puzzle solving 101
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Puzzle Solving 101. Eric Peterson – [email protected]. Geocaching. Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. “ The sport where YOU are the search engine” “I use multi-billion-dollar military navigation satellites to find Tupperware in the woods.”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Puzzle Solving 101Eric Peterson – [email protected]
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“The sport where YOU are the search engine”
“I use multi-billion-dollar military navigation satellites to find Tupperware in the woods.”
GeocachingGeocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices.
Lag Pins
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1. Solve the sudoku puzzle
2. Copy the numbers in the colored squares in the grid to the corresponding squares at the bottom of the page
3. The result is the coordinates of the location of the geocache
What is a Puzzle Cache?A geocache with a puzzle you have to solve for the coordinates
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His question which triggered the genesis of Puzzle Solving 101:
“Where the heck do you start?”
OB Jetsaka “The Guy Who Doesn’t Like Puzzle Caches”
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Located throughout Broward County, Florida
Each cache in the series teaches a different puzzle-solving lesson
The lessons encompass all of the major types of puzzles used in geocaches
Puzzle Solving 101 Series of Geocaches
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Puzzle-Solving Topics
1. Strategy2. Tactics3. Trivia Challenges4. Wordplay5. Mathematics6. Logic Problems7. Cryptography8. Steganography9. Lateral Thinking
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•Draw four straight lines, without lifting your pencil, which cross all of the dots
Lateral Thinking Problem
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•Draw four straight lines, without lifting your pencil, which cross all of the dots
Lateral Thinking Problem
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Puzzle Solving 101 #1 – StrategyExercise 1: No WiningOliver and Mae are hosting a picnic for their friends. Oliver prefers wines from as far north as possible, while Mae likes wines that come from the westernmost vineyards.
Oliver and Mae each chose a red, white, and sparkling wine to bring to the picnic. Based upon their choices, can you determine where the picnic will be held?
Red Wines White Wines Sparkling WinesHobart Muddy, 1986
$23Acqua del Piatto Merlot (Sonoma), 2003
$80Starboard, Batch 11 (Napa), 2001
$17Nobel (Stockholm), 1968
$26Mocha Java Zinfandel (Madag.), 2005
$42
Yukon Gold, 2004$5
Conch Republic Chardonnay, 1982$38
English Breakfast Chenin Blank, 2007$17
Gewurtzraminer Crème (Bavaria), 1979$21
Samoan Sailor Sauvignon Blanc, 1991$16
Tortoise & Albatross (Galapagos), 1835$173
Stolichniya Shampanskoye (Murmansk)$258
Don Ho Ukelele Brut (Hilo), 1966$948
Perth Pink, 1972$289
Spasmi Dolorosi del Rene Champagne (Argentina), 2003
$3
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Puzzle Solving 101 #1 – StrategyExercise 1: No Wining N 26o 5.258’ W 80o 16.948’Oliver and Mae are hosting a picnic for their friends. Oliver prefers wines from as far north as possible, while Mae likes wines that come from the westernmost vineyards.
Oliver and Mae each chose a red, white, and sparkling wine to bring to the picnic. Based upon their choices, can you determine where the picnic will be held?
Red Wines White Wines Sparkling WinesHobart Muddy, 1986
$23Acqua del Piatto Merlot (Sonoma), 2003
$80Starboard, Batch 11 (Napa), 2001
$17Nobel (Stockholm), 1968
$26Mocha Java Zinfandel (Madag.), 2005
$42
Yukon Gold, 2004$5
Conch Republic Chardonnay, 1982$38
English Breakfast Chenin Blank, 2007$17
Gewurtzraminer Crème (Bavaria), 1979$21
Samoan Sailor Sauvignon Blanc, 1991$16
Tortoise & Albatross (Galapagos), 1835$173
Stolichniya Shampanskoye (Murmansk)$258
Don Ho Ukelele Brut (Hilo), 1966$948
Perth Pink, 1972$289
Spasmi Dolorosi del Rene Champagne (Argentina), 2003
$3
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A Real-World Example
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A Real-World ExampleSee how the red/white pattern differs from the other lanes?
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A Real-World ExampleRed Herring – Hidden message in Morse Code!
S O R R Y
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A Real-World ExampleThere’s a hint in this image to the solution of the puzzle …
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The Puzzle Should Match the LocationPool Balls = Billiard Balls = N 26 35.320 W 80 05.706
2 6
3 5
3 2 0
8 0
0 5
7 0 6
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Your PS101 Diploma
This Certificate certifiably certifies that
_______________________________has completed the requirements of the
Puzzle Solving 101 Seriesand thus having shown proficiency,determination, and outright insanity
is hereby awarded the title of
Puzzle-Headed Weenie
_________________ePeterso2, PS101 Series Creator
Series GeocachesGCYXZ1–GCYXZ9, GCYXN0
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skiplondonPuzzle Solving 101 Finalist
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lorriebirdPuzzle Solving 101 Finalist
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antimony13Puzzle Solving 101 Finalist
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First-to-Find the PS101 Final Examlorriebird AND antimony13
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First to Get onto the Dean’s Listskiplondon
DEAN’S LIST RULES:1st RULE: You do not talk about DEAN’S LIST.2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about DEAN’S LIST.
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• 4/17/2009• WINSLMA creates a copy of
PS101 in Charlotte NC• 5/20/2009
• PS101 Mentioned on the Podcacher Podcast
• 2/20/2010• Interviewed on the Cache-A-
Maniacs podcast• 5/20/2011
• PS101 is named Geocaching Puzzle of the Day
PS101 Goes Viral
WINSLMA
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• A Travel Bug is a trackable item
• Solve the 9 PS101 puzzles plus the first 6 puzzles of the Final Exam
• Compute and enter the confirmation code
• Receive the tracking code that allows you to log a find on the Remote Solver Travel Bug
• Florida• New Hampsire• New York• Michigan• Texas• Ohio• Kentucky• Wisconsin• North Carolina• California• Idaho• Oregon• Washington
Remote Solver Travel Bug
• Canada• Israel• Bulgaria• Scotland• Britain• Japan• Australia
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The Puzzle Solving Education NetworkCopies of PS101 and caches inspired by PS101 around the world
Okinawa, Japan
Dorking, UKBratislavský kraj, Slovakia
PS101
Victoria, BCRedmond, WABend, ORRed Bluff, CAFresno, CASan Diego, CALansing, MIKingston, ONCharlotte, NCToledo, OHPrinceton, NJMiddleton, NS
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Feedback
• “I have learned SO much from doing them. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
• “Thanks for everything you went through to make this wonderful experience for all of us involved. I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.”
• “Wow, that was quite a series!! I only wish we had started it sooner. ”
• “There is only one word for this series, BRILLANT!”
FL Piratelorriebird The Wench
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For More Information
Blog – puzzlehead.orgEmail – [email protected] – puzzlehead.org/ps101or coord.info/GCYXN0
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Thanks for being here today! -eP