Puzzle #2: We Solemnly Swear We Are Up to No Good
Time to get out your Google, ‘cause this puzzle isn’t going to solve itself.
2015′s Grand Champion team, ATLFYA, elected to craft a puzzle as part of their prize package, and they, like the Goblet of Fire, are NOT holding back. So get out that precious vial of felix felicis you’ve been saving, and read on!
Logically, we understand why maps are a rarity in YA books. They’re expensive to create, require an insane attention to detail, and work best with unique settings (most of us can probably imagine a suburban neighborhood just fine). But irrationally? We would like maps for everything please, from fantasy lands to high schools cafeterias to Midwestern mini malls.
This puzzle has FOUR tasks:
1. Determine the title/author of the books or book series containing the maps below. We’ve noted whether we’re looking for a series name or book title.
2. Find the selected letter in each title and put them together in numerical order (i.e. the order they’re already in) to create a keyword that will serve as your charm in the next section.
Keyword: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. Using your keyword, decipher the following book quote:
QCC EAUC LICQ UIPWHPN FIPC FTMS FIPC WAEE SHJJCG HURCP RSAQ RSAGLQ AGVIEVAGL FHJQ HGN OIIDQ HGN RPTC EIVC HGN RPHLCNY RPHLCNY EADC YIT WITENGR OCEACVC OTR UAGC RSAGLQ RII RSC OCQR IGCQ
4. Give us the title/author of the book from which this quote hails.
Solutions will only be counted as correct if ALL FOUR bars are met. Correct guesses receive +10.
Email your guesses to [email protected]. Deadline for guessing is midnight PT, Sunday July 17.
As with the last puzzle, teams only get one guess and there are no speed bonuses, so take your time!
We’ve asked for the series title for all books in a series. If we’ve asking for a book title instead, the book is a stand alone.
All series titles come from Goodreads, so if they got it wrong, we got it wrong. Check there first!
When finding letters, don’t count spaces, but do count articles (a, an, the) even at the beginning of a title. For example, the 7th letter of The Grisha is “s”.
Ready? Get up to no good!
1) Series name, 8th letter
dailybridgerton
romaincrisis
pixelskylines
gamechangershow
gummygunk
2087
areudirty
yousharknotpass