Each "item" clues a word or phrase which starts with a different
letter of the alphabet, and ends with either a number or a word
suggesting nothing (often phonetically).
| Item |
Description |
Answer |
Letter |
Ending |
Number |
| 1 |
found flowing into Lake Chad |
Chari eau |
C |
oh |
0 |
| 2 |
Mauna Loa, 13667 ft |
volcano |
V |
no |
0 |
| 3 |
(picture of the Rosetta Stone) |
Rosetta Stone |
R |
one |
1 |
| 4 |
IBM operating system |
OS/2 |
O |
2 |
2 |
| 5 |
found in conjunction with a DNA strand |
? |
|||
| 6 |
photo, looks like part of a snake or lizard,
duplicate copy labeled "aba" |
abalone |
A |
one |
1 |
| 7 |
missing |
||||
| 8 |
American Greetings logo |
forget-me-not |
F |
nought |
0 |
| 9 |
(photo of Mount Vernon) |
Mount Vernon |
M |
none |
0 |
| 10 |
photo of U2 at Stop Sellafield concert |
U2 |
U |
2 |
2 |
| 11 |
found eating Pomegranate seeds |
Persephone |
P |
one |
1 |
| 12 |
Henry of Navarre |
Huguenot |
H |
nought |
0 |
| 13 |
missing |
||||
| 14 |
plays electric piano (with photo of man) |
(Joe) Zawinul |
Z |
null |
0 |
| 15 |
found flowing into Lake Chad |
Yobe eau |
Y |
oh |
0 |
| 16 |
(wav file of They Might Be Giants song
Subliminal) |
Subliminal |
S |
null |
0 |
| 17 |
missing (printout has photo of ice cream cone
found loose in puzzle folder) |
ice cream cone |
I |
one |
1 |
| 18 |
periodic table cell #54 |
xenon |
X |
non |
0 |
| 19 |
(map identifying point in British Columbia,
Canada) |
Quesnel |
Q |
null |
0 |
| 20 |
Nagasaki, August 9, 1945 |
Ground Zero |
G |
zero |
0 |
| 21 |
(photo of parody novel "the temperature at
which nothing happens") |
Kelvin zero |
K |
zero |
0 |
| 22 |
(photo excerpt of Blue Nun wine logo) |
Blue Nun |
B |
none |
0 |
| 23 |
(photo of domino) |
domino |
D |
no |
0 |
| 24 |
missing |
||||
| 25 |
missing (printout has photo of tunnel found
loose in puzzle folder) |
tunnel |
T |
null |
0 |
| 26 |
missing |
Hunt: MIT Mystery Hunt 1999
Round/Puzzle# R4.07
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