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Daily Question # 420

This  question  is  primarily  about  a  word/name  X .

A  is  a  famous  stone  which  featured  the  name  X . B  and  C , the  first  men in their country  to  do/be  something , were  among  people  who  used  the name  X  as  a  tribute . The  name  X  was  in  news  in  the  1990s  thanks  to events  surrounding  Y  who was  in turn  named  after  D  and  E . Visuals  F and  G ( both  slightly  edited here ) , are  examples  of  references  to  this event.

Solve  for  X , Y , A , B , C , D  and  E .

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

X – Publius

Y – Pink  Floyd

A – Lapis  Satricanus

B – Alexander  Hamilton , the  first  Secy  of  Treasury  of  USA

C – John  Jay , the  first  Chief  Justice  of  USA

D – Pink  Anderson

E – Floyd  Council

The  event  in  question  is  the  Publius  Enigma associated  with  the  release of   The  Division Bell . Pics  F  and  G  are  from  the  artwork  of  Pink  Floyd’s A  Momentary  Lapse  of  Reason . In  the  unedited  versions , the  words “Publius”  and  ”Enigma”  can  be  found  on  the  snaps . Find  them  here .

Cracked ( fully  or  partially )  by  Abhijeet , Arun  Hiregange , Shrey  Goyal , Balakrishnan , Rithwik , Freestyler , Abhi , Hadi , Comfortably  and Technically  Dumb , Anon , Sachin  Iyer , Nishanth  Raman  and  Anil Raghavan .

15 Responses to “Daily Question # 420”

  1. abhijeet says:

    X-Publius Enigma
    Y-Pink Floyd
    D-Pink Andersen
    E-Floyd Council
    F-Prism
    G-Enigma

  2. Arun Hiregange says:

    X = Publius
    Y = Pink Floyd (release of Division Bell was the event)
    A = Lapis Satricanus
    B = Alexander Hamilton (whose name can be seen at the bottom of the statue. :) )
    C = John Jay (and not James Madison afaicmo)
    D & E : Floyd Council & Pink Anderson
    F = Prism
    G = Enigma

    Nice fact!

  3. Shrey Goyal says:

    X – Publius
    Y – Pink Floyd

    B- Alexander Hamilton
    C- John Jay
    D- Pink Anderson
    E- Floyd Council

  4. balakrishnan says:

    A-Lapis Saricanus
    B-Alexander Hamilton
    C-John Jay
    X-Publius Valerius Publicola (friend of public)

  5. Anonymous says:

    Pink Floyd named after Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.

  6. Rithwik says:

    X-Publius
    Y-Pink Floyd – Derived from the given names of two blues musicians that Barrett had in his record collection—Pink Anderson(D) and Floyd Council(E)
    A-
    B-Alexander Hamilton
    C-John Jay
    The Publius Enigma is named after a messenger known only as Publius who posted the following and more to the Usenet newsgroup, alt.music.pink-floyd, on 11 June 1994, soon after the launch of The Division Bell world tour:

  7. Freestyler says:

    X is Publius and Y the Publius Enigma?

  8. Abhi says:

    D & E are pink anderson and floyd council. 1990’s? Division bell? Publius enigma? Ergo, enigma??

  9. Hadi says:

    X-Publius
    Y-Pink Floyd
    A-Ocults stone/Collyrium stone???
    B-Hamilton
    C-John Jay
    D-Pink
    E-Floyd
    F-Prism
    G-Enigma

  10. CATD says:

    X – Publius

    A – The Lapis Satricanus, or, “stone of Satricum”, a yellow stone found in the ruins of the ancient Satricum containing the word Publius

    B – ??

    C – John Jay

    D and E – Pink Anderson, Floyd Council

    F and G – Stills from video for Learning to fly which feature these words at those particular moments

    Y – Pink Floyd

  11. ananth says:

    Good questions!

  12. Anonymous says:

    x.Publius
    A.
    B.Alexander Hamilton
    C. John Jay
    Y.Pink Floyd
    C.Pink Anderson
    D.Floyd Council
    F.Prism
    G.Enigma

  13. Sachin Iyer says:

    X.Publius
    A.
    B.Alexander Hamilton
    C.John Jay
    D.Pink Anderson
    E.Floyd Council
    F.Prism
    G.Enigma

  14. Nishanth Raman says:

    Is it something about Publius Enigma?
    I could see Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, and the 1990’s event I guess would be the publicity surrounding the release of The Division Bell.

  15. anil raghavan says:

    a)lapis satricanus
    b)alexander hamilton
    c)john jay
    d)pink anderson
    e)floyd council
    y)pink floyd
    x)publius valerius
    there was a publius enigma along with division bell release of pinkflyd in 1994

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