... well here's a video explaining why and yes new castle is where I use to live for about a year or so
The Mystery of Burning Mountain in New Castle, Colorado - YouTube

 

[hsdrop]

Good advice, Here's what I have so far... a picture of Rifle Falls, in a part of Colorado with to many familiar names to be a coincidence. I'm thinking the "drip drip drop" just may refer to the three channels the falls take.
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your up oldman lol

 

[1oldman2]

your up oldman lol

Back soon

 

[tionis]

In the meantime, try solving this one:

Peace unto Queen Calafia
They call me ''The Red''
My sister, in seeded apple
Is made of rock and clay

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Not had much time to look at this one, but I've just had a look now.

First line suggests La Paz in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Third line in conjunction with first suggests La Paz, Granada, Spain (seeded apple = pomegranate = Granada).

I have not made any progress on the second or fourth lines.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I have not made any progress on the second or fourth lines.

Granada in Spain is of course associated with the Alhambra, which roughly means "The Red One", so that might relate to the second line. There is also an Alhambra in California.

 

[hsdrop]

glad you getting this one I am lost

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The clues seem to relate to the Alhambra, but in that case I don't know what La Paz and California have to do with it. Very confusing.

 

[tionis]

The clues seem to relate to the Alhambra, but in that case I don't know what La Paz and California have to do with it. Very confusing.

Alhambra it is! Well done, Mr. Scott!
Over to whoever lol.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Alhambra it is! Well done, Mr. Scott!
Over to whoever lol.

Please can you explain the clues?

 

[tionis]

Please can you explain the clues?

Peace unto Queen Calafia (clue to California's city of Alhambra once you put the other clues together)
They call me ''The Red'' ( Alhambra, means the red one)
My sister, in seeded apple (location of the other Alhambra in Spain)
Is made of rock and clay (Alhambra castle in Granada is made out of rock and red clay)

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Peace unto Queen Calafia (clue to California's city of Alhambra once you put the other clues together)

So the word "Peace" was not intended to be a clue at all? That line was just referring to California? And it's just a coincidence that there are "La Paz" locations both in Mexico's Baja California and in Granada, Spain? And the final answer is the Californian Alhambra, not the one in Spain?

 

[hsdrop]

so who's next ?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

so who's next ?

We were hoping @1oldman2 would come up with one soon. For the next few days, I have a lot of orchestra stuff to do after work, so I'm not sure when I'll next have time to think of a new one myself.

 

[hsdrop]

ill take the next day or so to come up with a couple of new one in case i get the next one or get a chance to post one up my self

 

[tionis]

So the word "Peace" was not intended to be a clue at all? That line was just referring to California? And it's just a coincidence that there are "La Paz" locations both in Mexico's Baja California and in Granada, Spain? And the final answer is the Californian Alhambra, not the one in Spain?

The word peace was intended to be a clue, but not in the context of a city, but as an islamic greeting. I was going to use the word salaam, but a quick google search would have given it away too easily. So in the riddle, the city of Alhambra is greeting the state of California in an islamic fashion. Then, she speaks of another sister Alhambra in the following lines which give clues to its location. Because you had already figured out that it was either the one in Spain of Cali, I didn't see the point of pressing you for a more specific answer.

 

[hsdrop]

ok guys I think I got one for you'll lol

when all saints come marching in
and ask Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk?
just remember it not the question but wait you would sit them to look out the colorful windows
I must be mad

 

[Jonathan Scott]

ok guys I think I got one for you'll lol

when all saints come marching in
and ask Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk?
just remember it not the question but wait you would sit them to look out the colorful windows

I must be mad

All Saints Lunatic Asylum, Apple Valley, California? (It's not the only All Saints Asylum, but seems the most likely one).