Solution, notes, and explanations
Theme: Know thyself
The theme is based on the philosophical maxim inscribed on the entrance to the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, ancient Greece. This cluely deals with the physical manifestation of this maxim, the human anatomy. In this respect, we focus on bones and muscle(s).BTW, hopefully you got to see the little motion-video in the top left for the hip joint. It was only there for the first few seconds. Having the joint rotating is very distracting for puzzle solvers... It will be incorporated better in the upcoming app. At any rate, if you missed it, navigate again to the page (=refresh) and pay attention to the hip-joint picture.
Clues
- Picture top left: Hip Joint. This is the joint connecting the Femur (upper bone of the leg) to the Pelvis. The structure is knows as ball-and-socket, where the ball is formed by the head of the Femur bone.
- Picture top right: Ulna. There are two parallel bones in your arm: Ulna is on the pinky-side, and Radius (which we will need at the lower left) on the thumb-side.
- Shin bone: Tibia. The lower leg is composed from two bones, Fibula and Tibia, with Tibia being the shin and the bigger one.
- Arm bone: Radius. We already had the Ulna at the top right clue.
- Large muscle in upper-arm: Tricep. The upper arm has two main muscles: Bicep and Tricep. The Tricep (at the back of the arm) is the larger one, with three (hence tri) muscle heads.
Other clues of special interest:
- Dar es Saleem - Largest city in Tanzania.
- Pb - Is the element lead, with atomic number 82.
- Ural - Mountain range that stretches from north to south on the west side of Russia, and the east side of Europe.
- Puja - A Hindu religious ritual. (There are also Pujas in Buddhism and other religions)
- RA - Resident Advisor in college dorms.
- Maru - Circle in Japanese, and a common ending to ship-names in Japan.
- Po - Longest river in Italy, stretches from west to east in North italy.
- AT - Appalachian Trail. One of the three North-to-South long trail in the USA, the other two being the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in the center, along the Rocky mountains, and the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on the west.
Levels
The levels achieved follow the longest bones in our skeletal system:
- Ulna and Radius (inner lower arm) 11-in avg.
- Humerus (upper arm) 14-in avg.
- Fibula (lower leg) 16-in avg.
- Tibia (shinbone) 17-in avg.
- Femur (thighbone) 20-in avg.
How hard was it?
Turns out this was harder then usual. Most people kind-off sorta know the names of the bones and muscles, but have hard time pin-pointing their location. And, there was also some geography in play with Dar-es-Saleem and the Po river. Maru was another hurdle, though it is often used to describe Japanese merchant ships.
This Cluely was certainly harder than the first two. But, as we keep saying, this is an opportunity to learn. The level rating is 10-Kilometer run (with a few uphills thrown in).
Next one should be easier!
'till the next one,
Zachi (waddling along).
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