Carousel (MIT Mystery Hunt 2020)
| Carousel | |
|---|---|
| MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
| Big Top Carnival | |
| Author(s) | Nina Hinrichs, Brent Holman, Wei-Hwa Huang |
| Answer | Click to revealSTIRRUP DRAMA |
| Statistics | |
| No. solves | 23 |
| No. total guesses | 132 |
| Links | |
| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
People can’t seem to get on the carousel horses! What’s the problem?
Carousel is the metapuzzle of the Big Top Carnival round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Answer List[edit | edit source]
- The Aerialist --> ANSWERDAME COMMANDER
- A Boy and His Dog --> ANSWERSMURF TURF
- Domino Maze --> ANSWERMAJESTIC PLURAL
- Hall of Mystery --> ANSWERBOLD STROKE
- Human Cannonball --> ANSWERWAR MUSEUM
- It's a Clown Puzzle, Bro --> ANSWERAMERICAN LEAGUER
- People Mover --> ANSWERCAROLE KING
- Plinko --> ANSWERSTONE WEIGHT
- Popcorn --> ANSWERCRIMSON TIP
- The Ringmaster --> ANSWERSILVER PLATE
- Tug of War --> ANSWERGEORGE ELIOT
- Weakest Carouselink --> ANSWERPINK SLIP
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Metapuzzle (Pure Meta) - The puzzle body consists only of the flavortext.
Identification (Sports, horse racing) - This puzzle is actually about horse racing. Each answer shares one word with a two-word Kentucky Derby winner. CRIMSON TIP, for instance, is BROKERS TIP, who won in 1933.
Reordering (Chronological) - The answers can be sorted by the year that horse won.
Eigenletters - The other word in the answer is the same length as the other word in the horse's name. The two words share one eigenletter; extract this letter. (For example, CRIMSON and BROKERS overlap on the R.)
Asked and Answered - As with most metapuzzles, the solution to this metapuzzle answers a question in a punny way—in this case, why no one can get onto the carousel horses.
