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+
+
+
+
+ Freshman Year Pop Quiz
+
+
+
Freshman Year Pop Quiz
+
During Freshman Year, teams were invited to an event presented as
+ an oral pop quiz. The directions below were read, then all the
+ questions and then all the answers. The transcription of the
+ questions came from a solving team, so this represents what teams
+ might realistically have had during Hunt. The original
+ script for this event is also available.
+
+
Write down the answer to each question. I will only read each
+ question once. There will be a ten-second pause between questions.
+ If you finish one early, you can go back to answer a previous one.
+ Once thetest begins, there will be no talking. We shall start now.
+
+
1. Q:
+ When Kelly grew up, she pronounced enhancement as what? (sic)
+ A: Ansmet
+
+
2. Q:
+ When did Jeff break his index finger?
+ A: June '92
+
+
3. Q:
+ What does Tim always shout at the end of "Das Boot"?
+ A: "Man overboard"
+
+
4. Q:
+ What is the maiden name of Richie, Dolores and June's mother?
+ A: Califida(?)
+
+
5. Q:
+ What is Jack's favorite field in math?
+ A: Vector algebra
+
+
6. Q:
+ What did Tommy's parents bring back from their trip to Budapest?
+ A: Paprika
+
+
7. Q:
+ Of what film character does Randy do great impressions?
+ A: Karl Childers
+
+
8. Q:
+ What two things does Mary use in her laundry?
+ A: Wisk and Bounce
+
+
9. Q:
+ What kind of Etch-a-Sketch does Sara have?
+ A: Keychain
+
+
10. Q:
+ When William was five, which President did he meet at the
+ Easter egg roll?
+ A: Jimmy Carter
+
+
11. Q:
+ Just like always, at what event did Steve arrive late last
+ September?
+ A: His driver's test
+
+
12. Q:
+ What breakfast food does Steve always put Worcestershire sauce
+ on?
+ A: Scrambled eggs
+
+
13. Q:
+ For what holiday sermon did Bishop Witherspoon quote from
+ Ecclesiastes?
+ A: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
+
+
14. Q:
+ Where did Laverne earn her doctorate in Economics?
+ A: Stanford
+
+
15. Q:
+ What is Bob's least favorite computer game?
+ A: Ogre
+
+
16. Q:
+ How many times did Shelley see "The Vita-Meta-Vega-Min"?
+ A: 40
+
+
17. Q:
+ For Halloween, who did Walter dress up as?
+ A: Spiderman
+
+
18. Q:
+ Ralph's winter cabin is 25 miles north of what city?
+ A: Albuquerque
+
+
19. Q:
+ What are the two colors of Sally's truck?
+ A: Purple and white
+
+
20. Q:
+ What is the name of Kim's pet dingo?
+ A: Foozball
+
+
21. Q:
+ Of all actors in Anchor's Away, who was Mike's favorite?
+ A: Frank Sinatra
+
+
22. Q:
+ According to Fred, how much would the 1st edition of Grey's
+ Anatomy
+ go for?
+ A: $10,000
+
+
+
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+
+
+
+
+ Freshman Year Pop Quiz
+
+
+
Freshman Year Pop Quiz
+
During Freshman Year, teams were invited to an event presented as
+ an oral pop quiz. The directions below were read, then all the
+ questions and then all the answers. The transcription of the
+ questions came from a solving team, so this represents what teams
+ might realistically have had during Hunt. The original
+ script for this event is also available.
+
+
Write down the answer to each question. I will only read each
+ question once. There will be a ten-second pause between questions.
+ If you finish one early, you can go back to answer a previous one.
+ Once thetest begins, there will be no talking. We shall start now.
+
+
1. Q:
+ When Kelly grew up, she pronounced enhancement as what? (sic)
+ A: Ansmet
+
+
2. Q:
+ When did Jeff break his index finger?
+ A: June '92
+
+
3. Q:
+ What does Tim always shout at the end of "Das Boot"?
+ A: "Man overboard"
+
+
4. Q:
+ What is the maiden name of Richie, Dolores and June's mother?
+ A: Califida(?)
+
+
5. Q:
+ What is Jack's favorite field in math?
+ A: Vector algebra
+
+
6. Q:
+ What did Tommy's parents bring back from their trip to Budapest?
+ A: Paprika
+
+
7. Q:
+ Of what film character does Randy do great impressions?
+ A: Karl Childers
+
+
8. Q:
+ What two things does Mary use in her laundry?
+ A: Wisk and Bounce
+
+
9. Q:
+ What kind of Etch-a-Sketch does Sara have?
+ A: Keychain
+
+
10. Q:
+ When William was five, which President did he meet at the
+ Easter egg roll?
+ A: Jimmy Carter
+
+
11. Q:
+ Just like always, at what event did Steve arrive late last
+ September?
+ A: His driver's test
+
+
12. Q:
+ What breakfast food does Steve always put Worcestershire sauce
+ on?
+ A: Scrambled eggs
+
+
13. Q:
+ For what holiday sermon did Bishop Witherspoon quote from
+ Ecclesiastes?
+ A: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
+
+
14. Q:
+ Where did Laverne earn her doctorate in Economics?
+ A: Stanford
+
+
15. Q:
+ What is Bob's least favorite computer game?
+ A: Ogre
+
+
16. Q:
+ How many times did Shelley see "The Vita-Meta-Vega-Min"?
+ A: 40
+
+
17. Q:
+ For Halloween, who did Walter dress up as?
+ A: Spiderman
+
+
18. Q:
+ Ralph's winter cabin is 25 miles north of what city?
+ A: Albuquerque
+
+
19. Q:
+ What are the two colors of Sally's truck?
+ A: Purple and white
+
+
20. Q:
+ What is the name of Kim's pet dingo?
+ A: Foozball
+
+
21. Q:
+ Of all actors in Anchor's Away, who was Mike's favorite?
+ A: Frank Sinatra
+
+
22. Q:
+ According to Fred, how much would the 1st edition of Grey's
+ Anatomy
+ go for?
+ A: $10,000
+
Here is the puzzle with all its vowels replaced. Note that y is
+ given only when it acts like a consonant (in "you" and "your" in
+ the instructions) and not when it acts as a vowel (in words like
+ "identify"). The extra consonants appear in parentheses after the
+ list items which contained them.
+
+
Dr. David and Linda Resnick
+
+
Vowels are the glue that holds our language together. In this
+ course, you will begin to appreciate their importance. Listed
+ below are eleven groups of related words or phrases, from which
+ the vowels and spaces have been excised. Your task is to identify
+ the words and replace the vowels. To make things interesting,
+ there is an extraneous letter somewhere in each list. These eleven
+ letters taken in order will give a category and a member of that
+ category. Your final answer is the category member. It is a good
+ thing we've taken pity on you. We could have given an exam on the
+ importance of consonants!
+
+
+
+
+
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
+ a penny saved is a penny earned
+ a stitch in time saves nine
+ look before you leap
+ penny wise pound foolish
+ he who hesitates is lost (F)
+ live and let live
+ an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
+
+
+ rose
+ iris
+ poppy (M)
+ dahlia
+ lantana
+ calla lily
+ daisy
+ freesia
+ orchid
+
+
+ maltese
+ chihuahua
+ toy poodle
+ beagle (S)
+ terrier
+ dalmatian
+ lhasa apso
+ collie
+ afghan
+
+
happy days
+ one day at a time
+ soap
+ i love lucy
+ the odd couple (P)
+ all in the family
+
+
+ pecan pie
+ flan
+ ice cream
+ apple pie (R)
+ mousse
+ tiramisu
+ parfait
+ baked alaska
+
+
+ ganymede
+ europa
+ io (S)
+ tethys
+ rhea
+ hyperion
+ oberon
+ ariel
+ triton
+
+
+ adieu
+ aloha
+ goodbye
+ au revoir
+ adios
+ ciao (N)
+ auf wiedersehen
+
+
hawaii
+ maui
+ lanai
+ molokai
+ oahu
+ niihau
+ kauai (N)
+
+
+ sage
+ thyme
+ anise
+ salt
+ bay leaf (N)
+ cumin
+ cloves
+
+
+ a man, a plan, a canal: panama (K)
+ able was i ere i saw elba
+
+
+ alanine
+ asparagine
+ glycine
+ isoleucine (L)
+ lysine
+ serine
+ valine
+ cysteine
+
+
+
+
+
The leftover letters FMSPRSNNNKL give the category FAMOUS PERSON
+ and member ANNIE OAKLEY, so the answer is ANNIE OAKLET
Here is the puzzle with all its vowels replaced. Note that y is
+ given only when it acts like a consonant (in "you" and "your" in
+ the instructions) and not when it acts as a vowel (in words like
+ "identify"). The extra consonants appear in parentheses after the
+ list items which contained them.
+
+
Dr. David and Linda Resnick
+
+
Vowels are the glue that holds our language together. In this
+ course, you will begin to appreciate their importance. Listed
+ below are eleven groups of related words or phrases, from which
+ the vowels and spaces have been excised. Your task is to identify
+ the words and replace the vowels. To make things interesting,
+ there is an extraneous letter somewhere in each list. These eleven
+ letters taken in order will give a category and a member of that
+ category. Your final answer is the category member. It is a good
+ thing we've taken pity on you. We could have given an exam on the
+ importance of consonants!
+
+
+
+
+
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
+ a penny saved is a penny earned
+ a stitch in time saves nine
+ look before you leap
+ penny wise pound foolish
+ he who hesitates is lost (F)
+ live and let live
+ an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
+
+
+ rose
+ iris
+ poppy (M)
+ dahlia
+ lantana
+ calla lily
+ daisy
+ freesia
+ orchid
+
+
+ maltese
+ chihuahua
+ toy poodle
+ beagle (S)
+ terrier
+ dalmatian
+ lhasa apso
+ collie
+ afghan
+
+
happy days
+ one day at a time
+ soap
+ i love lucy
+ the odd couple (P)
+ all in the family
+
+
+ pecan pie
+ flan
+ ice cream
+ apple pie (R)
+ mousse
+ tiramisu
+ parfait
+ baked alaska
+
+
+ ganymede
+ europa
+ io (S)
+ tethys
+ rhea
+ hyperion
+ oberon
+ ariel
+ triton
+
+
+ adieu
+ aloha
+ goodbye
+ au revoir
+ adios
+ ciao (N)
+ auf wiedersehen
+
+
hawaii
+ maui
+ lanai
+ molokai
+ oahu
+ niihau
+ kauai (N)
+
+
+ sage
+ thyme
+ anise
+ salt
+ bay leaf (N)
+ cumin
+ cloves
+
+
+ a man, a plan, a canal: panama (K)
+ able was i ere i saw elba
+
+
+ alanine
+ asparagine
+ glycine
+ isoleucine (L)
+ lysine
+ serine
+ valine
+ cysteine
+
+
+
+
+
The leftover letters FMSPRSNNNKL give the category FAMOUS PERSON
+ and member ANNIE OAKLEY, so the answer is ANNIE OAKLET
The solutions to the Wacky Wordies appear to be:
+
+
+
+
+
That's beside the point
+
+
Higher education
+
+
Every dog has its day
+
+
+
+
Mixed nuts
+
+
Increase Mather
+
+
Top of the morning
+
+
+
+
Vacant lot
+
+
Back in my day
+
+
Upside-down cake
+
+
+
+
Three little pigs
+
+
Tree pruning
+
+
Out of Africa
+
+
+
+
"Nothing left to do but cry" by Lulu
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
The "to do but cry" part of the title of the song by Lulu is not
+ clued, and perhaps the title was abbreviated to the first two
+ words somewhere. And the last two boxes just tell you these are
+ Wacky Wordies. The initials spell THE MITV BUTTON. This refers to
+ a button from a Java applet described here
+ which once let people at MIT select programs from a list to play
+ on MITV student cable channel 36.
+
+
Then we have the blanks:
+
+
+
2------ ---
+ -5----4
+
+
--------1 ----
+ ------6--
+
+
4--- --- --1--
+
+
--7--5- --- --
+ --- 6----
+
+
--7-----
+ 6-----5--7
+
+
-1- --- 2-- --5
+ -- --- ---
+
---- -3-- --7
+ 2-4--
+
+
3--7-, -6---- --4
+ ----
+
+
-3--- -- --7-
+
+
-5--- --- ---6-
+
+
--- ---3 --
+ -45----
+
+
---6-5--- -1---
+
+
3----7- --- ---
+ 5---- ---- -- ---2
+
+
+
There is an HTML comment at the bottom of the page which says What
+
+
+ are you doing reading this? Go watch the movie!
+
+
The page with the blanks was discovered in 2021, and a
+ thread on Reddit has a comment from a member of Palindrome
+ saying she found this page on her computer, suggesting it was
+ meant to be part of the Hunt. Probably, there was a program Hunt
+ makers added to the selection on MITV which directed people to the
+ blanks page and provided some more wacky wordies or other puzzle
+ content to put on the blanks.
+
+ Some of the enumerations are difficult to match, such as #6 (3 3 3 3
+ 2 3 3) and #13 (7 3 3 5 4 2 4). #8 is given with a comma and most
+ sensibly matches the phrase "shake, rattle and roll" and #6 only
+ reasonably matches the phrase "let the cat out of the bag." Prior to
+ having the printed page of wcky wordies, and given the HTML comment,
+ an attempt was made to match this against script text, DVD chapter
+ titles, etc, in some dream-related movies, and against movie titles
+ in general, but the difficult ones again generally had no matches.
+ One of the Wacky Wordie answers is a movie: Out of Africa. I
+ didn't find matches for #6 or #13 in its script.
+
The extraction from these numbers is probably meant to work the
+ same way as in 19.7 Cryptography from
+ freshman year of this hunt; that is, we take all the letters that
+ fall on the 1s and anagram them into a word, then all the letters
+ on the 2s, and so forth. That means we are extracting a seven-word
+ phrase with enumeration 4 4 5 5 8 6 7.
+
+
We are told in the metapuzzle solution supplied with the new
+ archive documents that the final answer is AL.
+
Introduction to Athena (Intro)
+
+An introduction to Athena and
+Athena workstations. Topics include: what you can do on Athena,
+getting an account, logging in, windows, sending messages, finding
+help and documentation.
+
+Pre-requisites: None
+
+
Basic Word Processing (Basic
+WP)
+
+Elementary text editing with
+Emacs, sending and receiving electronic mail, and using the Athena
+printers.
+
+Pre-requisites: Intro
+
+
Working on Athena (Working)
+
+Just the basics: files,
+directories, job control, and more. What every new user should know
+about UNIX, Athena's operating system.
+
+Pre-requisites: Intro, Basic WP
+
+
Advanced Word Processing: EZ
+(EZ)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+Introduction to EZ, a combination text editor and formatter, with
+text-editing commands that are similar to Emacs. As a formatter, it
+is menu-driven and easy to learn, in the popular style of the "What
+You See Is (pretty much) What You Get" packages.
+
+
Advanced Word Processing: LATEX
+(Latex)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+An introduction to Latex, a widely-used text formatter, used for
+converting a text file into an attractive, professional-looking
+document. It is a powerful and flexible program, with the capability
+to typeset many foreign characters and very complex mathematical
+text.
+
+
Customization on Athena
+(Dotfiles)
+
+Pre-requisites: Serious
+Emacs, some Athena experience
+
+Intended for the intermediate-level Athena user, this course will
+discuss the Athena login sequence and the user-configuration files
+(dotfiles) that affect it, as well as changes the user can make to
+those and other files to customize their working environment.
+
+
+
Introduction to FrameMaker
+(Frame)
+
+Pre-requisites: Intro, Basic,
+WP, Working
+
+FrameMaker is a powerful word-processing and document preparation
+package now available on Athena.
+
+
FrameMaker for Your Thesis (Frame
+Thesis)
+
+Pre-requisites: Frame, some
+Frame experience
+
+FrameMaker, with a special template, can be used to produce an MIT
+thesis that meets all Institute formatting requirements.
+
+
HTML -- Making a WWW Home Page
+(HTML)
+
+Pre-requisite: Info Res
+
+Covers the basic features of HTML ("Hyper-Text Mark-up Language") the
+language of the World Wide Web, as well as the steps needed to post
+your own Web page on Athena.
+
+
Information Resources on Athena
+(Info Res)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+A survey of the communications, help, and other resources available
+on Athena.
+
+
Latex Thesis (LatexThs)
+
+Pre-requisites: Latex, some
+Latex experience
+
+Using the Latex text formatter to produce a fully-featured thesis
+that meets all MIT format requirements.
+
+
Maple (Maple)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+A mathematics program that can perform numerical and symbolic
+calculations, including formal and numerical integration, solving
+algebraic or transcendental systems and differential equations, and
+series expansion and matrix manipulation. It also has extensive
+graphics capabilities.
+
+
Math Software Overview (MSO)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+A survey of major mathematics and graphing packages available on
+Athena.
+
+
Matlab (Matlab)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+An interactive program for scientific and engineering numeric
+calculation. Applications include: matrix manipulation, digital
+signal processing, and 3-dimensional graphics.
+
+
Serious Emacs (Ser. Emacs)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP,
+some Emacs experience
+
+The text editor introduced in Basic Word Processing has many useful
+features not covered in that course. This course is a must for anyone
+who uses Emacs more than an hour or two each week.
+
+
Xess (Xess)
+
+Pre-requisites: Basic WP
+
+A powerful and easy-to-learn spreadsheet, with a full range of
+mathematical, statistical, matrix, and string functions. It will be
+useful for scientific and engineering computations, as well as to
+general and financial users.
+
+
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+
+
+
+
+ Freshman Year Pop Quiz
+
+
+
Freshman Year Pop Quiz
+
During Freshman Year, teams were invited to an event presented as
+ an oral pop quiz. The directions below were read, then all the
+ questions and then all the answers. The transcription of the
+ questions came from a solving team, so this represents what teams
+ might realistically have had during Hunt. The original
+ script for this event is also available.
+
+
Write down the answer to each question. I will only read each
+ question once. There will be a ten-second pause between questions.
+ If you finish one early, you can go back to answer a previous one.
+ Once thetest begins, there will be no talking. We shall start now.
+
+
1. Q:
+ When Kelly grew up, she pronounced enhancement as what? (sic)
+ A: Ansmet
+
+
2. Q:
+ When did Jeff break his index finger?
+ A: June '92
+
+
3. Q:
+ What does Tim always shout at the end of "Das Boot"?
+ A: "Man overboard"
+
+
4. Q:
+ What is the maiden name of Richie, Dolores and June's mother?
+ A: Califida(?)
+
+
5. Q:
+ What is Jack's favorite field in math?
+ A: Vector algebra
+
+
6. Q:
+ What did Tommy's parents bring back from their trip to Budapest?
+ A: Paprika
+
+
7. Q:
+ Of what film character does Randy do great impressions?
+ A: Karl Childers
+
+
8. Q:
+ What two things does Mary use in her laundry?
+ A: Wisk and Bounce
+
+
9. Q:
+ What kind of Etch-a-Sketch does Sara have?
+ A: Keychain
+
+
10. Q:
+ When William was five, which President did he meet at the
+ Easter egg roll?
+ A: Jimmy Carter
+
+
11. Q:
+ Just like always, at what event did Steve arrive late last
+ September?
+ A: His driver's test
+
+
12. Q:
+ What breakfast food does Steve always put Worcestershire sauce
+ on?
+ A: Scrambled eggs
+
+
13. Q:
+ For what holiday sermon did Bishop Witherspoon quote from
+ Ecclesiastes?
+ A: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
+
+
14. Q:
+ Where did Laverne earn her doctorate in Economics?
+ A: Stanford
+
+
15. Q:
+ What is Bob's least favorite computer game?
+ A: Ogre
+
+
16. Q:
+ How many times did Shelley see "The Vita-Meta-Vega-Min"?
+ A: 40
+
+
17. Q:
+ For Halloween, who did Walter dress up as?
+ A: Spiderman
+
+
18. Q:
+ Ralph's winter cabin is 25 miles north of what city?
+ A: Albuquerque
+
+
19. Q:
+ What are the two colors of Sally's truck?
+ A: Purple and white
+
+
20. Q:
+ What is the name of Kim's pet dingo?
+ A: Foozball
+
+
21. Q:
+ Of all actors in Anchor's Away, who was Mike's favorite?
+ A: Frank Sinatra
+
+
22. Q:
+ According to Fred, how much would the 1st edition of Grey's
+ Anatomy
+ go for?
+ A: $10,000
+
"All right, Max," said the Chief. "Did you interview the suspects?"
+
"You can count on me, Chief."
+
"And you recorded the interviews?"
+
"Of course I recorded them, Chief. Who do you think you're dealing
+with?"
+
The Chief scowls. "Can I see the videos, Max?"
+
"Yes, you can see them just fine." The Chief scowls again, and Max
+replies: "Oh, you want to see them now!" He puts in the tape and they
+play. Silently.
+
"Max..."
+
"Don't tell me that you can't hear what they're saying."
+
"I can't hear what they're saying!"
+
"I asked you not to tell me that."
+
"Max, do you have the audio from the interrogations or not?"
+
"Well, Chief," starts Max, "I was worried that the they would be
+overheard..."
+
"...so you did them in the cone of silence. Now we can't hear anything!"
+
"Sorry about that, Chief."
Below are twenty videos without sound. Choose one of the videos and
+record a bad lip-reading of it. Your video should:
reveal one of EVIL Bank's big plots,
+
reveal a key KAOS agent,
+
and explain how this plot ties into the MIT Mystery Hunt.
+
+
+Please upload your video to YouTube and email a link to ihtfp@coinheist.com. (Note to people reading this post-Hunt: the email address no longer works.)
+We will award Options for particularly convincing and funny lip-readings.
Solution to Down the Rabbit Hole 2: Super Magic Samurai Robot Ninja Police Force: Electric Boogaloo
+
+
+Author: Thomas Mack
+
+
+The images have been given grouped by length and then alphabetized. In order:
+
+
3 letters
5 letters
7 letters
+
eve
bacon
chicken
+
ham
blues
dollars
+
ink
buggy
madness
+
law
cents
needles
+
oil
chips
quarter
+
one
clean
thunder
+
pen
click
+
run
death
8 letters
+
ups
dirty
monsters
+
downs
potatoes
+
4 letters
error
+
adam
hardy
9 letters
+
dime
honey
brimstone
+
draw
horse
cranberry
+
eggs
mazes
+
eggs
order
11 letters
+
fire
point
rosencrantz
+
fish
quick
+
give
sound
12 letters
+
hide
speak
civilization
+
jerk
spell
guildenstern
+
kiss
sweet
+
life
tongs
+
meat
tooth
+
milk
trial
+
nail
vodka
+
null
watch
+
ones
water
+
only
write
+
pins
+
read
6 letters
+
rice
blazes
+
safe
bricks
+
show
hammer
+
sour
laurel
+
surf
mortar
+
take
nickel
+
tell
rhythm
+
tell
zeroes
+
turf
+
void
+
wait
+
+Combining them into phrases of the form X & Y, then alphabetizing those phrases fills in the grid as follows (with spaces inserted for legibility):
+
+
ADAM & EVE
+
BACON & EGGS
+
BRICKS & MORTAR
+
CHICKEN & RICE
+
CLEAN & JERK
+
DOLLARS & CENTS
+
DRAW & QUARTER
+
FIRE & BRIMSTONE
+
FISH & CHIPS
+
GIVE & TAKE
+
HAM & EGGS
+
HAMMER & TONGS
+
HORSE & BUGGY
+
KISS & TELL
+
LAUREL & HARDY
+
LAW & ORDER
+
LIFE & DEATH
+
MADNESS & CIVILIZATION
+
MAZES & MONSTERS
+
MEAT & POTATOES
+
MILK & HONEY
+
NICKEL & DIME
+
NULL & VOID
+
OIL & WATER
+
ONE & ONLY
+
ONES & ZEROES
+
PEN & INK
+
PINS & NEEDLES
+
POINT & CLICK
+
QUICK & DIRTY
+
READ & WRITE
+
RHYTHM & BLUES
+
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN
+
RUN & HIDE
+
SAFE & SOUND
+
SHOW & TELL
+
SPEAK & SPELL
+
SURF & TURF
+
SWEET & SOUR
+
THUNDER & BLAZES
+
TOOTH & NAIL
+
TRIAL & ERROR
+
UPS & DOWNS
+
VODKA & CRANBERRY
+
WATCH & WAIT
+
+The shaded letters (bold above) spell out half of each of the eponymous partners from seven cop (or at least people-involved-with-the-legal-system) movies or television shows with titles in the same format:
+
+
McMillan & Wife
+
Starksy & Hutch
+
Rizzoli & Isles
+
Dalziel and Pascoe
+
Dalziel and Pascoe
+
Eisenhower & Lutz
+
Turner & Hooch
+
+
+
The initials of the missing partners spell the answer to the puzzle, WHIPPET.
There are 4 chair puzzles and 12 teacup puzzles. Of the teacup puzzles, there are four associated with the Mad Hatter and his tea, chinese oolong, four associated with the March Hare and his tea, moon tea, and four associated with the Dormouse and his tea, yule tea. The beast (Alice) has no puzzles associated with her -- just an empty saucer indicating that her puzzle is the meta.
+
+
The four characters are arranged around the table as follows, going clockwise: the beast, March Hare, Dormouse, Mad Hatter. While they can shift around seats, this order is always maintained. [This is stated clearly in the introduction text.]
+
+
The answers for each character are associated with three separate "calendars." The Mad Hatter (oolong tea) answers are associated with the Chinese Zodiac. The March Hare (moon tea) answers are associated with the Farmers' Almanac moons. The Dormouse (yule tea) answers are associated with the gifts during the 12 days of Christmas. The associations are as follows, and form an ordering from 1 to 12:
+
+
+
Character
Answer
Association
Order
+
Dormouse
SUZANNE CROUGH
Partridge in a Pear Tree[1]
1st Day of Christmas
+
March Hare
NOREASTER BLIZZARD
Snow Moon
Full Moon of February (2nd month)
+
Dormouse
COQ AU VIN
French Hen
3rd Day of Christmas
+
March Hare
ALECIA MOORE
Pink Moon[2]
Full Moon of April (4th month)
+
March Hare
CHRYSANTHEMUM
Flower Moon
Full Moon of May (5th month)
+
Mad Hatter
RHINOCEROS VIPER
Year of the Snake
Year 6 of Chinese Zodiac
+
Dormouse
NATALIE PORTMAN
Swans-a-Swimming[3]
7th Day of Christmas
+
Mad Hatter
BELGIAN FAWN
Year of the Goat[4]
Year 8 of the Chinese Zodiac
+
March Hare
PEARL HOMINY
Corn Moon
Full Moon of September (9th month)
+
Mad Hatter
CHANTICLEER
Year of the Rooster
Year 10 of the Chinese Zodiac
+
Mad Hatter
GERMAN SHEPHERD
Year of the Dog
Year 11 of the Chinese Zodiac
+
Dormouse
BUDDY RICH
Drummers drumming
12th Day of Christmas
+
+[1] - Suzanne Crough is most noted for her role in The Partridge Family.
+[2] - Alecia Moore performs under the stage name P!nk
+[3] - Natalie Portman won an Oscar playing Nina in The Black Swan.
+[4] - Belgian fawn is a breed of goat.
+
+
The solution to the four chairs are arranged around the table as follows:
+
+
+
12 o' clock:
poTaTobeeTle
+
3 o' clock:
sTraighTseTs
+
6 o' clock:
TesTosTerone
+
9 o' clock:
operaTorTesT
+
+
+
Each of these words is 12 letters long. In addition, the letter T occurs in each place from 1 to 12 exactly once. To extract the final solution phrase, for each word, identify the relevant number from the calendar, then use the chairs to find which chair the character was sitting in, the determine which chair the beast was sitting in. Finally, take the appropriate letter from that word (3, 6, 9, or 12) to spell out the final answer, GIVE HIM A HAND.
+
+
+
Answer
Number/T word/Chair
Character
Location of the beast when character is on associated chair
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" – Brigadoon – Frederick Lowe
+
"Hello, Dolly" – Hello, Dolly – Jerry Herman
+
"Hello, Little Girl" – Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim
+
"Hello, Young Lovers" – The King and I – Richard Rodgers
+
"I Speak Six Languages" – 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – William Finn
+
+
+TOMORROW:
+
+
"Tomorrow" – Annie – Charles Strouse
+
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" – Cabaret – John Kander
+
"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" – Follies – Stephen Sondheim
+
"Goodbye Until Tomorrow" – Last Five Years – Jason Robert Brown
+
"Finale" – Les Miserables – Claude Michel Schonberg
+
"Therapy" – Tick Tick Boom – Jonathan Larson
+
+
+GOODBYE:
+
+
"What I Did For Love" – A Chorus Line – Marvin Hamlisch
+
"Some People" – Gypsy – Jule Styne
+
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" – Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber
+
"Goodbye, My Love" – Ragtime – Stephen Flaherty
+
"Goodbye, Love" – Rent – Jonathan Larson
+
"Defying Gravity" – Wicked – Stephen Schwartz
+
+
+TODAY:
+
+
"Kids" – Bye, Bye, Birdie – Charles Strouse
+
"Stranger to the Rain" – Children of Eden – Stephen Schwartz
+
"Marry the Man Today" – Guys and Dolls – Frank Loesser
+
"It's Today" – Mame – Jerry Herman
+
"Feelings You've Got to Hide" – Side Show – Henry Krieger
+
"Tonight" – West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
+
+
+ME:
+
+
"Me" – Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken
+
"So In Love" – Kiss Me Kate – Cole Porter
+
"I Could Have Danced All Night" – My Fair Lady – Frederick Lowe
+
"Lucky to be Me" – On the Town – Leonard Bernstein
+
"Amayzing Mayzie" – Seussical – Stephen Flaherty
+
"Christmas Lullaby" – Songs for a New World – Jason Robert Brown
+
+
+YOU:
+
+
"I Get a Kick Out of You" – Anything Goes – Cole Porter
+
"When You're Good to Mama" – Chicago – John Kander
+
"And I'm Telling You" – Dreamgirls – Henry Krieger
+
"Only With You" – Nine – Maury Yeston
+
"Climb Every Mountain" – Sound of Music – Richard Rodgers
+
"I Still Believe in Love" – They're Playing Our Song – Marvin Hamlisch
+
+
+
Then, notice that, with the exception of six of the composers (Finn,
+Schonberg, Webber, Loesser, Menkin, and Yeston), each composer is used in
+exactly 2 clips. For example, John Kander has a TOMORROW clip and a YOU
+clip.
+
+
Place these composers into the grid at the intersections of their words. For
+example, John Kander goes into the TOMORROW/YOU squares in the grid (row 6,
+column 2 and row 2, column 6).
+
+
Place the composers with only one song into the grid at the intersection
+along the diagonal (e.g., William Finn in the HELLO/HELLO space).
+
+
That gives you:
+
+
+
HELLO
TOMORROW
GOODBYE
TODAY
ME
YOU
+
HELLO
William Finn
Stephen Sondheim
Jule Styne
Jerry Herman
Frederick Loewe
Richard Rodgers
+
TOMORROW
Stephen Sondheim
Claude Michel Schonberg
Jonathan Larson
Charles Strouse
Jason Robert Brown
John Kander
+
GOODBYE
Jule Styne
Jonathan Larson
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Flaherty
Marvin Hamlisch
+
TODAY
Jerry Herman
Charles Strouse
Stephen Schwartz
Frank Loesser
Leonard Bernstein
Henry Krieger
+
ME
Frederick Loewe
Jason Robert Brown
Stephen Flaherty
Leonard Bernstein
Alan Menken
Cole Porter
+
YOU
Richard Rodgers
John Kander
Marvin Hamlisch
Henry Krieger
Cole Porter
Maury Yeston
+
+
+
Take the Nth letter of the composer's name (as given in the original grid), and read the across each row.
+
+
That gives: FIEND IN BLANK SHAPE A MONSTER OF DEPRAVITY
+
+
This is a lyric from "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" in the musical Cats by Andrew
+Lloyd Webber, where the blank is FELINE, which is the answer to the
+puzzle.
"I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" – Brigadoon – Frederick Lowe
+
"Hello, Dolly" – Hello, Dolly – Jerry Herman
+
"Hello, Little Girl" – Into the Woods – Stephen Sondheim
+
"Hello, Young Lovers" – The King and I – Richard Rodgers
+
"I Speak Six Languages" – 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – William Finn
+
+
+TOMORROW:
+
+
"Tomorrow" – Annie – Charles Strouse
+
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" – Cabaret – John Kander
+
"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" – Follies – Stephen Sondheim
+
"Goodbye Until Tomorrow" – Last Five Years – Jason Robert Brown
+
"Finale" – Les Miserables – Claude Michel Schonberg
+
"Therapy" – Tick Tick Boom – Jonathan Larson
+
+
+GOODBYE:
+
+
"What I Did For Love" – A Chorus Line – Marvin Hamlisch
+
"Some People" – Gypsy – Jule Styne
+
"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" – Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber
+
"Goodbye, My Love" – Ragtime – Stephen Flaherty
+
"Goodbye, Love" – Rent – Jonathan Larson
+
"Defying Gravity" – Wicked – Stephen Schwartz
+
+
+TODAY:
+
+
"Kids" – Bye, Bye, Birdie – Charles Strouse
+
"Stranger to the Rain" – Children of Eden – Stephen Schwartz
+
"Marry the Man Today" – Guys and Dolls – Frank Loesser
+
"It's Today" – Mame – Jerry Herman
+
"Feelings You've Got to Hide" – Side Show – Henry Krieger
+
"Tonight" – West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
+
+
+ME:
+
+
"Me" – Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken
+
"So In Love" – Kiss Me Kate – Cole Porter
+
"I Could Have Danced All Night" – My Fair Lady – Frederick Lowe
+
"Lucky to be Me" – On the Town – Leonard Bernstein
+
"Amayzing Mayzie" – Seussical – Stephen Flaherty
+
"Christmas Lullaby" – Songs for a New World – Jason Robert Brown
+
+
+YOU:
+
+
"I Get a Kick Out of You" – Anything Goes – Cole Porter
+
"When You're Good to Mama" – Chicago – John Kander
+
"And I'm Telling You" – Dreamgirls – Henry Krieger
+
"Only With You" – Nine – Maury Yeston
+
"Climb Every Mountain" – Sound of Music – Richard Rodgers
+
"I Still Believe in Love" – They're Playing Our Song – Marvin Hamlisch
+
+
+
Then, notice that, with the exception of six of the composers (Finn,
+Schonberg, Webber, Loesser, Menkin, and Yeston), each composer is used in
+exactly 2 clips. For example, John Kander has a TOMORROW clip and a YOU
+clip.
+
+
Place these composers into the grid at the intersections of their words. For
+example, John Kander goes into the TOMORROW/YOU squares in the grid (row 6,
+column 2 and row 2, column 6).
+
+
Place the composers with only one song into the grid at the intersection
+along the diagonal (e.g., William Finn in the HELLO/HELLO space).
+
+
That gives you:
+
+
+
HELLO
TOMORROW
GOODBYE
TODAY
ME
YOU
+
HELLO
William Finn
Stephen Sondheim
Jule Styne
Jerry Herman
Frederick Loewe
Richard Rodgers
+
TOMORROW
Stephen Sondheim
Claude Michel Schonberg
Jonathan Larson
Charles Strouse
Jason Robert Brown
John Kander
+
GOODBYE
Jule Styne
Jonathan Larson
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Flaherty
Marvin Hamlisch
+
TODAY
Jerry Herman
Charles Strouse
Stephen Schwartz
Frank Loesser
Leonard Bernstein
Henry Krieger
+
ME
Frederick Loewe
Jason Robert Brown
Stephen Flaherty
Leonard Bernstein
Alan Menken
Cole Porter
+
YOU
Richard Rodgers
John Kander
Marvin Hamlisch
Henry Krieger
Cole Porter
Maury Yeston
+
+
+
Take the Nth letter of the composer's name (as given in the original grid), and read the across each row.
+
+
That gives: FIEND IN BLANK SHAPE A MONSTER OF DEPRAVITY
+
+
This is a lyric from "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" in the musical Cats by Andrew
+Lloyd Webber, where the blank is FELINE, which is the answer to the
+puzzle.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
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+ The Queen of Hearts (Runaround)
+
+
+
+
+
+
During the final runaround, teams entered a classroom to find the Queen of Hearts and an odd looking bed. The Queen explains (or ad libs something similar)...
+
+
It's about time you got here! This bed is driving me crazy. Off with its headboard! No wait, I love the headboard - look, it's a whiteboard so I can record my dreams! It's been so usefl, but when I woke up today the bed had shrunk! Later today I'm going back to that WonderKEA and cutting the heads off of everyone there, but for now, I can't get the ridiculous thing apart. I lost the tool I need! You all -- you need to disassemble this for me. And be gentle with it -- if it gets scratched or broken I can't return it, and it will be off with all your heads!
+
+
At this point, teams should pull out the object given to them by the Mad Hatter -- a golden allen key which should help them take apart the bed. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any fasteners on the bed. After looking around, hunters should notice that there are supports for the bed that can slide out, and have numbers from 1 to 7 on them. But, because they are recessed into the bed, and one needs to be pushed in to get another out, only half can be exposed at a time. To get all 8 supports out, hunters need to hit one support with another, and use inertia to get it out without recessing the one in their hand.
+
+
The headboard has a dream written on it, and there is only one "L" in the dream. If the golden allen key is placed over this "L" and slid, it moves a lock. Once this is done, teams should find that they can slide the top of the bed a few inches, and that sliding the supports to various positions allows the top to slide a bit more. There are 8 such supports, each with 7 positions, which gives over 5 million combinations (which can be reasonably picked in a short period of time due to the low quality of the lock). After 45 minutes, if teams are struggling, the Queen may interject with the following hint:
+
+
It didn't take this long to assemble the first time. The truth is, this was NOT the most PRIME piece of furniture they sell. Not PRIME at all. Why did I buy this?
+
+
This hint should indicate that none of the positions are at prime values, and thus, only 1, 4, and 6 are possible, limiting the number of combinations to 6,561, which can be brute forced in a very short period of time. The final combination to unlock the headboard looked like this:
Once the bed has been successfully unlocked and the headboard opened, a down pillow is found inside, which the Queen allows teams to keep. This should come in handy later on the run around, as teams were told during the Caucus Race that Alice is ALLERGIC TO DOWN.
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+ saved.push("");
+
+ if (saved.length >= 1000) {
+ // Avoid memory leak (probably not a big deal though)
+ // Cut down the history to 500 so it doesn't grow too big
+ saved = saved.splice(saved.length - 500);
+ }
+
+ index = saved.length - 1;
+ }
+
+ this.down = function() {
+ if (index == saved.length - 1) {
+ return null;
+ }
+ index++;
+ return saved[index];
+ }
+
+ this.up = function() {
+ if (index == 0) {
+ return null;
+ }
+ index--;
+ return saved[index];
+ }
+}
+var histories = {
+ left: new CommandHistory(),
+ right: new CommandHistory()
+};
+histories.left.append("look");
+histories.right.append("look");
+
+
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+ A Rare Teak — MIT Mystery Hunt 2015
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
You only really need to care about the first letters of these
+words. Each sentence could very nearly be a mnemonic for some common
+sequence. For instance, "Bioluminescent Bubbles Are Over Yonder,
+Glowing Beneath Vast, Glassy Waters." could be the resistor colors
+(BBROYGBVGW), except that the third word doesn't start with an R. The
+original mnemonics are:
+
+
+
Puzzle mnemonic (with "wrong" word bolded)
Real ordering
Sequence
+
Bioluminescent Bubbles Are Over Yonder, Glowing Beneath
+Vast, Glassy Waters.
BBROYGBVGW
resistor
+colors
+
Dolphins Keep Pilfering Coral On Dubious Grounds,
+Sir.
DKPCOFGS
biological taxa
+
Fortunately, Only Greedy Divers Are Especially
+Belligerent.
FCGDAEB
the order of sharps in musical
+key signatures
+
Persistent Echolocation May Produce Acceptable
+Solutions.
PEMDAS
order of
+operations
+
Sea Otters Have Captured Everyone's Hearts; They're
+Obviously Adorable.
SOHCAHTOA
trigonometric
+functions
+
Sometimes, Villainous Egomaniacs May Jeopardize Safe
+Underwater
+Navigation.
MVEMJSUN
planets
+
+
+
The odd words out are ARE, DUBIOUS, ONLY, PRODUCE, EVERYONE'S, and
+SOMETIMES. Each of these words appears at a different location in its
+respective sentence; SOMETIMES is the first word, ONLY is the second,
+etc. Putting the words in this order and reading the first letters
+(which seems appropriate enough) gives the answer, SOAPED.
You only really need to care about the first letters of these
+words. Each sentence could very nearly be a mnemonic for some common
+sequence. For instance, "Bioluminescent Bubbles Are Over Yonder,
+Glowing Beneath Vast, Glassy Waters." could be the resistor colors
+(BBROYGBVGW), except that the third word doesn't start with an R. The
+original mnemonics are:
+
+
+
Puzzle mnemonic (with "wrong" word bolded)
Real ordering
Sequence
+
Bioluminescent Bubbles Are Over Yonder, Glowing Beneath
+Vast, Glassy Waters.
BBROYGBVGW
resistor
+colors
+
Dolphins Keep Pilfering Coral On Dubious Grounds,
+Sir.
DKPCOFGS
biological taxa
+
Fortunately, Only Greedy Divers Are Especially
+Belligerent.
FCGDAEB
the order of sharps in musical
+key signatures
+
Persistent Echolocation May Produce Acceptable
+Solutions.
PEMDAS
order of
+operations
+
Sea Otters Have Captured Everyone's Hearts; They're
+Obviously Adorable.
SOHCAHTOA
trigonometric
+functions
+
Sometimes, Villainous Egomaniacs May Jeopardize Safe
+Underwater
+Navigation.
MVEMJSUN
planets
+
+
+
The odd words out are ARE, DUBIOUS, ONLY, PRODUCE, EVERYONE'S, and
+SOMETIMES. Each of these words appears at a different location in its
+respective sentence; SOMETIMES is the first word, ONLY is the second,
+etc. Putting the words in this order and reading the first letters
+(which seems appropriate enough) gives the answer, SOAPED.
The insight in this puzzle is something near and dear to the author’s heart: keyboards. Each of the nonsense strings can be understood as a word that has gone through a transformation based on a standard U.S. Qwerty keyboard. For example, “dikkiq” is “follow” if typed one key off to the right:
+
+
+
+
This realization allows us to come up with a bunch of words and a corresponding direction:
+
+
+
Given word
Encoded word
Encoded direction
+
dikkiq
follow
right
+
suewxruiba
directions
right
+
wjr
and
down & left
+
tryu[r
retype
left
+
sd
as
left
+
kv
if
up & left
+
fbptsl
dvorak
left
+
+
+
First, let’s look at the directions. If we move our little grey person through the grid according to the directions, we obtain a string YODDGLU.
+
+
+
+
This string is meaningless on its own, but if we assume it was typed on a Qwerty keyboard and make the transformation as though we intended to type in Dvorak, as instructed in the puzzle, we obtain the answer, FREEING.
The insight in this puzzle is something near and dear to the author’s heart: keyboards. Each of the nonsense strings can be understood as a word that has gone through a transformation based on a standard U.S. Qwerty keyboard. For example, “dikkiq” is “follow” if typed one key off to the right:
+
+
+
+
This realization allows us to come up with a bunch of words and a corresponding direction:
+
+
+
Given word
Encoded word
Encoded direction
+
dikkiq
follow
right
+
suewxruiba
directions
right
+
wjr
and
down & left
+
tryu[r
retype
left
+
sd
as
left
+
kv
if
up & left
+
fbptsl
dvorak
left
+
+
+
First, let’s look at the directions. If we move our little grey person through the grid according to the directions, we obtain a string YODDGLU.
+
+
+
+
This string is meaningless on its own, but if we assume it was typed on a Qwerty keyboard and make the transformation as though we intended to type in Dvorak, as instructed in the puzzle, we obtain the answer, FREEING.
Iolanthe Chronis (puzzle), Brad Stronger (puzzle), Christina Hawkes (map art), Jane Chronis (treasure chest), Brad Stronger (treasure chest)
+
Answer: MANTA RAY VISION
+
+
+
+ On unlocking the Treasure Chest round, teams received a locked wooden crate. Inside were 8 physical puzzles (including a hand knitted quilt block, a custom Rubik's cube, and the locks on the chest itself!), and a treasure map labelled Most Excellent Treasure Atlas, or META for short.
+
+
+
+The treasure map was printed on aged parchment. The shovels were stencilled with invisible ink, and while not required to solve the puzzle, represented an additional hint if viewed under UV light.
+
+Each puzzle answer in this round is part of a well-known compound phrase, in which the answer word can also be replaced with X to make a new common phrase:
+
+
+
BUFFALO → X WING
+
GLADWELL → MALCOLM X
+
LISTENING → ACTIVE X
+
CONSOLATION → X PRIZE
+
GAP → GENERATION X
+
MCGONAGALL → PROFESSOR X
+
DRESDEN → X FILES
+
THE SPIRITS WITHIN → FINAL FANTASY X
+
+
+The 6 X's on the map (and the shovels) are on a grid. The transformed phrases can be put in the grid so that the X's in the phrases are written over the X's on the map. This is unique with assuming that the trees drawn on the map are obstacles.
+
+
+
+Finally, read every letter that intersects the dotted path in order (these are also the locations of the shovels).
+
+The final answer is MANTA RAY VISION - a phrase that also has the earlier transform property.
+
+
Iolanthe Chronis (puzzle), Brad Stronger (puzzle), Christina Hawkes (map art), Jane Chronis (treasure chest), Brad Stronger (treasure chest)
+
Answer: MANTA RAY VISION
+
+
+
+ On unlocking the Treasure Chest round, teams received a locked wooden crate. Inside were 8 physical puzzles (including a hand knitted quilt block, a custom Rubik's cube, and the locks on the chest itself!), and a treasure map labelled Most Excellent Treasure Atlas, or META for short.
+
+
+
+The treasure map was printed on aged parchment. The shovels were stencilled with invisible ink, and while not required to solve the puzzle, represented an additional hint if viewed under UV light.
+
+Each puzzle answer in this round is part of a well-known compound phrase, in which the answer word can also be replaced with X to make a new common phrase:
+
+
+
BUFFALO → X WING
+
GLADWELL → MALCOLM X
+
LISTENING → ACTIVE X
+
CONSOLATION → X PRIZE
+
GAP → GENERATION X
+
MCGONAGALL → PROFESSOR X
+
DRESDEN → X FILES
+
THE SPIRITS WITHIN → FINAL FANTASY X
+
+
+The 6 X's on the map (and the shovels) are on a grid. The transformed phrases can be put in the grid so that the X's in the phrases are written over the X's on the map. This is unique with assuming that the trees drawn on the map are obstacles.
+
+
+
+Finally, read every letter that intersects the dotted path in order (these are also the locations of the shovels).
+
+The final answer is MANTA RAY VISION - a phrase that also has the earlier transform property.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Flats are to be solved and given indices used to derive the message DOGPOEMCARADEC. This should
+lead solvers to "Poems For Dogs", invented by Francois Caradec for the Oulipo. Each verse contains,
+phonetically, the name of a fictional dog. These match the enumerations of the flat solutions, and reusing
+the same indices with the dog names gives the message NOWCALLINAUDIO.
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Flats are to be solved and given indices used to derive the message DOGPOEMCARADEC. This should
+lead solvers to "Poems For Dogs", invented by Francois Caradec for the Oulipo. Each verse contains,
+phonetically, the name of a fictional dog. These match the enumerations of the flat solutions, and reusing
+the same indices with the dog names gives the message NOWCALLINAUDIO.
Flats are to be solved and given indices used to derive the message DOGPOEMCARADEC. This should
+lead solvers to "Poems For Dogs", invented by Francois Caradec for the Oulipo. Each verse contains,
+phonetically, the name of a fictional dog. These match the enumerations of the flat solutions, and reusing
+the same indices with the dog names gives the message NOWCALLINAUDIO.
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Each of the cartoons at the top depicts contestants in a fictional competition to determine the strongest man in the world. In the grids which follow, look for the name of one of the winners of the real World's Strongest Man competition, Boggle-style. Most of the letters not used in that name will spell the name of an obscure unit of weight or mass, also boggle style. There will be one letter remaining.
+
+
Grid
Winner / Weight
Converted weight
Leftover letter
+
1.
KAZMIER / SCRUPLE
0.45 OZ
N
+
2.
SAVICKAS / QUINTAL
100 KG
A
+
3.
KARLSON / ZOLOTNIK
0.1505 OZ
D
+
4.
VIRASTYUK / BLINTZ
1.28 OZ
L
+
5.
REEVES / CULLINGEY
0.1857 OZ
A
+
6.
SIGMARSSON / STONE
14 LB
W
+
7.
SHAW / PENNYWEIGHT
0.054 OZ
E
+
8.
PFISTER / QUINCUNX
4.8 OZ
E
+
9.
PUDZIANOWSKI / TOD
28 LB
S
+
10.
VANDERPARRE / SLUG
32.174 LB
N
+
11.
TAYLOR / HECTOGRAM
3.52 OZ
R
+
+
+Ordering the leftover letters from heaviest to lightest (2, 10, 9, 6, 8, 11, 4, 5, 3, 7, 1) yields ANSWER LADEN.
+
+
Each of the cartoons at the top depicts contestants in a fictional competition to determine the strongest man in the world. In the grids which follow, look for the name of one of the winners of the real World's Strongest Man competition, Boggle-style. Most of the letters not used in that name will spell the name of an obscure unit of weight or mass, also boggle style. There will be one letter remaining.
+
+
Grid
Winner / Weight
Converted weight
Leftover letter
+
1.
KAZMIER / SCRUPLE
0.45 OZ
N
+
2.
SAVICKAS / QUINTAL
100 KG
A
+
3.
KARLSON / ZOLOTNIK
0.1505 OZ
D
+
4.
VIRASTYUK / BLINTZ
1.28 OZ
L
+
5.
REEVES / CULLINGEY
0.1857 OZ
A
+
6.
SIGMARSSON / STONE
14 LB
W
+
7.
SHAW / PENNYWEIGHT
0.054 OZ
E
+
8.
PFISTER / QUINCUNX
4.8 OZ
E
+
9.
PUDZIANOWSKI / TOD
28 LB
S
+
10.
VANDERPARRE / SLUG
32.174 LB
N
+
11.
TAYLOR / HECTOGRAM
3.52 OZ
R
+
+
+Ordering the leftover letters from heaviest to lightest (2, 10, 9, 6, 8, 11, 4, 5, 3, 7, 1) yields ANSWER LADEN.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
Can we try to use metadata in the puzzle files or the source code of the puzzle to get extra information?
+ Yep.
+
+
+
Can we try to hack the hunt site to get extra info?
+ Please don't. :(
+
+
+
Can we ask other teams for help on a puzzle?
+ Please don't. If you're not having fun, please let us know and we will help!
+
+
+
Can we have a hint?
+ We are not currently releasing hints to puzzles.
+
+
+
How long will HQ be open?
+ Until 6pm on Sunday.
+
+
+
How do I contact HQ?
+ Use the Contact Us form on the website, please. If that is absolutely not working, email us at puzzle@mit.edu, or call us at (617) 555-1212.
+
+
+
Help! We don't know where to start!
+ That's not a question, but I'll let it slide. You should check out the helpful resources on this page. ACME's "Have You Tried?" list may be particularly helpful.
+
+
The puzzle presented is a Sheep-and-Wolves fences puzzle, a variant which has been on the US Puzzle Championships recently. (I believe the variant was invented by Dave Tuller.) This type of Fences puzzle is solved like a regular Fences puzzle, with the additional restriction that the fence must keep wolves out, and sheep in. Solving this puzzle with the restriction that all sheep must be inside the fence results in the set of fences depicted in the diagram below. Reading the letters outside of the grid yields MATTHEW SEVEN FIFTEEN.
+
+
+
+
Matthew 7:15 is a verse from the Sermon on the Mount; it instructs the reader to beware of wolves in sheep's clothing. Solving the puzzle again, but with the sheep replaced by wolves yields the set of fences depicted in the diagram below. Taking only the letters which are inside both sets of fences (the squares outside the fence in the all-sheep version have been highlighted in gray) produces the letters highlighted in yellow, which instruct the solver to LOCATE GRAIL.
+
+
+
When solvers contacted HQ, they were informed they needed to bring us a grail which must have a stem and hold liquid. When they did so, they received the answer, ASBOLITE.
The puzzle presented is a Sheep-and-Wolves fences puzzle, a variant which has been on the US Puzzle Championships recently. (I believe the variant was invented by Dave Tuller.) This type of Fences puzzle is solved like a regular Fences puzzle, with the additional restriction that the fence must keep wolves out, and sheep in. Solving this puzzle with the restriction that all sheep must be inside the fence results in the set of fences depicted in the diagram below. Reading the letters outside of the grid yields MATTHEW SEVEN FIFTEEN.
+
+
+
+
Matthew 7:15 is a verse from the Sermon on the Mount; it instructs the reader to beware of wolves in sheep's clothing. Solving the puzzle again, but with the sheep replaced by wolves yields the set of fences depicted in the diagram below. Taking only the letters which are inside both sets of fences (the squares outside the fence in the all-sheep version have been highlighted in gray) produces the letters highlighted in yellow, which instruct the solver to LOCATE GRAIL.
+
+
+
When solvers contacted HQ, they were informed they needed to bring us a grail which must have a stem and hold liquid. When they did so, they received the answer, ASBOLITE.
+ This puzzle consists of a series of 24 arrowhead shaped pieces that are used to build a pentagonal icositetrahedron.
+
+
+ Each edge-edge connection is arranged so that each face's word abides by the other piece's edge rule.
+
+
+ Once the shape is built, it is time to look at the arrows
+ located on some pieces. Each arrow or set of arrows points
+ directly at another piece. There are eight faces pointed at,
+ and the words they contain have something in common. They are
+ the "fakes" from the flavortext and need to be "corrected". A
+ "corrected" face will form a word when HEAD is appended, a
+ condition the other sixteen "genuine" faces already satisfy.
+
+
+ The eight replacement words should be uniquely determined,
+ as they also should match the five constraints from the
+ five neighboring pieces.
+
+
+ Once these eight new words have been determined, the next step
+ is to index into the new words by the number of the small
+ arrows pointing at them. This gives one letter from each. By
+ starting at the three red arrows, the result is the
+ answer DOLLDOMS.
+
+
+ The assemblage can be seen here: (click to see full size)
+
+
+ This puzzle consists of a series of 24 arrowhead shaped pieces that are used to build a pentagonal icositetrahedron.
+
+
+ Each edge-edge connection is arranged so that each face's word abides by the other piece's edge rule.
+
+
+ Once the shape is built, it is time to look at the arrows
+ located on some pieces. Each arrow or set of arrows points
+ directly at another piece. There are eight faces pointed at,
+ and the words they contain have something in common. They are
+ the "fakes" from the flavortext and need to be "corrected". A
+ "corrected" face will form a word when HEAD is appended, a
+ condition the other sixteen "genuine" faces already satisfy.
+
+
+ The eight replacement words should be uniquely determined,
+ as they also should match the five constraints from the
+ five neighboring pieces.
+
+
+ Once these eight new words have been determined, the next step
+ is to index into the new words by the number of the small
+ arrows pointing at them. This gives one letter from each. By
+ starting at the three red arrows, the result is the
+ answer DOLLDOMS.
+
+
+ The assemblage can be seen here: (click to see full size)
+
+
+ This puzzle consists of a series of 24 arrowhead shaped pieces that are used to build a pentagonal icositetrahedron.
+
+
+ Each edge-edge connection is arranged so that each face's word abides by the other piece's edge rule.
+
+
+ Once the shape is built, it is time to look at the arrows
+ located on some pieces. Each arrow or set of arrows points
+ directly at another piece. There are eight faces pointed at,
+ and the words they contain have something in common. They are
+ the "fakes" from the flavortext and need to be "corrected". A
+ "corrected" face will form a word when HEAD is appended, a
+ condition the other sixteen "genuine" faces already satisfy.
+
+
+ The eight replacement words should be uniquely determined,
+ as they also should match the five constraints from the
+ five neighboring pieces.
+
+
+ Once these eight new words have been determined, the next step
+ is to index into the new words by the number of the small
+ arrows pointing at them. This gives one letter from each. By
+ starting at the three red arrows, the result is the
+ answer DOLLDOMS.
+
+
+ The assemblage can be seen here: (click to see full size)
+
+
Each clue leads to two people, one of whom has since achieved significantly more success and/or fame than the other.
+Using the very large numbers to index into the full names of the more prominent people spells OTHER ONES; repeating this
+process using the just-barely-visible numbers and the less prominent people spells DREW MOUSE. The cartoon mouse created
+by two people of highly differing levels of fame is Mickey Mouse; since we're looking for the more obscure one (and using
+full names), the solution to the puzzle is UB IWERKS.
+
+
+
O D Rocked a CHOOSE LIFE shirt in a famous music video: geOrge michael, andrew riDgeley
+
T R Was believed widely believed to be the hottest pick of the 1998 NFL draft: peyTon manning, Ryan leaf
+
H E Filed paperwork on February 14, 1876 regarding the patent of a world-changing invention: alexander graHam bell, Elisha gray
+
E W Rocketed to prominence out of the Seattle indie hip-hop scene in 2013: macklEmore, ryan leWis
+
R M Played the title role in a sitcom about an alien living in Boulder, Colorado: Robin williams, paM dawber
+
O O In a TV show from the early 80s, cross-dressed to take advantage of cheap rent: tOm hanks, peter scOlari
+
N U Starting in 2002, acted as host on a wildly successful U.S. reality singing competition: ryaN seacrest, brian dUnkleman
+
E S Introduced the world to a web-slinging superhero: stan leE, Steve ditko
+
S E Portrayed a titular 1989 adventurer and 1991 journeyer: keanu reeveS, alex wintEr
Each clue leads to two people, one of whom has since achieved significantly more success and/or fame than the other.
+Using the very large numbers to index into the full names of the more prominent people spells OTHER ONES; repeating this
+process using the just-barely-visible numbers and the less prominent people spells DREW MOUSE. The cartoon mouse created
+by two people of highly differing levels of fame is Mickey Mouse; since we're looking for the more obscure one (and using
+full names), the solution to the puzzle is UB IWERKS.
+
+
+
O D Rocked a CHOOSE LIFE shirt in a famous music video: geOrge michael, andrew riDgeley
+
T R Was believed widely believed to be the hottest pick of the 1998 NFL draft: peyTon manning, Ryan leaf
+
H E Filed paperwork on February 14, 1876 regarding the patent of a world-changing invention: alexander graHam bell, Elisha gray
+
E W Rocketed to prominence out of the Seattle indie hip-hop scene in 2013: macklEmore, ryan leWis
+
R M Played the title role in a sitcom about an alien living in Boulder, Colorado: Robin williams, paM dawber
+
O O In a TV show from the early 80s, cross-dressed to take advantage of cheap rent: tOm hanks, peter scOlari
+
N U Starting in 2002, acted as host on a wildly successful U.S. reality singing competition: ryaN seacrest, brian dUnkleman
+
E S Introduced the world to a web-slinging superhero: stan leE, Steve ditko
+
S E Portrayed a titular 1989 adventurer and 1991 journeyer: keanu reeveS, alex wintEr
+ After presenting enough items to the professor, teams were given the following:
+
+The professor goes off. A short while later the news comes - both your friend and Professor Oisy have disappeared. Your sources indicate that your friend went off angrily to confront Professor Oisy. There was a flash of green light from the area, and when people investigated, all they found was these numbers on a scrap of paper:
+
+13 55 32 39 47 15 36 19 37 48 16 21 41 33
+
+
+These numbers correspond to the ley lines. The corresponding descriptors are:
+
+
13
Rigid plastic
+
55
Expensive
+
32
V- or L-shaped
+
39
Educational
+
47
New
+
15
Glass and {metal and/or wood}
+
36
Eldritch
+
19
Tubular
+
37
Random
+
48
Ancient
+
16
Glass
+
21
Equiangular
+
41
Disposable
+
33
Y- or X-shaped
+
+
Taking the first letters, you get REVENGE TRAGEDY.
+ After presenting enough items to the professor, teams were given the following:
+
+The professor goes off. A short while later the news comes - both your friend and Professor Oisy have disappeared. Your sources indicate that your friend went off angrily to confront Professor Oisy. There was a flash of green light from the area, and when people investigated, all they found was these numbers on a scrap of paper:
+
+13 55 32 39 47 15 36 19 37 48 16 21 41 33
+
+
+These numbers correspond to the ley lines. The corresponding descriptors are:
+
+
13
Rigid plastic
+
55
Expensive
+
32
V- or L-shaped
+
39
Educational
+
47
New
+
15
Glass and {metal and/or wood}
+
36
Eldritch
+
19
Tubular
+
37
Random
+
48
Ancient
+
16
Glass
+
21
Equiangular
+
41
Disposable
+
33
Y- or X-shaped
+
+
Taking the first letters, you get REVENGE TRAGEDY.
by Tyler Hinman, with help from Joanna Cheng, Mike Sylvia, and Wil Zambole
+
Answer: Click here to reveal
+
+
+
Each negative review comes from the customer interpreting the product's slogan literally. In order:
+
+
Skittles (Taste the rainbow)
+
+
Chrysler (Inspiration comes standard)
+
+
Adidas (Impossible is nothing)
+
+
Rolaids (How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S)
+
+
Lays (Betcha can't eat just one)
+
+
Goldfish (The snack that smiles back)
+
+
Prudential (Get a piece of the rock)
+
+
Olive Garden (When you're here, you're family)
+
+
Meow Mix (Cats ask for it by name)
+
+
Fosters (Australian for beer)
+
+
Staples (That was easy)
+
+
State Farm (Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there)
+
+
Wheaties (Breakfast of champions)
+
+
Coors (Silver bullet)
+
+
Burger King (Have it your way)
+
+
Energizer (They keep going and going...)
+
+
Snapple (Made from the best stuff on Earth)
+
+
Las Vegas (What happens here stays here)
+
+
Yellow Pages (Let your fingers do the walking)
+
+
Red Bull (It gives you wings)
+
+
TNT (We know drama)
+
+
The helpfulness of the review indicates the length of each product's name and which letter to take. These letters spell SHILLING OR TRICKING OUT, which clues the answer PIMPING.
by Tyler Hinman, with help from Joanna Cheng, Mike Sylvia, and Wil Zambole
+
Answer: Click here to reveal
+
+
+
Each negative review comes from the customer interpreting the product's slogan literally. In order:
+
+
Skittles (Taste the rainbow)
+
+
Chrysler (Inspiration comes standard)
+
+
Adidas (Impossible is nothing)
+
+
Rolaids (How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S)
+
+
Lays (Betcha can't eat just one)
+
+
Goldfish (The snack that smiles back)
+
+
Prudential (Get a piece of the rock)
+
+
Olive Garden (When you're here, you're family)
+
+
Meow Mix (Cats ask for it by name)
+
+
Fosters (Australian for beer)
+
+
Staples (That was easy)
+
+
State Farm (Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there)
+
+
Wheaties (Breakfast of champions)
+
+
Coors (Silver bullet)
+
+
Burger King (Have it your way)
+
+
Energizer (They keep going and going...)
+
+
Snapple (Made from the best stuff on Earth)
+
+
Las Vegas (What happens here stays here)
+
+
Yellow Pages (Let your fingers do the walking)
+
+
Red Bull (It gives you wings)
+
+
TNT (We know drama)
+
+
The helpfulness of the review indicates the length of each product's name and which letter to take. These letters spell SHILLING OR TRICKING OUT, which clues the answer PIMPING.
+ As should be quickly evident, this is a 3D version of a Fences (or
+ Slitherlink) puzzle. Instead of creating a linear border (the "fence")
+ surrounding a 2D planar region, you must create a surface that encloses
+ a 3D volume. Each layer represents one "slice" of a 7x7x7 cube; each
+ number in a cell indicates the number of surface "walls" directly adjacent
+ to the cell (in all 6 directions).
+
+
+ There aren't really any tricks, but you will need to use the fact that
+ the surface can't touch itself. The most obvious way this can happen is
+ along an edge (so a 2x2x1 pattern of OX/XO is impossible). More subtly,
+ it also can't touch itself at a vertex (so a 2x2x2 pattern of OX/OO OO/XO
+ is also impossible). The surface is also connected and has no internal
+ holes, but this information is not necessary to solve the puzzle.
+
+
+ After solving the puzzle, you'll notice that the enclosed volume is a
+ cube with 7 connected regions removed. The regions are ordered on the
+ last layer in an obvious way (top-bottom). The sizes of the regions
+ are 20, 9, 7, 18, 9, 19, and 8. So the final answer is TIGRISH.
+
+ As should be quickly evident, this is a 3D version of a Fences (or
+ Slitherlink) puzzle. Instead of creating a linear border (the "fence")
+ surrounding a 2D planar region, you must create a surface that encloses
+ a 3D volume. Each layer represents one "slice" of a 7x7x7 cube; each
+ number in a cell indicates the number of surface "walls" directly adjacent
+ to the cell (in all 6 directions).
+
+
+ There aren't really any tricks, but you will need to use the fact that
+ the surface can't touch itself. The most obvious way this can happen is
+ along an edge (so a 2x2x1 pattern of OX/XO is impossible). More subtly,
+ it also can't touch itself at a vertex (so a 2x2x2 pattern of OX/OO OO/XO
+ is also impossible). The surface is also connected and has no internal
+ holes, but this information is not necessary to solve the puzzle.
+
+
+ After solving the puzzle, you'll notice that the enclosed volume is a
+ cube with 7 connected regions removed. The regions are ordered on the
+ last layer in an obvious way (top-bottom). The sizes of the regions
+ are 20, 9, 7, 18, 9, 19, and 8. So the final answer is TIGRISH.
+
+ As should be quickly evident, this is a 3D version of a Fences (or
+ Slitherlink) puzzle. Instead of creating a linear border (the "fence")
+ surrounding a 2D planar region, you must create a surface that encloses
+ a 3D volume. Each layer represents one "slice" of a 7x7x7 cube; each
+ number in a cell indicates the number of surface "walls" directly adjacent
+ to the cell (in all 6 directions).
+
+
+ There aren't really any tricks, but you will need to use the fact that
+ the surface can't touch itself. The most obvious way this can happen is
+ along an edge (so a 2x2x1 pattern of OX/XO is impossible). More subtly,
+ it also can't touch itself at a vertex (so a 2x2x2 pattern of OX/OO OO/XO
+ is also impossible). The surface is also connected and has no internal
+ holes, but this information is not necessary to solve the puzzle.
+
+
+ After solving the puzzle, you'll notice that the enclosed volume is a
+ cube with 7 connected regions removed. The regions are ordered on the
+ last layer in an obvious way (top-bottom). The sizes of the regions
+ are 20, 9, 7, 18, 9, 19, and 8. So the final answer is TIGRISH.
+
It doesn't matter what the sculpture is called or how complicated the artist thinks it is. I'm sure you can disassemble it by following these simple instructions in the given order.
+
+
Instructions:
+
+
First, focusing on the larger piece, align the other piece's
+ gap so you can move it rightward from the upward pointing triangle
+ to the downward one. Then, with the critical piece's
+ non-gimmicked nut fully lowered, slide the narrow section of the
+ other piece (where the sculptor's copyright is) past the nut. You
+ should notice that one of the two little bar ends on your piece's
+ end curl is squared off versus rounded, which gives you enough
+ clearance to untwist it from the other piece's identical curled
+ end and leave it hanging from that piece's middle. Next, turn the
+ sculpture so that the larger piece is vertical, side on to your
+ vision, and slide it past the violin shape. With the notches on
+ the other two pieces (labeled with one dot and three dots)
+ aligned, you can pull the (formerly middle) piece past them and
+ out, facing you with the open side up. Finally, arrange the two
+ “ocean wave” shapes on the two pieces into the two
+ curves on the other and remove the critical piece with the tiny
+ hanging loop (but otherwise identical), making sure the tiny loop
+ is in the upper left.
+
+
+
The morse code spells out "IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY. THIS ROUND HID ELEVEN FRIENDS AWAY. THE FAB DO NOT COUNT."
+
This is an allusion to The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and how each puzzle mentions (in groups of one or two) a total of eleven celebrities that are pictured on the cover of that album. By row, these individual or paired celebrities spell the answer RIME in Morse code.
The morse code spells out "IT WAS TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY. THIS ROUND HID ELEVEN FRIENDS AWAY. THE FAB DO NOT COUNT."
+
This is an allusion to The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and how each puzzle mentions (in groups of one or two) a total of eleven celebrities that are pictured on the cover of that album. By row, these individual or paired celebrities spell the answer RIME in Morse code.
+ This dream fragment consists of squares of color as seen on
+ the round page
+ for Sleeping
+ Gypsy which the meta used to represent the letters A-Z in
+ order. Decoding this dream fragment message spells STOLEN ART
+ HIDDEN IN ART'S EXIF.
+
+
+ The backgrounds for each puzzle are separate images, and each
+ holds a hidden EXIF thumbnail image with a set of 6 jigsaw
+ pieces. Operating system support for viewing these thumbnails
+ is frustratingly inconsistent, though online EXIF viewers such
+ as Jeffrey's Exif
+ Viewer can be used to extract the full images:
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+ The completed jigsaw pieces form letters cut from 6 different
+ paintings, all stolen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
+ art theft in Boston on March 18, 1990. In chronological order
+ of creation, these spell the dream fragment
+ answer PERUSE:
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P - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)
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E - Self-Portrait by Rembrandt (ca. 1634)
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R - Landscape with an Obelisk by Flinck (1638)
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U - The Concert by Vermeer (ca. 1664-1666)
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S - Cortege aux Environs de Florence by Degas (ca. 1857-1860)
+ This dream fragment consists of squares of color as seen on
+ the round page
+ for Sleeping
+ Gypsy which the meta used to represent the letters A-Z in
+ order. Decoding this dream fragment message spells STOLEN ART
+ HIDDEN IN ART'S EXIF.
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+ The backgrounds for each puzzle are separate images, and each
+ holds a hidden EXIF thumbnail image with a set of 6 jigsaw
+ pieces. Operating system support for viewing these thumbnails
+ is frustratingly inconsistent, though online EXIF viewers such
+ as Jeffrey's Exif
+ Viewer can be used to extract the full images:
+
+
+
+ The completed jigsaw pieces form letters cut from 6 different
+ paintings, all stolen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
+ art theft in Boston on March 18, 1990. In chronological order
+ of creation, these spell the dream fragment
+ answer PERUSE:
+
+
+
+
P - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)
+
E - Self-Portrait by Rembrandt (ca. 1634)
+
R - Landscape with an Obelisk by Flinck (1638)
+
U - The Concert by Vermeer (ca. 1664-1666)
+
S - Cortege aux Environs de Florence by Degas (ca. 1857-1860)
+ This dream fragment consists of squares of color as seen on
+ the round page
+ for Sleeping
+ Gypsy which the meta used to represent the letters A-Z in
+ order. Decoding this dream fragment message spells STOLEN ART
+ HIDDEN IN ART'S EXIF.
+
+
+ The backgrounds for each puzzle are separate images, and each
+ holds a hidden EXIF thumbnail image with a set of 6 jigsaw
+ pieces. Operating system support for viewing these thumbnails
+ is frustratingly inconsistent, though online EXIF viewers such
+ as Jeffrey's Exif
+ Viewer can be used to extract the full images:
+
+
+
+ The completed jigsaw pieces form letters cut from 6 different
+ paintings, all stolen in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
+ art theft in Boston on March 18, 1990. In chronological order
+ of creation, these spell the dream fragment
+ answer PERUSE:
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+
+
+
P - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)
+
E - Self-Portrait by Rembrandt (ca. 1634)
+
R - Landscape with an Obelisk by Flinck (1638)
+
U - The Concert by Vermeer (ca. 1664-1666)
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S - Cortege aux Environs de Florence by Degas (ca. 1857-1860)
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