| Author | Message | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2008 Registered: 12-2010 |
Today is the perfect day to post a puzzle about a scrund I used to have. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15141 Registered: 4-2010 |
Today: Monday? October 3rd? Is some event going on today relevant? Is a holiday relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2009 Registered: 12-2010 |
Today: Monday? irrel October 3rd? yes Is some event going on today relevant? no Is a holiday relevant? yes | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2093 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it a national holiday? a religious holiday? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2095 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it to do with blessing animals? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2096 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it to do with blessing animals? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2010 Registered: 12-2010 |
is it a national holiday? this a religious holiday? is it to do with blessing animals? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15156 Registered: 4-2010 |
So it's a German holiday? Is the holiday celebrated only in Germany? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1592 Registered: 9-2010 |
Could you clarify on the use of Googlepedia? Does it commemorate a specific historic event? A more general historic thing (like honoring War Veterans)? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2012 Registered: 12-2010 |
So it's a German holiday? yes Is the holiday celebrated only in Germany? yes Could you clarify on the use of Googlepedia? Googlepedia is allowed, but I think you'll be able to determine the holiday without it. Discovering the scrund should be relatively easy even without googlepedia. Does it commemorate a specific historic event? this A more general historic thing (like honoring War Veterans)? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15172 Registered: 4-2010 |
I may or may not have (which means "I did") peeked at Wikipedia's list of holidays for Oct. 3 before you answered on Googlepedia, so I'll wait until the holiday is guessed before continuing. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2015 Registered: 12-2010 |
Anyone? Balin, if nobody has guessed the right holiday when you look at this puzzle, feel free to continue. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15190 Registered: 4-2010 |
German Unity Day? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2018 Registered: 12-2010 |
German Unity Day? yep | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4516 Registered: 9-2010 |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2020 Registered: 12-2010 |
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha relevant? no | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4521 Registered: 9-2010 |
The House of Wettin? Is Bavaria relevant? Hamburg? Kaseburg? =D | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2023 Registered: 12-2010 |
The House of Wettin? actually I've never heard of it - no Is Bavaria relevant? Hamburg? Kaseburg? =D no to all of these, OTWT | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4524 Registered: 9-2010 |
The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that once ruled the area of today's German states of Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia for more than 800 years. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Poland, Saxony, and Belgium; of these, only the British and Belgian lines retain their thrones today. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4525 Registered: 9-2010 |
In other words, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, from which comes the House of Windsor, via Prince Albert, although it took a couple generations for the name to change, is part of the House of Wettin, agnatically speaking. Is this at all relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2025 Registered: 12-2010 |
In other words, the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, from which comes the House of Windsor, via Prince Albert, although it took a couple generations for the name to change, is part of the House of Wettin, agnatically speaking. Is this at all relevant? sorree, nawt relvintz at awl! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4527 Registered: 9-2010 |
The Day of German Unity is celebrated each year with a ceremonial act and a citizens' festival (Bürgerfest). Iz they haz Kaseburgur? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4528 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz celebratud in Bonn dis year...relevunt? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2027 Registered: 12-2010 |
Iz they haz Kaseburgur? iz hoepz they haz! iz celebratud in Bonn dis year...relevunt? noez | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4531 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz startud in 1990 when kaylee kitteh wuz small kitteh! relevunt? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2030 Registered: 12-2010 |
iz startud in 1990 when kaylee kitteh wuz small kitteh! relevunt? doriana kitteh wuz nawt evin bornz yet! But 1990 is relevant indeed. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4532 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz wen teh halfz uf germinee iz go bak tugethur! offishulee anywai... | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2031 Registered: 12-2010 |
iz wen teh halfz uf germinee iz go bak tugethur! offishulee anywai... iz veree relvint! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4534 Registered: 9-2010 |
iz dis wut yuo haz scrund abowt? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2033 Registered: 12-2010 |
iz dis wut yuo haz scrund abowt? nawt eksectly, but veree OTRT | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15215 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the Berlin Wall relevant? The then-countries of East and West Germany? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2038 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the Berlin Wall relevant? very The then-countries of East and West Germany? yes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15218 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the tearing-down of the wall relevant? The length of time the wall was up? How long it took to build the wall? To tear it down? How long the wall had been there? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2040 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is the tearing-down of the wall relevant? The length of time the wall was up? How long it took to build the wall? To tear it down? How long the wall had been there? no to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15222 Registered: 4-2010 |
Crossing from E to W Germany (or vice versa) relevant? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2041 Registered: 12-2010 |
Crossing from E to W Germany (or vice versa) relevant? no | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1743 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think that the only boundary between E and W was the Berlin Wall? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4586 Registered: 9-2010 |
it wasn't?! *was four or so in 1989...* | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2062 Registered: 12-2010 |
Did you think that the only boundary between E and W was the Berlin Wall? yesish... you should probably rephrase that so that I know if you're thinking what I'm thinking (; | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4587 Registered: 9-2010 |
the boundary between East and West Germany was the Berlin Wall, right? or was there more to it? guess there'd have to be more to split all of Germany in half o.o kaylee kitteh thot it wuz teh onlee boundree, doriana kitteh!!! o.o wuz very smallish kitteh when wall went awai, see... | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2063 Registered: 12-2010 |
the boundary between East and West Germany was the Berlin Wall, right? or was there more to it? there was more to it! guess there'd have to be more to split all of Germany in half yep... You're very much OTRT, but that's not quite it. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1746 Registered: 9-2009 |
Rephrasing: Did you think the only border crossing between DDR and BRD was possible at the Berlin Wall? I used to have this scrund before I realized that the Wall only divided Berlin, which was in the middle of the DDR so to speak, while the borders between the two were far larger | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15262 Registered: 4-2010 |
If you all have figured out the answer, I'm being descrunded as we speak...er, type... | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2065 Registered: 12-2010 |
Rephrasing: Did you think the only border crossing between DDR and BRD was possible at the Berlin Wall? no I used to have this scrund before I realized that the Wall only divided Berlin, which was in the middle of the DDR so to speak, while the borders between the two were far larger well, that was my scrund! ********SPOILER******** Until 6th grade, I thought that the Berlin Wall was the only border between East and West Germany, i.e. that it went all the way through Germany. But then I learned that it only divided Berlin, which was, as Rbruma stated, in the middle of the GDR. Here's a little map that shows you the German/German border and the location of Berlin. Nice work, and thumbs up for Rbruma! Thanks for playing, guys. Please have a look at my two other puzzles, Forest Fires and Monotonous, as well as my new puzzle that I'll post now (: | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15266 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yep, descrunded. And I thought the only crossing between the two was the Wall. | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2068 Registered: 12-2010 |
At least you weren't descrunded by a laughing history teacher + class! It's ok to have this scrund as a non-German, but apparently every 11-year-old German child is supposed to know it. Which reminds me of a group of first graders and the following dialogue that I overheard: Child #1: "There used to be a biiiig wall in Germany!!" Child #2: "Oh yeah, and I know what it was called - The Great Wall of China!" :D | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1748 Registered: 9-2009 |
Nice puzzle Doriana. It reminded me of those (embarassing/never-to-be-repeated-again) de-scrunding situations which marked me as a kid, of which the Wall of Berlin was one of a kind :-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4598 Registered: 9-2010 |
*de-scrunded kitteh* Iz very naiz puzzel doriana kitteh! hehe, your last comment reminds me of the story Fiondil told me of when he was teaching ESL in China to a class of 13 year old boys. One of the lessons that day was: "I'm not going to have cereal for breakfast. I'm going to have muffins." The boys cracked up and took half an hour to calm down, stop laughing and tell him what was so funny. Muffin sounds like "ma fen" to Chinese ears. "Ma" meaning "horse", and "fen"...well, I'll let doriana kitteh fill in the blank. =P |
