I'm thinking of two geographic locations (puzzle)

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Can you work out what they are? (This puzzle may be a little difficult. Work together on this. I’ll drop hints every now and then.)

What number is significant to a 2000 election in Cormel County, Texas?

Suddenly, you’re an octogenerian.

What did IBM announce on November 12, 1980?

Not found

Last year, yy

Six unique US coins

Location of the National Christmas Tree (US)

Where did Adrian LeDuc live?

Bill Forester of the Green Bay Packers

When did Nicephorus I of the Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire settle their imperial boundaries?

C x C + C

GHI

Year Robert Fulton patented the steamboat

Centanni Park location

Nil

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A few things that need confirming – are “Cormel County” and “Centanni Park” spelled correctly?

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Sorry, the first one should be Comel, not Cormel. Thanks for catching that.

The second one is correct. Google brings up several hits. I’m thinking of the one in Cambridge MA.

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Are you sure you don’t mean Comal County, and the year 2002?

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Googling this more gets me different results. One hit talked about three candidates in 2000, another talks about 5 candidates in 2002. But whatever you’re thinking, you’re probably on the right track.

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Well, I have a 42-digit number, and no idea what to do with it. Maybe I’'m wrong about some of my answers, so we’ll see if any of these could use hinting (ones that are pretty much guesses are marked as such):

What number is significant to a 2000 election in Cormel County, Texas?

GWB got 24,599 votes there that year. (Guess)

Suddenly, you’re an octogenerian.

80 (Guess)

What did IBM announce on November 12, 1980?

The 3033 processor

Not found

404

Last year, yy

09 (Guess)

Six unique US coins

Total up the values of the six US coins, and you get $1.91. So, 191? (Guess)

Location of the National Christmas Tree (US)

Tortured logic for this one – The tree is on the Ellipse…so, 2? (Guess)

Where did Adrian LeDuc live?

Apartment Zero.

Bill Forester of the Green Bay Packers

He wore #69.

When did Nicephorus I of the Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire settle their imperial boundaries?

800 A.D.

C x C + C

100 x 100 + 100 = 10100

GHI

4 (phone check!)

Year Robert Fulton patented the steamboat

1791

Centanni Park location

Best I can come up with is the zip code – 02141 (Guess)

Nil

Zip. Nada. Zero.

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This is the hit I got: http://www.peace-actionnm.org/issues/voting/problems.html near the bottom of the page. If this is what you’re thinking of, then I suppose the number in question is 18181

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[spoiler]What number is significant to a 2000 election in Cormel County, Texas?

18181 is correct. Three (or five) Republican politicians all won their seats with 18,181 votes each.

Suddenly, you’re an octogenerian.

80 is correct

What did IBM announce on November 12, 1980?

Right idea, wrong processor.

Not found

404 is correct

Last year, yy

09 is this year, not last year.

Six unique US coins

Total up the values of the six US coins, and you get $1.91. So, 191? Yep.

Location of the National Christmas Tree (US)

2? Nope.

Where did Adrian LeDuc live?

Apartment Zero - Yep, 0.

Bill Forester of the Green Bay Packers

Not 69. Maybe he switched numbers at some point?

When did Nicephorus I of the Byzantine Empire and Charlemagne of the Holy Roman Empire settle their imperial boundaries?

800 A.D. - Not the answer I got.

C x C + C

10100 is correct.

GHI

4 is correct. I got it from my phone.

Year Robert Fulton patented the steamboat

1791? Not what I got.

Centanni Park location

Best I can come up with is the zip code – 02141 - Correct

Nil

Zip. Nada. Zero. - 0

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Good work so far. You are indeed trying to come up with one long number, though I think it’s a little more than 42 digits.

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Guess:

20500, the White House ZIP Code?

More info:

He also wore 71.

A possible answer:

How about 803?

My answer:

John Fitch patented a steamboat in 1791, while Fulton patented one in 1809.

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Sternvogel, all of your guesses are correct except the Christmas tree one. But you’re on the right track. I don’t think it’s actually at the WH.

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No time to go into detail about my answers and your responses at the moment – I just wanted to make it clear that I’m aware of what year it is, and that was a slip of the finger. :slight_smile:

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Gotcha.

In some ways I’m already thinking in terms of 2010, so when I hear “last year”, I think 2009.

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Haiti and…

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I’ll give you two-thirds credit for that.

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OK, so we seem to have a set of 46 digits:

18181
80
3081
404
08
191
20002
0
71
803
10100
4
1809
02141
0
One notable property of this set of digits:

[spoiler]When read in pairs, no pair is over 26. There could be a letter substitution going on here:



18 18 18 03 08 14 04 08 19 12 00 02 07 18 03 10 10 04 18 09 02 14 10
R  R  R  C  H  N  D  H  S  L     B  G  R  C  J  J  D  R  I  B  N  J

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Another possibility:

Geographic coordinates. Plucking two sets of digits out of the series- 18.181803 N 71.8031 W- gets us near a mountain village in Haiti, perhaps what Isamu was getting at?

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Good work, except that 18 != R.

You need to find a different substitution code.

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Oh, and just to set the record straight – Haiti is not one of the places.

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Location of the National Christmas Tree (US)

Well, you already have used roman numerals, but DC?? 600??

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It’s between the Ellipse and the South Lawn. No idea how you make it a number.

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The Ellipse is the site of the zero milestone. So, zero?