Aug 19 2009

$10,000 Competition – The Solution

Category: 10 Grand Clues and Answersadmin @ 11:16 am

As described in the previous 12 clues, to deduce the password, players had to overlay the image of three soldiers (Clue 9) onto the map image of Saskatchewan (Clue 5).

  • Each soldier in the painting had a ‘v’ insignia on their shoulder. These had to line up with certain towns on the map.
  • The insignia of the soldier on the right (Tom, Thomas) had to line up with the name of the author of “Soldiers Three” – Kipling.
  • The insignia of the soldier in the middle (Dick, Richard) had to line up with the town that served as the final act for Thomas Bird – Regina.
  • The insignia of the third soldier on the left (Harry, Harold) then lined up with apparently empty space.
  • Viewing the image map’s exact location in Bing maps allowed players to zoom in and find that there is indeed two tiny towns in that location. One of them was the password: C**r*a*

I will making those * clear at the end of the day, so make sure you come back to check it :) (GTM time)

One Response to “$10,000 Competition – The Solution”

  1. Doon says:

    So we had the password right from the beginning “Use the crowbar (clue 9 image) to open the tun (clue 9 image)”. We were so long to find out when that simple. But I had no tool to do such, no regrets.

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