What's today?

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:29 pm

That was quick. Well done, Kuro! Nailed it!

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 6:50 pm

Well, this is my first time doing this.

The date is 17 November. I'm looking for a person that has something to do with an object within this picture

Post by **Render** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:05 pm

kurowolfe wrote:Well, this is my first time doing this.

Please be so nice to state the date you're referring to and what you are looking for (event, person, object).

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:17 pm

Ah, okay. Sorry about that; edited my post.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:10 pm

I post the 2nd tip today right?

So, the object in question is the table, and this person designed it.

Should be easier now

Post by **Render** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:27 pm

Yeah, that made it much easier. Maybe a bit too easy.

The Designer was Isamu Noguchi and he was born 17.11.1904.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:39 pm

Correct. Welp, that was fun, and I don't think I'll ever get a shot here again, so bye xD

Post by **Render** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:36 am

kurowolfe wrote:I don't think I'll ever get a shot here again, so bye

He, don't be so negative

. Maybe you can identify the person I'm searching for today (19th November) that is somehow related to this picture:

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:32 pm

This has been gnawing in my conscience for a bit. Might as well throw a shot in the dark.

Today is Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst's birthday. He was a Dutch astronomer who theoretically predicted the existence of the 21cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen. This discovery is important for studying the dynamics of individual galaxies, and SETI favours this particular radio frequency to detect interstellar signals from potential alien civilizations.

tsMKG · Post by **tsMKG** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:12 pm

And I was searching in Wikipedia for the birth dates of the E.T. movie actors

Post by **Render** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 7:59 pm

kurowolfe wrote:This has been gnawing in my conscience for a bit. Might as well throw a shot in the dark.

Today is Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst's birthday. He was a Dutch astronomer who theoretically predicted the existence of the 21cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen. This discovery is important for studying the dynamics of individual galaxies, and SETI favours this particular radio frequency to detect interstellar signals from potential alien civilizations.

Oh, nice detail! But that wasn't what I meant.

tsMKG wrote:And I was searching in Wikipedia for the birth dates of the E.T. movie actors

*giggles* Guess why I picked this picture...

Post by **Render** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:01 pm

No more guesses?

Okay, here's a big hint:

tsMKG · Post by **tsMKG** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:00 pm

Where do you learn those things? I'm 16 and I'm in secondary school, 4th year.

Or the difficulty mode is in Karishad?

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:10 am

I was gonna say it's the day Apollo 12 landed on the Moon, but you said it's a person.

Today is Colonel Eileen Marie Collins's 59th birthday. She was the first female pilot of the Space Shuttle (STS-63) in 1995, and also the first female commander of the craft in mission STS-93 in 1999. She has been awarded many medals for her services and accomplishments.

tsMKG wrote:Where do you learn those things? I'm 16 and I'm in secondary school, 4th year.

Or the difficulty mode is in Karishad?

Not really, I think this game is more of an exercise in your Google search prowess. And being a total fan of trivial knowledge, I just love trying to figure out the puzzle given.

Post by **Render** » Sun Nov 22, 2015 8:17 pm

kurowolfe wrote:Today is Colonel Eileen Marie Collins's 59th birthday. She was the first female pilot of the Space Shuttle (STS-63) in 1995, and also the first female commander of the craft in mission STS-93 in 1999. She has been awarded many medals for her services and accomplishments.

Nice detail number 2! Great! But also not what I was looking for.

kurowolfe wrote:
tsMKG wrote:Where do you learn those things? I'm 16 and I'm in secondary school, 4th year.

Or the difficulty mode is in Karishad?
Not really, I think this game is more of an exercise in your Google search prowess. And being a total fan of trivial knowledge, I just love trying to figure out the puzzle given.

Exactly this.
...plus trying to find the right words to search with.

kurowolfe wrote:I was gonna say it's the day Apollo 12 landed on the Moon, but you said it's a person.

That's VERY close! <<<--- Hint for everybody!

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:50 pm

Okay, wow, that actually made it harder, because there's a myriad of things that happened that day in relation to Apollo 12. I dunno, I have to pass on this one I think, because if not, I'll be taking potshots that are likely to miss and more likely to annoy xD

It's either the pranks, the attempted selfie, the Moon museum, the busted camera, or none at all xD

Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:21 pm

I usually just go to the Wikipedia page for the date in question, it's pretty useful if you know a general range of years

on November 19th, 1969, the apollo 12 mission landed and Pete Conrad and Alan Bean became the 3rd and 4th humans to walk on the moon

Post by **Render** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 7:40 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:on November 19th, 1969, the apollo 12 mission landed and Pete Conrad and Alan Bean became the 3rd and 4th humans to walk on the moon

I think this can be counted as correct. I've been looking for Charles „Pete“ Conrad, Jr. who was the 3rd man on the moon and won a $500 bet against an Italian journalist that he could say on the moon whatever he want ("Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me"). And who said the moon surface is "soft and queasy".

So, Brent, it's your turn now.

Tue Nov 24, 2015 6:31 pm

alright, I'm looking for an event related to this image that happened on November 24th

(hopefully I didn't go too abstract with my image)

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 8:09 pm

Render wrote:
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:on November 19th, 1969, the apollo 12 mission landed and Pete Conrad and Alan Bean became the 3rd and 4th humans to walk on the moon
I think this can be counted as correct. I've been looking for Charles „Pete“ Conrad, Jr. who was the 3rd man on the moon and won a $500 bet against an Italian journalist that he could say on the moon whatever he want ("Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me"). And who said the moon surface is "soft and queasy".

Huh. It was deceptively simple. I feel betrayed xD

For Brent's picture, my first guess would be the crashing of a UFO near Southaven Park, Shirley, New York in 1992. I know it's wrong, but I don't care

Fri Nov 27, 2015 2:06 am

welp, no more guesses, so I'll give another hint.
the event is related to the organization this guy lead:

(also the organization the X-Files show centered around, hence my first image)

Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:51 pm

still no one?
I just admitted that I use the wikipedia page for the day and have given 2 clues pointing to a word in the exact event.

not sure I can make it any easier, get to googling

Post by **Render** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:30 am

Since no one is giving it a shot, I'll try.

1932 - The FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory have been opened officially in Washington D.C.
They moved to the J. Edgar Hoover Building in 1972, hence the picture of J. Edgar Hoover, who has been the first director of the FBI. ^^

Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:45 pm

correct. You successfully investigated.

Post by **Render** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 8:31 am

No idea why nobody did it before me. I actually waited because it has just been my turn...

Okay, here's the next one. What happened today, 4th December?

First picture is about where it happened.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:03 am

The location is East Germany or Germany Democratic Republic I believe, judging from the coat of arms.

The event that happened there is a little bit harder, but I'll hazard a guess.

On the 4th of December 1935, Erich Honecker, then a member of of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) who was opposing Nazi rule in the country, was arrested by the Gestapo and sent to the Moabit detention center in Berlin, where he was detained until 1937. Honecker is better known as the leader of the GDR by being the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party from 1976 until the fall of the Berlin wall and the reunification of West and East Germany in 1989.

Post by **Render** » Fri Dec 04, 2015 11:35 am

Oh, nice guess. But sadly no, that isn't what I am looking for.

A small information: The event happened while the Germany Democratic Republic existed.

Post by **Render** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:40 am

Here's the next hint:

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 11:46 am

First flight of the Baade 152 aircraft prototype (Aka VEB 152) on December 4, 1958?

Post by **Render** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 12:08 pm

Congratulations! You're right.

It's your turn now!

PS. Next hint may have been

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:01 am

okay. Sorry for the delay, folks.

What happened today, December 12th, relating to this image?

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:20 pm

That's a bit easy

Frank Sinatra was born on December 12th, 1915. It's his 100th birthday.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Dec 12, 2015 2:40 am

Heh. Well done, CC. Guess I could have made it a bit harder.

I had hoped people would search for NYC or something like that.

Happy Birthday, Frankie!

For anyone that's wondering here's how that song sounds.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:10 am

Probably a bit easy, but I've run out of ideas for this one.

Marking the anniversary of an event this December the 17th. And here's your clue:

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:15 am

Perhaps these two will make it more obvious.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:29 am

The Wright Brothers make the first controlled heavier-than-air flight in their new aeroplane at a place called Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:32 am

That they did.

And now it's your turn again!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:58 am

Sorry for the huge delay everyone. I totally forgot about this.

So, what happened today, January 11th, relating to this picture?

Post by **Render** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:10 am

First I thought that could be Mercury, but I was wrong with that.

It is the 2nd largest moon or Uranus, discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 11th, 1787 and later named Oberon by his son.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:40 pm

Correct! Well done, Render!