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You are tugging at my heart, j-win.
If you loose I just may send you a consolation prize for your persistence.
Look, consider this puzzle question:
"A city in Czechoslovakia."
The answer is "Oslo."
Or this one:
I start with "S" and end with "E."
Now, tat for tit might fit between.
I (blank) the obvious.
Answer is "state."
Do not look at the poem's lines.
Look at the letters.
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Canada
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I am going to go way off the map with a guess. The Mercury dime is also known as the Winged Liberty Dime In the USA Liberty can be depicted as a 5 pointed star as seen on the flag. The Roman Numeral for 5 is V On the Mercury dime United States of America begins and ends with a Five pointed star or 'V'. I am probably way out in left field but it is what I came up with. |
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United States
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Would you rather play right field?
Look, j-win has it all but wrapped up. But he is missing an important part:
" I start with 'V' and end with 'V' "
ARGH!
Shall I just give away coins without making you good folk work for them?
Nah!
OK.
Am I a thing or a person: A PERSON!
What was my life span? The "Vs" have the answer.
But I ain't that easy!
"reign" is WRONG!
That is a 'thing.'
The answer is a person.
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Canada
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I have no idea! Can't wait to see the answer though
Edit: I want to say I have an idea but have no idea how the 'V' ties in.
Edited by Whizb4ng
03/18/2013 3:08 pm
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United States
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Ahhhhhh, Still. Can't. Figure. This. Out.
This is killing me
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
Scratch this answer, didn't do my math right... too confused over here
Edited by j-win
03/18/2013 3:38 pm
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Canada
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I am not going to lie I honestly think it has something to do with shoes because of the second sonnet but I can't make the connection for the V.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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but give it to j-win, I would have never guessed Mussolini
At least I did guess the fasces but I would not have taken it any farther
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Reference to popes had me thinking of the antipopes, two of which styled themselves Victor IV (one in 1138 and the other 1159â€"1164)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I can't make any sense of any of the clues. Maybe I should get some sleep.
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United States
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I can't wait to see what tummy great refers to
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United States
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As everyone knows the design of the Mercury dime is actually based on Weinmann's statue of Victory and sadly, "Victory came to its end in the year MCMXLV" |
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And the winner is ... j-winAnd a special mention to upstate for being a good sport. '"I start with "V"...'  Uncle Benito was born in 1883, the first year of issue for the Barber or "V" nickel. '"and end with "V"...'  Il Duce was assassinated in 1945, the last year of issue for the Mercury dimewhich has the Fasces [symbol of Fascist Party] on the reverse. I was also thinking of:  and  The year was 1945! (The double "V" of Weinman or the "V"-looking bands on the fasces is coincidental. But I love the confusion it caused!)  Bald!  Plump and rolly-polly, although the uniform is slimming. Other clues: Mussolini recognized the Vatican City-State in 1929. "Habemus patriam." - "We have a country." "date" is what counted: 1883-1945. Oh yes, the poem: The first letter of each line, when read vertically. reads, "Predappio Italy" where Benito Mussolini was born. j-win, PM your mailing address. upstate - you too. Did I explain everything well enough? |
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