Month: April 2009

Rosslyn Chapel was featured in Dan Brown’s Fictional Novel, The Divinci Code, in which the chapel is a supposed burial site for the Holy Grail.  While the novel, and later the Movie were both labeled as Fiction, it has spawned many legends and speculation surrounding the Rosslyn Chapel.  The church itself, was built around 1456, by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness.  Many Alternative histories portray Rosslyn Chapel and the Sinclair family as linked to the Knights Templar and descendants of Jesus Christ.

Those who cracked the Code with the correct answer:

• Max_Power
• Dean G
• Milosh, Serbia
• Christy
• Roberto
• brian t
• Michael T
• Linda Holland
• BroderUlf
• Petko
• hhgygy
• Aaron Predeek
• Richard

Partial Credit goes to April Boone, vicky, Ashley who all identified the movie, but not the location.

Contest #89 Hint

You can read the book, or watch the movie to break this painters code…

Ewen has taken us behind the Great Chinese Water Wall for Contest #88 to a place near Anshun, Guizhou, China.  The Huangguoshu is the largest waterfall in China at approx 220 feet high, by 270 feet wide.  There are actually a total of 18 different individual waterfalls that are in the area, and supposedly make up the largest grouping of waterfalls in the world.  Behind the curtain of water is a cave known as “Shuiliandong”, where visitors can get a “behind the scenes” view.

Correct Answers:

• Max_Power
• Dean G
• Andy McConnell
• Milosh, Serbia
• Richard

Built in 1929 as a tourist attraction by the municipality of  Cañon City Colorado, the Royal Gorge Bridge stands almost as high it is long.  It has been dubbed as the highest suspension bridge in the world.  The bridge spans 1250 feet across the Gorge, and 1053 feet above the Arkansas River.  The river is very popular for it’s white water rafting.  The Gorge is also home to the Royal Gorge Route Railroad which runs through the bottom of the Gorge and gives visitors a fun historic rail experience.

Excellent Job! Those not afraid walk across the planks:

• Ron Schott
• Andy McConnell
• BroderUlf
• Nick Maniatis
• ACG
• Milosh, Serbia
• Dean G
• Max_Power
• hhgygy
• David Adams
• Michael T
• Richard
• Sarah G
• Jim Vail