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[[Image-Heavy Presentation]] - Aside from the flavortext, all solvers get are a series of trail maps. |
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[[Skiing and Snowboarding]]/[[Physical Geography]] - The puzzle revolves around mountain ski/snowboard resorts and their respective trails. If solvers can find all of them from the pictures (whether by reverse image searching or keyword searching), they may also notice they share an artist. The artist isn't really important for the puzzle itself, but it can help confirm that other maps are correct. From there, solvers can start identifying which trails have been marked. |
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[[Hidden Words]] - While some aren't exactly hidden (CANDYLAND is just CANDYLAND), most of the important information is hidden within the trail name strings, such as "HAND" in "CHANDLER'S WAY". |
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[[Hint in Flavortext]] - The flavortext makes clear reference to the |
[[Hint in Flavortext]] - The flavortext makes clear reference to specifically-sized groups (2/4/6/7/8/8) "separated and disorganized" on the mountain. If solvers realize that the sum of these numbers matches the total number of marked trails (35), they should also realize that they need to sort the trails into groups of those sizes. |
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[[Hidden Words]] - As it turns out, all of the trail names are hiding particular words (although some do a better job of actually hiding than others). These include CANDYLAND (in CANDYLAND - Hide Rating 0/10) and HAND (in CHANDLER'S WAY - Hide Rating 6/10). |
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[[Skiing and Snowboarding]] - More geographical information is needed than actual sporting knowledge for the majority of the puzzle, but the final clue phrase does dip a bit into more sport-y territory. |
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[[Themed Groups]] - Each of the hidden words is a member of a group, and while the total size of the group may not match the groups sizes needed for the puzzle, it's clear that the number of representatives present from the groups does match. These groups include board games (CANDYLAND et al), length measurements (HAND et al), SUV models, state nicknames, sports teams, and NATO phonetic alphabet letters. |
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[[Themed Groups]] - Board Games, SUVs, Sports Teams, Units of Distance, NATO Phonetic Alphabet, and State Nicknames.}} |
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⚫ | [[Reordering]] - Alphabetical and by Difficulty Rating. While the maps are sorted alphabetically from the start, that information isn't actually used. The information that ''is'' used, however, does need to be reordered via these two methods. If the groups are reordered from low to high difficulty, and the trails are ordered alphabetically within the groups, solvers can proceed to the final step... |
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[[Indexing]] - The numbers presented next to the trail names are used to index into the full names (rather than just the hidden words). If this is done correctly, and the reordering has been completed, solver can get the phrase... |
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[[Category:Puzzles from MIT Mystery Hunt 2020]] [[Category:Puzzles with Final Clue Phrases]] [[Category:Puzzles involving Reordering]] [[Category:Puzzles about Skiing and Snowboarding]] [[Category:Puzzles with Hints in Flavortext]] [[Category:Puzzles involving Hidden Words]] [[Category:Puzzles involving Themed Groups]] |
[[Category:Puzzles from MIT Mystery Hunt 2020]] [[Category:Puzzles with Final Clue Phrases]] [[Category:Puzzles involving Reordering]] [[Category:Puzzles about Skiing and Snowboarding]] [[Category:Puzzles with Hints in Flavortext]] [[Category:Puzzles involving Hidden Words]] [[Category:Puzzles involving Themed Groups]] |
Revision as of 05:25, 1 April 2022
Snow Job | |
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MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
The Grand Castle | |
Author(s) | James Griffith, Niall Mangan (art) |
Statistics | |
No. solves | 61 |
No. total guesses | 461 |
Links | |
Puzzle | Link |
Solution | Link |
Snow Job is a sports-based research puzzle from the Grand Castle round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt. Aside from the apparently story-focused flavortext, it's presented entirely as a series of slightly-doctored trail maps.
Solve Path
Final Answer: Click to revealCRISPIN LIPSCOMB.