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Black summaries for slow starters
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Scott
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#203 Ecliptic

#203 Ecliptic

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Some number of years ago, the Egyptians used a certain star to guide the construction of the pyramids. One day, the stars will realign.

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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:12 pm

Rand0m
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Re: #203 Ecliptic

Scott wrote:

#203 Ecliptic

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Some number of years ago, the Egyptians used a certain star to guide the construction of the pyramids. One day, the stars will realign.

Ffantastic! Thanks very much.

All done now.

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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:53 am

vodkasim
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Re: #203 Ecliptic

Hi, hope this isn't out of order, but I don't agree with Scott's post regarding the #203 Ecliptic answer. For the Season 1 stragglers (like me) I thought I'd post this here just for the sake of completeness.

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The card is asking a question purely about the Earth's orbit, which does not have anything to do with any previous historical position, Egyptian or otherwise. But, when discussing the precession of the equinoxes, as this card appears to imply, more information can be found leading to the accepted answer.

The first thing that needs to be checked is the wobble of the Earth's axis of rotation, which has previously been noted as a roughly 26,000 year cycle.

The second point is that, as well as the axial wobble, the changing shape of the Earth's elliptical orbit around the sun also affects the precession of the equinoxes. This leads to the precession of the equinoxes following a slightly different timetable than the axial wobble as the entire earth orbit itself slowly rotates around the sun. As a generalisation, it has been stated as following a cycle of 23000 years, but is actually between 23,700 and 22,400 years with a minor cycle of 19,000 years.

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:42 am

fretty
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Joined: 19 Nov 2004
Posts: 281
Location: South Yorkshire, England

I have some hints for some season two blacks:

#193 I'm so sorry

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I haven't actually solved this one properly, it's like the season 1 silver broadside, there is a way to solve without physically doing anything. Study the history of smileys and the answer will be obvious.

#195 Travel writer

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Think about what each sticker represents, Can you abbreviate internationally?

#199 The name game

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Don't concentrate on the names, think about the rule and the teacher first then look at the names on an atomic level

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:52 am

fretty
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Location: South Yorkshire, England

#198 Colourblind

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Just as described on the card. It is a good idea to look for letters that are common so that you can eliminate faster

#201 Sound Dialogue

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A special sound links all of the bigger words, find the link and it's as simple as that

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:33 pm

fretty
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Posts: 281
Location: South Yorkshire, England

#196 Marble Loss

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A crazy game, you don't need to use all of the orange marbles to get to the pit, it should take you 9 moves

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:35 pm

LastResort
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Joined: 25 Feb 2007
Posts: 17

S2 #200 The Other Famous Cube

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Follow the instructions on the card. The lines follow on from each other

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 5:26 pm

cmlobue
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Joined: 06 Sep 2006
Posts: 112

S2 #194 Artifact

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Each word on the cube is one letter away from each of the ones bordering it, and the colors show which one changes.

S2 #203 Treason

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This is a historical substitution cipher, but some of the symbols stand for things other than individual letters. Figure out who the famous traitor is!

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:38 am

Shaph
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Joined: 08 Mar 2007
Posts: 15
Location: Chicago, IL

S2 # 197: Murder at the Liars Club

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First concentrate on discovering who is a Liar and who is not. Archer, Davis, and Hart can help you get started. If all else fails, you can always make assumptions and see if they work out logically.

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:51 pm

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