# Puzzle: One Way or the Other **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 29, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706 "2013-01-29T14:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/21 "2013-02-15T18:17:02Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Don’t know what #2 is, but I’ve figured out what the “common factor” must be: > > CC AR NA TI ON , which leaves SA UR and that extra “C” It’s: 1. [spoiler]C-CARNATION-SAUR (Carnosaur) Movie not obscure enough for you? [How about this?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno) [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/22 "2013-02-15T18:22:03Z")
Got #1 RHODODENDRON WOMEN ON THE MOON - Amazon Women on the Moon ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/23 "2013-02-15T19:00:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Hmmm… **septimus** , I going to go out on a big blossoming dogwood limb and say I bet you are familiar with a good number of the rest of the titles. I just checked some more of the spoilage – you’d have lost that bet. But do remember that I’m the guy who’d never heard of Natalie Portman or Christina Hendricks until they were mentioned at SDMB recently. :smack: Please PM me when there’s a thread on Geography puzzles or Trivia related to computers of the 1970’s. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/24 "2013-02-15T19:17:00Z")
One more then I’ll stop for the day. #5: INDUS-IATOR - Gladiator ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/25 "2013-02-16T06:30:18Z")
A couple more. Number 7: AN AN DE DR EY FA GR NL IO ST Sorted: ST FA NL EY AN DR IO GR AN DE Buffer letter F removed. Rio Grande replaced with Iris. Movie title: Stanley and Iris. Number 10: AB CE EC HI NA NI NG UR Sorted: EC HI NA CE AB UR NI NG Echinacea removed and replaced with Mississippi. Movie title: Mississippi Burning. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/26 "2013-02-16T07:13:27Z")
And my last one for today. Number 13: AR BE EH HE IT LE MB OF ST TH TH Ordered: TH EH ST AR OF BE TH LE HE MB IT The buffer H (2nd) removed. Star of Bethlehem removed and replaced with Ob. Movie title: The Hobbit. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/27 "2013-02-16T07:21:55Z")
Correction: That 2nd H has to stay in for The **H** obbit. :smack: Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/28 "2013-02-17T05:48:32Z")
Number 17: AD AN AN CR DE DG EN EN ER LD NA NG RE ST TZ TZ UI YA Ordered: YA NG TZ EN CR AN TZ AN DG UI LD EN ST ER NA RE DE AD Yangtze removed, and replaced with Rose. Movie title: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/29 "2013-02-17T05:53:08Z")
> [@Snerky\_Snerk](#): > > Number 17: > > AD AN AN CR DE DG EN EN ER LD NA NG RE ST TZ TZ UI YA > > Ordered: > > YA NG TZ EN CR AN TZ AN DG UI LD EN ST ER NA RE DE AD > > Yangtze removed, and replaced with Rose. > > Movie title: > > Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Good job on that one! I thought if any one title was not to be solved, that title was going to be it. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/30 "2013-02-17T07:03:34Z")
Number 6: EA EH MO NG ON OW RA SC TH YD Ordered: MO SC OW ON TH EH YD RA NG EA Hydrangea removed and replaced with Hudson. Movie title: Moscow on the Hudson. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/31 "2013-02-17T12:49:16Z")
And my last one for today. Number 15: CK EA ES HF II IL KI ON OR QU RC RE RT SJ SS TA TH Ordered: SS TA RT RE KI II TH ES EA RC HF OR SJ ON QU IL CK Buffer letter S (1st one) removed. Jonquil removed, and replaced with Po. Movie title: Star Trek III : The Search for Spock. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/32 "2013-02-17T13:43:03Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Good job on that one! I thought if any one title was not to be solved, that title was going to be it. I have an unfair advantage - it’s been on the list of movies that I want to see since I read a review when it came out. That was 20? years ago, but I still haven’t managed to get around to watching it. Thanks for the reminder. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/33 "2013-02-18T02:19:10Z")
Number 18: IA IN LA NA NE PO PR SE SO TT Ordered: PO IN SE TT IA SO NA PR LA NE Buffer letter R removed. Poinsettia removed and replaced with Snake. Movie title: Snakes on a Plane. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/34 "2013-02-18T04:21:45Z")
Wow, that just leaves #9 and #16. And of course, the naming of the common factor —which I suppose is obvious at this point… ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/35 "2013-02-18T13:12:35Z")
Number 9: AN AR AY CT EF EM FE GA IG IN MM NM NT OF OO RI SO SS TH TH Ordered: TH **X** EF FE CT OF GA MM AR AY SO NM AN IN TH EM OO NT IG RI SS Tigris removed, and replaced with Marigold. **X** represents an E that I can’t seem to find in the letter mix. Movie title: The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds. ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/36 "2013-02-18T14:23:47Z")
Number 16: AI BE BL EI ES GO NC NI TH Ordered: TH EI NC BE GO NI AI BL ES Begonia removed and replaced with Red. Movie title: The Incredibles. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/37 "2013-02-18T15:56:39Z")
Excellent work **Snerky Snerk**! You are blooming good as a puzzle solver! Also kudos to **Tom Scud** and **steronz** as well. An in-seine-ly fine job everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Snerky\_Snerk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Snerky\_Snerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snerky_Snerk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706/38 "2013-02-18T16:22:58Z")
Sorry for taking so long to finish it. I really struggled with the last two. I don’t know if it was on purpose, but - 1. AI BE BL EI ES GO NC NI TH - threw me right off. I looked at it and said ok, it has Saigon in it. That must be the Saigon River.:smack: I figured the movie name was very close to The Incredibles, but I just couldn’t make it work. Unsurprisingly. Anyway, thank you very much for the mental workout. Much appriciated. I was more of a lurker when you had the last puzzle with the coded messages. I didn’t manage to crack those at all, but had some fun trying, so a late congrats on the construction of that one as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzle-one-way-or-the-other/648706.md?page=1)