VIRTUAL BOUNTY

Question 1: Location : Sweden You are here. You are safe now, they said reassuringly. Their voices seemed to resonate as the noise in the room reduced. Their eyes held firmly focussed on the eyes of the one who had to let them through, as it rose from its stupor. Where am I?, it said as it was blinking while getting used to the light. Who are you? What are you doing to me?, it spoke again. There is an answer to everything if you do not resist, they said pointing at a screen. I need you give me an answer! Let me out of here, it screamed in a high pitch hoping that someone would hear it and come to rescue it. That is exactly what we desire from you. We need your answers. As ironic as this may sound, I needs you to tell me the passcode to begin.

Passcode: Ans: let me in Explanation: Search the image in Google Images. Let Me In (2010) is the English adaptation of the Swedish horror movie Lt den rtte komma (2008) which received worldwide critical acclaim. The original Swedish movie made it to the top 250 list of IMDb.

Question 2: Scene: Budapest, Hungary

When in doubt, call up God for the answer. Number:

Ans: 20 Explanation: Search the image. You will know that its rubix cube. Now search rubix cube
and God. You will find a result saying gods number for solving rubiks cube is 20.

Question 3: Location: The States Some Americans count time using this. They say the time taken by this is very close to one second. Answer: Ans: mississippi Explanation: Straight forward question.

Question 4: Scene: Tibet Z = Permutation(X,Y) X was born in Trinidad and Tobago to Indian parents. X moved to India and started playing cricket in Madras. X played as an all-rounder for India. X is the current coach of an IPL franchise. At the age of 18, Y was called to tour in South Africa but due to travel issues at the last moment, he was not sent. Y was the highest paid bowler in IPLs First season. Z is known to have the following three works to his credit. Common(Discover_____, Daily_____, Secret_____ , _____) Fill in the common blank. Answer: Ans: the monk who sold his ferrari Explanation: X = Robin Singh. Y=Ishant Sharma.
Z = Robin Sharma Robin Sharmas works include The Monk who sold his Ferrari, Discover Your Destiny With The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Daily Inspiration from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The Secret Letters from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. The final answer is: The monk who sold his ferrari.

Question 5: Scene: Westchester County, NY, USA. John Mandeville, who witnessed the brutal wrath of a force which demanded blind devotion and merciless sacrifice, decided to describe it in a book account of his travels. We need you to go through his account, and tell us its name. Hint: By the power vested in the Crimson gem, the force MARVELlously reincarnated in July 1965. Name: Ans: juggernaut Explanation: search john mandeville+ brutal +sacrifice

Question 6: Scene: River Han, South Korea Their northern counterparts accuse them of being puppets of the States, but this definitely does not follow the Jones

Answer: Ans: kospi

Question 7: Scene: Oh well, not this time. This is where you come in.

Answer: Ans: japan Question 8: Scene: Scotland

If you found this funny, youll find King Arthurs quest funny too. The quest: Ans: monty python and the holy grail Question 9: Scene: Kolkata, India At least one among the squad of Merchants of Death would have encouraged you not to pay heed to this warning.

Warning: Ans: smoking kills Explanation: The first image contains all the brands of ITC. The second image refers to Chelsea. (Can be obtained by a google image search) The trick is to connect the two. John Terry, the Chelsea captain, was mistakenly featured on ITC Goldflake cigarette packets with a picture of his face on it and chest on it. A picture of infected lungs was photoshopped on it. Below the picture, it read: Smoking Kills That is the final answer.

Question 10: Scene: Helsinki, Finland A: Common(Australia, Chile, France, Luxembourg, Panama and Taiwan) B: Missing(In the Court of the Crimson King, In the Wake of Poseidon, Lizard, Islands, Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Discipline, Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair, THRAK, The ConstruKction of Light, The Power to Believe) Hint: Capture the Progression A-B: Ans: blue and white Explanation: What is common about those countries? Their flags are all of colours Red, White and
Blue. What is common about those seemingly random names? Albums of King Crimson. Crimson = Red. Also what is missing in that list is their album Red. So the answer is Blue and White

Question 11: Scene: Trinidad and Tobago. The Riddler, a fictional supervillain, was one of Batmans many enemies. Obsessed with riddles and puzzles, he would forewarn the Batman and the Police of his upcoming misdeeds by sending them complex puzzles. A real-life criminal and a music lover who seems to be inspired by Riddlers character has sent a puzzle to the police warning them of his next strike. Help the police in deciphering where his next strike is going to be.

Hint: Use anything other than iPhone 5 and you should be fine Target: Ans: calypso Explanation: Solving the above equations, we get x=78.105 y=35.155 The equations point to north and west directions. Value of x (horizontal axis on the cartesian coordinate system) indicates the value of longitude; the value of y (vertical axis) gives the value of the latitude. Therefore, we get the coordinates (35.155 N, 78.105 W). The hint refers to Apple Maps. Hence the hint points to something related to maps. Searching these coordinates on Google Maps gives the place Calypso, which is the final answer.

Question 12: Scene: London

They deny any affiliations to the number of the beast. "Their technique seems to suggest otherwise" - claim the believers.

The technique:

Ans: backmasking Question 13: Scene: Southern Italy, Crotone This philosopher believed that he could write on the moon. He believed that men and women should procreate during winter. He made musical scales and tunings after he listening to a blacksmith working. He murdered his disciples who believed in the irrational. He was believed to have a golden appendage. He influenced Plato and several other philosophers of that era. He believed in four elements, three dimensions and one divine number. Give us the symbol that his beliefs were immortalized by. Answer: Ans: tetractys Question 14: Scene: Greece This is the image of that unlocks the secret of the civilizations. Every prominent structure in the planet has its associated code. Give us the 6 character code for this structure and you get one step closer to the bounty.

Answer: Ans: 1.61803 Explanation: This is the Golden Ratio

Question 15: Scene: Istanbul, Turkey

Cannibals might object to your characterization, but everyone else thinks its pretty tasty. Hint: Well, for starters... Dish: Ans: caesar salad Explanation: image is the map of caesars conquests Question 16: Scene: Rome, Italy Well, the junior co-emperor wasnt quite pleased with his messengers. He needed some privacy.

Hint: Futurama Message: Ans: depsychfer minions

Explanation: Futurama is filled with these little subliminal codes throughout the show. On googling futurama and code/cipher, one can get an encoder/decoder or a font online. But on decoding, they would get this message:

ab0mpvze0cbo plqlrqv
But here the real clue is Rome. Ciphers + Roman reference = Caesar Cipher. A Caesar cipher/coder adds 3 to the letter. On adding 3 to first word and subtracting 3 from the second and removing the numbers, we get: depsychfer minions This is the final answer.

God Question: The turbulence and the storm will render you blind; Maybe youll even encounter the third kind. (Hint: 1, 2, 3 ... 2, 3, 5 ... Do this again and itll almost take you there) Answer: Ans: bermuda triangle Explanation: See the the 3rd, 5th and 11th locations in the map. They enclose the bermuda triangle.