Hello. I've really enjoyed the puzzles I've found here, so I thought I'd make one of my own. Hopefully it's not too easy or boring. As I assume is the norm, the first number or letter in your answer represents that letter in the giveaway URL. Thanks and enjoy :)

http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/?????/


  1. Romantic musical fantasy film, a place where dreams come true.

  2. Table tennis enthusiast and puzzle guru's surname.

  3. Two cubed walks into a bar...

  4. A three legged man walks into an Irish pub... no, wait... an English pub...

  5. The story of a cosmic king's drunken rampage was first told in this country.

PS: There is only one capital in this Row of letters, and it rightmost of those at Home.


Hint: Clue #3 has nothing to do with spiders, but they would think it's funny.

Hint: Clue #4 is not an innuendo -_-

Hint: Clue #2 across is a proper name.

Hint: The three legged man may have to swim to his pub of choice


Edit: Please comment if you make it to the giveaway page, so I know what to improve for future puzzles. Thanks!

Edit: I have adjusted the clue for #5 in an attempt to reduce confusion.


Solutions:

  1. Romantic musical fantasy film, a place where dreams come true... This one was pure Google, either of the phrases would produce references to Xanadu.

  2. Table tennis enthusiast and puzzle guru's surname… Also very Googleable. If you're a crossword or NPR fan, you may also know Will Shortz is the NYT crossword editor and NPR Puzzlemaster.

  3. Two cubed walks into a bar… This gave some people difficulty, perhaps they were over thinking it. Some may have thought it was a typo (cubed vs. cubes), but "two cubed = 8" was the intended answer. Even if you googled "two cubed bar," you would see "800000 pascals," the first number of which would still be an appropriate answer.

  4. A three legged man walks into an Irish pub… no, wait… an English pub… This was the hardest clue, and by far my favorite. The intended answer was "Isle of Man," which is an island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. The flag of the Isle of Man is three legs on a red background.

  5. Cosmic King first went on a drunken rampage in this country… This was the clue related to the prize. The King of all Cosmos is a character in Katamari, who gets drunk and accidentally destroys the cosmos. Katamari was first released in Japan.

PS: There is only one capital in this Row of letters, and it is the rightmost of those at Home.

This clue references the home row keys on a QWERTY keyboard, which are ASDF JKL;. Of these, J is the rightmost letter that is used in the giveaway URL. Additionally, if the home row clue eluded you, J is also the rightmost (aka last) letter in the URL giveaway itself.

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I can't solve any of those off the top of my head, haha. Well done, I hope someone gets it.

13 years ago
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They're all pretty Googleable, but some of them aren't top-of-the-headers.

13 years ago
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number 4 is way weird...

13 years ago
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I think I have 1, 2, and 5. I don't know what to do with 3 or 4 though. >.<

13 years ago
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Same...

13 years ago
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Having trouble with 4 and 5 xD. I know what 5 is about but can't seem to find the answer, while 4 is just blowing my mind atm. I'm betting it's something very simple that I just can't see.

13 years ago
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yep 4... is the one I don't have a clue... but 3 or 5 are dubious as well, because bruteforcing 4 isn't taking me anywhere

13 years ago
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Solved.

13 years ago
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stuck at 3 and 4

13 years ago
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if 3 is what I think it is, its hella funny and random.

13 years ago
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Hello all. Thanks for your input. I have posted a hint, as there are two days left. I will post an additional hint tomorrow.

13 years ago
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Can i ask which game ?

edit : lol

13 years ago
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can i ask for the link?

13 years ago
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can I ask for the game itself?

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can i ask for your steam account?

13 years ago
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can i ask for your firstborn child?

13 years ago
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I'm pretty sure I know what game it is, but clues 1, 2, and 4 lose me. So I'm out. XD

13 years ago
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I have adjusted the poorly-worded fifth clue.

13 years ago
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One last hint for the night. See you tomorrow. :)

13 years ago
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Google 1, 2, and 5. 3 and 4 look real close. Thank you for the fun puzzle.

13 years ago
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4 seems to be a problem for nearly everyone.

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4 isn't difficult. Google harder. ;)

13 years ago
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i'm pretty sure i have everything correct, but still it gives me an invalid code. oh well

13 years ago
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Final hint posted, good luck.

13 years ago
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No idea why, but I cannot solve it. Guess I am just not good with bar jokes. Thanks anyway.

13 years ago
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yeah cant be found both 3 and 4

13 years ago
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Cant find it. As usual :D

13 years ago
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Well, the latest clue doesn't change what I thought the answer was.
So I guess I'm just still uncertain on #1. Does "romantic" really fit that one?

13 years ago
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Yes. :)

13 years ago
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what about the three legged man? really no clues on that. There's only a three legged dog on google ._.

13 years ago
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The last hint listed in the original post is about the three legged man

13 years ago
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No more bar jokes please :/ the swimming part didnt really help

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I've definitely got 1 and 2. I believe I have 3 and 5. It's 4 I'm having trouble with. :|

13 years ago
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clue 3 is very simple. Many are over thinking it.

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Solutions

  1. Romantic musical fantasy film, a place where dreams come true... This one was pure Google, either of the phrases would produce references to Xanadu.

  2. Table tennis enthusiast and puzzle guru's surname… Also very Googleable. If you're a crossword or NPR fan, you may also know Will Shortz is the NYT crossword editor and NPR Puzzlemaster.

  3. Two cubed walks into a bar… This gave some people difficulty, perhaps they were over thinking it. Some may have thought it was a typo (cubed vs. cubes), but "two cubed = 8" was the intended answer. Even if you googled "two cubed bar," you would see "800000 pascals," the first number of which would still be an appropriate answer.

  4. A three legged man walks into an Irish pub… no, wait… an English pub… This was the hardest clue, and by far my favorite. The intended answer was "Isle of Man," which is an island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. The flag of the Isle of Man is three legs on a red background.

  5. Cosmic King first went on a drunken rampage in this country… This was the clue related to the prize. The King of all Cosmos is a character in Katamari, who gets drunk and accidentally destroys the cosmos. Katamari was first released in Japan.

PS: There is only one capital in this Row of letters, and it is the rightmost of those at Home.

This clue references the home row keys on a QWERTY keyboard, which are ASDF JKL;. Of these, J is the rightmost letter that is used in the giveaway URL. Additionally, if the home row clue eluded you, J is also the rightmost (aka last) letter in the URL giveaway itself.

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Ah

For 2 I had "Gibb", so I thought 2 cubed meant "The Bee Gees" and the answer was their 1968 song "I Started a Joke" because of the question being worded like the start of a joke.

4, well I got "Isle of Man" straight away, but I thought the rest of the clue was important, so I thought maybe "east", then tried other pub related things.

13 years ago
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meh thought number three was triskelion. thats why i missed it. how many peeps joint btw ?

13 years ago
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Am I Too late?

13 years ago
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Nooooo! Go right ahead!

13 years ago
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wat.

13 years ago
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I forgot about this.

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Closed 13 years ago by cfriend.