Puzzle 0. Hidden Puzzle (100 Points)

Puzzle 0. Hidden Puzzle (100 Points)
The hidden puzzle is on the map. The Circle-E Rocking Stone text says that “The answer to the hidden
puzzle is the date at pngfcjip.” Drawing lines on the map text area will result in this:
Final Answer
DECEMBER ’09.
Puzzle 1. Postcards
Each team receives 3 postcards. Each postcard will have 1, 2, or 3 holes in it. Each hole will be numbered on
the picture side of the postcard. Each postcard will also have hand writing on it and a stamp with a value
that goes with a numbered hole from another card. If the person with hole #3 finds the person with a 3
cent stamp, the postcards can be lined up to read a word through the hole. All of the words become a
question that the team must answer.
Puzzle 2. “Sign Up” (100 Points)
The player gets a 17 x 11 sheet of paper with the following picture:
They get the following instructions:
The letters are falling off the signs along the north side of the street in downtown Truckee. A letter will
always fall to the lowest square available following a downward path. I made the sketch from memory and
could only remember the biggest words on the signs so look there first.
Text the answer and “dragons” to 775-200-9776
Signs Used
THE TREEHOUSE
WHITE BUFFALO
*BUDS FISHING TACKLE GUNS*
YE OLD PASTIME CLUB
BARBERS
SQUEEZE IN
COOKING GALLERY
COFFEE SHOP
DRAGONFLY
Result
How many flying dragons can you find?
Answer
Any number at or above 11 is accepted in the text message.
Text Message Response
You found plenty of dragons. Please write KNIGHT on your answer sheet.
Final Answer
KNIGHT
Puzzle 3. “What’s My Middle Name?” (50 Points)
The player gets the following clue:
Text your answer to behindoldjail
DR. MICHAEL CAPPOLA
WILLIAM KRUGER
GARY MINER
MAJEL ROSE
ARLINE SMART
MARTIN OROZ
There are no other clues. The email address tells them where to go. They should figure out that the names
on the plaques all have middle initials and that those initials are missing from the list on the clue sheet. The
middle initials spell the name THELMA.
Result
THELMA
Answer
FINGER (Thelma’s middle name)
Text Message Response
Great job! Write JAILBIRD on your answer sheet.
Final Answer
JAILBIRD
Puzzle 4. Mileage (150 Points)
Players get a bus schedule sheet that looks like this:
They are expected to use the letter S and the bolded text “Train Station”, “Distances”, and “Wall Map”, to
figure out that the wall map at the train station is needed to solve the puzzle. In the train station, there is a
large wall map with a small mileage map on the lower left corner. If they fill in the total distance between
the cities for each line of the schedule, they can then translate the numbers to letters using the ASCII
conversion table. At least one letter will already be filled in for them.
Result
“Send Distance of Title Route to Mosey” is the message hidden in the bus schedule. The title route and
distances are Red Bluff 72 Williams 59 49 32 39 Merced 18 Chowchilla and the total is 269.
Text Response
Buy a postcard. Write "puzzle 4" and a message on it. Turn it in with answers.
Puzzle 5. Our Five Black Sheep (200 points)
The player gets a sheet of paper with the following information formatted so that the letters in the poem
are all lined up on a grid. Punctuation is squeezed in between the letters as well as possible without
upsetting the grid. The clue leads the player to darken the vowels to show braille. Here is the content of the
clue sheet:
The shepherd has a flock of 26 sheep. He tends to them all day and all night. He likes to write bad
poetry and when things are slow, he sends poems and secret messages to his blind wife. The text of
the poems doesn’t mean anything but there is something hidden in them somewhere. Maybe the 5
black sheep can help us find the message in the poems:
I T o o A m a z e M y V i c t o r i a.I A p o l o g i z e A
s A N e i g h b o r. A g r e e! O u t d o o r s I n G e o z o
o l o g y, Q u i e t E n c h a n t r e s s T e s t s A l l B
l u e A m e b a e. O a t m e a l I s Q u i e t e r.I A m R o g u e Q u a
i l S a i d O p h e l i a.I O u t d a n c e A m i a b l e A i r S a x o
p h o n i s t s M y s t i c a l l y T r a v e l i n g W i t h C o m e t.
Braille Result
The vowels are braille dots. The braille is:
Translation
ONBULLETINBOARD
INSIDETRAINSTATION
And then…
On bulletin board in the train station is this message:
LOST!
Five Black Sheep
I’ve lost my five black sheep. You don’t need to bring them to me, just find the right
place on your map and let me know the address. X marks the spot.
R to S
J to L
T to V
Q to I
M to W
Send the street address number to “LOST”.
Do not remove this notice.
Result
Drawing lines between the letters on the street area of the map results in all lines crossing at the same
location over the circled letter K. This is “The Capitol” building. The address on the building is 10072.
Answer
10072
Text Message Response
That's it. You found my sheep. Write down "AEIOU" on your answer sheet.
Final Answer
AEIOU
Puzzle 6. Phone Number
Players get a business card with only a phone number on it.
(530) 563-6306
Phone messages says “Post Office Box 2753 Truckee California 96160”.
The post office box in the post office in town has a note on/in the box that says ________
Delivery Order #6a
Incorrect Items Delivered: Replace Incorrect Items with Correct Items
Items Delivered to Wrong Address: Shift Items to Correct
Items Defective: Remove Defective Items
From:
ambiance
home comforts
To:
high
camp home
10156 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CA 96161
10191 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CA 96161
tam peckegm taet yhu will nmmd is zmbre
the package that you will need is zebra
Delivery Order #6b
Incorrect Items Delivered: Replace Incorrect Items with Correct Items
Items Delivered to Wrong Address: Shift Items to Correct
Items Defective: Remove Defective Items
To: Keller Williams Realty
10194 Donner Pass Rd, Truckee, CA 96161
vjg fguvkpcvkqp vjcv aqw yknn pggf ku vtwemgg
the destination that you will need is truckee
Delivery Order #6c
Incorrect Items Delivered: Replace Incorrect Items with Correct Items
Items Delivered to Wrong Address: Redeliver to Correct Business
Duplicate Items: Remove All Duplicate Items
Keller Williams Realty
Ambiance Home Comforts
Trokay
café
Drecomdemthimslminethemnsrendthemderstminamtrimfontotherpamcffkrage7752009776
Decode this line then send the destination to the package 775-200-9776
Result
They are expected to text “truckee zebra” to the phone number.
Text Message Response
Delivery accepted. Log the word POSTAL on your answer sheet.
Final Answer
POSTAL
Puzzle 7. Penny Ante (80 Points)
The player gets a sheet with lots of overlapping circles with letters in them. The title of the puzzle should
make them realize that the pennies provided with the race package should be used for this. Covering up
the correct exposes a message:
TheMessageIsHiddenUnderThePenniesButMustBeReadBackwardsToBeUsefulToAnyone
The message backwards and under the pennies is:
ThePlaqueSaysGreysLogWaystationWasMovedWhatYear
The plaque on Grey’s Log Waystation says that it was removed [sic] to its current site in 1907.
Penny Coverings
Final Answer is 1907
Puzzle 8. Ruling Grade
Head from Sacramento to New England Mills.
Climb another 946 feet. Gold Run
Go back down the hill two towns. Cape Horn
Climb 2955 feet. Yuba Pass
Continue on five more towns. Eder
Descend one town and then another town after that. Truckee
Go to the nearest town whose elevation is an even number. Andover
Continue on one more town. Eder
Descend about 1100 feet. Boca
Descend to our destination two towns away. Mystic
Where are we? Text your answer and the word “city” to 775-200-9776 or email the answer to
[email protected].
Answer
Mystic City
Text Message Response
The answer is the number of miles of snow sheds between Sacramento and Truckee.
Final Answer
40
Puzzle 9. Follow the Leader (100 Points)
Each clue will ask a question about information on a plaque or marker. The location of the historical
marker might be specified or there might be a clue about how to find it. Each answer is the number of the
next question to use. Only a small subset of questions are used to get to the final answer but the other
questions are also clues that lead the players in the wrong direction. They start on question number 1.
1. “To start your quest now, on your map is an E; it says that there is no longer rocking to see.
The plaque that you find will tell you the rest. Working with numbers is the idea that’s best.
Use the first digit of the chapter, it’s not very complex, then add the day of dedication and go there next.”
2.
3.
4.
7.
First digit of chapter 3691 is 3. Add dedication day 15. Answer is 18.
Not the right path.
5. Not the right path.
Not the right path.
6. Not the right path.
Not the right path.
“O on your map, that is to be sure, an old pile of stones, has a lot of allure. There, the plaque has many and
many a year. Each final-year digit is fairly clear. Add them all up and your final question is near.”
Stones garage plaque. Years on it are 1863, 1907, 1965, 1909, 1972, and 1981. Add the last digits to
get 27. It is a mistake to add last digit of the chapter number 3691!
Answer is 27.
8. Not the right path.
9. “Theodore’s plaque is very near to you. The last two digits of his birth year are your clue.”
The day of the year 1800, Theodore’s birth year, is 26.
The answer is 26.
10. Not the right path.
14. Not the right path.
11. Not the right path.
15. Not the right path.
12. Not the right path.
16. Not the right path.
13. Not the right path.
17. Not the right path.
18. “Cabona's on Commercial Row, will yield a plaque for you to know. Add the quoted digits at the top of the flow.
That glorious number will instruct where to go.”
The plaque is the 601 plaque near Cabona’s. Adding 6, 0, and 1, results in the
answer 7.
19. Not the right path.
22. Not the right path.
20. Not the right path.
23. Not the right path.
21. Not the right path.
24. Not the right path.
25. “The train stops here but never a car. Behind a small fence made from some bar, there are two plaques that will
make you a star. The plaque on the right is not too far and the day of May is the number that’s par.”
The plaque is the plaque on the right behind the train station. The day of Map is 9.
The answer is 9.
26. “You have finished the game, hurrah for you. But the final answer is not in the queue! Now don’t be stricken and
get all wide-eyed. Just pick a new number from the last plaque you spied. You will get the puzzle right with the
year that he died.”
The final answer, the year that he died, is 1863.
27. “Around the corner from where you are now, there is a large rock not shaped like a cow. The equation (some
math) is shown with some years. Add 80 to the answer and go that far from right here.”
The plaque is on the rock next to stones garage. It has the dates (equation) shown as 1867 – 1949.
The math comes out to -82. Add 80 and the answer is -2 or two questions before this one.
Final answer is 25.
28. Not the right path.
29. Not the right path.
Answer is 1863
Puzzle 10. Where Am I (100 points- 10 points each)
1.
Tourist Bar Club next to La Galleria.
2.
At 10157 For Goodness Sakes.
3.
Best Pies- commercial row.
4.
10072 – bu?? Furnishings.
5.
Mane Attraction Hair Salon in Brickletown.
6.
Next to (or on) Sweets Shop below Dragonfly restaurant.
7.
Between Sweet Shop and T-Shirt place.
8.
Next to coffee shop on Jibboom St. (At 10120 #103)
9.
At 10156 below Truckee mural.
10.
On Fire Station.
Puzzle 11. That’s Historical (160 Points)
Visit the historic old jail museum to solve this historical puzzle. 10 points per word with a 10 point bonus for
getting them all.
Across
4. Kearney’s snow plow was
unable to reach it.
7. Lemon Kist.
8. Stranded the city of San
Francisco near Yuba Pass in
1952.
10. Rockwood Kennels male sale.
12. Jacob Teeter’s.
14. Crime of number 890.
15. Tourist Garage
Down
CITY
SODA
AVALANCHE
FOXHOUND
BIBLE
BATTERY
THORNTONS
1. Tribe of Dat-so-la-lee.
2. Founded Truckee Soda
Works.
3. The beer that won the west.
5. Prisoner’s Place.
6. Central or Southern.
7. Fatal for Jacob Teeter.
9. Home of Doctor and Mrs.
Walter H. Rohll.
11. Wells, Fargo, and Co. will pay
it.
WASHOE
THOMAS
BOCA
JAIL
PACIFIC
SHOOTOUT
MIDDLETOWN
REWARD
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Answer Sheet
Hidden
Puzzle
December ‘09
1.
2.
KNIGHT
3.
JAILBIRD
4.
(Turn in postcard)
5.
AEIOU
6.
POSTAL
7.
1907
8.
40
9.
1863
10.
1. Tourist Club Bar.
2. 10157 For Goodness Sakes.
3. Midway down commercial row
4. 10072 Sipes Furnishings
5. “Mane Attraction” hair salon- Brickletown
6. Sweets shop
7. Right of sweets shop, between it and t-shirt
store
8. Next to coffee shop 10123 #103 Jibboom St.
9. 10156- “Ambiance”- below mural
10. Truckee Fire Station
11.
(Turn in crossword puzzle)
12.
(Turn in word search)