Welcome back to a brand new season, Puzzlers! With no further ado, here's your opening day puzzle:
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Hint #1 (10:50am) : The dates are relevant, but not related to any event that took place on the dates. And it is possible to solve while ignoring the dates altogether. The video stills are the most important part.
Hint #2 (1:07pm) : Match audio with video...and there's an element that's similar to last year's opening puzzle.
Fact #1 (2:04pm) : Rebecca Black is the bomb!
Hint #3 (2:08pm) : Focus less on the dates and more on the video. Listen to the lyrics. Timing is critical.
Hint #4 (2:18pm) : If you're still having trouble solving the puzzle, play the song LOUDER. And use external speakers, especially if you're in an office or other public environment. These actions might jog your thinking down the right path.
Hint #5 (4:43pm) : once you have the correct lyrics, put them in the indicated order (not necessarily exactly chronological by date...but think about another 'sequencing' that Rebecca Black is a particular expert in), and boom! You should have the answer
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You have until midnight PT tonight to submit your answer. Answer will be posted tomorrow morning. Good luck!
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60 comments:
somewhat shaky answer sent
and now I'm more convinced my answer is right...
Ubragg is correct!
1. Ubragg
Today is an off-day? Damn.
Question sent...
I'm glad I won March Madness, so that I have something on which to hang my hat. Puzzles here make me feel stupid.
Oh swell, a YouTube puzzle. Well, I'm out until at least 5pm.
Josh S only watches youtube after dark! Bwah ha ha ha ha
Mlasc, replied to you email...
OK, I checked on my phone. It's just the music video, right?
Answer sent
Yahtzee!
Oh it's.... I have no fucking clue.
I don't have clue jr. either
Sorry I've been away but i'm back now.
Will check email and post a hint soon
Yes Josh, its just the music video.
LF is correct!
1. UBragg
2. LF
Hint posted.
FYI Erin, your MM prize will be announced next week...
YAH 10 PARTICIPATION POINTS!
Man, why didn't I remember until 9:45am, that it was puzzle day. I think I could have beat UBragg today. Only because my brain refused to give me more than 5 minutes of that song before giving up.
As with LF, my brain refuses to give more than 5 minutes to that song. Unfortunately, I don't have an answer yet...
I was super lucky that my brain was on the right train of thought. Most puzzles require about fifteen different ideas before something works.
Guess sent.
Dusto is correct!
1. UBragg
2. LF
3. Dusto Magnifico
boo-yah!!!
Congratulations Dusto! You don't have to listen to it any longer!
I'll take door number 3,thank you very much.
Hint #3 posted.
And LF, admit it: your encyclopedic knowledge and freakishly intricate memorization of the song and video were such that you didn't even have to play the youtube video to solve it.
The video stills alone were enough.
Re: Hint #2. That was two years ago. Is this another one of your fiendish tricks, EK?
Answer being withheld to protect my innocence and whatnot.
Half-assed answer sent.
I'm stuck between two answers that I'm sure are both wrong.
Plus, I hate getting rejection e-mails from EK!
EK is right, how did you know? I oversold the hatred of the song right? I listen to it everyday. It's fun. fun. fun. fun.
Unconfident answer sent....
ok, another hint on the way...
You should see the looks I get from my students wondering why a pop song from a 12-year-old is playing in my office. *shakes head*
Me me no excited.
Me no excited.
Holy crap this song is awful.
Hint #3 posted
rbnlaw agrees with Fact #1.
REBECCA BLACK ROCKS!!
Hint #4 posted
"Answer" sent.
I think it's just a ploy to get us to listen to the song over and over.
Answer sent! ;)
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Greg and Sharon - both of you have apart of the concept down but are going different ways with it.
Neither of which is exactly right.
I'll write each of you back in a second...in the meantime try Hint #4
Hint #5 posted
Finley is inley! (<--I may have used that before):
1. UBragg
2. LF
3. Dusto Magnifico
4. Greg Finley
I listened to the song again, despite my better judgment, and it still is awful. (A quick Google search reveals I'm not the only one with this opinion). Every other lyric is "yeah" and somehow EK things Rebecca is expert in something. WTH?
Spank ... hit me with Steel Reserve. Stat.
(Do I still get participation points?)
@ Ditty
Ice cold Steel Reserve 40oz sent!
COMB YER HAIR,EK!
ANSWER SENT!
Real answer now sent.
Sent in a question... don't know if the answer will help at all...
Never mind. I just realized the answer and am about to send it in...
Two more correct answerers!:
1. Ubragg
2. LF
3. Dusto M
4. G-Fin
5. Josh S
6. Mr C
Will check your answer soon Steve K.
BTW folks, only ~3 hrs until its the day that comes after today (Friday) which is also the deadline...
Two more correct answerers!:
1. Ubragg
2. LF
3. Dusto M
4. G-Fin
5. Josh S
6. Mr C
Will check your answer soon Steve K.
BTW folks, only ~3 hrs until its the day that comes after today (Friday) which is also the deadline...
Steve K is in!
7. Steve K
Ok folks I'm off to sleep, will check email in the morning, and solution posts 7am tomorrow!
Oh man. I wish I had time to do this one. As it stands, I just got home from Portland, so I am super tired and won't touch the puzzle, even if I have 9 minutes.
Just remembered this puzzle 9 years later. Great stuff!
And everything is exactly as it was 9 years ago. Amazing!
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