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13th Labour Puzzles

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 1:02 pm

QBKooky · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 281

I'm having trouble reaching an "Ah-ha!" moment with the name that tune puzzle. I know finding out the identity of the background person will help this, but all I can do is Google Image search guess+check with famous names? Any better ideas?

People I've tried to see if it's them:
Scientists: Newton, Galileo, Darwin
Artists: Michaelangelo, Da Vinci

The ruffled collar looks Renaissance style. Hm.

**Posted:** Thu May 11, 2006 11:59 pm

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SteveC · Unfettered Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 381

Musically, the ruff is late Baroque and early Renaissance. Timewise, it's 1550-1650 or so. English royalty wise it's Blackadder II, erm, Elizabethan...

Going through the major composers at the time, I'm not finding anyone there that looks like the picture..

I guess should diversify to others, but I can't see what the link to a tune is going to be then...

**Posted:** Fri May 12, 2006 5:20 am

spooble · Greenhorn Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 8 Location: SC, USA

The circle made me think of Circle of Fifths. I'm not sure, though.

**Posted:** Mon May 15, 2006 6:05 pm

Fiera · Boot Joined: 31 Mar 2006 Posts: 41 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

I keep thinking he looks like Shakespeare for some reason. Now I can't get that out of my head.

**Posted:** Tue May 16, 2006 9:10 am

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Second clue is up Smile

**Posted:** Tue May 16, 2006 4:58 pm

DJ FreeMason · Boot Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 66

I've gone through all the baroque and renaissance composers and no one looks like that picture. They either have their hair longer or don't have the ruff. However, it could be one of those composers who don't have a picture. I had a theory on how the circles relate. It's a totally gross sheet. If you really want me to put, obviously in spoiler code, my theories I could. However, finding the person in the background would probably help. I could also scan in the picture and see if anyone thinks I'm either nuts or have a good idea and they might find something on it.

**Posted:** Wed May 17, 2006 9:31 pm

DJ FreeMason · Boot Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 66

God damn I feel stupid. I've been staring at the current Duckiemonster puzzle and haven't seen anything. I am having trouble telling whether the thing at the far left between the white bead and the black bead is a black bead or the clasp. I know that I'll think "how did I miss that?" when the answer is posted tomorrow but I'll keep trying.

**Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 11:18 am

duckiemonster

*snigger*

**Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 1:18 pm

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DJ FreeMason · Boot Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 66

I'm glad my irritation at my own lack of insight is amusing to you, duckie. I'm usually good at these kinds of things. I guess since I haven't had time to sit down and really work over ideas. Oh well, now I'll probably have to buy a duckiemonster choker necklace. They're really nice. I like them.

**Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 2:24 pm

duckiemonster

Glad you like them.

(I'm just pleased that someone thinks I'm an evil puzzle mastermind Very Happy

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**Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 2:50 pm

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DJ FreeMason · Boot Joined: 30 Mar 2006 Posts: 66

Finally figured it out. I was totally on the wrong path. I was going a way that was making things far more difficult than they should have been. I'll explain what I thought it was when the contest is over. The best way to put it was, I should have been in England, I was somewhere in the vicinity of Alpha Centauri.

**Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 7:44 pm

dps05 · Boot Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 47 Location: Aberystwyth

New puzzle up! Linky... Written by GuiN and it closes on the 4th of June so not long to get those answers in people!

Well done to Six who solved an excellent puzzle by Duckiemonster

**Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:49 am

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Yay, the first one I've actually had the persistence to finish. Good idea for a puzzle, that one, and I look forward to more.

**Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:14 am

poozle · Entrenched Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 1090

Nice puzzle Duckie, just a shame I was in the middle of exams and had no time to solve it Sad

(although I'd worked out what sort of thing it was).

**Posted:** Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:13 pm