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[Chain of puzzles - ended] Castles, sights and other [+solution]

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GrayFiend

Well, my first puzzle turned out to be too difficult, so now I made an easier one… at least the first quiz. ^_^
Start here.
Standard rules: no cheating, no hinting, no sharing, no leaking. Have a fun and don’t ruin it for anybody else.
You have 2-4 days to solve it (till 20-22 Mar, 6 p.m. GMT).
P.S. Step 1 is a bundled game, step 2 & 3 are not. A total of 90 points required for these giveaways and $13/$39/$65 CV are necessary at each step.

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Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

1 decade ago*

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TheTim1

Bump for solved.
at least the first one

EDIT: got the second one too

1 decade ago
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LordTT73

Bump :)

1 decade ago
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tomjane

Can't get Q7...guess it's formatting/capitalization of something of the sort.

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GrayFiend

ItsTooHard is not case sensitive.
There are 2 alternate answers for Q7.

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tomjane

Took me a whole bunch of tries in multiple languages...don't know what all I tried and what finally took. Probably a strange rogue the/el/de/of or something :)

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Kelhaul

Can't get Q5, I mean, I know what it is. No matter how I word it though it's wrong.
Edit:Solved

1 decade ago
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GrayFiend

Cool. ^_^
There are 2 alternate answers for Q5 as well.

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Merdento

On the second quiz i have it all except Q3 and Q10, the thing is i know exactly what's the name of the buildings, i just can't figure out how to type it.

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GrayFiend

All answers for steps 1 & 2 are from English Wikipedia (+ alternative names when it's possible).

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Merdento

Ok, solved, thats a little tricky.

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froost

Bump. Solved all. Thank you for the puzzles & gifts :)

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GrayFiend

Yay! Congrats first solver ^_^

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ReaShepard

No, no, no! The last one wasn't too hard, it was challenging and fun! Such a shame...

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GrayFiend

Well, I hope the step 3 will be good enough. ^_^

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Merdento

The first was easy, the second is pretty challenging, the last one its impossible to me :(

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ralenceftw

puzzle number 2, Q11 english wiki and it's not working - why? I even tried with native name

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GrayFiend

If Wiki doesn't work, then you are on a false scent. =P

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karpik2087

In puzzle number 2 in Q10 please hint :) I have everything but not Q10 :-(
Edit: Part 2 solved :D BUMP

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Ishmaeel

Bumpie for solvie.

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Merdento

Any hints for the Q1 of the third puzzle? Im totally lost.

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tomjane

Yeah, I am a chemist and cannot get this first question. I don't know what densities and measurements he's using.

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Arroway

+1

Edit: I solved it. :)

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Merdento

May i know at least how many decimals it has the Q1 of the last puzzle?

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Nugico

That was answered in the comments of the 2nd GA.

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tomjane

jerk! lol :)

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GrayFiend

All necessary info was given. Try to be careful as though you operate with nitroglycerine. ^_^

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tomjane

:-P I was using a 'modern' unit, lol :)

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GrayFiend

I doubt that hints will be necessary. In the half a day we have 6 solvers already.

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uqblf

Sounds interesting, I'll give it a try! :)

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chanito86

Thanks for the puzzles, i've done the first but i've already have that game, but anyway, thanks for sharing. The other puzzle i did it only to know which game was even when i haven't that amount of CV.

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KiDarkness

For quiz #2, question 11, I cannot get the answer to show as correct. I feel like I know what it is, but I can't get it to work and I've tried alternate names.

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GrayFiend

As far as I see, you already solved it. =)

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Leeka

Thanks for a great puzzle! Done with step 2 and I surely can already say I am going to hate next one, a lot! =D
Can't seem to find right pricing :/
edit: got it! :3

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Lucleonhart

Hm....
I am calculating Q1 of Step 3 for the 10th time now... Pretty clear results, but wrong...
What is going on there...

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BeaKManiak

Stuck in quiz 3... I definitely need a shot of whisky.

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Godf

THINK YOUR OWN, BASTARDS - clicky

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GrayFiend

Damn >.<
Well I forced to ask that guy, who made it, remove that topic. Otherwise I'll count in only solvers who passed step 3 before any reply will be posted there. -_-

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Leeka

(are you sure you are in a math class?) is the best line ever =D

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tomjane

Pretty lame.

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ThePonz

little bump, solved 1st one :)

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ThePonz

medium bump, for 2nd step :)

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ThePonz

big bump, for giving up at 3rd step.. :|

XD

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GrayFiend

^ grabs ThePonz's sleeve
Wait a minute! But math is fun, innit? ^_^

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ThePonz

I'll wait for hints to be revealed..
but I don't know if I'll be able to handle all that math :D

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chour

Solved. Last step is da best :)

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cams02

Do I have everything I need for step Q3? Or is additional research needed?

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GrayFiend

There are enough info, but you need to interpret it rightly (maybe google something) and use your math skills to solve. That math isn't too difficult and Win Calc is enough there.

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Lucleonhart

Ok, for Step 3, your approximate values for every question are impossible to guess. I get values with many decimals here and i really do not know at which step you rounded them.
Giving up now, no fun for that part, 1 + 2 were nice! ^^

Thanks for the riddles anyway! :)

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GrayFiend

You do something wrong if you receive "values with many decimals" here. Btw, right format is described in the topic of 2nd giveaway.

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Lucleonhart

What i mean is: Should i round the result of each individual step? Or just the final result? Just calculating from the result of Q1 to ounces results in 6 decimals...
Wargh! ^_^

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GrayFiend

Hmmm… Q1 haven't many steps in my view. But if you use Wiki in your investigations, use the English one.

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GodslayerXUL

He is right. You round single steps of a calculation and results, and we don't know when you do that or not. In Q1 the exact result has a lot more decimal digits that two. i am pretty sure you didn't use the exact density. if i take the "calculated density" (not measured), round it (it normally has 3 decimal digits), continue my calculation and round the result again (because this one has 4 decimal digits), then i get the right answer for your question. this is a lot of trial&error. don't get me wrong. i am still enjoying this. :) but it would be more fun if it was actually about the math (which is quite simple so far) and finding the right units. right now it's more about guessing if you rounded any intermediate result.

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GrayFiend

Places with rounding are mentioned in the text, except one which was described in the topic of 2nd giveaway. All other guessing may be caused by your overthinking or wrong input data.

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GodslayerXUL

you are right for Q1 (hint in GA2) and Q2 ("...change...", didn't see that ^^). I don't see any hint about rounding in Q3 (wasn't that hard though ;) ). But it doesn't matter anyway. I solved them all. Thanks for the puzzle. :)

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GrayFiend

Q3 must accept both answers with cents and without them, so it doesn’t need a hint.

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Closed 1 decade ago by GrayFiend.