Read Thread: Mystery Postal #418 is open
Mystery Postal #418 is open
Board: Postals
Jan 1, 2019 7:37pm
Happy 2019!
For those who are new to mystery postals and for those who need a refresher the rules follow.
To get this postal you will have to guess the theme/name/subject of the stamp. Clues will be posted on the postal boards and on the tracker (See link below). I will try and post one per day. For each clue posted each person may make one guess prior to the next clue being posted.
Guesses should be sent to IrishRef via AQMail, not posted on the boards! Guesses will only be accepted from AQ members through AQMail.
Even if you have no clue take a guess anyway. Half the enjoyment is seeing the range of incorrect answers and how people connected clues for those guesses. You will only get a response from IR if you: A. Have the correct answer, B. Are very close or I need to clarify your guess, or C. Your guess peaks my fancy.
The first 10 members correctly guessing will be notified by AQMail. Tracker order will typically be determined by order correct answer receipt (Exception to this are international winners who will be at the end of the tracker). The correct answer with how each clue is related will be posted once the postal is full.
Clues:
1. River in Utah
https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?trackerId=10067
For those who are new to mystery postals and for those who need a refresher the rules follow.
To get this postal you will have to guess the theme/name/subject of the stamp. Clues will be posted on the postal boards and on the tracker (See link below). I will try and post one per day. For each clue posted each person may make one guess prior to the next clue being posted.
Guesses should be sent to IrishRef via AQMail, not posted on the boards! Guesses will only be accepted from AQ members through AQMail.
Even if you have no clue take a guess anyway. Half the enjoyment is seeing the range of incorrect answers and how people connected clues for those guesses. You will only get a response from IR if you: A. Have the correct answer, B. Are very close or I need to clarify your guess, or C. Your guess peaks my fancy.
The first 10 members correctly guessing will be notified by AQMail. Tracker order will typically be determined by order correct answer receipt (Exception to this are international winners who will be at the end of the tracker). The correct answer with how each clue is related will be posted once the postal is full.
Clues:
1. River in Utah
https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?trackerId=10067
Re: Mystery Postal #418 is open
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 3, 2019 3:47am
Clue 2 = Fruit loops
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Reply to: #969941 by IrishRef
Jan 3, 2019 2:06pm
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Reply to: #969960 by Knotty Lady
Jan 3, 2019 2:38pm
Yummy !!!
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Reply to: #969960 by Knotty Lady
Jan 3, 2019 7:17pm
This hilariously almost works. Although tongue in cheek, if sending in a guess please go through AQMail instead of the boards. But it is amazing what you can find on-line for just about any topic.
Re: Mystery Postal #418 Clue 3
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 3, 2019 7:59pm
Clue 3 = MTV
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Reply to: #969963 by IrishRef
Jan 4, 2019 6:00pm
Do you ever share any of the funny wrong answers once it's over?
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 5, 2019 2:47pm
Clue 4 = Reluctant
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Reply to: #970008 by photopam
Jan 5, 2019 2:49pm
Not typically. Do have a couple good guesses that fit the clues. May shate a gew later.
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Reply to: #970063 by IrishRef
Jan 5, 2019 4:28pm
As usual, you have me stumped.
Re: Mystery Postal #418 is open clue 5
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 6, 2019 6:32am
Clue 5 = Elegy
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 6, 2019 11:18pm
Still dont have any correct answers. All the clues do fit. Bonus clue - The answer is not anything in Utah.
Clue 6 = Capricorn
Clue 6 = Capricorn
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 7, 2019 8:35pm
There still aren't any correct answers.
Clue 7 = 1969
Clue 7 = 1969
Re: Mystery Postal #418 is open Clue 8
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 8, 2019 8:13pm
We finally have two winners.
Clue 8 = Houston..........
Clue 8 = Houston..........
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 8, 2019 9:28pm
Is it the Loch Ness Monster!?
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Reply to: #970152 by ALF
Jan 8, 2019 9:57pm
No! It is Bigfoot!
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 10, 2019 8:15am
Clue 8 = Houston. The Eagle has landed!
Note. I am not looking for one specific event. Looking for a generic answer. Use all of the clues (you can ignore the first one which is an obscure reference, Sweeties.) This might be the last clue. If you are in the neighborhood I'll give you a final hint directly.
Note. I am not looking for one specific event. Looking for a generic answer. Use all of the clues (you can ignore the first one which is an obscure reference, Sweeties.) This might be the last clue. If you are in the neighborhood I'll give you a final hint directly.
Re: Mystery Postal #418 is now closed
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 11, 2019 8:36am
Mystery 418 is closed. Succesful tracker members will be notified this evening. An explanation of the clues will be posted soon.
Re: Mystery Postal #418 Answer and explanation of clues
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Reply to: #969897 by IrishRef
Jan 11, 2019 9:05pm
The solution of the mystery postal was astronaut. This one proved rather difficult. Will try to do better next time. The explanation of clues follows:
1. A River in Utah. - This was a rather tricky clue based on Doctor Who. River Song in an episode is to kill the Doctor wearing a spacesuit in a lake in Utah. Lake Silencio. Ergo a river in Utah.
2. Fruit loops - This is from Big Bang Theory. Howard was an astronaut for one mission. His captain gave him the nickname Fruit Loops. Best part of this clue is the existence of a Fruit Loops trail in Utah.
3. MTV - Probably dating myself. MTV started when I was in college. One of their logo images is an astronaut planting an MTV flag on the moon.
4. Reluctant - The reluctant astronaut is a movie with Don Knotts He is a NASA janitor and is sent into space.
5. Capricorn - Involves the movie Capricorn One. Involves a faked Mars mission. Government tries to kill the astronauts to cover up the fake.
6. 1969 - Date of the first moon landing (Apollo 11)
7. Houston - The call name for Mission Control
8. The Eagle has landed. - Message sent by Apollo 11. Also considered using the message "we are all taking a space walk". This would have been about a Big Bang Episode when Howard's waste disposal system failed on a NASA mission. The astronauts decided to all take a space walk to avoid the issue.
1. A River in Utah. - This was a rather tricky clue based on Doctor Who. River Song in an episode is to kill the Doctor wearing a spacesuit in a lake in Utah. Lake Silencio. Ergo a river in Utah.
2. Fruit loops - This is from Big Bang Theory. Howard was an astronaut for one mission. His captain gave him the nickname Fruit Loops. Best part of this clue is the existence of a Fruit Loops trail in Utah.
3. MTV - Probably dating myself. MTV started when I was in college. One of their logo images is an astronaut planting an MTV flag on the moon.
4. Reluctant - The reluctant astronaut is a movie with Don Knotts He is a NASA janitor and is sent into space.
5. Capricorn - Involves the movie Capricorn One. Involves a faked Mars mission. Government tries to kill the astronauts to cover up the fake.
6. 1969 - Date of the first moon landing (Apollo 11)
7. Houston - The call name for Mission Control
8. The Eagle has landed. - Message sent by Apollo 11. Also considered using the message "we are all taking a space walk". This would have been about a Big Bang Episode when Howard's waste disposal system failed on a NASA mission. The astronauts decided to all take a space walk to avoid the issue.
Re: Mystery 418 Missing clue
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Reply to: #970229 by IrishRef
Jan 12, 2019 7:06am
I forgot to include the explanation for Elegy. This one one of numerous Twilight Zone episodes about space. Three astronauts go to a planet like earth with only one living person. Come to find out he is the caretaker for their afterlife. That rhis was appropriate with the annual Twight Zone marathon New Year's weekend.
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Reply to: #970229 by IrishRef
Jan 12, 2019 1:28pm
This was a good one. Not a Dr Who fan so I’m still sticking with the Virgin River because of Virgin Galactic. Thanks for the fun!
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Reply to: #970242 by Trishee
Jan 12, 2019 1:53pm
I thought it had something to do with the Virgin River in UT, too. Because - well, it's a pretty unusual name. 8~P
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Reply to: #970229 by IrishRef
Jan 12, 2019 7:11pm
That's why I guessed Matt Smith. I went with the celebrity, when I should have gone with the prop!