E: 06/09Win Gold Bullion (Mega Help Needed *eek* *rotfl*)

novo_2

i used the answers as posted in #22 and get different letters. I get:

ucasaeggsget

The anagram solver I used gave 153 possibilites, maybe they make sense to those who have readthe book? Anagram solver: http://wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

EDIT:

I saw that puzzle 4 in post #22 has a different order then when the answer was first posted. Using the orginial answer, I still get different letters for 1-4-2 and 1-3-2. The letters for the final answer are then ucasahggsgut which to me still don't make sense...

ITYIYBMAB

itsmeagain221 wrote: »

What I think is that each number refers to the puzzle, the line and the letter. Ie 1-2-3 is the 1st puzzle; 2nd answer/line; 3rd letter. Therefore U.

Perhaps 1-2-3 may be the 1st letter; 2nd answer/line; 3rd puzzle. There are six possible orders, but the ones like 1st puzzle; 2nd letter ; 3rd answer/line seem less intuitive?.

itsmeagain221

fevnet wrote: »

Whoop whoop finally solved puzzle 5:

Byron
Carol
Elgin
Immel
Grant
Miles
Kamal
Locke
Stacy
Tyler

Fevnet, for puzzle #5 can you explain how these names appear in the 5 answers. I agree that the letter counts add up correctly but how do the answers correlate to the positions.

eg How does BYRONCAROL fit to the numbers No. 1) 23 / 53 / 42 / 41 / 33 / 33 / 12 / 12 / 51 /13?

zargle

it's every other letter eg byron carol becomes bcyarroonl.

anh1904

I have put the answers down in a grid (does anyone know how to post a table) in the way the questions were asked, and have the following suggested letters for the anagram. However, I am still convinced there should be a way to whittle down the answers to question 4 into just 5 lines as all references in the final question are only referencing any numbers 1 to 5.

In the hope it helps with someone's inspiration, here are my answers:

1-2-3 U
1-4-2 E
4-1-4 A ??
3-4-1 S
1-3-2 C
4-2-4 H ??
2-5-5 G
3-2-5 G
1-1-1 S
5-3-3 R
4-4-5 U ??
5-5-5 A

Which come from the following "actual" answers to the puzzles (apologies if the formatting doesn't paste):

1.1 s a g i t t a r I u s (1.1.1)
1.2 t a u r u s c a n c e r (1.2.3)
1.3 s c o r p I o g e m I n I (1.3.2 )
1.4 l e o a r i e s l i b r a (1.4.2)
1.5 c a p r i c o r n p i s c e s
2.1 e x a r m y e n g I n e e r
2. 2 l a c a m m o r r i s t a
2.3 r e t I r e d p I l o t
2.4 f o r m e r w r e s t l e r
2.5 p h r y g I a n k I n g (2.5.5)
3.1 s e a t t l e
3.2 g e o r g e t o w n (3.2.5)
3.3 p I a z z a s a n g a e t a n o
3.4 s a n l o r e n z o m a g g I o r e (3.4.1)
3.5 w a s h I n g t o n
4.1 p a l a c e (4.1.4)
4.2 a r c h (4.2.4)
4.3 c h a p e l
4.4 m u s e u m (4.4.5)
4.5 t o m b
4.6 p a r t h e n o n
4.7 t o w e r
4.8 f o r t
4.9 v a u l t
4.10 h o t e l
5.1 b c y a r r o o n l
5.2 e i l m g m i e n l
5.3 g m r i a l n e t s (5.3.3)
5.4 k l a o m a c a k l e
5. 5 s t t y a l c e y r (5.5.5)

anh1904

Surely the order is important here?

Tom had first met his best pal, a celebrated archaeologist from Sicily called Umberto, at Aix-la-Chapelle, when they excavated a site together which was believed to date from the time of Charlemagne. They had been friendly rivals ever since. Once, thinking it might amuse Umberto (and confident he was the better driver), Tom bought a couple of tickets for a track day at Silverstone. Although Umberto wasn’t all that keen to take part, he nonetheless took up the challenge when his friend goaded him saying, “Come on, Umberto, we’re doing this.” Unfortunately, Tom’s car vaulted the security tyres at the first corner, shot eleven metres into the air, and he cracked three ribs when it landed upside down. They haven’t spoken since.

fevnet

Oh well, have given up - going away for the week so will not be able to solve this one. Good luck to everyone else though. I hope someone manages it.

anh1904

I think Puzzle 4 is the tricky little blighter that's causing the problems, if only we could get another "building or structure" between Arch and Chapel we could have another "E" in the final anagram.

anh1904

1.1 SAGITTARIUS (1.1.1) S
1.2 TAURUS CANCER (1.2.3) U
1.3 SCORPIO GEMINI (1.3.2 ) C or possibly A if 3rd word (Cancer) not 3rd answer (ScorpioGemini)
1.4 LEO ARIES LIBRA (1.4.2) E or possibly C if 4th word, not 4th answer
1.5 CAPRICORN PISCES
2.1 EX-ARMY ENGINEER
2.2 LA CAMMORRISTA
2.3 RETIRED PILOT
2.4 FORMER WRESTLER
2.5 PHRYGIAN KING (2.5.5) G
3.1 SEATTLE
3.2 GEORGETOWN (3.2.5) G
3.3 PIAZZA SAN GAETANO
3.4 SAN LORENZO MAGGIORE (3.4.1) S
3.5 WASHINGTON
4.1 PALACE (4.1.4) A
4.2 ARCH (4.2.4) H
4.3 CHAPEL
4.4 MUSEUM (4.4.5) U – I would much rather this was the E in CHAPEL but that needs another find!
4.5 TOMB
4.6 PARTHENON
4.7 TOWER
4.8 FORT
4.9 VAULT
4.10 HOTEL
5.1 BCYARROONL Byron Carol
5.2 EILMGMIENL Elgin Immel
5.3 GMRIALNETS Grant Miles (5.3.3) R or possibly G if 3rd word not answer
5.4 KLAOMCAKLE Kamal Locke
5.5 STTYALCEYR Stacy Tyler (5.5.5) A or possibly L if 5th word not answer

chelsea1969

This probably wont be any help, pellew as in ChaPELLE When they excavated, was a ship, HMS pellew if that can be classed as a structure ,and on board another ship there is a building named after sir edward Pellew ,and although i dont think it could be classed as a structure there is pellew island .