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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:13 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by AW77
This grid was posted by an artist. By this it became art. That's the connection.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:15 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
AW77 wrote:This grid was posted by an artist. By this it became art. That's the connection.
Nice try. I do not hold with the idea that everything I do is art; although it's tempting. I have not yet tried paying my bill in the Bung Hole with a signed napkin!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:23 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
It's a dot to dot. And it is a crude representation of one of Cezanne's still lifes.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:25 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:It's a dot to dot. And it is a crude representation of one of Cezanne's still lifes.
Two guesses? Greedy. Both wrong though.
One of the quants will get this in an instant.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:49 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by jdaw1
Obviously it is a magic square, every row, column and diagonal adding to 34 (well, the ones I checked so add).
Connection to art? Was it invented by da Vinci?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:08 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:Obviously it is a magic square, every row, column and diagonal adding to 34 (well, the ones I checked so add).
Connection to art? Was it invented by da Vinci?
No it wasn't. And it is not a simple magic square.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:10 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:Obviously it is a magic square, every row, column and diagonal adding to 34 (well, the ones I checked so add).
Connection to art? Was it invented by da Vinci?
A lazy answer, now that I reflect on it. I shall wait for the real quants to turn up.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:17 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
Having overheard further muttering by a cheeky, and also handsome, man sitting next to me who has been drinking whisky, it might have been invented, or at least published, in 1510 by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. Also, the 2×2 corner squares add to 34.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:18 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
SCP-DFF wrote:Having overheard further muttering by a cheeky, and also handsome, man sitting next to me who has been drinking whisky, it might have been invented, or at least published, in 1510 by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. Also, the 2×2 corner squares add to 34.
This is much closer to the truth. Not Agrippa though. And not 1510. And not just the corner squares.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:19 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
Or Durer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:21 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:Or Durer.
Go on. Oh you can't, you squandered your go and gave too little information and now someone else will get it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:22 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:Or Durer.
Go on. Oh you can't, you squandered your go and gave too little information and now someone else will get it.
Thought the quants needed a nudge.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:23 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by jdaw1
And the central 2×2. I note with that
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square credits this square, albeit reflected vertically, to the artist credited by SCP-DFF.
Edit: Poo!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:25 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
LGTrotter wrote:djewesbury wrote:LGTrotter wrote:Or Durer.
Go on. Oh you can't, you squandered your go and gave too little information and now someone else will get it.
Thought the quants needed a nudge.
Good point. The sciences always need some leadership from the arts.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:26 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
What JDAW1 said, plus Durer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:27 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
jdaw1 wrote:And the central 2×2. I note with that
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_square credits this square, albeit reflected vertically, to the artist credited by SCP-DFF.
Edit: Poo!
Exactly. Reflected vertically doesn't count. If it's reflected vertically the date of the engraving of the print is not centred in the bottom row.
The numbers have great numerological and alchemical significance. 3+4 = 7, the number of the objects in the celestial sphere and the number of the metals.
Dürer was 43 when he made it.
SCP-DFF's go.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:32 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
Rows, columns, corner 2x2s, center 2x2, and all outer-edge relative positions rotated by 90 degrees.
But we have an answer.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:33 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
Yesterday, my husband and I ate a creature which has no central nervous system. I ate six of them, he ate eight, seven of which he liked. What was different about the one he didn't like?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:33 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Glenn E. wrote:Rows, columns, corner 2x2s, center 2x2, and all outer-edge relative positions rotated by 90 degrees.
But we have an answer.
Finally we have a comprehensive description of the numerical properties of the square. A little too slow off the mark this time Glenn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:35 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by jdaw1
SCP-DFF wrote:Yesterday, my husband and I ate a creature which has no central nervous system. I ate six of them, he ate eight, seven of which he liked. What was different about the one he didn't like?
I know, I know!
And I also know that there is an international whisky crisis at hand a more important matter by far.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:36 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
SCP-DFF wrote:Yesterday, my husband and I ate a creature which has no central nervous system. I ate six of them, he ate eight, seven of which he liked. What was different about the one he didn't like?
It went on about art all through dinner.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:37 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
SCP-DFF wrote:Yesterday, my husband and I ate a creature which has no central nervous system. I ate six of them, he ate eight, seven of which he liked. What was different about the one he didn't like?
Do oysters have a central nervous system? Was the one he didn't like ruined by the presence of an indigestible pearl?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:41 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
djewesbury wrote:Do oysters have a central nervous system? Was the one he didn't like ruined by the presence of an indigestible pearl?
Creature correct. Problem still there.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:47 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
SCP-DFF wrote:Yesterday, my husband and I ate a creature which has no central nervous system. I ate six of them, he ate eight, seven of which he liked. What was different about the one he didn't like?
The one he didn't like was raw?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:48 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
The one he didn't like was cooked à la Rockefeller.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:52 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
Glenn E. wrote:The one he didn't like was raw?
He'll eat most creatures raw. But not plants. Plants need to be cooked. Or, better yet, left out.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:53 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
The one he didn't like had not been sufficiently cleaned and so contained sand/grit?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:54 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
djewesbury wrote:The one he didn't like was cooked à la Rockefeller.
"What a bizarre thing to do to oysters," says the man.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:54 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
Glenn E. wrote:The one he didn't like had not been sufficiently cleaned and so contained sand/grit?
You clean your oysters? Heretic.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:55 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
The one he didn't like had soy on it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:56 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
Glenn E. wrote:The one he didn't like had not been sufficiently cleaned and so contained sand/grit?
No. Just shuck it and slurp.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:56 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
djewesbury wrote:The one he didn't like had soy on it.
"Tofu is the work of Satan."
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:57 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
SCP-DFF wrote:Glenn E. wrote:The one he didn't like had not been sufficiently cleaned and so contained sand/grit?
No. Just shuck it and slurp.
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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:58 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
The one he didn't like was a Pacific oyster?
(I know nothing about oysters. Slimey little devils. Sauté the little bar steward in butter, I say.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:58 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by jdaw1
Sitting next to Her Indoors, we were discussing the art of being the question master. ‟You could be merciful”, I suggested. Answer: ‟No, this is fun.”
Sorry chaps.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:00 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
The one he didn't like was too small.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:01 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
It was too briney?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:02 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
It was green, dry, and had the face of Adrian Bridge?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:04 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
djewesbury wrote:It was green, dry, and had the face of Adrian Bridge?
(Admin, feel free to delete!)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:08 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
djewesbury wrote:(Admin, feel free to delete!)
No! That counts as a guess!
He hurt himself opening it?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:09 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
He didn't hurt himself opening it?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:10 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
Wasn't too small. Wasn't too briney. And I don't know who Adrian Bridge is. Sorry!
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:10 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by LGTrotter
He was sad because it was the last one.
Writer for the Telegraph, so I hear.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:11 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
The oyster man behind the counter shucked them all for us.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:12 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
SCP-DFF wrote:Wasn't too small. Wasn't too briney. And I don't know who Adrian Bridge is. Sorry!
Adrian Bridge is the greatest man in Oporto, by common consent.
It was a Jesuit.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:13 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
LGTrotter wrote:He was sad because it was the last one.
Yeah, he might have been a little bummed, but that wasn't the problem.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:14 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by Glenn E.
I suppose the obvious must be asked, but politely...
It wasn't fresh?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:16 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by SCP-DFF
Glenn E. wrote:I suppose the obvious must be asked, but politely...
It wasn't fresh?
No. They all came out of the ocean one hour previously. So, all super fresh.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:40 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by djewesbury
It was inappropriately dressed (as in salad, not as in Janet Jackson).
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:52 Wed 04 Dec 2013
by AW77
He chocked on the last oyster. That's why he didn't like it (the loud cough in front of all the other people in the restaurant embarrassed him).