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<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Under New Management</span></span><br> | <span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Under New Management</span></span><br> | ||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">Amantopoulos squared is Diamantopoulos. 2000 pounds is a ton, and the previous equation is divided by this, so it can be said to be over ton. Chris Diamantopoulos and Kelly Overton starred in this 2006 film.</span></span> | <span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">Amantopoulos squared is Diamantopoulos. 2000 pounds is a ton, and the previous equation is divided by this, so it can be said to be over ton. Chris Diamantopoulos and Kelly Overton starred in this 2006 film.</span></span> | ||
<h1>Old [[C-FZX02 (Dec 9, 2019)|C-FZX02]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">NO. 44B TRIVIA<br> | |||
20 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS<br> | |||
“maH Qap boq jupmey”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Employee No. 44B likes alien. A lot.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Do you know Star Trek?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">The most famous language.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">We Work With Friends</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">This is the English translation of the clue, which is written in Klingon.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-JIM03 (Dec 10, 2019)|C-JIM03]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">DIFFERENT RECEIPT<br> | |||
4 CHARACTERS 1 WORD<br> | |||
“Responds better to 3.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Feeling Zappy, Xavier? Three more times, and you'll not get dessert, young man.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">What has an adverse reaction to Manager No. 3?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Funk</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">In CD-FZX03, Manager No. 3 has an adverse reaction to the Funk.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-TCW03 (Dec 16, 2019)|C-TCW03]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">LOGIC PUZZLE<br> | |||
6 CHARACTERS 1 WORD<br> | |||
“The password that you'll need to determine<br> | |||
It’ll fit a scheme of A then B then B then A<br> | |||
If you find yourself stuck no need to pray<br> | |||
Just hum this hymn or sweet sweet…”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Do we have a rhyme scheme?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">It is detailed in the poem itself.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">Rhymezone, perhaps?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Sermon</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">The poem has a rhyme scheme of ABBA, so we need to find a word that rhymes with determine, and has six letters. There are five common words that fits these configurations, and sermon is one of them.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-OSO03 (Dec 18, 2019)|C-OSO03]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">NO. 71 TRIVIA<br> | |||
15 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS<br> | |||
“2010 - Every title is perfect, and is perfectly suited to abysmal ratings. Swing and miss for the Peacock.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Employee No. 71 likes situational comedies.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">2010, "perfect", abysmal ratings, and Peacock.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">So we need a 2010 show from NBC with abysmal ratings and "perfect" in its title?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Perfect Couples</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">From the clue phrase, we know we need to be looking for a show from NBC (whose logo features a peacock), in 2010, with abysmal ratings and "Perfect" in the title. "Perfect Couples" satisfies all these restrictions.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-OSO04 (Dec 19, 2019)|C-OSO04]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">NO. 611 TRIVIA<br> | |||
8 CHARACTERS 1 WORD<br> | |||
“The Napo<b><i>leo</i></b> of Crime.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Employee No. 611 enjoys a musical from time to time.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Why is it "leo", and not "leon"?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">A cat version of Moriarty?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Macavity</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">This cat, from the musical Cats, is a master criminal, like Moriarty before him.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-ATIW02 (Dec 20, 2019)|C-ATIW02]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">PREVIOUS RECIEPT & LOGIC PUZZLE<br> | |||
2 CHARACTERS 1 WORD<br> | |||
“Added all up together on their way across the pond.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Would you mind reading it back?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Who is in our merry band of travellers?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">Since the staff are referred to by numbers now, what's the sum?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">53</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">This is the sum of the three people in the group: Manager No. 5, Manager No. 4 and Employee No. 44A.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[DD-TCW04 (Dec 22, 2019)|DD-TCW04]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">DINER DINER<br> | |||
19 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS<br> | |||
“Yo<b>u</b>’<b>r</b>e al<b>l</b> on your own <b><i>:)”</i></b></p> | |||
<span style="font-size:20px">More: <span class="spoiler-text">URL: nfxca5dimuqgiylsnnsxg5banbxxk4q</span></span> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">You might want to look at the code for this.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">What you're looking for? The hint phrase already pointed that out.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text"><b>Five power</b> ups for <b>binary</b>, please.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">In The Darkest Hour</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">The URL of this specific receipt is Base32 for "in the darkest hour".</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-OSO05 (Dec 24, 2019)|C-OSO05]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">COMMON KNOWLEDGE<br> | |||
9 CHARACTERS 1 WORD<br> | |||
“Mrs. Lludd in Baltimore.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">And the tape is rolling. Mrs. Lludd, can you tell us who you are?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">We are one of the three plagues of Britain.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">Our impeccable hearing helps us against King Lludd.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Coraniaid</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">This is Mrs. Lludd's Baltimorean name.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[CD-FZX03 (Dec 25, 2019)|CD-FZX03]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">PICTURE CLUE<br> | |||
14 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS<br> | |||
“Constellations A, B, and C could never shine as bright as CaD.”<br></p> | |||
[[file:CCZX3PC.png|center|500px]] | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">You need a cipher wheel, perhaps?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Divide the wheel into five, with the main dividers being A B C D E, from top and going clockwise. Then F is to the right of A, G to the right of B, so on and so forth. For our purposes, I and J are interchangeable.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">The bold line signifies A at one end. Starts at the numbered point.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Mask Of Masoch</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">The bottom left constellation gives "Cafe and Diner" when traced on the wheel. Using the bold line to orient yourself and start walking from one letter to another gives, in order, "Mask" for A, "of" B, and "Masoch" C.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[CC-FZXA (Dec 26, 2019)|CC-FZXA]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">COURTESY OF NO. 62</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Hey. Do you remember the name of No. 62? Like their real name?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Oh, it's... I think he shares the same name with the singers Jackson and Bublé.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">Definitely shortened, though. Think it rhymes with spiky...</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Mikey</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">This is Employee No. 62's real name.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[CD-QZBEB02 (Dec 28, 2019)|CD-QZBEB02]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">NO. 161 TRIVIA<br> | |||
16 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS<br> | |||
“No. 15 Fireside & No. 22 Open Gate in 1923.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">No. 161 is a skilled card reader.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">How about trying for a search?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">What do the cards mean?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Home Opportunity</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">Fireside and Open Gate are both cards in the Teulia fortune telling deck, with Fireside meaning Home, and Open Gate meaning Opportunity.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[C-QZBEB03 (Dec 29, 2019)|C-QZBEB03]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">COMMON KNOWLEDGE<br> | |||
9 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS<br> | |||
“Creating reality from dreams.”</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">May want to read the previous report back.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">You're looking for someone older than you.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 3: <span class="spoiler-text">His domain is dreams.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Rem Lezar</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">The previous report mentions Rem Lezar, an Elder associated with dreams.</span></span> | |||
<h1>Old [[CC-JIMA (DEC 30, 2019)|CC-JIMA]] Puzzle</h1> | |||
<p style="text-align:center;font-size: 20px">COURTESY OF NO. 7</p> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px"><strong>Hover over the clues if you require!</strong></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 1: <span class="spoiler-text">Psst, you remember No. 7s name?</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Clue 2: <span class="spoiler-text">Oh, she shares her name with Child, the chef, and Roberts, the actor.</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Answer: <span class="spoiler-text">Julia</span></span><br> | |||
<span style="font-size: 20px">Explanation: <span class="spoiler-text">This is No. 7's real name.</span></span> | |||
Latest revision as of 23:12, 6 September 2023
Old C-CADCM03 Puzzle
PREVIOUS RECEIPT & LOGIC PUZZLE
16 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“I would hope it is obvious?”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Would you mind having another read of the previous one?
Clue 2: It's really really obvious. Like... if it gets any more obvious, it wouldn't be a password.
Clue 3: Like, it's bolded, italicized, and in all caps?
Answer: Obvious Password
Explanation: In CADCM02, this is the two words in stark contrast with the rest of the receipt.
Old C-CADCM04 Puzzle
PREVIOUS RECEIPT & LOGIC PUZZLE
16 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Suoivbo si ti epoh dluow i?”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: How does one read backwards?
Clue 2: Remember the previous receipt?
Answer: Drowssap Suoivbo
Explanation: This is the password to the previous receipt, except backwards.
Old C-JIM02 Puzzle
NO. 26 TRIVIA & WORD PUZZLE
20 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“Amantopoulos * Amantopoulos / 2000.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: What's Amantopoulos squared?
Clue 2: 2000 pounds is this. And we're over this.
Clue 3: No. 26 likes to watch movies.
Answer: Under New Management
Explanation: Amantopoulos squared is Diamantopoulos. 2000 pounds is a ton, and the previous equation is divided by this, so it can be said to be over ton. Chris Diamantopoulos and Kelly Overton starred in this 2006 film.
Old C-FZX02 Puzzle
NO. 44B TRIVIA
20 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“maH Qap boq jupmey”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Employee No. 44B likes alien. A lot.
Clue 2: Do you know Star Trek?
Clue 3: The most famous language.
Answer: We Work With Friends
Explanation: This is the English translation of the clue, which is written in Klingon.
Old C-JIM03 Puzzle
DIFFERENT RECEIPT
4 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Responds better to 3.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Feeling Zappy, Xavier? Three more times, and you'll not get dessert, young man.
Clue 2: What has an adverse reaction to Manager No. 3?
Answer: Funk
Explanation: In CD-FZX03, Manager No. 3 has an adverse reaction to the Funk.
Old C-TCW03 Puzzle
LOGIC PUZZLE
6 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“The password that you'll need to determine
It’ll fit a scheme of A then B then B then A
If you find yourself stuck no need to pray
Just hum this hymn or sweet sweet…”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Do we have a rhyme scheme?
Clue 2: It is detailed in the poem itself.
Clue 3: Rhymezone, perhaps?
Answer: Sermon
Explanation: The poem has a rhyme scheme of ABBA, so we need to find a word that rhymes with determine, and has six letters. There are five common words that fits these configurations, and sermon is one of them.
Old C-OSO03 Puzzle
NO. 71 TRIVIA
15 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“2010 - Every title is perfect, and is perfectly suited to abysmal ratings. Swing and miss for the Peacock.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Employee No. 71 likes situational comedies.
Clue 2: 2010, "perfect", abysmal ratings, and Peacock.
Clue 3: So we need a 2010 show from NBC with abysmal ratings and "perfect" in its title?
Answer: Perfect Couples
Explanation: From the clue phrase, we know we need to be looking for a show from NBC (whose logo features a peacock), in 2010, with abysmal ratings and "Perfect" in the title. "Perfect Couples" satisfies all these restrictions.
Old C-OSO04 Puzzle
NO. 611 TRIVIA
8 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“The Napoleo of Crime.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Employee No. 611 enjoys a musical from time to time.
Clue 2: Why is it "leo", and not "leon"?
Clue 3: A cat version of Moriarty?
Answer: Macavity
Explanation: This cat, from the musical Cats, is a master criminal, like Moriarty before him.
Old C-ATIW02 Puzzle
PREVIOUS RECIEPT & LOGIC PUZZLE
2 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Added all up together on their way across the pond.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Would you mind reading it back?
Clue 2: Who is in our merry band of travellers?
Clue 3: Since the staff are referred to by numbers now, what's the sum?
Answer: 53
Explanation: This is the sum of the three people in the group: Manager No. 5, Manager No. 4 and Employee No. 44A.
Old DD-TCW04 Puzzle
DINER DINER
19 CHARACTERS 4 WORDS
“You’re all on your own :)”
More: URL: nfxca5dimuqgiylsnnsxg5banbxxk4q
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: You might want to look at the code for this.
Clue 2: What you're looking for? The hint phrase already pointed that out.
Clue 3: Five power ups for binary, please.
Answer: In The Darkest Hour
Explanation: The URL of this specific receipt is Base32 for "in the darkest hour".
Old C-OSO05 Puzzle
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
9 CHARACTERS 1 WORD
“Mrs. Lludd in Baltimore.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: And the tape is rolling. Mrs. Lludd, can you tell us who you are?
Clue 2: We are one of the three plagues of Britain.
Clue 3: Our impeccable hearing helps us against King Lludd.
Answer: Coraniaid
Explanation: This is Mrs. Lludd's Baltimorean name.
Old CD-FZX03 Puzzle
PICTURE CLUE
14 CHARACTERS 3 WORDS
“Constellations A, B, and C could never shine as bright as CaD.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: You need a cipher wheel, perhaps?
Clue 2: Divide the wheel into five, with the main dividers being A B C D E, from top and going clockwise. Then F is to the right of A, G to the right of B, so on and so forth. For our purposes, I and J are interchangeable.
Clue 3: The bold line signifies A at one end. Starts at the numbered point.
Answer: Mask Of Masoch
Explanation: The bottom left constellation gives "Cafe and Diner" when traced on the wheel. Using the bold line to orient yourself and start walking from one letter to another gives, in order, "Mask" for A, "of" B, and "Masoch" C.
Old CC-FZXA Puzzle
COURTESY OF NO. 62
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Hey. Do you remember the name of No. 62? Like their real name?
Clue 2: Oh, it's... I think he shares the same name with the singers Jackson and Bublé.
Clue 3: Definitely shortened, though. Think it rhymes with spiky...
Answer: Mikey
Explanation: This is Employee No. 62's real name.
Old CD-QZBEB02 Puzzle
NO. 161 TRIVIA
16 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“No. 15 Fireside & No. 22 Open Gate in 1923.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: No. 161 is a skilled card reader.
Clue 2: How about trying for a search?
Clue 3: What do the cards mean?
Answer: Home Opportunity
Explanation: Fireside and Open Gate are both cards in the Teulia fortune telling deck, with Fireside meaning Home, and Open Gate meaning Opportunity.
Old C-QZBEB03 Puzzle
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
9 CHARACTERS 2 WORDS
“Creating reality from dreams.”
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: May want to read the previous report back.
Clue 2: You're looking for someone older than you.
Clue 3: His domain is dreams.
Answer: Rem Lezar
Explanation: The previous report mentions Rem Lezar, an Elder associated with dreams.
Old CC-JIMA Puzzle
COURTESY OF NO. 7
Hover over the clues if you require!
Clue 1: Psst, you remember No. 7s name?
Clue 2: Oh, she shares her name with Child, the chef, and Roberts, the actor.
Answer: Julia
Explanation: This is No. 7's real name.