Roman Mythology help

[Janx]

LMAO...I'll never claim/nor have ever claimed Mensa level intellegence.

Ok, the backstory.

There is a challenge on the internet testing ones ability to comprehend question and research the answer. The questions are different every day. Yesterdays question was on on Braille and the predecessor to Braille. I had to translate braille and the predecessor of braille (which was done phenetically, by the way, wow) into an english question, then solve (Ma-sk-oo = Mascow).

Todays question is:

On the roof of the world, a blue jewel is floating in the sky. In the air, the wind horse carries another jewel, which is said to grant wishes.

Give the romanized native name of both jewels in order, separated by a comma.

So one needs to understand the question and research to find the answer. I'm asking for help here, because you are amoung the smartest people I know.

p.s. Is there a Mensa for Dumbies book? I'll take two.

This is what Hobo and I were asking. I don't know that it would have helped solved the puzzle, but knowing the backstory made the question a lot more clearer, and in fact revealed that it had nothing to do with roman mythology, only that the name would be "english"

9/10 times when somebody asks a question without context, it is a lot harder to get them the right answer because its not clear what they really want to know.

 

[Bullgrit]

Next question is:

What is the airspeed velocity of the unladen swallow?

Bullgrit

 

[Merkuri]

What is the airspeed velocity of the unladen swallow?

African or European?

 

[Desdichado]

9/10 times when somebody asks a question without context, it is a lot harder to get them the right answer because its not clear what they really want to know.

Indeed. In this case, the context we had (the thread title) was actually actively misleading.

Ah, well. Sounds potentially fun. I guess.

 

[Wycen]

I could have used some Mensa help on my History of Science paper last week. My brain still hurts.