| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7117 Registered: 4-2010 |
Where is it true that 72 equals 1? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 746 Registered: 9-2009 |
Mathematics relevant at all? Religion? Sports? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7119 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mathematics relevant at all? Religion? Sports? No to all | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3546 Registered: 9-2009 |
The pronunciation of numbers relevant? Writing? Language relevant? "Where" = geographical location? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2935 Registered: 1-2001 |
Is it a situation where 72 individual things comprise 1 collective thing? An example would be like in the United States where 50 (states) equals 1 (nation). | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7127 Registered: 4-2010 |
The pronunciation of numbers relevant? Writing? Language relevant? "Where" = geographical location? No to all Is it a situation where 72 individual things comprise 1 collective thing? An example would be like in the United States where 50 (states) equals 1 (nation). No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2211 Registered: 3-2006 |
Could the question be reworded as 'WHEN is it true ...' without loss of sense? Is the equation still valid if: 72 is written in hex, ie 48? 72 is written as LXXII? 1 is written as "one"? 1 is written as I? Is 72 the number seventy-two? Silly guess: 72 on a mobile phone can spell out PA: maybe that's the first state of the Union, or something like that? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 896 Registered: 9-2010 |
I can nix the last of your guesses, Woodworm...the first state of the Union was Delaware. I think PA was the second, however...still, Delaware would be upset if it knew you maligned it so. *wink* | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2212 Registered: 3-2006 |
Thanks Kaylee, I had a feeling that was so, but was too lazy to check. Not such a bad guess for a Brit though :-) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 897 Registered: 9-2010 |
True, but clearly, you Brits do not eat enough peanut butter...it's got protein, you know. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2213 Registered: 3-2006 |
Hehe. And if you happen not to know that Le Mans is in Departement 72, that's probably because you don't eat enough blood sausage :-) Incidentally: anything to do with the Sarthe? Or Hafnium? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7138 Registered: 4-2010 |
Could the question be reworded as 'WHEN is it true ...' without loss of sense? No Is the equation still valid if: 72 is written in hex, ie 48? 72 is written as LXXII? 1 is written as "one"? 1 is written as I? Yes to all Is 72 the number seventy-two? Yope Hehe. And if you happen not to know that Le Mans is in Departement 72, that's probably because you don't eat enough blood sausage :-) I don't even know what Le Mans, Departement 72, or blood sausage are. Incidentally: anything to do with the Sarthe? Or Hafnium? Neither | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 906 Registered: 9-2010 |
I don't even know what Le Mans, Departement 72, or blood sausage are.I'm assuming blood sausage and black pudding are the same thing, but for the rest, we're in the same boat, Balin. | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 409 Registered: 8-2010 |
Mod 71? :P | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7160 Registered: 4-2010 |
Mod 71? :P Nope - sadly, I don't know what that is either. If it's any help, this is a bit similar to my "The Elements" puzzle. | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1155 Registered: 6-2008 |
Modular arithmetic is a system where two numbers are equal (or I should say "congruent") if they have the same remainder when divided by some other number. So 1 divided by 71 is 0, with remainder 1, and 72 divided by 71 is 1, with remainder 1. So are chemical elements relevant? Some other series of numbered things in science? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 919 Registered: 9-2010 |
Lutetium? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7172 Registered: 4-2010 |
Modular arithmetic is a system where two numbers are equal (or I should say "congruent") if they have the same remainder when divided by some other number. So 1 divided by 71 is 0, with remainder 1, and 72 divided by 71 is 1, with remainder 1. Thanks - I learned something new. So are chemical elements relevant? No Some other series of numbered things In this case, yes in science? No Lutetium? No | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3558 Registered: 9-2009 |
Numbered things: objects? Places? Times? Events? People? Sports relevant? World records? Units of measurement? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7180 Registered: 4-2010 |
Numbered things: objects? This Places? Times? Events? People? Sports relevant? World records? Units of measurement? | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2952 Registered: 1-2001 |
Are the objects all the same (72 golf balls, for instance)? Or varied? Do they come together to make 1 of something? A 72-piece puzzle? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7192 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the objects all the same (72 golf balls, for instance)? Or varied? Yope - they are the same type of object, but each is different - in the same way that each element is an element, but no two elements are the same. Do they come together to make 1 of something? No A 72-piece puzzle? No | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2955 Registered: 1-2001 |
Are the objects all the same size? Various sizes? Does it only make 1 when all 72 objects are together in one place? Or is it 1 just because these 72 things exist somewhere in the world? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7200 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the objects all the same size? No, DOYD of "size," FA. Various sizes? Yes, DOYD of "size," FA. Does it only make 1 when all 72 objects are together in one place? Or is it 1 just because these 72 things exist somewhere in the world? No to all - and there's more than 72 of them. I think I misled you...sorry. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2964 Registered: 1-2001 |
Is there one word that describes all of these things? Are the things living? Dead but once were alive? Inanimate? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7230 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is there one word that describes all of these things? Yes Are the things living? Dead but once were alive? Inanimate? This (tiny ish) To clarify because I'm sure I've confused people with my answers: This "thing" is the 72nd in a certain list of these things, yet in another sense, it is "1". | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 926 Registered: 9-2010 |
...Yeah, okay, I'm completely confused. *sigh* | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 502 Registered: 6-2005 |
Are the "thing" places? Cities? Nations? Anything related to geography? Or is there any ranking involved? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7240 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the "thing" places? Cities? Nations? Anything related to geography? No to all Or is there any ranking involved? Yes!! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 927 Registered: 9-2010 |
So the "thing" is 72nd on one list, but 1st on another? | ||
| Mattiel (Mattiel)
New member Username: Mattiel Post Number: 504 Registered: 6-2005 |
Does the ranking concern: size? Weight? Other measurable physical quantities? Color? Is it an objective ranking (e.g. from smallest to biggest) or a subjective one (e.g. from nicest to ugliest)? Was it published somewhere? On the web? On a newspaper? Does the ranking go from 1 to 72 or farther? to 100? 1000? more? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7243 Registered: 4-2010 |
So the "thing" is 72nd on one list, but 1st on another? Yes!! | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2978 Registered: 1-2001 |
Worst on one list, best on another? Or top on one list, bottom on another? Vice versa? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7251 Registered: 4-2010 |
Worst on one list, best on another? Or top on one list, bottom on another? Vice versa? 72nd out of 100 on the first list (although to be in the Top 100 is considered excellent), 1st of 250 on the second (again, to be in the 250 is considered excellent). | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2979 Registered: 1-2001 |
So are the lists of...cities? companies? foods? products? something else? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7255 Registered: 4-2010 |
So are the lists of...cities? companies? foods? products? something else? Something else. HINT: To add to my comment about size...I could say how long it is, but not how wide, high, or deep it is. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2249 Registered: 3-2006 |
Greatest Rock Albums? Though some of those are deep, man ... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7258 Registered: 4-2010 |
Greatest Rock Albums? Though some of those are deep, man ... Not those, although thinking about it, I might be able to talk about these as deep as well. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7259 Registered: 4-2010 |
Oh, and that was OTRT. | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 383 Registered: 2-2009 |
Movies? Some other form of media? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7262 Registered: 4-2010 |
Movies? This!!! Some other form of media? Should be pretty easy now. Googling is legal. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 930 Registered: 9-2010 |
Long = longer than forever? High = higher than the mountains? Deep = deeper than the oceans? Wide = wider than the heavens? Balin, I am under no delusion that this is a likely guess, but you have once again struck me with a song in my head...Point of Grace's "Love of Christ"...so there you go... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 931 Registered: 9-2010 |
And I missed the bit about movies, so I'm still stuck. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7265 Registered: 4-2010 |
And I missed the bit about movies, so I'm still stuck. Worry not - thou mayest obtain thine power of the Google. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2988 Registered: 1-2001 |
Or Wes King's song... Did the movie come out in 1950...[LTPF list of years]...2010? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 385 Registered: 2-2009 |
wahoo! helps that I was pretty sure which two lists you were using, if it was movies. Shawshank? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7274 Registered: 4-2010 |
wahoo! helps that I was pretty sure which two lists you were using, if it was movies. Shawshank? Indeedy-do, and that's a **********SPOILER********** The movie The Shawshank Redemption is #72 on AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Version) list and #1 as rated by IMDB patrons...ergo, 72 = 1. It's also up there on my personal list of top movies, though I don't have an order. Excellent work to everyone who helped with the takedown, especially Kalira for the final bits. | ||
| Ixoye724 (Ixoye724)
New member Username: Ixoye724 Post Number: 2991 Registered: 1-2001 |
Good puzzle - cool idea and well stated. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2985 Registered: 1-2007 |
While I love the Shawshank Redemption I think it's position as No. 1 on IMDB's list arose from strategic voting between rival Godfather & The Dark Knight fans. Each set of fans voted the other movie 1/10 thus allowing Shawshank to slip into the No. 1 spot. Personally I think greatest movie lists are a waste of time. Reading any such list has never changed my opinion of a movie. |
