| Author | Message | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 42 Registered: 3-2005 |
The only one in the world Find out what it is - and again there is a clue in the title - but once again highly obscure!!! | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 57 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is it a tangible object? Is it the only one in the world? | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 108 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the statement 'The only one in the world' made by a person? if so is this person relevant? Is time relevant? the place? | ||
| Dabong (Dabong)
New member Username: Dabong Post Number: 18 Registered: 8-2006 |
is it "the world" | ||
| Solane (Solane)
New member Username: Solane Post Number: 491 Registered: 5-2006 |
Is it an animal? Human? Male? female? Tortice? Panda? Endangered? Is 'How can you tell' a reference to determining gender? | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it the letter "l", where "l" stands for the number 1 | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 43 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it a tangible object? Yes Is it the only one in the world? Yes Is the statement 'The only one in the world' made by a person? Yope - it is made by me - but it is a known fact!! if so is this person relevant? Ofcourse I am relevant - but for the sake of this puzzle I am not relevant Is time relevant? No the place? Yes is it "the world" No Is it an animal? No Human? No Male? Nofemale? No Tortice? No Panda? No Endangered? No Is 'How can you tell' a reference to determining gender? No - the title is about as obscure as you could possibly get Is it the letter "l", where "l" stands for the number 1 No | ||
| Comforteagle (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 96 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is it something complex or with a lot of factors such as "The only left handed Jamaican with a Camaro"? Is it manmade? Have there been others in the past? Will there be others in the future? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 49 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it something complex or with a lot of factors such as "The only left handed Jamaican with a Camaro"? No - you must think I am a real.......Is it manmade? Yes Have there been others in the past? No Will there be others in the future? Possibly | ||
| Martinfg (Martinfg)
New member Username: Martinfg Post Number: 58 Registered: 8-2005 |
Is it the first "something"? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 51 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it the first "something"? Yes | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 558 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is travel relevant? Sport relevant? Space exploration relevant? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 53 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is travel relevant? Yes Sport relevant? No Space exploration relevant? No - but amusing you mention it!! | ||
| Comforteagle (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 101 Registered: 7-2006 |
Is it a voyage (flight, boat ride, etc.)? A type of vehicle? Luggage relevant? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 55 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it a voyage (flight, boat ride, etc.)? No A type of vehicle? No Luggage relevant? No Ooowwww. 3 of a kind!!! | ||
| Comforteagle (Comforteagle)
New member Username: Comforteagle Post Number: 102 Registered: 7-2006 |
In tic-tac-toe, I'd be winning. Type of travel relevant: In air? Over land? On the sea? Underwater? All of these? None of these? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 57 Registered: 3-2005 |
Type of travel relevant: In air? No Over land? Yes On the sea? No Underwater? All of these? No None of these? No | ||
| Mycroft (Mycroft)
New member Username: Mycroft Post Number: 246 Registered: 10-2003 |
A bridge? (thinking back to the space travel remark!) | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 58 Registered: 3-2005 |
A bridge? (thinking back to the space travel remark!) No - last time I checked there were more than 1 bridge in the world!!! | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 111 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the object made of one or more of the following materials: metal? wood? paper? glass? stone? fiber? organic material? plastic? Is it longer than 1 mm? 10 mm? 100 mm? 1 m? 10 m? 100 m? 1 km? Is it heavier than 1 g? 10 g? 100 g? 1 kg? 10 kg? 100 kg? 1 t? 10 t? 100 t? This, by the way, is a praise of the metrical system... | ||
| Erik (Erik)
New member Username: Erik Post Number: 25 Registered: 9-2006 |
Just wild guesses: Is this YOU? Is this this website (lateralpuzles.com)? Is this this puzzle? Is it larger than my hand? Is it larger than a person? A car? A house? Country? World? Does this thing have anything to do with you? Does it have anything to do with anyone else? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 59 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is the object made of one or more of the following materials: metal? Yes wood? No paper? No glass? Yes stone? Yes fiber? No organic material? No plastic? No Is it longer than 1 mm? 10 mm? 100 mm? 1 m? 10 m? 100 m? 1 km? Yes to all Is it heavier than 1 g? 10 g? 100 g? 1 kg? 10 kg? 100 kg? 1 t? 10 t? 100 t? Yes to all This, by the way, is a praise of the metrical system... Just wild guesses: Is this YOU? No Is this this website (lateralpuzles.com)? No Is this this puzzle? No Is it larger than my hand? Yes Is it larger than a person? Yes A car? Yes A house? Yes Country? No World? No Does this thing have anything to do with you? Does it have anything to do with anyone else? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 60 Registered: 3-2005 |
Does this thing have anything to do with you? No Does it have anything to do with anyone else?No | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 112 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is it still longer than 10 km? 100 km? 1000 km? 10000 km? Is it still heavier than 1000 t? 10000 t? 100000 t? 1E6 t? Is it a building? a construction? part of infrastructure? a vehicle? Is it on earth? in North America? South America? Africa? Europe? Asia? Oceania? Is it resting? moving? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 61 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it still longer than 10 km? 100 km? 1000 km? 10000 km? Yes to all but the last one Is it still heavier than 1000 t? 10000 t? 100000 t? 1E6 t? Yes to all Is it a building? No a construction? Yes part of infrastructure? Yes a vehicle? No Is it on earth? Yes in North America? No South America? No Africa? No Europe? Yes Asia? No Oceania? No Is it resting? Yes moving? No | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 114 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is it in central (western? northern? eastern? southern?) Europe? Is it on the ground? above? underground? A road? railway? pipeline? (Ok there are more than one of these but it might be the only milk pipeline) Is it used for communication? transport? Is it wider than 1 mm? 10 mm? 100 mm? 1 m? 10 m? 100 m? 1 km? 10 km? 100 km? 1000 km? Is it higher than 1 mm? 10 mm? 100 mm? 1 m? 10 m? 100 m? 1 km? 10 km? 100 km? 1000 km? Is it one object or a number of objects forming a whole? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 62 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it in central (western? Yes northern? Yes eastern? No southern? No) Europe? Is it on the ground? Yes above? Yes underground? Yes A road? Yes railway? No pipeline? No (Ok there are more than one of these but it might be the only milk pipeline) Is it used for communication? No transport? Yes Is it wider than 1 mm? Yes 10 mm? Yes 100 mm? Yes 1 m? Yes 10 m? Yes 100 m? No 1 km? No 10 km? No 100 km? No 1000 km? No Is it higher than 1 mm? Yes 10 mm? Yes 100 mm? Yes 1 m? Yes 10 m? Yes 100 m? Yes 1 km? No 10 km? No 100 km? No 1000 km? No Is it one object or a number of objects forming a whole? Yes ******Wants to scream at very annoying questions******* | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2006 |
Is it the Chunnel connecting France and England? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 64 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is it the Chunnel connecting France and England? No - and for so many reasons that have been covered above!!!! | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 115 Registered: 8-2006 |
I admit that my questions from Sunday weren't particulary subtle but I don't think that they were unusual or useless at this stage of the puzzle. I did ask them with the intention to solve the puzzle and not to annoy you or anybody. If you include comments like those in your answers I (and maybe others) won't post any more questions. That is a pity because I quite liked this puzzle. | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 572 Registered: 7-2006 |
Quite. Anyone finding questions about the dimensions of an object (when we've been asked to determine what the object is) annoying maybe hasn't been involved in many lateral puzzles! If a range of these type of questions has been presented, it's usual to simply answer Yes to the appropriate one. Which allows the puzzlers to move on to more 'interesting' matters. | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 573 Registered: 7-2006 |
however... You've said earlier that this is (or was) the first "something". Are there more than one of these today? Would it be possible to have others of this thing? (obviously there could only be one first one, but that obviously doesn't preclude others existing) | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 67 Registered: 3-2005 |
however... You've said earlier that this is (or was) the first "something". Are there more than one of these today? No Would it be possible to have others of this thing? Yes (obviously there could only be one first one, but that obviously doesn't preclude others existing) Come on guys - we already went through the "how large questions?". When doing then a again it would have been good to start at "House" = YES and end at "Country" = NO - see post 22! You are actually quite close - track back through the last few posts and extract the Yes answers and hopefully you should get the answer!! | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 9 Registered: 3-2006 |
After your responses to Tobasi and myself re. Chunnel (I'm from the USA and am trying to have fun solving the puzzle, no need for sarcasm if I missed the mark) I think I'll stop participating and sit back and wait for someone else to find the solution. | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 70 Registered: 3-2005 |
After your responses to Tobasi and myself re. Chunnel (I'm from the USA and am trying to have fun solving the puzzle, no need for sarcasm if I missed the mark) I think I'll stop participating and sit back and wait for someone else to find the solution. Both yours and Tobasis questions duplicated what had already been asked. If something is described as larger than a house, it does appear far from logical to start measurements at 1mm. Additionally after answering that it was higher than 100m you asked whether it was the Chunnel - something which is below sea level - with the openings not much higher. I apologise for the sarcasm Don't give up on this one - you have got very close | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 10 Registered: 3-2006 |
Apology accepted. I'l keep trying but I'm still at a loss. Time to do some research. | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 11 Registered: 3-2006 |
Any relation to the Autobahn? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 72 Registered: 3-2005 |
Any relation to the Autobahn? If you mean Autobahn as in motorway - then Yes. If you mean Autobahn as in German motorways - then No. The motorways her in Swizterland are called Autobahn - but sadly we have speed limits!!! On the positive side we do have lots of Alpine passes to have fun on!!!! | ||
| Rubberduck (Rubberduck)
New member Username: Rubberduck Post Number: 12 Registered: 3-2006 |
So then is it a specific Switzerland Autobahn? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 73 Registered: 3-2005 |
So then is it a specific Switzerland Autobahn? No - but you are right in looking for a specific motorway | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 118 Registered: 8-2006 |
Is the thing a motorway? something including a motorway? Is it in one ore more of the following states: England? Wales? Scotland? Northern Ireland? Republic of Ireland? Iceland? Greenland? Would anyone using it realise that it is the only one in the world? or is this piece of information known only by few people? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 74 Registered: 3-2005 |
Is the thing a motorway? YES something including a motorway? see above Is it in one ore more of the following states: England? Wales? Scotland? Northern Ireland? Republic of Ireland? Iceland? Greenland? No to all Would anyone using it realise that it is the only one in the world? or is this piece of information known only by few people? Depends if you live in the country or you are a mine of useless information. It was spoken about on a BBC programme about 18 months ago. | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 603 Registered: 7-2006 |
to reference an earlier reply - the last time I checked there was more than one motorway in the world... | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 77 Registered: 3-2005 |
to reference an earlier reply - the last time I checked there was more than one motorway in the world... There is - but there is something about this motorway that makes it very special - if you give me the country I will pull out the S word. Alternatively if you get the country you can wikipedia the answer!!! | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 122 Registered: 8-2006 |
Well, in my point of view I covered the northwest of Europe with my previous post but that's a matter of opinion. Please don't grumble if any of the following countries are already disqualified due to previous answers. Is the motorway in: Norway? Sweden? Denmark? Germany? France? | ||
| Plebeian (Plebeian)
New member Username: Plebeian Post Number: 617 Registered: 7-2006 |
Does this motorway go through a mountain? Or over a bridge? Is it a motorway an average driver in this country could use? | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 80 Registered: 3-2005 |
Well, in my point of view I covered the northwest of Europe with my previous post but that's a matter of opinion. Please don't grumble if any of the following countries are already disqualified due to previous answers. Is the motorway in: Norway? No - go south Sweden? No - go south and west a bit Denmark? No - go south and west a bit Germany? No - go west France?No - go north By my estimates that leaves you 3 countries which you havent covered Does this motorway go through a mountain? Noover a bridge? Yes Is it a motorway an average driver in this country could use? Yes - think motorway network - and guess the country - once you have that you should be able to google the answer!!!! | ||
| Tobasi (Tobasi)
New member Username: Tobasi Post Number: 123 Registered: 8-2006 |
That's what I found with google: The Belgian motorway system is the only man-made structure visible from the moon (at night, due to the lights all along the motorway network). | ||
| Dodgyken (Dodgyken)
New member Username: Dodgyken Post Number: 81 Registered: 3-2005 |
That's what I found with google: The Belgian motorway system is the only man-made structure visible from the moon (at night, due to the lights all along the motorway network). ***SPOILER*** Absolutely spot on. The Belgian motorway network is the only fully illuminated motorway network - which means it is the ONLY man made object visible from the moon at night. Not much more to add except a few explanations: Only one in the world - as above BBC Programme - Top Gear - Jeremey Clarkson was driving the Mercedes SLR to Norway and had to drive through Belguim and mentioned it. How can you tell - is taken from a song by the comedian Mitch Benn - "The French are coming to get us" in which he sings yes the French are coming to get us And the Spanish are coming as well And apparently so are the Belgians But then again how can you tell And there all in the pay of the Germans But the Germans are really from mars That's why there so tall and they've brain washed us all Into making inferior cars Thanks to everyone who took part. Another not sarcastic replied one will kick off shortly when I can come up with a good clue!! |
