Field Notes (EC Puzzle Hunt)
| Field Notes | |
|---|---|
| EC Puzzle Hunt | |
| Exploring | |
| Author(s) | chimpaznee |
| Answer | Click to revealPO |
| Statistics | |
| No. solves | 304 |
| No. total guesses | 464 |
| Links | |
| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
| Checker | Link |
| Stats | Link |
Field Notes is one of the opener puzzles for the first round of the EC Puzzle Hunt.
Solvers are presented with two lists: one labeled "Observations" and another labeled "Excerpts from the field guide." Both supposedly concern local wildlife, but have certain peculiarities.
Solve Path[edit | edit source]
Each observation refers to a fictional animal character, and each field guide excerpt hints an idiom or other phrase containing an animal. The observations are sorted alphabetically by character name, and the excerpts each contain a time that can be used as an index. Each character is of a type of animal referenced in one of the idioms; pairing them up in excerpt order and indexing into the character names using the times yields the cluephrase PANDA OR TELETUBBY, which can only be PO.
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Identification - Both fictional animals and animal idioms need to be identified.
Pairing - Fictional animals need to be matched to their animal idioms.
Indexing - The times in the field guide excerpts are used to index into the fictional animal names.
