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by **LondonLady** » May 14th, 2011, 7:45 pm

scully_hair, where are you? We need a new Magic Number puzzle.

by **scully_hair** » May 15th, 2011, 8:05 am

omg, I totally forgot it was my turn. sorry :oops:

(The number of times the phrase "Sure, fine, whatever" is uttered in Syzygy) + (the number of episodes Jerry Hardin (Deep Throat) appeared in (archive footage does not count) - (the number of episodes Glen Morgan & James Wong wrote during the fourth season of the show).

by **LondonLady** » May 19th, 2011, 1:48 am

Does anybody want to try this? I have no idea what any of the answers are. Agent Skulder, do you feel like doing some research?

by **Gillyinfatuation** » May 20th, 2011, 12:12 pm

Sure.Fine.Whatever was said 3 times, I believe, Jerry Hardin appeared in 13 epis in total (if you mean epi he appeared in after death as well) and Glen Morgan & James Wong wrote 4 epis in the 4th season.
3+13-4=12

by **scully_hair** » May 20th, 2011, 12:47 pm

Bravo!

by **LondonLady** » May 20th, 2011, 2:38 pm

indedd, Gilly! How about a new puzzle?

by **Gillyinfatuation** » May 20th, 2011, 4:53 pm

Thank you, ladies.

+the number of epis in season two to the number of times Mulder calls Scully Dana in Beyond The Sea and the - how many epis Queeque was in.

by **LondonLady** » May 21st, 2011, 2:15 am

25 (very long series!) + 1 (I think) - 3: "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose," "Quagmire," and "War of the Coprophages." Were there any others? = 26-3 = 23

by **Gillyinfatuation** » May 21st, 2011, 7:44 am

you have it right except the number of times Mulder calls Scully Dana in Beyond the Sea.

by **Agent Skulder** » May 22nd, 2011, 1:24 am

Gilly & LL - I counted 3 times that Mulder calls her Dana in the dot UK script -
http://www.insidethex.co.uk/transcrp/scrp112.htm
Does that match your total? (Mulder also refers to her as "Dana Scully" describing how she wants something to appear in a police report, but it was descriptive, he wasn't addressing her as Dana Scully.)

by **Gillyinfatuation** » May 22nd, 2011, 6:20 pm

you got it AS!

by **LondonLady** » May 22nd, 2011, 11:24 pm

So, is the Magic Number 25 + 3 - 3 = 25?

by **Gillyinfatuation** » May 23rd, 2011, 12:01 am

Thats exactly it. I was trying to be sneaky

by **LondonLady** » May 23rd, 2011, 4:43 am

Well, it worked! I thought, "Huh?"

Next: The episode with the lines about "Purple Rain" x the number of characters on "The X Files" who have 23rd February as their birthday + "_____________ percent of people in this world are fools, and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion." Sheriff Daniels in "Miracle Man" (missing number) =

by **scully_hair** » May 23rd, 2011, 5:47 am

The lines about "Purple Rain" are spoken in "El Mundo Gira", which is the 11th episode of season 4, but the 84th episode overall (I'm not sure which out of these two numbers you had in mind) x 2 (?) + 99 = either 121 or 267

by **LondonLady** » May 23rd, 2011, 11:25 am

11 is correct for "El Mundo Gira." I meant the number of letters in the title! So, the Magic Number is 121. Your turn next, scully_hair.

by **scully_hair** » May 24th, 2011, 11:53 am

(The number of episodes Vince Gilligan wrote) x (the number of episodes Scully did not appear in)+ (the number of the episode where Scully uses her gun for the first time).

by **LondonLady** » May 24th, 2011, 10:46 pm

I have no idea of the answer to any of these. Agent Skulder, care to do some research?

by **Agent Skulder** » May 29th, 2011, 6:49 am

Well - if we can do this in stages-
Part 1-
scully_hair, for Gilligan's eps, if number of eps written includes eps CO-written, would this be the correct number: 30?

Part 2- trick question? I think GA appeared in all 202 eps so that number is 0. Yes?

I'm running out of juice (battery) - working on part 3...

Now THESE are trivia questions!  I mean that in a good way.

by **LondonLady** » May 29th, 2011, 8:15 pm

Actually, Scully does not appear in "Zero Sum," in the 4th series.

Also, when I designed this game, I didn't intend for the trivia number questions to be so difficult. The problem is that if the questions are too difficult, nobody plays, and then the round sits unanswered for days, or even weeks! I personally would prefer that we stick to much easier questions, for example, "Scully's apartment number in "Beyond the Sea." The most research that would be required, if any research is required, would be watching an episode, which is always enjoyable

by **Agent Skulder** » May 29th, 2011, 8:29 pm

Thanks for clarifying, London Lady. I hadn't realized Zero Sum was a credit only for GA - so now we know that number is 1-not in; 201- in.

The research isn't that problematic; I'm guessing that very few players - yourself and scully_hair included - can answer questions without hitting the IMDb or WikiP for at least one number. This is just me, but I'd rather open a source than watch an ep for an answer.

Ok - let's see if the first "30" is OK; in the mean time I'll try to source the 3rd part and edit this post if I succeed.

EDIT: per http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/x-files/x-misc.html Scully first fired her gun in Ghost in the Machine, Episode 7.

by **LondonLady** » May 29th, 2011, 8:49 pm

and

, Agent Skulder!

by **Agent Skulder** » May 29th, 2011, 10:48 pm

How's this ... Courtesy LondonLady & Skulder Inc:

The no of eps Vince Gilligan wrote)* 30
x (the no of eps Scully did not appear in) 1
+ (the no of the ep where Scully uses her gun - 1st time) 7
[Ghost in the Machine]

30 x 1= 30 + 7= 37 ?

* assumes inclusion of eps Gilligan co-wrote

by **LondonLady** » May 31st, 2011, 10:40 am

Scully was also absent from "Unusual Suspects," "Travellers," and "Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man," although we did hear her voice in that episode. Therefore, I think that there were a total of four episodes without Scully.

by **LondonLady** » June 1st, 2011, 9:47 am

If there are indeed 4 episodes without Scully, then the Magic Number is 30 x 4 + 7 = 127. If this is correct, credit should go to Agent Skulder, because she answered the more difficult components.

by **Agent Skulder** » June 1st, 2011, 10:06 am

Honestly, I'm more curious about the correct answers than anything ... so until scully_hair returns...
London Lady, I'll gladly defer to you! I'm nowhere near as adept at creating these as you are. So if you've got a new puzzle yearning to be free, unleash the hounds! as they say... 

by **LondonLady** » June 1st, 2011, 10:08 am

Okay, if scully_hair says that 127 is correct, I'll go next, unless you decide that you'd like to take your turn after all.

BTW, did you read my most recent Silly Answer?

by **Agent Skulder** » June 1st, 2011, 10:31 am

Deal! Either way, I gladly, no graciously defer my "turn" to you ...

London Lady, your Silly Answer re Mrs. Scully is easily a contender for your Top Five! True ROLF!

Anyone reading this - go to the Get a Silly Answer thread for a good laugh! Or click here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=912

by **LondonLady** » June 1st, 2011, 5:14 pm

, Agent Skulder. I must admit I was laughing as I wrote it!

by **Agent Skulder** » June 2nd, 2011, 2:27 am

Well then, we hope to have lots of people laughing as they read it... I've asked JeSouhaite to link to it from the Facebook page, asking readers "What do they think Maggie Scully is doing these days...?" I'll bet nothing in the FB comments comes close to your silly answer. I know I've said this before, but we really need to start a Hall of Fame of answers ... That one will definitely make the cut!

by **LondonLady** » June 2nd, 2011, 10:16 am

by **SpecialAgent88** » June 2nd, 2011, 6:52 pm

Agent Skulder wrote:Deal! Either way, I gladly, no graciously defer my "turn" to you ...

London Lady, your Silly Answer re Mrs. Scully is easily a contender for your Top Five! True ROLF!

Anyone reading this - go to the Get a Silly Answer thread for a good laugh! Or click here:
http://www.xfilesuniverse.com/forum/vie ... ?f=3&t=912

LL, that has to be one of the most creative and romantic answers ever, and it put a great big smile on my face because I liked it so much, thank you.

by **LondonLady** » June 3rd, 2011, 9:36 am

and you are welcome]

, SA88!

@ Agent Skulder: If scully_hair doesn't verify the Magic Number answer by this evening, I'll go ahead and post the next puzzle to keep this game moving.

by **scully_hair** » June 4th, 2011, 6:35 am

I know I haven't been around for a while and I'm sorry. I've had a lot on my plate these last few days, but I'm back now. Anyway, 127 is correct.

by **LondonLady** » June 4th, 2011, 9:27 pm

back, scully_hair.

Next: What's the Magic Number?
(The number on Scully's apartment door in "Beyond the Sea") + (The number of letters in the episode title for the episode where Scully eats a cricket) x ("You're my one in ___ billion." Missing number) =

by **LondonLady** » June 15th, 2011, 12:07 am

Is this puzzle too difficult? Who wants to give it a try?

by **Agent Skulder** » June 17th, 2011, 3:04 am

I know thunder is loud but this is ridiculous at 4am! Knock it off up there! 

(Apt) 35 + (Humbug) 6 = 41 x 5 (billion) =
205 Magic Number...?

by **LondonLady** » June 17th, 2011, 9:22 am

Yes!

There should be a noise pollution law that thunder has a curfew of 10pm, unless it promises to just rumble quietly after that time!

by **Agent Skulder** » June 17th, 2011, 12:57 pm

 New magic number puzzle currently looking for new Host  No applications necessary!

HOW TO Just create a new group of mini-trivia questions that involve numbers. You can use episode names or characters as your "trivia answer." The "number" for an alpha answer is just the total number of letters in the word. In the last puzzle, "Humug" = 6 as it contains 6 letters."

Feeling Game...?

by **LondonLady** » June 27th, 2011, 12:34 am

Anybody want to pose the next puzzle? Or, Agent Skulder, would you like to take your turn, to get this game moving again?

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