man it IS hard...
I'm missing questions 1, 6 and 7 for now...
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Same here. 1, 6, and 7 left without any good ideas to follow :)
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:)
SIt down, take a break, read/watch the news, take a nap. Try again later.
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Nah, that's what I did with your previous ITH and became the 12th to solve it :)
Only the 1st question left now. Must. Solve. Fast.
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:)
SIt down, take a break, read/watch the news, take a nap. Try again later.
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only one left and it's the first question and i'm probably overthinking it
but well made OP
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If I whine about Q1 too you'll give me the same advice?
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It's actually very helpful advice. Bump for solved
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I am the user called "hi" who finished fifth in the last ITH. Excited to try this one out after I tarry a bit.
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I like this one even more! You turned my already pretty good day into a great one! A big sincere hearty thank you!
Bump for waiting for two more solvers ^_^
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Yep! That was my favorite one ^_^ Left Q5 to not spoil the top 10, as I have a pretty solid idea about the answer (and a few spare ones just in case). At least this time around I actually know stuff or what to look for and not just being lucky and it feels great!
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Bump. Solved Q1-Q5 yesterday and worked since on Q6 and Q7 but no clues, I was too deep in my search and my brain died meanwhile
¯_(ツ)_/¯ I'll come back to it later if I have inspiration. GL all and thank you for the puzzle, it was interesting and rewarding.
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bump for one missing solver, who will definitely not be me 😉
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Nice ITH, Qs4-7 seem easy to me, really stuck on the first 3 though, no more ideas for now, so good luck to the final person to answer it all :)
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Seems no one cares ./
Edit: Feel free to get spot no.10 before you forget in the end.
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Not really, some of us still try but its too hard ^_^ still stuck on Q6 and 7
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Go outside and enjoy the sun for a while. The energy from the sun might get your brain cells going again.
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man your hints are cryptic ! it's very nice and frustrating at the same time. I'm sure there's a german word for that !
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This seems way over my head. 😿
So, here's a bump instead! 😼
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still struggling with 1 6 and 7... i tried understanding the clue, but it didn't help...
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I'm missing only Q1. I've tried a lot of possible answers but no one is correct.
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Bumpy for solving. :)
This puzzle gave me a lot of headache. :D
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Some additional explanation for the answers:
Q4: MVEMJSUN stands for the 8 planets in the Solar System: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The question is asking for what is between Mars and Jupiter, which is the Asteroid Belt.
Q5: Same as above. This time it is asking for what lies just beyond Neptune - and that is the Kuiper Belt
Q6 and Q7 are about fusion reaction in stars
Q6: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%E2%80%93proton_chain_reaction
Q7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNO_cycle
The entire ITH is themed around astronomy - so if you catch on that, it can be solved easily.
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I am in a mood for puzzle creation right now.
I want to create a couple of more small puzzles soon-ish and do something special for those, who solve one of my puzzles very fast. In clear and uncertain words: There will be a GA (or GAs) for everyone who finishes top 10 (on ITH) in one of my puzzles. If you already finished top10 in my last ITH, please wait a little before answering your last question in this one, to give other users the chance to finish top 10.
ITH
Solution (one possible answer per line):
Q1:
NGC 4993
NGC 4994
GW170817
Q2:
NGC 1365
Q3:
NGC 362
Q4:
Asteroid belt
Asteroidbelt
the Asteroid belt
the Asteroidbelt
Q5:
Kuiper belt
Kuiperbelt
the Kuiper belt
the Kuiperbelt
Q6: (nuclear fusion inside the sun/all stars)
HE
Q7: (another reaction chain of nuclear fusion inside the sun/all stars)
O
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