Tug of War (MIT Mystery Hunt 2020)
| Tug of War | |
|---|---|
| MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | |
| Big Top Carnival | |
| Author(s) | Asher Walkover |
| Answer | Click to revealGEORGE ELIOT |
| Statistics | |
| No. solves | 25 |
| No. total guesses | 46 |
| Links | |
| Puzzle | Link |
| Solution | Link |
Outside the Big Top tent is a parade of happy clowns, doing their best to cheer you up. The grumpy strong man challenges them to a game of Tug of War.
Tug of War is a TEAMWORK TIME puzzle from the Big Top Carnival round of the 2020 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Solve Path[edit | edit source]
Puzzle Elements[edit | edit source]
Interactive - The puzzle is presented as an applet. In each round, two buttons are presented, each with a word on it; one will advance the applet to the next round, but the other will reset the applet.
TEAMWORK TIME - As presented live, team members working on the puzzle would vote on which button would be pressed.
Hint in Flavortext - The applet asks the solver to "think happy thoughts". Likewise, the flavortext contrasts "happy" clowns with the "grumpy" strongman.
Transadditions - Each round actually presents two transadditions...
Antonyms - ...of a pair of antonyms. Selecting the more positively-connotated word of the pair advances the applet.
Extraneous Letters - The extra letters of those words spell...
Final Clue Phrase - THE CLOWNS MARCH ON BUT WHO WROTE MIDDLEMARCH. The latter part of this phrase is a clue for the final answer.
