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dusty2229
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[Puzzle][Solved] 050 - Orange - Eight States Box 1. the untidy garden verges on the ridiculous
Box 2. the placebo is exceptionally difficult to swallow
Box 3. the hostel sells ale, mead and porter
Box 4. kneel and chant 'allah" as seen on tv
Box 5. the nomad is on his way south
Box 6. hero had overtaken leander
Box 7. in no particular order, my favourite months are june, august and july
Hidden within the seven sentences above are the names of eight US state capital cities. Can you find the eight capitals and then name the states they hail from?
Guest puzzle architect {Matt Shone}
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:09 am
Last edited by dusty2229 on Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:23 am; edited 2 times in total
dusty2229
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sorry this shoul be under orange cards
oops
should i repost or can it be moved?
[EDIT: moved to Orange. yanka.]
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:11 am
Mosestrotsky
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Well i've found one
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Box 1 Denver
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:23 am
oliverkeers13
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Re: [Puzzle] 050 Eight States
dusty2229 wrote:
Box 1. the untidy garden verges on the ridiculous
Box 2. the placebo is exceptionally difficult to swallow
Box 3. the hostel sells ale, mead and porter
Box 4. kneel and chant 'allah" as seen on tv
Box 5. the nomad is on his way south
Box 6. hero had overtaken leander
Box 7. in no particular order, my favourite months are june, august and july
Hidden within the seven sentences above are the names of eight US state capital cities. Can you find the eight capitals and then name the states they hail from?
{Matt Shone}
Well the best way to solve this is to put the sentences together without spaces, the names should then jump out
Box 1. theuntidygardenvergesontheridiculous
Box 2. theplaceboisexceptionallydifficulttoswallow
Box 3. thehostelsellsalemeadandporter
Box 4. kneelandchantallahasseenontv
Box 5. thenomadisonhiswaysouth
Box 6. herohadovertakenleander
Box 7. innoparticularordermyfavouritemonthsarejuneaugustandjuly
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
1. Denver, Colorado: garDEN VERges
2. Boise, Idaho: placeBO IS Exceptionally
3. Salem, Oregon: sellS ALE Mead
4. Tallahassee, Florida: chanT ALLA HAS SEEn
5. Madison, Wisconsin: noMAD IS ON
6. Dover, Delaware: haD OVER
7: Juneau, Alaska. and Augusta, Maine: JUNE August, AUGUST And
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:35 am
mupdan
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But what's the eighth one? I can't find it anywhere in the sentences.
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One of the postmarks is Boston, MA
but it says in "the seven sentences", so I don't know if this counts.
Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:42 pm
oliverkeers13
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there are two in the last one.
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 8:32 am
Macavity
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Now we check it for special inks
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Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2005 5:30 pm
Bahamoth
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I loved this one. This was my favourite card so far. I like word games. I couldn't get the last one tho. I thought it could be Juneau but I looked up the answer before I checked how to spell the Alaskan capital. Doh!
Did anyone else have Wacko Warners song about the US States and their Capitals in their head?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 4:42 pm
_ender
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dusty, slap a [SOLVED] on this one
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:28 pm
rose
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code? I was looking at this card after the whip smart solve. Did anyone take the left over letters from this card to see if they were a code, as in the whip smart? I didn't see it posted anywhere and wasn't sure if I should assume that had been done already.
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Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:00 am
Sentinel
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Has anyone had any problems solving this card on the site?
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:41 pm
Bennage
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Yeah, me. Says it's incorrect. Hmm.
Will try it with the last two the other way around.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:43 pm
QuadsChick
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I had trouble...even switched the two around...hrm...I'll try it again today.
hrm...tried another code i had from another card and it worked this time. wonder what i did wrong last night...
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:48 am
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I tried using the code from a spare card but still no points from this 1, what exactly did you input to get the points?
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:51 pm
Jaeneas
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Is it just my dyslexic fingers or will this not work?
I've tried 'Every which way' - even getting all American on its ass.
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Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:55 pm
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