Alright Puzzle Enthusiasts, here is our first puzzle for the 2021 Bash Puzzle Contests. There will be a total of about 10 puzzles during the month, so be sure to enter as many as possible to increase your chances of winning a prize.
Your challenge is to identify the wood shown in the attached photo.
Here are the rules:
1. General IAP Contest rules and the General BASH Puzzle rules apply
2. You must submit your entry using the official puzzle entry form: https://www.penturners.org/form/puzzle-contest.12/select
3. One entry per person and one guess per entry. Your entry must contain your real name, the puzzle number, and your guess.
4. Each correct answer will earn 1 point toward the overall Puzzle Prize total
5. Banter is expected and encouraged, but DO NOT post any hints or real guesses in this thread.
6. Scientific name or an unambiguous common name is acceptable
7. This contest will close at noon Central Time on Tuesday Feb 9
8. In addition to earning a point toward the grand prizes, each correct entry will also be entered into a drawing for one or more individual puzzle prizes
9. The owner of this wood IS eligible to enter.
HINT: This is from a tree in Seguin, Texas. To help narrow your choices a bit, it is one of the following trees. You just need to determine which one:
1. Red Mulberry
2. Osage Orange
3. Black Walnut
4. Box Elder
5. Eastern Red Cedar
NOTE: Even if you have no idea what this tree might be, send in an entry anyway. At the end of the puzzle contests, there will be a drawing from all entrants who didn't earn a single point in any contest. Bottom line is, you can't win anything if you don't enter.
Good luck, have fun, and let me know if you have any questions
Edgar
Your challenge is to identify the wood shown in the attached photo.
Here are the rules:
1. General IAP Contest rules and the General BASH Puzzle rules apply
2. You must submit your entry using the official puzzle entry form: https://www.penturners.org/form/puzzle-contest.12/select
3. One entry per person and one guess per entry. Your entry must contain your real name, the puzzle number, and your guess.
4. Each correct answer will earn 1 point toward the overall Puzzle Prize total
5. Banter is expected and encouraged, but DO NOT post any hints or real guesses in this thread.
6. Scientific name or an unambiguous common name is acceptable
7. This contest will close at noon Central Time on Tuesday Feb 9
8. In addition to earning a point toward the grand prizes, each correct entry will also be entered into a drawing for one or more individual puzzle prizes
9. The owner of this wood IS eligible to enter.
HINT: This is from a tree in Seguin, Texas. To help narrow your choices a bit, it is one of the following trees. You just need to determine which one:
1. Red Mulberry
2. Osage Orange
3. Black Walnut
4. Box Elder
5. Eastern Red Cedar
NOTE: Even if you have no idea what this tree might be, send in an entry anyway. At the end of the puzzle contests, there will be a drawing from all entrants who didn't earn a single point in any contest. Bottom line is, you can't win anything if you don't enter.
Good luck, have fun, and let me know if you have any questions
Edgar
