Difference between revisions of "To Do"
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|Solved: Ye Nymphs of Solyma! begin the song:; solved: dominoes. | |Solved: Ye Nymphs of Solyma! begin the song:; solved: dominoes. | ||
| − | |<s>'''Decrypt the dominos'''. Use the Pope quote? Why are popes/messiah on a domino shape - just to show the two puzzles are linked?</s> What does HELP LIONEL TO REARM REBELS mean?! | + | |<s>'''Decrypt the dominos'''. Use the Pope quote? Why are popes/messiah on a domino shape - just to show the two puzzles are linked?</s><br><s>What does HELP LIONEL TO REARM REBELS mean?!</s> |
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|See Music. Solved: minesweeper. Solved: Great Comet | |See Music. Solved: minesweeper. Solved: Great Comet | ||
|There were 9 mines in minesweeper; is that useful (apart from the same no. letters being in GEOGRAPHY!)?<br> | |There were 9 mines in minesweeper; is that useful (apart from the same no. letters being in GEOGRAPHY!)?<br> | ||
| + | Is the "time remaining" of 310 seconds at all relevant?<br> | ||
Timeline: there are ten distinct years, perhaps corresponding to 10 digits? Is all that we get from the timeline a message about the pub? Is 'palatable' useful, e.g. palaces, popes (I'm thinking of Avignon again!)<br> | Timeline: there are ten distinct years, perhaps corresponding to 10 digits? Is all that we get from the timeline a message about the pub? Is 'palatable' useful, e.g. palaces, popes (I'm thinking of Avignon again!)<br> | ||
Is all we get from the Great Comet pic a bit of info that Messier observed it in 1769?! See also Grey Dashed Lines. | Is all we get from the Great Comet pic a bit of info that Messier observed it in 1769?! See also Grey Dashed Lines. | ||
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| − | |Are the meanings of the postmark shapes the same as on Page 5? Need to finish identifying, and work out '''how to add sender to stamp'''. Also work out what Hello God messages mean. | + | |Are the meanings of the postmark shapes the same as on Page 5? Need to finish identifying, and work out '''how to add sender to stamp'''.<br>Why is the postcard on p3 just a note? (Could someone with a Windows computer see if this is some kind of interactive element you can click on?)<br> Also work out what Hello God messages mean. |
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|Mr Messy Trail | |Mr Messy Trail | ||
|Solved. | |Solved. | ||
| − | |Not sure we need all the extra things it goes through but leave until end to tidy up. | + | |Not sure we need all the extra things it goes through but leave until end to tidy up.<br>Is there any significance to the patterns that are sometimes made by the trail, on pages 1,3,6,9,11 and 12? |
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Revision as of 14:07, 22 December 2017
Things to solve and do!
| Page or theme | Things we know | To do |
| Poster | Messier, Messiaen and Messi are our characters; our themes are (at least): rainbows, angels, music, stars/comets/astronomy, messiahs, Advent. | Any mine/WW1 refs on the Poster? Did the Messerschmitt ever come in useful?! Need to update to add Messi as third character. |
| Page 1 | See Music. | Messi's thought bubble is probably not fully solved. |
| Page 4 | Solved: Ye Nymphs of Solyma! begin the song:; solved: dominoes. | |
| Page 5 | Why is the mine added to the map for the Battle of Messines? Do the themes for the square/oval/hex symbols relate to the postmarks on postcards? | |
| Page 6 | Solved: GEOGRAPHY from the grid/minesweeper; relates to Harington quote re. Messines/mines. | What else does GEOGRAPHY tell us? Does the grid of letters give us anything else - there are 63 alpha chars and a + sign. 9 used in GEOGRAPHY, maybe 54 left over? Why is the + sign positioned over nothing-much-really and why is the map underlay of Oosttaverne (rather than, say, where all the mines were mainly exploded!) Are those ponds under the + sign, or mine craters? See also Grey Dashed Lines. |
| Page 7 | See Music. Solved: minesweeper. Solved: Great Comet | There were 9 mines in minesweeper; is that useful (apart from the same no. letters being in GEOGRAPHY!)? Is the "time remaining" of 310 seconds at all relevant? |
| Page 8 | Solved: Arabic writing. | See Hexagonal Grid page. See also Grey Dashed Lines. |
| Page 10 | See Music. Solved: ADD SENDER TO STAMP, from bird code. | Catalogue d'oiseaux also says he related the birds to a specific French province; is that relevant? See Birds page. |
| Page 11 | Semi-solved? AK-47. Semi-solved? Match of the Day. |
Not sure we fully understand these yet. See Hexagonal Grid page. |
| Page 12 | ATH scoreboard - what is the meaning of the five themes highlighted? A telescope could be used to birdspot as well as astronomy, so are those themes linked, do birds = comets/stars? | |
| Hexes | Solved: Happy Xmas Epic New Year Sortie Fixing Mess Luck And Love From Bruce Hindsight | Nearly all identified! Will need to go through at the end and tidy/fill in gaps. |
| Splodges | Finish mapping them - pretty sure these are key to the biggest unsolved part. The hexagons may also be splodges? | |
| Blue Edged Cards | Solved: river map/treasure trail photos; coordinates for 12 Messier Objects. | The trail photos end with the 'ADD SENDER TO STAMP' card and the one (BE GERM) giving us Messier Objects - why? What do we do with the 12 Messier Objects?! Should we show the values for RA and NPD, i.e. the 'workings out'? And are they useful? |
| Postcards | Are the meanings of the postmark shapes the same as on Page 5? Need to finish identifying, and work out how to add sender to stamp. Why is the postcard on p3 just a note? (Could someone with a Windows computer see if this is some kind of interactive element you can click on?) Also work out what Hello God messages mean. | |
| Mr Messy Trail | Solved. | Not sure we need all the extra things it goes through but leave until end to tidy up. Is there any significance to the patterns that are sometimes made by the trail, on pages 1,3,6,9,11 and 12? |
| Hexagonal Grid | ||
| Music | The notations each relate to a phrase from the Messiaen quote. | We haven't done anything with the phrases apart from spot connections to e.g. rainbows. Are they just indicating four themes for the Hunt (NB: do sword of fire = mines in that case?, plus comets, mess, rainbows)? One (23-letter) phrase (coulées de lave bleu-orange) is omitted - why? What could we do with it? Are these a key to another code? This book: [1] gives a far longer quote than that in most sources ('Mon secret désir m'a poussé vers ces épées de feu, ces brusques étoiles, ces coulées de lave bleu-orange, ces planètes de turquoise, ces violets, ces grenats d'arborescences chevelus, ces tournoisements de sons et de coleurs en fouillis d'arc-en-ciel.') ... why? Is it more useful/better/adds anything? |
| Grey Dashed Lines | Semi-solved. We know they indicate relationships. | P6-8 - why is GEOGRAPHY letter grid connected (via mine-or-key) to Jeanne Loriod? P7 - why is the Hercules/Iolaus postcard connected to Gina Torres (Nebula in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys), next to which is a small 'Match of the Day'-style TV?! |
| Misc | Parts of Chat that may yet be worth thinking about: Also, will the initials of the names in the 'to' and 'from' answers to the postcards yield another coded message? James |
