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

[Jonathan Scott]

I had searched on "poles" in conjunction with "degrees of freedom" but hadn't spotted anything relevant. I can see how the first clue matches the answer, but I couldn't find ways to limit the search possibilities as there were so many other possible interpretations. I was amused by the way the "Moscow zero" clue was phrased anyway; certainly no offence taken.

I have been trying to think up a good puzzle but I think I'll need more time so anyone else is still welcome to have a go.

 

[tionis]

I had searched on "poles" in conjunction with "degrees of freedom" but hadn't spotted anything relevant. I can see how the first clue matches the answer, but I couldn't find ways to limit the search possibilities as there were so many other possible interpretations. I was amused by the way the "Moscow zero" clue was phrased anyway; certainly no offence taken.

I have been trying to think up a good puzzle but I think I'll need more time so anyone else is still welcome to have a go.

Don't mind if I do lol. This one is so easy, I'm embarrassed to even post it:With my eye of glass I embarrassed a genius
That thought he was so clever, I dare say even devious
By turning many tricks in the frosty night
The error of a letter I soon brought to light
Ah, lady of the night, you are quite the looker
And the gentry comment that you are the best hooker!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Is this a reference to the Hooker telescope on Mount Wilson, California, which Edwin Hubble used to prove that the universe was expanding, contrary to what Einstein had expected?

 

[tionis]

Is this a reference to the Hooker telescope on Mount Wilson, California, which Edwin Hubble used to prove that the universe was expanding, contrary to what Einstein had expected?

Told you it was too easy lol you are correct!

 

[1oldman2]

Bravo! Good show, let the record reflect, I have returned for more abuse.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Told you it was too easy lol you are correct!

I thought that was a really excellent puzzle poem, very entertaining and just the right sort of clues - not trivial to Google, but sufficiently specific to enable research and for me to be fairly sure when I'd got it. It took me quite a few minutes of work to solve, as although I was aware of Edwin Hubble's work at the Mount Wilson Observatory, I didn't know the telescope was called the Hooker Telescope, so I was first looking for stuff associated with Robert Hooke (microscope or telescope) and similar.

As before, I still need time to think of a new one, so feel free to have another go if you like.

 

[tionis]

I thought that was a really excellent puzzle poem, very entertaining and just the right sort of clues - not trivial to Google, but sufficiently specific to enable research and for me to be fairly sure when I'd got it. It took me quite a few minutes of work to solve, as although I was aware of Edwin Hubble's work at the Mount Wilson Observatory, I didn't know the telescope was called the Hooker Telescope, so I was first looking for stuff associated with Robert Hooke (microscope or telescope) and similar.

As before, I still need time to think of a new one, so feel free to have another go if you like.

Thank you for your kind words, Scott I'm running dry at the moment. Gotta write an essay do today

 

[tionis]

Bravo! Good show, let the record reflect, I have returned for more abuse.

Welcome back, 1O2!

 

[tionis]

Super easy:

I'm both tall and a pole
My blanket is fog
With many saints around
Where many geeks abound

 

[1oldman2]

First, a thought fresh 42 put in my head yesterday,
NP problems may be thought of as being like riddles: it may be hard to come up with the answer to a riddle, but once one hears the answer, the answer seems obvious. In this comparison (analogy), the basic question is: are riddles really as hard as we think they are, or are we missing something?
Okay then, that being said, this sounds like a San Fran bay area landmark. would that be correct?

 

[tionis]

First, a thought fresh 42 put in my head yesterday,
NP problems may be thought of as being like riddles: it may be hard to come up with the answer to a riddle, but once one hears the answer, the answer seems obvious. In this comparison (analogy), the basic question is: are riddles really as hard as we think they are, or are we missing something?
Okay then, that being said, this sounds like a San Fran bay area landmark. would that be correct?

Incorrect!

 

[1oldman2]

How about the Spire of Dublin (Monument of light)

 

[tionis]

How about the Spire of Dublin (Monument of light)

No! Here's a clue:

Isn't it ironic, some say it's even funny
My residents have money despite my poverty

 

[wolram]

Darn it i must be thick as two planks, i can not make head nor tail of this one.

 

[tionis]

Darn it i must be thick as two planks, i can not make head nor tail of this one.

Funny you should mention
for planks cause me apprehension
Could it be that my wooden nature
fears ending up as someone's table?

 

[1oldman2]

Darn it i must be thick as two planks, i can not make head nor tail of this one.

Me too, I'm wondering what JS thinks ?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

One of my orchestras had a concert yesterday so I've been rather busy for the last couple of days. (Concert went well although last movement of Beethoven 7 somehow ended up a bit faster than planned and we were all exhausted by the end, but the audience seemed to love it).

So far I don't have any ideas; again there seem to be too many possibilities for me to narrow it down. However, my brain isn't working very well today.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The bit about geeks and saints also definitely makes me think of Silicon Valley, around San Jose, Santa Clara and various other saintly locations around the San Francisco bay area, so that would probably have been my guess for an area to start if it hadn't already been ruled out.

 

[tionis]

The bit about geeks and saints also definitely makes me think of Silicon Valley, around San Jose, Santa Clara and various other saintly locations around the San Francisco bay area, so that would probably have been my guess for an area to start if it hadn't already been ruled out.

Very warm lol.

Tionis was surprised
that no one's realized
my home is in a valley
right up Mr. Scott's alley

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Very warm lol.

Tionis was surprised
that no one's realized
my home is in a valley
right up Mr. Scott's alley

Well, Palo Alto would seem to fit the clues, but it is definitely in the San Francisco Bay area, to which you replied "Incorrect" earlier.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

... and if it can in fact be a landmark in that area rather than a whole city, I'd suggest the tree after which the city is named, El Palo Alto.

 

[tionis]

Well, Palo Alto would seem to fit the clues, but it is definitely in the San Francisco Bay area, to which you replied "Incorrect" earlier.

Correct! I was looking for a city, not a landmark. But now I see that they also have a tree there, so 1O2 was partially right. Over to you!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Correct! I was looking for a city, not a landmark. But now I see that they also have a tree there, so 1O2 was partially right. Over to you!

Hmmm... I'd say that "incorrect" was a somewhat misleading response in that case, if not actually incorrect! But thanks for another puzzle.

OK, new one:

A form like a pillar of salt was part of this natural wonder
A storm long ago knocked it down; it fell in the sea and went under
The rest of the landmark survives but it's no longer really the same
As the missing bit needless to say was the feature that gave it its name.

 

[1oldman2]

Tionis was surprised
that no one's realized
my home is in a valley
right up Mr. Scott's alley

Would this imply that your a resident of southern UK ?
If that = true then I'm wondering how that would apply as a clue. or does the part about

Very warm lol.

imply that JS was "very warm" as in, nearing a correct guess concerning Palo Alto area ?

(Interesting that JS's guess was correct, it didn't show until I posted this. please disregard my outdated post.)

 

[1oldman2]

A form like a pillar of salt was part of this natural wonder
A storm long ago knocked it down; it fell in the sea and went under
The rest of the landmark survives but it's no longer really the same
As the missing bit needless to say was the feature that gave it its name.

Nice one, can you give a clue as to what region of the world this might be located in ?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Nice one, can you give a clue as to what region of the world this might be located in ?

My region. If you don't get the point, try a sharper look at the original clue.

 

[tionis]

haha too easy:

The Needles, Isle of Wight, England!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The Needles, Isle of Wight, England!

Yes, that's right! It's only 23 miles from where I live.

The most needle-like feature was a column known as "Lot's Wife" (presumably because it resembled a pillar of salt) which was in the gap, but it collapsed in a storm in 1764.

I thought that my response to @1oldman2 might have given the game away. Did you get it before or after that?

And of course for confirmation I hid the answer in the last line of the poem:

As the missing bit needless to say was the feature that gave it its name.

OK, over to you again.

 

[tionis]

Yes, that's right! It's only 23 miles from where I live.

The most needle-like feature was a column known as "Lot's Wife" (presumably because it resembled a pillar of salt) which was in the gap, but it collapsed in a storm in 1764.

I thought that my response to @1oldman2 might have given the game away. Did you get it before or after that?

And of course for confirmation I hid the answer in the last line of the poem:
OK, over to you again.

Nice one! I googled ''natural wonder that got knocked into the sea in england,'' when I read your response to 1O2 saying that it was in ''your region.'' The first hit I got was this site: https://www.visitbritain.com/us/en/britains-natural-wonders-0 which is awesome 'cause I've never heard of it. Working on another one as we speak.

 

[tionis]

OK, here it is. All the clues that you ever going to need are there:

Oh child of our first President
What brought you to this town?
To agitate il popolo
And subjects of the Crown?