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

[1oldman2]

I think you need a word to mean "Black" in there as well. Haven't we had that one before?

Edit: No, I see I was thinking of "Forum Game - Where's that Landmark? Part 2"

Shhh!, It's a trap for Wolram, payback for post #647

 

[wolram]

If it is a trap i have fallen into it i can not make head nor tail of this one

 

[wolram]

Is this the answer to your riddle:

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

 

[1oldman2]

That will do... Your the trapper now.

 

[wolram]

This saloon is found in the outer regions of the solar system. Edit British saloon.

 

[1oldman2]

1st guess, Centaurs?

 

[wolram]

1st guess, Centaurs?

HA Ha Ha keep guessing

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I think I need something more. Saloon = car? I've been looking at trans-Neptunian objects and their moons, moons of outer planets, named comets, sources of meteor showers, names of space probes. Of course, if one goes beyond the solar system, there are things like Orion, Scorpio and Zodiac, but that doesn't seem relevant.

 

[1oldman2]

Hint time! Could this be classified as a resonate object?

 

[wolram]

It is really all about the car but another clue

a mixture of water, methane, and nitrogenices with tholins

 

[1oldman2]

?

 

[wolram]

View attachment 103237 ?

You have gone the wrong way 1oldman2 you are looking for a celestial body, but if you solve the saloon part of the clue you will solve it easily. its aphelion estimated at 937 AU[3] (31 times Neptune's distance), making it one of the most distant known objects in the Solar System

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Do you mean you can't spell "Sedan"?

 

[wolram]

Do you mean you can't spell "Sedan"?

If you can spell Sedan you have the answer.Almost.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

OK, so the clue involved an anagram of something which wasn't even in it. Sneaky!

 

[1oldman2]

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The aphelion confirmed it (I didn't even have to Google). A case where the initially proposed name was adopted as official (hidden clue alert!).

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Just wondered about giving the answer, but Google Maps don't seem to go that far (by about 13 billion km).

 

[1oldman2]

Google Maps don't seem to go that far (by about 13 billion km).

interesting,

 

[1oldman2]

This has got to be it! "Sedna"

 

[Jonathan Scott]

A case where the initially proposed name was adopted as official (hidden clue alert!).

Yes, that's what I think.

 

[1oldman2]

Paging Woolram.

 

[wolram]

Paging Woolram.

The answer is SEDNA another word for a saloon is sedan so it is an anagram of sadan

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The answer is SEDNA another word for a saloon is sedan so it is an anagram of sadan

Nitpick: Sedna is actually an anagram of sedan which is a synonym of saloon, and the original clue didn't hint at the indirect level. So it's time for @1oldman2 to have another go, but I will try to find time to play properly soon if I can stop being grumpy for long enough.

 

[wolram]

Nitpick: Sedna is actually an anagram of sedan which is a synonym of saloon, and the original clue didn't hint at the indirect level. So it's time for @1oldman2 to have another go, but I will try to find time to play properly soon if I can stop being grumpy for long enough.

 

[1oldman2]

From Tripoli in the land of the metaphor,
Head on down to the nearest seashore.
Find the lair of a beast killed by the son of(a)god,
when you locate that give me a nod.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Hmmm. Is this Tripoli in Libya, Lebanon or Greece, or mythical?
Some say that Medusa (killed by Perseus, one of Zeus's many offspring) lived in Libya, but others say near Cisthene, Turkey.
So far, I can't find anything more specific!

 

[1oldman2]

Hmmm. Is this Tripoli in Libya, Lebanon or Greece, or mythical?
Some say that Medusa (killed by Perseus, one of Zeus's many offspring) lived in Libya, but others say near Cisthene, Turkey.
So far, I can't find anything more specific!

the "nearest seashore" clue is relative in this case.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

the "nearest seashore" clue is relative in this case.

Tripoli in Libya and Lebanon are on the coast, so they have their own seashore, so "nearest" wouldn't make sense. The one in Greece isn't; one has to follow the road towards Argos to reach the sea at Myloi.

Hercules (Heracles) was also a son of Zeus and also killed a few beasts, such as the Lernaean Hydra, which lived in a lake near Myloi. Is that what you have in mind?

 

[1oldman2]

Very close to making it your turn, The other clue that would be useful is "The land of the metaphor."