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“How to Solve Any Puzzle in Less Than 47 Minutes”

Curtis C. Chen

Team Snout

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(treasure_hunt)0

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These are puzzles.

Images from Wikimedia Commons

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This is also a puzzle.

MegaHard (2000) Clue #13 provided by Jeff Stribling

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???

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PATTERNS0

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,...

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,...

2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23,...

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CODES1

1 = A2 = B3 = C ...

alpha = A bravo = Bcharlie = C ...

00001 = A00010 = B00011 = C ...

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BACKSOLVING0

Are you looking for:•English words?•A location name?•GPS coordinates?•Phone number?•Padlock combination?•Quotation?•Something else?

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The Clue:

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WTF?

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44 stamps16 denominationsAll postmarked

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OLDDANVILLERRSTA

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OLD DANVILLE RailRoad STAtion

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MIT Mystery Hunt

“The Game”

BANG (Bay Area Night Game)

Microsoft Puzzle Hunt

SNAP (Seattle and Nearby Adventures in Puzzling)

Midnight Madness

DASH (Different Area—Same Hunt)

Shinteki

Dr. Clue Treasure Hunts

The Go Game

The Da Vinci Code Quest on Google

San Francisco Chinese New Year Treasure Hunt

Ravenchase Adventures

Washington Post Hunt

Stumptown Challenge

Microsoft Puzzle Safari

Miami Herald Tropic Hunt

Microsoft Intern Puzzle Day

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http://playdash.org

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http://snout.org/game

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