GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
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GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
Anyone had a go at this?
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Re: GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
I did. This is (I should stress I've not completed it, just done enough to be pretty sure that it is) aPhil Reynolds wrote:Anyone had a go at this?
QR code and I don't know what to do after that
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Don't worry guys. Jim got to Russia safely.
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Re: GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
Just had a look. It's a glorified fucking Sudoku puzzle.
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I read the title 'GCHQ Christmas Puzzle', saw that Gevin was the most recent poster and expected a puzzle from him himself. I'm now disappointed to see bloody Picross.
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I had a go and have got about halfway through the picross so far. I suspect it reveals a QR code, though, which I dubious about whether it would actually scan correctly.
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Re: GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
The QR code is only part 1 of 5. When correctly filled in, it leads you to part 2, which is a series of multiple choice questions. Then part 3 is some word problems and part 4 is some number problems. I'm now on part 5. Part 5 is... well. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that it makes Elfeshire's COLIN puzzles seem straightforward in comparison.
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I think I've solved all the puzzles in part 5 now, but I'm not sure how to translate the solutions to the Algebraic and Manifold Agreement puzzles into keywords consisting of a word or string of letters, as required by the instructions at the top. Anyone else done it?
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Boom. Got the Algebraic keyword.Graeme Cole wrote:I think I've solved all the puzzles in part 5 now, but I'm not sure how to translate the solutions to the Algebraic and Manifold Agreement puzzles into keywords consisting of a word or string of letters, as required by the instructions at the top. Anyone else done it?
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Re: GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
And there's me thinking I'd nailed it ages ago.Ryan Taylor wrote:GCHQ's Christmas card puzzle not yet solved
The Sum puzzle looks far too easy, so I and many other people have probably overlooked something there.
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Re: GCHQ Christmas Puzzle
See that bloke that won? That's my old flatmate and current quiz boss that is.
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