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Jubal
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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January 18, 2017, 11:21:17 AM »
I think my lack of general knowledge may cause me to struggle on 2 and 3...
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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January 18, 2017, 11:25:32 AM »
No, but you're on the right lines
Coffee-cup topology might be quite over-specifically mathsy actually - it might help just to google the whole last line.
I'll give some more hints in a bit!
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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January 18, 2017, 11:30:43 AM »
Ah, OK, yes, I was thinking of what might *actually* have a topology similar to a coffee cup!
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January 18, 2017, 12:00:07 PM »
Yes! Now for the other two. *cackles madly*
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January 19, 2017, 12:40:00 AM »
Clue - there's something that links 2 and 3. They're both symbols of their country's (very different) Revolutions...
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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January 19, 2017, 08:17:44 AM »
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a bald eagle?
This would fit at least the second half of the riddle, and the hint you gave.
I'm thoroughly stuck on number 2. I think my general knowledge might not be general enough
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January 19, 2017, 12:44:12 PM »
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Yes! Nice! I tried to make it fit with the second half as well - he comes from America, and he's bald (crown/crown double meaning, lol)
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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January 19, 2017, 12:45:44 PM »
Oh hang on, wrong half
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Yeah, the first line's the weakest. Bette Midler had a song that went "I can fly higher than an eagle, cause you are the wind beneath my wiiiings..."
And what's another name for a good score in golf?
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January 19, 2017, 01:32:30 PM »
The second one is very specific and I suppose it's impossible if you're not already aware of the name. It's got the inventor in the title, like Beethoven's Symphony.
Another riddle - same object referenced - follows.
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I've lain for many years upon the Science Museum's floor
In my heart, for the first time, coal and steam went hand in glove
My name, though not a salad, sounds identical for sure
(Jim Hawkins is the sailor-hero referenced above.)
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January 19, 2017, 01:50:12 PM »
Ah, well, that makes it
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Stephenson's Rocket
And there was I starting from things like "Apollo" and "Armstrong", and trying to see how they would connect to "Forester" (Hornblower) or "O'Brian" (Jack Aubrey), or the English Civil War.
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January 19, 2017, 01:53:01 PM »
Yes! Awesome.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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January 24, 2017, 11:18:12 PM »
OK, try this one:
I am oppressed, downtrodden, dead,
But may be high above your head;
I see life with disinterest,
For where I lay is where I'm best.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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November 29, 2018, 11:01:00 PM »
Oh gods, I can't find the answer to this one...
EDIT: Just remembered what I'm 99% sure it is! No, it isn't a coffin - they're never particularly high above your head.
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Re: Riddles in the Dark of Exilian
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December 26, 2018, 12:24:29 AM »
I've edited the last riddle from "But am raised high" to "But may be high" which I think is a little more accurate. Still no takers?
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