Sciencegal's Riddle Thread

[elf_ears]

Behavioral Science?

[sciencegal]

Originally Posted by elf_ears

Behavioral Science?

Nailed it! The Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI was featured in the movie.

[sciencegal]

Puzzle 9: There were a lot of inflammatory and polarized reviews about this movie, even before it was released.

Same rules as before. Solve the clues to get the letters that spell the title of the movie.

1. https://imgur.com/a/vxkFY
2. https://imgur.com/a/WpG91
3. https://imgur.com/a/SAC02
4. https://imgur.com/a/nGexi
5. https://imgur.com/a/2G4X5
6. https://imgur.com/a/UrDjK

[MarvHarvey]

Dearest Miss Sciencegal,
Would you please put us out of our misery and tell us what the answers were for the remaining clues of the last puzzle?
Devotedly
MarvHarvey

[MarvHarvey]

First simplistic guesses

1
2 ASTEROID
3
4
5 DIVINE
6 CAMEO

[sciencegal]

Originally Posted by MarvHarvey

Dearest Miss Sciencegal,
Would you please put us out of our misery and tell us what the answers were for the remaining clues of the last puzzle?
Devotedly
MarvHarvey

How can I refuse such a polite request?

1. Behavioral Science
2. Agent
3. Fool’s Gold
4. Prisoner
5. Murder
6. Tailor
7. Sphinx
8. Basement



Since clues 5, 6, and 7 were not solved and Marv is a sweetheart, I'll explain them.

Clue 5: The shoreline were of the chalk cliffs in Germany. The "Bingo Bango Bongo" is often used to indicate how you should format an outline for an essay. The images indicate chalk outline, leading you to picture a chalk outline of a murder victim that you see on TV shows, hence MURDER.

Clue 6: The fish pictured is a bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. This fish is known in Australia as a tailor, and I specifically picked an image that referenced Australia to make the connection easier for you.

Clue 7: The magnifying glass will lead you to search while the pyramid points you to Egypt. Sphinx is the name of a search engine used mostly in SQL. This one may have been a bit of a stretch for the non-tech savvy players.

[sciencegal]

Originally Posted by MarvHarvey

First simplistic guesses

1
2 ASTEROID
3
4
5 DIVINE
6 CAMEO

Your first guesses are right more often than not Marv! Clue 6 is correct.

[MarvHarvey]

Thank you. Now I will be able to sleep!
I had no idea on 5 and 6, but for 7 I had actually wondered as I was falling asleep last night if searching near the pyramids might lead us to the Sphinx...not your line of reasoning, but it would have worked.
Thanks
Marv

[MarvHarvey]

Originally Posted by sciencegal

Your first guesses are right more often than not Marv! Clue 6 is correct.

Unfortunately I might as well quit because I usually don't get any more after that! But CAMEO was the one I was most certain of.

[sciencegal]

Originally Posted by MarvHarvey

Thank you. Now I will be able to sleep!
I had no idea on 5 and 6, but for 7 I had actually wondered as I was falling asleep last night if searching near the pyramids might lead us to the Sphinx...not your line of reasoning, but it would have worked.
Thanks
Marv

I do try to leave an extra interpretation if I can for clues that are a bit more technical (it's not really realistic to assume everyone is familiar with SQL). I was hoping that someone would see pyramid and think sphinx fits the letters available. I didn't think of your line of reasoning, but I like it!

[SeaFlower]

Lock in for 2 more puzzles. While locked in I have to perform a striptease in front of my mirror every night before bath and draw on me as many circles as words missing to complete puzzle.

1 GENES
2 EXTINCTED
3 CONVERT
4 WINDOW
5 RULING
6 CAMEO

[Pariahterror]

A new puzzle and I'm still in for this one. Here are my guesses.

3. Formula / Gravity / Algebra (the first formula is acceleration the last one is the first equation of motion.)

5. Subway (don't ask)

[elf_ears]

Originally Posted by sciencegal

How can I refuse such a polite request?

1. Behavioral Science
2. Agent
3. Fool’s Gold
4. Prisoner
5. Murder
6. Tailor
7. Sphinx
8. Basement



Since clues 5, 6, and 7 were not solved and Marv is a sweetheart, I'll explain them.

Clue 5: The shoreline were of the chalk cliffs in Germany. The "Bingo Bango Bongo" is often used to indicate how you should format an outline for an essay. The images indicate chalk outline, leading you to picture a chalk outline of a murder victim that you see on TV shows, hence MURDER.

Clue 6: The fish pictured is a bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix. This fish is known in Australia as a tailor, and I specifically picked an image that referenced Australia to make the connection easier for you.

Clue 7: The magnifying glass will lead you to search while the pyramid points you to Egypt. Sphinx is the name of a search engine used mostly in SQL. This one may have been a bit of a stretch for the non-tech savvy players.

5 was a great cryptic clue, not sure I would have ever got there XD
6 I also don't think I ever would have gotten.
I didn't know about the search engine but surprised I (and nobody else) thought to suggest Sphinx.

[elf_ears]

I feel like one of these is too simple and the other is too much of a stretch but..

1. girls?
2. chicxulub?

[sciencegal]

Originally Posted by SeaFlower

Lock in for 2 more puzzles. While locked in I have to perform a striptease in front of my mirror every night before bath and draw on me as many circles as words missing to complete puzzle.

1 GENES
2 EXTINCTED
3 CONVERT
4 WINDOW
5 RULING
6 CAMEO

No new guesses are correct.

Originally Posted by Pariahterror

A new puzzle and I'm still in for this one. Here are my guesses.

3. Formula / Gravity / Algebra (the first formula is acceleration the last one is the first equation of motion.)

5. Subway (don't ask)

SUBWAY is correct.

Originally Posted by elf_ears

I feel like one of these is too simple and the other is too much of a stretch but..

1. girls?
2. chicxulub?

GIRLS is correct.