Some Curious Facts

The (regular) puzzle we considered easiest (Come to Order) was in fact solved first overall, but was never solved by Team HRSFA. Conversely, the puzzle we considered hardest (Table Talk at Baker Street) was the first solved by Team HRSFA.

The last regular puzzle to be solved by any team, Four Grids, was the first to be solved by all four teams who remained to finish the hunt.

Seven puzzles (ingredients 5, 7, and 9; Mirror, Mirror; Sudokuro!; Four Grids; and Get Your Kicks) were never incorrectly answered. By contrast, ingredient 4 was incorrectly answered 18 times.

Severed Heads never checked an incorrect answer, either online or by phone.

The Bonus Puzzle

Two teams solved the bonus puzzle: Team HRSFA, which used it to buy the answer to Come to Order, and Danger Zone, which used it to buy the answer to Another Interminable Online Riddle Game.

Statistics by Puzzle
Considers only teams which remained to finish the hunt.
Puzzle Correct Incorrect First Solved Last Solved Median
Ingredient 1 4 10 13:27:01 Danger Zone 14:11:29 Severed Heads 13:57:06
Ingredient 2 4 7 13:45:21 Severed Heads 15:02:53 Danger Zone 13:48:06
Ingredient 3 4 10 13:40:25 Danger Zone 15:36:12 plugh 14:10:14
Ingredient 4 4 18 13:43:05 plugh 17:25:55 Team HRSFA 15:29:59
Ingredient 5 4 0 13:41:00 Danger Zone 14:00:52 Severed Heads 13:47:41
Ingredient 6 4 9 13:45:38 Danger Zone 17:05:12 Severed Heads 14:29:58
Ingredient 7 4 0 13:43:41 Team HRSFA 14:45:07 Severed Heads 13:47:29
Ingredient 8 4 6 13:53:24 Danger Zone 16:13:17 Team HRSFA 14:27:33
Ingredient 9 4 0 13:54:01 plugh 15:44:21 Severed Heads 14:03:47
Ingredient 10 4 3 13:54:05 Danger Zone 17:55:23 Team HRSFA 14:27:45
Come to Order 3 7 14:18:05 plugh (never solved) Team HRSFA 15:36:22
Mirror, Mirror 4 0 14:30:30 plugh 18:20:55 Severed Heads 15:26:56
Sudokuro! 4 0 15:46:30 Danger Zone 19:43:37 Severed Heads 17:47:50
Four Grids 4 0 16:54:41 Danger Zone 17:45:04 plugh 17:14:33
Table Talk at Baker Street 4 1 15:14:36 Team HRSFA 21:07:45 Severed Heads 16:27:15
We're Keebler, Not Hormel! 4 2 15:57:21 plugh 19:32:07 Severed Heads 17:14:26
Sorry, Wrong Letters 4 2 14:58:56 Danger Zone 18:55:56 Severed Heads 16:52:44
Get Your Kicks 4 0 14:30:30 plugh 19:49:12 Severed Heads 17:50:40
Another Interminable Online Riddle Game 3 2 15:11:29 plugh (never solved) Danger Zone 18:26:12
Look Out Ahead! 3 5 16:21:35 Danger Zone (never solved) Severed Heads 18:54:44
Meta 3 4 18:11:41 Danger Zone (never solved) plugh 20:49:43
Statistics by Team
Does not include puzzles that were never solved.
Team Correct Incorrect
Ingredients
Severed Heads 10 0
Danger Zone 10 10
plugh 10 12
Team HRSFA 10 41
Xena, Warrior Princess(es)!! 2 0
Regular Puzzles
Severed Heads 9 0
Danger Zone 9 9
plugh 10 2
Team HRSFA 9 8
Xena, Warrior Princess(es)!! 0 0
Answer Attempts
Time Team Puzzle Answer Source
13:26:13 Danger Zone Ingredient 1 77 check_answer
13:26:36 Danger Zone Ingredient 1 M check_answer
13:27:01 Danger Zone Ingredient 1 1110111 check_answer
13:38:47 Xena, Warrior Princess(es)!! Ingredient 1 1110111 check_answer
13:39:56 Danger Zone Ingredient 3 3330 check_answer
13:40:25 Danger Zone Ingredient 3 330 check_answer
13:40:42 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 coffee concerto check_answer
13:41:00 Danger Zone Ingredient 5 russia check_answer
13:41:10 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 coffee check_answer
13:42:00 Team HRSFA Ingredient 5 russia check_answer
13:42:35 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 cocoa check_answer
13:42:47 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 cocoa concerto check_answer
13:43:05 plugh Ingredient 4 truman check_answer
13:43:41 Team HRSFA Ingredient 7 BRUCE check_answer
13:45:21 Severed Heads Ingredient 2 coffee cantata check_answer
13:45:25 Team HRSFA Ingredient 2 coffee cantata check_answer
13:45:38 Danger Zone Ingredient 6 promisedland check_answer
13:45:57 Danger Zone Ingredient 7 bruce check_answer
13:46:56 Team HRSFA Ingredient 1 w check_answer
13:48:03 Team HRSFA Ingredient 1 119 check_answer
13:48:27 Team HRSFA Ingredient 1 tin check_answer
13:49:02 plugh Ingredient 7 bruce check_answer
13:50:37 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 Harry Potter check_answer
13:50:47 plugh Ingredient 2 coffee cantata check_answer
13:52:08 Team HRSFA Ingredient 1 w check_answer
13:52:20 Team HRSFA Ingredient 1 W check_answer
13:52:38 Team HRSFA Ingredient 1 1110111 check_answer
13:53:22 plugh Ingredient 5 russia check_answer
13:53:24 Danger Zone Ingredient 8 clairol check_answer
13:54:01 plugh Ingredient 9 stripes check_answer
13:54:05 Danger Zone Ingredient 10 CHOCOLATESYRUP check_answer
13:54:36 plugh Ingredient 1 sos check_answer
13:55:36 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 A Collie check_answer
13:55:57 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 A COLLIE check_answer
13:56:48 plugh Ingredient 1 cookie check_answer
13:57:03 plugh Ingredient 1 elf check_answer
13:57:12 Xena, Warrior Princess(es)!! Ingredient 2 coffee cantata check_answer
13:59:04 Team HRSFA Ingredient 9 stripes check_answer
13:59:53 plugh Ingredient 8 clairol check_answer
14:00:22 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 252 check_answer
14:00:52 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 254 check_answer
14:00:52 Severed Heads Ingredient 5 russia check_answer
14:01:15 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 255 check_answer
14:01:34 plugh Ingredient 1 1110111 check_answer
14:02:24 plugh Ingredient 6 promised land check_answer
14:03:15 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 Barenaked Ladies check_answer
14:03:22 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 temporal 52 check_answer
14:04:56 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 210 check_answer
14:04:58 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 CLAIEOL check_answer
14:05:13 plugh Ingredient 10 chocolate syrup check_answer
14:08:30 Danger Zone Ingredient 9 stripes check_answer
14:10:09 Team HRSFA Ingredient 3 330 check_answer
14:10:19 Severed Heads Ingredient 3 330 check_answer
14:11:29 Severed Heads Ingredient 1 1110111 check_answer
14:18:05 plugh Come to Order WET INGREDIENTS call
14:21:10 Danger Zone Come to Order wax ingredient call
14:21:49 Danger Zone Come to Order beeswax call
14:21:59 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 the footbing check_answer
14:22:08 Danger Zone Come to Order tallow call
14:22:35 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 bing the foot check_answer
14:26:47 Danger Zone Come to Order wat ingredient call
14:29:40 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 coffee nocturne check_answer
14:30:30 plugh Get Your Kicks husband call
14:30:30 plugh Mirror, Mirror workplace call
14:37:06 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 pie check_answer
14:38:50 Danger Zone Come to Order wax ingredients call
14:39:47 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 dirty check_answer
14:40:16 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 841 check_answer
14:41:46 Danger Zone Come to Order wat ingredients call
14:42:37 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 789 check_answer
14:43:30 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 Harry_Potter check_answer
14:43:47 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 harry potter check_answer
14:43:58 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 prince check_answer
14:45:07 Severed Heads Ingredient 7 bruce check_answer
14:45:40 Danger Zone Come to Order milk and honey call
14:45:52 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 Bill check_answer
14:46:24 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 Debbie check_answer
14:50:17 Severed Heads Ingredient 10 chocolate syrup check_answer
14:53:11 Team HRSFA Table Talk at Baker Street -130 call
14:55:14 Severed Heads Ingredient 8 Clairol check_answer
14:57:32 Team HRSFA Ingredient 6 Promised Land check_answer
14:58:56 Danger Zone Sorry, Wrong Letters eleventh call
14:59:55 Danger Zone Mirror, Mirror workplace call
15:01:48 plugh Sorry, Wrong Letters eleventh call
15:02:25 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 coffeeatanos check_answer
15:02:37 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 coffeeatanose check_answer
15:02:53 Danger Zone Ingredient 2 coffeecantata check_answer
15:04:58 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 let it be check_answer
15:05:09 Danger Zone Ingredient 4 truman check_answer
15:10:53 plugh Ingredient 3 zero check_answer
15:11:09 plugh Ingredient 3 one check_answer
15:11:22 plugh Ingredient 3 two check_answer
15:11:29 plugh Another Interminable Online Riddle Game courses of instruction call
15:11:34 plugh Ingredient 3 two check_answer
15:11:49 plugh Ingredient 3 three check_answer
15:14:04 Danger Zone Come to Order wet ingredients call
15:14:36 Team HRSFA Table Talk at Baker Street fusion and fission call
15:18:17 plugh Ingredient 3 mouse check_answer
15:18:34 plugh Ingredient 3 circuit check_answer
15:18:48 plugh Ingredient 3 analog check_answer
15:19:17 plugh Ingredient 3 nine check_answer
15:26:23 plugh We're Keebler, Not Hormel! chalk call
15:36:12 plugh Ingredient 3 330 check_answer
15:37:49 plugh We're Keebler, Not Hormel! anion call
15:44:21 Severed Heads Ingredient 9 stripes check_answer
15:46:30 Danger Zone Sudokuro! chimera call
15:53:57 Team HRSFA Mirror, Mirror WORKPLACE call
15:54:49 Severed Heads Ingredient 4 TRUMAN check_answer
15:55:11 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 Deborah check_answer
15:57:21 plugh We're Keebler, Not Hormel! CARBONATE call
15:58:40 Severed Heads Come to Order WETINGREDIENTS call
16:01:52 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 potter check_answer
16:02:08 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 harry potter check_answer
16:04:28 plugh Sudokuro! chimera call
16:09:50 Team HRSFA Ingredient 10 holy crap!! check_answer
16:09:55 Danger Zone Table Talk at Baker Street fusionandfission call
16:11:35 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 dirty harry check_answer
16:11:48 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 dirty harry potter check_answer
16:11:58 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 dirty check_answer
16:12:41 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 dirty check_answer
16:13:17 Team HRSFA Ingredient 8 clairol check_answer
16:21:35 Danger Zone Look Out Ahead! palette call
16:37:07 Team HRSFA Ingredient 10 random check_answer
16:37:21 Team HRSFA Ingredient 10 random numbers check_answer
16:44:36 plugh Table Talk at Baker Street fusionandfission call
16:45:24 Danger Zone Another Interminable Online Riddle Game breakin call
16:54:41 Danger Zone Four Grids even out call
16:55:47 Severed Heads Four Grids even out call
16:58:33 Danger Zone Get Your Kicks husband call
17:05:12 Severed Heads Ingredient 6 promisedland check_answer
17:14:06 Team HRSFA We're Keebler, Not Hormel! carbonate call
17:14:46 Danger Zone We're Keebler, Not Hormel! carbonate call
17:15:47 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 box check_answer
17:16:01 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 harrypotter check_answer
17:16:15 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 potterharry check_answer
17:24:58 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 luther check_answer
17:25:55 Team HRSFA Ingredient 4 truman check_answer
17:33:19 Team HRSFA Four Grids evenout call
17:43:19 plugh Look Out Ahead! palette call
17:45:04 plugh Four Grids evenout call
17:46:38 Severed Heads Another Interminable Online Riddle Game courses of instruction call
17:49:31 plugh Meta italian white eggplant call
17:50:45 plugh Meta chinese white eggplant call
17:51:37 plugh Meta snow white eggplant call
17:52:09 Danger Zone Another Interminable Online Riddle Game terminable call
17:54:21 Team HRSFA Sorry, Wrong Letters one eleventh call
17:55:23 Team HRSFA Ingredient 10 chocolate syrup check_answer
18:01:45 Team HRSFA Sorry, Wrong Letters NO ONE call
18:05:25 plugh Meta ornamental white eggplant call
18:11:41 Danger Zone Meta organicwhiteeggplant call
18:20:55 Severed Heads Mirror, Mirror workplace call
18:42:47 Team HRSFA Get Your Kicks husband call
18:43:41 Team HRSFA Sorry, Wrong Letters eleventh call
18:53:12 Team HRSFA Look Out Ahead! balette call
18:55:56 Severed Heads Sorry, Wrong Letters eleventh call
19:05:47 Team HRSFA Another Interminable Online Riddle Game courses of instruction call
19:08:50 Team HRSFA Look Out Ahead! ballate call
19:15:17 Team HRSFA Look Out Ahead! ballade call
19:20:33 Team HRSFA Look Out Ahead! ballute call
19:31:13 Team HRSFA Sudokuro! CHIMERA call
19:32:07 Severed Heads We're Keebler, Not Hormel! carbonate call
19:43:37 Severed Heads Sudokuro! chimera call
19:49:12 Severed Heads Get Your Kicks husband call
20:00:49 Team HRSFA Look Out Ahead! batiste call
20:06:10 Team HRSFA Look Out Ahead! palette call
20:06:55 Team HRSFA Meta organic white eggplant call
21:07:45 Severed Heads Table Talk at Baker Street fusionandfission call
21:32:32 Severed Heads Meta organicwhiteeggplant call