This is the final question of a postal quiz I am involved in each month. I am stuck and turn to fellow Dopers for assistance. Can anyone see the connection here?
Consider the following numbers:
9
17
21
45
51
65
85
93
153
219
Which of the following words has the most obvious link to the above numbers?
Morning
Noon
Afternoon
Evening
Night
Midnight
At first I thought it may be connected to Morning or Evening Prayer (hymn numbers) but can see no tangible link. Perhaps the names of numbered symphonies? I dunno. Any help would be much appreciated. Please note I do not have the answer, nor will have verification of it for a few weeks yet, so can’t confirm any guesses.
93, 153, and 219 are too large to be degrees of latitude.
If longitude, 9 through 153 would be easterly (although I would not associate 9, 17, 21, or 153 with sunrise).
Given the British nature of the quiz, are they either Underground or London bus numbers or train numbers associated with morning or evening rush hour or with non-peak hours?
Given the bird association of the quiz, are they the picture or page numbers of a popular birding book (Roger Tory Peterson’s?) with birds associated with a time of day?
Presuming they represent hours, at 219 hours, presuming the time was 9am at the start, the time is 8pm… at least, by my working.
I am wondering if it is a coincidink that all numbers are odd?
Those are incredibly difficult.Even for someone like me who loves puzzles and quizzes this is hard I shall battle on.I see there is a quiz thread but it doesn’t appear to have gone anywhere
Gah, another thing to ruin any chance of me getting any work done today.
In the hope that this stirs something in someone else my first couple of thoughts were that they were degrees (as in angles) maybe around a clock face – but I can’t get anything from that.
Alternatively they could encode musical notes or something similar.
They could be bus numbers but that’d be really obscure.
[spoiler]They are all night squadrons for the Royal Air force. Given the previously mentioned bird link, that would suggest flying of some sort, and given the britishness of it all, that would suggest, umm, that it would be british. Thus, the RAF.
For Example, the number 219. From here: On 4 October 1939, No 219 was reformed… It soon became fully employed on night patrols and based detachments at various points for night defense…
Number 9. From here: No. 9 Sqn was disbanded in March 1915 when its various elements were absorbed…It wasn’t until 1 April 1924 that it was reformed, this time with Vickers Vimy night bombers…
Number 153. From here: Formed on 1 November 1918 and was intended to be a night fighter unit but the war ended as the squadron began to assemble. It did not become operational and probably did not receive any aircraft, being disbanded on 13 June 1919.
I shall battle on.I see there is a quiz thread but it doesn’t appear to have gone anywhere 