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norman182
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Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 14
#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
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:17 pm
DarkHuman
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Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 640 Location: Florida
gerardus is Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)
Inventor of the Mercator map, the flat distortion of our round planet.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:37 pm
DarkHuman
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here's HIS map of Europe.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:38 pm
KingOfWrong
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Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 45
bottom left- automobile crypt
=
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Khartoum? (car-tomb)
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:54 pm
Grizy
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Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 89 Location: Preston, UK
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?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:26 pm
KingOfWrong
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Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 45
Ooh, I was going for
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Pharos (island near Alexandria)
but I like your answer better
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
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:46 pm
Grizy
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Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 89 Location: Preston, UK
The "English athlete and peer" answer sounds good to me.
Haven't got the card, good luck with the answer.
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 5:59 pm
obrienk
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Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 73
correction for this card reads:
Quote:
The question should read- "Where do these points meet at?"
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:27 pm
Typhin
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Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 8
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?
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:48 pm
chrisjwilkinson
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Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 15
Until I read the correction, I was pretty sure it was
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Turkey
... that doesn't work, though.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:08 pm
hannah
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Joined: 29 Nov 2004 Posts: 120 Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:20 pm
KingOfWrong
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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 ?
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:21 pm
obrienk
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Joined: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 73
KingOfWrong wrote:
Major hint:
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What is near that location, but isn't a country ?
great hint. cheers.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:38 pm
Bendover
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Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 111 Location: San Jose
Great hint. My first top ten
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 1:41 am
Rand0m
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Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 271 Location: London
Yes - thanks indeed!
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