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We are currently transcribing Constable Waddington’s notes, so these pages are not yet complete. Please bear with us while we decipher his handwriting.
The first telescope was invented by Hans Lippershey in 1608… I run a pub quiz down the Dog and Duck.
The ball point pen was first invented by John J. Loud in 1888.
Telescope (1608)
Mercury thermometer (1714)
Sewing machine (1790)
Telephone (1876)
Ball point pen (1888)
No puzzles here! Just general knowledge (and maybe a little bit of deduction!) If you got it right, the torch is yours!
Can you work out the 6 digit code and unlock the door?
6 1 8 5 4 3
The code is hidden in the planets. One poster shows the 8 planets of the Milky Way in order of proximity to the sun. (Mercury = 1, Venus = 2, Earth = 3, Mars = 4, Jupiter = 5, Saturn = 6, Uranus = 7 and Neptune = 8)
Now you know each planet represents a number you can use the other poster and the model planets (Saturn – Mercury – Neptune – Jupiter – Mars – Earth) to generate the code above.
Use the fingerprint guide and remember your training… Arches have no deltas, loops have only one and Whorls have at least two.
I can only make out one arch among the suspects’ fingerprints.
0901 = Loop
9904 = Whorl
2404 = Whorl
1302 = Loop
1101 = Arch
2503 = Whorl
2201 = Loop
0102 = Whorl
0 3 7 4 0 0 5 6 8 7 6 0
The three codes are hidden in the bunches of keys inside the cabinet. Each row of keys gives you a 4-digit code. Simply count up the keys in each bunch to generate each digit in the code. The empty hooks represent zeros.
Make sure you examine the key tag on Hook C from all angles.
8 3 0 7
It’s all a matter of perspective. This work of modern art is known as “anamorphic writing”, writing that can only be read by looking at it from a certain angle. Hold the book up your eye, keeping it parallel to the floor and look along the length of the page and you should start to see words coming into view. Turn the book and look at the same artwork from a different angle to reveal another word. When viewed from the correct angles this artwork reveals these 4 words:
EIGHT THREE ZERO SEVEN
The arrows on the brass plaque show you which angles to look at the anamorphic writing from and in which order to give the sequence of the 4-digit code.
Rule one! Make sure your compass is set correctly.
7 2 1 9
In this visual puzzle you must fill in the grid references listed on the world map to reveal the 4-digit code.
Sometimes it helps to say things out loud.
29th October 1889
