Comments on: Independent 6474/Virgilius – Magic Numbers

By: eimi

eimi — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:20:15 +0000

Quite serendipitously I have discovered today that Oprah Winfrey played a character called Sofia in The Color Purple.

By: Paul B

Paul B — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:24:21 +0000

There are three little places called Anus and one called Bollock in Indonesia: and who could forget Twatt in Orkney, or Chinaman’s Knob (Australia).

http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:04:08 +0000

PLACE NAME I’d a little difficulty with this too, but there seemed no other answer. My first thought was that there might be well-known places e.g. Florence place, but a quick search yielded nothing. Then thought, as finally turned out to be correct, that they were names (of people) that were also places. Florence certainly fit that but not so sure about Sofia, thought of Sophia Loren. Thanks, Eimi, for explaining it all.

By: bracoman

bracoman — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:00:55 +0000

Thanks Eimi. All is clear. I have kicked myself an appropriate number of times.

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:53:03 +0000

I mean Sophia Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone.

By: eimi

eimi — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:45:15 +0000

“Place name” is correct – simply names derived from places (or vice versa, in the latter case, I believe). We’re probably all more used to the spelling Sophia, but Sophia Loren’s was born Sofia Villani Scicolone.

By: bracoman

bracoman — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:37:27 +0000

Well up to the usual Virgilius standard. Is 4 down “place name”? If so, why? I have a mental block on this one.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:48:00 +0000

9 down is a homophone, I think. US painter – John Singer Sargent – and an excellent surface suggesting policing.

Another wonder puzzle in the Virgilius tradition.

By: dupin

dupin — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:16:56 +0000

7dn was contextual genius: Reading between the lines.