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QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 221

shagbark

If you are thinking of the Grapes of Wrath maybe we could get gold from there also
Take some Red Copper (as starting base) then add ashes of
basilisk, blood taken from a red haired man and some _____ to
produce gold of divine wrath.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 222

shagbark

or considering the title
Dragon's Wrath gold.
but remember the words of the Hobbit
"Never laugh at a live dragon!"


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 223

shagbark

recap
What would you hope would be the result of a introducing a toad, and a baguette to a live chicken and then conducting a union with a ginger midget and a monk called "Roger" on a vineyard in Belgium?

the toad, the baguette and the live chicken somehow ended up with a basilisk which roger killed and burned during it's youth giving him basilisk ashes.
It came out that we are dealing with a bit of alchemy in which
you add the ashes of a basilisk to the blood of a ginger midget to
_____ which Roger obtained in a vi neyard in what would later be Belgium. This results in some kind of gold.
It appears that we are dealing with some kind of transmutation of elements here as none of the elements in the formula have 79 protons.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 224

shagbark

The recipe so far is this.

Take some Red Copper (as starting base) then add ashes of basilisk, blood taken from a red haired man, and some _____ to produce _____ gold.
fill in the last two blanks.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 225

Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.

Good summary.

I am surprised the vineyard clue has been so tough.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 226

hygienicdispenser


Yeast? Or has someone said that already?


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 227

Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.

nope and nope


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 228

Geggs

Could we be taking the pith?


Geggs


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 229

Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.

Taking it where?


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 230

Geggs

Belgium? smiley - biggrin


Geggs


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 231

Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.

smiley - laugh

no.

It stays where it's at, for quiet some considerable time in fact.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 232

shagbark

smiley - lurk I for one am out of ideas.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 233

Rod

Take a punt - my kind of gold

Rust
Fool's

smiley - run


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 234

shagbark

so are we calling this thead quits? shall we ask for the answer?


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 235

Geggs

Surely we should be asking for a clue first?


Geggs


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 236

Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.

Sorry guys been busy. I don't mind wrapping this up if you don't.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 237

Rod

Greek hanging judge

and that's it from me


Gissaclue
and a day or two


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 238

Geggs

Can we have a clue, Clive?


Geggs


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 239

shagbark

smiley - lurk a clue would be nice.


QI - Hic Sunt Dracones

Post 240

shagbark

smiley - lurk


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