{"id":363,"date":"2018-01-15T22:52:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conference.playthinklearn.net\/blog\/?page_id=363"},"modified":"2018-01-15T22:52:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T22:52:01","slug":"puzzle-solutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/conference.playthinklearn.net\/blog\/puzzle-solutions","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Programme Puzzles<\/h3>\n

In this year\u2019s programme, we provided nine puzzles for attendees to work through during or after the conference. Here there are, and at the base of the page we\u2019ve provided the solutions to relieve any frustrations!<\/p>\n

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Solutions<\/h3>\n

#PLpuzzle1<\/strong> \u2013 translate the three words provided into the languages spoken in the areas provided (Rhineland is in Germany, and so translating\u00a0Red<\/em> into German gives \u00a0Rot<\/em>; in the same way, Army<\/em>\u00a0translates as Her<\/em> in Icelandic; and Harness<\/em> translates as Ham<\/em> in Hungarian). Adding the three translations together gives Rot-her-ham<\/em>, or Rotherham: the location of keynote speaker Deborah Bullivant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle2<\/strong> \u2013 a google search of a few of the names should take you to the IKEA catalogue, where you\u2019ll find that all the forenames and surnames happen to be designs of chairs. The conference officer you would need to contact is therefore The Chair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle3<\/strong> \u2013 this is a simple logic puzzle: a common way to solve these is to draw up a diagram of the problem (in this case, five hotel rooms) and start to add information from each clue. As you do that, you\u2019ll find that all the guests match up with a known room except Alan Adventure<\/strong>, who is left with Room 4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#PLpplaytime<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 not a puzzle, just a Nine Men\u2019s Morrris board (see web link for gamplay instructions) that attendees could use their M&Ms as counters for.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle5<\/strong> \u2013 this could only be solved at the conference. Around the venue were posters containing a list of names of rewards in PacMan (apples, cherries, etc.). Sharp eyed attendees would have noticed these, and also the fact that the page behind puzzle 5 was left blank \u2013 meaning that the page could be held up against the poster and a set of letters would show through the white squares: revealing MANIC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle6<\/strong> \u2013 similar to puzzle 5, the other portion of this Connect 4 board could be found on posters around the venue. When lined up, the board would reveal that the next move could be won by Yellow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle7<\/strong> \u2013 the most straightforward of the puzzles: count the bears! There are a mixture of photographic\/cuddly bears (look out for different colour fur hiding undernearth) and also black overlaid bears. There are 18<\/strong> altogether.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle8<\/strong> \u2013 a logic puzzle where letters have been replaced with symbols. The clue and background image suggest a four digit combination, so you are looking for four numbers (in fact, four single integers, 0-9). You\u2019ll notice that some of the symbols are repeated: try writing out the numbers zero to nine in words and see if you can spot a pattern. The ghosts provide the best clue \u2013 they must represent E (thrEE and onE), then the wizards (T, for ThrEE and TwO), which should then allow you to work out that the bottom word is OnE, and the only three-letter number left is six, giving you the top word. 6321<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

#PLpuzzle9<\/strong> \u2013 a tricky one to finish. First work out each of the number puzzles, as follows:
\nRed Ghost: Use the Transport for London website to get the bus route for Penge to Tottenham Court Road Station: <\/span>[Bus route 176<\/strong>]
\nPink Ghost: 3 Tesseracted is\u00a03x3x3x3 [=81<\/strong>]
\n<\/span>Blue Ghost: <\/span>Both of these represent the same year 199<\/strong> in different calendars.
\n<\/span>Yellow Ghost: Taking the initial letter of each word gives\u00a0<\/span>CXCIV which is roman numerals for 194<\/strong>.
\nThe clue at the base looks familiar\u2026 it\u2019s a web address, and you have four numbers to type into it.
\nBut first you need an order: the four coloured ghosts are hidden in the rest of the programme \u2013 you\u2019ll find them in the order yellow, pink, blue, red, giving the web address: https:\/\/194.81.199.176<\/strong> \u2013 where you could enter your answers to the puzzles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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