Ordnance Survey Treasure Hunt: Lindisfarne Luck

It's week 8 where we find ourseves in Lindisfarne. Can I get full marks this week?
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[@andystokes8702]

If it were me I'd be closing the book and never looking at it again. The answer to question 5, adding up the numbers along the path is a total stitch up - your answer was correct and the answer to question 8, the date of the holy text etc is impossible to ascertain from this map. I don't mind quizzes that are difficult but this one is actually impossible to get the correct answer without researching elsewhere.

[@Stant123]

Oh, Lindisfarne! Never forget that on June 8th back in 793AD, a group of Vikings selflessly and at great peril to themselves, rescued the treasures of the Lindisfarne Monastery from burning up in a fire after the monks mysteriously and suddenly died. Such an amazing coincidence that they were just passing by at the right time. ;P

[@dogwalker666]

Love Lindisfarne, The causeway is Facinating.

[@robchissy]

Lindesfarne is not far from where I live, it's the north east coast just off the north sea, it is not the most northerly town in England, that is Berwick

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

Berwick upon Tweed is not in England it is part of the uk but not in any of the countries of the UK, lovley place though and wonderful bird life there.

[@tonyhewitt1345]

@@joseraulcapablanca8564 that's a surprise, Berwick is not in England. It is in part of the UK but not in any of the countries of the UK. Brilliant! 🤣

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

@@tonyhewitt1345 Neither side wanted the other to get it in the Act of Union. It has changed hands so many times. So they made a compromise.

[@dannyjspring]

Yep, Berwick-upon-Tweed is England's most northerly town! I live there. On a nice day you can see Holy Island from many parts of Berwick.

[@tonyhewitt1345]

@@joseraulcapablanca8564 No man. It's definitely in England. An English town.

[@scottt6407]

"Brides hole'. I know Dan caught that one. Bravo for keeping it family friendly.😂

[@richardclark.]

at least it wasnt grooms...

[@MeteorMark]

Been to Lindisfarne in 2000, from Thorn, Doncaster, on our way to Stirling via the East Coast. With a couple of Citroën 2CV's over the causeway and had to be back before the tide came in. Interesting history and buildings, and shaped hedges in the form of a steam locomotive for instance. And a Peacock by the name of Claxon 😂 We were on our way to the 2CV World Meeting via all interesting sites. Thanks for showing us around and bringing up fun memories Dan!

[@AGSswordsman]

I'd be really annoyed by their counting too. That other seven is too far from the footpath to be counted, surely.

[@davidlane256]

Holy island You’ve been out too long of the northern sea Oh what’s becoming of me

[@pizza01412]

I love to drive up north to Holy Island. I occasionally go up there to go for a walk/bike ride and near the castle looking out to sea.

[@elswick1542]

Most northerly town in England is Berwick m8.

[@dogwalker666]

Only sometimes

[@JesmondBeeBee]

Maybe the Scots took it back again.

[@stevehonour9668]

Great idea, Just found this playlist and have started binge watching and ordered the book. so i can play along thanks for the inspiration

[@gordonbrinkmann]

Actually when you were reading question number 5, "...the other black numbers you pass near...", that word "near" already made me suspicious what they might consider "near". Now we know. For the anagrams, when you were thinking about "Endorsing it", I was literally shouting "Riding Stone" at the screen 😂 (I visited Lindisfarne in 2018)

[@spam_slayed1481]

Well done Dan. You can hold your head high for the rest of the day

[@robthefish88]

8/9. Got North East coast too so pleased with your generous marking. Guessed 8 right so only number 3 wrong! Obviously saw Law Scap but thought it only meant the other two. And the 7 IS "near" the path, therefore it counts.

[@oldmanwinter63]

The water tower is a clue to the highest point.

[@tj4234]

I'm a history teacher and I couldn't even get the historic test one. Absolute joke of a question

[@gillchatfield3231]

I like your anagram strategy, as I'm usually rubbish at anagrams too 😉

[@distinctdipole]

My Sunday is complete: brunch watching a hopeful @SciManDan with an OS Map and me trying not to shout at the screen.

[@pjosephlthewonder5082]

I think the addition of that 'other 7' you are correct. But again there are no rules about the way in which they call out that number alignment. Where #8 is concerned I only knew the 1971 because of the Icon it self. I would have loved to get a copy, but they were when made $1400.00 US at that time. None are on market that I know of and I will never have one. Peace

[@nickc247]

I completely guessed 1971 and got it right! ✅️

[@emmawheeler4624]

stitched up again! that 7 definitely does not count! at this point i’d be emailing a complaint! 😄 and it’s an ordnance survey map, i really don’t think general knowledge questions should be in there, anything you can’t ascertain from the map shouldn’t be there. maybe you could ignore those questions in your total 😄

[@shaneeslick]

Yeah I totally agree that 7 is on a different path & as an Aussie how the F^#K was I supposed to answer Q8

[@emmawheeler4624]

@@shaneeslick i’m in the uk in the south, i’ve not known the answer to one general knowledge question yet. but of a p take!

[@matthiasbreiter4177]

I always join in the riddles - this is a great show :)

[@burnbrae6948]

Robbed on the tricky question!

[@visitor55555]

As for the score it should've been 8, the footpath didn't "go past" that 7. Oh well...

[@TheOwlman]

Lindisfarne Gospel 1971.... so close! 22:50 as you were, not close 😁

[@alexlawrence293]

I may have this before, but I believe that the question setters expect you to do research which is external to the map page.

[@origami-unicorn]

I concur with the comments about the general knowledge questions that are completely unanswerable using anything on the map. It's not cheating to use a search engine. The question itself says "Can you discover the year in which the island finally received a copy". It doesn't specify HOW you have to discover it.

[@regd809]

I agree. It does not say 'Do you know', so we must discover it from somewhere, if not the map then some other research.

[@eefaaf]

Well, the correct answer if it is implied the question is "Can you discover the year FROM THE MAP" would be "No". Full points.

[@andystokes8702]

The actual quiz is from a book, a real paper book. It's only on Dan's screen because he put it there so we could all see it. If you were doing the quiz as intended, from the book, you do not have google or any other means of researching this.

[@origami-unicorn]

@@andystokes8702 Yeah, it's not as if Dan could just put the book down and open up a web browser on his phone. Or switch on his computer. Or visit his local library and look in an encyclopedia. 🤔 And you yourself have stated elsewhere that this question is "actually impossible to get the correct answer without researching elsewhere".

[@andystokes8702]

@@origami-unicorn Yes, he could do that but this is an Ordnance Survey quiz - it's all about being able to read a map and answering questions about the map.

[@shaneeslick]

WooHoo! No Views 0👍 Nice job this week on the anagrams PS 😒I disagree with Q5 being 44 too, it's on a different path. PPs & you should be able to Google questions like Q8 which are not answered by the Map.

[@davidg4288]

I agree in both counts. Dan is definitely correct regarding the numbers on the path so +1 there. And Q8 is "can you determine", it doesn't say you have to use the map, so phone a friend (who has Internet) or ask the audience (who have Internet), or going to the library (who has Internet) seems fair enough. Or just, you know, use your Internet.

[@Marcus-ki1en]

#5 "Cockles and Mussels alive a live O" - remember the song. (to be fair it is a Irish tune, but then I am a Yank so...)

[@fischy667]

As the name suggests, it is an island that is completely surrounded by water. Determining the coast based on the map section is therefore a bit of luck.

[@yorkiecol7973]

Hi Dan, Lindisfarne is not the most northern town in England, Berwick on tweed is as it's still in Northumberland and way farther north.. question 3. while the north east is technically correct these quizzes tend to be precise so the answer should have been Northumberland.

[@memkiii]

"Way farther North"? Way in this case meaning approximately a 5 minute drive or a couple of hours walk.

[@yorkiecol7973]

@@memkiii or 26 miles

[@cartographicprojection]

As an Aussie I grew up with the (Melbourne) Melways Street Directory. Compares in detail pretty well with the Ordnance Survey Maps for detail and clarity. Spoken to a few map curators who reckon (as I do) that it’s the best street directory in the world. I wish I had visited GB so as to get more of a “feel” for these OS maps.

[@shaneeslick]

G'day @cartographicprojection, I grew up in Sydney with UBD maps, I still have mine & used to love seeing how they changed, I was sad when UBD did a reprint of 1st Edition for an Anniversary but missed out on getting one.

[@jscullane1]

Surely when it says "Discover" the year, you'll be able to use the map somehow? Maybe look for numbers on the map grouped together that add up to the correct amount?

[@jokkehasa5298]

Lived in the North East for a while and visited Lindisfarne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Beautiful places. It was difficult to time the visit to the Holy Island because of the tides 😅

[@jeannettedunne9427]

You were robbed Dan 😱

[@icaleinns6233]

As far as the anagrams go, I wouldn't be mad if you gave yourself partial credit for each correct one. When 1 question counts as 1 point but consists of 27 parts, partials should be credited!

[@visitor55555]

"Most cunning" could've been Bible Point, that damn book is pretty horrendous on how cunningly it tricks people...

[@wallyman292]

I was wondering if that other "7" was gonna be part of the answer for 5 or not. . . Bad break!

[@timwilcox5158]

good score

[@slake9727]

I still say this qualifies Dan to be a surveyor

[@Urban_Spaceman]

Ruddy = Red

[@brianedwards7142]

Yesterday I had a moment of clarity: there are no orange trees on Mars so aliens have no name for that colour. We need to exploit this advantage.

[@IfYouKnowYouKnow.]

Good morning all

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

I looked up the Lindisfarne Gospel on google dan. it is about map reading how are you supposed to know when the gospel was given back to the island. knowing it was that gospel was maybe enough. like you tell the flat earthers a little research can find the answer on google.

[@arlenesobhani8739]

Red = ruddy. Red Brae.

[@colourful64able]

Can somone explain whats going on

[@regd809]

If they wanted the county name for Q3 they should have asked for which county's coast.

[@jimmypockrus7725]

The number 13 does not appear to be a black number. I believe you only pass 3 numbers, not 4. So 37 should be 24.

[@TazPessle]

I'd say you got 8 / 8. Discounting the ridiculous bible date question.

[@surewhynot2156]

Remember to subscribe, so our laird the algorithm give us contents aside from flat earth jank.

[@jaykay6222]

These are bs. Tf is with 8. Completely out of left field. Like doing a Where's Waldo puzzle and suddenly they ask you a history question that's only thematically relevant to the rest. Why? Idk, but this is my last one, these things are starting to piss me off by proxy at this point.

[@bravelinkage4265]

Hi can you please help debunk Richard vobes please he's getting too ridiculous 😮

[@BraniusBalki]

I one your spelling was just terrible.