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==Order==
 
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1.06.01
 
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==Status==
 
==Status==
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  ::MOCKUP::
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  ::FINAL-READY::
  
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==Location Status==
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==Location==
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Foo
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* Act I: Schroeder's Restaurant. (See Consolidator 1)
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* Act II: Gym (See Consolidator 2)
  
 
==GC Point of Contact==
 
==GC Point of Contact==
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Bar
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==Location Notes==
 
==Location Notes==
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Anywhere
 
  
 
==Type==
 
==Type==
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Optional Puzzle
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Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)
  
 
==Plot Setup==
 
==Plot Setup==
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None required
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(See Consolidator 1 or 2)
  
 
==Props==
 
==Props==
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Two sheets of paper.
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* Act I: 9 copies of Trenchwood version of Balance Sheet
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* Act II: 16 copies of Peach Frontier version of Balance Sheet
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* [[File:Balance_Sheet_Puzzle_V7.pdf]]
  
 
==Plot Point to Convey==
 
==Plot Point to Convey==
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An unusual financial balance sheet reveals instructions on how to raise money.
 
An unusual financial balance sheet reveals instructions on how to raise money.
  
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==Detailed Description==
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==Open Time Period==
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Trenchwood Labs (or Chronos Labs) has run out of money. The game fairy (Chronos or When) asks the players to fix the errors in the lab's financial balance sheet, which doesn't seem to use the same rules as normal balance sheets. After fixing the errors, they can scrutinize the sheet to uncover hidden instructions on how to solve the lab's financial woes.
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(See Consolidator 1 or 2)
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==Staff Instructions==
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(See Consolidator 1 or 2)
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'''Where To Get Materials''': GC HQ
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'''Handout Instructions''':
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If a team is directed to this puzzle over the phone, then they will ask the onsite lab assistant for the puzzle by name. Give it to them (and don't forget to enter it in the "Teams Vs. Role Puzzles Grid" online document)
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If you're assigning this puzzle to them in person, then say words to the effect of,
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FOR INVESTOR TEAMS:
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: We're run into a problem that could really benefit from the special expertise of you and your colleagues:
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CONTINUE FOR ALL TEAMS:
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: We seem to have run into a little bump in the road on our way to rescuing Doctor When. It's not a technical problem. Rather (and this is so embarrassing) it seems we've run out of money.
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: Would you please help? [Ask the lab assistant for the "Balance Sheet" research project.] When you're done see any lab assistant or call the Institute and speak with any lab assistant.
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SUPPLEMENTAL EMAIL
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 +
: Research Project Title: Balance Sheet
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: Objective: Help Institute keep operating long enough to rescue our leader by avoiding bankruptcy
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: Upon Completion: See the lab assistant onsite or call the lab and speak with any lab assistant
 +
 
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'''Hints''': Teams may call in for hints. But if you familiarize yourself with the attached hint document, feel free to give hints.
 +
 
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'''Answers''': Teams may give answers to either onsite staff or GC HQ. Say words to the effect of
  
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: Why of course! All we have to do is use the time machine to make an investment in the distant past. And then by the miracle of compound interest we'll be swimming in money today! We'll get right on that.
  
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==How To Give Puzzle==
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Whenever a team correctly answers a puzzle be sure to replace the slash with an "X" in the "Teams vs. Role Puzzles Grid".
  
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Over the phone a lab assistant tells them words to the effect of,
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'''Site Close Down''': See Consolidator 1 or 2
  
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: We seem to have run into a little bump in the road on our way to rescuing Doctor When. It's not a technical problem. Rather (and this is so embarrassing) it seems we've run out of money. Please go to _________________ and the lab assistant at that location will tell you more.
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==Detailed Description==
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Trenchwood Institute (or Peach Frontier Laboratories) has run out of money. The game fairy (Chronos or When) asks the players to fix the errors in the lab's financial balance sheet, which doesn't seem to use the same rules as normal balance sheets. After fixing the errors, they can scrutinize the sheet to uncover hidden instructions on how to solve the lab's financial woes.
  
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Lab assistant on site merely hands out the puzzle. The puzzle instructions say to call in the solution.
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==How To Give To Teams==
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See "Staff Instructions"
  
 
==Puzzle Answer==
 
==Puzzle Answer==
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INVEST ONE CENT IN PAST
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INVEST CENT IN PAST
  
 
==Puzzle Solution==
 
==Puzzle Solution==
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=== Typical Solve Process ===
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# Figure out the two missing numbers (Yerevan = 15, Phuket = 10) by realizing that the summations are done mod 24.
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# Realize from the mod 24 and the “Department Of Defense” references that the numbers can also be interpreted as “military time.”
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# Look up the UTC time zone offsets for each location referenced.
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# Convert each foreign time to its equivalent simultaneous time in San Mateo, i.e., “if it’s 12:00 in Easter Island, what time is it here?” (assume all times are ''standard).''
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# Index the resulting numbers into the alphabet
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=== Puzzle Data ===
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"
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| valign="bottom" | '''Assets'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | '''As printed'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''UTC'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''Delta'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''Local time'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''Letter'''
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | '''Current'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Cash (Pacific Standard Trust)
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 9
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| valign="bottom" | -8
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| valign="bottom" | +0 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 9
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| valign="bottom" | I
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Short-term investments, Managua Money Market Fund
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 16
 +
| valign="bottom" | -6
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| valign="bottom" | -2 = PST
 +
| valign="bottom" | 14
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| valign="bottom" | N
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Accounts receivable, Seoul Food Products
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 15
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| valign="bottom" | +9
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| valign="bottom" | +7 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 22
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| valign="bottom" | V
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Inventory, Broome, AU janitorial supplies
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 21
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| valign="bottom" | +8
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| valign="bottom" | -16 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 5
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| valign="bottom" | E
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Notes receivable, Libyan Aviation
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 5
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| valign="bottom" | +2
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| valign="bottom" | +14 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 19
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| valign="bottom" | S
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Pre-paid rent, Latvian Laboratory
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 6
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| valign="bottom" | +2
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| valign="bottom" | +14 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 20
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| valign="bottom" | T
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|-
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| '''Total Current'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 0
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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|-
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | '''Long-Term Assets'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Equipment, Yerevan University
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | '''15'''
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| valign="bottom" | +4
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| valign="bottom" | -12 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 3
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| valign="bottom" | C
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Building, Pago Pago tachyon storage facility
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 2
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| valign="bottom" | -11
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| valign="bottom" | +3 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 5
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| valign="bottom" | E
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Long-Term Investments, Buenos Aires Bonds
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 19
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| valign="bottom" | -3
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| valign="bottom" | -5 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 14
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| valign="bottom" | N
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Ulaanbaatar administrative yurts
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 12
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| valign="bottom" | +8
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| valign="bottom" | +8 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 20
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| valign="bottom" | T
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | '''Total Long-Term'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 0
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|}
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"
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| valign="bottom" | '''Liabilities'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | '''As printed'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''UTC'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''Delta'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''Local time'''
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| valign="bottom" | '''Letter'''
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | '''Liabilities'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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| ''' '''
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Gravina Island Bridge Loan
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 8
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| valign="bottom" | -9
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| valign="bottom" | +1 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 9
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| valign="bottom" | I
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Accounts Payable, Easter Island Head Office
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 16
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| valign="bottom" | -6
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| valign="bottom" | -2 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 14
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| valign="bottom" | N
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|-
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| '''Total Liabilities'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 0
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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|-
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | '''Net worth'''
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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| valign="bottom" |
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Contributed capital, Pyongyang People's Victory Fund
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 9
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| valign="bottom" | +9
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| valign="bottom" | +7 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 16
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| valign="bottom" | P
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Reserved stock, Vanuatu Hedge Partners
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 20
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| valign="bottom" | +11
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| valign="bottom" | -19 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 1
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| valign="bottom" | A
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Reserves, Phuket All-Services Bank
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | '''10'''
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| valign="bottom" | +7
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| valign="bottom" | +9 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 19
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| valign="bottom" | S
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|-
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| valign="bottom" | Retained earnings, Margilan Maritime Credit Union
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| valign="bottom" nowrap="undefined" | 9
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| valign="bottom" | +5
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| valign="bottom" | +11 = PST
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| valign="bottom" | 20
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| valign="bottom" | T
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|-
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| '''Total Net Worth'''
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| nowrap="undefined" | 0
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|}
  
  
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==Hints==
 
==Hints==
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Ask teams what they have done, probing details if necessary (often this will get a team unstuck by themselves).
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(waiting for Wei-Hwa to upload Word document)
 
(waiting for Wei-Hwa to upload Word document)
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===How Confused Players Describe Which Puzzle They’re Working On ===
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“Consolidated Balance Sheet For Department Of Defense”
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=== Common Sticking Points ===
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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"
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| '''Sticking Point'''
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| '''Suggested Suggestion'''
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|-
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| Didn’t solve for two missing numbers first
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| “Have you found the two missing figures?”
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|-
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| Can’t figure out why totals add up to 0, i.e., that it’s mod 24.
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| “That is odd. What kind of strange arithmetic could possibly have both 72 and 24 equal to zero?”
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|-
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| Don’t make the intuitive leap to also think about the numbers as times.
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| “I wonder why he/she used an arithmetic that goes up to 24 and then starts back at zero?”
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|}
  
 
==Response to Correct Answer==
 
==Response to Correct Answer==
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Lab assistant on phone says words to the effect of
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See Staff Instructions
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: Why of course! All we have to do is use the time machine to make an investment in the distant past. And then by the miracle of compound interest we'll be swimming in money today! We'll get right on that.
 
  
 
==To Do==
 
==To Do==
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Find location, upload hints Word document into Hint section.
 
  
 
==Other Notes==
 
==Other Notes==

Latest revision as of 02:06, 31 March 2012

Status

::FINAL-READY::

Location

  • Act I: Schroeder's Restaurant. (See Consolidator 1)
  • Act II: Gym (See Consolidator 2)

GC Point of Contact

Location Notes

Type

Optional Puzzle (INVESTOR)

Plot Setup

(See Consolidator 1 or 2)

Props

Plot Point to Convey

None

Short Description

An unusual financial balance sheet reveals instructions on how to raise money.

Open Time Period

(See Consolidator 1 or 2)

Staff Instructions

(See Consolidator 1 or 2)

Where To Get Materials: GC HQ

Handout Instructions:

If a team is directed to this puzzle over the phone, then they will ask the onsite lab assistant for the puzzle by name. Give it to them (and don't forget to enter it in the "Teams Vs. Role Puzzles Grid" online document)

If you're assigning this puzzle to them in person, then say words to the effect of,

FOR INVESTOR TEAMS:

We're run into a problem that could really benefit from the special expertise of you and your colleagues:

CONTINUE FOR ALL TEAMS:

We seem to have run into a little bump in the road on our way to rescuing Doctor When. It's not a technical problem. Rather (and this is so embarrassing) it seems we've run out of money.
Would you please help? [Ask the lab assistant for the "Balance Sheet" research project.] When you're done see any lab assistant or call the Institute and speak with any lab assistant.

SUPPLEMENTAL EMAIL

Research Project Title: Balance Sheet
Objective: Help Institute keep operating long enough to rescue our leader by avoiding bankruptcy
Upon Completion: See the lab assistant onsite or call the lab and speak with any lab assistant

Hints: Teams may call in for hints. But if you familiarize yourself with the attached hint document, feel free to give hints.

Answers: Teams may give answers to either onsite staff or GC HQ. Say words to the effect of

Why of course! All we have to do is use the time machine to make an investment in the distant past. And then by the miracle of compound interest we'll be swimming in money today! We'll get right on that.

Whenever a team correctly answers a puzzle be sure to replace the slash with an "X" in the "Teams vs. Role Puzzles Grid".

Site Close Down: See Consolidator 1 or 2

Detailed Description

Trenchwood Institute (or Peach Frontier Laboratories) has run out of money. The game fairy (Chronos or When) asks the players to fix the errors in the lab's financial balance sheet, which doesn't seem to use the same rules as normal balance sheets. After fixing the errors, they can scrutinize the sheet to uncover hidden instructions on how to solve the lab's financial woes.

How To Give To Teams

See "Staff Instructions"

Puzzle Answer

INVEST CENT IN PAST

Puzzle Solution

Typical Solve Process

  1. Figure out the two missing numbers (Yerevan = 15, Phuket = 10) by realizing that the summations are done mod 24.
  2. Realize from the mod 24 and the “Department Of Defense” references that the numbers can also be interpreted as “military time.”
  3. Look up the UTC time zone offsets for each location referenced.
  4. Convert each foreign time to its equivalent simultaneous time in San Mateo, i.e., “if it’s 12:00 in Easter Island, what time is it here?” (assume all times are standard).
  5. Index the resulting numbers into the alphabet

Puzzle Data

Assets As printed UTC Delta Local time Letter
Current
Cash (Pacific Standard Trust) 9 -8 +0 = PST 9 I
Short-term investments, Managua Money Market Fund 16 -6 -2 = PST 14 N
Accounts receivable, Seoul Food Products 15 +9 +7 = PST 22 V
Inventory, Broome, AU janitorial supplies 21 +8 -16 = PST 5 E
Notes receivable, Libyan Aviation 5 +2 +14 = PST 19 S
Pre-paid rent, Latvian Laboratory 6 +2 +14 = PST 20 T
Total Current 0
Long-Term Assets
Equipment, Yerevan University 15 +4 -12 = PST 3 C
Building, Pago Pago tachyon storage facility 2 -11 +3 = PST 5 E
Long-Term Investments, Buenos Aires Bonds 19 -3 -5 = PST 14 N
Ulaanbaatar administrative yurts 12 +8 +8 = PST 20 T
Total Long-Term 0
Liabilities As printed UTC Delta Local time Letter
Liabilities
Gravina Island Bridge Loan 8 -9 +1 = PST 9 I
Accounts Payable, Easter Island Head Office 16 -6 -2 = PST 14 N
Total Liabilities 0
Net worth
Contributed capital, Pyongyang People's Victory Fund 9 +9 +7 = PST 16 P
Reserved stock, Vanuatu Hedge Partners 20 +11 -19 = PST 1 A
Reserves, Phuket All-Services Bank 10 +7 +9 = PST 19 S
Retained earnings, Margilan Maritime Credit Union 9 +5 +11 = PST 20 T
Total Net Worth 0


Budget

Credits

Manager

Allen

Hints

Ask teams what they have done, probing details if necessary (often this will get a team unstuck by themselves).

(waiting for Wei-Hwa to upload Word document)

How Confused Players Describe Which Puzzle They’re Working On

“Consolidated Balance Sheet For Department Of Defense”

Common Sticking Points

Sticking Point Suggested Suggestion
Didn’t solve for two missing numbers first “Have you found the two missing figures?”
Can’t figure out why totals add up to 0, i.e., that it’s mod 24. “That is odd. What kind of strange arithmetic could possibly have both 72 and 24 equal to zero?”
Don’t make the intuitive leap to also think about the numbers as times. “I wonder why he/she used an arithmetic that goes up to 24 and then starts back at zero?”

Response to Correct Answer

See Staff Instructions

To Do

Other Notes

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