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[SOLVED] #170 Purple - Vexillogy

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Twilite

Gar, I'm too slow Crying or Very sad

Thought I was about to post my first solution! Albeit not too taxing, that's why I tried it. Well done on solving it.

Just a question of how does Libya help anything?! Time will tell I guess.

Which site did you use? The one I was using to translate had a couple of flags missing and I had to presume some letters.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:00 am

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I used about 7 or 8 world map pictures, and a few websites including this one which was awesome.

http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:03 am

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londubh

The bottom still needs to be solved?

"The scribe that wrote this puzzle needs to see Anna Heath for grammar lessons immediately. S."

There is a reference in the PCAcademy site about how the staff member Silas Andorian is known for map-based puzzles. Is it an anagram of the two names? Or does it refer to another card (or the solution to the Hex set?)

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:19 am

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Title changed to suit... i've been looking but I cant find anything yet

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:21 am

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theMoo

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:27 am

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Just commented on the solve from the wordsearch solve, that it resulted in a world also - I'm presuming that TheMoo is correct - and we'll end up with a series of words/numbers, that perhaps can be entered into a form on perplexcity.com

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:29 am

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londubh

Is there a clue in the title: Vexillogy = A vexing syllogy?

A Syllogism is one of those: 'I live on Street X, All houses on street X are blue therefore my house is blue' things

So what could the components be? Again, I may be digging too deep (or at level more appropriate to the hex series than the card)

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:30 am

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Vexillogy is the study of flags afaik

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:33 am

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dthought

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:53 am

PuzzledPineapple · Unfettered Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 352

Browsing the database mentioned above, no countries other than Libya have a solid green flag. dthought, Ireland's is like Italy only with orange instead of red. You're lucky I'm not Irish!

For reference, the scan of the card is here

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:05 am

dthought

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:21 am

PuzzledPineapple · Unfettered Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 352

Wow, as if the money weren't enough of an incentive!

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:26 am

ellipses

Just for completeness

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:06 pm

brat-sampson · Decorated Joined: 25 Jul 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Stark

I think that's just there because these cards are prototypes, they still have editors comments or whatever on them. This was an actual comment from Sente.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:13 pm

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