A View From Above (SOLVED 8/13/22)

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Please read before starting the hunt!

Instructions for A View From Above:

1. This is a totally armchair hunt, no travel is required.

2. To win, you must solve all seven puzzles, then arrange the resulting numbers and letters into longitude and latitude in the Degrees - Minutes – Seconds format (all are whole numbers – if an answer is not a whole number, round up or down to that whole number).

3. The answers will not tell you what position each has in the DMS – you must figure that out!

4. A correct & complete solution will include (1) the answers to all seven puzzles, (2) the exact long/ lat in DMS, and (3) what is at that location.

5. If you have the correct location, but do not have the exact DMS as described by the answers in this hunt, the solution will be considered incorrect.

6. If your solution is incorrect, I will reply "Solution is incorrect, please try again."

7. If your solution is incomplete, I will reply, "Solution is incomplete, please review instructions."

8. Submit solution to me via PM here on Mysterious Writings.

9. You can submit your numbers & letters for verification before trying to assemble them, but please only submit them when you feel you have solved all seven puzzles.

10. Do not submit individual numbers for verification. I will only verify all seven at the same time, not individually.

11. When you submit your seven answers, I will either verify they are all correct, or I will reply "These are not all correct". I will not identify which ones or how many are correct/ incorrect.

12. Winners must have a US address, but I do have an alternative prize for a foreign winner.

[jon]

sounds like fun as always with your hunts. I thought for sure the next one would be six degrees of separation. Guess I will have to start looking at things from above.

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Link to PDF of A View From Above Armchair Hunt: ibb.co/V9nCkb6

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Remember, you do need to solve all seven puzzles and the DMS must be exact. Finding something 'from above' with Google Earth will not be a correct answer even if you have the correct place!

You can submit the seven answers for verification before attempting to arrange them into the correct DMS.

I have up to six prizes for this hunt. First prize is a 1oz .999 silver round :-)

Thanks for playing, and good luck!

-FHH

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

It was brought to my attention that when someone opened the link to the hunt, it appeared with a lot of ads and comments.

I tested the link before posting it and I did not see any of these things. Since it was brought to my attention, I followed the link on my phone to see if somehow the formatting was different. But that also did not show any of these extra things. I even made sure my computer did not recognize me and I followed the link as anonymous, and still nothing but the hunt came up.

I'm not sure why this is happening for some people, but just to be clear, any adds and/ or comments that show up are NOT part of the hunt. What you see posted here on Mysterious Writings is the entire hunt. One page. Seven puzzles.

I'm sorry for any confusion (I am confused!), but please let me know if you have any other issues with the image link.

-FHH

[retro]

Jul 23, 2022 12:36:31 GMT -5 forgottenhistoryhunt said:

It was brought to my attention that when someone opened the link to the hunt, it appeared with a lot of ads and comments.

I tested the link before posting it and I did not see any of these things. Since it was brought to my attention, I followed the link on my phone to see if somehow the formatting was different. But that also did not show any of these extra things. I even made sure my computer did not recognize me and I followed the link as anonymous, and still nothing but the hunt came up.

I'm not sure why this is happening for some people, but just to be clear, any adds and/ or comments that show up are NOT part of the hunt. What you see posted here on Mysterious Writings is the entire hunt. One page. Seven puzzles.

I'm sorry for any confusion (I am confused!), but please let me know if you have any other issues with the image link.

-FHH

Looks normal to me for an image hosted on ibb

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

A few people have asked if they can submit some numbers for confirmation even if they haven't solved all seven puzzles. So as of today, you can submit whatever you have solved so far and I will confirm if you have the correct answers.

Please use just one message when communicating and we can just reply back and forth. Communicating with one person via one message thread will cut down on confusion or me missing a message. Just put "Puzzle Answers" in the subject line. Then in the message itself, tell me which puzzles you are sending answers for.

I plan to post one or more clues on Friday depending on which puzzles are being solved and which ones are not.  So please send your answers in even if you have only solved one puzzle!

The more information I have by Friday, the more relevant the clue(s) will be :-)

-FHH

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

I received correct and incorrect answers to all seven puzzles, so I am providing clues to all of them:

1. Veni >Vidi Vidi >Vici Vici Vici >

2. Mind your P's and Q's .   I mean your P's and G's .   It's that basic .

3. Shanghai to Beijing

4. Baby it's cold outside

5. liga para mim

6. The key to any movie is its star

7. The black mailbox

Good luck!

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Congratulations to Z Team - The first team to submit correct answers to all seven puzzles as well as the hunt solution!

There are more prizes still to be won, so I will keep checking back.

Remember, you can submit partial solutions for verification so you can make sure you are working with all the correct information before assembling them into  Degrees, Minutes, Seconds for longitude and latitude and discovering what lies there :-)

Good luck!

FHH

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

It's time to release another round of hints - I'm still getting partially correct responses, so some of you are getting close!

I'm listing both my first set of hints along with this new set (these are hints to solving the puzzles, not to the numbers themselves):

1-1: Veni >Vidi Vidi >Vici Vici Vici >

1-2: Et Tu Bruté? >2x3>3x3>4x3>...

2-1: Mind your P's and Q's . I mean your P's and G's . It's that basic .

2-2: To quote Sherlock Holmes (although he never really said it), "It's elementary, my dear Watson."

3-1: Shanghai to Beijing

3-2: As the bird flies

4-1: Baby it's cold outside

4-2: C>F

5-1: liga para mim

5-2: On this day in history: 22 April 1500

6-1: The key to any movie is its star

6-2: The stars and their movies...and a little math (do you remember the rules?)

7-1: The black mailbox

7-2: ET phone home

Good luck!

-FHH

[susb8383]

I think I can get/fudge everything except the movie puzzle. That is really eluding me!

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Another set of clues coming tomorrow, Saturday, 8/6!

-FHH

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

More hints - I did not include #'s 3 and 4 because I think most people have those. When you enter the DMS into Google Earth, use the XX XX' XX"N (or S) format.

Link to PDF: ibb.co/j3H2ng5

Good luck!

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Over the past few days, there have been two more winners - dugduffer and nemdam have each submitted correct answers to the seven puzzles and to the solution to the hunt.

Congratulations to the winners so far - Z Team, digduffer, and nemdam!

There are three more prizes available, so don't give up! 

Good luck -

FHH

[forgottenhistoryhunt]

Just some housekeeping items:

I will post the final hints tomorrow, Tuesday August 9th.

Because I will be away next week and unsure of computer access, I will close the hunt on Thursday, August 11th even if I don't have all 6 winners. This is so I can get the prizes out on Friday before I leave.

My next hunt will be released on Thursday September 1.

There are still four days to solve this and win a prize!

Thanks and good luck!

-FHH