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'''Birds''' is |
'''Birds''' is an image identification puzzle from the {{l|Balloon Vendor}} round of the [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2020|2020 MIT Mystery Hunt]]. |
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==Solve Path== |
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==Puzzle Elements== |
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[[Image-Heavy]] - The whole puzzle is one image, though it could be better described as multiple images of birds. |
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[[Flavortext]] - ''In an open park, you see the balloon seller. They are surrounded by birds singing mellowly.'' |
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{{spoiler|label=Spoiler-y Elements}} |
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[[Identification]] ([[Zoology]]/[[Ornithology]]) - One must identify the bird images; the images are drawn from [https://www.audubon.org/bird-guide Audubon's Guide to North American Birds], which can be used as a source. (One of the birds, the Acadian Flycatcher, has a small [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Acadia Acadian flag], presumably to distinguish it from the highly-similarly-colored Cordilleran Flycatcher.) |
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[[Enumerations]] - The first set of numbers also enumerates the bird's binomial name... |
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[[Indexing]] - ...which can then be indexed into using the number in parentheses. |
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[[Keep Going!]] - The phrase obtained this way is "SOUTH BAY BIRD MNEMONIC PAGE", bringing solvers to [https://web.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/birdsong.html this page]. All birds in the puzzle are also in here. |
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Indexing - Each bird has a number of mnemonics composed of a number of syllables. The number before the colon indicates which mnemonic to draw a syllable from; the number after the colon indicates which syllable to take. The aforementioned Acadian Flycatcher, for example, has three mnemonics; take the second, "peet-suh", and extract its second syllable. |
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[[Sound It Out]] - The syllables can be sounded out into English words, using the spaces between groups of speech bubbles as word breaks and the white circles as syllable breaks. |
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[[Final Clue Phrase]] - The resulting phrase is LAMENTING VERSES PLAYED DURING A FUNERAL PROCESSION, which clues the final answer. |
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 1 November 2022
Birds | |
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
Balloon Vendor | |
Author(s) | Benjamin L de Bivort and Jay Strader |
Answer | Click to revealDIRGES |
Statistics | |
No. solves | 37 |
No. total guesses | 190 |
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Puzzle | Link |
Solution | Link |
Birds is an image identification puzzle from the Balloon Vendor round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Image-Heavy - The whole puzzle is one image, though it could be better described as multiple images of birds.
Flavortext - In an open park, you see the balloon seller. They are surrounded by birds singing mellowly.
Identification (Zoology/Ornithology) - One must identify the bird images; the images are drawn from Audubon's Guide to North American Birds, which can be used as a source. (One of the birds, the Acadian Flycatcher, has a small Acadian flag, presumably to distinguish it from the highly-similarly-colored Cordilleran Flycatcher.)
Enumerations - The first set of numbers also enumerates the bird's binomial name...
Indexing - ...which can then be indexed into using the number in parentheses.
Keep Going! - The phrase obtained this way is "SOUTH BAY BIRD MNEMONIC PAGE", bringing solvers to this page. All birds in the puzzle are also in here.
Indexing - Each bird has a number of mnemonics composed of a number of syllables. The number before the colon indicates which mnemonic to draw a syllable from; the number after the colon indicates which syllable to take. The aforementioned Acadian Flycatcher, for example, has three mnemonics; take the second, "peet-suh", and extract its second syllable.
Sound It Out - The syllables can be sounded out into English words, using the spaces between groups of speech bubbles as word breaks and the white circles as syllable breaks.
Final Clue Phrase - The resulting phrase is LAMENTING VERSES PLAYED DURING A FUNERAL PROCESSION, which clues the final answer.