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#192 Pronunciation
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norman182
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#192 Pronunciation

card author garnet

the card depicts a map with four crypticaly named points in the corners which cross at the centre point
the card text reads

which country do these points meet at?
you might want the help of gerardus

top left - unbiased thorny flower
top right- simple plant english athlete and peer
bottom left- automobile crypt
bottom right- fungus roof edges

at the bottom this card has the numbers 3-3333322333332-4 and upside down 1-444444114411112-1

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DarkHuman
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gerardus is Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)

Inventor of the Mercator map, the flat distortion of our round planet.
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DarkHuman
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here's HIS map of Europe.
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KingOfWrong
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bottom left- automobile crypt
=
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Khartoum? (car-tomb)


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Grizy
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fungus roof edges

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Mold Eaves - Maldives? Can tell if its on the map though.


top left - unbiased thorny flower
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Fair Rose - Faroes or Faroe isles?


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KingOfWrong
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Ooh, I was going for
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Pharos (island near Alexandria)

but I like your answer better Smile

Just need to figure out the last one... Maybe if it's "English athlete and peer" as one phrase...
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Seb Coe? Which might then be Moss-Coe...


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I'm getting somewhere around Turkey


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Grizy
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The "English athlete and peer" answer sounds good to me.
Haven't got the card, good luck with the answer.
Laughing

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obrienk
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correction for this card reads:

Quote:
The question should read- "Where do these points meet at?"


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Typhin
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These don't work:
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Lebanon
Gaza Strip


And the Background Image:
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Appears to be a map of part of Botswana?


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chrisjwilkinson
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Until I read the correction, I was pretty sure it was
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Turkey


... that doesn't work, though.

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hannah
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Given that it appears to be Botswana in the background I tried:

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Kalahari
Kalahari Desert
Okavango Delta


none of which worked

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KingOfWrong
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Spoiler (Rollover to View):
I tried Turkey first, then used a different Mercator-projection map and tried Cyprus. No dice.


Major hint:
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What is near that location, but isn't a country?


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obrienk
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KingOfWrong wrote:


Major hint:
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What is near that location, but isn't a country?


great hint. cheers.

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Great hint. My first top ten Very Happy

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Rand0m
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Yes - thanks indeed!
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