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[SOLVED PUZZLE] Dates of Death
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Shad0
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[SOLVED PUZZLE] Dates of Death

Lucky was kind enough to mention that the nine Dates of Death that the D.C. Cemetery crowd collected today would unlock the first of eight new cards. Perhaps some kind person will post those dates somewhere...

Edit for [SOLVED] tag -- hope it works
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1 Henry Ness 9/10/1850
2 Merle Freeman 7/27/1892 8/24/1893
3 Philip Johnson 2/1/1867
4 Jeffrey Heiners 7/6/1954 10/8/1990
5 Sarah Sanford 12/13/1775 1/17/1862
6 Orin Fowler 9/2/1852
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9 Andrew Keithley 10/18/1880

I don't have 7 or 8... Most of these came from magesteff's posts in the live event thread.
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Now with Question-ey Goodness!

Meet a Representative of the Keystone State, resting four graves in. DoD
1A Sept 10, 1850
In front of a tall white column, you should be able to read the name on the grave of an unfettered fellow, What is it?
1B Merle Freeman

This will bring you to another gentleman from the Quaker State, a member of the 38th Congress. DoD
2A Feb 1, 1867
Find the grave that's being watched over by a 'club'and that bears a familiar name. Whats the name?
2B Brown
Walk in the direction of the far-off grave you've just spotted until you meet a shutterbug. Where isn't he these days?
2C Home

At the northern end of the row, you'll find a gentlemen from the Empire State. DoD
3A June 3, 1860
What are the two months you can read on the side facing you?
3B September April

You'll find a gentleman from the Granite State. DoD
4A Jan 11 1855
Between two obelisks you'll discover a small figure that has the aura of an apparition. How would you describe it?
4B angel

You'll find the ---grave of Ebenezor Eveleth's widow. Her DOD:
5A Jan 17 1862
Just a few feet away you'll find a turned over 'heart' with a loneyly marking. What's it say?
5B "unknown"
You'll find the out-spoken grave of a hero. According to him, never what? Never what?
5C "again forever"
What wasn't enough for James and Tara?
5D "a lifetime together"

Just southeast of his grave is a gentleman from the Old Colony. 2nd in from the road. His DOD:
6A Sept 3 1852
seek out a dainty soul buried by the brick wall. What's the name you spy?
6B Lacy

Look under the tree's cover for the final resting place of Mr. Robert Armeur's loved ones. His sons DOD
7 Sept 21 1900

Meet the man buried two graves to her left. His DOD
8A Nov 18 1866
Near the far wall, find the powerfully named woman
8B Ada LaForge

reach the final resting place of an Andrew whose brother died in the ? near White ?
9 Oct 14, 1880

EDIT: Fixed 1A Date, added Ada LaForge's first Name.
BIG EDIT: Added questions.
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Thanks!

The first few dates of death (10-1-3-11) spell JACK. Unfortunately the rest spell out QCURN. I figured that'd be too easy... Sad
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Can someone post the exact wording from Lucky's note to the Live crew? I lost the link to the flickr photos.

Quote:
P.S. Some People's Days are Numbered - Keep that in mind, and you'll have all the information you need to reveal the first of eight new cards. Good luck.

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PS

Quote:
"P.S. Some people's days are numbered. Keep that in mind, and you'll have all the information you need to reveal the first of eight new cards. Good luck."


I got that from the chat during the game. Also Nos posted a typed transcription. I have to run. Good luck guys!

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I think I'm barking up the wrong tree here, but after a quick look, here are the days of the week for the dates listed:

9/10/1850 - Tues
2/1/1867 - Fri
6/3/1860 - Sun
1/11/1855 - Thurs
1/17/1862 - Fri
9/3/1852 - Fri
9/21/1900 - Fri
11/18/1866 - Sun
10/14/1880 - Thurs

I figured we could use all the angles we could get.
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Sorry to keep posting multiple times but I wanted to keep seperate thoughts.

EDIT: Also, I noticed we have 3 even numbered days and 6 days odd numbered...

5 of the odd numbers are prime numbers: 1,3,11,17,3 (21 isn't prime)

I'm losing myself here. Smile
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From catherwood in IRC:

sorting by dates: (pasting)
1850/09/10
MerleFreeman
1852/09/03
Lacy
1855/01/11
angelic
1860/06/03
september, april
1862/01/17
unknown, again, forever, lifetime
1866/11/18
Ada LaForge
1867/02/01
brown, home
1880/10/14
--
1900/09/21
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ariock wrote:
From catherwood in IRC:
unknown, again, forever, lifetime
--


This could be telling us something to do when combining the numbers to spell a name. My guess

unknown - there is one unknown number so fill one additional one in
again - repeat one of the numbers/letters
forever - infinity = I?
lifetime - for one person the lenght of the LIFESPAN is the clue, not the DOD

other interpretations are clearly possible (likely?).

Shad0, why haven't your cloudmaker-honed talents solved this yet? Wink
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Tried using the months and dates, anagrammed them and got nothing. But this was kind of neat "CIA JACK IRAQ FBI JUNK".

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Quote:
lifetime - for one person the lenght of the LIFESPAN is the clue, not the DOD


This could be Merle Freeman who lived a litle over a year (393 days, I think)
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Arana wrote:
lifetime - for one person the lenght of the LIFESPAN is the clue, not the DOD

Lucky's letter says:
thedealer wrote:
You'll need these DODs later tonight.

Because it says "these DODs" and not "some of these DODs," I assume we need all nine of them.

The letter also says:
thedealer also wrote:
Some people's days are numbered. Keep that in mind, and you'll have all the information you need ...

From this, I deduce (possibly incorrectly, but so what else is new?) that the other information gathered actually has nothing to do with this particular puzzle, but was simply a challenge-and-reward (T-shirts) for our intrepid colleagues who could not be online hunting down cards today.

My theory: Richardson's first name is hidden in the dates.
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Bait

They really want us to get this our they wouldn't have put up the eight card reward as bait.

I don't think we'll get any of the roaring 20's cards until we solve this!
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What got me started on my odd and even tangent was the sentence:

Quote:
Some people's days are numbered.


Some? Everyone's days are numbered, but for this puzzle, "some?"

There is something about the numbers that we were given that sets them apart from any others. A property or a quality that will help us figure out what could be richardson's real name, for instance.
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