Random trivia

[!--QuoteBegin-Pineapple Hunter+Dec 20 2005, 07:14 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Pineapple Hunter @ Dec 20 2005, 07:14 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Its interesting that you put a physical map of France and a political map of India.
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I don´t know about that, but I´ve got another one, energy.

Einstein made the theory, people can get energy out of water, and fire, and Ghandi is about spiritual energy [!--emo&:huh:--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/huh.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'huh.gif\' /][!--endemo--] .
 
Well, you people are very creative here [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]

Sadly, you are all as far away as you can be (except Bunkle, who is sort of on the right track with his latest assumption, but still far off).

national acrobat idenfitied the depictions correctly, with one exception. That is the second image. Follow PH's track: Try to figure out why I did what I did, and ask yourself what is really being depicted on the second picture (na and PH, you two should realize that fairly quick).

As for the rest, well, I'll give you another hint once you figured out what is on the second picture.
 
It makes me think of the 4 elements : earth / wind / fire / water

the image of Prometheus symbolises fire, the map of european rivers symbolises water, the map of India symbolises earth...

... and then Einstein would have to symbolise air and I can't find a reason for that

Is this creative enough ?
 
OK, i figured out that Einsteins' Image has something to do with light. Perun tells me i'm scratching the border but I can't figure it out... maybe someone else can... [!--emo&:(--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Alright, this is in the same order as the pictures:

(III, I think) u: 252 e: 99

III, 4; u: 69,7 e: 31

VII b (I think, again) u: 145 e: 61

III, 5; u: 114,8 e: 49



This is actually giving it away, but then again, maybe it isn't. I'm a bit rusty on the matter though, so please forgive me if I got the order wrong.
 
1/ einsteinium
2/ gallium
3/ promethium
4/Indium

4 elements of the periodic table of the chemical elements
 
YES! Finally!
The answer I was looking for was:
All four have got elements of the periodic table named after them.
 
This (slightly edited to exclude NP's and leavin messages) chatlog will give you a nice idea what teamwork is about :

<syl> perun, your last question in random trivia is going to give me a headache
<Perun> Oh?
<Perun> Wher are you stuck?
<syl> but i'll try something
<syl> i'm stuck at einstein
<Maverick> I was thinking of fire
<syl> but i have an idea for the 3 others
<Maverick> Nuclear fire, or usual fire
<syl> it's just that einstein doesn't fit in it
<Perun> No, but "fire" is nudging to the right direction
<Perun> What is it, syl?
<syl> i'm going to post
* syl is posting in random trivia
<Maverick> Einstein and nuclear physics, France with nuclear testing, Prometheus with giving fire to Man, India to develop a nuclear programme
<Perun> Well. No.
<Maverick> Alright
<Atreides> fuck
<Atreides> that was close to my answer...
<Perun> I suppose my next hints in queue would only serve for confusion in those regards
<Perun> Because I was about to post pictures of Uranus and Pluto
<Maverick> Your anus?
<Maverick> And Mickey's dog?
<Perun> No, the planets
<Maverick> Isn't that sick?
<Atreides> lol, mav
<Perun> First, think about what I meant by saying the second picture is not France
<Perun> Not necessarily, at least
<Atreides> it's a MAP
<Perun> No... the question *was* about what it depicts.
<Bunkle> Matter
<Perun> If it does not depict *France*, what could it be?
<Perun> Bunkl?
<Perun> *e
<Bunkle> What?
<Perun> Matter?
<Bunkle> All depicts matter
<Perun> You are so close yet so far it's almost painful
<Atreides> matter, energy
<Atreides> e=mc2?
<Perun> Close, yet very, very far
<Bunkle> What has fire to do with that?
<Atreides> that would link it to einstein...
<Atreides> let's think of fire as a metaphor
<Atreides> for energy...
<Perun> LOL, you guys are so amusingly clueless [!--emo&:D--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/biggrin.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'biggrin.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Bunkle> Exploration
<Perun> It has to do with it, yes, Bunkle
<Atreides> does it have to do with being punished for using energy?
<Atreides> i mean, prometheus was punished for it...
<Perun> Nope
<Atreides> i trully am clueless
<Atreides> [!--emo&:(--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Bunkle> You know what I think?
<Bunkle> Homework
<Perun> Homework is not bad, Bunkle
<Atreides> i figured something disturbing out...
<syl> i'm back
<Atreides> good
<Maverick> wb syl
<Atreides> hey becca
<Becca> hey
<Bunkle> Hello
<Bunkle> We still don't know
<Bunkle> It something with matter and energy
<Perun> Syl, read my latest post
<Atreides> and exploration
<Atreides> as far as we know...
<Perun> You *almost* stated it! ARGH!
<Bunkle> Can't you say something else than that?
<Perun> But it is so true!
<Bunkle> Close but far
<syl> yes that's really painfull
<Atreides> the energy needed to explore matter
<Atreides> ?
<Atreides> [!--emo&:o--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/ohmy.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'ohmy.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Atreides> the matter needed to explore energy?
<Atreides> [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Atreides> the exploration needed to energize matter?
<Atreides> [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Perun> It's like the Titanic steering to the iceberg, scratching it but taking a different course in the last splint second
<Perun> *split*
<Perun> (In syl's case)
<Perun> Damn, you even already cried out "iceberg!"
<Bunkle> Air is energy too
<Atreides> nah
<Atreides> it's matter
<Bunkle> According to Einstein
<Atreides> though enrgy propagues through air
<Bunkle> People thought air was nothing
<Maverick> Energy propagates through void too
<Atreides> does this verb exist in english?
<Perun> It's unbelieveable. You people are bordering it, but apparently, you don't see the border
<Bunkle> Einstein stated air was matter and energie
<Atreides> well
<Atreides> he was wrong
<Atreides> [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Atreides> it's a gas
<Atreides> that makes it matter
<Maverick> Einstein invented the xmas cookies
<Atreides> light is both matter and energy
<Perun> ACE! How can you be THIS CLOSE and THIS FAR?!
<Maverick> Einstein invented the xmas turkey
<Bunkle> Light is speed
<Atreides> as far as I know, it's the only thing that has that proprety
<Atreides> radiation?
<Atreides> elextro-magnetic waves?
<Atreides> the electro-amgnetic spectrum?
<Perun> ARGH! ARGH! ARGH! You are SO, SO CLOSE
<Atreides> let's see
<Atreides> atom bomb, alpha beta, gamma radiation?
* Perun cries
* Maverick comforts Perun
<Perun> You hold it in your hands yet you don't see it!
<Atreides> what's there to see?
<Bunkle> Time?
<Atreides> relativity?
<Perun> "The border signs are in Russian! The guards speak Russian! There's even Russian flags! But it can't be Russia!"
<Atreides> LOL
<Bunkle> 4th Dimension
<Atreides> we can't comprehend a 4th dimension
<Bunkle> Einstein says it's time
<Atreides> not even einstein couldn't
<Atreides> well
<Maverick> The 4th dimension is time
<Atreides> yeah
<Perun> Should I post a hint?
<Atreides> from that ponit of view
<syl> this is going to lead us to madness
<Atreides> but
<syl> post a hint please
<Maverick> I'm already there, syl
<Atreides> if we're talking about SPACIAL dimensions
<syl> what was that stuff with pluto and uranus ?
<Atreides> wich are the only ones we can move in...
<Atreides> radioactive elements!!!!!!!!
<Perun> YES!
<Perun> YES YES YES!
<syl> used in atomic bombs
<Atreides> woohoo
<Perun> Now, formulate the answer correctly.
<Atreides> india is full in them
<Perun> NO!!!!!!!!!
<Perun> NO! NO! NO!
<Atreides> einstein used them for the atom bomb
<Perun> NOOOOO!
<Atreides> no?
<Atreides> [!--emo&:(--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/sad.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'sad.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Perun> NO!
<Atreides> ok
<Bunkle> Einstein ate an atomic bomb
<Perun> You were on the bloody DOORSTEP!
<Atreides> i got it
<Perun> Yes?
<Bunkle> Uranium and Plutonium
<Atreides> correct
<Atreides> but...
<Becca> Bye Mav
<Atreides> france uses them for nuclear energy, right?
<Perun> Nooo...
<Perun> You said the bloody name, yet you can't get it...
<Bunkle> It hasn't got to do anything with France
<Perun> Not directly.
<Bunkle> Else the Prometheus part doesn't fit
<Atreides> energy
<Atreides> matter
<Atreides> exploration
<Perun> It has got to do with France the same way it has to do with Einstein, Prometheus and India.
<Atreides> fire
<Atreides> radioactive elements
<Atreides> and light...
<Perun> But then, it's not *France*
<Perun> Ace, it really hurts me to see this. It hurts even more than syl's post.
<Atreides> matter...
<Bunkle> I don't know why but is it a dicease?
<Atreides> matter and energy
<Perun> No.
<Atreides> [a href=\'http://www.bitchmakemeasandwich.com/\' target=\'_blank\']http://www.bitchmakemeasandwich.com/[/a]
<Atreides> something to unwind you all
<Perun> Alright. I am in the process of giving the hint, but I have to be really careful not to give it away.
<Atreides> [!--emo&:P--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/tongue.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'tongue.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<Perun> Yeah, that's a cool site, Ace [!--emo&;)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
<syl> what is the point in the 2nd image : is it the rivers ?
<Atreides> well
<Atreides> gtg
<Atreides> pretty late
<Atreides> and i have to get up at 6
<Perun> Wait for a minute
<syl> sleep well
<Atreides> i'll wait
<Bunkle> What's the hint?
<Atreides> a minute
<Perun> It's being posted
<Perun> It's there
<Atreides> wait a sec
<Perun> Yes?
<syl> wtf is that ?
<Atreides> you gave two diferent electron numbers for the same element
<Atreides> U
<Atreides> no
<Atreides> wait
<Perun> It doesn't matter. Please give the answer to the initial question.
<Atreides> isotopes
<Bunkle> I don't understand that
* Perun sighs
<Perun> Ace, you so almost had it
<Atreides> i don't know
<Atreides> i'm tired
<Atreides> and trying to configure my dad's nokia phone
<Perun> Ace. You Spelled out the fucking WORD I was looking for!
<Bunkle> Electron
<Perun> You are exactly there where I want you, I just need you to combine!
<Bunkle> I know it
<Bunkle> The word is element
<Perun> Yes. That is the word.
<Perun> But that is not the precise thing I am looking for.
<Atreides> radioactiver element
<Perun> Yes, yes, yes! But... you are missing something.
<Atreides> the fact that matter can emanate energy?
<Perun> Where do Einstein, France, Prometheus and India fit in?
<Bunkle> Uranium?
<Perun> Let's put it this way:
<Bunkle> Fire
<Perun> These four names fit in precisely the way Uranus and Pluto fit in.
<Perun> Come on!
<Perun> Do you really not get it?
<Bunkle> Syl posted
 
Per, the part that confused me most, was the map of France. If you had at any time stated Gaul instead of France, I would've probably had it...
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Black Ace+Dec 21 2005, 02:57 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Black Ace @ Dec 21 2005, 02:57 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Per, the part that confused me most, was the map of France. If you had at any time stated Gaul instead of France, I would've probably had it...
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That was what I wanted you to find out! The map if of Gaul, not France, which is why includes the Rhine border.
 
Syl thought I could post a question so here it goes, what word do I seek?

[img src=\'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Tetragrammaton_scripts.png\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]

[img src=\'http://www.sanctum.nioga.net/media/lore/body.jpg\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]

[img src=\'http://deoxy.org/w3t/uploads/14-12002-jesus.gif\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]

[img src=\'http://ironmaiden.webvis.net/images/Albums/No-Prayer-For-The-Dying/Holy-Smoke.jpg\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]

Don't look at the links!
 
Well, picture 1 is the Hebrew name for God (Thank God for Religious Education) Its something like YHWH or Yah-Weh.

Two is of a cyclops a particularly blue one.

And third, if i'm not mistaken is Jesus Christ.

Fourth, is the artwork for Holy Smoke.

The thing that struck me at first was a sort of Christianity vibe, because of pictures 1 3 and 4, but I didn't see a connection with the Cyclops.

But....

The word I think you are looking for here is possibly 'eye'?

But, thats an assumption purely based on sticking a cyclops in with Christian figures and the TV at the top of the Holy Smoke artwork.
 
The first thing I would associate the Cyclops is is the "all seeing eye" i.e. the eye on the pyramid/triangle that is a symbol of God. We are in a deeply Christian context here, no question.
 
The Cyclops isn't symbolic but just something related to the word. The rest of the answers are correct as far as I know.

Another hint then:

-um
-i
-o
-um
-o

-a
-orum
-is
-a
-is

I think some on this forum will know what this means.
 
[!--QuoteBegin-Bunkle+Dec 22 2005, 03:17 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(Bunkle @ Dec 22 2005, 03:17 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Another hint then:

-um
-i
-o
-um
-o

-a
-orum
-is
-a
-is
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Hmm, this looks remarkably like the endings to 2nd Declension neuter nouns in Latin.
*Geeky classics student mode*
 
[!--QuoteBegin-national acrobat+Dec 22 2005, 03:31 PM--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(national acrobat @ Dec 22 2005, 03:31 PM)[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--QuoteEBegin--]Hmm, this looks remarkably like the endings to 2nd Declension neuter nouns in Latin.
*Geeky classics student mode*
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Correct
 
I got a 4 for my Latin test today. That officially qualifies me for giving an answer here, but, well, we know what that is worth, don't we? [!--emo&;)--][img src=\'style_emoticons/[#EMO_DIR#]/wink.gif\' border=\'0\' style=\'vertical-align:middle\' alt=\'wink.gif\' /][!--endemo--]
 
Some more at Syl's request:

To remind you,Don't look at the link

[img src=\'http://www.vatican.va/img/vatic_home.jpg\' border=\'0\' alt=\'user posted image\' /]

Another hint:

Arcanum Arcanorum and the ....... .........

Good luck.
 
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