PUZMAT CIRCUS ANSWERS AND HINTS
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Hints in orange, Answers below in white
HINTS
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Riddle
The answer to the riddle is a very large animal.
Orange Section
Start
You are looking for a very large animal balanced on a ball.
Clue 1
Start by focusing on the juggler, after that you can easily work out the others.
Clue 2
Try positioning the shortest line over the letter C.
Clue 3
This is found under the sea.
Clue 4
Think what sum is used to find the area of a square?
Clue 5
The countries names are split like this - 3 letters / 3 letters and 3 letters / 4 letters (If you switch them around you get the same words).
Clue 6
Think fruit and veg!
Red Section
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Look for something you'd see when driving.
Clue 1
One of the numbers is '3'.
Clue 2
The start is Ancient Egypt and the end is The Cold War, when finished the shape creates an arrow pointing to the next clue.
Clue 3
Use a torch to cast a shadow on the sun dial (it will work anyway the paper is folded up).
Clue 4
One country is next to Spain, one next to Germany and the other next to Greece.
Clue 5
Think about generations!
Clue 6
The answer is represented as something else and it's the shorter name for it.
Green Section
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It's organic.
Clue 1
Look for 4 parts that are the same shape and colour but different to the rest.
Clue 2
At the end one word will have a cross over it. Solve this anagram.
Clue 3
A few to help - a tower of giraffes, a pod of whales & a shoal of fish.
Clue 4
Think of your childhood.
Clue 5
This is used in personal hygiene.
Clue 6
The first is the juggler and the last is the big tent.
Yellow Section
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It's a food.
Clue 1
Think logically, some of these require another to start.
Clue 2
You are looking for a crocodile and then a building of a particular shape.
Clue 3
It's found in USA's capital city.
Clue 4
There's over 5 but under 10.
Clue 5
The chemical formulas are H2O and CO2.
Clue 6
1. is German, 2. is British, 3. is British and 4. is Italian.
Blue Section
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It's something showing an organisation.
Clue 1
Be very careful to fold it at right angles.
Clue 2
The riddle is about something that gives off light and is hot.
Clue 3
Look for the 2 syllables of the word.
Clue 4
Start by putting in some of the easier words by spotting letters & accents common in that language, then you can work out the rest.
Clue 5
Look the alphabet in a row and letters under it.
Clue 6
Think about where each animal is found.
Pink Section
Start
It's a food.
Order of the clues
The alphabets not used are Old English and Arabic.
Cipher
This video shows how to make and use a paper fortune teller.
ANSWERS
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Riddle
The answer to the riddle is elephant.
Orange Section
Start
It's an elephant balanced on a ball.
Clue 1
Draw a line from the juggler to the lion, the acrobat to the bear and the clown to the horse. The shape is in the top right corner.
Clue 2
Position the shortest line over the letter C, from here go clockwise and the letters are C, E, L, P, I, N. This spells PENCIL.
Clue 3
Pearls are found in oysters.
Clue 4
To find the area of a square you need to multiply its lengths. So as A x B = 81m2 then A & B are both 9. Thus you are looking for 99, look for the 99 flake icon.
Clue 5
Sweden & Denmark. They can be split like this: Swe / den & Den / mark, then swapped over and both spell the same names.
Clue 6
The odd one out is the carrot as all the others are technically fruit.
Red Section
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The stop sign.
Clue 1
The numbers are 1, 2, 3
1 + 2 + 3 = 6
1 x 2 x 3 = 6
Clue 2
This is the order and it creates an arrow pointing to your next clue.
Ancient Egypt
The Roman Empire
The Black Death
The Discovery of the New World
The American Revolution
The Napoleonic Wars
The Great Depression
The Cold War
Clue 3
The line is the computer which links to the computer mouse.
Clue 4
The countries are Albania, Austria and Andorra. The country in the middle of these is Italy, this links to the slice of pizza.
Clue 5
It's because they are a grandfather, father and son.
CLUE 6
The missing object is a cassette tape, look for the icon of a roll of sticky tape.
Green Section
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It's a clover leaf.
Clue 1
The shape is an octagon.
Clue 2
The films are:
Face through the crack
The Shinning
1980
Rock chasing man
The Riders of The Losk Ark
1981
Baby being held aloft
The Lion King
June 1994
Man sat on bench
Forest Gump
October 1994
Guy bent over dodging bullets
The Matrix
1999
The word STARE is identified by having a cross over it.
The anagram of this is TEARS.
Go to the tears icon.
Clue 3
The pairs are:
A tower of giraffes.
A shoal of fish.
A pod of whales.
A swarm of bees.
A pride of lions.
A gaggle of geese.
An army of ants.
This leaves the sheep, look for the black sheep for your next clue.
Clue 4
These are nursery rhymes (ba ba black sheep, 3 blind mice, Humpty dumpty, jack and jill).
The rhyming words are 'cursory grime'.
Clue 5
The words being defined are:
Cotton
Ear
Buds
Find the icon of these!
CLUE 6
Look for the 5 circus related icons in the green area, the correct statement is:
4. The clown is looking at the animal, which is looking at the master, who is looking at the pyrotechnics which is targeting the arena.
Go to the big top tent.
Yellow Section
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It's a slice of cheese.
Clue 1
You would light a match first as you need to do this to light the kerosene lamp, the candle and the fireplace.
Clue 2
There are 5 parts to the crocodile. Look for this represented as a pentagon.
Clue 3
The pentagon is found in Washington, look for the icon of a washing machine & 1 ton weight.
Clue 4
There are 8 B's hidden amongst the R's.
Clue 5
The chemical formulas are H20 and CO2. Make an X by drawing a line from H2 to O and C to O2 find at the middle of this a question on car brands.
Clue 6
The brands are:
1. Mercedes Benz.
2. Aston Martin.
3. Rolls Royce.
4. Ferrari.
The car furthest away is the Aston Martin. The red herrings are the Porsche, BMW and muscle car.
Blue Section
Start
The UN Flag.
Clue 1
Cut out the strip along the dotted line and then fold carefully along each diagonal line so the strip bends at an exact right angle (the strip will fold back on itself).
After doing this the end will land inside the circle with a chair in it.
Clue 2
The answer to the riddle is - candle. There are 6 candles in the yellow area. The next clue is by the clock indicating 6 o'clock.
Clue 3
The ingredient is chickpeas. Look for the icon of a baby chick and a pod of peas.
Clue 4
The words are:
Italian: m(o)nete
German: Münze(n)
French: pièc(e)s
Spanish: moneda(s)
The word made from the letters is NOSE, look for the icon of a nose.
Clue 5
Use the letters under the acrobat in the green section just to the left of the black START area.
The coded message is 'Look for something made from copper' = The Statue of Liberty, find this.
Clue 6
Polar bears are found in the Arctic and penguins in the Antarctic.
Pink Section
Start
The salmon.
The Fortune Teller
- Candle
- Pencil
- Sheep
- Tape
- Pentagon
- Nose
- Pizza
- Chair
- Denmark
- Pencil
- Italy
- Tiger
- Sweden
- Match
- Carrot
- Sheep
- Tears
- Pentagon
- Italy
- Crocodile
Order of the clues
Go to the Ancient Greek alphabet & then the Japanese alphabet.
Cipher
The fortune teller and coded words can be seen here.
Final Code
The code is:
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