HDS Sample Clue
2010

To be entered into the drawing of correct answers you should submit your answer to hds@colostate.edu or deliver it to Louie Sanchez in 203 Palmer Center by the close of business on Friday February 5^th. The correct answer and solving strategy will be linked to this clue after that time.

Solution: This clue is similar to a clue from the 2008 hunt. As with that earlier clue the most important aspects to recognize are the dimensions of the grid (26 x 18). Unlike that earlier clue, this one does not provide a visual reference letters attached to certain of the colored blocks. Ultimately, solvers needed to recognize that each column represents a letter of the alphabet (the reason for there being 26 columns) and that each group of colored blocks represents a word. When unscrambled the three colors read Blue: Gymnasium, Orange: North, Blue: Door. That, coupled with the instruction to submit the highest four digit number on the corner led solvers to the cornerstone of the gym that was chiseled with the Masonic Date: "5925".