Nov 30, 2020

Lambchop Megadeth

Lambchop Megadeth

By Sandor Weisz • Issue #72 • View online

Hello, again! Hope you had a peaceful, restful weekend.

It’s holiday season, which now involves figuring out what it means to have an entirely remote office holiday party. The good news is I’ve been building out my stable of Zoom-based trivia games, and I still have plenty of days free in the December calendar. Here’s the page to send to your boss, where they can book a slot instantly.

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Puzzle of the Week. Which band’s name, in four words, contains A, B, C, D, & E, in that order (though not consecutive)?

Submit your answer here.

Daro + Caro's Pixar Puzzle Hunt

This Pixar-themed puzzle hunt starts Friday, December 4. Daro and Caro are “a couple of puzzle enthusiasts who have spent a lot of our free time puzzle hunting before finally deciding to create a puzzle hunt of our own.” I’m already signed up.

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Terrarium won an Indiecade!

In 2019, The Mystery League was part of the team behind Terrarium, an alternate reality game (ARG) for about 1,700 University of Chicago students. A few weeks ago, Indiecade awarded our team the Location Based and Live Play Design Award. Supremely proud to be part of this team.

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David Kwong's Inside the Box @ Geffen Playhouse

My family recently participated in this fun, interactive show of puzzles and games with magician and puzzler David Kwong. The show was just extended through mid-February.

www.geffenplayhouse.org • Share

Literary puzzle solved for just third time in almost 100 years

British comedy writer John Finnemore has solved Cain’s Jawbone, a murder mystery that has 32 million possible combinations.

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Solution to the previous puzzle

The answer we were looking for was QLR > ELR, but GVAG > CVAG, PHGF > AHGF, and a few other options also work! (in Rot-13)

Congrats to all who solved it correctly: @qpheevr, @TweetChiZone, Aaron, Adam Benway, Admiral Jota, Alina Morelli Baima, Amanda Garrett, Amanda M, Amanda Shubert, Andrew, Andrew B, Anonymous, ARamirez, Beth Davenport, Bigeffinmoose, Bill Jones, Blake Danger, Brad R, Brandon Klein, Brendan M., Brian Lee, Brian Perkins, Bryan, Bryce J., C Wolf, Charlotte Burke, Chris Helms, Chris Weed, Christina, cwilk, Dan R.C., Dan_Cantu, Dana Jara, Daniel Marcin, Daniel Spencer, Danielle, Darren, David, David Wellman, Dee Kenney, DiscoDean, Dog Cohen, Elliot T, Eric G, Eric Knox, Erin, Erin Milligan-Milburn, ERM, Evan Davis, Follmer!, Frank in Pgh, Franklin, Gavin Smith, Greta, Hannah, Harley, Ian P., Ian R, Jacob W, James Frye, James G, Jana, Jared Mason, Jason Schneiderman, Jeff Alexy, Jen from Vancouver BC, Jenny, Jenny Friedes, Jeremy, Jim Schneider, Jimmy Smith, Joe, Joel, John Agpalo, John W, Jon Ginsberg, josef, Josh T, Josh V, Julie Bauml, Justin Kalef, Karen, Kate S, Kelly McMahon, Kelly McMahon, Kevin Keating, Kevin McD, Kira Novak, Laura Bond, Laura K, Lex, Liz Brodzinski, Lois H, Mads, Maggie Wittlin, Marissa C., Mary Quest, Matt Boehm, Matt K, Matt Marber, Matt N., Melissa Vandenbark, Michael, Mindy Mentzel, Neville Fogarty, Nick Karbassi, Nick T, Nicki CS, Ninakix, No worries I already answered with pint/tint, Noah S., Patrick C, Peter Tran, Peter Weisz, Phil C, Philip S, Pike, Potor Tron, Pundog, Rachel Quest, Richard Hren, Ross McNamara, Rush S, Sam, Sarah, Scootch, Scott L, Scott T., Sean McBride, SeanD, Shane Simmons, Steven E., strongrad, T Welch, Tamara Brenner, Terra, Thomas, Tim Giannetti, Todd Benson, Tree, Tyler J, Victoria, Y2BJ, Zach Z.

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By Sandor Weisz

I run The Mystery League, a company of creative puzzlemakers in Chicago. This is my weekly dispatch of puzzle news. To learn about puzzle events in Chicago, subscribe to Puzzling in Chicago: http://mysteryleague.com/pic.

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