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5/5/05 | 2:01 pm | Solution: Ring My Bell

This seemed to be a pretty average clue… not exceedingly tough but hard enough that not everyone got it right away. Many have actually been to the Corn Palace I guess, or have heard of it. I think I heard of it on TV (travel channel?) Here are some of the responses:

Paul D:

I had heard about a Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD so I thought I would start there. It took me about 2 minutes after that.

Ken S:

In 1982, I visited the Corn Palace in Mitchel, SD. Just a matter of time before I found it.

Max D:

I remembered the corn palace from an article I read a long time ago. Took me awhile to hunt down the city, though, and the path was none to close to the palace! Fortunately, the color match on the photos kept me in the right town.

Total time ~ 40 minutes. Time in Sioux City ~ 10.

Yeah, I have noticed that it can be supremely important to note the “color” of the clue background… this can help in rejecting possible locations sometimes. Michael J. thought May 5 might have something to do with it:

This is funny. First I tried using the Spanish versions of the three words, no luck… I was thinking Cinco de Mayo. Then tried “prints”, corn festivals, corn museums, etc… finally after about 30 minutes figured out “Corn Castle”, which I remembered as the incorrect name of Corn Palace.

Some actually lived in the vicinity of the Corn Palace. Ryan said:

Took me around 15 seconds to understand the clue, but then I live about 60 miles away from Mitchell so the corn palace isn’t a new thing to me. Took about 10 minutes to find the dang bell tho.

It is good to see people taking “mini-breaks” from working to play Scavengeroogle. Life’s too short, enjoy it a little! Like Jeremy R.:

Less than 10 minutes…good thing since I’m supposed to be working!

Or, I liked this particular comment from Josh C. Dude, nothing wrong with sleeping in. Sleep is greatly underrated…

First time I’ve checked out the page before the deadline (I sleep late) it was fun to find it “in time”

Others got a hankering for corn after the clue. Interestingly, I just had corn yesterday! Canned, unfortunately. I do like me a good corn on the cob. Brian G:

Thankfully, I’ve heard of this place before, so I knew to head to Mitchell. About 10 minutes browsing around there. I need to get out there some time and have some corn…

Argh, I know I promised Double Clue Fun Friday tomorrow, but I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do that. Not that we’re lacking for any clue submissions! Thank you all for them, by the way. I might have to be out in the afternoon which is when I was planning for the bonus Scavenger clue. I guess we will see, but you’ll definitely get your daily 9 a.m. PDT. fix. See you later, corn. Haha.

Solution to “Ring My Bell”

5 Responses to “Solution: Ring My Bell”

  1. shawn devlin Says:

    I was no where near this one. I think I’ve got Iowa completely scanned into my brain, tho. So any future Iowa clues should be a given.

    I searched for Castle, Iowa and searched throughout Green Castle, Iowa. I even looked around Windsor, Iowa (Windsor Castle). I read Prince Charles’ bio to find Hindberg (?) Castle, no Hindberg in Iowa. The brain was just not pulling “palace” and the sad thing….I’ve heard of the Corn Palace before. Is it Friday, yet?

  2. Mike Z Says:

    Arrrrrgggghhhhhh. I was totally lost on this one. I had never heard of the “Corn Palace” before now and I’ve never been anywhere near South Dakota. I guess the closest I’ve ever been is Kansas. Nevertheless, I was searching for all sorts of things dealing with “maize” or “castle” or “corn mazes” and who knows what else. Knowing that several clues have had musical ties, I started to research Prince and the band Korn, but I couldn’t figure out how to tie the two together. I guess this is one of the times when it helps to live near the answer.

  3. shawn devlin Says:

    BTW, during this search I also tracked down Prince’s (or the artist formerly known as…) house in Chanhassen, mn. No good satelite shots, tho.

  4. Scavengeroogle Says:

    Shawn - LOL… it is indeed almost Friday. Yeah, I also do seem to mentally associate corn with Iowa. Although, interestingly the state quarter that has corn on it is Wisconsin?

    I will try get an Iowa clue in there soon. =)

  5. Scavengeroogle Says:

    Mike - Yep I actually had a feeling when I was making the word clue that people might latch onto Prince, that artist who may not be named. Waitaminute, that’s Voldemort isn’t it…

    Hehe, I considered putting “King House” instead of “Prince House” but thought that might be even more confusing. I also considered “Sultan House”, “Princess House”, “Prince Headquarters”…