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Which countries flag is all green.
Which country's flag is all green.

thats a grammar, not spelling mistake. I'm positive the answer is Libya.

**Posted:** Thu May 05, 2005 10:18 am

Buceph · Veteran Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 96 Location: Ireland

I somehow doubt that a flag for a country can be found where the countries name begins with an apostraphe(I'm prepared to be inundated with appropriate countries now.)

What I was saying is that the corrected grammar would mean that the card is short on one flag.(Going on pure aesthetics and no country begining with an apostrophe). Then to make the card look nice and symmetrical again the apostophe could be left out and, "countries" changed to "countrys" and "was" replacing "is". It still makes sense this way.

But I'm 99% sure I'm wrong. I'm just being belligerent because my head hurts.

**Posted:** Thu May 05, 2005 10:54 am

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Having only just got round to trying to solve the card myself, and using the amazing website www.37.co.yu/fi/ I noticed that the flag identified as Cape Verde on the wiki page is actually Costa Rica. Solve doesn't change as the first letter is still the same anyway. Hope no one minds that I corrected the wiki

rach =)

**Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 2:25 pm

smile

Manchester eh? Hello ! Smile

... and well spotted - but my original answer still stands woo! and when I was working it out - I did have it down as Costa Rica... dunno who put that one on the wiki Wink

**Posted:** Sat May 14, 2005 5:13 pm

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so what on earth is libya meant to signify?!

**Posted:** Mon May 16, 2005 6:08 pm

Leeravitz

I was just asking the same sort of question myself in the 'Points Win Prizes' thread over in the main forum...

My theories are basically: a) It's a clue that will not reveal itself to have any meaning until we can get a wider perspective on the puzzles, by seeing what answers turn up to other cards carrying puzzles in the same set...

b) It doesn't mean much - this is just a taster example to show us what sort of things the 'real' cards will want us to unearth, and so, we shouldn't worry about it...

c) It is a valid clue, and we haven't gone far enough in following it up [though I agree - short of flying to Libya on the off chance, it doesn't appear to lead anywhere...at the moment...]

**Posted:** Mon May 16, 2005 7:04 pm

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I'm going to remember that the capital of Lybia is EEE (Tripoli), just in case it means something. E^3?

**Posted:** Tue May 17, 2005 4:05 pm

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Leeravitz

I'm liking that theory...on the basis of nothing...just because it's clever...

**Posted:** Tue May 17, 2005 6:38 pm

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I believe this E3 theory will prove itself to be the most ingenious spec of the game, or the most off base and laughable later on. Either way, I do TRULY commend you POTUS! (Seriously.) It's the most thinking outside of the box (cube?) I've seen so far on this game, and I really think this is the answer (although it's still a matter of "wait-n-see" until our E3 moment arrives (or doesnt)).

**Posted:** Wed May 18, 2005 1:51 am

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It's about CHANG3!

**Posted:** Wed May 18, 2005 11:26 am

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blip · Greenhorn Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 4

just wanted to point out that the E3 expo is going on currently. Maybe someone should go there and look for suspicious stuff...

**Posted:** Wed May 18, 2005 2:06 pm

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**Posted:** Wed May 18, 2005 2:12 pm

drizjr · Unfictologist Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700

"The scribe that wrote this puzzle needs to see Anna Heath for grammar lessons immediately. S."

Is that sentence itself grammatically incorrect? Shouldn't it read "The scribe who wrote..."

This is not a criticism, but just a curiosity to me. It has me pondering if there's some other clue there.

**Posted:** Wed May 18, 2005 7:40 pm

madindehead

hmm...good point. that would mean that the question and the text at the bottom both have grammatical errors...

maybe we just have to wait until the cards go on sale. then we'll see what happens because we'll have so many puzzles to solve then!

**Posted:** Thu May 19, 2005 2:58 pm

mattlock · Boot Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Swansea

Anyone wondered why the text at the bottom says the scribe needs to see Anna Heath? I know she is a full fellow on the puzzle team and a master of languages, but there are others from the language dept that would be able to give lessons on grammer!
Also what made me curious was "She is a self-confessed sufferer from ailihphilia" in her description. I've looked it up and apparantley Ailihphilia the love of palindromes, but one who has ailihphilia is an elihphile, and two such people are selihphiles! Whether palindromes play any importance now or will in the future I don't know, but interesting nonetheless

Let's just say for arguements sake though that I agree with the solution and just had a thought.

**Posted:** Wed May 25, 2005 4:52 pm