content/news/2012-04-15-april-1st-the-aftermath.md

   1 author: RichiH
   2 date: 2012-04-15 22:01:21+00:00
   3 slug: april-1st-the-aftermath
   4 title: April 1st, the aftermath
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   6
   7 It's been two weeks since our April Fools quiz; thanks to everybody who participated. Several people managed to complete the quiz; the first eight are:
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  12   1. dwfreed
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  15   2. bikcmp
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  18   3. divVerent
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  21   4. sbp
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  24   5. meridion
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  27   6. heftig
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  30   7. JoshuaA
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  33   8. [bjoern]
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  36 Here are the riddles and their solutions, in the original order:
  37 Stage 1, the picture linked on the blog:
  38 ITucplOwnTShozIfVT1cM2u0VTWyVPZwp3EupaD=
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  40 This was base64 + rot13 encryption,
  41 ##start
  42
  43 Stage 2, topic in ##start
  44
  45 ###### MLG UZHGVI GSZM
  46
  47 Encryption A-Z Z-A,
  48 "NOT FASTER THAN"
  49
  50 With a bit of thinking, this led the users to ######neutrinos
  51 Stage 3, topic in  ######neutrinos
  52 #### C0LEMAK 43WRXC 34PTCXRW XSF34GDVC BHJ6 CTP4GHKNL7 87JHKMEN
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  54 Solvable with a picture of the [Colemak keyboard layout](http://colemak.com/wiki/images/8/80/Colemak_layout_2.png) and a bit of tracing with your fingers. Following the path between the keys on the keyboard gave you C, O, D, I, N, G.
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  56 Stage 4, topic in ####coding
  57 3. #### Find a five-digit number in which the last number is the sum of the first, second, and third; the third is four less than the last; the fourth is two less than the last; and the first and fourth added are one less than the last. The last number is also three times the second.
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  59 Plain math, 13579
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  61 Stage 5, topic in ####13579
  62 #### This "huge" work, written over twen ty years, contains ten books. What colour is it?
  63
  64 The Great Book of Amber
  65 ####amber
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  67 Last Stage, topic in ####amber
  68 i yam what i yam but i yam ####
  69 which lead to ####popeye, the final channel.
  70 We hope you enjoyed our little quiz and had a great time.