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Each of the following lines were said by various famous personalities. Each line corresponds to one person. There is no relation between these lines. After obtaining the names of these people, A 6 letter word can be formed. This is the name of a technology developed fairly recently. Applying a layer of cipher on this word produces the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from. What is the cipher used?

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Each of the following lines were said by various famous personalities. Each line corresponds to one person. There is no relation between these lines. After obtaining the names of these people, A 6 letter word can be formed. This is the name of a technology developed fairly recently. Applying a layer of cipher on this word produces the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from. What is the cipher used?

I'm not an amazing cook. But I can follow a recipe!

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

And miles to go before I sleep.

How often have I said that when you have excluded the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Love is a serious mental disease.

It Ain't hard to tell, I'm the East Coast overdose.

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Each of the following lines were said by various famous personalities. Each line corresponds to one person. There is no relation between these lines. After obtaining the names of these people, A 6 letter word can be formed. This is the name of a technology developed fairly recently. Applying a layer of cipher on this word produces the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from. What is the cipher used?

I'm not an amazing cook. But I can follow a recipe!

Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

And miles to go before I sleep.

How often have I said that when you have excluded the impossible whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Love is a serious mental disease.

It Ain't hard to tell, I'm the East Coast overdose.

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The Latin word we are looking for is most likely

fulvus.

Working backwards, we can find that

using a Caesar cipher with an offset of 3, we can get CRISRP, which is close enough to a recent technology, CRISPR-Cas9.

That suggests that the way we should have got here is by

Taking the first letter of each person's name: Rachel McAdams, Isaac Newton (wrong), Robert Frost, Sherlock Holmes, Plato and Cristopher George Latore Wallace, the birth name of The Notorious B.I.G.

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1. 
   

   Rachel McAdams.

   
   




2. 
   

   Howard Newton, but often misattributed to Isaac Newton.

   
   




3. 
   

   Robert Frost. (The inclusion of the 2nd quote in the 3rd appears to be a mistake.)

   
   




4. 
   

   Sherlock Holmes. (Famous enough that I couldn't be bothered to find a link.)

   
   




5. 
   

   Plato, whose real name is unknown.

   
   




6. 
   

   This guy, apparently.

   
   

the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from

Presumably we're looking for a 6-letter word here, so ochra can't be the answer ... I'm trying to think of another synonym for this type of colour.

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The Latin word we are looking for is most likely

fulvus.

Working backwards, we can find that

using a Caesar cipher with an offset of 3, we can get CRISRP, which is close enough to a recent technology, CRISPR-Cas9.

That suggests that the way we should have got here is by

Taking the first letter of each person's name: Rachel McAdams, Isaac Newton (wrong), Robert Frost, Sherlock Holmes, Plato and Cristopher George Latore Wallace, the birth name of The Notorious B.I.G.

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answered May 11 at 14:15

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  Great work! On a scale of 1-10 how difficult do you think this was?
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  May 11 at 15:47
  

  
  
  
  

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5

$begingroup$

The Latin word we are looking for is most likely

fulvus.

Working backwards, we can find that

using a Caesar cipher with an offset of 3, we can get CRISRP, which is close enough to a recent technology, CRISPR-Cas9.

That suggests that the way we should have got here is by

Taking the first letter of each person's name: Rachel McAdams, Isaac Newton (wrong), Robert Frost, Sherlock Holmes, Plato and Cristopher George Latore Wallace, the birth name of The Notorious B.I.G.

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edited May 11 at 14:49

answered May 11 at 14:15

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
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  Great work! On a scale of 1-10 how difficult do you think this was?
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  – NoLand'sMan
  May 11 at 15:47
  

  
  
  
  

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$begingroup$

The Latin word we are looking for is most likely

fulvus.

Working backwards, we can find that

using a Caesar cipher with an offset of 3, we can get CRISRP, which is close enough to a recent technology, CRISPR-Cas9.

That suggests that the way we should have got here is by

Taking the first letter of each person's name: Rachel McAdams, Isaac Newton (wrong), Robert Frost, Sherlock Holmes, Plato and Cristopher George Latore Wallace, the birth name of The Notorious B.I.G.

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answered May 11 at 14:15

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answered May 11 at 14:15

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3

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Partial answer

1. 
   

   Rachel McAdams.

   
   




2. 
   

   Howard Newton, but often misattributed to Isaac Newton.

   
   




3. 
   

   Robert Frost. (The inclusion of the 2nd quote in the 3rd appears to be a mistake.)

   
   




4. 
   

   Sherlock Holmes. (Famous enough that I couldn't be bothered to find a link.)

   
   




5. 
   

   Plato, whose real name is unknown.

   
   




6. 
   

   This guy, apparently.

   
   

the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from

Presumably we're looking for a 6-letter word here, so ochra can't be the answer ... I'm trying to think of another synonym for this type of colour.

share|improve this answer

answered May 11 at 11:49

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3

$begingroup$

Partial answer

1. 
   

   Rachel McAdams.

   
   




2. 
   

   Howard Newton, but often misattributed to Isaac Newton.

   
   




3. 
   

   Robert Frost. (The inclusion of the 2nd quote in the 3rd appears to be a mistake.)

   
   




4. 
   

   Sherlock Holmes. (Famous enough that I couldn't be bothered to find a link.)

   
   




5. 
   

   Plato, whose real name is unknown.

   
   




6. 
   

   This guy, apparently.

   
   

the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from

Presumably we're looking for a 6-letter word here, so ochra can't be the answer ... I'm trying to think of another synonym for this type of colour.

share|improve this answer

answered May 11 at 11:49

Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor

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$begingroup$

Partial answer

1. 
   

   Rachel McAdams.

   
   




2. 
   

   Howard Newton, but often misattributed to Isaac Newton.

   
   




3. 
   

   Robert Frost. (The inclusion of the 2nd quote in the 3rd appears to be a mistake.)

   
   




4. 
   

   Sherlock Holmes. (Famous enough that I couldn't be bothered to find a link.)

   
   




5. 
   

   Plato, whose real name is unknown.

   
   




6. 
   

   This guy, apparently.

   
   

the Latin word from which the English word for reddish yellow, or tawny has originated from

Presumably we're looking for a 6-letter word here, so ochra can't be the answer ... I'm trying to think of another synonym for this type of colour.

share|improve this answer

answered May 11 at 11:49

Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor

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answered May 11 at 11:49

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Rand al'ThorRand al'Thor

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answered May 11 at 11:49

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