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Clue 2 Facts & Stories
(You can also find these at the end)
Mt Olympus
Mount Olympus at a height of 2,917 is the highest mountain in Greece.
Meteora
The name means "lofty", "elevated", and is etymologically related to meteor and originally had 24 monasteries.
As early as the eleventh century, monks occupied the caverns of Meteora. However, monasteries were not built until the fourteenth century, when the monks sought somewhere to hide in the face of an increasing number of Turkish attacks on Greece. At this time, access to the top was via removable ladders or winch. Nowadays, getting up there is a lot simpler due to steps being carved into the rock during the 1920s. Of the 24 monasteries, only six (four of men, two of women) are still functioning, with each housing fewer than ten individuals.
Linkin Park Meteora
The music band Linkin Park's album Meteora is named after this area of rock formations and monasteries.
Band member Mark Shinoda explains: "'Meteora was a word that caught my attention because it sounded huge... In the same way Linkin Park doesn't mean the park, but the band, Meteora doesn't mean the rock formation, it means what this album sounds like." Band mate Chester Bennington continued his statement, "It's got this otherworldly vibe about it, it had this really great energy, and I wanted to have a record that lived up to that energy."
Below a monk accesses one of the monasteries via a cable car.
Clue 3
1.
Solve this sum:
X = the Clue 2 password ÷ 2
(the Clue 2 password was used to access this page)
Now insert X into the blank spaces below (in numerical form).
38 _8 57 N _2 30 0_ E
Type this in the Google Earth search bar and hit enter (use capital letters for N & E and keep the spaces - the format is 00 00 00 N 00 00 00 E)
2.
- This will move your screen to a new location indicated by a red marker and set it spinning around it - a new box with a map in will also appear.
- Make a mental note of the structure indicated by the red marker and write this down as Point A.
- Close the map box by clicking the X in the corner.
- This will automatically set your view to 2D and north, stay like this.
- Switch into street view mode by clicking once on the man icon in the corner.
- This will bring up a series of blue circles dotted around this area.
- Study this area zooming in and out to find the circle which is located here:
- Once found click once on this.
- This will bring you into a photo, check you are in the correct photo - in the middle of the amphitheatre there is a person wearing a white t-shirt taking a picture - you will need to zoom in to spot them. (If you cannot see this re-read the clue and try again until you are in the correct photo).
3.
- Below is the same photo with 3 differences, can you spot what is missing?
- Choose 3 of the following options.
- A tree.
- A bin.
- A large square stone.
- A person.
- A thin pillar.
- A bag.
- Tip - study the photo on Google Earth by zooming in and out.
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On a mobile device? - Turn screen sideways to view picture in proportion.
Enter the numbers of the 3 correct answers below. The correct answer will reveal a city name. Make a note of this city, this will be referred to as Point B.
Enter answer in the format 123:
Did you know - the ancient stadium at Delphi could hold 6,500 people?
The stadium which you can see on the west of the site (the long rectangular shape) is one of the one of the best-preserved monuments of its kind and was built during the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C.
- Exit this photo by clicking on the arrow in the top left corner.
- Find the closest coast line to the south.
- Imagine you are a ship and need to get to Point B.
- Work out what is the quickest route.
- At the narrowest spot of this route is a large oil tanker.
- This tanker is being pulled along by a tug boat.
- What colour is the cabin of this tug boat? Use the colour as the password to access the next clue.
- Tip - if you can't see any ships at the narrowest point, you've picked the wrong route!
Enter the colour here:
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