Let's Fire Up Those Neurons!

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    Gauri03 Moderator Staff Member IL Hall of Fame

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    I think this is a very good reason to review puzzle construction strategies. If all puzzles follow the golden tenet -- no prior knowledge required to solve -- we won't face such issues. As long the images provided are sufficient for someone who has never heard of the answer, puzzles will remain approachable and challenging without being frustrating. Proper construction will be paramount for the new puzzles.

    I've been trying to locate the discussions on puzzle construction, one of soka's posts and one of mine but with so many pages I don't know where to start looking. I want to link those in the index thread. Will search when I have some time to spare.
     
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    Saw this movie a long time ago with my parents. Bright Sunday afternoon, newly purchased video cassette player, and us kids interrupting my dad every 2 minutes, "papa what did he say?". The accents used to be near impossible to understand back then. One of the few vivid memories of childhood. :)
     
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    Unless anyone is in a queue, i have a puzzle ready which i can post after Gauri posts her answers.
     
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    I will post the answer to my puzzle by 6pm PST this evening. If anyone is still working on it please let me know.
     
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    Sorry @butterflyice I am biased towards this one. My favorite San Francisco site - dual level bay bridge.
     

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    Gauri butterflyice & Akanksha finally got it. Beautiful ones to cross swollen waterways. Gauri since ur answer is going to be posted in few more mins I am not hiding this with tag. Feel free to edit if this post need to be hidden.
     
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    Oops 24 hrs away. A puzzle is already solved... Are you guys not getting ready for christmas eve at all ?:shaking:

    Let me try akanshaji's puzzle.
     
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    Answer to #4692

    "Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge", though any reference to the living root bridges of Meghalaya was an acceptable answer.

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    "In Meghalaya, the wettest place on earth, bridges aren't built -- They are grown!
    The southern Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm, crisscrossed by swift-flowing rivers and mountain streams. The Ficus elastica produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfortably perch atop huge boulders along the riverbanks, or even in the middle of the rivers themselves. The War-Khasis, a tribe in Meghalaya, long ago noticed this tree and saw in its powerful roots an opportunity to easily cross the area's many rivers. Now, whenever and wherever the need arises, they simply grow their bridges. " -- National Geographic

    Clues-- (numbered top to bottom, left to right)

    Image 1: Panda eating bamboo. Bamboo stems are used to create the skeleton of the bridges. Keywords: bamboo.

    Image 2: The banyan tree. Another Ficus tree, Ficus benghalensis, with a secondary root system. Keywords: roots, ficus.

    Image 3: Home of clouds, literally, Meghalaya. Keyword: clouds or if you got it, Meghalaya.

    Image 4: Poirot mystery, Cards on the table. The entire book is based around a game of bridge. The synopsis on Wikipedia would have easily given away this fact. Keyword: Bridge.


    Image 5: A rain gauge or precipitation meter. Reference to rainiest place in India and the world, Meghalaya. Keywords: Rain, precipitation

    Image 6: Double decker bunk bed. Keywords: double, double decker.

    Image 7: Man playing Billiards holding a cue stick in the bridge position. The position and arrangement of fingers to hold the cue stick in the games of billiards and pool is called the bridge. Keyword: bridge

    Image 8: Meghadootam, or the cloud messengers. Keywords: Megha, rain, Meghalaya, clouds.

    Excellent articles on the root bridges --

    Meghalaya: The Wettest Place on Earth

    The root bridges of Cherrapunji
    I highly recommend you take the time to read these articles. Breathtaking pictures!
     
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    Gauri I was circling around weaving baskets for a long time. Finally I tried Castle in the sky + Meghalaya and then all yours Butterflyices and Akankshas clues fell into place. Excellent puzzle. I have read about this earlier but didnt remember it.
     
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