Mystery Hunt 2012 Recast: COMPLETE!!!

[novice]

A. Christmas carols

W - Winter Wonderland - SBR, AYL? ITL, SIG. ABS, WHT, WIAWW. (7/16)
I - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting...) - CROAOF. JFNAYN. YCBSBAC, AFDULE. (7/16)
Y - Away in a Manger - AIAM, NCFAB, TLLJLDHSH. TSITSLDWHL. TLLJAITH. (4/13)
W - The Twelve Days of Christmas - OTFDOC, MTLGTM: APIAPT. (5/24)

WIYW

B. Movie quotes

PPFFOWARII

C. Nursery rhymes

S - Little Miss Muffet (Sat on a Tuffet) - LMMSOAT, EHCAW. ACASASDBHAFMMA. (9/16)
C - Jack and Jill (Went Up the Hill) - JAJWUTHTFAPOW. JFDABHCAJCTA. (3/11)
P - Humpty Dumpty (Sat on a Wall) - HDSOAW. HDHAGF. ATKHAATKMCPHTA. (4/12)

SCP

D. Songs from musicals

W - The Rocky Horror Show - D, J! (18/18)

FM (GI) (1/19)

WAN?SIHTBG

E. Shakespeare quotes

PATIYT

F. Novels

D - Moby Dick (Call me Ishmael.) - CMI. (5/8)
“TBITL!” (6/7)
“IATGOCP,” STS. “LUM!” (3/15)
W - A tale of two cities (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.) - IWTBOT, IWTWOT. (9/16)
AAAE, BSAAMETO. (3/10)

D??W?

G. Pop music

OTIHIS, LSTH. IGOLAG, BTTS. OWCBTS, FFTS. SHWW, BTTS. (3/18)
CTIT, TN. ANOGSYFTBATS. YKIT, TN. YFFYLIAK, TT. (1/8)
A - We Are The Champions (Queen) - WATC, MF. AWKOFTTE. WATC. WATC. NTFL, CWATC ... OTW. (11/17)
L - She Loves You (The Beatles) - SLY, Y-Y-Y. SLY, Y-Y-Y. WALLT, YKYSBG. (4/11)
A - Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) - IIB. V. IIB. V. IIB. V. IIB. V. (8/10)
TMBTTAIKY, KMTYDAISY ATMLJ. IGTMLJ. IGTMLJ. (8/15)
IOTEOGAIHOAMOT. OOTEOGAIHOAMWY. IOTE, TE, TE, TE, TE, TE, TE, IOTEOGAIHOAMWY. IOTEWY. (8/14)
IDGMTRTFT. IF, IATTAL. NIKATWTTSAFBMH. AWWIBTD, TIFSYLF. NISI, E. AIK... TIA, IA, IATL. (11/11)

??ALA???

[gftt*]

Nice.

[novice]

Thanks, fixed.

[Thok]

[gftt*]

PPFFOWARII = Plop Plop Fizz Fizz, Oh what a relief it is (AlkaSeltzer)

[gftt*]

PATIYT = Put a Tiger in your Tank (Exxon)

[novice]

SCP = Snap! Crackle! Pop! (Kellogg's Rice Krispies)

[novice]

WAN?LSIHTBG - With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good (Smucker's)

WIYW - What’s in your wallet? (Capital One)

[Thok]

[novice]

A. Christmas carols - WIYW - CAPITAL ONE
B. Movie quotes - PPFFOWARII - ALKASELTZER
C. Nursery rhymes - SCP - KELLOGG'S RICE CRISPIES
D. Songs from musicals - WANLSIHTBG - SMUCKER'S
E. Shakespeare quotes - PATIYT - EXXON
F. Novels - D??W? - Don't leave home without it - AMERICAN EXPRESS (??)
G. Pop music - ??ALA??? - ?

F. Novels

D - Moby Dick (Call me Ishmael.) - CMI. (5/8)
“TBITL!” (6/7)
“IATGOCP,” STS. “LUM!” (3/15)
W - A tale of two cities (It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.) - IWTBOT, IWTWOT. (9/16)
AAAE, BSAAMETO. (3/10)

D??W?

G. Pop music

OTIHIS, LSTH. IGOLAG, BTTS. OWCBTS, FFTS. SHWW, BTTS. (3/18)
CTIT, TN. ANOGSYFTBATS. YKIT, TN. YFFYLIAK, TT. (1/8)
A - We Are The Champions (Queen) - WATC, MF. AWKOFTTE. WATC. WATC. NTFL, CWATC ... OTW. (11/17)
L - She Loves You (The Beatles) - SLY, Y-Y-Y. SLY, Y-Y-Y. WALLT, YKYSBG. (4/11)
A - Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice) - IIB. V. IIB. V. IIB. V. IIB. V. (8/10)
TMBTTAIKY, KMTYDAISY ATMLJ. IGTMLJ. IGTMLJ. (8/15)
IOTEOGAIHOAMOT. OOTEOGAIHOAMWY. IOTE, TE, TE, TE, TE, TE, TE, IOTEOGAIHOAMWY. IOTEWY. (8/14)
IDGMTRTFT. IF, IATTAL. NIKATWTTSAFBMH. AWWIBTD, TIFSYLF. NISI, E. AIK... TIA, IA, IATL. (11/11)

??ALA???

[novice]

Call in CARSEAT

Call in CAR SEAT

[LordKinbote]

[novice]

[Thok]

[Scurra]

No wonder we never got the last stage of that one - I think our sheet had "Snap Crackle Pop?!" but I don't recognise many of the others at all (UK ad slogans are often very different, and some of the brands we don't have at all.)
It was nicely accessible though as a puzzle.

(A couple of the other novels - "I am the Ghost of Christmas Past" and "All Animals are equal")

I loved the next one (Voices in Your Head) so will have to pass on assistance.
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New definitions: COFFEE - someone who is coughed upon}

[gftt*]

I think I'm dating myself here, but this is what I've got so far:

2: Daysleeper by REM
6: Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
11: Been Caught Stealing by Jane's Addiction
17: Zombie by The Cranberries
26: My Generation by The Who

[novice]

Based on googling lyrics:

Each song seems to be associated with something that can be "in your head". (You have to check out the lyrics from the clips)

1. IMPOTENCE - "Too Drunk To Fuck" by the Dead Kennedys
2: "Daysleeper" by REM
3. "Mad Cow" by Weezer
5. AMNESIA - "Amnesia" by Britney Spears
6: "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve
7. "Summer in the City" by Regina Spektor
8. TRANSVESTISM/NOSTALGIA/TRANSSEXUALITY - "When I Was a Boy" by Dar Williams
9. PARANOIA - "I'm So Worried" by Monty Python
10. "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" by the Ramones
11: KLEPTOMANIA - "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction
12. DYSCALCULIA - "One Plus One Is One" by Badly Drawn Boy
13. EGOMANIA - "Egoist" by Falco
14. "In The Jailhouse Now" by The Soggy Bottom Boys
15. PAEDOPHILIA - "Art Lover" by The Kinks
16. PICA (eating dirt) - "Eat The Dirt" by Hannah Fury
17: NECROPHILIA - "Zombie" by The Cranberries
18. PREMATURE EJACULATION - "Not Fair" by Lily Allen
19. NARCOLEPSY - "Sleep All Day" by Jason Mraz
20. PYROMANIA - "King of the World" by Dan Bern
21. DYSLEXIA - "Johnny Can't Read" by Don Henley
22. PILL ABUSE - "Mother's Little Helper" by the Rolling Stones
23. SHYNESS / MUTENESS - "Checkout Line" by norabelle
24. MASOCHISM - "Hurts So Good" by John Mellencamp
25. COWARDICE - "Chicken Dance"? by unknown*
26: STUTTERING - "My Generation" by The Who
27: COPROLALIA (uncontrolled swearing) - "Family Reunion" by Blink 182
28: TRANSVESTISM - "Lumberjack Song" by Monty Python
29: SELF-INJURY/ANXIETY - "Dr. Doctor" by Building Rome
30: VOYEURISM - "Voyeur" by Blink 182

*not on Google. Lyrics:
and when I get scare I hope you'll understand
I'm gonna get you to hold my hand
especially when we go to Chinatown
and in the video arcade we walk around
there's a chick in there I don't understand
give him a quarter and he'll ? you down
the chicken dance... chicken dance

They've been pretty good at finding songs with hard to make out lyrics.

Man, now they're testing my german too...

A lot of shady subjects here... I wonder if each song is meant to represent a feeling/activity/sin.

[gftt*]

Maybe this will help?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSM-IV_Codes

[novice]

[gftt*]

"Chicken Dance" is by Life in a Blender, btw. For the disorder, 300.29 Specific phobia?

[gftt]

1. 291.89: Alcohol-induced Sexual Dysfunction
2: 307.45 Circadian rhythm sleep disorder???
EG.LS = 15.56

3. Dementia due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
either 294.10 Without behavioral disturbance
or 294.11 With behavioral disturbance
4. ?????


5 300.12 Dissociative amnesia?
6: Multiple personalities = 300 Dissociative Identity Disorder but unfortunately we need a code of the form XXX.XX


7. 302.89 Frotteurism?
8. Gender identity disorder 302.6 In children
N.CR = 0.29


9. 300.02 Generalized anxiety disorder
10. Inhalant: 305.90 Abuse???
L.BJ = 5.88


11: KLEPTOMANIA 312.32
12. DYSCALCULIA -315.1 Mathematics disorder
C.YJ = 2.78

13. 301.81 Narcissistic personality disorder
14. 312.31 Pathological Gambling?
EN.GI = 10.50

so far all of the repeated letters are in agreement. Yay!


15. PAEDOPHILIA -302.2
16. PICA 307.52
L.UC = 5.32


17: ???? "Zombie" by The Cranberries
18. PREMATURE EJACULATION -302.75


19. 307.44 Primary hypersomnia??
20. PYROMANIA - "312.33
O.BA = 4.89



21. 315.00 Reading disorder
22. Sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic Abuse? 305.40 dependence? 304.10
KN.RI = 9.60... that doesn't seem right
KN.RI = 10.90 That's better!




23. 315.31 Expressive language disorder?
or 313.23 Selective mutism
24. MASOCHISM 302.83
EI.ON = 10.40 (using 313.23)


25. COWARDICE - "Chicken Dance"? by unknown*
26: STUTTERING 307.0



27: COPROLALIA (uncontrolled swearing) - "Family Reunion" by Blink 182
28: TRANSVESTISM - "Lumberjack Song" by Monty Python
29: SELF-INJURY/ANXIETY - "Dr. Doctor" by Building Rome
30: VOYEURISM - "Voyeur" by Blink 182

[Suspence]

Shazam found #4 - Die Mensch-Maschine by Kraftwerk
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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature.

[Suspence]

27: 307.23 Tourette’s Disorder
28: 302.3 Transvestic fetishism
O.RU = 4.93


312.39 Trichotillomania
302.82 Voyeurism
A.GY = 9.57
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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature.

[novice]

1-2: EG.LS = 15.56
*3-4: = -S.GI = -6.50
*5-6: = -I.NC = -0.02
7-8: N.CR = 0.29
9-10: L.BJ = 5.88
11-12: C.YJ = 2.78
13-14: EN.GI = 10.50
15-16: L.UC = 5.32
*17-18: = D.IS = 7.06
19-20: O.BA = 4.89
21-22: KN.RI = 10.90
23-24: EI.ON = 10.40
*25-26: = -S.DK = -6.71
27-28: O.RU = 4.93
29-30: A.GY = 9.57

*Backsolved, D = 7

Key:

[LordKinbote]

Correct.

By the way, we skipped a puzzle that is impossible to do off-site, so I'll give you the answer at the end of the round.

Next: Stage Lines by Kai Huang

[novice]

Current meta answers:

DRUNK TANK
BATED BREATH
BUSINESS TRAVELERS
LOVE ETC
START OVER
CAR SEAT
CASH COW

How many puzzles are there in Mayan Fair Lady?

[novice]

I'm not sure what kind of clues these are... Interpreting some of them as simplex clues for now...

Travel from one side of a curved path to the other (6)
“I had to write an IOU / To all the playas in my crew / No drinkin’ Chivas in bed / Because I’m too in the red”, e.g. (5)
Buddy to play Twister with (7)
Period of Turkish rule (7)
Shout from the ground to someone on a balcony (10)
Place to get a rotini martini (6)
Stomach problem for a stressed-out La Paz resident (6)
Apprehension of a weasel (9)
ONION NETS - Meshed containers for edible bulbs (6)
Agent of darkness (7)
Make a sketch of part of a block and tackle (9)
Rude, unrefined member of an ugly, fanged humanoid race (3)
Someone who computes unions (5)
“Watch out for the Apple computer” (2)
Fanatical collector of old tunics bearing coats of arms (1)
Rodent willing to die for its beliefs (5)
Distilled drink from southwest Australia (5)
Where a colorful pet bird might sleep (9)
Genetic information of a person who lives in isolation (6)
Cloth used to clean a signmaker’s template (5)
Flying mammal native to far northern treeless regions (8)
British streetcar covered with a dark viscid substance (3)
Sports stadium slogan (1)
Official supervising playful conversation (7)
ZIPPER? - Small, biting fly that has landed near one’s boutonniere (7)
Weekends and holidays on a calendar (8)
ARGAN OIL - Plant fluid obtained from Morocco (4)
Interconnected network of photo equipment (9)

[Suspence]

Eleven - http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/12/mayan_fair_lady
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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature.

[gftt*]

[novice]

For the Stage Lines puzzle, I've done some interesting reading on american 19th century stage lines, the mechanics of a block and tackle, and periods of Ottoman rule, but I can't say I'm any closer to a breakthrough...

[Elethiomel]

[gftt]

These clearly aren't cluing real objects. They all sound like they could be weird two-word phrases, maybe they have some wordplay property... anyhow, going to throw some out there just for brainstorming purposes:

ARC CROSSING?: Travel from one side of a curved path to the other (6)
“I had to write an IOU / To all the playas in my crew / No drinkin’ Chivas in bed / Because I’m too in the red”, e.g. (5)
Buddy to play Twister with (7)
OTTOMAN ERA?: Period of Turkish rule (7)
Shout from the ground to someone on a balcony (10)
PASTA BAR?: Place to get a rotini martini (6)
BOLIVIAN ULCER?: Stomach problem for a stressed-out La Paz resident (6)
FERRET FEAR?: Apprehension of a weasel (9)
ONION NETS - Meshed containers for edible bulbs (6)
Agent of darkness (7)
DRAW PULLEYS?: Make a sketch of part of a block and tackle (9)
VAMPIRE BOOR?: Rude, unrefined member of an ugly, fanged humanoid race (3)
SET THEORIST?: Someone who computes unions (5)
BEWARE MACINTOSH?: “Watch out for the Apple computer” (2)
Fanatical collector of old tunics bearing coats of arms (1)
Rodent willing to die for its beliefs (5)
PERTH RUM??: Distilled drink from southwest Australia (5)
PARROT BED?: Where a colorful pet bird might sleep (9)
HERMIT DNA?: Genetic information of a person who lives in isolation (6)
Cloth used to clean a signmaker’s template (5)
TUNDRA BAT?: Flying mammal native to far northern treeless regions (8)
British streetcar covered with a dark viscid substance (3)
ARENA MANTRA?: Sports stadium slogan (1)
BANTER REF?: Official supervising playful conversation (7)
LAPEL GNAT?: - Small, biting fly that has landed near one’s boutonniere (7)
Weekends and holidays on a calendar (8)
ARGAN OIL (if literal) or RABAT SAP? - Plant fluid obtained from Morocco (4)
Interconnected network of photo equipment (9)

[novice]

TUNDRA BAT - RABAT SAP
OTTOMAN AGE - MANAGER ...
... MANTRA - TRAM ...

[Suspence]

Hmm...

PASTA BAR <> RABAT SAP
OTTOMAN ERA <> ARENA MOTTO
BEWARE MAC <> CAMERA WEB
TANGLE PAL <> LAPEL GNAT
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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature.

[gftt*]

Ah, good. TANGLE PAL <-> LAPEL GNAT
CRASS ORC <-> CROSS ARC
ANDES ULCER <-> RECLUSE DNA

[gftt]

A CROSS ARC: Travel from one side of a curved path to the other (6)
O DEBTOR RAP: “I had to write an IOU / To all the playas in my crew / No drinkin’ Chivas in bed / Because I’m too in the red”, e.g. (5)
P TANGLE PAL: Buddy to play Twister with (7)
N OTTOMAN ERA: Period of Turkish rule (7)
D YELL UPWARD: Shout from the ground to someone on a balcony (10)
B PASTA BAR: Place to get a rotini martini (6)
U ANDES ULCER: Stomach problem for a stressed-out La Paz resident (6)
B FERRET NAB: Apprehension of a weasel (9)
C GARLIC NETS - Meshed containers for edible bulbs (6)
E NIGHT REP: Agent of darkness (7)
E DRAW PULLEY: Make a sketch of part of a block and tackle (9)
A CRASS ORC: Rude, unrefined member of an ugly, fanged humanoid race (3)
D SET ADDER: Someone who computes unions (5)
E BEWARE MAC: “Watch out for the Apple computer” (2)
T TABARD NUT: Fanatical collector of old tunics bearing coats of arms (1)
Y MARTYR RAT: Rodent willing to die for its beliefs (5)
H PERTH GIN: Distilled drink from southwest Australia (5)
D PARROT BED: Where a colorful pet bird might sleep (9)
S RECLUSE DNA: Genetic information of a person who lives in isolation (6)
C STENCIL RAG: Cloth used to clean a signmaker’s template (5)
A TUNDRA BAT: Flying mammal native to far northern treeless regions (8)
R TARRY TRAM: British streetcar covered with a dark viscid substance (3)
A ARENA MOTTO: Sports stadium slogan (1)
R BANTER REF: Official supervising playful conversation (7)
N LAPEL GNAT: - Small, biting fly that has landed near one’s boutonniere (7)
S RED DATES: Weekends and holidays on a calendar (8)
A RABAT SAP - Plant fluid obtained from Morocco (4)
B CAMERA WEB: Interconnected network of photo equipment (9)

Those letters don't look promising. I guess one good thing is that no answer is shorter than the (presumed) index.

[Suspence]

TUNDRA BAT <> TABARD NUT
YELL UPWARD <> DRAW PULLEY
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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature.

[Suspence]

MARTYR RAT <> TARRY TRAM
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I hate people who try to write interesting things in their signature.

[gftt]

So... see any senile gats in there?

[novice]

A CROSS ARC: Travel from one side of a curved path to the other (6)
A CRASS ORC: Rude, unrefined member of an ugly, fanged humanoid race (3)

O DEBTOR RAP: “I had to write an IOU / To all the playas in my crew / No drinkin’ Chivas in bed / Because I’m too in the red”, e.g. (5)
D PARROT BED: Where a colorful pet bird might sleep (9)

P TANGLE PAL: Buddy to play Twister with (7)
N LAPEL GNAT: - Small, biting fly that has landed near one’s boutonniere (7)

N OTTOMAN ERA: Period of Turkish rule (7)
A ARENA MOTTO: Sports stadium slogan (1)

D YELL UPWARD: Shout from the ground to someone on a balcony (10)
E DRAW PULLEY: Make a sketch of part of a block and tackle (9)

B PASTA BAR: Place to get a rotini martini (6)
A RABAT SAP - Plant fluid obtained from Morocco (4)

U ANDES ULCER: Stomach problem for a stressed-out La Paz resident (6)
S RECLUSE DNA: Genetic information of a person who lives in isolation (6)

B FERRET NAB: Apprehension of a weasel (9)
R BANTER REF: Official supervising playful conversation (7)

C GARLIC NETS - Meshed containers for edible bulbs (6)
C STENCIL RAG: Cloth used to clean a signmaker’s template (5)

E NIGHT REP: Agent of darkness (7)
H PERTH GIN: Distilled drink from southwest Australia (5)

D SET ADDER: Someone who computes unions (5)
S RED DATES: Weekends and holidays on a calendar (8)

E BEWARE MAC: “Watch out for the Apple computer” (2)
B CAMERA WEB: Interconnected network of photo equipment (9)

T TABARD NUT: Fanatical collector of old tunics bearing coats of arms (1)
A TUNDRA BAT: Flying mammal native to far northern treeless regions (8)

Y MARTYR RAT: Rodent willing to die for its beliefs (5)
R TARRY TRAM: British streetcar covered with a dark viscid substance (3)