From the time of Noah, rainbows have been a sign of hope.
Ever since Noah and the flood, people have been curious about rainbows. What do they mean? How are they formed? From fearful people to awestruck citizens, rainbows turn heads skyward. In fact, some of the myths people believed about rainbows are more interesting than the truth.
Irish legends speak of leprechauns and pots of gold hidden at the end of rainbows. While a nice big pot of gold would come in handy for anyone, especially for a poor college student, there is a problem. Rainbows appear to move as the observer does, so it is impossible to reach the end of a rainbow. Unfortunately, no one has ever gotten rich by finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
In medieval Germany, many believed that for forty years before the end of the world, no rainbows would appear. Thus, people were relieved to see a rainbow; as the saying goes: "So the rainbow appear, the world has no fear, until thereafter forty years."
Many cultures all over the world believed that rainbows led to God. Some tribes of North American Indians called the rainbow a "Pathway of Souls." In Japan, some refer to a rainbow as the "Floating Bridge of Heaven." In Hawaii and Polynesia, myths call the rainbow the "path to the upperworld." People in the Austrian Alps say righteous souls go to heaven via the rainbow. A myth of New Zealand said that dead chiefs went up a rainbow to the afterlife.
Rainbows have also been used to predict good hunting or sailing weather. "A rainbow in the eve: put thine head in the sheave, a rainbow in the morrow; go take thy bow, and arrow," told hunters that morning rainbows meant better weather was coming. "A rainbow in the morning is the sailor's warning; a rainbow at night is the sailor's delight," told sailors the same thing.
Other groups of people, though, were terrified of rainbows. Long ago, Zulus thought that a rainbow was an enormous supernatural serpent. They called these rainbows "snake bows" and believed that they came out after a rainfall to eat unsuspecting humans and cattle.
Interestingly enough, although rainbows are scientifically explainable optical phenomena that occur when white light is refracted into its spectrum of colors, the dictionary still defines rainbows as Noah did: a symbol of hope.
Judy Garland said it best in 1939 in the movie The Wizard if Oz.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of, once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
To solve the puzzle, find the answers to the questions and then do the calculations to find your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
R. What is the r value of the rgb in this color?
O. Spangler circus peanuts marshmallows are this color. How many of them are in a 1 pound bag?
Y. Ernie sang about his affection for this colored Rubber Duckie in a skit, which aired during the first season of Sesame Street. The song from that skit – titled "Rubber Duckie" – became a modest mainstream hit, reaching No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. in What year did that take place?
G. How many total dots are used to spell this color spelled in Braille? (Hint, if you use a braille translator, do not use this color as the first word.)
B. What year was the song recorded by Willie Nelson About this color eyes crying in the rain released?
I. What year was the first known recorded use of this color in the English language?
V. How many petals are on the flower with this name.
N 40 R.AIN
W 104 B.OW
R = (G / 4) + (V x 5)
A = G / 2
I = (259 x V) - I
N = The number in the name of this cache
B = O - 1
O = (R/V) + (B-Y) - 3
W = (O - G) / 11
