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

[OCR]

Yes!

To...?

I'm thinking a comet may be indicated

am I barking up the wrong tree?

Lol...

 

[tionis]

To...?

See below.

I'm thinking a comet may be indicated

ding ding ding ding

 

[1oldman2]

Yes!

Progress! now to narrow the search ?

 

[tionis]

Hey, 1oldman2, it's your turn lol.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I guess that means the answer was "A comet". Not as specific as I expected. And I've never personally seen one fade on a scale of hours (although I haven't seen many, and they have generally only been "fuzzy blobs").

 

[tionis]

I saw one at night and in the morning it was gone.

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I saw one at night and in the morning it was gone.

And so was everything else in the night sky, until the next evening? It must be many decades since a comet passed close enough to be significantly different from one day to the next.

But this thread isn't about physics, so a bit of poetic language seems fine. I'm just a bit grumpy at being caught out by taking it too literally.

 

[wolram]

I would be happy if we stick to Earth bound riddles, other wise this quiz is getting to far out

 

[tionis]

I wonder how 1oldman2 saw right through the poetic clutter. He had a flash of brilliance lol.

 

[tionis]

And so was everything else in the night sky, until the next evening?

Yes, but read clue #3 carefully:

Clue #3: The professor tried to catch me gleaming
for he understood I was leaving

 

[tionis]

I would be happy if we stick to Earth bound riddles, other wise this quiz is getting to far out

You mean all around the world does not extend to outer space?

 

[wolram]

You mean all around the world does not extend to outer space?

Yes, we are stretching all around the Earth a bit and if one goes to outer space there is a bazillion possibilities

 

[1oldman2]

Patience please while I whip up a new one. (Terrestrial will be the standard as wolram suggested)

You mean all around the world does not extend to outer space?

The thread wasn't intended to include outer space, that confusion is my fault as I used the ISS as a riddle and things sort of snowballed from there.

 

[1oldman2]

A mountain at the sea, neither lo nor hi,
in the middle you will find "I"

 

[tionis]

A mountain at the sea, neither lo nor hi,
in the middle you will find "I"

Hawaii!

 

[1oldman2]

Hawaii!

... And ?

 

[tionis]

Did I get it right? Is it my turn lol?

 

[hsdrop]

A mountain at the sea, neither lo nor hi,
in the middle you will find "I"

is it Pu'unianiau on the main island??

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Odd - people seem to be missing the "lo" and "hi" bit of the clue.

 

[tionis]

Ni'ihau?

 

[1oldman2]

JS I think your thinking correctly

 

[1oldman2]

It is the youngest of it's ancient siblings.

 

[tionis]

Hi’i’aka!

 

[1oldman2]

Hi’i’aka!

Your in the ballpark but not there yet, think -975 meters.

 

[tionis]

Your in the ballpark but not there yet, think -975 meters.

Lōʻihi Seamount!

 

[hsdrop]

Your in the ballpark but not there yet, think -975 meters.

the loihi seamount

 

[1oldman2]

Within 1 minute of each other! your going to have to arm wrestle to decide whose turn it is as the posts seem to be out of order.

 

[tionis]

OK. This one is super easy lol:

Though the Greeks called me a poison
And my name does rhyme with lore
There's a region on the planet
Where I'm blooming in the snow.

 

[1oldman2]

OK. This one is super easy lol:

Though the Greeks called me a poison
And my name does rhyme with lore
There's a region on the planet
Where I'm blooming in the snow.

Hellebore ?

 

[tionis]

Hellebore ?

No.