2011 Mystery Hunt

[Suspence]

Correct. Would you like to call in your Meta answer?
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[SuperSlug]

Sure, let's check it.

The Fried Chicken Mushroom seems to confirm it.
And I'm not going to try to plot over 6,000 points to see if they make something for the other one.

call in PARASOL for the mario world 1-1 meta
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[Suspence]

While we're at it, I'll call in JACK O' LANTERN for Mario Clash.

PARASOL is correct. So is JACK O'LANTERN...sweet.

On to World 1-2:
Toad's List - http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/11/puzzles/world1/toads_list/
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[Suspence]

Given the puzzle, I assumed I was going to be of no further help. Figured I'd take a shot. I looked the full solution, and I was right...I was definitely not getting anywhere with that one.
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[SuperSlug]

Just a quick look before I head out to Brownies.

I recognize these:

Date: 2011-01-15, 7:17AM EST, Reply to: swor-5-4
references Sting from The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy

Date: 2011-01-15, 9:17AM EST, Reply to: cast-66-7
Castle Roogna from the Xanth series

Date: 2011-01-15, 11:17AM EST, Reply to: vess-624-9
Goblet of Fire from Harry Potter

Date: 2011-01-15, 1:17PM EST, Reply to: plan-4-1
Pern from the Dragonriders of Pern series

Date: 2011-01-15, 3:17PM EST, Reply to: plan-9-2
ship from Rama series? (I looked at my books on the way out, not it)

Date: 2011-01-15, 6:17PM EST, Reply to: stat-66-3
Battle School from Ender's Game

Date: 2011-01-15, 10:17PM EST, Reply to: swor-65-1
Vorpal sword from Jabberwocky in Through the Looking Glass

Be back later, watch the cats for me while I'm out
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[jadesmar*]

Here's some
rope-8-3@toadslist.org: Gleipnir
swor-5-4@toadslist.org: Sting
cast-66-7@toadslist.org: Castle Roogna
vess-624-9@toadslist.org: Goblet of Fire
plan-9-5@toadslist.org: Naxxramas
swor-65-1@toadslist.org: Vorpal Sword
arti-66-5@toadslist.org: Golden Fleece

[gftt*]

I don't know enough sci-fi to ID anything you haven't already gotten.

I do wonder where the 17 obsession comes from (see the time stamps on the emails). It also occurs in the hunt's overall instructions:

[gftt*]

Well, there is this:

6:17AM EST/cast-10-1@toadslist.org = Winterfell (Game of Thrones)

[gftt]

Hooray for Google, I guess.

1:17 arti-6-1@toadslist.org
2:17 sphr-325-6@toadslist.org
3:17 swor-9-4@toadslist.org
4:17 rope-8-3@toadslist.org Gleipnir = E
5:17 swor-11-3@toadslist.org
6:17 cast-10-1@toadslist.org Winterfell = W
7:17 swor-5-4@toadslist.org Sting = N
8:17 arti-12-3@toadslist.org
9:17 cast-66-7@toadslist.org: Castle Roogna = R
10:17 grim-425-9@toadslist.org possibly Book of Thoth = O?
11:17 vess-624-9@toadslist.org Goblet of Fire = F
12:17 andr-22-3@toadslist.org
1:17 plan-4-1@toadslist.org Pern = P
2:17 swor-528-14@toadslist.org = Sword of Shannara = R
3:17 plan-9-2@toadslist.org
4:17 isln-6-2@toadslist.org
5:17 food-525-5@toadslist.org
6:17 stat-66-3@toadslist.org Battle School = T
7:17 ship-38-10@toadslist.org
8:17 plan-9-5@toadslist.org Naxxramas = R
9:17 plan-7-6@toadslist.org Arrakis = I
10:17 swor-65-1@toadslist.org Vorpal Blade = V
11:17 arti-66-5@toadslist.org Golden Fleece = E

possibly ???E (late?) OWNER OF ?PR???T DRIVE

[jadesmar]

4 Privet Drive is the street address of the home owned by Vernon and Petunia Dursley

Male owner? Vernon.

Call in Vernon

[gftt*]

Ah, and the 12:17 entry might be HK-47, giving us a 4.

[Scurra]

Not helping much here because I definitely participated in almost all the first round puzzles from this set. (I do remember this one because I think we did it all without actually needing to research anything!)
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[Suspence]

VERNON is not the intended solution.
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[jadesmar]

Crap.

5:17 swor-11-3@toadslist.org: Amoracchius O
8:17 arti-12-3@toadslist.org: alethiometer E
4:17 isln-6-2@toadslist.org: Avalon V

[gftt]

Call in VERNON DURSLEY then.

(By the way, the confusion over the panther(s) mushroom seems to be because the puzzle answer should have been singular, as it was clued by SMALL WHITE DOG, not SMALL WHITE DOGS.)

[jadesmar]

[Suspence]

VERNON DURSLEY is correct.

Sorry I didn't catch the PANTHERS thing.

Next up:
Pipe Dream 2: Rapid Transit - http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/11/puzzles/world1/pipe_dream_2/
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[Suspence]

[gftt]

Black pipes:

14. 100 bani = LEU

Red pipes:

2. Driving Miss Daisy playwright = UHRY
9. Sinister Toy Barn proprietor = AL
15. Logician who said "Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!" = SMULLYAN
18. Cash's partner = CARTER or CREDIT or CARRY...

Is there a PIPE DREAM 1 that I should know about? edit: apparently yes.

[Suspence]

I don't know...if so it's likely from the previous year's hunt.
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[gftt]

It's a Mario mini-game.

Are there just supposed to be two pipes? i.e., if the black pipe is the one that doesn't warp, is it a single pipe that twists and turns through all the squares, or does it stop at, say, edges of the grid like normal crossword puzzles?

[novice]

Cash's partner is probably Tango.

[Suspence]

Black pipes:
1. Vessel layer
LOL - 3. It could follow a joke on the webz
6. Ice cream brand
7. Bottom
PHYS - 10. Geeky Harvard musical Les ___
12. Exultant interjection (var.)
LEU - 14. 100 bani
15. Photog's pride
MBTA / T - 16. How you might get to Central Sq.
SEEN? - 19. By eye

Red pipes:
UHRY - 2. Driving Miss Daisy playwright
4. Young lady
CARUSO / PAVAROTTI - 5. Famed Italian tenor
8. The geographic southern United States
AL - 9. Sinister Toy Barn proprietor
11. Drag
13. Sailing line
SMULLYAN - 15. Logician who said "Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"
VITALI / WLADIMIR - 17. One of two boxing brothers
TANGO - 18. Cash's partner
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[gftt*]

How is it I've never heard of Les Phys until now? Sounds glorious.

[novice]

Black pipes:
TUNICA - 1. Vessel layer
LOL - 3. It could follow a joke on the webz
6. Ice cream brand
7. Bottom
PHYS - 10. Geeky Harvard musical Les ___
12. Exultant interjection (var.)
LEU - 14. 100 bani
15. Photog's pride
MTBA / T - 16. How you might get to Central Sq.
SEEN? - 19. By eye

Red pipes:
UHRY - 2. Driving Miss Daisy playwright
4. Young lady
CARUSO / PAVAROTTI - 5. Famed Italian tenor
DIXIE - 8. The geographic southern United States
AL - 9. Sinister Toy Barn proprietor
11. Drag
RHUMB / LOXODROME 13. Sailing line
SMULLYAN - 15. Logician who said "Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!"
VITALI / WLADIMIR - 17. One of two boxing brothers
TANGO - 18. Cash's partner

[novice]

Here's a partially filled in grid, if people want to collaborate. It's editable by anyone with the link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq1IiQ8fbOs2dG85c2U5dUkzWE9LOVVuTmhQWWU0TlE

[gftt*]

I can report that it is impossible to make a single loop of all the white squares. So I don't know what's going on, since it seems that both black and red pipes would have to bend if they're not the warp pipe.

[novice]

One possible starting point: Maybe RHUMB reuses letters from UHRY.

[jadesmar]

[Suspence]

RHUMB / MBTA could also be promising. (I typoed it MTBA above, which novice they copied in his post)

I've looked at the grid. I'm still not sure I'm following how it is supposed to work. What can possibly go in the square to the left of 1?

6. Ice cream brand - EDYS might be a good guess, it might work with PHYS
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[SuperSlug]

[Suspence]

Ahhh...that helps.

Here's the full solution to the old puzzle if anyone finds the visual helpful:
http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/06/puzzles/epcot_center/pipe_dream/answer/solution.html
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[gftt]

[Suspence]

Correct:

Next up:
English Expectations - http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/11/puzzles/world1/english_expectations/
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[novice]

أحترق - BURN - ARABIC
אני - I - HEBREW
আমার - MY- BENGALI
いいえ- NO - JAPANESE
Ich - I - GERMAN
Je - I - FRENCH
Jeg - I - DANISH/NORWEGIAN
Má - HAS (CZECH) / IT (SLOVAK)
Mi - MY - SPANISH
Uomo - MAN - ITALIAN
brauche - NEED - GERMAN
একজন - ONE - BENGALI
in - IN/INTO - GERMAN/ITALIAN/SWEDISH/ENGLISH
malfacile - DIFFICULTLY - ESPERANTO
odpověd' - ANSWER' - CZECH
それは - IT - JAPANESE
subis - SUFFERED - (French)
vil - WANT (Danish)
وأحمل - AND CARRY (Arabic)
זז - MOVING (Hebrew)
ärztliche = MEDICAL (German)
違います = UNLIKE (Japanese)
ডুবুরী = DUBURI (Bengali)
gerne = GLADLY (German or Danish)
je = I (French)
לאחור = BACKWARD (Hebrew)
manovras = MANEUVERS (Italian)
mare = SEA (Italian) or HIGH (Romanian)
شحنا = SHIPPED (Arabic)
un = A (Spanish)
ano = YEAR (Portuguese, año is Spanish)
এখনো = YET (Bengali)
essai = TEST/TRIAL/ESSAY (French)
Hilfe - HELP - GERMAN
خطيرا - SERIOUS (Arabic)
tale - SUCH (Italian)
de - OF - FRENCH
জলে - WATER (Bengali)
med - WITH - NORWEGIAN/DANISH/SWEDISH
dig - YOU - DANISH
vitesse - SPEED - FRENCH

[gftt*]

Ich brauche ärztliche Hilfe = "I need medical help!" in German

[Suspence]

אני أحترق আমার いいえ Ich Je Jeg Má Mi Uomo
brauche একজন in malfacile odpověd' それは subis vil זז وأحمل
ärztliche 違います ডুবুরী gerne je לאחור manovras mare شحنا un
ano এখনো essai Hilfe خطيرا tale
de জলে med
dig vitesse


ärztliche = MEDICAL (German)
違います = UNLIKE (Japanese)
ডুবুরী = DUBURI (Bengali)
gerne = GLADLY (German) or LIKE (Danish)
je = I (French)
לאחור = BACKWARD (Hebrew)
manovras = MANEUVERS (Italian)
mare = SEA (Italian) or HIGH (Romanian)
شحنا = SHIPPED (Arabic)
un = A (Spanish)
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[novice]

Gerne means gladly in Danish too. I don't know what Google Translate is thinking there.

[SuperSlug]

Translate and use maritime flags

Arabic
burn and carry shipped serious
J (Juliet) "I am on fire and have dangerous cargo on board..."

Bengali
my now diver? yet water
A (Alfa) "I have a diver down..."

Czech
Má odpověď je ano
has answer is yes
C (Charlie) "Affirmative."

Danish
Jeg vil gerne tale med dig
I will like speech with you
K (Kilo) "I wish to communicate with you."

Esperanto
Mi malfacile manovras
I difficulty maneuver
D (Delta) "...I am maneuvering with difficulty."

French
Je subis un essai de vitesse
I suffered a test of speed
A (Alfa) "I am undergoing a speed trial."

German
Ich brauche ärztliche Hilfe
I need medical help
W (Whiskey) "I require medical assistance."

Hebrew
I moving backward
S (Sierra) "I am operating astern propulsion."

Italian
Uomo in mare
Man in sea
O (Oscar) "Man overboard."

Japanese
no it differ
N (November) "Negative."

Call in JACK DAWSON
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