Guess the Warwickshire building from clues

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1oldman2 said:
You mean Pizza don't you ? :wink:
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Jonathan Scott said:
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. :frown:
 
tionis said:
I've search for names of buildings in the UK but none suggest a motion so far. :frown:
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 said:
is the building have something to do with kinetic architecture?
Sorry, definitely not.
 
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:headbang:
 
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).
 
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OCR said:
Rotunda ...?
No; I can't see why you think that relates to the clue.
 
Jonathan Scott said:
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.
 
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wolram said:
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.
Jonathan Scott said:
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.
 
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The stage is open for a new riddle, unless i think of one first:biggrin:
 
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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.
 
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wolram said:
TO quick i must make my riddles harder:biggrin:
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.
 
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Find the lady in this circa 33000 year old nannies hole
Part of the answer is in the sperm whales.
 
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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?
 
tionis said:
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.
 
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Why does the word "Canterbury" keep turning up in my mind... o_O

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Ah nuts, scratch this post, I'm lost.:sorry:
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
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.
1oldman2 said:
Why does the word "Canterbury" keep turning up in my mind... o_O

Ah nuts, scratch this post, I'm lost.:sorry:
See above.
 
tionis said:
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.
 
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please can we get a nother clue
 
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Jonathan Scott said:
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.)
 
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"Q" is initial letter for "troubled" securities; "tip" is something you seek to avoid troubled securities; "leverage" is whatever buyer/seller's premium ...?
 
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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
 
Bystander said:
"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.