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2008 Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt

Submitted by Clue Master on
Going forward the next clues will come out daily at 6pm. They will be posted to the Allison Wonderland yahoo group at that time. They will also get cross posted to the Ableminds site and the Pioneer Press message boards, though possibly a little later. 

As of last night the prize was up to $155 based on the number of registrations and donations taken in. One can still register for the hunt up through the release of the 4th clue. The cost is $10 to register and I anticipate the total prize will exceed $200. One can also hunt without registering, but then the prize is just $100. If you would still like to register, you can do so by Paypal to AllisonWondrland@yahoo.com or let me know you'd like to register and I can give you an address to send a check to. 

There will be 12 clues, released one per day. The hunt will continue until the treasure is found. The medallion you're looking for is a disc that is white/clear in color, about 2 inches across and half an inch wide. It will not be hidden in or on water, up in a tree, underground, on the side of a cliff, inside anything electrical, inside a garbage can, or anywhere else that would make you ask yourself "Should I be doing this?" Once the treasure is found, call the phone number on the back right away, any time of day. 

Clue#1

The hunt has begun, thus clue number one 
Should hint at where the treasure hides 
Best not to spill all, but let's say St. Paul 
You can even find it in all your guides 

Just look for some trees, not many of these 
In any park so you're well on your way 
To focus your vision, use some precision 
Be counting from the start for the big pay 

Clue #2

Some remedial math puts you on the path 
Begin the equation by starting with a trinity 
Count another two, then one more will do 
Then put two and two together to mark the vicinity. 

Clue #3

To be rude and abrupt, or even corrupt 
Puts you on Santa's naughty list, not nice. 
But this is the day you will find your way 
If you can keep our vagueness on ice. 

Clue #4

Stay true to your mark and look in a park 
Where one can see land both low and high 
Though it sounds funny, you’ll be in the money 
If you lay bets mixed up and know why 

Clue #5

It’s to the hider’s delight when the weather is white 
As it keeps a buried treasure from view 
But not all is on the ground, you should look up and around 
And to the white add some red and some blue. 

Clue #6

Rid of the fan, he ran and he ran. 
There’s no doubt he was quite a talker 
Mother Nature’s beau- the lawyers said so 
Post finish, still serves a walker 

Clue #7

Look and you can see most beautifully 
A skyline with a splendiferous view 
But that’s not enough for foes to rebuff 
Play this clue right and you can score too. 

Clue #8

Cheer up if you're lost or sensing exhaust 
I promise there will still be more clues 
Perform to your peak, and for what you seek 
Watch for those who are playing the blues 

Clue #9

No hunt for grandpa, get rid of the blah 
This game is for those of a hip age like Reggie 
He found the jewel hidden in Newell 
So follow his lead and be a bit more edgy 

Clue #10

A heritage to share will get you mostly there 
As one should know what flows in one’s blood 
And though it be punny to say it’s not sunny 
Dig where the moon struck with a thud. 

Clue # 11

On Indian grounds, and I don’t mean Mounds 
Is the park that will take you to greater heights 
There you’ll have to go and look through the snow 
And soon you will find something that delights 

The sign of Gemini you will have to spy 
Keep asphalt never more than a few strides 
Find just the right tree, it lines up you’ll see 
And then you will conquer where it divides



 

Clue Master

Diedra.... Yummy!



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Thu, 02/28/2008 - 9:46 PM Permalink
40below

Sooo... are we to assume that the first clue is still being released tomorrow? And we have until the 4th clue to get the $10 in?
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 8:43 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Sorry to have been absent of late. Work has been pretty busy and I've been sick with a stomach flu so I haven't had much energy for getting on the message boards and such. But we did get an actual medallion made up for this year and it is hidden out at a park. The first clue will still come out Saturday, March 1st, being released at Fabulous Fern's. I'll be collecting money there and yes, you can still pay up through the release of the 4th clue if you want to mail a check or pay by PayPal. The prize this year will be however much money I take in (with my girlfriend out of work I can't promise any more than that this time). The plan is still to meet at Fabulous Fern's in the bar area, hopefully near some of the dart boards. We can get dinner there and then play trivia, darts, and whatever after the clue release at 6pm (unless someone decides to go hunting). So hopefully we'll see a lot of you there.
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 9:49 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Whew, was starting to wonder if this was gonna happen. Thought maybe I'd have to pull my hunt out early :wink:

(I do have a hunt ready to go sometime in May I'm thinking)

Penny and I will be at Ferns tonight about 5. Hope to see a lot of people there!
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 11:32 AM Permalink
barefootguy

Wow, can't believe I'm the first one on here since the clue came out. Everyone must still be at Fern's. Anyway, here's the clue:

The hunt has begun, thus clue number one

Should hint at where the treasure hides

Best not to spill all, but let's say St. Paul

You can even find it in all your guides

Just look for some trees, not many of these

In any park so you're well on your way

To focus your vision, use some precision

Be counting from the start for the big pay
Sat, 03/01/2008 - 9:46 PM Permalink
CerealKiller

SORRY ALL I was away!! This is more or less the first time on since I got pulled over!! but I know what park to go to!! I will be there tomorrow!! lol have fun and good hunting!!

I got allot of stuff on my mind with how I am going to figer this out with work and how I am going to keep my job!! I don't know how much I will be on for a few weeks! later all!! I mite have to check back after tonight to see the other clues!!
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 2:30 AM Permalink
Terry

Here's my first attempt at counting from the start. First word - first line, second word- second line, etc.

The hint to find trees well precision big.
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 6:04 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Last night we met at Fabulous Fern's for the kickoff of the 9th Annual Allison Wonderland Mock Hunt. We had a pretty good sized gathering and it looked like most everyone had a pretty good time. We even released the first clue, which if you haven't seen it yet is:

Clue#1

The hunt has begun, thus clue number one

Should hint at where the treasure hides

Best not to spill all, but let*s say St. Paul

You can even find it in all your guides

Just look for some trees, not many of these

In any park so you*re well on your way

To focus your vision, use some precision

Be counting from the start for the big pay

Going forward the next clues will come out daily at 6pm. They will be posted to the Allison Wonderland yahoo group at that time. They will also get cross posted to the Ableminds site and the Pioneer Press message boards, though possibly a little later.

As of last night the prize was up to $155 based on the number of registrations and donations taken in. One can still register for the hunt up through the release of the 4th clue. The cost is $10 to register and I anticipate the total prize will exceed $200. One can also hunt without registering, but then the prize is just $100. If you would still like to register, you can do so by Paypal to AllisonWondrland@yahoo.com or let me know you'd like to register and I can give you an address to send a check to.

There will be 12 clues, released one per day. The hunt will continue until the treasure is found. The medallion you're looking for is a disc that is white/clear in color, about 2 inches across and half an inch wide. It will not be hidden in or on water, up in a tree, underground, on the side of a cliff, inside anything electrical, inside a garbage can, or anywhere else that would make you ask yourself "Should I be doing this?" Once the treasure is found, call the phone number on the back right away, any time of day.
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 7:36 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

call the phone number on the back right away, any time of day.

That mean if I find it at 3am to call during the day?
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:08 AM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

No, if you find it at 3am, then call at 3am. (Only treasure hunters would be trying to read things into the directions!)
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:20 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Well I've been watching Hillary and Obamas ads and was just wonder who was gonna answer the phone at 3am. :sillygrin:
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:27 AM Permalink
40below

bored at work, waiting patiently for clue # 2
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 3:56 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Here's today's new clue:

Clue #2

Some remedial math puts you on the path

Begin the equation by starting with a trinity

Count another two, then one more will do

Then put two and two together to mark the vicinity.

And here are the previous clues:

Clue#1

The hunt has begun, thus clue number one

Should hint at where the treasure hides

Best not to spill all, but let's say St. Paul

You can even find it in all your guides

Just look for some trees, not many of these

In any park so you're well on your way

To focus your vision, use some precision

Be counting from the start for the big pay
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 3:59 PM Permalink
40below

Bring on the calculus! :sillygrin:
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 4:56 PM Permalink
diggorius rex

where's clue #2?
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 7:17 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

Where is it supposed to be?
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 7:26 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Trinity was the first test of technology for a nuclear weapon. It was conducted by the United States on July 16, 1945, at a location 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, on what is now White Sands Missile Range, headquartered near Alamogordo. Trinity was a test of an implosion-design plutonium bomb. The Fat Man bomb, using the same conceptual design, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, a few weeks later. The detonation was equivalent to the explosion of around 20 kilotons of TNT, and is usually considered as the beginning of the Atomic Age.
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 7:55 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I almost forgot to even look at the clue today.
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 7:58 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

No one has called yet to say they've found it so the hunt is still on!
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:02 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

I wonder where are defending champ is this year?
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:02 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Whew, I was worried :wink:
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:03 PM Permalink
barefootguy

He PMed me last night, just asked me how Fern's was. Seems like he's being very secretive. :wink:
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 8:15 PM Permalink
Allison Wonderland

And the defending champ is now officially back in the race...
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 9:42 PM Permalink
Terry

More math and counting.

We just got our power back here at about 1:30am. I was all geared for getting the clue at 6 last evening and then our power went poof about 5.

It's too late or early in the day for math. I'll have to noodle this one in the morning.
Sun, 03/02/2008 - 11:35 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

who found it last year? regman?
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 7:08 AM Permalink
mrmnmikey

link dont work for me for some reason

~edit~ weird, it worked after i clicked it 5 times. Everytim i clicked I got a little more of the page. Must be my settings or something.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:02 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

Almost clue time!
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:51 PM Permalink
KITCH

Some remedial math puts you on the path

Begin the equation by starting with a trinity

Count another two, then one more will do

Then put two and two together to mark the vicinity.

3 counting 1 and 2, and 3 or is it

counting 1 and 2 than 1

2 and 2 = 4 or is it 3 & 3 = 6
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 3:59 PM Permalink
KITCH

trinity = church??
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:00 PM Permalink
barefootguy

From AW's yahoo group:

Clue #3

To be rude and abrupt, or even corrupt

Puts you on Santa's naughty list, not nice.

But this is the day you will find your way

If you can keep our vagueness on ice.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:01 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

if you start with 3 and add 2 more (3's) then one more you'd have 12
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:03 PM Permalink
KITCH

cooler
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:05 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

How did you get that? E-mail? I'm refreshing his page on his group site and its not there.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:06 PM Permalink
KITCH

put somebody on ice?? jail?

in the cooler??
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:07 PM Permalink
KITCH

never mind...

to put on ice = to delay
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:08 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

I musta been looking at the wrong spot on AW's site
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:09 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

this is the day

Christmas? 25th?
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:12 PM Permalink
KITCH

ice= icing =frosting

ice= diamonds

ice= meth

In cryptography, ICE (Information Concealment Engine) is a block cipher published by Kwan in 1997. The algorithm is similar in structure to DES, but with the addition of a key-dependent bit permutation in the round function. ...
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:17 PM Permalink
Terry

Yeah...we heard that on the radio this morning while getting ready for the day. What sucked is the people across the street from us had lights as did the people on the block behind us.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:21 PM Permalink
KITCH

might explain why my surge protector went off this weekend a few times...
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:23 PM Permalink
KITCH

I'm not getting this clue :frown:
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:25 PM Permalink
Terry

I think the number in clue two is 24 - Christmas Eve when Santa comes?

I swear every year these Mock Hunts include numbers to noodle and we spend so much time noodling numbers we get lost.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:25 PM Permalink
KITCH

I'm so vague

santa fe =railway

heh
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:30 PM Permalink
Terry

Begin the equation by starting with a trinity=3

Count another two, then one more will do +9=12

Then put two and two together to mark the vicinity.x2=24

or

Then put two and two together to mark the vicinity.+4=16

But with tonight's clue, I like 24 better.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:30 PM Permalink
KITCH

heh...I had...

start with a church...

count 2 more...

ah...what the heck...add a 4th church...

2 and 2 = 4
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:36 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

start w/3 count another 2=5 then one more=6 then add 2+2=4 So 6trees in then a group of 4 trees? Or is it 10?

Following us down a path. Start at 3 trees, go to the next double tree, then one more and look for an area with 2 trees on one side and 2 trees on the other side?
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:38 PM Permalink
Terry

Whatever the number is...or isn't.....

Where does it lead us??????
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:38 PM Permalink
Terry

I think the way it's worded, we're to add trinities (3).

But then I could be off kilter, clueless and in the dark.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:40 PM Permalink
mrmnmikey

got me. I never get these.
Mon, 03/03/2008 - 4:41 PM Permalink