No quiz today...

I'm sorry to say, it looks like I'm going to be stopping my puzzle hunts for a while. It's been great fun, hasn't it? But school is starting up again soon - the Academy is off break already! -  and I've got exams to write beforehand, and I just don't think I'm going to have the time to dedicate to it for a while... and anyway, my dad spoke to me earlier today and said he wants me to refocus on my education, because 'you missed so much last year, Lettie, and I hate to think you've fallen behind. Your education should come first!'

I really hope none of you are too disappointed. I'll miss it myself. :-(

But don't worry, I'll still be posting here from time to time, and of course I'll be reading your comments and emails, and trying to respond whenever I can. :-)

Oh, and one last thing for now - a bit ago, poozle asked how it is I can access MySpace from Perplex City, so I should probably give an answer! I asked my friend Von about it, and I don't really understand all of the technical details myself, but he said something about how the data link does allow limited access through a filtered interface sort of thing, or something like that. Von gets a little overenthusiastic when you ask him about stuff like this, and talks way too fast to really follow. Basically, I think it means the average Perplexian can't go round using the Earth internet because they can't use the data link, but I've got special access for doing things like this. :-)

Cheers!

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Week 6 - The Answers!

Hey everyone,

Thanks for all your entries this week! I guess it's time for the answers, right?

1) You can clearly see the famous Flying Spaghetti Monster emerging from the clouds in this photo.

2) Joan of Arc was the first person to survive a Ninternship.

3) Osiris Road runs along the west side of the PCAG headquarters.

4) Ryosuke Yamauchi is quoted in the USA Today article about the Largest Thing In The Universe.

5) According to The Onion, a lack of dinosaurs is contributing to rising oil prices.

6) The Mexican fishermen who were adrift at sea for eleven months set sail from San Blas.

So, the codeword was fjords! Congratulations are totally in order for Scribe, who won the Perplex City things for being the quickest to submit his answer, and Jason Fabry, who won the adorable Nabaztag... just email me your address at scarlett@thescarlettkite.com guys, and I'll make sure you get your prizes :-)

Stay tuned for a post in just a few minutes...

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Week 6 - The Scarlett Code!
Current mood: bored
Category: Quiz/Survey

Sorry to miss last week, guys. As you may have heard, things have been kind of crazy around here since Thursday. I'm not clear on what happened, exactly, but there was some sort of massive power failure - it was crazy everyplace in the city, since nothing like this has happened in ages and ages and nobody was sure what to do! - and the data link from us to you was lost or severed or something... anyway, my dad's been working nonstop since then, and no time to talk to me or explain what's happened exactly, so sorry I don't have anything more to tell you!

And now the link is up again, but I'm sooooo so so very bored. I'm staying with my aunt and uncle for a little while, and it's like the most dull holiday you've ever been on. And here I am, bored and still entertaining you lot! I should force you all to send me funny stories to pass my time or something. It would be only fair, wouldn't it? :-)

Anyway, I guess it isn't right to make you suffer with nothing to do, too, so here's this week's quiz! As always, just find the answers to the questions, take the first letter of each word to form a codeword, and then send it to me using the link at the end... get cracking! There's Perplex City stuff for the first person to send me the correct answer, and a Nabaztag for the winner.

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Week 5 - The Answers!
Category: Quiz/Survey

Hey everyone,

Here's last week's answers:

1) The band you were looking for were the dubious-sounding Pogo Sandman 21532.

2) Funnily enough, the answer to this question was answer!

3) Harry And The Potters aren't scared of the Death Eaters' cloaks.

4) Mandy allegedly hypes up the amazing powers of Cheap Ceretin.

5) The lego brick mosaic is a picture of Alfred Hitchcock.

6) Nickelodeon had a webshow from Natalie back in '96.

Which makes last week's codeword PACMAN.

And what about the winners, huh? Buzman got the quickest answer and wins Perplex City goodies, and Lee Wardle wins the adorable Nabaztag! Congratulations guys :-)

And Week 6 of The Scarlett Code will be appearing shortly - watch this space!

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Week 5 - The Scarlett Code
Current mood: melancholy

Sorry to miss last week, everyone. There was the trouble with MySpace on Friday, and then a friend of the family died unexpectedly, so I sort of lost my motivation for a while. I'm sure you all understand.

Actually, it looks like some of you already know about Anna - thanks, Fiera, I miss her, too. :(

However, I can't see fit to rob you of your expected quiz for two weeks running, so I'm putting one up for you today. Let's call this one in memory of Anna, and make sure to have fun with it! Anna would want it that way.



This week there's a new grand prize - a Nabaztag for a randomly chosen winner, a really cute gadget that does all sorts of neat stuff via the internet. And there's Perplex City goodies to be won for the first person to send me the right answer!

Like usual, to crack the code, find the answers to the questions, take the first letter of each answer to form a codeword, and then click the link at the end to send it to me!

1) Which less-than-catchy fake band contains the number 21532?

2) According to this beautiful intepretation, Bullet For My Valentine sing about a banana eating what?

3) Harry And The Potters aren't scared of the death eater's hats or their what?

4) Cheap Ceretin might be able to help make your conversations longer and more fulfilling. But who does the first reccomendation come from?

5) Who's this, crafted in Lego by Nathan Sawaya?

6) Who's featured backseat "web show" was on the Net in '96?

All done? Then click here to submit this week's keyword!

Good luck, one and all...

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Week 4 - The (belated) Answers

Hi everybody,

It's been a while, I know, but here are the answers to Week 4's Scarlett Code...

1) The "ignorance" poster was the one you were looking for.

2) The huge scale model was nine hundered meters long.

3) The faux-Myspace profile had The Fountainhead as Rupert Murdoch's favourite book.

4) My sister Violet's word of the day was exsanguinate.

5) Chad Vader had the hots for Clarissa.

6) Kate Nash likes three sugars in her tea.

Take the first letter from each answer to spell last week's codeword: Infect.

Congratulations to the winners: Jonathan F was the fastest person to get the right answer and wins a bundle of Perplex City stuff, and Locard was the randomly chosen winner of the Nintendo DS bundle - great work!

This week's Scarlett's Code is on its way... :-)

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Week 4 - The Scarlett Code
Category: Quiz/Survey

Time for Week 4 of The Scarlett Code! Hope you're feeling as sharp as usual...

This is your last chance to win a shiny, black Nintendo DS Lite with a copy of Brain Age! Starting next week, I'll be giving way different prizes every week - but don't worry, I'm sure they'll be just as cool. As usual, there's

6) The Nicest Thing - how many sugars does Kate Nash like in her tea?

All done? Then click here to submit this week's keyword!

Happy hunting, everyone - see you next Friday...

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500 Friends!
Current mood: chipper

Wow, 500 friends already! I have to say, I've never felt so popular in my life. Some of you have left comments for me with questions I thought I should answer, as long as you've gone to the trouble... first, Eeyore is Love asks me how you know who the weekly winners are. That one's easy! I announce the name of the winners along with the answers each Friday. And don't worry if you can't check back, because I also send email to the winners to let them know individually.

Then, Frank is asking me whether I'm an alien! Too funny! I could just as well ask if you're an alien, Frank. :-) But seriously, I've talked to my friend Kurt about it, and he says as far as anyone knows, Perplexians are just as human as anyone on Earth (or maybe the other way around). Not like we've got a ton of basis for comparison, but a lot of comparative biologists and doctorswent over this question back home a few decades ago, and determined that we all seem to be about the same, as far as anyone can tell without actually sending tissue samples back and forth, or some ridiculous thing like that. At any rate, back in Perplex City, we've mostly given up on thinking of you lot as aliens. :-)

And also, thank you again to all of my birthday well-wishers. I've got a lot going on right now, with studying for exams in the fall and all, and everytime someone new told me happy birthday it just cheered me right back up again!

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Week 3 - The Answers
Category: Quiz/Survey

Welcome back, everyone, and congratulations to all the entrants this week - especially all the new ones! It's Friday again, and time for a new Code, but before we do that let's see last week's answers:

1) The Competitive Staredown champion was celebrating at the Quad Cities Clash.

2) The latin name for a piglet squid is Helicocranchia.

3) Kyle McDonald swapped an afternoon with Alice Cooper for a KISS snowglobe.

4) One way of marking radiation in 10,000 years time is to build an enormous field of Spikes.

5) The other debutante from the Long Blondes song "Lust In The Movies" is Edie Sedgwick.

6) The Whipsmart Ice flavour named after Descartes is Rummy.

Take the first letter from each answer to spell last week's codeword: Chaser.

And now to announce last week's winners - drumroll please!

Chris wins the awesome Nintendo DS Lite & copy of Brain Age, while the terrifically mood-lit Sarah wins a bunch of Perplex City stuff for being quickest to crack the code!

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Week 3 - The Scarlett Code

So it looks like it's time for another one of Scarlett Codes, huh? Hopefully you're getting the hang of them by now, and once again I've got cool prizes for the winners, so get cracking! Just for a refresher, here are the rules:



The lucky randomly-chosen winner will get a shiny black Nintendo DS Lite and a copy of Brain Age DS to go with it. The very first person to send in the right answer gets a prize, too, of Perplex City goodies thank to the guys at Mind Candy.

To have a chance to win, all you have to do is find the answers to my questions, take the first letter of each answer to make the codeword, and then submit it using the link at the end. The number in brackets is a clue to how long each answer should be.

And now for the questions:

1) Competitive Staredown is my new favourite unheard-of sport. In the video below, the guy in the orange tank top is celebrating at the "Quad Cities what"??? (5)



2) Check out this amazing Piglet Squid! (It kind of reminds me of a Whipsmart Cow, actually - see below...) But what's the proper Latin name for this adorable aquatic animal? (14,8)



3) Kyle MacDonald swapped his one red paperclip for all kinds of weird stuff, until on his fourteenth swap he finally got himself a house! However, when he swapped an afternoon with a celebrity for a KISS snowglobe, his fans weren't very happy. "I think a little piece of me just died inside," said one. But who was the celebrity?  (5,6)

4) In 10,000 years' time, massive, strange constructions like the one below might mark the sites of dangerous radiation. One of the weirdest ideas is a field of what? (6)



5) The Long Blondes. "Lust In The Movies" features Arlene Dahl, Anna Karenina and which "socialite, debutante, and heiress"? (4,8)

6) Which Whipsmart Ice flavour is named after the philosopher Descartes? (3)

All done? Then click here to submit this week's keyword!

Good luck, and see you all next week. :-)

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