tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post6110410404636500861..comments2024-03-18T16:27:44.295-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Dec 16, 2012): Where in the World?Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-29558493277388987022012-12-23T11:54:57.067-08:002012-12-23T11:54:57.067-08:00But then some of the younger ones might get cars a...But then some of the younger ones might get cars and become Alpha Males.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-31677149498942753472012-12-23T11:30:11.573-08:002012-12-23T11:30:11.573-08:00Send 'em to Tuscany.Send 'em to Tuscany.Uncle Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769784532885433156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-27202958558622400032012-12-23T09:24:01.670-08:002012-12-23T09:24:01.670-08:00Bob Kerfuffle:
After I posted that and went back ...Bob Kerfuffle: <br />After I posted that and went back to bed I thought I should have mentioned that you can then remove the first letter of my hint word at the end to reveal where you should send in your answer to the puzzle when you finally solve it.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42206477044842878952012-12-23T08:29:13.137-08:002012-12-23T08:29:13.137-08:00I think the wording of this puzzle might have some...I think the wording of this puzzle might have some folks looking in the wrong direction for the god. @Jan - your anagram comment is especially clever.Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685055278145414455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-75880993671685581442012-12-23T07:56:56.119-08:002012-12-23T07:56:56.119-08:00@skydiveboy, re your 5:26 comment: Be sure to kee...@skydiveboy, re your 5:26 comment: Be sure to keep up your defenses - following your reasoning one more step may make you vulnerable to charges of trading on privileged information.Bob Kerfufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02615811802419025933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54861575264206207472012-12-23T05:57:40.644-08:002012-12-23T05:57:40.644-08:00Anagram the name of the god twice to get two carto...Anagram the name of the god twice to get two cartoon characters used in advertising (one used by two different companies in two different industries).janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05927176621372532733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-22867911912432058452012-12-23T05:28:56.796-08:002012-12-23T05:28:56.796-08:00Take the last name of a famous actor. Drop the fir...Take the last name of a famous actor. Drop the first letter, and you'll get the last name of a famous artist. Drop the first letter again, and you'll get the name of a god in classical mythology. What names are these?skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-8607023143018876652012-12-23T05:26:35.155-08:002012-12-23T05:26:35.155-08:00And if you remove the first letter of the name of ...And if you remove the first letter of the name of the god, you might be left with what this puzzle may elicit.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-89125797600202123902012-12-23T03:53:47.044-08:002012-12-23T03:53:47.044-08:00I'm married to grandma. That makes mom my sist...I'm married to grandma. That makes mom my sister, and I'm my own grandpa.<br />Zeke your three-eyed geneologistzeke creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559686966843380823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-33766894350358076102012-12-23T02:25:07.161-08:002012-12-23T02:25:07.161-08:00New puzzle is up! I'll need to ponder it; but...New puzzle is up! I'll need to ponder it; but it's still a beautiful puzzle.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-48075199357366875092012-12-23T01:37:19.211-08:002012-12-23T01:37:19.211-08:00But who's your sister?But who's your sister?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-28360575238855776412012-12-23T00:37:23.035-08:002012-12-23T00:37:23.035-08:00Page myself. Brilliant!Page myself. Brilliant!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11114786604125384958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-91269275665262661832012-12-23T00:07:31.898-08:002012-12-23T00:07:31.898-08:00You can use a dip needle, a kind of compass that p...You can use a dip needle, a kind of compass that perhaps you don't know about, to find the magnetic pole. It is not nonsense at all. I suggest you look it up. I am glad to see you agree with me that a compass is useless to find the geographic poles. <br /><br />And why is the puzzle not up yet?Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149525317349695429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58094013624907190392012-12-22T23:46:07.917-08:002012-12-22T23:46:07.917-08:00You use a magnet to find a magnet. What kind of no...You use a magnet to find a magnet. What kind of nonsense is that? Yes, it can be said a compass is used in locating the magnetic pole, but from a very long distance away, not close to the pole where it would be useless. As for the geographic pole locations, a compass is totally useless no matter what nonsense you may find on the internet. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-85593582463790838722012-12-22T23:27:32.347-08:002012-12-22T23:27:32.347-08:00You cannot use magnetic measurements to find the g...You cannot use magnetic measurements to find the geographic north and south poles, because the magnetic poles are not in the same place. This is true. Also, for the geographic poles, stellar observations are much more accurate. However, to find the magnetic poles, you use a magnet.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149525317349695429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-65306500670590508462012-12-22T21:03:47.353-08:002012-12-22T21:03:47.353-08:00I believe you are very much mistaken about magneti...I believe you are very much mistaken about magnetic field measurements working as you describe. That is why Amundsen dis not use them, because he knew they were useless at the poles.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-42764233057419794502012-12-22T20:54:36.998-08:002012-12-22T20:54:36.998-08:00Well, that is really a matter of measurement accur...Well, that is really a matter of measurement accuracy, not the definition of where the pole is. In fact the magnetic pole is found quite precisely using magnetic field measurements. The crudest of these measurements is the "dip needle" described, though we can do much better these days with modern apparatus.<br /><br />I would be in an airplane, in any event. With the heater on.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149525317349695429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25976764472794957862012-12-22T11:29:01.106-08:002012-12-22T11:29:01.106-08:00Good one, Uncle John, and you didn't even have...Good one, Uncle John, and you didn't even have to go out on a limb.<br /><br />Reminds me of an ongoing discussion going on at the Woodland Park Zoo, here in Seattle, regarding their elephants. Elephants like to roam (I like going to Rome) and need lots of landscape in order to do this. It is being propossed that they be given to another facility where they can be happy, such as San Diego's Zoo. <br /><br />That was the long way of saying there is not enough trunk space.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-56633091190852004882012-12-22T11:17:16.418-08:002012-12-22T11:17:16.418-08:00Truncated?Truncated?Uncle Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13769784532885433156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25968016696274971412012-12-22T10:12:42.146-08:002012-12-22T10:12:42.146-08:00I knew that RoRO. We are good :-)I knew that RoRO. We are good :-)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881383607509159552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-70574705446999471642012-12-21T20:09:43.484-08:002012-12-21T20:09:43.484-08:00Bryan:
No, that is not enough backup. The needle w...Bryan:<br />No, that is not enough backup. The needle would be pointing down long before the Pole was reached and any reading would be useless. <br />You could be on a ship at the Pole and looking through a porthole, but more likely you would be up higher or on deck. But the first to get there were certainly looking through portholes. skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-54699803174646706702012-12-21T19:39:20.569-08:002012-12-21T19:39:20.569-08:00The second paragraph is precise and accurate.
The...The second paragraph is precise and accurate.<br /><br />The "North Magnetic Pole" of the Earth is currently in Northern Canada, and magnetically it is actually a south pole, which is why the north pole of a magnet (e.g. in a compass) is attracted to it. The magnetic pole has also moved around quite a bit in the last 100 years (http://phys.org/news8917.html). The geographic pole only moves a few meters due to the Earth's wobble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_wobble).<br /><br />Is that enough back up?<br /><br />If I were looking at the North Pole, I would be looking through an airplane window, not a porthole.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149525317349695429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-34855001497915006492012-12-21T16:54:44.134-08:002012-12-21T16:54:44.134-08:00Thanks, it was a bitch coming up with that one.Thanks, it was a bitch coming up with that one.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-76307221507823302672012-12-21T12:24:25.459-08:002012-12-21T12:24:25.459-08:00k That was a good hint way the by!k That was a good hint way the by!Robin Thomas Poponnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703107344880425239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-82584318740921759992012-12-21T10:23:14.213-08:002012-12-21T10:23:14.213-08:00No, I got your ten degree hint and my first senten...No, I got your ten degree hint and my first sentence in reply was to throw off those who had not solved it yet and also just as a way for me to make my dog sled comment. Your post has my Approval of Seal.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.com