Clue F4

Clue F4 (code word: Repent)

Flavor Text: I love this park, and I love the way they teach young children about primary colours in their playground. Yes, a love for science can be cultivated from young and it can start with the everyday things around us. Absolutely no complicated laboratories or chemicals required. Here’s the next clue.

Clue F4:

Electromagnetic Spectrum Camellia Sinensis Ornithopter Turdus Migratorius Kanchanjunga Rachyyas E132 Acer Pseudoplatanus Airdrome in Arcadia Canis Lupus Familiaris Malus Domestica

Answer F3

And the answer is Woodlands Town Garden Primary Color (highlight to reveal)

This is one of the most original clues I have found in my research. The solution to this game can be found here.

So far, we have been covering the theme of science for this route. I really like what is going on here. We started with names of scientists, and the need to do measurements. Then we dabbled with a little computer science with the use of binary numbers. This one used a coding method from the Genome Game, and ends with a simple test: what are the 3 primary colors? The hiding location is one of the 3 playgrounds in the Garden. And you have to dig in the sand at the right spot by solving the science question to find it. I think it adds great uniqueness to this leg of the race. :)

Clue F3

Clue F3 (code word: Watering)
Flavor Text: This is Causeway Point, a major shopping mall in Woodlands. It’s probably named this way because of its proximity to the causeway. Now, I’ve made that assumption but I cannot know for sure if it’s the absolute truth until I do some investigation to find out the reason behind the name. However, even through investigation and collection of data, my theory is empirical, and is always open to falsification. Further discussion would bring us into philosophical discourse, something we do not have time for now. I would love to have a discussion with you on this subject once you have completed this quest though. I’ll mark it down in my calendar. In the meantime, ponder over this clue.

Clue F3

Teams are given strips of paper that look like this in front. And the strips have block letters at the back.

Answer F2

And the solution is Causeway Point L5 phone (highlight to reveal)

The 1s on the board should be a great hint that this is a binary clue. Teams must poke holes on the board that are pokable. (putting the board against the light will reveal the pokable holes). After poking, some of the 1s hence becomes 0s. By converting the binary to numbers (see the link above), and converting the numbers to letters (based on their order in the alphabet, i.e. A=1, B=2, C=3), you get the answer you need.

Clue F2

Clue F2 (code word: Blasting)

Flavor Text: It’s good that churches focus on developing the young ones. A good Christian grounding forms a solid foundation upon which a lifetime of faith can be built. It’s the same with science. A good scientist uses the scientific method to explain the events of nature in a reproducible way, and to use these reproductions to make useful predictions. Ponder upon this as you work out your next clue.

Clue F2: Team are given a thick piece of board with lots of 1s on it.

Answer F1

And the solution is AMKPC Little Ones (highlight to reveal)

The obvious clue would be the different lengths of the clues. The length of the strips will indicate the letter you need in each name of the scientist on the strip. So the 2 inch strip with the name Einstein gives you the letter "I" (the 2nd letter). By solving the anagram from all the letters, you get the answer.

Answer E6

And the answer is Thomson Plaza (highlight to reveal)

This one is very much like the clock clue. It is a protractor clue. Instead of clock timing, you use the numbers as degrees projecting from the mid point of the line at the bottom. Pretty straight forward isn't it?

Clue E6

Clue E6 (Code word: Healthy)
Flavor Text: At this open space that is known as a car park, I want to make a prediction.
I predict that there will be a food shortage in the world. It’s the whole Malthus theory – that the world’s population will keep growing until the all world’s food output will not be able to sustain all the living things. Even before that day comes, we will need to look for alternative sources of food to sustain us. Let’s face it, we need energy to move, we need protein to repair our worn out cells and we need vitamins and minerals to keep us healthy. Treasure your food. Finish every morsel while you still have them. Or finish this quest well, and I promise to spare no effort in joining the research for new food sources. You’re almost there. Here’s your final clue.

(This clue is not uploaded yet, my youth in charge of this is on a trip)

Code word E7: Fellow

Answer E5

And the answer is point . This answer has no meaning other than that you need it to be given the next location.

The original intention for this leg of the game is to do a Scrabble clue. But I couldn't get a scrabble set in time to design a clue for it. As the name suggest, you could use words and scores (which gives you numbers) to design one. Try to do a clue of your own! Another aside is that besides Scrabble clue, another popular choice for word clues is to do a Boggle clue.

With no time, I used a game from another THE GAME. In this minesweeper game, you will have to solve the game. After solving, the mines form the letters of the word you want. If you are a computing expert, designing this game should be a breeze. Else, a handmade version should not be a problem.

Clue E5

Clue E5 (Code word: Dolphin)

Teams have to play this game. Solve it for the next clue. Have fun!

Answer E4

The answer is LPPC Office Lounge (highlight to reveal)

The solution is to find the center of the paper. Using the center as the reference and all the numbers as a 24hrs time (e.g. 1000 is 10am), extend the line from the center like a hour hand, and you will reach the letter you want.

Clue E4

Clue E4 (Code word: Crazy)

Flavor Text: Mr Sun Yat Sen was a great man and his memorial hall is certainly special. If the colour of your hair is an indication of your age, then I probably look much older than I actually am. I have a lot of white hair you know. I’m graying before my time. They tell me that I’m lacking some elements in my body and caused the premature graying. Something about vitamin B-12 deficiency. If you are young, remember to eat enough foods that contain B-12 that you need so that you won’t be gray before your time. Stuff such as mollusks, clam, liver, beef and trout are rich in B-12 and are good for your hair. Why am I telling you this? Oh, purely for aesthetic reasons. Who doesn’t want more young, virulent-looking people in this world. Anyway, you will know how to find me, I’m the one with all the white hair. Here’s the next clue so that you can continue on your way.

1000/0319/1519/0949/0739/1935/0739/1935/0735/0837/1949/1000/
1939/0528/0106/0422/2356

Answer E3

The answer is Vowels (highlight to reveal)

The web represents A.
The march represents O.
The walk on a single petal is a U (shape).
The bridge is an I.
And the spiral walk is an E.

I think all teams solved this easily. I guess you have to be there.

The purpose of this leg of the race is to hide a secret sequence that would be used in another leg of the race for another route. I will share about this when we come to it.

Clue E3

Clue E3 (Code word: Tourism)

As the Health theme of this game, the challenges continues to be about the physical.

At the Bishan park, participants are asked to do 5 activities, and then they must deduce a word that is related to their 5 activities.
1. To climb up a web.
2. To march round a rock.
3. To walk one of the flower petal on a foot-reflexology path.
4. To cross a bridge
5. To stroll a path like a spiral

Can you guess the word?

Answer E2

And the answers are: (highlight to reveal below)

Group 1: Booty, Sitar, Bull, Elbow, Buff, Peacock, List,

Group 2: Levi, Pantie, Widens, Boo, Sit, Bull’s eye, Bow,

Group 3: Buffet, Cock, Enlist, Leave, Pant, Dance

The reason for this Charade potion is to record the charades for these words into youtube. The youtube clips is later shown as Clue number 6 of Route I. Teams therefore can know one third of the words from their teammates of Route E. And by guessing the rest of the words, they will solve their final destination of Route I. Stay tuned if you want to know how to solve this.

Clue E2

This leg of the race is a charades game.

See if you can see what the answers were. The first 3 youtube clip is 4 about unrelated words. Look at the final clip for all the words. It should be a total of 20 words.

Answer E1

Clue E1:

The tallest of the last of the first of the plus of the roundest of the closest duo of the downward of the sunken of the plentiful of the capital of the right of the week.

And the Answer is The Tower at Toa Payoh Park (highlight to reveal answer)

The solution to this clue is that when we describe the 1st something of the 2nd something, we are referring to the actual letters of the word that is the 2nd something. So as a hint, right of the "week" is the letter K, because K is the rightmost letter in the word that consist of W,E,E,K.

This is actually one of the oldest trick in the book in riddles, which I will have giving out in games like this as a freebie since it is so easy. So I will put in a line like "tallest of the elves" if I want the letter L.

But this year I added a twist that almost killed me. I created a chain such that the 1st something of the 2nd something of the 3rd something and so on are all interlinked. So I have have to constantly think of adjectives that can be a solution object and yet another adjective. That I finally formed this string of words is a miracle.

Final twist to the puzzle: The first part "The tallest" is not part of the string. It means the the tallest of the "rest of the string", hence referring to the Tower. And that is what determined the usage of this coding of this leg of the race. :)

Clue E1

Starting today (I finally have a breather), I will be revealing one clue a day, and the answer the following day. I will also talk about the clue so that future game designers will learn from my experience.

There are all together 10 routes. I will describe Routes A-D in One Body, E-G in One Spirit and H-J in One Faith. Have fun solving!

Flavor text E1

I have been studying health for a long time. It is my passion and my life. I would love to have the opportunity to have an in-depth discussion with you on your health once we overcome the danger and restore serenity to the world once again.

You still there? Don’t run away just because I am fascination with health. You have a quest to undertake here. First, take your pulse. What’s your heart rate? Monitor your breathing. Too fast? Well, brace yourself. It’s going to get worse. You will be going on a fast-paced, thrilling adventure that is going to affect your heart rate and respiratory rate like never before. Hold on tight, buckle up and get ready for the ride.

Clue E1:

The tallest of the last of the first of the plus of the roundest of the closest duo of the downward of the sunken of the plentiful of the capital of the right of the week.

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Information 5

For any other people who are interested in what we have tried to do for this event. This Games day is based on The Game. Click on the link, and you will see that it is basically a high level puzzle solving game. For a first time effort from all of you, kudos on a extremely fine effort.

There are 3 factors that elevated the event today even above the usual The Game format.
1. It is a coorperative game. Clues taken along different routes are interlinked so that all groups are dependent on one another to solve the entire 60 location puzzle. This is only possible because of the participation from many presbyterian churches.
2. Though later versions of The Game has become increasingly IT based, being one of the latest version means that we get to hide even more clues in the cyberspace. So blogs, web comics, photo albums, networking sites, MSN etc were utilised.
3. This event was done in love. Sacrifices from both organizers and participants were made because we believe in giving so that all may receive. And like all acts of love, I hope the good will can continue to multiply in the future of our Presbyterian unity.