Quarantine Quest Hints

+ Puzzle 1: Hint 1

You are looking for three numbers. Those clock faces may be able to be turned into letters somehow.

+ Puzzle 1: Hint 2

Perhaps zooming in on the clock faces will show you a helpful word?

+ Puzzle 1: Hint 3

Your clocks are actually semaphore!

+ Puzzle 2: Hint 1

Ancient Greeks used a different alphabet than we do, and a different number system too!

+ Puzzle 2: Hint 2

Ancient Greeks were polytheistic. Each god had their own dogma, and their own areas of expertise. Note: Use Hades for the god of Death.

+ Puzzle 2: Hint 3

Those strange symbols are Greek numerals! If you correctly guess which god goes with each dogma, then you may want to count the letters in each name! Once you have all of your letters, you might be able to unscramble them to make a new word.

+ Puzzle 3: Hint 1

Pay close attention to where each landmark is relative to others.

+ Puzzle 3: Hint 2

Which direction do you have to travel to go from the Eiffel Tower to the Palace of Versailles? We’re using cardinal directions here (North, South, East, West).

+ Puzzle 3: Hint 3

Your first direction is W, then E. One of the landmarks on your map is not used.

+ Puzzle 4: Hint 1

Jetsetting across Europe like that sounds dizzying – hopefully the pilot can orient themselves!

+ Puzzle 4: Hint 2

The pilot will need clear instructions to navigate from one city to the next. Remember to include specific directions such as Southwest, Northeast, etc.

+ Puzzle 4: Hint 3

+ Puzzle 5: Hint 1

Line-Word-Letter

+ Puzzle 5: Hint 2

Line-Word-Letter. 4-1-2 = 4th line, 1st word, 2nd letter. You should get H!

+ Puzzle 5: Hint 3

Once you have your word, you can unscramble the top row of your grid below. Make sure to move the columns with it! You'll receive a message about your answer once everything is rearranged.

+ Puzzle 6: Hint 1

Each of your three riddle answers can be filled into your grid.

+ Puzzle 6: Hint 2

Your first riddle has to do with mail. Your second has to do with boats. The third to do with walking.

+ Puzzle 6: Hint 3

Once all three riddles are filled out, you can use the coordinates at the bottom of the sheet to spell a new word! For example 31 would equal "R".

+ Puzzle 7: Hint 1

Kronburg is the home of Helsingør, Shakespeare’s inspiration for Elsinore in Hamlet. Maybe take a look at the Player Queen's speech? You can find a copy at shakespeare.mit.edu!

+ Puzzle 7: Hint 2

Perhaps you can use those numbers at the bottom in the Player Queen’s first speech in Hamlet:

So many journeys may the sun and moon
Make us again count o'er ere love be done!
But woe is me! you are so sick of late,
So far from cheer and from your former state.
That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust,
Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must;
For women's fear and love holds quantity,
In neither aught, or in extremity.
Now what my love is, proof hath made you know;
And as my love is siz'd, my fear is so.
Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear;
Where little fears grow great, great love grows there.

Be sure to use every LINE, WORD, and LETTER!

(Your answer will help point you towards someone who may just be able to help you find your final answer)

+ Puzzle 7: Hint 3

The Clown Prince of Denmark is Víctor Borge! Check out his famous sketch, Inflationary Language: It might help you know what to do with your first paragraph.

+ Puzzle 8: Hint 1

This is the page you are seeking

+ Puzzle 8: Hint 2

Use "We are glad you have enjoyed two months rest in the land of sunshine and flowers" to fill out your grid.

+ Puzzle 8: Hint 3

After you fill out your grid.

Flip your grid to the right like this.

Once you've flipped your grid, you can use your coordinates to spell your answer!

+ Puzzle 9: Hint 1

What remains?

+ Puzzle 9: Hint 2

Wha emain?

+ Puzzle 9: Hint 3

I wonder what would remain if we only kept the letters used in the Hawaiian alphabet? Once we do that, there will be three real English words left over. That will be your answer.

+ Puzzle 10: Hint 1

Did you know that Cockneys of London have their own slang?

+ Puzzle 10: Hint 2

If you can guess which words have been replaced with Cockney slang, try entering them into the grid. For example, cherry=lie. Once you have your letteres entered, you can use the corrdinates to spell a message. For example, 27 is C.

+ Puzzle 10: Hint 3

The most famous landmark in London certainly aint a clock!

+ Puzzle 11: Hint 1

Once you convert your times, the hour numbers may point you towards different letters.

+ Puzzle 11: Hint 2

If J=13, then 14 must equal K! Since there are 26 letters in the alphabet, That also makes X=1.

+ Puzzle 11: Hint 3

RVA is in Eastern Standard Time. Try starting by converting all of the other times into Eastern Standard Military (24-hour) time! This website is a great resource: Time Zone Converter.

+ Puzzle 12: Hint 1

You'll need a type of cypher to figure out how to translate those letters at the bottom of the page. Perhaps look at the first eltter of each line?

+ Puzzle 12: Hint 2

KNOWLEDGE is the vigenere key you'll need to make sense of those letters.

+ Puzzle 12: Hint 3

Use this website to decipher your vigenere key: dCode.fr Vigenere Cipher Solver.

+ Puzzle 13: Hint 1

Yoga poses are an ancient tradition. While their names are usually in Sanskrit, they have English names, too!

+ Puzzle 13: Hint 2

If you learn the English names of each pose, you may notice that they fit into the blanks. Did you notice that each name has a bolded, underlined letter spot?

+ Puzzle 13: Hint 3

Once you find your final word, you may be able to look up the translation in English! It will give you two 4-letter words.

+ Puzzle 14: Hint 1

The name of the poem at Ellis Island is called The New Colossus! Perhaps look it up (particularly the first part of the quote after "with silent lips")?

+ Puzzle 14: Hint 2

"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"

That phrase fits into the dashes and numbers provided.

+ Puzzle 14: Hint 3

Your first letter is the M in "masses", since the number 1 is in that space.

+ Puzzle 15: Hint 1

Someone seems to have replaced all of the numbers on the clock with letters? Maybe each hour is now associated with that letter?

+ Puzzle 15: Hint 2

The clock starts at noon, so 6 hours from now would be 6 o' clock or G.

+ Puzzle 15: Hint 3

If Becky is talking to Jess "right now" then what time is it? She also reminds David to talk to the neighbors a second time, so count the N twice!

+ Puzzle 16: Hint 1

Your first step is to get those dollars converted to swiss francs, so you'll multiply $100 by 0.97 CHF. So 97 CHF (swiss francs)!

+ Puzzle 16: Hint 2

Now you'll need to figure out what the exchange rate for Swiss Francs into Euros was on the day the note was written. Don't forget to subtract 17 francs for the calculator!

+ Puzzle 16: Hint 3

This site is good for looking up exchange rates: Exchange Rates.org.uk.

+ Puzzle 17: Hint 1

Each paragraph has different bolded and underlined letters, those are the letters you'll need to translate.

+ Puzzle 17: Hint 2

The last line of each paragraph has an alphabet shift! For example "F equals T" means your alphabet shifts 14 letters over.

+ Puzzle 17: Hint 3

Here's how you can set up your alphabet shift! Now you can translate your bold and underlined letters into three numbers.

+ Puzzle 18: Hint 1

Find all of the places listed in the letter on your map! Here is a high-res version of your map:

+ Puzzle 18: Hint 2

They take three different trips, perhaps trace their routes?

+ Puzzle 18: Hint 3

A straight line down kind of looks like a 1 right? Maybe that's your first number?

+ Puzzle 19: Hint 1

Pay attention to the bolded letters

+ Puzzle 19: Hint 2

Summertime 9A is a painting by Jackson Pollack.

+ Puzzle 19: Hint 3

Pay attention to what colors are in the painting. Only pay attention to the letters that are the same colors as the painting.

+ Puzzle 20: Hint 1

Each one of these words has a numerical value attached to them, called Gematria. Once they are translated into Hewbrew, you can use a Gematria calculator to find their true value.

+ Puzzle 20: Hint 2

Use Google Translate for your English to Hebrew translations. Once you have the translation, use Gematrix.org to get your Gematria numeric values. Notice that capitalization matters with some words!

+ Puzzle 20: Hint 3

The equation you should end up with is (3+42)x13-441. Don't forget to add a roof to get your final answer!

+ Puzzle 21: Hint 1

Notice that the top section has 26 different symbols in it. What could those represent?

+ Puzzle 21: Hint 2

Your middle section symbols translate to A=Y. If A=Y, then B=Z, and C=A! Therefore your first letter in you answer is A.

+ Puzzle 21: Hint 3

Use this chart for your translations! P=N.

+ Puzzle 22: Hint 1

Imagine the Chinese New Year wheel as a physical wheel and turn it in the directions specified.

+ Puzzle 22: Hint 2

The present year being 2020, 5 turns to the right brings you to the Goat.

+ Puzzle 22: Hint 3

Fill each animal into the blanks. The bolded and underlined spaces are the letters you should gather for your answer.

+ Puzzle 23: Hint 1

Notice how Dashaun and Dottie sign their names at the end of the letter. Does dash and dot remind you of anything?

+ Puzzle 23: Hint 2

It should remind you of Morse code. I wonder if the way their names are written throughout the letter could spell something? Pay attention to when she says "stop".

+ Puzzle 23: Hint 3

+ Puzzle 24: Hint 1

If you look up all of these paintings, you'll notice they all have somehting in common. Keep in mind, you won't get a real word for this answer, just directions!

+ Puzzle 24: Hint 2

They're all pointing! For example, take a look at Saint John the Baptist's painting:

+ Puzzle 24: Hint 3

Make sure to be searching for the paintings with pointing! For Bacchus, use his left arm.

+ Puzzle 25: Hint 1

You'll need to do a bit of research to figure out what goes in the top line of your grid. You're looking for a Monet painting from 1873 that is in the Musee d' Orsay.

+ Puzzle 25: Hint 2

The English name of the painting is "Poppies". That is what you will fill into the top line.

+ Puzzle 25: Hint 3

The middle line of your grid tells you how to shift each letter. For example, your first letter "P" shifted 15 letters down the alphabet becomes the letter "A".

+ Puzzle 26: Hint 1

Notice that if you remove the dates on the plaque that there is the exact number of blanks needed to fill in your letters in the colored grid.

+ Puzzle 26: Hint 2

Those colors aren't random! Each color may mean something different.

+ Puzzle 26: Hint 3

Each color represents a different letter! For example, all of the white blanks have an "I" in them.

+ Puzzle 27: Hint 1

The clue wants you to look at the Nazca lines in the south of Peru.

+ Puzzle 27: Hint 2

Try translating those spanish words into English, it may make it easier to find the geoglyphs you're looking for.

+ Puzzle 27: Hint 3

Wikipedia actually has a great list of the geoglyphs you need. Once you count what's specified, you'll be able to figure out which letters are important to spell out your answer.

+ Puzzle 28: High-Res Image

+ Puzzle 28: Hint 1

If you look closely, you might notice that there are QR codes within this image. Try sacnning them! Most phones you can just use your camera, but there are plenty of free apps available. If you're having trouble scanning, the next clue has high-res versions of the QR codes themselves.

+ Puzzle 28: Hint 2

If you're having trouble scanning, here all of the QR codes from left to right.

+ Puzzle 28: Hint 3

Once scanned, you'll get the following bits of text.

NAIS SAN CODE ISRE CE

+ Puzzle 29: Hint 1

Notice the bolded letters spell out ICS.

+ Puzzle 29: Hint 2

ICS is the International Code of Signals! Those flags each represent a different letter or number. For a full list, check out the Wikipedia page.

+ Puzzle 29: Hint 3

Your translation should give you "WHCH LTTRS WR MSSNG NTL 1900". You can fill out the missing letters to get the question, "Which letters were missing until 1900?". Do a little research to find out what 8 letters were not a part of the ICS flag code until around 1900. (Hint: take a good long look at that Wikipedia page).

+ Puzzle 30: Hint 1

Each picture and caption should remind you of a puzzle you solved earlier in Quarantine Quest.

+ Puzzle 30: Hint 2

Which puzzle number was it? Perhaps you can use that number as a coordinate.

+ Puzzle 30: Hint 3

For example, the 10th picture is Maggie Walker, which was the answer to puzzle #8. What letter is at coordinate 08 on the grid? N!