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The idea of this puzzle was spawned from Sequence Solvation
(GC1T18R). Or perhaps more accurately, the feedback I've gotten
from it. The idea came to me right away, but took me awhile to put
into practice, and to make selections.
First, I will wholly admit, yes, this is a complicated puzzle. Part
of the difficulty is that I've taken the liberty to interject my
own punny humor as part of the puzzle. MOST of the clues provide
some kind of subtle hint. That's why it's called a clue. For some
of the parts, you may get a wry chuckle of understanding and
dismay. For other parts it may cause..... confusion? For this
reason, I WILL provide SOME hints if asked, especially once it is
solved/found. Mostly, this is meant to be fun.
Okay, on to the puzzle-
Group A is a series of numbers in the first column, along with a
series of clues in the second column. These are paired and are not
to be mixed up in any way.
Group B is a series of numbers in sequential order.
Step 1: Identify each historical date represented by the clue
given.
Step 2: Find the missing digit(s) from Group B that mix with the
digits from Group A to complete the date.
Here's the hard part- I've given no reference to which digits
are missing, or how many are missing. However, all the numbers in
both Group A and in Group B are in sequential order (they won't be
jumbled up).
Let's do an example: Let's say the clue was: "The Gipper got
elected". This would represent one of Ronald Reagan's presedential
election wins. So it would be either 1980 or 1984. For this example
I'll use 1980. The corresponding portion of the date in Group A
could be '10', In which case you would want to find '98' from Group
B. Or, Group A might be '90', and you would want to find '18' from
Group B. Or it could be other variations. Essentially, the
objective is to find the missing parts of the date.
Every partial date in Group A has a matching part in Group B,
there is no excess.
Step 3: When you have ALL the dates filled in, do the following
calculation to determine the coordinates for Stage 1 (didn't I
mention there were 2 stages? Silly me):
North: 32 degrees + [(sum of the dates from the odd clues)/500 ]
- 7.69
West: 96 degrees + [2*(sum of the dates from the even clues)/1000 ]
- 7.343
Makes sense, right?
Here are some helpful hints:
1. When summing the dates, anything that is before the common
era (CE, or whatever politically correct/religious term you want to
use), count that as a NEGATIVE number.
2. There ARE dates from pre-CE. However, there is no indicator in
the puzzle.
3. If the date references a person in general, it is probably
either their birth or death. Generally, their death, but no
promises. But be sure the date does not reference something the
person DID.
4. Not even historians can agree on all things. I used wikipedia as
a 'final source' on every clue. However, there are a couple of
clues that must be read exactly to get the correct dates, even from
wiki.
5. I'll reiterate this part- The numbers in Group A are in order
(left to right), and the numbers in Group B are in order (left to
right), but that does NOT mean that they are consecutive, nor does
it imply which part of the date comes first (A or B).
6. If you want to get the bonus cache, I'd suggest having the
dates and clues with you when you go to find Stage 1. And, a good
memory about what you learned along the way might not be a bad
idea. And, bug spray might not be too bad either.
7. Don't take nice clothes.
Okay, as horrible as all that is, I'll start you out by GIVING YOU
the first one. How nice am I?
The first clue is a reference to how much room John Hancock took
with his signature on the Declaration of Independence. So, the date
would be: 1776. The number in Group A is 16, so the missing part of
the date is... 77. You can scratch that out from Group B and that
will help you with the rest of the dates! Easy-peasy, right? Only
41 more to go!
Good Luck!!
Group A
#1) 16 Dude, leave some room for the rest of us to sign……
#2) 65 Honest, Mary should have gotten tickets to CATS instead of
to the Ford.
#3) 12 Chris, Chris, he's our man, if he can't find it, the Vikings
can!
#4) 4 Et tu, Brute?
#5) 13 How'd you get so funky?
#6) 19 A single tiny ambulation for humans, an immense surge for
hominids
#7) 19 We won't forget our Astronaut Teacher, or the 6 others
#8) 18 Remember this
#9) 76 It wasn't Sherlock that said this…..
#10) 11 Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! …… infamy.
#11) 13 They weren't the wrong siblings
#12) 86 East to west with one fell swoop
#13) 19 It's raining cats and stockbrokers
#14) 16 Really big shoe debuts royalty, above the waist of course.
#15) 1 Carthagenians, Pyrenees, and elephants, oh my!
#16) 10 Hubble's great, great, great, great grandaddy
#17) 11 What was so great about this charter?
#18) 11 The touch of God, and it only took 4 years to make on his
back.
#19) 16 This icebox of Seward's was almost a swindle
#20) 15 All the way around
#21) 16 The undisputed champ of N 90° 00.000
#22) 14 15 per hour
#23) 2 Are over 8,000 guards enough for one's tomb?
#24) 11 Earps vs Clantons. Bang bang.
#25) 18 Boomers and Sooners
#26) 15 Not caped crusaders, but Little boy and Fatman fought evil
their own way.
#27) 16 A great career ended by a Horse and a Bull.
#28) 96 Peritonitis killed Ehrich. Death's grasp was one he could
not escape from.
#29) 36 Jesse leaps to Adolph's chagrin
#30) 9 I blew my top, even if I was sacred to a hero. They were
frozen in time and no more.
#31) 97 Oh the humanity!
#32) 86 This Wild Man's hand could have been 1188 when he died.
#33) 15 Who knew Zectron would help label this beginning of the
year craze?
#34) 19 Not exactly Orwell's version, but it was captivating and
still is
#35) 20 It's the end of the world and you know it. Of course the
last one was in 1618.
#36) 18 He wasn't nimble and he wasn't quick, but was probably
royalty, and very feared.
#37) 15 He came in with this periodic ball of ice, and also went
out with it.
#38) 10 It wasn't a Pudding that brought the end of the Dark.
(really bad pun)
#39) 11 Schroeder's idol was already deaf before making this one
for Rudolf
#40) 4 It was for the Queen of the Nile, not Helen of Troy, that
caused this literary disaster.
#41) 10 It wasn't an April Shower that landed upon this stone
#42) 10 This 18th started on the 16th, and lasted 13.
Group B
4
7
8
10
12
12
13
17
18
18
19
19
22
23
25
28
29
36
49
52
62
66
68
77
81
83
86
87
87
88
88
89
90
92
92
94
94
95
95
96
96
99