2011 Mystery Hunt

[jadesmar]

[Suspence]

01) 0:00 - Closer - Nine Inch Nails - PERFECT
02) 0:12 - Torn - Natalie Imbruglia - PERFECT
03) 0:24 - The Reason - Hoobastank - PERFECT
04) 0:36 - Creep - Radiohead - PERFECT
05) 0:49 -
06) 1:03 - Pork and Beans - Weezer - PERFECT
07) 1:13 - Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
08) 1:26 -
09) 1:35 - Halo - Beyonce
10) 1:44 -
11) 1:58 - Careless Whisper - George Michael
12) 2:09 -
13) 2:18 - Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
14) 2:31 - Daysleeper - REM
15) 2:37 - Thriller - Michael Jackson
16) 2:43 - Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
17) 2:53 -
18) 3:05 - Just Dance - Lady Gaga
19) 3:18 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
20) 3:27 - Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera - SLOWLY
21) 3:34 - Tiny Dancer - Elton John - SLOWLY
22) 3:42 - Brick - Ben Folds Five - SLOWLY
23) 3:57 - Killer Queen - Queen
24) 4:06 - God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols
25) 4:18 - Dancing Queen - Abba
26) 4:26 - Read My Mind - The Killers
27) 4:41 -
28) 4:56 - Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
29) 5:04 -
30) 5:15 -
31) 5:24 -
32) 5:40 - For The Longest Time - Billy Joel
33) 5:51 -
34) 5:59 - The Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston
35) 6:04 - Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
36) 6:16 - Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
37) 6:28 - Copacabana - Barry Manilow
38) 6:38 - Clocks - Coldplay
39) 6:53 - Low - T-Pain
40) 7:01 - Whats My Age Again? - Blink182
41) 7:14 -
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[Suspence]

Slide has "JUST slide up to my room"
??????
"JUST dance"
"Girls JUST wanna have fun"
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[gftt*]

at 3:46: Ben Folds Five, Brick

"Than I ever have before.

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly"

Is it just me or are a lot of these clips the trail of a verse into the start of a chorus?

[gftt*]

Tiny Dancer:

"...softly, slowly.

Hold me closer tiny dancer."

[jadesmar]

[gftt*]

Finding a single word seems too easy. I suspect we'll need more about these lyrics than just one word - maybe we should keep a record of the entire line, just in case?

BTW BIg Yellow Taxi has the word "screen" to match Daysleeper. Not sure what the entire clip is, though.

[SuperSlug]

I was thinking that maybe you use the number of songs the word appears in as an index into that word.

Can't hear the songs here, so I'm no help on that front.
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[novice]

PERFECT 01) 0:00 - Closer - Nine Inch Nails - 2:18–2:30 - PERFECT
PERFECT 02) 0:12 - Torn - Natalie Imbruglia - 1:07–1:19 - PERFECT
PERFECT 03) 0:24 - The Reason - Hoobastank - 2:32–2:44 - PERFECT
PERFECT 04) 0:36 - Creep - Radiohead - 1:23–1:37 - PERFECT
PERFECT 05) 0:49 - 3:23–3:36
PERFECT 06) 1:03 - Pork and Beans - Weezer - 1:27–1:37 - PERFECT
GRAVITY 07) 1:13 - Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead 1:57–2:11 - GRAVITY
GRAVITY 08) 1:26 - 2:41–2:50
GRAVITY 09) 1:35 - Halo - Beyonce 1:53–2:01 - GRAVITY
SCREEN 10) 1:44 - 0:08–0:21
SCREEN 11) 1:58 - Careless Whisper - George Michael 0:45–0:56 - Something in your eyes calls to mind a silver screen
SCREEN 12) 2:09 - 2:18–2:27
SCREEN 13) 2:18 - Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell 1:24–1:36 - Late last night I heard the screen door slam
SCREEN 14) 2:31 - Daysleeper - REM 1:22–1:28 - I'm the screen the blinding light
SCREEN 15) 2:37 - Thriller - Michael Jackson 3:29–3:35 - I'll save you from the terror on the screen
GONNA 16) 2:43 - Slide - Goo Goo Dolls 0:55–1:04
GONNA 17) 2:53 - 0:25–0:36
GONNA 18) 3:05 - Just Dance - Lady Gaga 2:48–3:01 -
GONNA 19) 3:18 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 0:39–0:47 -
SLOWLY 20) 3:27 - Music of the Night - Phantom of the Opera - 0:50–0:57 - SLOWLY
SLOWLY 21) 3:34 - Tiny Dancer - Elton John - 2:24–2:35 - SLOWLY
SLOWLY 22) 3:42 - Brick - Ben Folds Five - 1:28–1:38 - SLOWLY
QUEEN 23) 3:57 - Killer Queen - Queen 0:21–0:29 - queen
QUEEN 24) 4:06 - God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols 0:50–1:02 - queen
QUEEN 25) 4:18 - Dancing Queen - Abba 0:30–0:38 - queen
QUEEN 26) 4:26 - Read My Mind - The Killers 2:04–2:17 - The teenage queen, the loaded gun;
QUEEN 27) 4:41 - 0:46–1:01
??? 28) 4:56 - Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones 0:37-0:44 - Goodbye, ruby tuesday / Who could hang a name on you?
??? 29) 5:04 - 1:11–1:21
??? 30) 5:15 - 2:55–3:03
??? 31) 5:24 - 2:11–2:25
??? 32) 5:40 - For The Longest Time - Billy Joel - 1:16–1:26 - And the greatest miracle of all / Is how I need you / And how you needed me too
??? 33) 5:51 - ??? - 1:25–1:31
??? 34) 5:59 - The Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston - 2:04–2:08 - Is easy to achieve
YELLOW 35) 6:04 - Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell - 1:24–1:36 - Late last night I heard the screen door slam / And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
YELLOW 36) 6:16 - Kashmir - Led Zeppelin - 4:45–4:55 - Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, like thoughts inside a dream / Heed the path that led me to that place, yellow desert stream
YELLOW 37) 6:28 - Copacabana - Barry Manilow - 0:24–0:33 - Across a crowded floor / They worked from 8 till 4 / They were young and they had each other / who could ask for more? - But earlier we have: With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
APPLE 38) 6:38 - Clocks - Coldplay - 0:48–1:02 - Shoot an apple off my head
APPLE 39) 6:53 - Low - T-Pain - 0:10–0:17 - Shawty had them apple bottom Jeans...
40) 7:01 - Whats My Age Again? - Blink182 - 1:56–2:09 - Why would you wish that on me? I never want to act my age Whats my age again? Whats my age again?
APPLE 40) 7:01 - Adam's song - Blink182 - 1:56-2:09 - Remember the time that I spilled the cup / Of apple juice in the hall
APPLE 41) 7:14 - 0:49–0:57

CANNON??LL

Call in CANNONBALL

[Suspence]

I think the Blink182 song might actually be "Adam's Song" which has a line about a cup of APPLE juice - and it's in the designated time slot listed.
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[novice]

Call in CANNONBALL

[Suspence]

Correct.

Next puzzle:
Mario Clash - http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/11/puzzles/world1/mario_clash/
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[Suspence]

Looks alarming like one of the last puzzles you guys did on the 2012 Hunt. I had no idea what you were doing the whole time on that one.

It also looks like one of those pics you stare at until it turns 3D.
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[novice]

There's no metadata in the image.
http://metapicz.com/#landing?imgsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emit%2Eedu%2F%7Epuzzle%2F11%2Fpuzzles%2Fworld1%2Fmario%5Fclash%2Fassets%2FMarioClash%2Epng

[novice]

Lots of fun stuff to try out here:
http://imgops.com/www.mit.edu/~puzzle/11/puzzles/world1/mario_clash/assets/MarioClash.png

I don't see any hints in the puzzle on what to try, though.

Maybe the 3D semblance means we should try to shift the various colour bands to remove the 3D effect. There seems to be some repetition in the image, that supports this idea.

[gftt*]

Huh, I was wrong. It always seems like Mystery Hunt puzzles are more complex than that. Not that I'm complaining.

Clip #5 was bugging me. I now see it's Mr. Jones, but even though I own the album and have listened to that song probably hundreds of times all told, I don't think I ever would have ID'd it. It just sounds so different with the backing vocals turned up like that.

I'm out on this next one. Can never see those images to save my life, and if it's an "analyze the pixels in this image" thing, I can't help there either.

[SuperSlug]

I ran Sterogram Decoder.

Gives pic of a large RGB.
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[novice]

[SuperSlug]

Something I have on my machine. I'll look for info.

edit: looks like the site i downloaded from is no longer in existence
trying to hold new kitten and type
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[Suspence]

Can you screenshot the pic you have, and link that?
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[SuperSlug]

It is just a large RGB, but i'll put it up somewhere, will take a few minutes probably
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[Suspence]

And a pic of the new kitten while you're at it.
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[SuperSlug]

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[SuperSlug]

Eek, IrfanView tells me there are 6831 unique colors in the original image. It would be a bit tedious to look at their RGB values without some sort of program
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[novice]

Dare we hope that it's just that thin strip of noise at the top that contains the information we need?

[novice]

It looks like you resized your result before uploading it, SuperSlug? What were the original dimensions - the same as the original image, I presume? How many pixels tall is the band of noise at the top?

[novice]

Here are the RGB values of the top 8 rows of pixels:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/15215428/gl/2011/marioclash/rgbvalues.txt

Here are the first few values:

[SuperSlug]

[SuperSlug]

Mario World 1-1 Meta

Yay, Google advanced search (able to limit to searches without MIT or puzzle) to help avoid seeing any answers.

So far our answers are all types of fungus:

OYSTER Pleurotus ostreatus, Oyster Mushroom
ORANGE PEEL Aleuria aurantia, Orange Peel Fungus
CHARCOAL BURNER Russula cyanoxantha, Charcoal Burner Mushroom
PANTHERS Amanita pantherina var. pantherina, Panther Cap Mushroom (don't see any with panther's')
CANNONBALL Sphaerobolus sp., Cannonball Fungus
?
?

It may be leading us to PARASOL, another type of mushroom (from first letter of genus names).
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[Suspence]

If you want to call that in, I'll check it. If we are headed there, JACK O' LANTERN (Omphalotus olearius) would be the likely option for the next O from what I've seen.

There's also HARE'S EAR, but it would seem too obvious to point to a mushroom.
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[SuperSlug]

Might be hard to check and avoid seeing answers to the 2 remaining puzzles.

I'm OK with waiting.

Edit: Why is HARE'S EAR an obvious point to a mushroom?
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[Suspence]

It's a lot less common a phrase than JACK O'LANTERN, seems like you'd hit on the fact that it's a fungus pretty easily. Though now that I google it the top results have to do with fishing lures, not fungi.
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[Suspence]

I don't get those pixels at the top when I use this site:
http://magiceye.ecksdee.co.uk/

And the RGB is in the center of the image.
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[novice]

Maybe we should just move on and solve the next puzzle to get the verification we need for the meta. I don't see anything obvious to do with this one. Maybe run some color filters on the image to see if any information becomes visible. (crossposted with Suspence)

[Suspence]

I'm OK with moving on quickly, and having more than one open puzzle at once if we're stuck.

Next puzzle:
Cut and Paste - http://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/11/puzzles/world1/cut_and_paste/
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[SuperSlug]

Pasta shapes
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[Suspence]

With the number of objects as an index?

1 PEN = PENNE = P
3 COINS WITH CROSSES = CROXETTI = O
5 TWINS = GEMELLI = L
8 SHELLS = CONCHIGLIE = L
1 EAR = ORECCHIETTE = O
4 BUTTERFLIES = FARFALLINE = F
1 WHEEL = ROTELLE = R

6 RADIATORS = RADIATORE = T
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[novice]

1 PEN = PENNE = P
1 WHEEL = RUOTE = R
2 RINGS = ANELLI = N
2 SNAILS = LUMACONI = U

[SuperSlug]

1 pen Penne
3 coins crOxetti
5 twins gemeLli
8 shells conchigLie
1 ear Orecchiette
4 butterflies farFalle
1 wagonwheel Rotelle
2 flowers fIori
1 spinning top Trottoloni
6 radiators radiaTore
5 bees bumbOla
2 pipes pIpe
2 rings aNelli 
2 snails lUmache 
4 cock's combs creSte di galli
2 bells cAmpanelle

pollofrittoinusa
pollo fritto in usa

urr, edit: call in FRIED CHICKEN

Lyophyllum decastes, Fried Chicken Mushroom
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