{"id":8721,"date":"2010-02-13T17:58:38","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T17:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/riddle%e2%80%99s-ready\/"},"modified":"2010-02-13T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2010-02-13T17:58:38","slug":"riddle%e2%80%99s-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/riddle%e2%80%99s-ready.php","title":{"rendered":"Riddle\u2019s Ready!"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:  SOLVED at 12:36 CDT, by Stephen
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Last Saturday, instead of an object or “thing” being the answer to the riddle I tried an event out on you.  Trudy got so close to the correct answer it singed her hair, and after 1 hr 56 min, Nick solved the riddle.  It was fun to work up a riddle with a different twist to it, so I’ll fascinate you with an event riddle again this week.  But FIRST:<\/p>

Tom and I are working up some fun extras for the “riddle champions”.  One thing you’ll see in the very near future is a “Riddle Bonus Round”, with the winner of that getting a real<\/strong><\/em> prize, not just a pat on the head.  Also, it will be a nice<\/span> prize, not something strange like a weenie whistle.  Only the previous riddle winners will be able to participate in the bonus round.  Tom will submit half the clues, I will submit the other half.  Both of us will pick one image.  It won’t be an impossible riddle, but it won’t be easy, either.<\/p>

We’re working on special “perks” and privileges for all the riddle winners, too; not for just the Bonus Round champion.  In all honesty, I’m having way too much fun with this.<\/p>

Okay.  Are you ready to leap into the fray and solve today’s riddle?  ONE for the money;  TWO for the show; THREE to get ready; and FOUR to COGITATE!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>


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\"Calvin and Hobbes\", Bill Watterson, All rights reserved<\/p><\/div>

This event occurred in my lifetime (I’m older than dirt, by the way).<\/span>
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It was known globally while it was happening.<\/p>

Events like this one have only happened six times.  That we know of.<\/p>

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There’s no way right now of predicting if, or when, this event will occur again.<\/span><\/p>

There has been much controversy surrounding this event.<\/p>

In spite of its rarity, the depiction of this event in fiction has been around for almost 2,000 years.<\/p>

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Ready to give it a shot?  As I said, it’s an event, and you will have been familiar with it growing up.  Remember, solving today’s puzzle will make you eligible for future prizes in addition to choosing my topic for Monday.<\/span><\/p>

I’ll be lurking in the comment section.<\/p>

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Marian...lurking<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:  SOLVED at 12:36 CDT, by StephenLast Saturday, instead of an object or “thing” being the answer to the riddle I tried an event out on you.  Trudy got so close to the correct answer it singed her hair, and … Continue reading →<\/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-8721","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\/8721"}],"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=8721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}