What's the room number for Cuba Gooding jr?

Question

Inspired by this puzzle, I have made this similar puzzle (the solution method is NOT identical)

In a hotel there are ten floors, with ten rooms at each floor. Currently 10 rooms are occupied.

In room 13 Mr. Nelson is staying his last day.
In room 21 Angela is hanging up a "Malerei" that has fallen down the wall.
In room 23 Franz and Ferdinand have a principal meeting.
In room 39 Joseph wins the day after Paul the Apostle has surrendered.
In room 51 a King has a dream.
In room 62 Zwedish football is born.
In room 65 Pierce wants to travel the world and end in Europe for the second time.
In room 82 Mr. Brown is serving NamNam for free.
In room 88 Mrs. Carla is using a small and gentle computer for the first time.

In what room would Cuba Gooding jr. want to stress down after the climax of a lifetime?

Hint 1:

This is a two-legged puzzle. The first leg is to find the one thing in common. That thing is layed out in a pattern. The pattern is leg two.

Hint 2:

The first leg is relying heavily on association.

Hint 3:

Mrs. Carla is working on formulating VALUEs important to here

Hint 4:

First leg consists of one date pr. room.

Hint 5:

Mrs. Carla is using Excel

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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '15 at 21:21

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If you put the dates listed above into excel and then find their =VALUE all of their last two digits correspond to their room numbers.

CBJ's best known role is in Jerry McGuire, released 12/13/1996. That VALUE is 35412.

He is in room 12.

answered Feb 12 '15 at 21:21

IByrd

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Almost there, but not yet. Your reasoning is correct, but the question is misinterpreted... – Enigma Feb 12 '15 at 21:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 11 '15 at 18:47

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Cuba would want to relax in Room 97.

Prepending a '19' in front of each room number gives a year that corresponds to the clue/event. In the case of Cuba Gooding Jr, his climax was winning an Oscar in 1997 for his role in Jerry Maguire.

answered Feb 11 '15 at 18:47

Mike Clark

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Not the right answer. But a star for being the first one to try an actual answer. – Enigma Feb 11 '15 at 18:50

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 12 '15 at 20:55

Here are the dates described:

Room 13:

The date Nelson Mandela died

Room 21:

The date of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Room 23:

The date Gavrilo Princip assasinated Franz Ferdinand

Room 39:

The date Stalingrad battle ended, the day after general Paulus surrendered to Joseph Stalin

Room 51:

The date Martin Luther King jr. held his famous speech "I have a dream"

Room 62:

The birth date of Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Room 65:

The date of the second peace(Pierce) of world war in Europe

Room 82:

The date of independence date for Vietnam

Room 88:

The date of founding Microsoft

This would conclude leg one. For leg two:

Hints 3 and 5 combined with the limitation on room numbers given by floors and rooms pr. floor, would reveal the pattern.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '15 at 13:35

This is the answer:

Room 47.

This is the reason:

The date of the climax of the Cuba crisis was 28.october 1962. Formulated as a VALUE in Excel, would give 22947. Room number is identical to two last digits, based on the pattern of the other rooms.

What's the room number for Cuba Gooding jr?

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