Hunt Number 1, SOLUTION and RESULTS

[efanton]

Thanks to all who participated, especially those that submitted solutions.

Here is a complete solve for  Hunt Number 1. 

A score table with results of submissions received is also posted below the solve.



Complete solve for hunt number 1.


STANZA 1

The sum of two primes,
17+13=30  (any combination of two primes adding to 30 would score)  1 Point awarded.

White Beatles tracks,
There were 30 tracks on the Beatles White Album. 1 point

look for Capricorn, you will find me there
But a letter you must subtract
This is a reference to the globular cluster M30.  Removing the M simply leaves 30. 1 point

1 point was awarded for anyone who submitted 30 as a solution to the First stanza




STANZA 2

Seen in Portugal,Ireland and France,
this is a reference to the apparitions or sightings of the Virgin Mary at Fatima in Portugal ,  Knock in Ireland and Lourdes in France.  1 point.

after a hazy morn,
This is an anagram of 'MARY OF NAZARETH'.  1 point

She told her son 'They have no wine'
at a wedding in Palestine
A reference to the bible story where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding. 1 point.


1 point was awarded for anyone who submitted ST MARY as a solution to the First stanza
(Mother of Jesus,  Virgin Mary and other titles were accepted as correct answers)


STANZA 3

Eugene would love one of these
but only if it was pink,
A reference to the Pink Floyd song 'Mind that axe Eugene'.  1 point

Paris ikon Bizet
Would shudder I think
'Paris ikon Bizet' is an anagram of 'Zabriskie Point' an album that featured Pink Floyd.  1 point

1 point was awarded to anyone who submitted AXE as the solution to this stanza



STANZA 4

Now you know who
or what I am,
1 point awarded for '30 St Mary Axe'

Give me your answer
In words of the common man.
10 points awarded for the correct final solution 'The Gherkin' or 'The Pickle'




RESULTS

There was a potential score of 22 points.  This time round no one got a perfect score but the format is new so it was totally expected.

There was a tie for top spot so congrats to both susb8383 and mimisbrunnr who both scored 20 points

mimisbrunnr	20 Points
susb8383	20 Points
artofhiddenmessages	18 Points
cheshireland	14 Points
molyn	11 Points
ralph	1 point

NEXT HUNT WILL BE POSTED ON 1st MARCH
As promised the next hunts will increase in difficulty significantly.
This one was deliberately easy to get people used to a new format and get a feel for how the points system will work in future hunts.

I hope everyone that participated enjoyed this new format. 

As you can see it was intended that there could be more than one winner and that it was possible to get to the final solution without necessarily solving every clue (this might not always be the case but every hunt will still be pitched so that many should solve). 
First to reach a final solve is not necessarily the winner, the person that submits the most complete solve wins.
Obviously the 'over achievers' among you will look to try getting a full score in subsequent hunts, while those that cant solve every single clue might not have to abandon a hunt completely as is frequent in hunts of a different format because they cant crack one single clue.
I am hoping with this format there will be something there for everybody.

[artofhiddenmessages]

I almost submitted the reference to the Pink Floyd song (Eugene/Axe) but I thought, "No way...This can't be it!" I should have sent that in.

Looking forward to next month.

Thanks for the fun brain teaser!

[susb8383]

I keep forgetting about anagrams. I found a really obscure reference that the hazy morn hosta was invented by Mary somebody but I thought that was a long shot.

[susb8383]

Was there any significance to shudder?

[efanton]

Feb 21, 2020 23:11:03 GMT -5 susb8383 said:

Was there any significance to shudder?

No.

But I would imagine that having listened to the early Pink Floyd music, such as 'mind that axe Eugene'  he would have absolutely hated it.
I had to put in a line to make the anagram work in the verse.

You wouldn't believe how hard it was to get a anagram to work for a Pink Floyd reference.  It took days, I almost gave up.  
I had thought the most people would have jumped on  PINK and her song EUGENE, making it a kind of red herring or dead end,  but obviously people are always smarter than you think.