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sapagoo
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Card 430 - Scrambled Cities puzzle solves within - don't read if you don't want to be spoiled. I'm trying to consolidate the scrambled cities puzzle.
pimpinmidget wrote:
CahillUser wrote:
That cities are hard work.
Spoiler: The first town
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I am 99,9% sure that the first one is Volgograd. But I just can't find the L in the new card. I can find V,O,G,O,G,R,A,D but no L
I think that you are right, and I think that the ~ in each line represents a missing letter.
I am almost 100% sure that the last line is Moscow, and the ~ is the missing C
CahillUser wrote:
Wow! But it becomes harder then.
Scrambled letters...Some letters even can't be read...Missing letter in each town...
katsmom wrote:
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Volograd
Moscow
yekaterinburg
Magadan, Siberia
Omsk, Siberia
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:37 am
sapagoo
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My list (obviously) closely matches the one katsmom posted:
Volgograd (missing L)
Omsk, Siberia (missing A)
Magadan, Siberia (missing D and M)
St. Petersburg (additional X and 2)
Yekaterinburg (missing I)
Moscow (missing C)
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So what do we do with the extra letters?
L A D M X 2 I C?
I've also thought it could read LADMXXIC, but why put a 2 instead of another X.
I've tried unscrambling LADMXIC
LAX is an airport, but what to do with the DMIC 2
The D and M could be in either order. Could also be MDIC 2
LAMDX2IC?
Everything is a roman numeral except the A.
50 A 1000 500 10 2 1 100
50 A 500 1000 10 2 1 100
50 A 1000 500 20 1 100
MDIC could be 1599. LAX2 1599?
I've tried reading it as LADM(x2)IC in other words LADMLADMIC, or LAMDLAMDIC
Any other suggestions?
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:43 am
Datango
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Joined: 30 Jul 2006 Posts: 194
sapagoo wrote:
My list (obviously) closely matches the one katsmom posted:
Volgograd (missing L)
Omsk, Siberia (missing A)
Magadan, Siberia (missing D and M)
St. Petersburg (additional X and 2)
Yekaterinburg (missing I)
Moscow (missing C)
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So what do we do with the extra letters?
L A D M X 2 I C?
I've also thought it could read LADMXXIC, but why put a 2 instead of another X.
I've tried unscrambling LADMXIC
LAX is an airport, but what to do with the DMIC 2
The D and M could be in either order. Could also be MDIC 2
LAMDX2IC?
Everything is a roman numeral except the A.
50 A 1000 500 10 2 1 100
50 A 500 1000 10 2 1 100
50 A 1000 500 20 1 100
MDIC could be 1599. LAX2 1599?
I've tried reading it as LADM(x2)IC in other words LADMLADMIC, or LAMDLAMDIC
Any other suggestions?
My best guess is that the cities missing letters unscamble to MADRIGAL, but it is just that - a guess.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:23 am
sapagoo
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Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
Datango wrote:
sapagoo wrote:
My list (obviously) closely matches the one katsmom posted:
Volgograd (missing L)
Omsk, Siberia (missing A)
Magadan, Siberia (missing D and M)
St. Petersburg (additional X and 2)
Yekaterinburg (missing I)
Moscow (missing C)
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
So what do we do with the extra letters?
L A D M X 2 I C?
My best guess is that the cities missing letters unscamble to MADRIGAL, but it is just that - a guess.
I love that answer.
MADRIGAL
MAD_I__L X2C
I don't have the 'R', 'G', or enough 'A's, and have an extra 'X', '2', and 'C'
I'll have to double check the paper.
This was going to be my Wacky Wednesday guess:
LA Md x2 I C
La Lanthanum
Md Mendelevium
I Iodine
C Carbon
so I take 1 part Lanthanum, 2 parts Mendelevium, 1 part Iodine, and 1 part Carbon, and I get - toxic dirt?
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:10 am
pimpinmidget
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Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 49
I really do not think that the missing letters come together to mean anything. In the first or second chapter of THE BLACK CIRCLE; it tells where these letters came from and how they help Dan and Amy solve a puzzle/clue
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:30 am
muje
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Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 178
Spaking of the Black Circle, how do you get it in the UK?!
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:34 am
sapagoo
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Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
pimpinmidget wrote:
I really do not think that the missing letters come together to mean anything. In the first or second chapter of THE BLACK CIRCLE; it tells where these letters came from and how they help Dan and Amy solve a puzzle/clue
But... but... mendelevium was named after Dmitri Mendeleev, the Russian scientist who developed the Periodic Table. He's Russian, we're in Russia. He invented the Periodic Table, we're collecting the 39 Clues, some of which are elements.
I'll keep posting theories until they work Mendelevium into the story, or I get a chance to read The Black Circle, whichever comes first.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:02 am
sapagoo
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Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 1213 Location: Atlanta, GA
L A M D X 2 I C?
Crazy theory # 2:
They aren't supposed to be going to Russia.
La = Louisiana.
Md = Maryland.
IC = Ivory Coast.
Obviously Amy & Dan should have gone to Louisiana, Maryland twice, and then found the next clue in the Ivory Coast.
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Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:07 pm
cahill
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Joined: 11 Jun 2009 Posts: 238 Location: where the next clue is
there going there next????
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:09 pm
sapagoo
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L A M D X 2 I C
Crazy Friday theory.
LAX 2 ?
MDIC as an airport code.
CID is Cedar Rapids, MCD is Mackinac Island, Michigan, MCI is Kansas City.
Lamdx2ic is code to get Amy & Dan on the "Delta" flight from LAX to MCI.
At which point they parachute out halfway into the Grand Canyon where they find the next clue.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:57 am
Ninja Josh 7
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All places of Russia xD and they have to find a clue for the bigger clue in 12 HOURS. They team with the Holts to find it faster
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:59 am
katsmom
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Brilliant Sapagoo!
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:01 pm
glalieguy
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Joined: 11 Feb 2009 Posts: 200 Location: Around the world, to look for the 22nd clue.
... finally getting TBC.... tomorrow.... good to be back....
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:03 am
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