X-Git-Url: https://jfr.im/git/irc/freenode/web-7.0.git/blobdiff_plain/271fb63d4e6affcb1f88dc4bacf1fa5f943bea83..27f5613c3a4b2657666c8737a931e0baa71bdb8b:/content/news/2014-04-26-april-1st-2014-followup.markdown diff --git a/content/news/2014-04-26-april-1st-2014-followup.markdown b/content/news/2014-04-26-april-1st-2014-followup.markdown index 85813ee37..dadb712af 100644 --- a/content/news/2014-04-26-april-1st-2014-followup.markdown +++ b/content/news/2014-04-26-april-1st-2014-followup.markdown @@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ author: yano date: 2014-04-26 18:05:01+00:00 slug: april-1st-2014-followup title: April 1st 2014, Followup +--- + +It's been almost too long for this blog post to arrive here after the April Fools quiz this year. Thanks to everyone who participated! @@ -275,14 +278,12 @@ _ "Dan Brown simply invented the 'Rose Line' linking Rosslyn and Glastonbury. The name 'Roslin' definitely does not derive from any 'hallowed Rose Line'. It has nothing to do with a 'Rose Bloodline' or a 'Rose Line meridian'. There are many medieval spellings of 'Rosslyn'. 'Roslin' is certainly not the 'original spelling': it is now the most common spelling for the village."[18] -- [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Line#Dan_Brown.27s_The_Da_Vinci_Code) * The "Jules Verne" clue is suppose to reaffirm to contestants that they were on the right track: The competition between the Paris and Greenwich meridians is a plot element in Jules Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", published just before the international decision in favor of the British one. -- [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Meridian#Origin) * The answer: **####roslin** @@ -349,7 +350,6 @@ _ * The former transmitter[27] was located near Povarovo, Russia[28] at 56°5′0″N 37°6′37″E which is about halfway between Zelenograd and Solnechnogorsk and 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Moscow, near the village of Lozhki. -- [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76#Location_and_function) * The is.gd link points to a file that has the "No Q" image from a previous level hidden in it.