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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 3029842" data-attributes="member: 63"><p>A friend has created a series of puzzles, and is showing them to us to see if we can figure them out. Well, I can't, and it's driving me nuts. There are 25 puzzles in total, each of which has a one-word solution. I'm stuck on number 3.</p><p></p><p>Number 1 was a list of 10-digit numbers with the hint "ISBN." I searched for the ISBNs that matched those numbers, arranged them, and saw that the first letter in each spelled out the word 'balderdash.'</p><p></p><p>Number 2 was:</p><p></p><p>Capital</p><p>Alpha World</p><p>Paris's Sister</p><p>Lidos</p><p></p><p>with the hint: "Where am I?"</p><p></p><p>I just googled and found out what a Lido was, and saw that there were lidos in London, which is a capital in the 'old world,' and, according to some websites, is Paris's sister city. Apparently the answer <em>was</em> 'London.'</p><p></p><p>So the puzzles are kinda wonky, but hey, my friend went to effort to make them, so I want to see if I can figure them out. We are not forbidden from asking from help, so I'm asking.</p><p></p><p>Puzzle 3 is:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So I've already tried Googling radio stations, with no luck. I don't know if they somehow link up with radio frequencies, or if she means the frequency of the letters. There are 42 letters total, in 11 lines, and if I separate them by letter and count the total I get.</p><p></p><p>1 B </p><p>2 DD</p><p>2 FF</p><p>4 GGGG</p><p>2 HH</p><p>3 III</p><p>2 KK</p><p>3 LLL</p><p>1 M</p><p>2 OO</p><p>1 P</p><p>4 RRRR</p><p>1 S</p><p>2 TT</p><p>1 U</p><p>7 VVVVVVV</p><p>2 WW</p><p>1 X</p><p>1 Z</p><p></p><p>There's no A, C, E, J, N, Q, or Y.</p><p></p><p>However, this helps me not at all. Any ideas?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 3029842, member: 63"] A friend has created a series of puzzles, and is showing them to us to see if we can figure them out. Well, I can't, and it's driving me nuts. There are 25 puzzles in total, each of which has a one-word solution. I'm stuck on number 3. Number 1 was a list of 10-digit numbers with the hint "ISBN." I searched for the ISBNs that matched those numbers, arranged them, and saw that the first letter in each spelled out the word 'balderdash.' Number 2 was: Capital Alpha World Paris's Sister Lidos with the hint: "Where am I?" I just googled and found out what a Lido was, and saw that there were lidos in London, which is a capital in the 'old world,' and, according to some websites, is Paris's sister city. Apparently the answer [i]was[/i] 'London.' So the puzzles are kinda wonky, but hey, my friend went to effort to make them, so I want to see if I can figure them out. We are not forbidden from asking from help, so I'm asking. Puzzle 3 is: So I've already tried Googling radio stations, with no luck. I don't know if they somehow link up with radio frequencies, or if she means the frequency of the letters. There are 42 letters total, in 11 lines, and if I separate them by letter and count the total I get. 1 B 2 DD 2 FF 4 GGGG 2 HH 3 III 2 KK 3 LLL 1 M 2 OO 1 P 4 RRRR 1 S 2 TT 1 U 7 VVVVVVV 2 WW 1 X 1 Z There's no A, C, E, J, N, Q, or Y. However, this helps me not at all. Any ideas? [/QUOTE]
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