3.12 Yearbook (Jiffy Pop) Puzzle, Closing the Loop
Contents
- 1 Order
- 2 Status
- 3 Location Status
- 4 GC Point of Contact
- 5 Location Notes
- 6 Type
- 7 Plot Setup
- 8 Props
- 9 Plot Point to Convey
- 10 Short Description
- 11 Detailed Description
- 12 Puzzle Answer
- 13 Puzzle Solution
- 14 Budget
- 15 Credits
- 16 Manager
- 17 Hints
- 18 Response to Correct Answer
- 19 To Do
- 20 Other Notes
Order
3.09
Status
::MOCKUP::
Location Status
Reserved
GC Point of Contact
Erik & Melissa
Location Notes
Doctor When's laboratory
Type
Mandatory Puzzle
Plot Setup
The time portal will not allow travel until the time stream paradox is resolved. The players must figure out who sent them the mysterious instructions, and make sure they get sent from the right time.
Props
Each teams' original Jiffy Pop gadget; "presidents poster"
Plot Point to Convey
The team sent the mysterious message to themselves, from their own future.
Short Description
Re-construct the puzzle that was received earlier.
Detailed Description
Like the slogan for "Jiffy Pop" popcorn, this puzzle is supposed to be as fun to make as it is to solve. They've already solved it, now they make it. They are sent to the school Journalism room to insert their puzzle into the yearbook, assembled according to pattern established by a nearby poster of U.S. Presidents.
Puzzle Answer
Submission of correct configuration is approved by GC staffer
Puzzle Solution
The journalism office has a poster showing two grids:
1) 44 presidents (the 1st 40, plus the 4 slots for the presidents elected post-1986) in the "hourglass" configuration from the solution of the first Jiffy Pop puzzle.
2) Below this, another grid in a different shape with numbers 1-44.
Players take the pieces from the "hourglass" configuration and reassemble them into the lower "poem" configuration, by finding the piece associated with the George Washington place on the president grid and placing it in slot #1 on the lower grid, finding the piece associated with John Adams and placing it in slot #2, and so on.
When done, the "poem" grid has a row of four pieces, four rows of nine pieces each, and a final row of four pieces. The configuration also has a pattern with a blue X on alternating red and yellow columns.
The poem reads:
On the Unused Future
Trapped in loops in time unable to go right
Words in the newspaper will help them to unite
Change back and revise the show to its opposite
You're finally writing a new ending with happiness infinite
Replace what you create
Players must reassemble the poem with the pieces from the first Jiffy Pop puzzle, affix it to a piece of paper found in the journalism room, and place it in the bin of submissions for the yearbook - thereby ensuring that the poem will be printed in the yearbook, where Catherine can find it and cut it out and give it to the players in 2012, thus "closing the loop".
Budget
Credits
Manager
Eric L
Hints
Response to Correct Answer
?
To Do
- Print large size poster of U.S. Presidents
