Find the Building: Solve the Clues & Show the Map!

[Jonathan Scott]

... and if it can in fact be a landmark in that area rather than a whole city, I'd suggest the tree after which the city is named, El Palo Alto.

 

[tionis]

Well, Palo Alto would seem to fit the clues, but it is definitely in the San Francisco Bay area, to which you replied "Incorrect" earlier.

Correct! I was looking for a city, not a landmark. But now I see that they also have a tree there, so 1O2 was partially right. Over to you!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Correct! I was looking for a city, not a landmark. But now I see that they also have a tree there, so 1O2 was partially right. Over to you!

Hmmm... I'd say that "incorrect" was a somewhat misleading response in that case, if not actually incorrect! But thanks for another puzzle.

OK, new one:

A form like a pillar of salt was part of this natural wonder
A storm long ago knocked it down; it fell in the sea and went under
The rest of the landmark survives but it's no longer really the same
As the missing bit needless to say was the feature that gave it its name.

 

[1oldman2]

Tionis was surprised
that no one's realized
my home is in a valley
right up Mr. Scott's alley

Would this imply that your a resident of southern UK ?
If that = true then I'm wondering how that would apply as a clue. or does the part about

Very warm lol.

imply that JS was "very warm" as in, nearing a correct guess concerning Palo Alto area ?

(Interesting that JS's guess was correct, it didn't show until I posted this. please disregard my outdated post.)

 

[1oldman2]

A form like a pillar of salt was part of this natural wonder
A storm long ago knocked it down; it fell in the sea and went under
The rest of the landmark survives but it's no longer really the same
As the missing bit needless to say was the feature that gave it its name.

Nice one, can you give a clue as to what region of the world this might be located in ?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Nice one, can you give a clue as to what region of the world this might be located in ?

My region. If you don't get the point, try a sharper look at the original clue.

 

[tionis]

haha too easy:

The Needles, Isle of Wight, England!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

The Needles, Isle of Wight, England!

Yes, that's right! It's only 23 miles from where I live.

The most needle-like feature was a column known as "Lot's Wife" (presumably because it resembled a pillar of salt) which was in the gap, but it collapsed in a storm in 1764.

I thought that my response to @1oldman2 might have given the game away. Did you get it before or after that?

And of course for confirmation I hid the answer in the last line of the poem:

As the missing bit needless to say was the feature that gave it its name.

OK, over to you again.

 

[tionis]

Yes, that's right! It's only 23 miles from where I live.

The most needle-like feature was a column known as "Lot's Wife" (presumably because it resembled a pillar of salt) which was in the gap, but it collapsed in a storm in 1764.

I thought that my response to @1oldman2 might have given the game away. Did you get it before or after that?

And of course for confirmation I hid the answer in the last line of the poem:
OK, over to you again.

Nice one! I googled ''natural wonder that got knocked into the sea in england,'' when I read your response to 1O2 saying that it was in ''your region.'' The first hit I got was this site: https://www.visitbritain.com/us/en/britains-natural-wonders-0 which is awesome 'cause I've never heard of it. Working on another one as we speak.

 

[tionis]

OK, here it is. All the clues that you ever going to need are there:

Oh child of our first President
What brought you to this town?
To agitate il popolo
And subjects of the Crown?

 

[OCR]

OK, here it is. All the clues that you ever going to need are there:

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[1oldman2]

Oh child of our first President
What brought you to this town?
To agitate il popolo
And subjects of the Crown?

The syntax has me struggling with the context, il popolo leans towards Italy, And subjects of the Crown, British?
Oh child of our first President
What brought you to this town? Reminds me of Washington DC, as usual I'm having trouble focusing.

 

[OCR]

as usual I'm having trouble focusing.

Damn... me too...[COLOR=#black]..[/COLOR]

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[tionis]

The syntax has me struggling with the context, il popolo leans towards Italy, And subjects of the Crown, British?
Oh child of our first President
What brought you to this town? Reminds me of Washington DC, as usual I'm having trouble focusing.

Well done, Mr. 1oldman
Three nations in strife
To finish this sad riddle
Just add a bloody knife

 

[1oldman2]

Well done, Mr. 1oldman
Three nations in strife
To finish this sad riddle
Just add a bloody knife

"Et tu, Brute?"

 

[tionis]

"Et tu, Brute?"

Wrong! Try again.

 

[1oldman2]

Wrong! Try again.

I was just kinda' joking around there, (not to be confused with a serious attempt, if this had been a serious attempt your answer would have been the same). Okay I'm off to ponder your "bloody knife"clue.

 

[tionis]

I was just kinda' joking around there, (not to be confused with a serious attempt, if this had been a serious attempt your answer would have been the same). Okay I'm off to ponder your "bloody knife"clue.

lol I thought so. No U.S. back then.

 

[1oldman2]

No U.S. back then.

That would be a significant clue, Would England, Ireland, Scotland be relevant ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms

 

[OCR]

Would England, Ireland, Scotland be relevant?

Yeah, relevant enough for me to hit the 1,000 post number...

Sorry ... [COLOR=#black]...[/COLOR] (not) [COLOR=#black]..[/COLOR]

Do carry on, though ...[COLOR=#black].[/COLOR]

 

[1oldman2]

hit the 1,000 post number...

Do carry on, though

Sounds like a plan, I think I'll go with it.

 

[OCR]

Sounds like a plan, I think I'll go with it.

Thank you... now it's one thousand two...

Oh look!... I made a poem... [COLOR=#black]...[/COLOR]
OK! enough!... lol

 

[tionis]

That would be a significant clue, Would England, Ireland, Scotland be relevant ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Three_Kingdoms

I meant to say that in the times of Brutus there was no US. The riddle refers to a contemporary event.

 

[hsdrop]

hay guys we still playing??

 

[tionis]

hay guys we still playing??

Apparently.

 

[wolram]

hay guys we still playing??

I am still playing, though the questions are getting harder for me

 

[tionis]

I feel people don't want to participate 'cause they don't want to bother with having to come up with a riddle.

 

[hsdrop]

well i may not put it in riddle form but i can give interesting clues

 

[tionis]

well i may not put it in riddle form but i can give interesting clues

If you have one post it up. Don't wait for mine to be solved.

 

[1oldman2]

give interesting clues

Tell me what you know about the bloody "bloody knife" clue in post # 994

 

[collinsmark]

If you have one post it up. Don't wait for mine to be solved.

I strongly suggest we do this one at a time. Multiple riddles/challenges at once will make this thread really confusing.

If there isn't any progress for a while, that might be a signal to the riddle/challenge creator to offer a new hint.

 

[hsdrop]

I strongly suggest we do this one at a time. Multiple riddles/challenges at once will make this thread really confusing.

If there isn't any progress for a while, that might be a signal to the riddle/challenge creator to offer a new hint.

that sounds fair to me

 

[tionis]

Knife that much trouble is causing
No one can sense make

Only I hold the answer

Xeroxed in my brain

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I've not had much time for this recently but I've got nowhere with the current clues, except stuff which @1oldman2 has already mentioned (especially Italy and Britain) which didn't lead anywhere. Again, I don't even know what sort of thing we are looking for (when this thread started, it was a building or landmark, but that seems to have got somewhat lost).

 

[tionis]

A town. We are looking for a town lol.

What brought you to this town?