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[S2] [OXO set] #171 1,2,3,4!
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 		[S2] [OXO set] #171 1,2,3,4!
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Guest Puzzle Architect: Michael Fox (though I think his name would be improved by a C rather than an F Wink )

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John, Paul, George and Ringo. Four names synonymous with changing the history of music forever. But did you know that the band also had an unhealthy obsession with numbers? Check out the lyrics to their songs, and numbers are everywhere - Now by using the information on the blackboard, can you solve the equation and name the song it referenced?


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((THE TIME SHE'S LEAVING HOME
X
THE BAND'S DAYS IN A WEEK
X
THE WHITE ALBUM'S REVOLUTION
/
HOW MANY YEARS AGO TODAY SGT PEPPER TAUGHT THE BAND TO PLAY)
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THE PEOPLE SUNDAY DRIVING)
X
((HOW MUCH THE TAXMAN GETS
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HOW OLD THE STANDING GIRL IS
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HOW MANY WAYS A DAYTRIPPER'S TICKET GOES)
X
THE HOLES IN BLACKBURN
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THE PAPERBACK'S PAGES GIVE OR TAKE A FEW)

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back wrote:
'Mistress Frog-Catcher, we believe we have that which you have lost,' Ilja told her. 'We would happily return it to you, but in exchange, we beg that you take us in your boat to the edge of the swamp.'

The frog-catcher readily agreed to this exchange, a wide smile spread upon her face. 'First, let me be sure that you have what I have lost' she said, and held her hand out for the precious gemstone. But once Anja placed it in her hand, the frog-catcher pushed away with her pole, saying only, 'Thieving orphans, I owe you nothing'.

Little Anja wept; and Ilja called after the frog-catcher and bade her most bitterly; 'Remember, now, that you did not keep your word, lest you someday rely on the word of another.' Then Ilja and Anja again passed through the reeds of the swamp, hand in hand, sorrowful as ever, seeking a home and a family to replace what they had lost.

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 		There are 2 Revolution tracks on The White Album, but I can't get the answer using either one.

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 		Well, I got the answer correct, but it was more a lucky guess than anything to do with the puzzle, so it's most unsatisfactory.

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Kradlum wrote:
Well, I got the answer correct, but it was more a lucky guess than anything to do with the puzzle, so it's most unsatisfactory.


*scratches head* I got it through researching all the numbers and doing the sum... thought afterwards 'this puzzle can be short-circuited with a guess' but was really satisfied at the time with the way it had all neatly worked out.

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I nearly went wrong with the taxman clue - there were a couple of other numbers that might have been the right one, apart from the one that was correct.

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Kradlum
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 		I found my error, working back from the correct answer. There is more than 1 Beatle's song that refers to Sunday drivers - I took my answer fom Day Tripper, which is not the correct one.

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grendelrob
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Kradlum wrote:
There are 2 Revolution tracks on The White Album...
I was rather bothered by this for awhile. I ended up working it out with both and one has a rather nonsensical answer, so I defaulted to the other. Confused

Rob

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simonaubrey
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 		Answer spoiler ahead!!!
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Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins

eight days a week

Revolution #9

it was 20 years ago today

You and me Sunday driving

There's one for you,Nineteen for me,

Well, she was just 17

a one way ticket yeah

four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few


((5x8x9/20)-2)x((19-17-1)x4000/1000)

=64

When I'm 64



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Eugenes Lair
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Kradlum wrote:
I found my error, working back from the correct answer. There is more than 1 Beatle's song that refers to Sunday drivers - I took my answer fom Day Tripper, which is not the correct one.

I was thrown by this too. It doesn't help that even the lyrics of the correct song don't refer to a specific number of people "Sunday driving", which is supposedly the point of the puzzle. However:
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The number they're looking for is in the song title, and elsewhere in the lyrics.


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Eugenes Lair
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grendelrob wrote:
Kradlum wrote:
There are 2 Revolution tracks on The White Album...
I was rather bothered by this for awhile. I ended up working it out with both and one has a rather nonsensical answer, so I defaulted to the other. Confused

Rob

Of the two tracks, the one they're looking for...
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...actually has the number in question in the lyrics - not just the title.

I still think it's a little unsatisfactory though...

Overall, I thought this was a good idea for a puzzle, but the execution was marred slightly by
(1) a couple of the answers being ambiguous, and
(2) as Rand0m says above, the final answer is a little too easy to guess.

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