an odd puzzle ...

[wonder_lander]

Is that 1 puzzle or multiple?

Guess what it is using just these letters hijklmno

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Water? (h2o)?

 

[DomainAngel]

sorry two

yes first water

 

[DomainAngel]

Waiting also, love puzzles.

Guess what it is using just these letters hijklmno - WATER c/o wonder lander

What North West town am I using the clues below.

blind mice? - mark on a compasss? - 200 and what? 'a space odyssey' - The Beatles?

Ok the last one was either so easy it didn't deserve an answer, or so bad no one could be bothered, either way the answer was of course

3.14 so pi and the answer preferably Wigan or any famous pie town, or of course Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd on Anglesey for any brainiacs.

buys a round and leaves quietly..........

 

[wonder_lander]

Ahhh I read it wrongly so didn’t have an answer. I thought it asked “What North West Town am I using”, “clues below”.

I’m thinking of a Northern Town that had a name you could use, I came up with sale (as in sail) then I was trying to work out how it fitted the clues. I had “Three blind mice, SEE how they run” which I changed to sea to fit the narrative. Then for the compass I thought North as in the North Sea and then I associated The Beatles with Liverpool and their docks and people setting sail.

#CompletelyWrong!

 

[DomainAngel]

I think the problem is with the question setter, Guess no more quiz questions today, maybe best if i stop trashing the thread with nonsense questions. And on that note, what word has all the vowels in the correct order?

 

[wonder_lander]

I think the problem is with the question setter, Guess no more quiz questions today, maybe best if i stop trashing the thread with nonsense questions. And on that note, what word has all the vowels in the correct order?

You had a go, just the way I interpreted it!

Not sure on the vowel question, I'm sure I could Google the answer but that's not in the spirit!

 

[lazarus]

Next puzzle. Drop order..

 

[keys]

puzzle = a game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge

drop order = random sequence of events

working out permutations of DO would be a puzzle, by comparison lottery odds would be attractive

 

[keys]

This post started with #2 puzzle, still thinking about #3 and beyond

Meanwhile, here is #1

answer is a famous short place name
=============
term 4/4
code 2/5
hire 3/3

jenga 1/5
magnets 4/6

marks 1/3
sign 3/4

bank 3/5
bike 4/4
done 4/4
fares 3/5
hire 4/4

bed 2/5
moon 2/4
down 3/3

feet 4/4
wax 2/3
work 7/7

horn 3/3
side 2/6
fires 2/3
station 5/5
castle 4/4

mirror 2/4
=============

 

[diablo]

well done @boxfish and @omcgb

do you think that was a reasonable challenge for a 14 yr old?

plant (5) ?

 

[keys]

Indigo, (genus Indigofera), large genus of more than 750 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in the pea family (Fabaceae).

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Surely, any one would know that

 

[boxfish]

Indigo, (genus Indigofera), large genus of more than 750 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in the pea family (Fabaceae).

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Surely, any one would know that

(6) not (5)

 

[keys]

you are right - fortunately in these examples not all clues are needed to reveal/ guess the answer

 

[aZooZa]

This post started with #2 puzzle, still thinking about #3 and beyond

Meanwhile, here is #1

answer is a famous short place name
=============
term 4/4
code 2/5
hire 3/3

jenga 1/5
magnets 4/6

marks 1/3
sign 3/4

bank 3/5
bike 4/4
done 4/4
fares 3/5
hire 4/4

bed 2/5
moon 2/4
down 3/3

feet 4/4
wax 2/3
work 7/7

horn 3/3
side 2/6
fires 2/3
station 5/5
castle 4/4

mirror 2/4
=============

Lilliput?

 

[keys]

Lilliput?

shorter, but the natives are equally elusive

 

[aZooZa]

I don't quite know why you found my answer funny; here are my notes made when coming up with it - it wasn't a wild stab in the dark:

answer is a famous short place name

Candidates: LILLIPUT BLEFUSCU MILDENDO

L
term 4/4 L/B full L near R
code 2/5 L/B phone O morse O ascii S dress R
hire 3/3 L/B cab B

I
jenga 1/5 I/L giant G
magnets 4/6 I/L alnico I sphere E

L
marks 1/3 L/E car C old O
sign 3/4 L/E road A call L stop O

L
bank 3/5 L/F piggy G
bike 4/4 L/F push H quad D
done 4/4 L/F well L
fares 3/5 L/F metro T ferry R cheap E coach A train A
hire 4/4 L/F tool L

I
bed 2/5 I/U divan I
moon 2/4 I/U blue L full U
down 3/3 I/U sad D

P
feet 4/4 P/S step P club B flat T cold D
wax 2/3 P/S car A soy O ear A
work 7/7 P/S

U
horn 3/3 U/C gnu U ear R fog G
side 2/6 U/C
fires 2/3 U/C log O
station U/C 5/5 train N
castle U/C 4/4

T
mirror 2/4 T/U star T hand A rear E

Will bash on then...

 

[keys]

In return for your effort I will reveal the first clue,

term 4/4 half F
code 2/5 morse O
hire 3/3 car R

the clues form a question

 

[keys]

a small financial incentive,

£10 Paypal gift for first correct answer posted in thread, by midnight today, otherwise reducing at £2 per day

 

[dee]

Hobbiton ?( as in 'the shire')

EDIT........wait a minute.....is it FEZ?

 

[keys]

not Hobbiton

looking for answer including the hidden question - which would be a clever guess