{"id":34484,"date":"2011-04-24T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/bonus-riddle-comin%e2%80%99-up-soon\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T15:45:11","slug":"bonus-riddle-comin%e2%80%99-up-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/bonus-riddle-comin%e2%80%99-up-soon.php","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Riddle Comin\u2019 Up Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YAY!&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time for another bonus riddle.&nbsp; This time around, the prize will be <span>First Contact:&nbsp; Scientific Breakthroughs In The Hunt For Life Beyond The Earth<\/span> by Marc Kaufman.&nbsp; Tom just did a review of this book, and you can look it over <a href=\"http:\/\/tomsastroblog.com\/?p=8424\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; Published by Simon &amp; Schuster, the 224-page hardback hit bookstores April 5th, 2011.<\/p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/f6b28_first-contact-front-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8463\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/f6b28_first-contact-front-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><p>Simon &amp; Schuster front book cover, \"First Contact\" by Marc Kaufman<\/p><\/div><p>Remember, the rules for a bonus riddle are different than the rules for  the weekly riddle.&nbsp; Take a moment to review them, and let me know if you  have any questions:<\/p><ul><li>Tom and I will post the bonus riddle at noon CDT, May 2nd.&nbsp;    That&rsquo;s Monday. You still have two more chances to solve a riddle to   become eligible to  participate (on Saturday, 04\/23 and 04\/30).<\/li><li>Guesses on the bonus riddle will be by email to Tom or Marian.<\/li><li>You will have 24 hours to submit your guesses; from noon CDT Monday May 2nd, until noon CDT Tuesday May 3rd.<\/li><li> You get three guesses.<\/li><li>Comments will be closed on the bonus riddle until after the  submission deadline.<\/li><li>The winner will be the first person to submit the correct answer.&nbsp;    If nobody solves the riddle by noon CDT May 3rd, it will be  opened   for everybody to give it a shot.<\/li><li>Tom will have the final say in any controversy.<\/li><\/ul><p>From noon Monday until noon Tuesday, only the people who have solved a   weekly riddle during this cycle can participate.&nbsp; You know who you  are,  but we&rsquo;ll post your name anyway.&nbsp; If you don&rsquo;t see your name on  the  list, and think it should be, email me and let me double check.&nbsp; On   Tuesday we&rsquo;ll update the riddle to either open it for guesses from   everybody or to announce the winner.&nbsp; To stress a few other points:<\/p><ul><li> We DO validate your submissions by comparison to previous comments or emails to us.<\/li><li> We DO NOT give any feedback from your email guesses other than that they were received.<\/li><li> Don&rsquo;t wait to submit your first guess until you have three guesses ready; as soon as you&rsquo;re ready with a guess, email it.<\/li><\/ul><p>If you have any questions, now is the time to ask!<\/p><p>As of April 16th, the people eligible to submit guesses by email that  first 24 hours are:&nbsp; Roger, Bill, Jerry, Sean, Lee V, George, Suzanne,  Rob, Dwight, John, Patrick, and Jeff.&nbsp; There are only two more riddles  until the next bonus riddle, so if your name is already on the list  please wait and give someone else a chance to solve these next two  riddles.&nbsp; If you just want to play for your own entertainment and  practice, you can email your guesses to me.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ll email back and give  you hints and pick on you (the same way I usually do in the comments),  then give you kudos for having solved it by letting everybody know in  the comments, but the riddle will remain open and unsolved.<\/p><p>For those who haven&rsquo;t done the time conversions yet, the riddle  publishes on Central Daylight Time (CDT), which is currently UTC-6.<\/p><p>One last thing:&nbsp; Nobody (and I do mean <em><strong>nobody<\/strong><\/em>) knows  the answer to any of these riddles prior to publication except for Tom  and me.&nbsp; Not the weekly riddles; not the bonus riddles.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YAY!&nbsp; It&rsquo;s time for another bonus riddle.&nbsp; This time around, the prize will be First Contact:&nbsp; Scientific Breakthroughs In The Hunt For Life Beyond The Earth by Marc Kaufman.&nbsp; Tom just did a review of this book, and you can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/bonus-riddle-comin%e2%80%99-up-soon.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}