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

[wolram]

Okay time for another riddle, first come first go.

 

[tionis]

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

I already have. It's embedded in one of the clues

 

[tionis]

Okay time for another riddle, first come first go.

OK.

In the land of our first President
I stand piercing the sky
Although in terra firma
Space does come to mind

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I already have. It's embedded in one of the clues

Please can you be more helpful? I spent a lot of time looking at those clues without making any progress. If the name of the town is not well known, we may not have heard of it and would not recognize it.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK.

In the land of our first President
I stand piercing the sky
Although in terra firma
Space does come to mind

That sounds like the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. Trivial compared with the previous one (still unsolved).

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Please can you be more helpful? I spent a lot of time looking at those clues without making any progress. If the name of the town is not well known, we may not have heard of it and would not recognize it.

When I was checking on the "God has Given" bit previously I came across the fact that "Brother Jonathan" is a personification of New England, and a term used by George Washington and matching the "bro" part of the clue, but the character is fictitious and doesn't have a surname.

However, I've just noticed that in Wikipedia it says that some think this term relates to "Jonathan Trumbull", a historical Governor of Connecticut, and I see his surname also ends in another reference to "Taurus bos".

There's a town called Trumbull after him which has a crafts festival, and which has a Unilever R&D site which deals with products including Q-tips. Is that what you have in mind? If so, please explain how it is "embedded" in a previous clue.

 

[tionis]

That sounds like the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

Ah! I knew it was too easy lol

When I was checking on the "God has Given" bit previously I came across the fact that "Brother Jonathan" is a personification of New England, and a term used by George Washington and matching the "bro" part of the clue, but the character is fictitious and doesn't have a surname.

Jonathan was pals with GW, see below:

Trumbull was a friend and advisor of General Washington throughout the revolutionary period, dedicating the resources of Connecticut to the fight for independence. Washington declared him "the first of the patriots."[5] When Washington was desperate for men or food during the war, he could turn to "Brother Jonathan."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull#cite_note-6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Trumbull#cite_note-6

There's a town called Trumbull after him which has a crafts festival, and which has a Unilever R&D site which deals with products including Q-tips. Is that what you have in mind? If so, please explain how it is "embedded" in a previous clue.

You have now solved the riddle!

The answer is embedded in the gif

Over 2 U!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The answer is embedded in the gif

I did spot that something was flashing up very briefly, but it just looked like a volume scale or similar, and I don't have any software on any of the devices I normally use to access PF which can freeze a gif or split it up into frames. (I have previously used online sites for that, but didn't expect to need to in this case, especially as I don't like being reminded of the very unpleasant Amanda Knox case).

I've not got any ideas for a new one at the moment, so it may take a while for me to come up with one.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

A silly one while I'm thinking of a proper one...

Identify the famous building which was demolished by a twinkle in the 1970s.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

(The building is real but the demolition was a not-very-special effect).

 

[tionis]

A silly one while I'm thinking of a proper one...

Identify the famous building which was demolished by a twinkle in the 1970s.

A toughy. Not sure if the demolition is literal or figurative as in demolished by a criticism or something lol.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The demolition was fictitious and Twinkle was furry.

 

[1oldman2]

BT Tower

 

[Jonathan Scott]

BT Tower

Yes, that's it!

I was referring to the hilarious award-winning Goodies episode "Kitten Kong" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitten_Kong), in which they are looking after Twinkle the kitten and give it a bit too much growth compound, after which it does a "King Kong" on the BT tower but knocks it over. A picture from that episode featured in the titles of all subsequent episodes.

You're welcome to go next, as I don't have anything better at the moment.

 

[1oldman2]

A high tech center is what your looking for.
It shares its home town with the opening and
closing scenes in a very well read story, this
story begins with a Kepler quote,

"But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited?
...Are we or they lords of the world?...And how are all things
made for man?"

Schiaparelli must have been very amused by the
story I'm speaking of, if he were alive today he
would solve this puzzle in no time flat.
It's about the center, not the story, A name or G-Earth
screenshot would suffice.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

McLaren?

 

[hsdrop]

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3459604,-0.5464679,360m/data=!3m1!1e3

the main building looks like the pepsi symbol and then the landscape around it looks just like a table tennis paddle lol

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I've driven past the McLaren Technology Centre entrance just north of Woking a couple of times recently when trying to find my way home from London to near Southampton in the evening after the M3 motorway has been closed for roadworks. (On the second occasion, I found the A31 was closed just west of Farnham, and the diversion signs took me around a 15 mile loop back to where I started before I worked out which one I had to ignore).

 

[1oldman2]

McLaren?

Good show, that is correct. I thought I'd try a literary twist on the riddle this time.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Good show, that is correct. I thought I'd try a literary twist on the riddle this time.

Interesting landmark, thanks. The quote was familiar to me, and was confirmed by the Schiaparelli reference, but it was also very easy (perhaps too easy) to find using Google. I thought the War of the Worlds story started in Ottershaw (between Chertsey and Woking), but after a bit of Googling I guessed you meant Woking as the town. It took me a little searching and thinking to decide what hi-tech centre you had in mind, as I think of McLaren as being near Woking rather than in it.

The McLaren Technology Centre looks amazing. See the Wikipedia entry for more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Technology_Centre

I don't have another one at the moment. I'll see if I can think of one later, but again anyone else is welcome to submit a new one.

 

[hsdrop]

Mr. Scott you have the com

 

[Jonathan Scott]

New one:

This spectacular scenic location in the North of England is one of the highest in volume as well as height. It sounds as if it might have something to do with physics (especially Newton's second law), but the relevant word in the original name meant a moat or ditch.

 

[wolram]

Offas dyke?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Offas dyke?

Sorry, no, and if you think that's in the North of England I think your map is the wrong way up.

 

[hsdrop]

Gaping Gill??

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Gaping Gill??

Not the answer I was looking for, but closely related in some ways.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Think about the physics bit of the clue. Or follow some Star Wars advice.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Perhaps Gaping Gill is the highest, but this one's high and more visible.

 

[hsdrop]

hmmmmmmm

 

[hsdrop]

High Force Waterfall - Google Maps
www.google.com/maps/place/High+Force+Waterfall/@54.6503578,-2.1875587,84m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487c3a089df4dac9:0x1551a8aeac821d0f!8m2!3d54.6504339!4d-2.1876579

 

[Jonathan Scott]

High Force Waterfall

Yes, that's right! You spotted how to use the "Force"!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Force
The word "Force" in the name was originally "Fosse" or "Foss" which was a Nordic word for waterfall, but could be confused with the Anglo-Saxon "Fosse" as in "Fosse Way" meaning a ditch or moat. It's only about 35 miles from Gaping Gill. We visited High Force on our family holiday in 2015.

Over to you.

 

[hsdrop]

wish i could come across the pond to see it for my self
give me a few to come up with a good one my bed room laptop is not working the best so I am trying to get it going quick before i give you guys a good riddle but with in a day ill have one posted i already have a couple of places in mind so it will not take me too long

 

[hsdrop]

sorry everyone for taking so long

You can't get there by parachute so you must start at the lake that is suspended up high
if you follow the river down past the storm king and onto the mountain that never gets snow on it
then follow the rig north west till you get to 2 bodys of water then turn north between them
when the rifle falls you think it would go bang but that not the sound you hear when you get there
even throw it should be 3 times louder than most all you hear is one
drip drip drop

please post a pic or a link to a pic or map
this is a place that I use to live and I miss the overwhelming beauty of the place

 

[1oldman2]

if you follow the river down past the storm king and onto the mountain

OK, so first off, are we speaking of the Hudson River and Storm King Mt. of NY state ?

 

[hsdrop]

OK, so first off, are we speaking of the Hudson River and Storm King Mt. of NY state ?

lol well at least you got the right country but not the right state try going west a ways

 

[1oldman2]

try going west a ways

Good advice, Here's what I have so far... a picture of Rifle Falls, in a part of Colorado with to many familiar names to be a coincidence. I'm thinking the "drip drip drop" just may refer to the three channels the falls take.

 

[hsdrop]

yep you got it

 

[hsdrop]

the lake is called hanging lake and the mount with no snow on it is burning mt. there's a strip across the side of it that snow always melts from... well here's a video explaining why and yes new castle is where I use to live for about a year or so
The Mystery of Burning Mountain in New Castle, Colorado - YouTube

 

[hsdrop]

Good advice, Here's what I have so far... a picture of Rifle Falls, in a part of Colorado with to many familiar names to be a coincidence. I'm thinking the "drip drip drop" just may refer to the three channels the falls take.
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your up oldman lol

 

[1oldman2]

your up oldman lol

Back soon

 

[tionis]

In the meantime, try solving this one:

Peace unto Queen Calafia
They call me ''The Red''
My sister, in seeded apple
Is made of rock and clay

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Not had much time to look at this one, but I've just had a look now.

First line suggests La Paz in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Third line in conjunction with first suggests La Paz, Granada, Spain (seeded apple = pomegranate = Granada).

I have not made any progress on the second or fourth lines.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I have not made any progress on the second or fourth lines.

Granada in Spain is of course associated with the Alhambra, which roughly means "The Red One", so that might relate to the second line. There is also an Alhambra in California.

 

[hsdrop]

glad you getting this one I am lost

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The clues seem to relate to the Alhambra, but in that case I don't know what La Paz and California have to do with it. Very confusing.

 

[tionis]

The clues seem to relate to the Alhambra, but in that case I don't know what La Paz and California have to do with it. Very confusing.

Alhambra it is! Well done, Mr. Scott!
Over to whoever lol.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Alhambra it is! Well done, Mr. Scott!
Over to whoever lol.

Please can you explain the clues?

 

[tionis]

Please can you explain the clues?

Peace unto Queen Calafia (clue to California's city of Alhambra once you put the other clues together)
They call me ''The Red'' ( Alhambra, means the red one)
My sister, in seeded apple (location of the other Alhambra in Spain)
Is made of rock and clay (Alhambra castle in Granada is made out of rock and red clay)

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Peace unto Queen Calafia (clue to California's city of Alhambra once you put the other clues together)

So the word "Peace" was not intended to be a clue at all? That line was just referring to California? And it's just a coincidence that there are "La Paz" locations both in Mexico's Baja California and in Granada, Spain? And the final answer is the Californian Alhambra, not the one in Spain?

 

[hsdrop]

so who's next ?