Puzzle help (PuzzleOcelot)

bitboy · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:22

Hi all,

Don't know if anyone remembers Puzzle Donkey from back in the day (currently a FB app I think)? Well PuzzleOcelot is very similar. I've been putting some of the questions up on our works Intranet with wee prizes, but one of them is completely doing my nut in. This one!!

Puzzle 17: Along the Right Lines

1 = Blue

2 = Blue

3 = Green

4 = Blue

5 = Red

6 = Green

7 = Brown

8 = ?

Anyone tried PuzzleOcelot and managed to get the answer to this? Or any puzzle masters fancy giving it a go? I thought I knew the answer but it aint accepted. Won't reveal my line of thinking quite yet as I could be going down the completely wrong path. HELP!!!!

Jono8 · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:25

bitboy · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:26

Jono8 said:
Cyan

Naw :/

You can check the answer on the page I linked to BTW. I've tried too many random colours already

Reaper 392 · 17 Sep 2011 at 00:30

well, i can confirm that the colour of the question marks in previous questions has nothing to do with it. and with that, im fresh out of ideas

MobyDick · 17 Sep 2011 at 00:39

I can't even do the first 5

Street · 17 Sep 2011 at 00:58

MobyDick said:
I can't even do the first 5

Same, I blame the fact that I'm tired and have had beer!

bitboy · 17 Sep 2011 at 01:06

MobyDick said:
I can't even do the first 5

Oh they are plenty tough! I've only managed to get a handful so far but number 17 is doing my nut in, moreso than the others because I feel I've got so close!

On the bright side I've become a bit of an expert on Thomas the Tank Engine

theipodkid · 17 Sep 2011 at 03:59

I can't even do first one /:
I put in "Apple" :S

bigjimmyauk · 17 Sep 2011 at 04:34

? good lord they are difficult

bigjimmyauk · 17 Sep 2011 at 04:50

subscribed because finding out the answer to at least question one would be great.

Mat · 17 Sep 2011 at 06:55

theipodkid said:
I can't even do first one /:
I put in "Apple" :S

I think it might be something to do with cell phone (something sell phone)...??

Snograt · 17 Sep 2011 at 07:54

Holy poop-on-a-stick, these are tough!

The only one I could get was this one - http://www.perry101.net/question.php?q=20 - and only because it's quite well known.

ricky1981 · 17 Sep 2011 at 08:32

I loved PuzzleDonkey, completed each one but I must be really out of practice because I've only done about half of these!

17 is a real stinker because it seems like it should be obvious, I've tried a few obvious things - Tube Stations/Lines, Monopoly board, etc but all of those would give another colour as the answer and I don't think it would be that easy as it's too open to guesswork unless the colour is something obscure.

Snograt · 17 Sep 2011 at 08:54

Could you give us a few spoilers, then - all the answers you know with explanations?

I'd just like to know the mindset required for this sort of thing

ricky1981 · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:00

Since each one is pretty different, there's not really a specific mindset needed. I'm awful at the picture based ones for example but pretty good at the word based ones.

For the ones that seem like a story there is normally a common theme, look for the names of people/things/places and see if you can spot a trend that might be translated into a number or letter. 3 & 6 are good examples of this

Strangely I found 70 the easiest so far, I haven't even looked at most of them but thought I'd try that one because the last question on Puzzle Donkey was always an absolute stinker that often took hours to solve even if you knew the method. 70 is an example of one where you just need to "spot" the answer because you'd never get it from trial and error.

I don't want to post any answers or major clues on here because it ruins it for everyone who will come across this thread and want to try themselves but I can PM you the answer to 70 if you're curious

bitboy · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:12

Snograt said:
Could you give us a few spoilers, then - all the answers you know with explanations?

I'd just like to know the mindset required for this sort of thing

As ricky says there's really no specific mindset. I just try and approach the questions from as many angles as possible - but a lot of them take time to find the right approach. For the say what you see questions I like to write down all the possibilities for each picture then try and find something that fits.

I will share my workings for number 17, in the hope someone can either finish it or tell me I'm going down the wrong route.

Possible spoiler!

The numbers and colours match up with Thomas the tank engine.

1 = Blue (Thomas)
2 = Blue (Edward)
3 = Green (Henry)
4 = Blue (Gordon)
5 = Red (James)
6 = Green (Percy)
7 = Brown (Toby)
8 = Green (Duck)

Duck was given number 8 on his arrival. He was painted green, but this doesn't work. The type of green is "GWR Green" or "Brunswick green" - neither of which are correct either! I've tried his name(s), and also went down the path that number 8 could be Emily rather than Duck, but still nothing fits. GRRRRRR!!

ricky1981 · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:20

Hard to find fault in your logic on that one, I wonder if it's just not accepting the right answer because it seems far too much of a coincidence that all the other numbers match.

ricky1981 · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:30

For people looking for an easy start, 15 and 22 are pretty simple

Nightglow · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:35

I thought yellow for Molly, too old to remember all the train colours.

bigjimmyauk · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:48

ricky1981 said:
For people looking for an easy start, 15 and 22 are pretty simple

really LOL

i'm not seeing anything in 22

maybe my mind don't work for these sorts of things

Can someone trust me some answers to what they know. i don't think i will ever get one of them.