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'''COCOA Test''' is a miniature puzzle hunt written by Bruce Leban. It was released on August 2020, and is visually intended to be a pastiche of the {{w|Montreal Cognitive Assessment|MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) test}}. (The real-life MoCA test is a test designed to test for dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and gained publicity in late July 2020 with former U.S. president Donald Trump boasting in a Fox News interview that he got a perfect score on the test, which he falsely claimed tested for IQ.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/29/trump-montreal-cognitive-assessment-test/</ref>) The puzzle hunt is designed to be fairly accessible, with no specialized knowledge required other than common codes and ciphers, as well as crossword and cryptic clue knowledge. |
'''COCOA Test''' is a miniature puzzle hunt written by Bruce Leban. It was released on August 13, 2020, and is visually intended to be a pastiche of the {{w|Montreal Cognitive Assessment|MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) test}}. (The real-life MoCA test is a test designed to test for dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and gained publicity in late July 2020 with former U.S. president Donald Trump boasting in a Fox News interview that he got a perfect score on the test, which he falsely claimed tested for IQ.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/29/trump-montreal-cognitive-assessment-test/</ref>) The puzzle hunt is designed to be fairly accessible, with no specialized knowledge required other than common codes and ciphers, as well as crossword and cryptic clue knowledge. |
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Revision as of 10:10, 16 October 2022
| COCOA Test | |
|---|---|
| Running Team | Bruce Leban |
| No. of Rounds | 1 |
| No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas) | 7 |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | Online |
| Start Time | August 13, 2020 |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
COCOA Test is a miniature puzzle hunt written by Bruce Leban. It was released on August 13, 2020, and is visually intended to be a pastiche of the MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) test. (The real-life MoCA test is a test designed to test for dementia and mild cognitive impairment, and gained publicity in late July 2020 with former U.S. president Donald Trump boasting in a Fox News interview that he got a perfect score on the test, which he falsely claimed tested for IQ.[1]) The puzzle hunt is designed to be fairly accessible, with no specialized knowledge required other than common codes and ciphers, as well as crossword and cryptic clue knowledge.
List of Puzzles
The entire hunt is a single round consisting of 6 puzzles and a meta.
