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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
I haven't seen the right answer yet, but I think I must clear up a misunderstanding: I said that the merely smart person must be eliminated in one go, by which I meant just one round of words. The silence after "Bismuth" simply means that everyone has said their word and that it's done.
There is a clue in the description of the group, although I think you'd need a reverse dictionary - a dictionary in which the descriptions of the words are alphabetized rather than the words themselves - to look it up.
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mike the wiz Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: |
I later thought that the answer would be a non-metal. But unlike you guys I don't have knowledge of the periodic table.
So if Iodine is the non-metal I would have went with that, but Para' hasn't got back to you yet. We'll have to wait on his answer.
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mike the wiz Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: |
It's not the date.
I'll give the answer later today. Thanks for trying. Keep checking back I might add more riddles at a later date.
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mike the wiz Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: |
ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE OF THE IRREFUTABLE BEGINNING
Highlight blank black space below for answer.
My date of birth is the 27th of January 1981. Since shop two was number "29", then the first shop must either be number 27 or number 31. SInce higher is lower, then the first shop is stated as lower than the shop I stopped at. Therefore, it logically must be 27. As for the rest, if you read back you will see that Para' and a couple of others were right about many things.
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tudwell Member (Idle past 6009 days) Posts: 172 From: KCMO Joined: |
The "best of a class" are "elite", but I can't figure out how this relates to the different elements, or if I'm even on the right track. It was the only thing in the description of the group that looked like a definition.
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ringo Member (Idle past 442 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
The second person was smart because he recognized "Iodine" as the element rather than the more commonly-known ("tincture of") antiseptic. The class was chemists.
If the second person had said, "Mercurochrome", the list would be very different indeed. “Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place” -- Joseph Goebbels ------------- Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
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Rail Bird Junior Member (Idle past 1629 days) Posts: 15 Joined: |
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Edited by Rail Bird, : Contentinsignificant.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
tudwell writes: The "best of a class" are "elite", but I can't figure out how this relates to the different elements, or if I'm even on the right track. It was the only thing in the description of the group that looked like a definition. You are indeed on the right track. Now use a thesaurus...
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
Ringo writes: The class was chemists. They had many talents.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
mike the wiz writes: I don't have knowledge of the periodic table. You'll be fine if you can read it. (Nice twist in your own riddle, Mike, I don't think I would have guessed it.) Added by edit: I hope you don't mind that I put my riddle in your thread. I don't mean to hijack it. Edited by Parasomnium, : see above
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mike the wiz Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: |
It's fine Para', people can feel free to add any riddles.
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leviethan Junior Member (Idle past 6102 days) Posts: 3 Joined: |
I believe Mike was born in June 1981
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mike the wiz Member Posts: 4755 From: u.k Joined: |
Hi Leviethan. Welcome. Answer in message #19 of this topic.
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Cynic1 Member (Idle past 6105 days) Posts: 78 Joined: |
If the best of a class can also be defined as "prime." Then I think the answer is Cobalt, since it is the only element listed whose atomic number is not prime.
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Parasomnium Member Posts: 2224 Joined: |
the answer is Cobalt Very well done, Cynic1! Welcome to the club, by the way.
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