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OzSTOC Ride Reports, Pictures & Videos => Pictures & Video's and Games => Topic started by: Streak on September 24, 2013, 07:35:09 PM
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OzSTOC Photo Puzzles!
The idea of this game is that the posted photo is to be accompanied by a number of cryptic clues, creating a puzzle that must be solved before we can move onto the next photo. Each clue is to be added progressively over a short period of time.
Basically, to solve the puzzle, you have to work out the clues and provide an answer, if you solve it, you get to post the next puzzle.
Puzzle Referee: Sean
RULES:
1. The photo must include your bike.
2. They must then go and place the TAG somewhere else (maybe at a lake, or airport, or radio tower, footy ground, pie shop, harbour, or post office etc.) They do this by photographing their bike in front of the place/thing.
3. The clues must not be so abstract that the average person is unable to solve them. Therefore job or topic specific clues are not permitted.
4. The clues should begin with a high level of difficulty and then get progressively easier. The main aim of the game is to keep interest flowing and not have the tag stay with one person for a long time. The idea is to make everybody think but not have a brain explosion.
5. Each successive clue is to be added to the thread within at least every 5 days if the photo has not been solved. The TAG is to be revealed no later than 4 weeks after first being submitted so that the level of interest is maintained.
6. The use of archived photos is not in the spirit of the game. (The definition of archived is anything taken prior to the previous weekend, acceptation’s can be made if say on a 5 day trip for instance. This will be at the discretion of the appointed referee.)
7. The location/town is not necessary unless it forms part of a clue. It does not need to be the first clue.
8. When formulating the clues, remember this is a family show.
9. There are no winners or losers, this is all about having a bit of fun!
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(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y438/Sean1863/ParliamentHouseCanberra_zps396908c0.jpg) (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/Sean1863/media/ParliamentHouseCanberra_zps396908c0.jpg.html)
Clue 1: The same hues appear in a number of countries, but not all.
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([url]http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y438/Sean1863/ParliamentHouseCanberra_zps396908c0.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/Sean1863/media/ParliamentHouseCanberra_zps396908c0.jpg.html[/url])
Clue 1: The same hues appear in a number of countries, but not all.
The Union Jack ............
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Not quite that.
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Southern cross?
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Not quite Marcus but you are both on the right track. Two minds are better than one if you get my point. :think1
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Red, white and blue?
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Still skirting around the issue. All of the guesses have some part in the answer. Look more closely. It is an object that we are looking for. :think1 :think1
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Australian Flag?
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The colour Blue ... ????
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Dang. I was going to go out and get a pic with Ruby next to a Police car.
Why?
Because I thought the idea was a picture echoing Red, White and Blue.
Saved me that trouble.
Back looking for the thinking cap...
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Shaun,
Congratulations. The clues were leading to the flag. Not necessarily the Australian flag specifically, however close enough for the prize. Next find a "new" photo with your bike and post it up for the fun to begin again.
The Union Jack and Southern Cross were only part of the answer, therfore the clarification "Two minds are better than one if you get my point" was to prompt the amalgamation of the two guesses.
Sean
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I think I have a headache
:think1
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Marcus, I prescribe two panadol, a short lie down and backup for round two. :crackup
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(http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B8afPCfmqYTKRTIxeVlJX3NpZmM)
Clue: Sleepy?
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Although I am abstaining from the competition, would I be right in thinking it has an Australian flavour? :think1
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Although I am abstaining from the competition, would I be right in thinking it has an Australian flavour? :think1
Not relevant to answer. The photo was, however, taken within the confines of the Australian Commonwealth. :whistle
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([url]http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B8afPCfmqYTKRTIxeVlJX3NpZmM[/url])
Clue: Sleepy?
I can't see the pic, am I the only one?
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I can't see the pic, am I the only one?
Maybe.
I can see it. An odd sandstone structure near the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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So the clue is "sleepy"? hmmm
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Anything to do with a nursery rhyme?
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Sleepy Hollow?
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Sounds like you guys need a bit of support.
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Sounds like you guys need a bit of support.
...That was another hint btw... :grin
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Hi guys, I've been to my youngest sons wedding so, sorry I'm late... Can I play?
Oh and I can't see the photo either...
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I don't know why you guys can't see the photo.
This is the Photo
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e276/marcusstringer/ScreenShot2013-09-30at74402AM_zps85aded6b.png)
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Ok, I can see it now
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Obviously Photobucket trumps Google Drive.
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I want to play, but, considering I'm still banned from riding, I can't post a new clue if I solve this one :think1
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Wendy, By the power vested in me by Streak you will be allowed to use an older photo whilst you are laid up. Can't leave the ladies out, Pockey will go off. :crackup
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Ok clues so far:
"Sleepy?"
and
"...need some support"
Next hint:
Something to do with the bridge...
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:think1 :think1 Pillars?
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:think1 :think1 Pillars?
:thumb :thumbs :clap
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Well done Wendy, now it's your turn. After all of your jokes this should be interesting. :popcorn
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I have to go through my laptop and phone, see what pics I have with me...being just a short distance from home and all :think1
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Wendy is unable to play at the moment and has asked for me to deputise on her behalf. Hopefully I can do her proud.
(http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y438/Sean1863/BigPotatoRobertson_zps9f1fd958.jpg) (http://s1274.photobucket.com/user/Sean1863/media/BigPotatoRobertson_zps9f1fd958.jpg.html)
Some of you will know where this is. That is not the clue. Nor is it the local nickname for this object.
Clue : 1. My name has five letters and is known by Jamie and George. Let the games begin.
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Chips
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Negative, but keep heading that way. More clues to follow in a coule of days if the guesses don't get there.
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Mash????
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Spuds..
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Marcus,
That's about as close as Sargeant. So no. If you identiy the names then you may get closer. Order some more panadol old friend.
Sabie,
Not specific enough. Refer to the comment to Marcus and read in the initial clue. :think1
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Olive
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Now that is way out in Siberia. The potato is the basis, but not the entire answer.
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Dirty. :)
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Now that is way out in Siberia.
Jamie Oliver.
Olive. :p
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was think of a brand of potato like chat or something *wanders off looking for panadol*
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Sweet :thumb
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Jamie Oliver is the Jamie, but he is not the answer. Marcus you are getting alot closer. Take two and have a lie down.
:think1 :think1 :think1
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A short (?) quote from Wike re. potatos:
The potato is a STarchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Nightshade family. The word may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species. Potatoes were introduced outside the Andes region four centuries ago, and have become an integral part of much of the world's cuisine. It is the world's fourth-largeST food crop, following rice, wheat and maize.[1] Long-term STorage of potatoes requires specialised care in cold warehouses.[2]
Wild potato species occur throughout the Americas, from the United STates to southern Chile.[3] The potato was originally believed to have been domeSTicated independently in multiple locations,[4] but later genetic teSTing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northweSTern Bolivia (from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex), where they were domeSTicated 7,000–10,000 years ago.[5][6][7] Following centuries of selective breeding, there are now over a thousand different types of potatoes.[6] Of these subspecies, a variety that at one point grew in the Chiloé Archipelago (the potato's south-central Chilean sub-center of origin) left its germplasm on over 99% of the cultivated potatoes worldwide.[8][9]
The annual diet of an average global citizen in the firST decade of the 21ST century included about 33 kg (73 lb) of potato.[1] However, the local importance of potato is extremely variable and rapidly changing. It remains an essential crop in Europe (especially eaSTern and central Europe), where per capita production is STill the higheST in the world, but the moST rapid expansion over the paST few decades has occurred in southern and eaSTern Asia. China is now the world's largeST potato-producing country, and nearly a third of the world's potatoes are harveSTed in China and India.[10]
The English word potato comes from Spanish patata (the name used in Spain). The Spanish Royal Academy says the Spanish word is a compound of the Taino batata (sweet potato) and the Quechua papa (potato).[11] The name potato originally referred to a type of sweet potato rather than the other way around, although there is actually no close relationship between the two plants. The English confused the two plants one for the other. In many of the chronicles detailing agriculture and plants, no diSTinction is made between the two.[12] The 16th-century English herbaliST John Gerard used the terms "baSTard potatoes" and "Virginia potatoes" for this species, and referred to sweet potatoes as "common potatoes".[13] Potatoes are occasionally referred to as "Irish potatoes" or "white potatoes" in the United STates, to diSTinguish them from sweet potatoes.[13]
The name spud for a small potato comes from the digging of soil (or a hole) prior to the planting of potatoes. The word has an unknown origin and was originally (c. 1440) used as a term for a short knife or dagger, probably related to Dutch spyd and/or the Latin "spad-" root meaning "sword"; cf. Spanish "espada", English "spade" and "spadroon". The word spud traces back to the 16th century. It subsequently transferred over to a variety of digging tools. Around 1845 it transferred over to the tuber itself.[14] The origin of "spud" has erroneously been attributed to a 19th-century activiST group dedicated to keeping the potato out of Britain, calling itself The Society for the Prevention of an Unwholesome Diet.[14] It was Mario Pei's 1949 The STory of Language that can be blamed for the false origin. Pei writes, "the potato, for its part, was in disrepute some centuries ago. Some Englishmen who did not fancy potatoes formed a Society for the Prevention of Unwholesome Diet. The initials of the main words in this title gave rise to spud." Like moST other pre-20th century acronymic origins, this one is false.[14]
Potato plants are herbaceous perennials that grow about 60 cm (24 in) high, depending on variety, the culms dying back after flowering. They bear white, pink, red, blue, or purple flowers with yellow STamens. In general, the tubers of varieties with white flowers have white skins, while those of varieties with colored flowers tend to have pinkish skins.[15] Potatoes are cross-pollinated moSTly by insects, including bumblebees, which carry pollen from other potato plants, but a subSTantial amount of self-fertilizing occurs as well. Tubers form in response to decreasing day length, although this tendency has been minimized in commercial varieties.[16]
After potato plants flower, some varieties produce small green fruits that resemble green cherry tomatoes, each containing up to 300 true seeds. Potato fruit contains large amounts of the toxic alkaloid solanine and is therefore unsuitable for consumption. All new potato varieties are grown from seeds, also called "true seed" or "botanical seed" to diSTinguish it from seed tubers. By finely chopping the fruit and soaking it in water, the seeds separate from the flesh by sinking to the bottom after about a day (the remnants of the fruit float). Any potato variety can also be propagated vegetatively by planting tubers, pieces of tubers, cut to include at leaST one or two eyes, or also by cuttings, a practice used in greenhouses for the production of healthy seed tubers. Some commercial potato varieties do not produce seeds at all (they bear imperfect flowers) and are propagated only from tuber pieces. Confusingly, these tubers or tuber pieces are called "seed potatoes," because the potato itself functions as "seed".
There are about 5,000 potato varieties worldwide. Three thousand of them are found in the Andes alone, mainly in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Chile, and Colombia. They belong to eight or nine species, depending on the taxonomic school. Apart from the 5,000 cultivated varieties, there are about 200 wild species and subspecies, many of which can be cross-bred with cultivated varieties, which has been done repeatedly to transfer resiSTances to certain peSTs and diseases from the gene pool of wild species to the gene pool of cultivated potato species. Genetically modified varieties have met public resiSTance in the United STates and in the European Union.[17][18]
The major species grown worldwide is Solanum tuberosum (a tetraploid with 48 chromosomes), and modern varieties of this species are the moST widely cultivated. There are also four diploid species (with 24 chromosomes): S. STenotomum, S. phureja, S. goniocalyx, and S. ajanhuiri. There are two triploid species (with 36 chromosomes): S. chaucha and S. juzepczukii. There is one pentaploid cultivated species (with 60 chromosomes): S. curtilobum. There are two major subspecies of Solanum tuberosum: andigena, or Andean; and tuberosum, or Chilean.[19] The Andean potato is adapted to the short-day conditions prevalent in the mountainous equatorial and tropical regions where it originated. The Chilean potato, native to the Chiloé Archipelago, is adapted to the long-day conditions prevalent in the higher latitude region of southern Chile.[20]
The International Potato Center, based in Lima, Peru, holds an ISO-accredited collection of potato germplasm.[21] The international Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium announced in 2009 that they had achieved a draft sequence of the potato genome.[22] The potato genome contains 12 chromosomes and 860 million base pairs making it a medium-sized plant genome.[23] More than 99 percent of all current varieties of potatoes currently grown are direct descendants of a subspecies that once grew in the lowlands of south-central Chile.[24] Nonetheless, genetic teSTing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species affirms that all potato subspecies derive from a single origin in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northweSTern Bolivia (from a species in the Solanum brevicaule complex).[5][6][7]
MoST modern potatoes grown in North America arrived through European settlement and not independently from the South American sources. However, at leaST one wild potato species, Solanum fendleri, is found as far north as Texas and used in breeding for resiSTance to a nematode species that attacks cultivated potatoes. A secondary center of genetic variability of the potato is Mexico, where important wild species that have been used extensively in modern breeding are found, such as the hexaploid Solanum demissum, as a source of resiSTance to the devaSTating late blight disease.[25] Another relative native to this region, Solanum bulbocaSTanum, has been used to genetically engineer the potato to resiST potato blight.[26]
Potatoes yield abundantly with little effort, and adapt readily to diverse climates as long as the climate is cool and moiST enough for the plants to gather sufficient water from the soil to form the STarchy tubers. Potatoes do not keep very well in STorage and are vulnerable to molds that feed on the STored tubers, quickly turning them rotten. By contraST, grain can be STored for several years without much risk of rotting.[27]
The potato was firST domeSTicated in the region of modern-day southern Peru and extreme northweSTern Bolivia[5] between 8000 and 5000 BCE.[6] It has since spread around the world and become a STaple crop in many countries.
According to conservative eSTimates, the introduction of the potato was responsible for a quarter of the growth in Old World population and urbanization between 1700 and 1900.[28] Following the Spanish conqueST of the Inca Empire, the Spanish introduced the potato to Europe in the second half of the 16th century. The STaple was subsequently conveyed by European mariners to territories and ports throughout the world. The potato was slow to be adopted by diSTruSTful European farmers, but soon enough it became an important food STaple and field crop that played a major role in the European 19th century population boom.[7] However, lack of genetic diversity, due to the very limited number of varieties initially introduced, left the crop vulnerable to disease. In 1845, a plant disease known as late blight, caused by the fungus-like oomycete Phytophthora infeSTans, spread rapidly through the poorer communities of weSTern Ireland, resulting in the crop failures that led to the Great Irish Famine.[25] Thousands of varieties STill persiST in the Andes however, where over 100 cultivars might be found in a single valley, and a dozen or more might be maintained by a single agricultural household.[29]
This is around 1,600 words, and there are 66 references to ST. I reckon the answer is in there somewhere ......... yeah, somewhere!!!
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oh my lord did you go through capitalise all the ST words??????
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Yeah. I'll save a headache and go looking for that bike game where you take a photo with your bike in front of something and challenge the group to find another of the same and put up a pic of a new challenge. Just doing the required reading has stuffed me!
Or something like that. :o :think1
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oh my lord did you go through capitalise all the ST words??????
Hey- you're a PC techie. He did a search and replace in Word, surely!
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Do you old guys know how to do that???? :nahnah
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Do you old guys know how to do that???? :nahnah
Nah. That's an old trick. Learned it while I was still young and haven't forgotten.
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Yeah. I'll save a headache and go looking for that bike game where you take a photo with your bike in front of something and challenge the group to find another of the same and put up a pic of a new challenge. Just doing the required reading has stuffed me!
Or something like that. :o :think1
It's why I really like this game, it is an awesome challenge to the brain :thumb
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oh my lord did you go through capitalise all the ST words??????
Buy me a beer at Metung, and I'll tell you how it's done ........... :beer
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oh my lord did you go through capitalise all the ST words??????
Hey- you're a PC techie. He did a search and replace in Word, surely!
:thumb
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Williamson,
Due to the pain that you have caused me and especially Marcus (Extra truck of pills en route) I can inform you that after placing the text throught he relevant scanning process I can offically advise you of the following:
No. :nahnah :nahnah :nahnah
My head hurts, I'm going for a ride. :blu13
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Do you old guys know how to do that???? :nahnah
If you call me 'old' it'll cost you two beers .......
:beer
:beer
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Williamson,
Due to the pain that you have caused me and especially Marcus (Extra truck of pills en route) I can inform you that after placing the text throught he relevant scanning process I can offically advise you of the following:
No. :nahnah :nahnah :nahnah
My head hurts, I'm going for a ride. :blu13
Oh, shyte!!!
Back to Wiki and download another few thousand words to post and for you to scan.
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Why use a thousand when one will do. Even if you drop another bomb, you still have to nominate which one it is. Hey we've got the whole weekend ahead of us. Party on dude. :thumbs :beer
PS Off to pick up the kids for the weekend, back later tonight.
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Wow....clean up in aisle 3 please........
Someone dropped a "vegie"
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The next to post a thousand words gets a two week ban, and a post score reduction to -1000
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..... you still have to nominate which one it is.
Is that another new rule?
...... Party on dude. :thumbs :beer
Now that's a rule that I like!
The next to post a thousand words gets a two week ban, and a post score reduction to -1000
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Am I in trouble :-(((, in the naughty corner >:(), a bad boy :whistle?
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Am I in trouble :-(((, in the naughty corner >:(), a bad boy :whistle?
You are now, and on my watch list just like Biggles... :grin
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Now Brock, you've left me with almost nothing to do. Maybe I can get a bit more devious with the clues. After all it is for Wendy.
Thanks Mate :thumb
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Its only cos those of us with short attention spans can read a thousand words, with out forgetting what day it is... :beer
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I love it, takes their minds of the game worrying if the big stick is hovering.
:rofl :rofl
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Popular varieties of potatoes include:
Adirondack Blue
Adirondack Red
Agata
Almond
Alpine Russet
Alturas
Amandine
Annabelle
Anya
Arran Victory
Atlantic
Austrian Crescent
Avalanche
Bamberg
Bannock Russet
Belle de Fontenay
BF-15
Bildtstar
Bintje
Blazer Russet
Blue Congo
Bonnotte
British Queens
Cabritas
Camota
Canela Russet
Cara
Carola
Chelina
Chiloé[69]
Cielo
Clavela Blanca
Désirée
Estima
Fianna
Fingerling
Flava
French Fingerling
German Butterball
Golden Delights
Golden Wonder
Goldrush
Home Guard
Idaho
Innovator
Irish Cobbler
Irish Lumper
Jersey Royal
Kennebec
Kerr's Pink
Kestrel
Keuka Gold
King Edward
Kipfler
Lady Balfour
Langlade
Linda potato
Marcy
Marfona
Maris Piper
Marquis
Megachip
Monalisa
Nicola
Norgold Russet
Pachacoña
Pike
Pink Eye
Pink Fir Apple
Primura
Ranger Russet
Ratte
Record
Red La Soda
Red Norland
Red Pontiac
Rooster
Russet Burbank
Russet Norkotah
Selma
Shepody
Sieglinde
Silverton Russet
Sirco
Snowden
Spunta
Stobrawa
Superior
Villetta Rose
Vivaldi
Vitelotte
Yellow Finn
Yukon Gold
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So what are you getting at Sabie. :think1
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They're all types of potato's.... I thought there may have been one variety that was significant....
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There are only 8 that have five letters...
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4
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The next to post a thousand words gets a two week ban, and a post score reduction to -1000
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Is a 999 word post okay? :-) or would I go to negative posts as well as sin bin ?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 4
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Depending on what program you use to word count you could be in trouble. I'm thinking Brock would adopt the close enough is good enough stance and :spank
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It's not fries is it?
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No Panman. We've had mash etc before and got a knock back.
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as its a place,
Idaho ????
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Brock,
Just curious as why you think it is a place.
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Irish ... As in Ireland ?
They're big potato eaters?..
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Is it "roaST" as in roast potato with an ST at the end of it?
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Brock, Still not sure why you thought it was a place, but as a result I've taken myself off to the naughty corner for not owning up straight away, and relinquish the tag to your divine wisdom. :spank :spank
Now put the big stick down and get out on the bike for the next installment. The rule for archived photos was breached as Wendy was off the bike through injury.
How's the migraine going Marcus?
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So Idaho was the answer?? Did I not say Idaho in my post of potato varieties?
Rigged, rigged!
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Idaho? Mmmm, the connection / reference to .....
..... and is known by Jamie and George.
..... beats me.
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Idaho? Mmmm, the connection / reference to .....
..... and is known by Jamie and George.
..... beats me.
Jamie Oliver... : Idaho
George Idaho
Obvious! (to someone)
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Idaho? Mmmm, the connection / reference to .....
..... and is known by Jamie and George.
..... beats me.
Jamie Oliver... : Idaho
George Idaho
Obvious! (to someone)
Still don't see a connection. :think1
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Brock,
Just curious as why you think it is a place.
Modify message
Quite simple really, I miss read the introduction where it was said some thing like "Some will know where this is" and missed the bit about it not being a clue.
Of course Idaho is a place and a potato type and has 5 letters....
I never understood the George an Jamie clue.
So I got the right answer for the wrong reason, thats sideways thinking for you.
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:eek
Sabie,
I Just had a look in your list, and the answer was there hidden in the 995 words, So I will concede Victory to you.
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Jamie Oliver and George Kalambaris (Masterchef) are two chefs who would have used these types of potatoes in their cooking. The idea was to name the specific type of potato. Having a large list did not do that. That is the logic behind this thread.
Idaho? Mmmm, the connection / reference to .....
..... and is known by Jamie and George.
..... beats me.
Jamie Oliver... : Idaho
George Idaho
Obvious! (to someone)
The clues are meant to be cryptic and not easy to decipher, otherwise there is the basic take a photo game.
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Nah that's ok Brock you were more specific, mine was shoot and scatter.
I'm taking my I-thingy and Modem and going home.... :-[........
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Ok I'm ready for another headache... let's do this... who's go is it
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Ok I'm ready for another headache... let's do this... who's go is it
Speaking of headaches, you wretch! Take that Avatar with you as you go!!
I just wasted I dunno how long waiting to find out if it was intended to fill the space with "snake".
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hahaha...
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I just wasted I dunno how long waiting to find out if it was intended to fill the space with "snake".
It does, and then it starts again. It's very sad that I hung around longer than Biggles to find out.
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Awesome avatar Marcus..... :crazy
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Marcus,
As some members have quite specific in their judgement about this puzzle due to their inability to look hard into clues, the thread has died somewhat. The whole point was to stretch the grey matter. The idea was to be cryptic and have the clues continue to expand on the thought process. The participation should be half the fun.
As with many things in life it is purely voluntary and if it does not suit a persons psychological makeup then they can restrict themselves to the plain photo tag.
By the way your it if Brock has no objection.
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:thumb :beer