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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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19911993
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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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