8/3/05 | 11:48 pm | Solution: Metal Moths
This scavenger hunt clue was a bit of a toughie it seemed, though some were able to find it fairly fast. The word hint refers to Patton’s final resting place in Luxembourg… Judy B.’s suggestion was to say “Patton’s Rest” but I thought it might be too obvious, so I decided to go with “Lucks” which sounds like “Lux” which is a common abbreviation for Luxembourg.
Interestingly, quite unintentionally I guess you could say that “Patton Lucks Out” could be taken to mean “Patton’s luck has run out”. These things always seem to happen - double meaning where none was before!
Anyhow, the first solver was Tom who I believe is actually FROM Luxembourg:
The buildin on the left (aged about 20 years) , the smaller one is a huge swim arena at Luxembourg City, the building on the right, 3 years old, is a sports + cultural arena. Both are called Coque
This are indeed architectical wonderful buildings.
David H also discovered what the buildings were… I actually didn’t do much research on Patton so I didn’t even know that he was from San Gabriel which is funny because this is basically my home town! Well, I live very close by… in fact the region where I live east of L.A. is called the San Gabriel Valley:
To my surprise, it probably took about five minutes. First, I looked around San Gabriel, CA, where Patton was born. Then I Google searched Patton and Lucky and saw that it was the code name for the Third Army. From there, I went to Bastogne, thinking I was on a red herring, but it was right there.
I solved and submitted the clue a little earlier, so sorry for the double submission, but I did a little research. The building is the National Sport and Culture Center (if my French? is correct) in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
That is also interesting that another meaning for the clue popped up, “Lucky” is the code name Third Army? I swear I knew nothing about “Lucky Forward”. Truly worlds within worlds, man.
Mark L was fast as usual:
Less than two minutes……. for some reason the clue just leaped out at me! Luxembourg and the Patton Museum…..
The word clue was kind of appropriate for Adam M who got lucky:
Wow, I found this on absolutely by luck. I had been searching in Knoxville, Ky because I searched Google or Patton Lucks Out, and just before I was about to close the window, I notice a city name Luxemburg, so I figure I’d type it Google Maps and see what I got. about 30seconds later, there it is. Total time about 10 minutes.
Chorbansi chimes in with his detective powers:
General Patton–> Battle of the Bulge–> Adrennes–> Belgium/Luxembourg. I spent sometime initially looking around Berlin, Messina and Palermo. Took me an hour to solve, enjoyed it. Thanks!
Wow, you certainly searched around a lot! Citizen notes the major problem with international clues. I have really been struggling with this too, having to do a “side by side” with an external street map. Until Google puts some more street maps in other countries we will still have issues:
About 30 minutes. Luxembourg is just a big blank in map view, so I had to use another Google map site that had a link to the American cemetary where Patton’s grave is located. I solved it in 10 after following a false lead in the Ardennes where Patton’s “Lucky Forward” fought the Battle Of The Bulge. Most of the time was getting google maps pointed where I wanted.
Moose is back in action and writes the following novel…
Finally, I get to do another ‘Roogle during regulation! I’ve been out of town and overly busy when I have been in town for the past week and a half. I actually went to Memphis last weekend and saw the pyramid while I was there, and then I noticed the pyramid bounty when I got back. Weird ‘Roogle coincidence? Or do I have a stalker?
Anyway, on to today’s clue. Took about 5 minutes. I know I came in after the region drop (or exclusion rather), but I didn’t even read that part until after I had solved it. All I did was google “Patton” and I found a website saying that he was buried in Luxembourg. I noticed that Luxembourg didn’t have too much hi-res to search, so I proceded to grind for the moths. Found them easily, good word clue. I’m assuming that “Patton lucks out” is actually “Patton’s luck is out” implying that because of his unfortunate emobilism, he met his end when his luck ran out. If that’s not what was intended, it’s how i read it nonetheless. And that’s how I solved it. It was nice to get a chance to ‘Roogle again!
By the way, that no-clue bounty is hard!
No, I’m not stalking moose. I mean, I’m not stalking you, Moose! Hehe. Last but not least is the “Other Chris R” who writes:
Wow…I spent entirely too much time on this one and I still don’t get the clue. Googling Patton sent me to Virginia, California, New York and France but nothing on Luxembourg (LUCKSembourg?). This was definitely one of the tougher ones, good find Judy B!!
And that pretty much does it for us. Not as many solutions. A side note: I have gotten some sort of “wrist tendonitis” or something from using the mouse too much. It’s not only from Roogling clues, but still I may need to cut down a bit for a week. But I still hope to get another clue up later in the week, or if not then on Monday. Till then, happy ‘Roogling!
