Answer the following questions. If done correctly, I'm sure you
+ will know what to do with the finished product.
+
+
+ How many regular female bailiffs appeared in the cast of the TV
+ series "Night Court"?
+
+
How many PATs were scored by Louis Ray Groza after the Browns
+ joined the NFL in 1950? (Regular season only)
+
+
What number belongs to JEALOUSY (in the right book)?
+
+
What is the number of the verse containing the line:
+
+
+
"No refuge could save the hireling and slave
+ From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave"
+
+
+
In what year did Constantine issue the Edict of Milan?
+
+
What is the number of the highway providing the most direct route
+ between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge?
+
+
There were two errata for this
+ puzzle. One added the "(Regular season only)" qualifier, and the
+ other offered to help you find the number once you have an idea
+ about the right book.
+
+
+
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+
+
+
+
+
+ 19.00s A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
+
+
+
19.00s — A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
Even something as innocent as a voice recognition system can be
+ turned into a puzzle by a creative Enigmatologist. We spoke a
+ bunch of words that belong to the same set (though they don't
+ comprise the whole set) into our voice-input system. Each line
+ below contains the four alternatives (none is a correct
+ word itself) that the system came up with for each word we spoke.
+
+
To pass this course, figure out the single word that describes
+ each and every element of the set.
+
+
did, bed, head, it
+
+
flat, lack, lap, Latin
+
+
trauma, job, chalk, drama
+
+
nor, more, Mark, your
+
+
mentoring, meditating, nutrient, mainframe
+
+
faulted, vaulted, phobic, bulk
+
+
sarcasm, sarcastic, surpass, sergeants
+
+
asking, casting, caffeine, napkin
+
+
jibe, Hannah, chat, shined
+
+
quarrel, oral, call, full
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998mm_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Final_Runaround/4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998mm_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Final_Runaround/4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines.html
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+
+
+
+
+ 4.123 Coloring Within the Lines
+
+
+
+
+ Go to room _________ and find the word above ________.
+
+
+
+ If you've never heard of Paint By Numbers before, call us at
+ x8-0279
+
+
+
+
+
There was an erratum for this
+ puzzle: In the first row, the third and seventh squares should
+ be filled in. In the twelfth row, the eighth square should be
+ filled in. (These are pre-filled in the diagram above from the
+ archive copy.)
+
The solutions to the seven grids are as follows:
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Solving all the grids helps significantly since you will be able to
+ research topics like the SIGIR papers (Special Interest Group on
+ Information Retrieval), be able to correctly name something in the
+ category, and your partner will know what it is. When you succeed,
+ you're told "Look to the pyramid's right on the seven grids."
+
+ The first grid has only one P, To it's right is an N. The second has
+ only one Y, etc. The letters to the right of the PYRAMID letters
+ spell NOT RICH, which is the final answer.
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r2m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Sophomore_Year_meta/24.7_Word_Recognition.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r2m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Sophomore_Year_meta/24.7_Word_Recognition.html
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--- /dev/null
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+
+
+
+
+ 24.7 Word Recognition
+
+
+
Even something as innocent as a voice recognition system can be
+ turned into a puzzle by a creative Enigmatologist. We spoke a
+ bunch of words that belong to the same set (though they don't
+ comprise the whole set) into our voice-input system. Each line
+ below contains the four alternatives (none is a correct
+ word itself) that the system came up with for each word we spoke.
+
+
To pass this course, figure out the single word that describes
+ each and every element of the set.
+
+
did, bed, head, it
+
+
flat, lack, lap, Latin
+
+
trauma, job, chalk, drama
+
+
nor, more, Mark, your
+
+
mentoring, meditating, nutrient, mainframe
+
+
faulted, vaulted, phobic, bulk
+
+
sarcasm, sarcastic, surpass, sergeants
+
+
asking, casting, caffeine, napkin
+
+
jibe, Hannah, chat, shined
+
+
quarrel, oral, call, full
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Junior_Year_Requirements/19.00s_A_Study_of_Contemporary_Culture_Terminology_and_the_Symbolism_of_Post-Modernism_in_a_Neo-Industrial_Proto-Futuris b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Junior_Year_Requirements/19.00s_A_Study_of_Contemporary_Culture_Terminology_and_the_Symbolism_of_Post-Modernism_in_a_Neo-Industrial_Proto-Futuris
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+
+
+
+
+
+ 19.00s A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
+
+
+
19.00s — A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
Find a link between Ashley Judd and Henry Rollins á la Kevin
+ Bacon.
+
What is the nearest opposite of the word "Treyf"?
+
What early laser-disc video game featured a dorky hero who
+ could transform into a hunky hero at the press of a button?
+
What was the name of the bumbling detective often featured on
+ the children's television program "The Electric Company"?
+
Name a movie starring Mary Steenbergen which features a
+ character who travels to the future.
+
Rincewind is a former student of what institution?
+
Name the occupation of the Beatles' Rita.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Junior_Year_Requirements/_solution_assets/19.00s_A_Study_of_Contemporary_Culture_Terminology_and_the_Symbolism_of_Post-Modernism_in_a_Neo-Industrial_Proto-Futuris b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Junior_Year_Requirements/_solution_assets/19.00s_A_Study_of_Contemporary_Culture_Terminology_and_the_Symbolism_of_Post-Modernism_in_a_Neo-Industrial_Proto-Futuris
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@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+ 19.00s A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
+
+
+
19.00s — A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
Erratum issued for this puzzle:
+ Teams report that "W" doesn't seem to work, but they can solve
+ it anyway. You may wish to consider this in your ranking. Or
+ not. This is actually an erroneous erratum due to solvers and HQ
+ not understanding how this team's puzzle was meant to work.
+
+
+
First English-speaking Caribbean country to qualify for World Cup
+ (Sp.) (7)
+
+
Dakotan Indian tribe (5)
+
+
He has no "quv" (Kl.) (4)
+
+
Thirteenth word of Mt 6:9 (KJV) (8)
+
+
-Cone, -Sol, -tree (4)
+
+
Spaghetti-, Cheeri- (2)
+
+
Popular dog in Baskerville (5)
+
+
Soft (4)
+
+
Mixed-up bro is a sphere (3)
+
+
You're halfway to here at 182.2 smoots (±½ an ear) (4)
+
+
A collection of living animals for public display (3)
+
+
"_____ be back." (3)
+
+
"Do the _____®" (3)
+
+
Finding the coin (7)
+
+
Animals wear it to keep warm (3)
+
+
Without (Sp.) (3)
+
+
Sheet you bring in when you don't know the test material (4)
+
+
Carolyn Phillips, to a SIPB member (5)
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry_Solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry_Solution.html
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+
+
+
+
+ 19.456 Cartooning for the Tech - Noun Poetry Solution
+
+
+
19.456 Cartooning for the Tech — Noun Poetry Solution
+
Noun Poetry
+ was a feature in The Tech in this era. As the archived
+ examples show, the first two panels in each strip rhyme, while the
+ third does not.
+
+
The published solution for this puzzle identifies the images as
+ follows:
+
+
fan, plan, needle
+
stub, club, orange
+
rut, nut, pulley
+
sled, Ed, Everest
+
+
The names of the images in the third column are already given.
+ They don't rhyme with the with the other answers and their first
+ letters spell NOPE, indicating these are red herrings.
+
+
The first two images in each row rhyme when identified correctly.
+
+
+
Note that Ed (Mr. Ed) in row 4 isn't abbreviated. This,
+ along with this column initially not having any letters given
+ (before the erratum), was supposed to hint that these are the only
+ important answers. Treating ed as an abbreviation for education,
+ the words clued in the middle column can all follow the word HEALTH,
+ which is the answer.
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/_solution_assets/19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry_Solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/_solution_assets/19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry_Solution.html
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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+
+
+
+ 19.456 Cartooning for the Tech - Noun Poetry Solution
+
+
+
19.456 Cartooning for the Tech — Noun Poetry Solution
+
Noun Poetry
+ was a feature in The Tech in this era. As the archived
+ examples show, the first two panels in each strip rhyme, while the
+ third does not.
+
+
The published solution for this puzzle identifies the images as
+ follows:
+
+
fan, plan, needle
+
stub, club, orange
+
rut, nut, pulley
+
sled, Ed, Everest
+
+
The names of the images in the third column are already given.
+ They don't rhyme with the with the other answers and their first
+ letters spell NOPE, indicating these are red herrings.
+
+
The first two images in each row rhyme when identified correctly.
+
+
+
Note that Ed (Mr. Ed) in row 4 isn't abbreviated. This,
+ along with this column initially not having any letters given
+ (before the erratum), was supposed to hint that these are the only
+ important answers. Treating ed as an abbreviation for education,
+ the words clued in the middle column can all follow the word HEALTH,
+ which is the answer.
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/_solution_assets/index.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/_solution_assets/index.html
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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+
+ Better Living Through Noun Poetry
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r3p12_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_19.456_Cartooning_for_the_Tech_-_Noun_Poetry/solution.html
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--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+
+
+
+ 19.456 Cartooning for the Tech - Noun Poetry Solution
+
+
+
19.456 Cartooning for the Tech — Noun Poetry Solution
+
Noun Poetry
+ was a feature in The Tech in this era. As the archived
+ examples show, the first two panels in each strip rhyme, while the
+ third does not.
+
+
The published solution for this puzzle identifies the images as
+ follows:
+
+
fan, plan, needle
+
stub, club, orange
+
rut, nut, pulley
+
sled, Ed, Everest
+
+
The names of the images in the third column are already given.
+ They don't rhyme with the with the other answers and their first
+ letters spell NOPE, indicating these are red herrings.
+
+
The first two images in each row rhyme when identified correctly.
+
+
+
Note that Ed (Mr. Ed) in row 4 isn't abbreviated. This,
+ along with this column initially not having any letters given
+ (before the erratum), was supposed to hint that these are the only
+ important answers. Treating ed as an abbreviation for education,
+ the words clued in the middle column can all follow the word HEALTH,
+ which is the answer.
+
Erratum for this puzzle: The
+ second number in the last word on the first line should be 19
+ (already corrected above).
+ Some formatting irregularities not relevant to the puzzle have
+ been corrected in this version.
+
+
+
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+
+
+
+
+
+ 19.00s A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
+
+
+
19.00s — A Study of Contemporary Culture, Terminology, and the
+ Symbolism of Post-Modernism in a Neo-Industrial Proto-Futuristic
+ Paradigm
Each section of the puzzle consists of lyrics from a popular
+ song. Even in 1998, it was probably possible to look these up on
+ lyrics search sites. In the order of the puzzle:
+
+
+
"Come Dancing"
+
+
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
+
+
"Camptown Races"
+
"Election Special"
+
"Conjunction Junction"
+
"Cruella De Vil"
+
+
"Gimme Some Money"
+
"Asshole"
+
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
+
"Amish Paradise"
+
"George of the Jungle"
+
"Birdhouse in Your Soul"
+
"Down Under"
+
+
"(The) Boy in the Bubble"
+
"Christmas in Heaven"
+
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
+
"Goodnight Saigon"
+
+
"Crazy Lovesick Fool"
+
+
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
+
+
+
The initial letters of the song titles (ignoring the initial
+ article in one title) are all musical notes which are supposed to
+ be from the song DOWNTOWN.
+
Each section of the puzzle consists of lyrics from a popular
+ song. Even in 1998, it was probably possible to look these up on
+ lyrics search sites. In the order of the puzzle:
+
+
+
"Come Dancing"
+
+
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"
+
+
"Camptown Races"
+
"Election Special"
+
"Conjunction Junction"
+
"Cruella De Vil"
+
+
"Gimme Some Money"
+
"Asshole"
+
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
+
"Amish Paradise"
+
"George of the Jungle"
+
"Birdhouse in Your Soul"
+
"Down Under"
+
+
"(The) Boy in the Bubble"
+
"Christmas in Heaven"
+
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
+
"Goodnight Saigon"
+
+
"Crazy Lovesick Fool"
+
+
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
+
+
+
The initial letters of the song titles (ignoring the initial
+ article in one title) are all musical notes which are supposed to
+ be from the song DOWNTOWN.
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Senior_Metapuzzle/18.617_Number_Theory.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4m_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_Senior_Metapuzzle/18.617_Number_Theory.html
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+
+
+
+
+
+ 18.617 Number Theory
+
+
+
Answer the following questions. If done correctly, I'm sure you
+ will know what to do with the finished product.
+
+
+ How many regular female bailiffs appeared in the cast of the TV
+ series "Night Court"?
+
+
How many PATs were scored by Louis Ray Groza after the Browns
+ joined the NFL in 1950? (Regular season only)
+
+
What number belongs to JEALOUSY (in the right book)?
+
+
What is the number of the verse containing the line:
+
+
+
"No refuge could save the hireling and slave
+ From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave"
+
+
+
In what year did Constantine issue the Edict of Milan?
+
+
What is the number of the highway providing the most direct route
+ between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge?
+
+
There were two errata for this
+ puzzle. One added the "(Regular season only)" qualifier, and the
+ other offered to help you find the number once you have an idea
+ about the right book.
+
+
+ Go to room _________ and find the word above ________.
+
+
+
+ If you've never heard of Paint By Numbers before, call us at
+ x8-0279
+
+
+
+
+
There was an erratum for this
+ puzzle: In the first row, the third and seventh squares should
+ be filled in. In the twelfth row, the eighth square should be
+ filled in. (These are pre-filled in the diagram above from the
+ archive copy.)
+
They aren't long enough to fill the spaces, but if you assign
+ them to the first numbers next each clue, they provide exactly one
+ letter for each number, and when transferred to the blanks at the
+ top, it spells out more clues:
+
+
+
GREEK CITY STATE
+
CREDIT CARD
+
BIG CANDY BAR
+
JASMINE'S LOVE
+
GO TEEHEE
+
POLISH CAPITAL
+
+
The answer to these clues can go on the unused numbers at the
+ ends of the original clues, in order:
+
+
+
SPARTA
+
DISCOVER
+
TOBLERONE
+
ALADDIN
+
GIGGLE
+
WARSAW
+
+
And when these letters are placed in the order of the numbers, it
+ gives one final clue:
+
+
+
LARGEST WORDS ABOVE PLACARD READING WAILING SETO
+
+
When you find that sign at MIT (it's a person's name), the
+ largest words above it are FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES,
+ an MIT department, and the answer.
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4p04_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines/4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4p04_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines/4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines.html
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a447129d33b4b2971e3e1cca5aa40eeed01598c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4p04_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines/4.123_Coloring_Within_the_Lines.html
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+
+
+
+
+ 4.123 Coloring Within the Lines
+
+
+
+
+ Go to room _________ and find the word above ________.
+
+
+
+ If you've never heard of Paint By Numbers before, call us at
+ x8-0279
+
+
+
+
+
There was an erratum for this
+ puzzle: In the first row, the third and seventh squares should
+ be filled in. In the twelfth row, the eighth square should be
+ filled in. (These are pre-filled in the diagram above from the
+ archive copy.)
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4p05_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_18.617_Number_Theory/18.617_Number_Theory.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4p05_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_18.617_Number_Theory/18.617_Number_Theory.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d9d91ede3cc5b5ed35b3073b8fd3ce2bee5e1b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1998/mit1998r4p05_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1998_18.617_Number_Theory/18.617_Number_Theory.html
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+
+
+
+
+
+ 18.617 Number Theory
+
+
+
Answer the following questions. If done correctly, I'm sure you
+ will know what to do with the finished product.
+
+
+ How many regular female bailiffs appeared in the cast of the TV
+ series "Night Court"?
+
+
How many PATs were scored by Louis Ray Groza after the Browns
+ joined the NFL in 1950? (Regular season only)
+
+
What number belongs to JEALOUSY (in the right book)?
+
+
What is the number of the verse containing the line:
+
+
+
"No refuge could save the hireling and slave
+ From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave"
+
+
+
In what year did Constantine issue the Edict of Milan?
+
+
What is the number of the highway providing the most direct route
+ between Medicine Hat and Lethbridge?
+
+
There were two errata for this
+ puzzle. One added the "(Regular season only)" qualifier, and the
+ other offered to help you find the number once you have an idea
+ about the right book.
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999dossiers_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Dossiers_Meta/charlotteamalie.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999dossiers_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Dossiers_Meta/charlotteamalie.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..39a77d47dd0bd66b14a29485e7670e41ab3c9ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999dossiers_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Dossiers_Meta/charlotteamalie.html
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+
+
+ Charlotte Amalie
+
+
+
Charlotte Amalie
+
+
+
This is a performing arts puzzle. It will go about five billion times
+smoother and faster if you look over your lines before your rehersals
+begin. There are five "actors": red, yellow, green, blue and purple.
+They meet in 10 scenes. As one of the actors (see below) you will be
+performing in only 4 of the scenes. It's a play about questions, and
+you've many. But unfortunately, you don't have the whole script, just
+cues (in brackets) before your lines and your lines are all out
+of order so you don't know the ultimate question. The ultimate question
+might be one not in this email, i.e., one another team asks you.
+
+
You must try and schedule your own meeting times with teams of other
+colors (perhaps the zephyr instance would be useful). | indicates "or".
+This puzzle would work best by distibuting an "actor's" lines out to various
+team members who memorize their cues and lines. Things in parentheses are
+actions and you must do them. Typos are irrevelant.
+
+
Archivist's Note: The teams were each assigned a color and emailed one
+of the following five scripts (with the introduction quoted above):
We have been informed that VILE is having a party. We would like you
+to go to Twenty Chimneys at *time TK* disguised as a crook, and talk
+to all of the VILE members you meet there. Remember to take notes, but
+try to do so discreetly. If your team name is in the first half of the
+alphabet, please bring something (healthy) to eat, and napkins. If your
+team name is in the second half of the alphabet, please bring something
+(non-alcoholic) to drink, and cups.
+
+
Archivist's Note: When teams attended the V.l.L.E. party in 20 Chimneys, they found that certain crooks (like the ones for
+whom Acme has dossiers) subtly dropped the following bits of information:
+
+
"Richard I. Mateles ratted on Joe F. Moore"
+
"Joe F. Moore ratted on Paul P. Shepherd"
+
"Paul P. Shepherd ratted on Donald R. Miller"
+
"Donald R. Miller ratted on Richard I. Mateles"
+
"Gordon K. Lister ratted on Evelyn L. Dawes"
+
"Evelyn L. Dawes ratted on Robert Taylor Dawes (her own husband!)"
+
"Irv and Jean Pashkowitz ratted on Clayton Simpson Robinson"
+
"Clayton Simpson Robinson ratted on Agent 1967"
+
+
If they were paying close attention (or if they were just in the room at all), they would also have noticed
+many references to the words "chair," "lecture," and "connection."
+
+Solution
+
+
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diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r106_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_New_Orleans/_solution_assets/solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r106_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_New_Orleans/_solution_assets/solution.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93dba89e0a04e72aa1e977a1bb247cf353939f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r106_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_New_Orleans/_solution_assets/solution.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+New Orleans: Solution
+
New Orleans: Solution
+
+The dates given are all birth dates of Beanie Babies:
+
+
1-6-93 Patti the Platypus
6-19-93 Pinchers the Lobster
+
4-27-93 Chocolate the Moose
1-18-94 Bones the Dog
+
4-19-94 Quackers the Duck
2-25-94 Happy the Hippo
+
8-14-94 Speedy the Turtle
3-28-94 Zip the Cat
+
11-14-94 Goldie the Fish
1-25-95 Peanut the (royal/light) Blue elephant
+
2-13-95 Pinky the Flamingo
8-17-95 Bongo the Monkey
+
5-11-95 Lizzy the Lizard
9-3-95 Inch the Inchworm
+
5-15-95 Tabasco/Snort the bull
1-15-96 Mel the Koala
+
5-3-96 Chops the Lamb
10-9-96 Doby the Doberman
+
12-14-96 Seamore the Seal
7-1-96 Scoop the Pelican (also Maple the Bear, Canada exclusive)
+
+
+
The two columns are sets of Teenie Beanies, which you could get from McDonald's. The first column is the Teenie Beanie series from 1996-1997, and it is complete. The second column lists 10 of the 12 Teenie Beenies from the 1998 series. The two missing Teenie Beanies in this series are Waddle the Penguin and Twigs the Giraffe. Fill in the two blanks below the column with their names, and read off the numbered letters in order to get LAST, which is the answer to this puzzle.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r106_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_New_Orleans/solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r106_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_New_Orleans/solution.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..93dba89e0a04e72aa1e977a1bb247cf353939f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r106_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_New_Orleans/solution.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+
New Orleans: Solution
+
New Orleans: Solution
+
+The dates given are all birth dates of Beanie Babies:
+
+
1-6-93 Patti the Platypus
6-19-93 Pinchers the Lobster
+
4-27-93 Chocolate the Moose
1-18-94 Bones the Dog
+
4-19-94 Quackers the Duck
2-25-94 Happy the Hippo
+
8-14-94 Speedy the Turtle
3-28-94 Zip the Cat
+
11-14-94 Goldie the Fish
1-25-95 Peanut the (royal/light) Blue elephant
+
2-13-95 Pinky the Flamingo
8-17-95 Bongo the Monkey
+
5-11-95 Lizzy the Lizard
9-3-95 Inch the Inchworm
+
5-15-95 Tabasco/Snort the bull
1-15-96 Mel the Koala
+
5-3-96 Chops the Lamb
10-9-96 Doby the Doberman
+
12-14-96 Seamore the Seal
7-1-96 Scoop the Pelican (also Maple the Bear, Canada exclusive)
+
+
+
The two columns are sets of Teenie Beanies, which you could get from McDonald's. The first column is the Teenie Beanie series from 1996-1997, and it is complete. The second column lists 10 of the 12 Teenie Beenies from the 1998 series. The two missing Teenie Beanies in this series are Waddle the Penguin and Twigs the Giraffe. Fill in the two blanks below the column with their names, and read off the numbered letters in order to get LAST, which is the answer to this puzzle.
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r201_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Charlotte_Amalie/charlotteamalie.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r201_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Charlotte_Amalie/charlotteamalie.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a9b264fc24898c525dec02fb83c09e6598421738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r201_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Charlotte_Amalie/charlotteamalie.html
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+
+ Charlotte Amalie
+
+
+
Charlotte Amalie
+
+
+
This is a performing arts puzzle. It will go about five billion times
+smoother and faster if you look over your lines before your rehersals
+begin. There are five "actors": red, yellow, green, blue and purple.
+They meet in 10 scenes. As one of the actors (see below) you will be
+performing in only 4 of the scenes. It's a play about questions, and
+you've many. But unfortunately, you don't have the whole script, just
+cues (in brackets) before your lines and your lines are all out
+of order so you don't know the ultimate question. The ultimate question
+might be one not in this email, i.e., one another team asks you.
+
+
You must try and schedule your own meeting times with teams of other
+colors (perhaps the zephyr instance would be useful). | indicates "or".
+This puzzle would work best by distibuting an "actor's" lines out to various
+team members who memorize their cues and lines. Things in parentheses are
+actions and you must do them. Typos are irrevelant.
+
+
Archivist's Note: The teams were each assigned a color and emailed one
+of the following five scripts (with the introduction quoted above):
We have been informed that VILE is having a party. We would like you
+to go to Twenty Chimneys at *time TK* disguised as a crook, and talk
+to all of the VILE members you meet there. Remember to take notes, but
+try to do so discreetly. If your team name is in the first half of the
+alphabet, please bring something (healthy) to eat, and napkins. If your
+team name is in the second half of the alphabet, please bring something
+(non-alcoholic) to drink, and cups.
+
+
Archivist's Note: When teams attended the V.l.L.E. party in 20 Chimneys, they found that certain crooks (like the ones for
+whom Acme has dossiers) subtly dropped the following bits of information:
+
+
"Richard I. Mateles ratted on Joe F. Moore"
+
"Joe F. Moore ratted on Paul P. Shepherd"
+
"Paul P. Shepherd ratted on Donald R. Miller"
+
"Donald R. Miller ratted on Richard I. Mateles"
+
"Gordon K. Lister ratted on Evelyn L. Dawes"
+
"Evelyn L. Dawes ratted on Robert Taylor Dawes (her own husband!)"
+
"Irv and Jean Pashkowitz ratted on Clayton Simpson Robinson"
+
"Clayton Simpson Robinson ratted on Agent 1967"
+
+
If they were paying close attention (or if they were just in the room at all), they would also have noticed
+many references to the words "chair," "lecture," and "connection."
+
+Solution
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r408_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Nairobi/_solution_assets/solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r408_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Nairobi/_solution_assets/solution.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5c274fa5f3031cdd65a7c369ca4f0c0ac8e8468b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r408_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Nairobi/_solution_assets/solution.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+
+Nairobi: Solution
+
+
+
Nairobi: Solution
+
+Solution needed. The answer is LOW.
+
+
+
+
+
Archivist's Note: Here is some speculation about how the puzzle might be solved:
+
+
Puzzle link goes to a repaired version that fixes the HTML to more closely match the intent of this puzzle. See original. There also exists a file in one of the folders named test which does a different repair, replacing the angle brackets of two of the encoded paragraphs with semicolon and single-quote.
+
+
The first bit is a rebus that spells "easy as pie" (E+sea ass pine-NE) and then there is ASCII art of a pie with a slice removed. Then there are some cryptogrammish texts below that. Each one has about 160-190 characters, and each has about 24-27 different symbols (27 only in the last one). It is possible these are cryptograms with spaces and punctuation encoded, but usually an encoded space would stand out more in the distribution than what we have (maximum frequency of any symbol in one of the paragraphs is 23 out of 165, about 14%, a good match for an E but well short of the norm for a space). Also, if punctuation was encoded I would expect each message to end with a rare character, but three of them end with common characters. Maybe there are digits or symbols as part of the content of the messages, not punctuation; perhaps they decode as rebuses.
Archivist's Note: Here is some speculation about how the puzzle might be solved:
+
+
Puzzle link goes to a repaired version that fixes the HTML to more closely match the intent of this puzzle. See original. There also exists a file in one of the folders named test which does a different repair, replacing the angle brackets of two of the encoded paragraphs with semicolon and single-quote.
+
+
The first bit is a rebus that spells "easy as pie" (E+sea ass pine-NE) and then there is ASCII art of a pie with a slice removed. Then there are some cryptogrammish texts below that. Each one has about 160-190 characters, and each has about 24-27 different symbols (27 only in the last one). It is possible these are cryptograms with spaces and punctuation encoded, but usually an encoded space would stand out more in the distribution than what we have (maximum frequency of any symbol in one of the paragraphs is 23 out of 165, about 14%, a good match for an E but well short of the norm for a space). Also, if punctuation was encoded I would expect each message to end with a rare character, but three of them end with common characters. Maybe there are digits or symbols as part of the content of the messages, not punctuation; perhaps they decode as rebuses.
Note from the author: I am not much a fan of poetry but I figured
+I should overcome that, so I thought I would try to write one
+myself. However, I had a bit of a writers block with one of the
+words. I know it could be a great poem, if only you could help me fill
+in the missing word.
+
+
Die, Art!
+
+
+With us left at mit, no linksmust be allowed to muss up our day.
+
+Earth may Tag a staleWelt on my ass (fad only).
+
+Afterfarsearch for fern that can loadsuchvarnish, every Lastfairy on the shelf, LackFee of a Regalplate of song.
+
+Seaweed fortune TellerLied, but long ago, Tang in herbathroom did loom over pickle-juice.
+
+Against rage and Badcouncil, I am a bin of LakeRat corpses.
+
+ TheySee a goodman, with emptygut, watch eleven goats leer eerily.
+
+Nearly every elf is large and _________.
+
+Every maggot <gross!> (fasten check here) hasMade a hat or a redHut of rot.
+
+An Acme detective says, "Acting on an anonymous tip, I broke into a back room at the Post. Laid out in type was a message that gave crucial information for decoding a secret message in an upcoming radio broadcast. I stole the type and set fire to the office in order to conceal the theft. Unfortunately, the columns of the message got scrambled. You'll need to reconstruct it quickly because the broadcast is sometime tomorrow morning."
+
+
+
+Here are the type columns:
+
+D D E E E E E I I I K L N N N O O S T T T W
+E N A H L R S A I P N W E E I C N T A H L E
+I Y N O T M R P N N E K H I H A I W H I G N
+T C E R S E L L A H P R A S O A V N L D E E
+A H S R L E N W T N I T T R E E T W T O S E
+E T M R X H N O I R A W O D T R F T O H W O
+
+
+
+
+Archivist's Note: At hunt time, the solution to the above would lead you to the following content:
+
+
+
+
+ "I'm going to give you 2 rhyming words. You give a 3rd word that can follow each of mine to complete a compound word or familiar 2-word phrase. For example, if I said "Wish" and "Fish," you'd say BONE (as in Wishbone and fishbone)."
+
+
To solve the puzzle, the first four cards in each row specify a letter within one of the words CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS
+or SPADES. For example, 1♣ = C, 2♣ = L, 3♣ = U, etc. This gives you a four letter word which applies to
+the value of the fifth card. In the first row below, CORE 3 says to take the core (middle) letter of THREE, or R.
+
+
+
+A♣
+
+5♦
+
+4♥
+
+2♥
+
+3♥
+
+CORE 3
+
+
+
+R
+
+
+
+5♠
+
+6♦
+
+4♠
+
+A♠
+
+8♠
+
+ENDS 8
+
+
+
+ET
+
+
+
+8♦
+
+2♥
+
+4♦
+
+2♦
+
+8♣
+
+SEMI 4
+
+
+
+UR
+
+
+
+2♣
+
+3♥
+
+6♥
+
+5♥
+
+Q♥
+
+LAST QUEEN
+
+
+
+N
+
+
+
+4♥
+
+5♠
+
+5♣
+
+5♥
+
+K♦
+
+REST KING
+
+
+
+ING
+
+
+
+Reading down the last column above gives you the answer: RETURNING
+
+
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r412_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Santiago/solution.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r412_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Santiago/solution.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8edcf738383cdd8a7888d2d468520fdc238fdfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/1999/mit1999r412_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_1999_Santiago/solution.html
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+
+
+Santiago: Solution
+
+
+
+
Santiago: Solution
+
To solve the puzzle, the first four cards in each row specify a letter within one of the words CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS
+or SPADES. For example, 1♣ = C, 2♣ = L, 3♣ = U, etc. This gives you a four letter word which applies to
+the value of the fifth card. In the first row below, CORE 3 says to take the core (middle) letter of THREE, or R.
+
+
+
+A♣
+
+5♦
+
+4♥
+
+2♥
+
+3♥
+
+CORE 3
+
+
+
+R
+
+
+
+5♠
+
+6♦
+
+4♠
+
+A♠
+
+8♠
+
+ENDS 8
+
+
+
+ET
+
+
+
+8♦
+
+2♥
+
+4♦
+
+2♦
+
+8♣
+
+SEMI 4
+
+
+
+UR
+
+
+
+2♣
+
+3♥
+
+6♥
+
+5♥
+
+Q♥
+
+LAST QUEEN
+
+
+
+N
+
+
+
+4♥
+
+5♠
+
+5♣
+
+5♥
+
+K♦
+
+REST KING
+
+
+
+ING
+
+
+
+Reading down the last column above gives you the answer: RETURNING
+
+
+Author: Elaina Present
+With help from Quinn Mahoney and Joel Miller
+
+
Teams arrive and the answer phrases from all four events are displayed on round capsules of various types, one word per capsule. Teams are paired and assigned to create steps to get something useful out of the useless information they have received in the events round. The steps are Rube Goldberg-like and sort the balls by size or diameter. A kit of materials is provided.
+
+
The paired teams have an hour to work on their steps. Once a step has demonstrated robust performance, it is assigned to a location in the final paths. There are 9 final paths, each 2 steps long (one size sorter, one weight sorter), arranged with one of the three outputs going forward. Sets of capsules with answer words are sent through each path, with all of the capsules that come out forward having the same word on each step. In order, the words on the forward outputs constitute the answer phrase: WHITE RABBIT HAS A WATCH THAT CONTROLS RABBIT HOLES.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/2014/mit2014em_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_2014_The_Cat_s_Combobulation/elsewhere.html b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/2014/mit2014em_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_2014_The_Cat_s_Combobulation/elsewhere.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f4ba9fe9a82c99bc90abba4630cfdf12440eced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/2014/mit2014em_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_2014_The_Cat_s_Combobulation/elsewhere.html
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+Places:
+ Lobby 7
+ MIT
+ The MIT Runaround
+ Wonderland
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ The Tea Party
+
+
+
+ The Mock Turtle
+
+
+
+ The White Queen
+
+
+
+ The Red and White Knights
+
+
+
+ The Caucus Race
+
+
+
+ Humpty Dumpty
+
+
+
+ Events
+ The Final Runaround
+
+Utilities:
+ Introduction
+ All Puzzles by Round
+ All Puzzles by Author
+ Team Log
+
+
+Log Out
diff --git a/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/2014/mit2014em_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_2014_The_Cat_s_Combobulation/events b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/2014/mit2014em_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_2014_The_Cat_s_Combobulation/events
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba2a8f60b100bfe89ec5f791ad01af87885aefaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/MIT_Mystery_Hunt/puzzles/2014/mit2014em_MIT_Mystery_Hunt_2014_The_Cat_s_Combobulation/events
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+
+
+ Events
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Author: Elaina Present
+With help from Quinn Mahoney and Joel Miller
+
+
Teams arrive and the answer phrases from all four events are displayed on round capsules of various types, one word per capsule. Teams are paired and assigned to create steps to get something useful out of the useless information they have received in the events round. The steps are Rube Goldberg-like and sort the balls by size or diameter. A kit of materials is provided.
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The paired teams have an hour to work on their steps. Once a step has demonstrated robust performance, it is assigned to a location in the final paths. There are 9 final paths, each 2 steps long (one size sorter, one weight sorter), arranged with one of the three outputs going forward. Sets of capsules with answer words are sent through each path, with all of the capsules that come out forward having the same word on each step. In order, the words on the forward outputs constitute the answer phrase: WHITE RABBIT HAS A WATCH THAT CONTROLS RABBIT HOLES.
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+Author: Elaina Present
+With help from Quinn Mahoney and Joel Miller
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Teams arrive and the answer phrases from all four events are displayed on round capsules of various types, one word per capsule. Teams are paired and assigned to create steps to get something useful out of the useless information they have received in the events round. The steps are Rube Goldberg-like and sort the balls by size or diameter. A kit of materials is provided.
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The paired teams have an hour to work on their steps. Once a step has demonstrated robust performance, it is assigned to a location in the final paths. There are 9 final paths, each 2 steps long (one size sorter, one weight sorter), arranged with one of the three outputs going forward. Sets of capsules with answer words are sent through each path, with all of the capsules that come out forward having the same word on each step. In order, the words on the forward outputs constitute the answer phrase: WHITE RABBIT HAS A WATCH THAT CONTROLS RABBIT HOLES.
This puzzle is a deceptively presented sudoku in PostScript format that has a few too many given digits and is obviously broken. The reason it is not in a more commonly used format is because PostScript is a full-fledged programming language and the puzzle is actually randomly generated to have extra digits. This becomes evident upon reloading the file, which generates a new set of numbers.
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To solve the puzzle, identify the squares that remain constant in all possible configurations. These form a solvable sudoku:
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Solve the sudoku, and identify the squares that are always blank in all possible configurations; these are shaded in gray below:
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The eight 3-by-3 blocks surrounding the center each have a shaded segment showing a number between 1 and 26. Map these to letters (A = 1, etc.) and order the letters by the number in the center of each block: these go clockwise from the top left to spell CERAMICS, which is the answer.
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