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Near Orange Bags?
"What's the password?" asked The Entity, with a weasel-like demeanor. Spy IQ was confused, until he realized he had received a strange postcard weeks before. The crafty spy still needed to enter the underground cellar leading to a new set of gadgets to be used on the next mission, but he was halted by The Entity's presence. What the postcard said might help Spy IQ find the password The Entity needs to allow the spy into the secret lair. The postcard says this:
A relative of mine was expelled.
It was my niece.
Wouldn't you agree?
It was because she joined a band of bikers.
She's doing lots of things wrong.
She always shows a lot of toughness.
P.S.
Isaac Newton:
Near orange bags lying east.
Gets as strange equally slowly.
That P.S. looks like it could be the catalyst to solve for the encrypted password. But, what could it be?
A relative of mine was expelled.
It was my niece.
Wouldn't you agree?
It was because she joined a band of bikers.
She's doing lots of things wrong.
She always shows a lot of toughness.
P.S.
Isaac Newton:
Near orange bags lying east.
Gets as strange equally slowly.
That P.S. looks like it could be the catalyst to solve for the encrypted password. But, what could it be?
Hint
Look closely at the P.S.A secret message lies within the P.S. that will assist you in searching for the password.
Here, I'll change it up a bit:
P.S.
Isaac Newton:
Near Orange Bags Lying East.
Gets As Strange Equally Slowly.
Answer
The password is PIGEON.If you look carefully at the P.S., you will notice that the first letter of each word spells IN NOBLE GASES:
P.S.
[I]saac [N]ewton:
[N]ear [O]range [B]ags [L]ying [E]ast.
[G]ets [A]s [S]trange [E]qually [S]lowly.
Now, look in the first six lines of the postcard. The symbols for noble gases can be found in the last word of each line, with a letter lying in between:
a relative of mine was eXpElled.
it was my NiEce.
wouldn't you AgRee? etc.
If you take each letter that is within the symbols of the noble gases, you will spell the word PIGEON:
a relative of mine was eX[p]Elled.
it was my N[i]Ece.
wouldn't you A[g]Ree?
it was because she joined a band of biK[e]Rs.
she's doing lots of things wR[o]Ng.
she always shows a lot of tougH[n]Ess.
After saying the password, Spy IQ entered the secret lair and found useful gadgets, including Instant Tile Camouflage.
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C'mon, this teaser took me several days to make, and I get a 1.88 in Fun?
Don't despair, the more people do the teaser, the more it may go up!
I think it's a tad complicated though - not so much in the difficult sense as kinda arbitrary. It made my brain hurt
I think it's a tad complicated though - not so much in the difficult sense as kinda arbitrary. It made my brain hurt
Well I did get the Noble Gases part, but then I didn't know how to get down to the password because of my lack of chemistry. Nice job. Even tho I didn't get it, I did like it.
I consider this cryptography rather than logic and it was very tough! If I could have solved this, then I should have gone to work for the CIA! I don't know the first thing about chemicals or their codes, but even if I had, I still don't think I'd have been solving this one. I did enjoy working on it though. And I can certainly appreciate your effort!
You remind me of my friend who's like genius material. I did get the acronym, noble gases. But, that's all! It was hard!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...I totally gave up. Congrats for thinkin' of that, though, cuz it was an awesome teaser. (even though I didn't solve it, lol ) but can't say that's saying too much.
well awesome work and keep 'em coming!
xoxo,
Chatty
well awesome work and keep 'em coming!
xoxo,
Chatty
Incredible mix of science/language - tricky!
OMG i dont get it but good job!!!!
haha that teaser was awesome!! I got the noble gases part, but the rest blew right over my head. and my dad teaches this stuff . . . ahem . . .
it was boring true but it was hardi figed out the fist part then i saw pigon to begin with but i did not htink that was it god i am a dunce
I really liked the teaser - but i didnt know where to look (i thought maybe the AR in 'a reletive' or something). Other than that confusion, a very good teaser!
Arrgh! Fun and frustrating at once. I agree that this one should be in the cryptography section.
I'm so proud of myself!!! I got IN NOBLE GASES.
There's no way I'd have ever gotten any farther.
There's no way I'd have ever gotten any farther.
This should be in cryptography, not logic.
GREAT!
Fantastic. It is logic, cryptography, and science. Maybe language as well. Terrific.
I got distracted because the first sentence had seven words and HELIUM has seven letters. Then 4 words could be NEON. Then... uh, oh. Never found the answer, but it is clever and brilliant. I really enjoyed being defeated by this one!
I got distracted because the first sentence had seven words and HELIUM has seven letters. Then 4 words could be NEON. Then... uh, oh. Never found the answer, but it is clever and brilliant. I really enjoyed being defeated by this one!
Excellent teaser! Very challenging, and very satisfying to solve!
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