If that's a cryptogram, it looks like you've chosen an out-of-the-ordinary obscenity.Originally Posted by MarkBastable
If that's a cryptogram, it looks like you've chosen an out-of-the-ordinary obscenity.
Ah, yes - the choice of an out-of-the-ordinary obscenity. <sigh> That takes me back.
Hang on a mo' the Great One hasn't pronounced yet. She did say it was a pure maths - no word play - question.
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Nah - there was no word play. I just fell for it. In fact, you can see me falling for it, at the point where I say 'hang on'.
Right then, re-arrange the following into 4 groups of 4 connected words.
anvil, largo, prime, triangle,
tympanum, piano, irrational, altering,
grave, relating, cube, intergral,
presto, hammer, square , stirrup.
Yes, I have been watching 'Only Connect' on telly, to play it properly you have to do it in three minutes!
Last edited by prendrelemick; 11-15-2011 at 04:34 PM.
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1 / triangle , cube , square
2 / piano , tympano , largo
3/ hammer, anvil , ( maybe grave is here ) :P
4/ altering , relating , irrational
stirrup .. maybe in 3...
aaaaah i got lost.. someone fill the blanks
"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done."
45 seconds...
Ear – anvil, stirrup, hammer, tympanum
Key – largo, piano
Number – irrational, prime,
I can declare the ear group correct and complete.
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Cube, square, irrational, prime are numbers
Presto and largo are tempo markings, and piano and triangle are percussion instruments. Would all fit together under "music"?
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Ear – anvil, stirrup, hammer, tympanum
music – largo, piano, presto, grave
number – irrational, prime, square, integral
?? - Altering, triangle, relating, cube
258 wouldn't work because you'll have 3 left at the last bridge. They don't know fractions and you must have only two for the market. A problem for both. I go with two coins to start. No word play, since everything's specified. They must give you one back no matter how much they can take.
cafolini, good work, but Mick already solved it.
thats so close.
you need to find the connection for the last group then you'll see where you err.
Last edited by prendrelemick; 11-16-2011 at 04:07 AM.
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"Integral," "altering," "triangle," and "relating" are all anagrams of each other. (Which puts "cube" under numbers. And the musical terms are three tempos and a volume?)
Hmm, noted for future Scrabble use.
Last edited by RobinHood3000; 11-16-2011 at 05:36 AM.
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Si ella me olvida
Qué importa perderme
Mil veces la vida
Para qué vivir
Actually, they're different arrangements.
Ear, music, number, arrangement?
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