RASH Puzzle #1 - Musical Artists

[Vandal]

RASH Puzzle #1 - Musical Artists

This is an actual geocaching puzzle, where the idea is to come up with a set of GPS coordinates from the given clues. I had to translate it by hand from an image so I hope I got it right. Full disclosure: this is not my work and I take no credit for it. A geocacher from Massachusetts came up with this puzzle and many others.

If you have any questions, ask in the thread and I'll do my best to answer them.

All BBs are invited to play alone or as a group. Good luck!



Relative-Antonym-Synonym-Homophone

RASH Puzzles Rules: The clues are mixtures of components (words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the puzzle’s theme.

1. Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the family of planets.

2. Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will and won’t, now and then.

3. Synonyms are different words with similar meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near and close.

4. Homophones/homonyms. Homophones are pronounced the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river, carom, or depository).

Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve:

• If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole answer.

• Some homonyms are not exact, but close. For example, day may be as close as we could get to Dave. Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to alert the solver to beware.

• Hyphens separate syllables (single or multiple) within a single word. For example, Gas-yuk could translate to Air (synonym for gas) –ick (synonym for yuk). This could represent Eric (translating the appropriate homophones).

• Multiple words with no spaces constitute a single syllable or word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square, rhombus, rectangle, etc.)

• Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left as-is. For example, the remains untranslated as the in the answer.

Example: Stoop Old -> Neil Young
Neil (a homonym of kneel, a synonym for stoop) and young (an antonym of old)

1. Beers Fall-mug
2. Me Also
3. Lupine-thugs Castletrenches-craft
4. The Criminals
5. Mute Tails
6. Congestion
7. Dog St-odds
8. Genuflect Emerald
9. Float Ocean-anxious
10. The Cashew Sisters
11. Hot-work
12. EllieMay Tax
13. Ominous Curves
14. Pal Sacred
15. Evil Guests
16. Blackbirds-ant, Photos and Teethgrind
17. Magenta Deluge
18. Humor-ankle Dallas
19. Shirtarm Lose-lumber
20. Trailed Blimp
21. Shorthaircut Sellingdrugs
22. Auto-win Kriskringle-nope
23. Coldblooded Dike
24. Temperamental Pinks
25. Pumpkineater Angelofmary
26. Head-patella Dinero
27. Chasm Bald-daughter
28. Swift-iron PC
29. Belief Muddy-H2O Renaissance
30. Maleturkey Trivial or the Liver-waves
31. The Virtuous Siblings
32. Look-lowinfat Belowaveragegrade-off
33. Spade
34. The Against Bottoms
35. The Joint Fraternity
36. Oilrig ampersand the Bones
37. Hipbone Iron-meadow
38. UKwatercloset-isn’t Leg-weak
39. Pub-bikinitop Gait-beach
40. Regal Sadmood Rant-street
41. Handtruck Excuse
42. Awesome-empty Alive
43. Regular-hobo
44. Utilityvehicle Less-daughter
45. Stylish-past
46. Toastmaster Mallet
47. Pointer-jones
48. Soil, Zephyr and Terminate
49. Pryopen Egglayer-bores
50. Bison Coil-pasture

A = The sum of all numbers represented in the 50 elements
B = The number of occurrences of double letter combinations (e.g., oo, ll, ff, etc.) across the 50 elements
C = The number of elements whose first word start with the letter B
D = How many of the top 10 most populous American cities are represented in the 50 elements
E = How many times the letter “x” occurs in the 50 elements
F = The number of elements that are male artists or all-male groups

North: 42 A + B - D . CEC (just the digits, no multiplication)
West: 071 F – A - C + E . A*A + B*B

Note: Format for GPS coordinates is : N 42 (2 digits).(3 digits), W 071 (2 digits).(3 digits)

[franktangredi]

Hey, I got one!

31. The Virtuous Siblings = The Righteous Brothers

[franktangredi]

Hey, I got more!

3. Lupine-thugs Castletrenches-craft =Wolfgang Mozart
14. Pal Sacred = Buddy Holly
15. Evil Guests = Bad Company
19. Shirtarm Lose-lumber = Steve Winwood
20. Trailed Blimp = Led Zeppelin
22. Auto-win Kriskringle-nope = Carlos Santana
24. Temperamental Pinks = Moody Blues
25. Pumpkineater Angelofmary Peter Gabriel
27. Chasm Bald-daughter = George Harrison
30. Maleturkey Trivial or the Liver-waves = Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
31. The Virtuous Siblings = The Righteous Brothers
34. The Against Bottoms = The Four Tops
40. Regal Sadmood Rant-street = Grand Funk Railroad
42. Awesome-empty Alive = Grateful Dead
43. Regular-hobo = Supertramp
44. Utilityvehicle Less-daughter = Van Morrison
46. Toastmaster Mallet = M.C. Hammer
48. Soil, Zephyr and Terminate = Earth, Wind and Fire
50. Bison Coil-pasture = Buffalo Springfield

[smilergrogan]

2. Me Also
U2
4. The Criminals
THE POLICE?
6. Congestion
TRAFFIC
36. Oilrig ampersand the Bones
DEREK AND THE DOMINOES
39. Pub-bikinitop Gait-beach
BARBRA STREISAND
50. Bison Coil-pasture
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

[smilergrogan]

Hey, Frank got more than me! Bastard.

16. Blackbirds-ant, Photos and Teethgrind
CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH
26. Head-patella Dinero
JOHNNY CASH
35. The Joint Fraternity
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS

[plasticene]

That was fun! I got most of them.

1. Beers Fall-mug = ?
2. Me Also = U2
3. Lupine-thugs Castletrenches-craft = WOLFGANG MOZART
4. The Criminals = ?
5. Mute Tails = TALKING HEADS
6. Congestion = TRAFFIC
7. Dog St-odds = CAT STEVENS
8. Genuflect Emerald = NEIL DIAMOND
9. Float Ocean-anxious = ?
10. The Cashew Sisters = THE OSMOND BROTHERS
11. Hot-work = COLDPLAY
12. EllieMay Tax = JETHRO TULL
13. Ominous Curves = DIRE STRAITS
14. Pal Sacred = BUDDY HOLLY
15. Evil Guests = BAD COMPANY
16. Blackbirds-ant, Photos and Teethgrind = CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH
17. Magenta Deluge = PINK FLOYD
18. Humor-ankle Dallas = WHITNEY HOUSTON
19. Shirtarm Lose-lumber = STEVE WINWOOD
20. Trailed Blimp = LED ZEPPELIN
21. Shorthaircut Sellingdrugs = BOB DYLAN
22. Auto-win Kriskringle-nope = CARLOS SANTANA
23. Coldblooded Dike = ?
24. Temperamental Pinks = ?
25. Pumpkineater Angelofmary = PETER GABRIEL
26. Head-patella Dinero = JOHNNY CASH
27. Chasm Bald-daughter = GEORGE HARRISON
28. Swift-iron PC = FLEETWOOD MAC
29. Belief Muddy-H2O Renaissance = CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
30. Maleturkey Trivial or the Liver-waves = TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
31. The Virtuous Siblings = THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS
32. Look-lowinfat Belowaveragegrade-off = CELINE DION
33. Spade = HEART
34. The Against Bottoms = THE FOUR TOPS
35. The Joint Fraternity = THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
36. Oilrig ampersand the Bones = DEREK AND THE DOMINOES
37. Hipbone Iron-meadow = ELVIS PRESLEY
38. UKwatercloset-isn’t Leg-weak = LOUIS ARMSTRONG
39. Pub-bikinitop Gait-beach = BARBARA STREISAND
40. Regal Sadmood Rant-street = GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
41. Handtruck Excuse = DOLLY PARTON
42. Awesome-empty Alive = GRATEFUL DEAD
43. Regular-hobo = SUPERTRAMP
44. Utilityvehicle Less-daughter = VAN MORRISON
45. Stylish-past = CHICAGO
46. Toastmaster Mallet = MC HAMMER
47. Pointer-jones = AEROSMITH
48. Soil, Zephyr and Terminate = EARTH, WIND AND FIRE
49. Pryopen Egglayer-bores = JIMMY HENDRIX
50. Bison Coil-pasture = BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

[franktangredi]

One of the leftovers:

1. Beers Fall-mug = Bruce Springsteen

[plasticene]

For numbers, we've got a total of either 6 or 8 so far, depending on whether to count Fleetwood Mac:
U2
The Four Tops
Fleetwood Mac

For double letters, we've got 21 so far:
Bruce Springsteen
Traffic
Jethro Tull
Buddy Holly (2)
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Steve Winwood
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues
Johnny Cash
George Harrison
Fleetwood Mac (2)
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
The Doobie Brothers
Dolly Parton
Van Morrison
MC Hammer
Jimmy Hendrix
Buffalo Springfield

We have 6 starting with B:
Bruce Springsteen
Buddy Holly
Bad Company
Bob Dylan
Barbra Streisand
Buffalo Springfield

We have 2 with big American cities:
Whitney Houston
Chicago

Just one x so far:
Jimi Hendrix

The only groups I know for sure have female members are Fleetwood Mac and Heart, so all I can say is there are no more than 45 elements that are male or all-male groups.
Whitney Houston
Fleetwood Mac
Celine Dion
Heart
Barbra Streisand

[Vandal]

Observations:

One of the answers is wrong and would affect one of the A-F values at the bottom.

Fleetwood Mac is not considered to have a number in it (nice catch, though)

[PanicinDetroit]

24. Temperamental Pinks - MOODY BLUES

[franktangredi]

Observations:

One of the answers is wrong and would affect one of the A-F values at the bottom.

Fleetwood Mac is not considered to have a number in it (nice catch, though)

This is the wrong one: 10. The Cashew Sisters = THE OSMOND BROTHERS

It's actually THE ALLMAN BROTHERS

That leaves only these two unanswered:

9. Float Ocean-anxious = ?
23. Coldblooded Dike = ?

[plasticene]

Observations:

One of the answers is wrong and would affect one of the A-F values at the bottom.

Fleetwood Mac is not considered to have a number in it (nice catch, though)

This is the wrong one: 10. The Cashew Sisters = THE OSMOND BROTHERS

It's actually THE ALLMAN BROTHERS

That leaves only these two unanswered:

9. Float Ocean-anxious = ?
23. Coldblooded Dike = ?

Good job! I'm happy that "The Osmond Brothers" was one of the very few answers I had pegged as possibly wrong. Everything looked so good to me, and Osmond is certainly as close to Almond as Hendrix is to Hen-drills. On the other hand, the only answer more out-of-place on this quiz than the Osmonds was Mozart, which had to be right.

I actually have the last two as well, after looking up synonyms for Float and Coldblooded. Should I go ahead and give the answers, or let somebody else have a chance?

[franktangredi]

Observations:

One of the answers is wrong and would affect one of the A-F values at the bottom.

Fleetwood Mac is not considered to have a number in it (nice catch, though)

This is the wrong one: 10. The Cashew Sisters = THE OSMOND BROTHERS

It's actually THE ALLMAN BROTHERS

That leaves only these two unanswered:

9. Float Ocean-anxious = ?
23. Coldblooded Dike = ?

Good job! I'm happy that "The Osmond Brothers" was one of the very few answers I had pegged as possibly wrong. Everything looked so good to me, and Osmond is certainly as close to Almond as Hendrix is to Hen-drills. On the other hand, the only answer more out-of-place on this quiz than the Osmonds was Mozart, which had to be right.

I actually have the last two as well, after looking up synonyms for Float and Coldblooded. Should I go ahead and give the answers, or let somebody else have a chance?

I say go ahead. I already had a pretty good bash at it.

[plasticene]

Helpful hints:
anxious = eager
dike = da[m]

Spoiler

9. Float Ocean-anxious = Bob Seger
23. Coldblooded Dike = Steely Dan

My new totals are
A=6
B=23
C=7
D=2
E=1
F=45 (Assuming there are no partially female groups I've missed)

North: 42 A + B - D . CEC (just the digits, no multiplication)
West: 071 F – A - C + E . A*A + B*B

N 42 27.717, W 071 33.565

Is that it?

[Vandal]

Helpful hints:
anxious = eager
dike = da[m]

Spoiler

9. Float Ocean-anxious = Bob Seger
23. Coldblooded Dike = Steely Dan

My new totals are
A=6
B=23
C=7
D=2
E=1
F=45 (Assuming there are no partially female groups I've missed)

North: 42 A + B - D . CEC (just the digits, no multiplication)
West: 071 F – A - C + E . A*A + B*B

N 42 27.717, W 071 33.565

Is that it?

No

[plasticene]

So funny that when I listed the single "x" answer, I finally spelled Jimi Hendrix correctly!

That makes B=22 instead of 23 so maybe it's

N 42 26.717, W 071 33.520?

[mrkelley23]

Helpful hints:
anxious = eager
dike = da[m]

Spoiler

9. Float Ocean-anxious = Bob Seger
23. Coldblooded Dike = Steely Dan

My new totals are
A=6
B=23
C=7
D=2
E=1
F=45 (Assuming there are no partially female groups I've missed)

North: 42 A + B - D . CEC (just the digits, no multiplication)
West: 071 F – A - C + E . A*A + B*B

N 42 27.717, W 071 33.565

Is that it?

I think B is only equal to 22. It appears you were counting Jimmy Hendrix as having a double letter when his first name is actually spelled Jimi.

[smilergrogan]

I think you missed Buffalo as a major city.
Sorry, I just read the instructions and it says top 10.
Never mind.

[Vandal]

So funny that when I listed the single "x" answer, I finally spelled Jimi Hendrix correctly!

That makes B=22 instead of 23 so maybe it's

N 42 26.717, W 071 33.520?

It's not.

[littlebeast13]

Here's what I got limiting myself to a minute or so trying to decipher each one. Some of these are very clever (And some not, but so it goes with anything like this)...


1. Beers Fall-mug - Bruuuuuuuce Springsteen
2. Me Also - U2
3. Lupine-thugs Castletrenches-craft - Wolfgang Mozart (Has he ever appeared in the LSWE before?)
4. The Criminals
5. Mute Tails - Talking Heads
6. Congestion
7. Dog St-odds - Cat Stevens
8. Genuflect Emerald - Neil Diamond
9. Float Ocean-anxious
10. The Cashew Sisters - The Allman Brothers
11. Hot-work - Coldplay
12. EllieMay Tax - Jethro Tull
13. Ominous Curves
14. Pal Sacred - Buddy Holly
15. Evil Guests - Bad Company
16. Blackbirds-ant, Photos and Teethgrind - Crosby, Stills & Nash (No Old)
17. Magenta Deluge
18. Humor-ankle Dallas - Whitney Houston
19. Shirtarm Lose-lumber - Steve Winwood
20. Trailed Blimp - Led Zeppelin
21. Shorthaircut Sellingdrugs
22. Auto-win Kriskringle-nope - Carlos Santana
23. Coldblooded Dike
24. Temperamental Pinks
25. Pumpkineater Angelofmary - Peter Gabriel
26. Head-patella Dinero - Johnny Cash
27. Chasm Bald-daughter - George Harrison
28. Swift-iron PC - Fleetwood Mac
29. Belief Muddy-H2O Renaissance - Creedence Clearwater Revival
30. Maleturkey Trivial or the Liver-waves
31. The Virtuous Siblings - The Righteous Brothers
32. Look-lowinfat Belowaveragegrade-off - Celine Dion
33. Spade - Heart
34. The Against Bottoms - The Four Tops
35. The Joint Fraternity - The Doobie Brothers
36. Oilrig ampersand the Bones - Derrick and the Dominoes
37. Hipbone Iron-meadow - Elvis Presley
38. UKwatercloset-isn’t Leg-weak - Louis Armstrong
39. Pub-bikinitop Gait-beach - Barbara Streisand
40. Regal Sadmood Rant-street
41. Handtruck Excuse
42. Awesome-empty Alive - Grateful Dead
43. Regular-hobo
44. Utilityvehicle Less-daughter
45. Stylish-past
46. Toastmaster Mallet - MC Hammer
47. Pointer-jones
48. Soil, Zephyr and Terminate - Earth Wind and Fire
49. Pryopen Egglayer-bores
50. Bison Coil-pasture - Buffalo Springfield

[Vandal]

Still no correct coordinates.

I suggest contacting Dr. T-Bone for the one A-F value that is wrong.

[mrkelley23]

I hadn't looked closely at the other A-F criteria. Poor Tina Weymouth.

The Talking Heads should be added to the list of groups with at least one female member.

So F is no more than 44.

[Vandal]

Just to wrap this up before it falls off the page:

A = sum of all #s = 4+2=6
B = double letters = 22
C = letter B = 7
D = cities = (Houston, Chicago) = 2
E = letter x = 1
F = male = (not 5,18,28,32,33,39,41) = 43

N 42 26.717
W 071 31.520

Thanks for playing!

[franktangredi]

Just to wrap this up before it falls off the page:

A = sum of all #s = 4+2=6
B = double letters = 22
C = letter B = 7
D = cities = (Houston, Chicago) = 2
E = letter x = 1
F = male = (not 5,18,28,32,33,39,41) = 43

N 42 26.717
W 071 31.520

Thanks for playing!

Thanks for posting!