On-Line Treasure Hunts

http://www.montanagpsquest.com/Clues/cwk1.html

Already on week 2

http://www.nbc.com/Treasure_Hunters/game/

http://www.gpsthegame.com/index.asp

I wish they would make the text message or on-line clues harder to figure out. I suppose they want as many people as possible to take part in it. I thought it was billed as 'The smartest show on TV this summer"? Huh :eyeroll:

I'm thinking I might be OK at the puzzle solving but I'd look more like that fat black guy who had a tough time swimming when it came to the challenges.

I also think I could play like the evil pastor's family when it came to taking care of my team. There's no way in hell I'd give some cute blonde chicks my key to a chest just because they winked at me. Ha

Unless it was in the rules, I think I would have stolen all the other keys as well. :coolfrown:

It was smart to help out the hillbillys though. I'd much rather have them to compete against than the smarter bunch that got of track.

I'd like to do that too but thought about how it would look IF we did win it and billed ourselves as professional treasure hunters. That wouldn't sit too well with the audience nor the network if that did happen.

Like it would even :eyeroll: :sheepish:

we're too professional for a TV show?

Exactly! :smile: :wink:

HAHA! Nice :cool:

I see the Browns are in next weeks episode. I assume that the Grads had to back out because of that girls leg thus letting the Browns back in. I think everyone was hoping the hillbillys were gonna loose this week since they were too stupid to figure out either of the clues and decided to go get some chow as well. They got lucky that the Browns capsized their boat and the grads stepped in a hole.

Anyone playing the on-line game? If so, you might like this photo. :wink:

Here's a thought for the TV game.

Both games are actually making me think a bit. Kinda fun.

the bumbling hillbillies have to be a planted team

I did like the quote of the night from two of them though.

"Listen to me, I've been all over the world"

"Dude, you've been to Amsterdam once and were wasted from drinking 1500 beers and forgot everything"

:goofy: :eyeroll:

I will still say that I would want them as competitors as long as possible. But with my luck, I'd help them along and get screwed the way KC pointed out in the end. :frown:

KC, here's another group of plants. Nice plants but plants nonetheless.

www.nbc.com/Treasure_Hunters/photos/?id=12

From the GPS game:

May 3, 2000

(six years before the movie)

Calvin Donavan is filthy rich and also just plain filthy. He specializes in rare diamonds. One of his many jewelry stores is near the college that Andrew Stallman and his friends attend and until tonight, Mr. DonavanÂ’s favorite employee was Andrew. In fact, he liked Andrew so much that he offered up his house as a location for AndrewÂ’s twenty-second birthday party.

Now Andrew is in trouble. His party was supposed to be a night of dancing and drinking but instead, he stands accused of stealing a ring worth nine million dollars from Mr. Donavan. Unless Andrew can find the ring, he will be charged with first-degree theft. Not to mention spending a lifetime trying to repay that debt. He better get a good job!

How did it come to this?

      Andrew arrived at Mr. Donavan’s house at 8:30 PM, a half hour before the party was scheduled to start. The host greeted him at the door and whisked him into an office off the main foyer where he said guests should put their coats. Then, eyes gleaming with excitement, Mr. Donavan told Andrew to wait in the office while he got something. He returned with a very large diamond ring.

      “This,” Mr. Donavan said, “just came in from Brazil and it’s a one of a kind. This is my new baby.” He kissed the ring and set it on the desk. “Just look at the way it glistens."

      Andrew was speechless, never having seen a diamond that enormous. Suddenly, Mr. Donavan’s cell phone rang.

      “My buyer,” he said, flipping the phone open.

      Mr. Donavan’s smile quickly changed to a scowl and the blood drained from his face as he began screaming into the phone: “What the hell do you mean she’s backing out? Maurie, I can’t have you acting like a spineless fish!”

      Livid, Mr. Donavan stomped out of the room. His ranting continued as he climbed the grand staircase, only to be muffled by the slammed door of his master suite.

     Andrew tucked the ring into his own coat pocket, feeling that something so valuable shouldn’t be left lying around.

What happened next?

8:57PM: The first guests arrived

9:20PM: Bob offered to hang AndrewÂ’s coat in the office. Andrew was in the middle of his second cosmopolitan drink and uncharacteristically buzzed from the alcohol, so he momentarily forgot about the ring in his pocket.

9:53PM: Andrew remembered the ring and raced into the office to retrieve his coat. He did find his coat in the closet, but the ring was missing from the pocket. Immediately, Andrew started searching for the ring. He spent the next hour and a half looking for the ring.

11:22PM: Mr. Donavan finally came out of his suite and headed into the office to get the ring. He didnÂ’t see the ring but he saw that the window in his office was broken. Immediately, he found Andrew to inquire about the ring and the window. Andrew told him he wasnÂ’t sure what happened to either. Mr. Donavan then called the police, believing Andrew had the ring and that he broke the window in an attempt to make it appear that an unknown thief took it.

11:42PM: The police arrived and the questioning began.

THE MYSTERY QUESTION IS: Who has the ring?



You can submit your guess on October 25th, 2006.

Check this page frequently!

New clues will be released periodically.

CLUE # 1

9:05 PM - Allison pours herself a cup of cosmopolitan punch and says that there is plenty of room to add some fresh fruit to it. "Where is the hired help?" she asks. Andrew doesn't get a chance to tell her that there is no hired help, because at that moment the doorbell rings.

CLUE # 2

9:13 PM Andrew (right) greets Gavin (left) as he arrives at the party.



CLUE # 3

9:36 PM - Bob runs into the kitchen and sees Travis for the first time that night. Bob is so excited that he tackles Travis, knocking everything out of Travis' hands. Chicken fingers go all over the counter and the floor, and some cosmopolitan punch sloshes out onto the countertop. Travis finds a kitchen sponge and a bottle of cleaner under the sink and cleans up the mess.

CLUE # 4

9:52 PM - Shep says, "Chill, man," and tosses his lighter across the room.

CLUE # 5

11:16 PM - Rachel enters the bathroom and takes something from the room.

CLUE # 6

11:37 PM - Andrew goes into the garden searching for Bob. He finds him there, and much to his surprise, he finds Frankie as well. He tells them there is a problem and they must come into the living room.

CLUE # 7

9:29 PM - Travis takes the ring from Andrew's coat pocket.

(TREASURE CODE: LIAR60)

CLUE # 8

10:27 PM - Sam rolls his car to a stop and says, "Figures." (TREASURE CODE: 89TG40)

CLUE # 9

10:20 PM - Allison approaches Travis and Rachel and asks, "Have you seen Becky?"

CLUE # 10

11:30 PM - Becky and Travis enter the living room to find most of the party-goers gathered in it with alarmed looks on the faces. Mr. Donavan yells at the two of them: "Get with your buddies. The police are on the way, and no one is going anywhere!"





CLUE # 11

9:27 PM - Travis arrives the party. He approaches Gavin who is dancing with Allison, and asks for his lighter. Gavin says, "I thought you quit months ago."

CLUE # 12

10:40 PM - Becky heads down a hallway in search of an empty room. She passes the office, then the bathroom, and is about to go in the next room when Bob abruptly walks out of it. "Oh," she says, surprised. "Um, some chick left something for you in your coat." She then passes by him and goes into the very next door, which is a guest bedroom.

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Gregarino, Halbert, and Cokie are the town hoodlums of small town called Burpitsville. The three of them usually spend the weekend toilet papering the mayorÂ’s house, bashing mailboxes, and egging storefronts. But one night things go from eggs and TP to murder in Burpitsville: Another townee named Coolio Crulio is found murdered. Evidence at the crime scene includes hamburgers and ketchup, which indicates that somebody who works at a burger stand committed the crime. The town busybody tips off the police that one of the town hoodlums (Gregarino, Halbert, and Cokie) might be involved. The hoodlums immediately become the prime suspects.

Each suspect, one of whom was the murderer, makes two statements as follows:

GREGARINO:

1. I do not work at the burger stand.

2. I did not kill Coolio Crulio.

HALBERT:

3. I work at the burger stand.

4. But I did not kill Coolio Crulio

COKIE:

5. I do not work at the burger stand.

6. Someone who works at the burger stand killed Coolio Crulio.

The police subsequently discovered that:

I. Only two of the above statements are true.

II. Only one of the three suspects does not work at the burger stand.

QUESTION: Who killed Coolio Crulio?

Sam gets pulled over for almost hitting a pedestrian with his car while he’s making a right turn on a red light. Sam protests to the cops, claiming the following: “That person was wearing gray and they blended in with the sidewalk. THEY should be arrested for going out in public dressed like a piece of cement.” Sam then refuses to get out of the car when asked. Things get ugly, and in the end, Sam is arrested and eventually sentenced to 80 hours of community service, which in Sam’s mind is worse than going to jail.

Sam gets placed at a local recreational center that specializes in Children Whose Parents Don't Give Them Gifts. The centerÂ’s director asks Sam to take the company credit card (bad idea) and purchase gifts for the childrenÂ’s upcoming party.

The center has 100 children, and some of the children already have gifts from previous parties. 85 of the kids have a doll, 75 have a ball, 70 have a hat, and 80 have a toy truck.

QUESTION: What is the least possible number of kids who own all four of the toys (doll, ball, cowboy hat, and toy truck)?

Note: Your answer should be a numeric answer, such as:

65

I got the first puzzle but needed help on the 2nd. :chagrin:

The Macaw Dynasty rules the land with little compassion or tolerance for its people. Over the last few months, an underground rebellion has been growing, and the Macaw has taken rebels as prisoner.

It is Monday morning. You are a rebel who was forced into the prison at 11PM the night before, during which time you and your cell inmates immediately began digging a tunnel to lead you to freedom. It will take you until Wednesday morning to complete the tunnel, at which point you will be able to escape before noon.

Dinner is served Tuesday through Sunday at 5 o’clock sharp. You don’t receive any food on Monday. One entrée is poisoned for the week - This is the Dynasty’s disturbing method of killing off the prisoners. It is impossible to survive a poisonous meal. You have gotten word from a prison guard sympathetic to the rebel movements that this week’s poison meal is the cow liver. You can trust the prison guard.

Five entrees (sardines, cow liver, porridge, celery sticks, and sugar-free cake) are served each week according to the following restrictions:

Cow liver is served on three days each week, but never on Friday.

Porridge is served on one day each week.

Celery sticks are served on three days each week, but never on consecutive days.

Cow liver and sardines are both served on Saturday and Sunday.

Sugar-free cake is served five days each week.

No more than three different entrees are served for any given dinner.

Sugar-free cake is served on Sunday and sardines are served on Tuesday and Thursday.

QUESTION: What night will cow liver next be served? Will you be able to escape from the prison?

And others that line things up and check under trash cans and stick piles that look human made

I was telling the kid that reminded me of me. :sheepish: