I think the word "marvelous" is interesting. I had a look to see whether there's anything like this in Marvel comics/movies. Didn't find anything, but I know nothing about that stuff and someone else might have more luck.
We may be at cross purposes. I was just suggesting that "marvelous" might be meant to point us towards Marvel stuff, rather than literally meaning "marvelous" or being quoted from anywhere.
(That seems more likely to be an area of Rubio's expertise than e.g. ancient Etruscan)
(but I don't actually know much about what Rubio does and doesn't know)
This is my very first puzzle on this site. It's probably easy to solve looking at all the smart people here, but I wanted to dip my feet into the waters. Hope you enjoy!
(This story is fictional)
Today was a very cold and snowy day.
I was texting my wierd friend, here's my log:
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True, "first invented" is apparently redundant, which probably means it's significant. Of course, writing was invented multiple times independently, I think?
@Rubio I mean he probably reduced the number of areas (for the PNG to define) because he converted all the brush strokes to just red instead of off-white and a few other off-whites
We may be at cross purposes. I was just suggesting that "marvelous" might be meant to point us towards Marvel stuff, rather than literally meaning "marvelous" or being quoted from anywhere.
Interestingly enough, quipqiup spits out "SOUND ABSORBING METAL" as, like, the first hit if you just treat it as a substitution cipher — IF the word breaks are there. without them, it just gives up :)
Not so far. (There is artificial vibranium, but it isn't linked to Wakanda which would make its use in the answer somewhat unsatisfying; nor, as far as I can tell, does it have the sound absorbing qualities of Wakandan vibranium.)
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
My dear friend, unknown to us, may have relocated again. He sent me imagery and constellation maps indicating that a distant red spiraling galaxy was at his zenith, and nearly collinear with the largest local galactic cores. ...
Inspired by the original Twisted TV Titles and its follow-up, I came up with a similar puzzle. This one builds on the idea of Mondegreens - misheard lyrics (like “Excuse me while I kiss this guy” instead of “Excuse me while I kiss the sky”). This is misheard TV Show Titles.
I’ll give a descripti...
My actions fail me through the years
So now I'll speak through windswept tears.
I'll never get your wandering ways;
Remote attention fickly sways.
You leave me swirling, dazed, and lost in gloom.
To stalk is hardly my intent, no.
I follow you, so that you'll know
There's lif...
Rather unfortunately I’ve been brought town by a severe case of the iconic puzzlers block. Every foilish pursuit to break it has led to it getting worse wich more sekatsim. Visions of riddles will come and go but nothing ever stays. Even skipping trying to make hard ones and trying to make t...
Lord Lefthide was found dead in its mansion, to what it would seem of a heart attack. But it appears that moments before his death, he was writing some uncanny childish story. He was indeed found dead at his desk with a pen in his hand and the following note in front of him:
"That wretch ! He...
I wonder if this H Walters is a puzzling pro of some kind, the first puzzle (the preposterous one) he posted reeks of Superb Quality all over. The idea is clever, the puzzle interesting (hard, but solvable), everything was double checked and there even was an inbuilt safeguard to break symmetry, which made the answer unique. Even the font is super legible and the layout is pretty much perfect, and the flavour text is educational and professional sounding.
A little bit of googling revealed nothing, but if that's the general quality of his/her puzzles, I'd really be interested in finding more.
You go to the local farmers market in an alternate universe.
You browse various items and find that:
The blueberries cost 4.5₤
The gooseberries cost 5.5₤
The lemons cost 6₤
The satsumas cost 6.5₤
The strawberries cost 7₤
How much are the bananas?
Since the CS50x Puzzle Day has ended here in the USA, I think I can now ask this question. The following table has been given and we need to find a single word related to it. The logic could be anything, no restrictions. Try to think out of the box as much as possible.
I found out all the winne...
These rebuses are rebuses of songs. Most of them require lateral-thinking, however, some are clear cut logic. Give the name of the song, and the band, plus the album and release date.
This is my very first puzzle on this site. It's probably easy to solve looking at all the smart people here, but I wanted to dip my feet into the waters. Hope you enjoy!
(This story is fictional)
Today was a very cold and snowy day.
I was texting my wierd friend, here's my log:
<...
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #32: Grid Deduction Hybrids
My dear friend, unknown to us, may have relocated again. He sent me imagery and constellation maps indicating that a distant red spiraling galaxy was at his zenith, and nearly collinear with the largest local galactic cores. ...
My actions fail me through the years
So now I'll speak through windswept tears.
I'll never get your wandering ways;
Remote attention fickly sways.
You leave me swirling, dazed, and lost in gloom.
To stalk is hardly my intent, no.
I follow you, so that you'll know
There's lif...
Rather unfortunately I’ve been brought town by a severe case of the iconic puzzlers block. Every foilish pursuit to break it has led to it getting worse wich more sekatsim. Visions of riddles will come and go but nothing ever stays. Even skipping trying to make hard ones and trying to make t...
Lord Lefthide was found dead in its mansion, to what it would seem of a heart attack. But it appears that moments before his death, he was writing some uncanny childish story. He was indeed found dead at his desk with a pen in his hand and the following note in front of him:
"That wretch ! He...
You go to the local farmers market in an alternate universe.
You browse various items and find that:
The blueberries cost 4.5₤
The gooseberries cost 5.5₤
The lemons cost 6₤
The satsumas cost 6.5₤
The strawberries cost 7₤
How much are the bananas?
Since the CS50x Puzzle Day has ended here in the USA, I think I can now ask this question. The following table has been given and we need to find a single word related to it. The logic could be anything, no restrictions. Try to think out of the box as much as possible.
I found out all the winne...
These rebuses are rebuses of songs. Most of them require lateral-thinking, however, some are clear cut logic. Give the name of the song, and the band, plus the album and release date.
