introductory lecture, act i
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Introductory Lecture, Act I
• Starring:– Dan Kurtz as Wesley When– Kristina Kenney as Catherine Chronos– Sound by Ellen Juhlin– Set design by Todd c Hartman and John Bagoye– Costumes by Melissa Wilson– Script by Allen Cohn, Erik Stuart, Trisha Lantznester, et al.
• Fun Fact:– Tiresias’s role was significantly reduced after playtesters
thought it was a “find the differences” puzzle between Act I and III when in reality we just let Sean sleep in.
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Core Dump 1
• Concept by Dwight Freund• Manufacturing by the Freund
family• Printout design by Wei-Hwa
Huang• Fun Fact:– The original design was intended
to be the core dump for all three acts, which would give a different message each time
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1. Which of these companies is part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
A: Johnson & JohnsonK: Berkshire HathawayN: Eastman KodakU: Google
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Tachyon Midi-Ether Co-Keypad• Designed by Wei-Hwa Huang• Manufacturing by Wei-Hwa
Huang and a very long weekend session with 8 volunteers
• Fun Fact:– During the playtest, an uncapped
contact cement bottle was left in a plastic bag with the disassembled keys. The fumes melted all the keys, necessitating a re-order of completely different keys as the supplier was out of stock
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2. Which country has the 2nd-highest GDP?
J: IndiaN: ChinaO: JapanS: United States
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Choose Your Own Adventure• Original Idea by Dwight Freund• Story concept and outline by
Trisha Lantznester• Writing by Trisha Lantznester and
Erik Stuart• Editing and layout by Wei-Hwa
Huang• Artwork by Rigel Stuhlmiller• Fun Fact:
– Longest time between first puzzle prototype and final product
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Wormhole
• Written by Eric Lindstrom• Fun Fact:– Original version didn’t
warn solvers of the effects of particles travelling backwards through time
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3. In the most recent Summer Olympics, the most medals was won by the host
country. Which country was 2nd?
A: Soviet UnionE: IndiaS: United StatesW: Romania
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Calibration (Movie Clips)
• Designed by Erik Stuart and Melissa Wilson• Developed and prototyped by Wei-Hwa Huang• Directed by Allen Cohn• Acted by Dan Kurtz• Filmed by Christian Hoobyar• Sound editing by Ellen Juhlin• Video editing and mastering by Ben Hansen• Fun Fact:– Original prototype used a “Have a Nice Day” icon as a stand-in
for Wesley
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4. In the US, which animated TV show has the most aired episodes?
D: South ParkL: The JetsonsT: The FlintsonesW: The Simpsons
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Starting the Big Bang
• Directed by Allen Cohn• Acted by Dan Kurtz• Filmed by Todd c Hartman and Christian Hoobyar• Sound editing by Ellen Juhlin• Fun Fact:– There’s an echo at the start of the video to suggest
emptiness… but what’s the echo bouncing off of?
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Send Me Back• Puzzle designed by Sean Gugler• Directed by Sean Gugler and Wei-
Hwa Huang• Acted by Dan Kurtz (in one take!)• Filmed by Todd c Hartman and
Christian Hoobyar• Fun Fact:
– Original plan was to have a spatial jigsaw element as well; each segment would be cut into a 2 by 2 grid
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5. Who holds the record for most Oscar acting nominations?
E: Meryl StreepR: Katherine HepburnV: Natalie PortmanV: Jack Nicholson
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Fabric of Time
• Designed by Doug Banks• Developed by Sean Gugler, Wei-Hwa Huang, and
Doug Banks• Produced by Sean Gugler, Wei-Hwa Huang• Fun Fact:– All the border pieces were cut too short due to
miscommunication
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6. What is the best-selling non-Christmas single?
;: ThrillerO: FridayR: Candle in the WindY: We Are the World
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Fetch the Letter• Original idea by Sean Gugler• Developed by Sean Gugler and Wei-Hwa Huang• Dwight Freund as Crazy Tracy• Newspaper written by Trisha Lantznester and Wei-Hwa
Huang• Newspaper printed by Dave Shukan• Fun Fact:
– Archeology puzzle was redesigned and data completely redone 5 hours before the game
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Journalists: “Intense Secrets”
• Designed and developed by Erik Stuart
• Magazine aging effects by Wei-Hwa Huang
• Fun Fact:– Because of this puzzle,
Catherine gained a middle name: Lucille, after Catherine Lucille Moore
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7. Who is the NBA all-time assists leader?
F: John StocktonI: Oscar RobertsonR: Aisha OlajuwonY: Jeremy Lin
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Investors: Balance Sheet and Income Statement
• Designed and written by Allen Cohn• Fun Fact:– Skipping Yerevan may result in false messages such as
“INVESTMENT IN PAST”.
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8. Who was Rocky Balboa's most recent opponent?
A: Rusty BeltO: Mason DixonS: Tommy GunnT: Ivan Drago
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Scientists: Particle Zoo
• Written by David Greenspan• Fun Fact:– Swapped position with Wormhole when we realized that
the “Scientists” puzzle was more time-consuming than the other role puzzles
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Government Officials: [REDACTED] Redaction Agency
• Designed, developed, and shredded by Wei-Hwa Huang
• Fun Fact:– Out of all the puzzles in the hunt, the Redaction Agency
instructions page is the only one typeset in a font designed by a Canadian
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9. Where is the tallest building in the world?
F: North AmericaK: AntarcticaO: East AsiaR: The Middle East
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Science Fair Video• Directed by Allen Cohn• Acted by Dan Kurtz, Alex Cave, and Kristina
Kenney• Camera by Christian Hoobyar• Lighting, Editing, and Visual Effects by Todd
c Hartman• Sound Effects and recording by Ellen Juhlin• Science Fair projects by Ken Chaney• Science Fair presentations by Erik Stuart
and Melissa Wilson• and lots of volunteers did lots of other
stuff• Fun Fact:
– The close-up shots of the science fair projects were actually in Erik’s garage
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10. How many females are on the US Supreme Court?
L: Five point fiveN: ThreeO: OneR: Eleven
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Cross-Reference Approval Permits
• Designed by Wei-Hwa Huang
• Based on previous work by Robert Abbott
• Enhanced by Eric Stuart• Fun Fact:
– The button is generic enough that you can wear it elsewhere! Just tell people it’s a flux capacitor.
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Introductory Lecture: Act II• Kristina Kenney as Catherine Chronos• Dan Kurtz as Wesley When• Alex Cave as Mrs. Buffy When• Sound by Ellen Juhlin• Set design by Todd c Hartman and John Bagoye• Costumes by Melissa Wilson• Set crew:
– Mary Johnson– Shawn Johnson– Crissy Gugler– Lauren O’Rourke
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11. How many planets are in our solar system?
A: SevenI: EightP: SixteenR: Nine
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Core Dump, Act II
• Designed and produced by David Greenspan
• Printing effects by Sean Gugler and Wei-Hwa Huang
• Fun Fact:– Two-layer acrylic is very
expensive; instead, this is white acrylic with a painted layer
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12. Japan is the ___ most populous country in the world.
A: 4th
N: 10th
T: 7th
Y: 15th
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Invalid Permits
• Original Design by Allen Cohn• Development and design by Wei-Hwa
Huang • Fun Fact:– Favorite bribe (pictured): “A device to
help fill out forms in triplicate”
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Chronomentometers
• Designed, developed, and manufactured by Wei-Hwa Huang
• Inspired by original Trenchwood logo by Ben Hansen
• Fun Fact:– Only 1000 out of a few
millions possible puzzles were chosen for inclusion
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13. What is the highest-grossing film of all time (including re-releases)?
E: AvatarO: TitanicT: Star Wars Episode XIV: Legacy of the ChissW: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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Mix Tape
• Designed and Developed by Erik Stuart
• Tapes mastered by Sean Gugler
• Fun Fact:– “Girls Just Wanna Have
Fun” never hit #1 on the charts
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14. What is the last name of the Governor of California?
E: DeukmejianG: SchwarzeneggerT: BrownU: Wilson
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Art History• Original concept by Allen Cohn• Designed by Erik Stuart and Justin
Graham• Photoshop work by Todd c Hartman• Audio Tour App “programmed” by
Wei-Hwa Huang• Phones loaned from the Burninators• Fun Fact:
– Original version was muuuuch harder; all the numbers were in the artists’ native language, and everybody got the audio tour at the start of the event
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Wesley and Buffy• Directed by Allen Cohn• Camera operated by Christian Hoobar• Lighting and video editing by Todd c Hartman • Sound by Ellen Juhlin• Costumes by Melissa
Wilson• Fun Fact:
– Someone had to pushAlex’s chair in and outto get the “Buffyinterrupts” effect
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15. Which batter OFFICIALLY holds the record for most home runs in a single
season?
E: Barry BondsL: Alex RodriguezN: Roger MarisT: Sammy Sosa
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Fix the View-O-Scope
• Designed by Sean Gugler• Pointless 3D effects by Wei-
Hwa Huang• Fun Fact:– If you connect the output of
“50/50” to the input of “50/50”, you create a feedback loop that sinks the other output to zero. This is not useful.
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16. Who is the author of the best-selling book series of all time?
E: J. K. RowlingO: Stan and Jan BerenstainT: Erle Stanley GardnerU: R. L. Stine
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Faculty Christmas Party
• Designed by Dave Shukan• Sound mixed and edited by Ellen Juhlin• Voices by Allen Cohn, Erik Stuart, Elena Melendez,
Melissa Wilson, and Wei-Hwa Huang• Fun Fact:– The identity of the
spectroscopy teacherwas changed at thelast minute
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17. What is the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany?
H: West BerlinN: New BerlinN: BerlinY: Bonn
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Get the Locker Combo
• Designed by Erik Stuart• Picture Frame by Sean Gugler• Fun Fact:– A lot of luck was
involved in getting a combo lock with that exact combo
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18. What is the name of the device that delivers energy to an automobile
engine?
E: fuel injectorF: carburetorR: power supplyS: catalytic vaporizer
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Restaurant Coupons
• Original Idea by Allen Cohn
• Enhancements and graphic design by Thomas Snyder
• Fun Fact:– Puzzle was inspired by an
actual Yoshinoya coupon that Wei-Hwa tried to use in Allen’s presence
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Yearbook, Part 1
• Original Idea: Eric Lindstrom• Poetry re-writing: Erik Stuart
and Wei-Hwa Huang• Fun Fact:– The poem was written and re-
written at least seven times
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19. Who is the highest-ranked chess player in the world?
E: Tokunbo AyanbadejoI: Robert FischerI: Magnus CarlsenO: Garry Kasparov
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Chrononaut Rapid Acclimation Protocol
• Basic Idea: Allen Cohn• Implementation and artwork:
Melissa Wilson• Time Traveler pamphlet by
Rigel Stuhmiller, Allen Cohn, and Wei-Hwa Huang
• Dice mutation: Wei-Hwa Huang• Fun Fact:
– One early prototype of this event was a pure-trivia quiz. You can see it in this slideshow!
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20. What is the most common baby name in the US?
G: JacobK: MohammedM: ElijahR: Michael
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Time Tunnel
• Set design by Todd c Hartman• Sound Effects by Ellen Juhlin• Set supervisor assistance by John Bagoye• Production assistance for set build by Lily Tsai• Set Crew: Mary Johnson, Shawn Johnson, Chrissy
Gugler, Lauren O’Rourku• Fun Fact:– Teams actually screamed during the first weekend
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Detention and Dance
• Designed by Erik Stuart and Melissa Wilson
• Alex Cave as Buffy• Fun Fact:– Wei-Hwa spent $10 paying
some shady Korean guy on the Internet to get an actual copy of an 1985 SAT to copy the “look-and-feel” from
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21. In physics, how many elementary particles have been experimentally
observed?
A: Twenty-threeH: SixteenS: FourT: Fourteen
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T.R.A.S.H.
• Written by Erik Stuart
• Graphic Design by Wei-Hwa Huang
• Fun Fact:– On the test solve,
Wei-Hwa completely ignored hints and solved by drawing a giant grid
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22. Who is the Vice President of the United States?
I: Walker BushT: Joseph BidenO: Paul KennedyY: George Bush
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Yearbook, Part 2: Presidents
• Designed by Eric Lindstrom• Graphic design by Wei-Hwa
Huang• Fun Fact:– The last draft had much more
cartoony presidential portraits, but the author demanded payment of $150, so we decided to save some money…
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23. What is the longest running Broadway show?
,: CatsF: A Chorus LineN: ChicagoY: The Phantom of the Opera
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Mystery Meat• Puzzle designed by: Erik Stuart• Ms. Pac-Man machine: Ken
Chaney • Doris the Lunchlady: Trisha
Lantznester• Rewards by Allen Cohn, Melissa
Wilson, and Lisa Launer• Fun Fact:
– The game has a hacked ROM that increases the speed of Ms. Pac-Man
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24. Which country or countries joined NATO most recently?
D: SwitzerlandI: SpainJ: Greece and TurkeyS: Albania and Croatia
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Apple II Mystic
• Designed by Sean Gugler• Fun Fact:– Some last-minute
Photoshop work was needed to get the faces to show up large enough
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25. What is the most famous unsolved problem in mathematics?
D: Moving Sofa ConstantE: The Collatz ConjectureI: The Riemann HypothesisV: Fermat’s Last Theorem
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Other General Tasks• For credits that are less puzzle-focused,
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• Housing GC Central, storing all the material: Erik Stuart and Melissa Wilson
• Managing all the volunteers and staff: Allen Cohn
• Keeping puzzle development updated: Sean Gugler
• Theatrical Diplomat: Melissa Wilson• Meddling (and badges): Wei-Hwa
Huang
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Original Story Concept (August 2009)
• The hosts would be Doctor When, his beleaguered assistant Rodney, and a airhead super sexy female assistant (who flirts with the mad scientist but he never notices)
• Doctor When’s machine goes haywire and he gets lost in time.
• Rodney enlists the help of the teams to fix the contraption and get Doctor When back.
• Part of the problem is that Doctor When's invention was sabotaged by his long-time nemesis, Prof. Chronus. The players can help defeat Prof. Chronus.
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26. What is the maximum speed limit in the United States?
E: 55 mphL: 70 mphR: 100 mphX: 80 mph
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