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Post by Jenny on Mar 17, 2022 6:33:44 GMT -5
The complete 2022 Masquerade Tribute of Hunts for Charity PDF: CLICK HEREHOWEVER: PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR BETTER REPRESENTATION (larger image) for searching clues and solving THE QUEST TREASURE HUNT #6: THE QUEST
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Post by Jenny on Mar 20, 2022 9:39:21 GMT -5
INFO Page: (Please see above link for TREASURE HUNT PAGE)
TREASURE HUNT #6: The Quest by MysteriousWritings
Prize
Cryptex with Pearl inside, Signed book and Canvas Print from the children’s book The Quest by Jenny Kile (Inspiration of Treasure Hunt), small antique and curious items in Treasure Chest. (cannot disclose specific contents as they may relate to the solution of the puzzle) Valued at approx. $400
Type
Fully Armchair
Special Instructions
Discover one of the Treasures of the hunt by solving the Master Riddle.
Contact Info
Please submit solution (the treasure found by solving the Master Riddle) to Treasure@MysteriousWritings.com with the subject header THE QUEST
Additional Comments
I will not respond to any incorrect submissions. If not solved in timely manner, clues will be given to ensure it is solved by the end date: 12/31/22
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Post by Jenny on Mar 24, 2022 6:37:34 GMT -5
I received the following question:
Q) Is there something to confirm you have found the correct riddle?
A) Yes
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Post by Jenny on Mar 29, 2022 16:12:37 GMT -5
Another Q:
Q) Is the riddle in parts?
A) Pieces, making up the complete Riddle, need found/solved. Then the Riddle needs solved to claim the treasures.
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Post by Jenny on Apr 5, 2022 9:00:52 GMT -5
Q) Will you confirm the Riddle if found?
A) There is something in the puzzle that confirms you have the correct Riddle - however, if you provide both - What you believe is the Riddle, and what you believe is confirming it, and if they are both correct - I will say so. If not, I will make no comment.
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Post by samantha73 on Apr 11, 2022 20:40:19 GMT -5
This is a cute puzzle. I've found the cards spell out Q-U-E-S-T and I think the solve involves gemstones with certain numbers. It seems there are numbered steps. Mom mouse has an odd apron, the clock is 3:00 and there are 6 ants.
Not sure where to go from here.
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Post by mike6888 on Apr 18, 2022 22:56:06 GMT -5
Anyone feel like they've solved anything other than the playing cards and border anagrams?
Decided to take another look at this and remembered why I saved this for last. No ideas whatsoever.
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Post by pugdaisy920 on Apr 19, 2022 18:42:12 GMT -5
Anyone feel like they've solved anything other than the playing cards and border anagrams? Decided to take another look at this and remembered why I saved this for last. No ideas whatsoever. A couple of others besides those, but not enough to figure out what to do! Congrats on all of your other solves in this hunt! |
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Post by mike6888 on Apr 19, 2022 23:12:25 GMT -5
A couple of others besides those, but not enough to figure out what to do! Really?! That's exciting. Like cipher solves or just intuitions? The apparent ciphers are so short and so unclued that it's hard to know if you've found something real or not. |
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Post by Jenny on Apr 22, 2022 9:11:32 GMT -5
A couple of others besides those, but not enough to figure out what to do! Really?! That's exciting. Like cipher solves or just intuitions? The apparent ciphers are so short and so unclued that it's hard to know if you've found something real or not. There are definite ways to know if you found pieces to the riddle or not. You may just not have realized them yet. To note: I received a Question from a searcher wondering if they had the correct riddle..... I'd like to refer to a previous Q/A: Q) Will you confirm the Riddle if found? A) There is something in the puzzle that confirms you have the correct Riddle - however, if you provide both - What you believe is the Riddle, and what you believe is confirming it, and if they are both correct - I will say so. If not, I will make no comment. |
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Post by Jenny on Jun 15, 2022 7:30:09 GMT -5
When including the BONUS treasure prizes, the total treasure to claim for this last hunt is near $600! Who wants them?  |
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Post by pop on Dec 8, 2022 9:15:59 GMT -5
I can add a few little things that our team discovered... but we are unsure how to use any of it.
From Hint 1, the "magenta" letters and numbers go together. Change the "magenta" letters to numbers (A1Z26), add them to the "magenta" numbers, MOD 26 the added numbers, and convert the numbers back to letters (A1Z26). The output is the word "ESSENTIAL". So, either the word "essential" is important, or (more likely) the method is important (or both?).
At the bottom of Hint 1, there is a number string "9 15 15 66 1 3 3 35 1". We observed that all of these numbers are in the text from Hint 1, and in order. Interesting that near the end TH3 does use the number 3, QU35T does use 35, and Won does convert to a 1.
From Hint 2 at the bottom right, Jenny gives us a matrix with 'red letters' "NR, NF, TH, FB, ...". These red letters are from Page 1 of the original hunt, where the letters are also 'red'. If the letters are on the same line, they go in the same 'square' of the matrix. It seems this was expected to be done without Hint 2, because of the matrix of 'black' numbers on the bottom of Page 2 of the original hunt. (This took our team quite awhile to figure out, even with Clue 2... sigh...) This seems to work, as there is a letter character matching to every numerical character in the matrix. What I am trying to say is that six of the squares have a 2-digit number, and all of those have two letters from it's particular line. And there are three squares that have a 1-digit number, and those have one letter from their particular line. Unfortunately, we can't seem to understand what to do next, despite many efforts.
Our team thinks "diagonals crossing" is a thing. The intersections matter, it seems, from Hint 1 and Hint 2.
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