Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[tionis]

You mean Pizza don't you ?
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[tionis]

No, it doesn't lean, nor does it do what its name suggests.

And it's in "my region".

I've search for names of buildings in the UK but none suggest a motion so far.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I've search for names of buildings in the UK but none suggest a motion so far.

Try the other way; it's probably the most obvious undesirable type of motion for a tall structure. And it's hidden in the clue.

 

[hsdrop]

is the building have something to do with kinetic architecture?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

is the building have something to do with kinetic architecture?

Sorry, definitely not.

 

[hsdrop]

when you said movement are you implying directional (up-down, side to side, exc..) or the name of a type of movement (walk, roll, slide, exc..)?
or maybe another little clue if you would

 

[Jonathan Scott]

It's a movement action (like "walk", but something that can actually happen a bit for a tall building). And as I said before, it's hidden in the clue (in the first line).

 

[OCR]

Rotunda ...?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Rotunda ...?

No; I can't see why you think that relates to the clue.

 

[OCR]

No; I can't see why you think that relates to the clue.

A building shouldn't move this way, especially if it's tall,
But though that's what its name implies, it doesn't move at all.

Well, I thought you might be implying ... rotation.

Carry on.

 

[wolram]

May be this is a clue:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway,_Hampshire

 

[wolram]

My second guess is http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/145...ampshire_s_most_unusual_buildings___for___2m/

 

[Jonathan Scott]

May be this is a clue:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway,_Hampshire

Yes, that's the place!
The Wikipedia article mentions the relevant building. The tower is known as "Sway Tower" or as "Peterson's Folly" after the person who had it built. I hid "Sway" in the first line of the poem.

A building shouldn't move this way, especially if it's tall,
But though that's what its name implies, it doesn't move at all.
A country village down the road gave the place its name,
Though the quite unique abode now has greater fame.
Stories say a ghost helped out when it was designed;
Even if this isn't true, it's still best of its kind.

It's now better known that the nearby village of Sway itself.

There are stories that Peterson used a medium to get help from the long-dead Christopher Wren on the design!

It's the tallest structure in the world that's built of plain concrete, as opposed to reinforced concrete.

It's also considered one of the finest "follies" ever built in the UK, and is currently a luxury home (with the top three floors rented out as space for communications equipment).

It's probably just about visible from the Needles, my previous landmark.

 

[wolram]

The stage is open for a new riddle, unless i think of one first

 

[wolram]

I want an area for this one:
This machine was made circa 205BC by Greek scientists, and was found in a ship wreak circa 1901
It consisted of many meshing gears.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

 

[wolram]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

TO quick i must make my riddles harder

 

[Jonathan Scott]

TO quick i must make my riddles harder

I think I'd have guessed that last one from just the words "Greek" and "machine".

Yes, it's a lot more work making up the riddles than solving them. Please feel free to have another go; it could be some time before I can get round to one.

 

[wolram]

Find the lady in this circa 33000 year old nannies hole
Part of the answer is in the sperm whales.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lady_of_Paviland ?

(Sorry about the delayed response; Chrome upgraded itself today and I've been trying to find a way to get Flash working again)

 

[tionis]

OMG, JS, you should be in Jeopardy!

Try this one:

Perhaps you need a strong bull
Perhaps you need a Q
Perhaps you need a lever
Perhaps you need a tip
Which town am I?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Perhaps you need a strong bull
Perhaps you need a Q
Perhaps you need a lever
Perhaps you need a tip
Which town am I?

Mentions of "bull" and "lever" bring Archimedes of Syracuse to mind, but in that case I can't make the rest fit.

 

[1oldman2]

Why does the word "Canterbury" keep turning up in my mind...

Ah nuts, scratch this post, I'm lost.

 

[tionis]

Mentions of "bull" and "lever" bring Archimedes of Syracuse to mind, but in that case I can't make the rest fit.

No, it is a town in the U.S.

Why does the word "Canterbury" keep turning up in my mind...

Ah nuts, scratch this post, I'm lost.

See above.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

No, it is a town in the U.S.

I can find vague connections of the terms (bulls, "Q", lever, tip) with many places but nothing that seems to be particularly relevant.

I'm stuck; I even scanned a list of all such towns to pick out those with "Q" into see if that helped, but I didn't spot anything useful.

 

[hsdrop]

please can we get a nother clue

 

[1oldman2]

I can find vague connections of the terms (bulls, "Q", lever, tip) with many places but nothing that seems to be particularly relevant.

I'm stuck; I even scanned a list of all such towns to pick out those with "Q" into see if that helped, but I didn't spot anything useful.

I keep getting directed to the Merrill-Lynch bull in New York, nothing else makes any sense. I'm hoping for another clue. (of course Chicago Bulls also, but nothing makes sense there either.)

 

[Bystander]

"Q" is initial letter for "troubled" securities; "tip" is something you seek to avoid troubled securities; "leverage" is whatever buyer/seller's premium ...?

 

[tionis]

Oh, Look what God has given!
For that is my true name
My crafts have reached your ears
And that's my claim to fame

 

[tionis]

"Q" is initial letter for "troubled" securities; "tip" is something you seek to avoid troubled securities; "leverage" is whatever buyer/seller's premium ...?

lol no.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I keep getting directed to the Merrill-Lynch bull in New York, nothing else makes any sense. I'm hoping for another clue. (of course Chicago Bulls also, but nothing makes sense there either.)

In my searches, I noted that both Q-tips and bulls are associated with Chicago. I've not found any specific connection with lever, although Lever Brothers seem to have had a significant presence in the area.

Oh, Look what God has given!
For that is my true name
My crafts have reached your ears
And that's my claim to fame

Not registering anything yet.

If the first line is meant to be a translation of the original name, it would help if we knew the language. My own name "Jonathan" means loosely "God has given" in Hebrew!

 

[tionis]

In my searches, I noted that both Q-tips and bulls are associated with Chicago. I've not found any specific connection with lever, although Lever Brothers seem to have had a significant presence in the area. Not registering anything yet.

If the first line is meant to be a translation of the original name, it would help if we knew the language. My own name "Jonathan" means loosely "God has given" in Hebrew!

Too hot to the touch! You have basically solved the riddle without knowing it lol.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Too hot to the touch! You have basically solved the riddle without knowing it lol.

Well, in that case I'm just getting cooked. It would help to know which of my speculations were relevant and which were off target.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I should also point out that I had already established that Q-tips and bulls are (obviously) associated with New York as well.
Edit: And of course Lever Brothers, as in Lever House.

 

[tionis]

Well, in that case I'm just getting cooked. It would help to know which of my speculations were relevant and which were off target.

All of them are relevant minus the Chicago one. Put it together with this final clue:Was tight with our first President
He even called me ''bro''
What happened to my surname
That ends in taurus bos?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Not Knox again? But I still don't get it.

 

[tionis]

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Well, that's not what Amanda is actually saying. It looks like "I am you" although my lip-reading isn't good. But anyway, I still don't get it, regardless of whether the Knox is Henry or Amanda. There are various Knox-related places such as Fort Knox, Knoxville and the small town of Knox, NY, but nothing that seems relevant.

 

[collinsmark]

Me too (not getting anywhere); I've been trying to find some sort of hook or link to some sort of knowledge that I or google might know, or even might be able to look up and learn, but I keep coming up with nothing.

Perhaps a clue/hint that has some sort of semblance to general knowledge, even if indirect, would be helpful.

[Okay, maybe it's just me and I'm still on the wrong track on "our first president" of which I'm probably misinterpreting.]

 

[Jonathan Scott]

[Okay, maybe it's just me and I'm still on the wrong track on "our first president" of which I'm probably misinterpreting.]

I'm assuming that's about a friend of Washington, Henry Knox, whose name ends in "ox" (a more common term for "taurus bos"). And the picture appears to be Amanda Knox.

 

[tionis]

haha I'm not buying it

 

[Jonathan Scott]

haha I'm not buying it

Is that meant to be a clue? It's not helpful to me.

 

[hsdrop]

ok I'm lost you share this is in the U.S. ?

 

[tionis]

Is that meant to be a clue?

Yes!

 

[tionis]

ok I'm lost you share this is in the U.S. ?

This site is in the U.S., I think, so yeah I share it here.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Yes!

It's still not helpful to me.

 

[tionis]

It's still not helpful to me.

Then I don't know how else to help you

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I can find vague connections between things in the clues, but nothing which seems to help. For example, Lever House was designed by Gordon Bunshaft who also designed an extension to the Albright-Knox art gallery. Also Queens Theatre in the Park (as seen in Men in Black) is sometimes referred to as "QTIP". However, I can't find any connection between those nor any connection with "Look what God has given" (which however reminds me of Samuel Morse and "What hath God wrought"). So I'm stuck and I'm not going to spend any more time on it unless I get a more helpful clue.

 

[tionis]

I can find vague connections between things in the clues, but nothing which seems to help. For example, Lever House was designed by Gordon Bunshaft who also designed an extension to the Albright-Knox art gallery. Also Queens Theatre in the Park (as seen in Men in Black) is sometimes referred to as "QTIP". However, I can't find any connection between those nor any connection with "Look what God has given" (which however reminds me of Samuel Morse and "What hath God wrought"). So I'm stuck and I'm not going to spend any more time on it unless I get a more helpful clue.

You did your best. Thanks for playing

 

[wolram]

I think it is time to come clean and revel the answer to your riddle as every one is stuck