| Author | Message | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 406 Registered: 3-2004 |
The Catastrophe created Panic. The Success repeated the Catastrophe. The Catastrophe created Catastrophes. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 335 Registered: 6-2009 |
Is this an order of events? Are Catastrophe, Panic and Success names? Of people? Companies? Any reason why they are capitalized? Success = success in a product? Job? A relationship? A country? A journey? An exam? Interview? Are people involved? 1? 2? 3? 4? 5+? 10+? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 407 Registered: 3-2004 |
Quovynyte: Is this an order of events? \b[Yes} Are Catastrophe, Panic and Success names? No Of people? Companies? Any reason why they are capitalized? Yesish Success = success in a product? Yesish Job? A relationship? A country? A journey? An exam? Interview? Are people involved? Yes 1? 2? 3? 4? 5+? 10+? This | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 408 Registered: 3-2004 |
Is this an order of events? Yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 335 Registered: 9-2009 |
Disease/contamination relevant? Backstrokes relevant? Swimming/bathing? Polio epidemic? Historical events? Century relevant? Location? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 409 Registered: 3-2004 |
Galfisk: Disease/contamination relevant? Only very slightly, might mislead. Backstrokes relevant? Only in an extremely roundabout, lateral way... Swimming/bathing? No Polio epidemic? No Historical events? Yesish/Noish Century relevant? Yes Location? Yes | ||
| Fleemco198 (Fleemco198)
New member Username: Fleemco198 Post Number: 80 Registered: 9-2009 |
so... Catastrophe to Panic to Success to Catastrophe to Catastrophes? is that right? was panic the success? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 410 Registered: 3-2004 |
Fleemco198: so... Catastrophe to Panic to Success to Catastrophe to Catastrophes? is that right? Mostly correct. That's the chronological order, but the cause and effect isn't that clear-cut. was panic the success? Maybe it was a small part of the success. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 349 Registered: 6-2009 |
21st Century? 19nd? 18rd? 17th? 16th? Less? Physical Location? (Rivers, Deserts, Mountains) Political Location? (Countries, Cities, States) Wars related? Natural disasters relevant? Man-made disasters relevant? The people involved = 15+? 20+? 50+? 100+? 500+? 1,000+? 10,000+? 1,000,000+? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 411 Registered: 3-2004 |
Quovynyte: 21st Century? 19nd? 18rd? 17th? 16th? Less? None of them Physical Location? No (Rivers, Deserts, Mountains) Political Location? This is relevant (Countries, Cities, States) Wars related? Yes Natural disasters relevant? No Man-made disasters relevant? Yope (I think) The people involved = 15+? 20+? 50+? 100+? 500+? 1,000+? More directly involved, probably this. Peripherally, many more. 10,000+? 1,000,000+? | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 354 Registered: 6-2009 |
Oops I missed 20th century! Location: Asia? Africa? America? Australia? Europe? War: World War One/Two? Vietnam War? Korean War? The Cold War? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 412 Registered: 3-2004 |
Quovynyte: Oops I missed 20th century! Exactly :-) Location: Asia? Africa? America? This, but beware of a slight risk of a FA. Australia? Europe? War: World War One/Two? Vietnam War? Korean War? The Cold War? None of them. | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 361 Registered: 6-2009 |
North America? Central/South America? War: Chinese Civil War? Iran-Iraq War? Russian Civil War? Chinese Civil War? French Indochina? Mexican Revolution? Spanish Civil War? French-Algerian War? Afghanistan? Russo-Japanese War? Riffian War? First Sudanese Civil? Russo-Polish War? Biafran War? Chaco War? Abyssinian War? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 414 Registered: 3-2004 |
Quovynyte: North America? Central/South America? Both War: Chinese Civil War? Iran-Iraq War? Russian Civil War? Chinese Civil War? French Indochina? Mexican Revolution? Spanish Civil War? French-Algerian War? Afghanistan? Russo-Japanese War? Riffian War? First Sudanese Civil? Russo-Polish War? Biafran War? Chaco War? Abyssinian War? Neither | ||
| Quovynyte (Quovynyte)
New member Username: Quovynyte Post Number: 365 Registered: 6-2009 |
Persian Gulf War? Civil War? Desert Storm? Spanish American War? Mexican American War? Operation Enduring Freedom? Iraqi Freedom? Do you mean in both North and Central/South America or in both Central/South America? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 420 Registered: 3-2004 |
Quovynyte: Persian Gulf War? Civil War? Desert Storm? Spanish American War? Mexican American War? Operation Enduring Freedom? Iraqi Freedom? Neither, maybe try another approach... Do you mean in both North and Central/South America This, hence the "slight risk of FA" - it's not just *one* location or in both Central/South America? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2009 |
Is a political revolution part of the events? If so, was a left-wing revolution involved? A right-wing revolution? | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 14 Registered: 10-2009 |
Do the events involve tennis? Do they involve swimming? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 443 Registered: 3-2004 |
Amosoya: Is a political revolution part of the events? No... If so, was a left-wing revolution involved? A right-wing revolution? ...so, neither Do the events involve tennis? No Do they involve swimming? Sorry, no. | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2009 |
Does the word "Backstrokes" have a relationship to what's going on here? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 444 Registered: 3-2004 |
Amosoya: Does the word "Backstrokes" have a relationship to what's going on here? So minor that it may mislead more than it helps. It may be a task to do after everything else is found out, "What did Backstrokes have to do with it all?"... | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 27 Registered: 10-2009 |
Were the Catastrophes multiple events of the same type of the original Catastrophe? Are the events famously portrayed in film? Literature? Artwork? A dramatic performance? Does your "noish" answer to whether these were historic events mean that they are really fictional events? Did the Catastrophe result in lost human lives? If so, did the people die primarily through violent acts? Suicide? Armed conflict? Murder? Did the people die from disease? Malnutrition? Drowning? Fire? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 447 Registered: 3-2004 |
Amosoya: Were the Catastrophes multiple events of the same type of the original Catastrophe? Yes/Yope Are the events famously portrayed in film? Yes Literature? Yes Artwork? A dramatic performance? Yes Does your "noish" answer to whether these were historic events mean that they are really fictional events? Both real and fictional events are involved. Did the Catastrophe result in lost human lives? Which of the Catastrophes? Oh, you mean the fourth mention of the word - yes it did. If so, did the people die primarily through violent acts? This Suicide? Armed conflict? Murder? Did the people die from disease? Malnutrition? Drowning? Fire? This Good questions - we're getting somewhere! | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2009 |
Was the original Catastrophe a hoax? Was it the "War of the Worlds" radio performance? Was the Panic the public reaction to the radio performance? Were the life-ending Catastrophes caused by a public misconception about one or more of the other events? | ||
| Tommyp (Tommyp)
New member Username: Tommyp Post Number: 449 Registered: 3-2004 |
Amosoya: Was the original Catastrophe a hoax? An unintentional hoax. Was it the "War of the Worlds" radio performance? Yes Was the Panic the public reaction to the radio performance? Yes Were the life-ending Catastrophes caused by a public misconception about one or more of the other events? Yesish When it started, it rolled on quickly... :-) **************************SPOILER**************************** On October 30, 1938, H. G. Wells’ novel "War of the Worlds" was broad-casted on radio in the form of a newscast. People who didn't hear the broadcast from the beginning thought there was a real Martian Invasion going on. Despite many people mistaking the novel for real, the broadcast was a success, but the 1949 broadcast in Quito, Ecuador left many thousands in panic. When they learned about it not being true, they set fire to the radio offices and the leading newspaper. 20 people were killed in the fire. So, the radio play about the Martian Invasion catastrophe created panic. The play ws still a success, so it was repeated several times, each time with a new "local" location for the invasion. But one of the replays created a real catastrophe with people dead. Notes on hints: Title: "Well, Backstrokes!". The first part hinted at H.G.Wells and Orson Welles. Backstrokes was by no meaning easy to get something out of, but the "original panic" was in New Jersey, "Where birds fly on their back so they won't see the ugliness". Capital letters indicated the Newspaper headlines about the events. Very well played! | ||
| Amosoya (Amosoya)
New member Username: Amosoya Post Number: 32 Registered: 10-2009 |
The "combination of real and fictional events" helped a lot. I wasn't aware of those later performances and their deadly results. Thanks! I have a couple of puzzles on the Active page. One's almost solved and the other I just posted. Get me back! |
