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Overview
Marking Sheet Prop and Sites DAYS 360
Sheet 1: Marking Sheet
REF SOURCE ANSWER (IDENTIFICATION) CONNECTION/THEME (CONTEXT) MARKS
1 Posters maximum marks value includes highest Poster 1 TEASER POSTER - also a test of our ability to upload and modify the ATH propor onal score Site 1.1 Poster 1 Tommy Bolin - Teaser album cover (text removed) (1) ID TB. He was in Deep Purple - also a 'teaser' poster to introduce some of this 1 year's themes
1.2 Poster 1 Chiller Font (1) Deep Purple - Now What ?! Font 1
1.3 Poster 1 Apollo Pad Abort Test 2 (1) ID - Apollo Theme 1
1.4 Poster 1 Published Nov 14, references 7 December (1) IS both Apollo Launch Dates (A12=14 Nov, A17=7 Dec) 1
Poster 2 PREPARING TO LAUNCH POSTER
1.5 Poster 2 Atlan s prepared to roll out from the VAB for the final shu le flight on (1) ID Space Shu le (Atlan s) - Space program theme - this is the end of the 1 Mission STS-135 American manned spaceflight sequence from Mercury to Shu le (bookends the space sec on of this ATH) and 'preparing to launch', hint that Atlan s is significant - see (Fic onal) Islands
1.6 Poster 2 Speech bubble ("Now What ?!") (1) ID Deep Purple ref to 2013 new album 1
1.7 Poster 2 Speech bubble ("Let's go Space Truckin") (1) ID Deep Purple ref to Space Truckin - first of many Space Truckin references, 1 Shu le = Space Truck
1.8 Poster 2 Published Dec 7, references 21 December ATH launch (1) ID both Apollo Launch Dates (A17=7 Dec, A8=21 Dec) 1
1.9 Poster 2 Se ers Email Address - Rocketmail (1) ID Rocketmail = spaceflight theme 1
2 ATH2013 Launch Cover
2.1 Cover page Apollo Launch picture (1) ID Launch of first manned Skylab flight (depending on your numbering 2 2 system Skylab 1 or 2, if you include the lab launch as S1 then this is S2, but mission patch says S1. Crew is Conrad, Weitz & Kerwin. Crews numbered themselves as 1, 2 & 3). (2) ID 28 - This was NASA's 28th manned spaceflight (flight dura on 28 days) and this is the 28th Armchair Treasure Hunt, hence the choice of photo
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2.2 Cover page Yeah, Yeah, Yeah (1) ID Space Truckin line - Three astronauts in the command module 1
3 Tupperware ESTABLISHING CONTEXT FOR ATH 2013 Intro 3.1 Tupperware Kate = Catherine Bourne (1) ID stream beside burial site is Catherine Bourne 1 Intro 3.2 Tupperware Old Place/Old Pub = The Old Guinea (1) ID pub - See finders ckets for artefacts 1 Intro 4 ETAOIN Le er Frequency puzzle to give Merry Xmas message
4.1 ETAOIN Iden fy that there are 26 albums that should map onto 26 le ers (1) A-stormbringer, B-r:dtc, C-r:rising, D-tbro, E-shades, F-perf strangers, 1 G-bananas, H-burn, I-dp3rd, J-slaves masters, K-r:boos, L-taliesyn, M-r:dte, N-in rock, O-rotd, P-r:rbr, Q-purpendicular, R-come taste, S-wdwtwa, T-machine head, U-fireball, V-r:sbte, W-r:llrnr, X-hobl, Y-now what?!, Z-abandon
4.2 ETAOIN Decode Merry Xmas Message (1) Score for decoded message 1 (Yes, the language is awkward but have a go with the same characters yourself!)
4.3 ETAOIN Explana on: highest freq le ers map onto most sleeve varia ons (1) Explana on: Frequency analysis - DP & Rainbow sleeves based on number of 1 varia ons then chronological order, studio albums only
5 36 Pic Grid Star ng to build up the themes and connec ons
5.1 36 Pic Grid Newman Street (1) ID DP(O) old offices at 25 2 (2) ID Logica next door at 23 (more old offices)
5.2 36 Pic Grid Orchestra (1) ID Orchestra 2 (2) ID From Concerto for Group and Orchestra (rehearsal 2011 recording)
5.3 36 Pic Grid ISS - Interna onal Space Sta on (1+2) ID ISS - Built with the help of the shu le (Atlan s was final SS to visit ISS) 2
5.4 36 Pic Grid STS-107 Mission Badge - Columbia Space Shu le (1) ID STS-107 2 (2) Deep Purple connec on with STS-107 ('Contact Lost' on Bananas)
5.5 36 Pic Grid Rice, Tim (1) ID TR 2 (2) ID JCSS/Ian Gillan connec on - holding Gold Discs for Jesus Christ Super Star
5.6 36 Pic Grid Engle, Joe (1+2) ID JE - X15, Space Shu le (Enterprise, Columbia, Discovery) and nearly A17 2 astronaut 5.7 36 Pic Grid Vandenberg AFB (1+2) ID VAFB - Proposed USAF shu le launch site with SS Enterprise on site 3 (3) Bonus Adrian Vandenberg link - Whitesnake guitarist
5.8 36 Pic Grid Thorson, Linda as Tara King (1) ID LT 2 (2) ID Avengers / Ridge / Deeves Hall connec on
5.9 36 Pic Grid Northumberland Telescope, Cambridge University (1) ID NTCU 2 (2) ID Chris would have used this
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5.10 36 Pic Grid Edwards, Tony (1) ID TE 2 (2) ID TE as Deep Purple manager (at 25 Newman St)
5.11 36 Pic Grid Chaplin, Charlie (1) ID CC 2 (2) Hanwell connec on (educated at HCC when a school)
5.12 36 Pic Grid Enterprise, USS (1) ID USSEnt 2 (2) ID Space Shu le (SS) Enterprise connec on (NB Star Trek film theme by Jerry Goldsmith, also did Our Man Flint)
5.13 36 Pic Grid Roundabout ('magic' roundabout at Hemel Hempstead) (1) ID RB 2 (2) Rejected name for DP (toured in Denmark under this name), Deeves Hall link
5.14 36 Pic Grid Tetragrammaton (1) ID TG 2 (2) early Deep Purple label in USA
5.15 36 Pic Grid Sugarlump (1) ID SL 3 (2) Another rejected name for DP, Deeves Hall (3) bonus for anyone men oning 'Concrete God' too
5.16 36 Pic Grid Orpheus (1) ID O (pic from Sandman comics) 2 (2) Another rejected name for DP, Deeves Hall
5.17 36 Pic Grid Marshall, Jim (1) ID JM 2 (2) Hanwell connec on, DP equipment supplier
5.18 36 Pic Grid Sunset Boulevard (1+2) ID SB - Sunset Gower connec on (Pirate Sound at SG Studios on SB and GS) 2
5.19 36 Pic Grid MI5 Gower Street Building (1) ID MI5 bdg - Sunset Gower connec on 2 (2) ID Paice/Evans pre-purple band MI5
5.20 36 Pic Grid Usual Suspects, The (1) ID tUS - Film poster 2 (2) Usual Suspects is also a Joe Lynn Turner (exDP) album
5.21 36 Pic Grid Buran (1+2) ID Russian Space Shu le, on the back of its Antonov transporter plane 2
5.22 36 Pic Grid Lost World, The (1) ID TLW By Arthur Conan-Doyle featuring Prof. Challenger 2 (2) SS Challenger
5.23 36 Pic Grid Atlan s, RV (1) ID RVA - Woods Hole Research Vessel 2 (2) that SS Atlan s was named a er (& in ATH2011)
5.24 36 Pic Grid Our Man Flint (1) ID OMF 2 (2) Theme song wri en by Jerry Goldsmith, covered by Artwoods (Jon Lord pre-purple band)
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5.25 36 Pic Grid Imahara, Grant (1) ID GI - Mythbuster 2 (2) MB produced by Discovery Channel - SS Discovery
5.26 36 Pic Grid Dowager Duchess of Dunraven (1) ID DDD 2 (2) Clearwell Castle connec on
5.27 36 Pic Grid Underground - alterna ve tube map (1+2) ID LU 2 Also a Na onal Treasure (see U150), 60's musical U, U Club, frequent use of LU in ATH and thanks to TfL while preparing this ATH
5.28 36 Pic Grid Thaw, John (as Endeavour Morse) (1) ID JT as Morse 3 (2) SS Endeavour connec on (3) Bonus: DP connec on via Steve Morse
5.29 36 Pic Grid Spacelab (1+2) ID SL - ESA Shu le payload, over 30 missions flown 2
5.30 36 Pic Grid Elliot, Billy (1) ID BE 2 (2) Hanwell connec on (filmed at HCC)
5.31 36 Pic Grid Starship (1) ID Starship 2 (2) Boeing 720 used by DP (and others, which ended its days at Luton Airport)
5.32 36 Pic Grid Uranus (1+2) ID U - The funniest of the planets (photo is on its side), visited by Voyager 2 2 5.33 36 Pic Grid You Only Live Twice (1) ID YOLT 2 2 (2) Chris's name is taken from one of the fic onal astronauts
5.34 36 Pic Grid Lunar Rover (1+2) ID LR - The only car not driven on Earth 2
5.35 36 Pic Grid Nixon, Richard Milhous (1+2) ID RMN 2 Nixon went to the Moon on A11 & A17 plaques, spoke to A11 crew while on their moonwalk and approved shu le funding as Prez
5.36 36 Pic Grid Orion (1+2) ID Orion - A proposed successor to Space Shu le, its unmanned test launch 2 was due in Dec 2013 when this pic was chosen in Mid-2011…. We're s ll wai ng for that test launch
5.37 36 Pic Grid Iden fy that the 36 Pic Grid gives acros c clue Propor onal scores for finding acros c 16
6 25 'dates' cipher Not dates but a varia on on a book cipher
6.1 25 'dates' cipher Iden fy that it is an O endorf or Book Cipher (1+2) ID O/B Cipher 2
6.2 25 'dates' cipher Iden fy that the 36 Pic Grid acros c clue is used here (1) Acros c: Only use studio albums most recent version 2 (2) Bonus: O endorf used in ‘Na onal Treasure’ film
6.3 25 'dates' cipher Decode Message (cryp c direc ons) (1) ID Space Truckin Theme 1
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6.4 25 'dates' cipher Find ‘Start at first rehearsal hall’ acros c Propor onal scores for decoding message and finding acros c 12
7 25 Ques ons The real star ng point - introduces the Snipurl sites (for explana ons see detailed solu on)
7.1 25 Ques ons W - Who Cares (1) ID WC (2) ID Connec on 2
7.2 25 Ques ons W - Bob White (1) ID BW (2) ID Connec on 2
7.3 25 Ques ons W - Warhorse (1) ID Wh (2) ID Connec on 2
7.4 25 Ques ons dot - Pale Blue Dot (Carl Sagan) (1) ID PBD (2) ID Connec on 2
7.5 25 Ques ons S - SpaceShipOne (1) ID SS1 (2) ID Connec on 2
7.6 25 Ques ons N - Nova and N1 (1) ID Nova (2) ID N1 (3) ID Connec on 3
7.7 25 Ques ons I - John Ireland (1) ID JI (2) ID Connec on 2
7.8 25 Ques ons P - PHO (1) ID ID PHO (2) ID Connec on 2
7.9 25 Ques ons U - Lt. Nyota Uhura (star trek) (1) ID NU (2) ID Connec on 2
7.10 25 Ques ons R - Robot Chicken (1) ID RC (2) ID Connec on 2
7.11 25 Ques ons L - Alexei Leonov (1) ID AL (2) ID Connec on 2
7.12 25 Ques ons dot/spot - Beagle 2 pain ng (1) ID Spot (2) ID Connec on 2
7.13 25 Ques ons C - Brian Cox (1) ID BC (2) ID Connec on 2
7.14 25 Ques ons O - Oort Cloud (1) ID OC (2) ID Connec on 2
7.15 25 Ques ons M - Manned Orbi ng Laboratory (1) ID MOL (2) ID Connec on 2
7.16 25 Ques ons slash - Feynman slash nota on (1) ID FSN (2) ID Connec on 2
7.17 25 Ques ons G - Galaxy Island (1) ID GI (not Mountain Island - see Islands jigsaw branch) (2) ID Connec on 2
7.18 25 Ques ons A - Neil Armstrong's disputed vowel (1) ID A (2) ID Connec on 2
7.19 25 Ques ons T - Clyde Tombaugh (1) ID CT (2) ID Connec on 2
7.20 25 Ques ons H - Ed Harris (1) ID EH (2) ID Connec on 2
7.21 25 Ques ons R - First rabbit in space (1) ID Rabbit (2) ID Connec on NB another 1959 ref 2
7.22 25 Ques ons C - Coldplay (1) ID Cp (2) ID Connec on 2
7.23 25 Ques ons K - Karman Line (1) ID KL (2) ID Connec on 2
7.24 25 Ques ons E - Eris (1) ID Eris (2) ID Connec on 2
7.25 25 Ques ons T - Thunderbirds Pilots/Puppets (1) ID Tbirds (2) ID Connec on - not Steely Dan 2
7.26 25 Ques ons Find ‘snipurl’ acros c gathrcket Iden fies & explains green-red dots: start and stop points for snipurl 1
7.27 25 Ques ons Garth Rocke reference in snipurl acros c Ian Gillan toured as Garth Rocke and the Moonshiners 1
7.28 25 Ques ons SNIPURL SITE gathrcket - James Burke (1) Iden fy James Burke (2) Iden fy 'Connec ons' 2
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8 Only Connect A treasure hunters favourite. Sorry, no points for iden fying Victoria - she's there to tell you it's Only Connect 8.1 Only Connect Iden fy Russian Ba les Set (1) ID Set - Warsaw Heilsberg Inkerman Tsushima 1
8.2 Only Connect Iden fy Russian Spacecra /Spacesta ons Set (1) ID Set - East Salute Peace Ascent 1
8.3 Only Connect Iden fy Defences Set (1) ID Set - Chewbacca Edinburgh Impossibility Gunderam 1
8.4 Only Connect Iden fy Winter Set (1) ID Set - Napoleon Oslo Rastrelli Erysmium 1
8.5 Only Connect Iden fy Theme - Russian ba les which they lost/drew (1) ID Theme 1
8.6 Only Connect Iden fy Theme - Translated Russian spacecra / spacesta ons names (1) ID Theme 1
8.7 Only Connect Iden fy Theme - Defences (1) ID Theme 1
8.8 Only Connect Iden fy Theme - Winter (1) ID Theme 1
8.9 Only Connect Bonus for iden fying sets and themes (1+2) Need both set and theme to get these bonus marks as per TV programme 3 (3) BONUS: Russian Winter (i.e. cold war) Defence Spacesta on - could describe the Almaz ('Diamond') space sta on programme, also named Salyuts 2, 3 & 5
8.10 Only Connect Find ‘ignore whitespace’ acros c Propor onal to number of teams finding 'Ignore Whitespace' 19
9.0 JIGSAW PUZZLE Correctly assembled puzzle and branches (1+2) Rewarding succesful jigsaw comple on - deduct 1 point if jigsaw is 2 incorrect 9 SUNSET GOWER Deep Purple 4th line up rehearsal room - split into Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street (London) for ATH purposes 9.1 SUNSET GOWER Iden fy shared pic - Pirate Sound (1) ID Pirate Sound (2) DP 4th reheasal room in LA, image taken from CD label 2
9.2 SUNSET Iden fy Hya Hotel (now Andaz Hotel, photo is from Riot House era) (1+2) ID Hya Hotel - the Riot House, on SB (Coverdale song 'Sunny Days') 2 (GOWER) 9.3 SUNSET Iden fy Chateau Marmont (1+2) ID Chateau Marmont, just off SB 2 (GOWER) 9.4 SUNSET Iden fy Hollywood Sign (1) ID Hollywood Sign (2) taken from SB on Beachwood Drive (intersects SG 2 (GOWER) studio) 9.5 SUNSET Iden fy Grant, Hugh (1+2) ID Hugh Grant, arrested just off SB 2 (GOWER) 9.6 SUNSET Iden fy Rainbow bar and grill (1+2) Rainbow bar and grill, on SB, RB's Rainbow named a er it 2 (GOWER) 9.7 SUNSET GOWER Iden fy shared pic - Rolo Tomassi (1) ID Rolo Tomassi (2) LA Confiden al connec on (2nd album was 'Cosmology', 2 Label is 'Des na on Moon')
9.8 SUNSET Iden fy LHS? as Sunset Boulevard (1) ID SB 1 (GOWER) 9.9 SUNSET Find ‘snipurl’ phchgrr acros c for Sunset and go to site (1) ID Virtual Treasure Site 3 Page 1 (GOWER) SUNSET GOWER (Shared pic - Pirate Sound) Pirate Sound at Sunset Gower (again). Many teams pointed out a (Space Shu le) connec on to Columbia Studios founded at Sunset Gower
9.10 (SUNSET) Iden fy RADA Sculpture (1+2) ID RADA, Alan Durst sculpture on GS (A 'Concrete God'?) 2 GOWER
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9.11 (SUNSET) Iden fy Darwin, Charles (1+2) ID Charles Darwin on GS - in scaffolding when I took the photo, now clear 2 GOWER 9.12 (SUNSET) Iden fy Dance, George (1+2) ID George Dance the Younger on GS, Architect 2 GOWER (Note - all architects on same puzzle page in ATH pack)
9.13 (SUNSET) Iden fy Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (1+2) ID Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood on GS (William Morris house) 2 GOWER 9.14 (SUNSET) Iden fy Anaesthe c (1+2) ID Anaesthe c - Bonham-Carter House on GS 2 GOWER 9.15 (SUNSET) Iden fy Robinson, James (1+2)ID James Robinson on GS 2 GOWER 9.16 (SUNSET) Iden fy 'Sherlock' - BBC TV series filming / Speedy's Café (North Gower (1+2) ID Sherlock / Speedys café. Used for 221B Baker St in Sherlock on North GS, 2 GOWER Street) opposite old MI5 site, near Stephenson Ho & King's Pl. New series started 1/1/14 in mid ATH - this café is s ll in the programme
SUNSET GOWER (Shared pic - Rolo Tomassi) Rolo Tomassi, LA Confiden al connec on
9.17 (SUNSET) Iden fy RHS? as Gower Street (1) ID GS 1 GOWER 9.18 (SUNSET) Find ‘snipurl’ prddparsr acros c for Gower and go to site (1) ID Virtual Treasure Site 3 Page 1 GOWER 9.19 SUNSET GOWER SNIPURL SITE - Sunset Gower Virtual Treasure Site Propor onal score by finder mestamp 21 VTS 9.20 SUNSET GOWER EECOM Sy Liebergot - Sunset Gower Virtual Treasure Site (1) ID EECOM Sy Liebergot on Virtual Site page 1 VTS 10 (FICTIONAL) All islands relate to themes elsewhere in this ATH ISLANDS 10.1 (FICTIONAL) Iden fy Tracy Island (1) ID Tracy Island 2 ISLANDS (2) Thunderbirds theme
10.2 (FICTIONAL) Iden fy Minamisatsuma Island (apparently top Google hit is wrong and (1) ID MI (some mes quoted as Matsu Island) 2 ISLANDS it's actually Okiakime Island) (2) You Only Live Twice theme
10.3 (FICTIONAL) Iden fy Treasure Island (1) ID Treasure Island in Las Vegas 2 ISLANDS (2) Pirate [Sound] link
10.4 (FICTIONAL) Iden fy ? as Atlan s (1) ID Atlan s - Volcanic Island 2 ISLANDS (2) Space Shu le theme
10.5 (FICTIONAL) Iden fy Galaxy Island (1) ID Galaxy Island 2 ISLANDS (2) Our Man Flint theme (see Q17 of 25Qs)
10.6 (FICTIONAL) Iden fy Turtle Island (1) ID Turtle Island 2 ISLANDS (2) Dick Pimple (Deep Purple) - T.I. Shuffle released originally on Music From T.I. CD
10.7 (FICTIONAL) Find ‘snipurl’ tmtagt acros c and go to site (1) ID Hamming Code Page 1 ISLANDS DIRECTIONS SNIPURL SITE - Hamming Code Page Marks to be determined below (for decoding defini ve Space Truckin lyrics)
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11 ATH 1992 Points to Brian's last ATH as Se er
11.1 ATH 1992 Iden fy Iron (1) ID Iron (2) 1992 ques on NOT a missing item - Made in Japan on iron plug 2
11.2 ATH 1992 Iden fy Connec cut flag (1) ID Connec cut (2)1992 answer, probable loca on of 5th rehearsal room (DP 2 1984 reunion)
11.3 ATH 1992 Iden fy Deep Purple (Third Album) (1) ID DP 3rd Album (2) 1992 answer, last recording by line up formed at Deeves 2 Hall 11.4 ATH 1992 Iden fy Arsenal (1) ID Arsenal (old emblem) (2) 1992 answer, Shenley training ground near DH 2
11.5 ATH 1992 Iden fy Double Florin (1) ID Double Florin (2) 1992 answer, theme of coins in ATH 2
11.6 ATH 1992 Iden fy Eagle (1) ID Eagle (2) 1992 answer for Apollo 11 lunar module, Eisenhower Dollar 2 connec on and also a na onal treasure
11.7 ATH 1992 Iden fy Tarot / The Hanged Man (1) ID Tarot (2) Hanged Man 1992 answer, Tarot theme to ATH2007 - Pablo's last 2
11.8 ATH 1992 Iden fy Black Knight (1) ID Black (K)night (2) 1992 answer, also ATH1989 ref and DP's highest UK single 2
11.9 ATH 1992 Iden fy ? as ATH 1992 (1) ID ATH 1992 1
11.10 ATH 1992 Find ‘snipurl’ icdadetb acros c and go to site (1) Find ATH1992 page (2) BJ's last as se er 2
12 NATIONAL Na onal Treasure(s) - NT film (inc Sean Bean) and Wikipedia defini on TREASURE(S) of Na onal Treasures 12.1 NATIONAL Iden fy ? as BEAN, SEAN (1+2) ID Sean Bean (in film Na onal Treasure) 2 TREASURE(S) 12.2 NATIONAL Iden fy Costello, Elvis (1) ID Elvis Costello (2) NT by Q Magazine 2 TREASURE(S) 12.3 NATIONAL Iden fy Churchill, Winston (1) ID Winston Churchill (2) NT by Elizabeth II in 1952 2 TREASURE(S) 12.4 NATIONAL Iden fy Sugden, Molly (1) ID Molly Sugden (2) NT by her own website 2 TREASURE(S) 12.5 NATIONAL Iden fy Pele (1) ID Pele (2) NT by Brazilian Government 2 TREASURE(S) 12.6 NATIONAL Iden fy Declara on of Independence (1) ID Declara on of Independence (2) US Na onal Treasure 2 TREASURE(S) 12.7 NATIONAL Iden fy Truckin by The Grateful Dead (1) ID Truckin (2) NT by US Library of Congress (NT2 film, Space Truckin links) 2 TREASURE(S) 12.8 NATIONAL Iden fy Moon Rock (1) ID most famous Moon rock - Anorthosite (Apollo 15 'Genesis Rock') (2) US 2 TREASURE(S) NTreasure 12.9 NATIONAL Iden fy Greek Coastline (1) ID Greek Coastline (2) NT by Greek Cons tu on 2001 2 TREASURE(S) 12.10 NATIONAL Iden fy ? as Na onal Treasure (1) ID Na onal Treasure 2 TREASURE(S) (2) Bonus: iden fy Na onal Treasure Film connec on
12.11 NATIONAL Find ‘snipurl’ bccspdtmg acros c and go to site (1) Snipurl to Chris-Bob Blog Page [Shatner Space Truckin clue] 1 TREASURE(S) 12A Bob-Chris Blog Bob on the Road
12.12 Bob-Chris Blog August 15-17 2012 - Made in Japan 40th Anniversary (1) MIJ 40th anniversary - Blog entries August 15-17 (three dates Made In Japan 4 were recorded in 1972 in Osaka and Tokyo), (2) Live in Japan image on tle bar, (3) entries are the seven original tracks in reverse order,
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(4) Great Bri sh Beer Fes val 2012 was 7-11 August
12.13 Bob-Chris Blog Can we have everything louder than everything else? (1) ID Blackmore aside on Made In Japan between tracks, repeated by Gillan 1 used as tle of Live In Japan CD 3
12.14 Bob-Chris Blog [William Shatner’s version of] Space Truckin (1) ID ST Ian Paice drums on William Shatner’s version of Space Truckin which 1 appears on the album Seeking Major Tom
12.15 Bob-Chris Blog Sofia flying via Osaka and Tokyo (1) ID Osaka & Tokyo - The two ci es where Made In Japan was recorded 1
12.16 Bob-Chris Blog 252d - Old Guinea (1) ID 252d is an Old Guinea in old money (pounds, shillings and pence) and 1 Ridge pub reference
12.17 Bob-Chris Blog Machine Head Calligraphy Lyric Sheet (1) ID Space Truckin is on Machine Head, Lyric sheet and Q4 version as described 1
12.18 Bob-Chris Blog Machine Head Sheet Music (1) ID Machine Head was published as a Sheet Music book 1
12.19 Bob-Chris Blog Avengers, The Curious Case of the Countless Clues (1968) (1) ID Avengers, The Curious Case of the Countless Clues (1968) filmed Deeves 1 Hall Lane 12.20 Bob-Chris Blog Avengers, Escape in Time (1967) Deeves Hall Barn (1) ID Avengers, Escape in Time (1967) filmed Deeves Hall Barn 1
12.21 Bob-Chris Blog Avengers, Dead Man’s Treasure (1967) (1) ID Avengers, Dead Man’s Treasure (1967) filmed Deeves Hall Barn 1
12.22 Bob-Chris Blog Our Man Flint - Timecode 1:27:59 (1) ID Our Man Flint quote at 1:27:59 “Purple Alert” 1
12.23 Bob-Chris Blog Our Man Flint - Timecode 1:41:14 (1) ID Our Man Flint quote at 1:41:14 “Drums … D-R-U-M-S” 1
12.24 Bob-Chris Blog Our Man Flint 40-26-36 – Flint’s encryp on code (1) ID 40-26-36 – Flint’s encryp on code is based on this mathema cal 2 progression, (2) This happens to be the sort code for HSBC Bank PLC, Hedon Branch, 9 Market Place, Hedon, Hull, HU12 8JA - Google Streetview gives James Coburn lookalike (ish) at cashpoint
12.25 Bob-Chris Blog Purple Alert - Holly & Lister (1) ID quote Holly & Lister - Red Dwarf: “What’s a Purple Alert?” 1
12.26 Bob-Chris Blog Moondust – Andrew Smith (1) ID Moondust – BJ: I’m sure that’s where I read the quote but I can’t find it and 1 with over 100 books on the space programme I'm having a hell of a job trying to find the one paragraph in me for this write up - a bit of surfing finds these entry criteria in various permuta ons
12.27 Bob-Chris Blog Modern GC stuff (1) ID Geocache - There is a GeoCache site under the bridge over Catherine 1 Bourne (aka Kate) at the burial site. NB NO MARKS for “Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky!” (if you don't know it, it's probably best that you don't look it up)
12.28 Bob-Chris Blog Doctor Who: by Steven Moffat, in dialogue for ‘Day of the Moon’ (1) ID Doctor Who Quote 1 NOTE: Bob uses apostrophes and Chris doesn’t, Bladerunner and Poltergeist were released in UK in summer 1982
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13 LIBERTY BELL Liberty Bell, sub-branch of Na onal Treasure and plot point in NT film
13.1 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy Gus Grissom (1) ID Gus Grissom (2) Mercury: Liberty Bell 7 (also Gemini and Apollo) 2
13.2 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy Organising - Joyce Alldred album (1) ID Organising (2) Joyce Alldred album contains 'Liberty Bell' and 'Deep 2 Purple' 13.3 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy Monty Python (1) ID Monty Python (2) MP used Sousa's Liberty Bell March as theme 2
13.4 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy Psilocybe semilanceata (1) Psilocybe semilanceata (2) Liberty Cap / 'magic' / Liberty Bell mushroom 2
13.5 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy Sousa, John Philip (1) ID John Philip Sousa (2) ID Liberty Bell March composer 2
13.6 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy B-17 Flying Fortress (1) ID B-17 Flying Fortress (2) several B17s named Liberty Belle (there is a Miss 2 Liberty Belle in the Grissom Air Museum)
13.7 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy Eisenhower Bicentennial Dollar (1) Eisenhower Dollar 2 (2) E'hower Bicentennial Dollar, reverse is Liberty Bell and Moon (not A11 badge)
13.8 LIBERTY BELL Iden fy ? as Liberty Bell (1) ID Liberty Bell ('Liberty' on its own isn't accepted) 2 (2) Bonus: Liberty Bell is key plot point in Na onal Treasure film
13.9 LIBERTY BELL Find ‘snipurl’ acros c gompsbe and go to site (1) Go To Bob Facebook Page 1
13.10 LIBERTY BELL SNIPURL SITE - Bob Facebook Page (1) Follow through links to Chris and Sofia Facebook Pages 1
FACEBOOK SEE BELOW PAGES 14 CLEARWELL Clearwell Castle - Deep Purple third line up rehearsal venue CASTLE 14.1 CLEARWELL Iden fy Puzzlewood (1+2) ID Puzzlewood, good ATH name, Dr Who loca on, near CC 2 CASTLE 14.2 CLEARWELL Iden fy ? as MORRIS, Roger (1+2) ID R Morris - Cobham Park and Clearwell Architect, architect theme 2 CASTLE Image is a different Roger Morris - assumed to be his son or nephew (unverified)
14.3 CLEARWELL Iden fy Clearwell Caves (1+2) ID Clearwell Caves, near CC, Dr Who loca on 2 CASTLE 14.4 CLEARWELL Iden fy Doctor Who (1+2) ID Dr Who (Christmas Invasion), another xmas tradi on 2 CASTLE 14.5 CLEARWELL Iden fy Wedding Award (for Clearwell Castle) (1+2) ID Wedding Award - CC is now a wedding venue 2 CASTLE 14.6 CLEARWELL Iden fy Iron Mines (1+2) ID Iron Mines - Clearwell working mines (no 'heavy metal' comments 2 CASTLE please) 14.7 CLEARWELL Iden fy ? as Clearwell Castle (1) ID Clearwell Castle 1 CASTLE 14.8 CLEARWELL Find ‘snipurl’ pmcdwi acros c and go to site (1) Go to Virtual Treasure Site 1 Page 1 CASTLE 14.9 CLEARWELL SNIPURL SITE - Virtual Treasure Site Clearwell Castle Propor onal score by finder mestamp 21 CASTLE VTS 14.10 CLEARWELL Jon Pertwee - Clearwell Castle Virtual Treasure Site (1) ID Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who (from 2013 Stamp Issue) 1 CASTLE VTS 14.11 CLEARWELL Purple Label - Clearwell Castle Virtual Treasure Site (1) ID Jon Pertwee Purple Label symbol for "Who is the Doctor" single PUR111 1 CASTLE VTS 15 ROGER MORRIS Bri sh Neo-Palladian Architect (1695-1745) - unable to find any image of him, hence small clue image of his son/nephew/namesake
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15.1 ROGER MORRIS Iden fy Cobham Park (1) ID Cobham Park - RM was one of its architects (2) CPk once owned by Logica 2
15.2 ROGER MORRIS Iden fy Colen Campbell (1) Colen Campbell (2) RM was CC assistant, architect theme 2
15.3 ROGER MORRIS Iden fy Stourhead House (1) ID Stourhead House (2) designed by CC 2
15.4 ROGER MORRIS Iden fy Creighton-Ward House (1+2) ID Creighton-Ward House, CC design, Thunderbirds, Gloucestershire 2 loca on 15.5 ROGER MORRIS Iden fy Creighton-Ward, Lady Penelope (1+2) ID Lady Penelope C-W, Thunderbirds 2
15.6 ROGER MORRIS Iden fy Myles, Sophia (1+2) ID Sophia Myles playing Lady P, nod of names to Sofia Sellers 2
15.7 ROGER MORRIS Find ‘snipurl’ ccsccm acros c and go to site (1) h p://www.bbc.co.uk/wear/features/2003/03/don_airey.shtml 1
15.8 ROGER MORRIS Iden fying Bobby Thompson in Don Airey BBC Interview (1) ID relevance of Don Airey anecdote - "Bobby, put the plug back in!": same 1 name as and model for our Bobby T
16 HANWELL Hanwell Community Cenrte - Deep Purple Second Line Up rehearsal venue 16.1 HANWELL Iden fy Only Fools and Horses (1) ID Only Fools and Horses, (2) OF&H (episode Cash and Curry) filmed at HCC 2
16.2 HANWELL Iden fy Cuckoo (1) ID Cuckoo, (2) Hanwell CLDC Schools known as Cuckoo Schools 2
16.3 HANWELL Iden fy Corona on Clock Tower (1) ID Clock Tower (2) Corona on Clock Tower for George VI corona on in 1937 2
16.4 HANWELL Iden fy Nec Aspera Terrent (1) Hanwell Mo o of HUDC and DMHS 2 (2) Nec Aspera Terrent = ‘Not Deterred by Difficul es’ - appropriate to ATH
16.5 HANWELL Iden fy and decode Speed King (1) ID Speed King - first DP Mk2 song wri en at Hanwell 4 (2) ID nine F1 Race Tracks: S-Singapore, P-Portugal (Estoril), E-European (Valencia), E-European (Donington), D-Dallas (Dallas GP), K-Korean, I-Italian (Pescara), N-Netherlands (Zandvoort), G-German (Nurburgring) (3) Bonus: Donington - Rainbow headlined First Monsters of Rock fes val there on 16/8/80 (4) Bonus: Sean Bean did BBC1 voiceovers for 'Next Race' idents 2011 & 2012 F1 seasons (Patrick Stewart - Capt JL Picard - did 2013 F1 idents) I should probably thank McLaren for 2013 here
16.6 HANWELL Iden fy Wharncliffe Viaduct (1+2) Wharncliffe Viaduct, designed by I.K.Brunel 2
16.7 HANWELL Iden fy Batcave (1) ID Batcave (2) bat cave inside Wharncliffe Viaduct 2
16.8 HANWELL Iden fy Yeames, William Frederick (1) ID W F Yeames (2) Hanwell painter, 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' 2 used in ATH2011, Yeames superimposed onto pain ng
16.9 HANWELL Iden fy ? as Hanwell (1) ID Hanwell 1
16.10 HANWELL Find ‘snipurl’ occnswby acros c and go to site (1) ID Virtual Treasure Site 2 Page 1
16.11 HANWELL CC SNIPURL SITE - Virtual Treasure Site Hanwell CC Propor onal score by finder mestamp 21 VTS
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16.12 HANWELL CC Chris Cur s - Hanwell CC Virtual Treasure Site (1) ID Roundabout Founder Chris Cur s 1 VTS 17 SPACE TRUCKIN SPACE TRUCKIN - images based on lyrics
17.1 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Venus (1+2) ID Venus 2
17.2 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Mars (1+2) ID Mars 2
17.3 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Milky Way (1+2) ID Milky Way 2
17.4 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Borealis (1+2) ID Borealis (photographed from ISS) 2
17.5 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Stars (1+2) ID Stars - 31 star jack 3 (3) BONUS to represent all 31 Mercury, Gemini and Apollo flights
17.6 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Moonshot (1+2) ID Moonshot (A17) 2
17.7 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Canaveral (1+2) ID Canaveral 2
17.8 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy Solar System (1+2) ID Solar System 2
17.9 SPACE TRUCKIN Iden fy ? as Space Truckin (1) ID All pics refer to Space Truckin song lyrics 2 (2) Bonus - ? As Fireball as it's a DP self reference which follows in the lyrics
17.10 SPACE TRUCKIN Find ‘snipurl’ vmmbsmcs acros c and go to site (1) ID You Tube Space Truckin clip Page 1
18 DEEVES HALL Deep Purple 1st line up rehearsal room
18.1 DEEVES HALL Iden fy Shenley Training Ground (1) ID Shenley Training (2) Near Deeves Hall, Arsenal theme 2
18.2 DEEVES HALL Iden fy Avengers (1) ID Avengers (Treasure Hunt - another ATH) (2) filmed near Deeves Hall, 2 Avengers theme, TH theme, 'Avengerland' as name of area 18.3 DEEVES HALL Iden fy Mosquito 1 (1) ID Mosquito 1 (2) DeHavilland museum near DH 2
18.4 DEEVES HALL Iden fy Strangeways Equestrian Centre (1) ID Strangeways EC, near Deeves Hall and Borehamwood 2 (2) Strangeways is a song on the House of Blue Light album
18.5 DEEVES HALL Iden fy Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands (1) ID Queen Wilhelmina (2) QW has WW2 evacua on to South Mimms link 2
18.6 DEEVES HALL Iden fy ? as Deeves Hall (1) ID Deeves Hall, at Ridge in Her ordshire 1
18.7 DEEVES HALL Find ‘snipurl’ samsw acros c and go to site (1) ID One Time Pad Ciphertext Page 1
DIRECTIONS SNIPURL SITE - One Time Pad Ciphertext Page
19 DIRECTIONS
19.1 DIRECTIONS Derive Defini ve Space Truckin Lyrics e.g. from Hamming Code 5
19.1 DIRECTIONS Decrypted direc ons (propor onal score) from One Time Pad Ciphertext and Defini ve Space Truckin Lyrics 6
20 DIRECTIONS QUESTIONS 20.1 DIRECTIONS Q1 HOW MANY DAYS BETWEEN SOFIA’S BIRTHDAY AND FIRST DATE ON A1 Sofia Birthday 4 Oct, Gate 8 October 1993 so 4 days 2 QUESTIONS GATE ? (also accepted is 12,423 or 12,424 days if you calculate from Sofia's birth date)
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20.2 DIRECTIONS Q2 WHAT IS LEFT OF 0085H ? A2 L2070 on telegraph pole plate 2 QUESTIONS 20.3 DIRECTIONS Q3 WHAT NATIONALITY IS THE SOLDIER ? A3 Copy of a Chinese terraco a warrior 2 QUESTIONS 20.4 DIRECTIONS Q4 NAME THE POLYHEDRON ? A4 Obelisk is topped with a 14 sided polyhedron - cuboactahedron (mix of 2 QUESTIONS triangles and squares) is preferred but tetrakaidecahedron / tetradecahedron accepted
20.5 DIRECTIONS Q5 WHEN DID PHIL AND BRIAN FIRST VISIT AND WHAT EVENT DID THEY A5 Assumes they find the geocache box under the bridge. 3 QUESTIONS COMMEMORATE IN APRIL ? (1) First visit 19/11/11 “looking for a place to hide a box” (2) 06/04/13 visit commemorated the California Jam - Cal Jam was held on 6/4/74 (3) BONUS Abandon Path = footpath 16 (Abandon=16th album)
20.6 TREASURE BOX Treasure Ticket in numbered order from box Propor onal score by finder cket number 21 TICKET 20.7 TREASURE BOX Treasure Ticket Side 1 ID Saturn V and Deep Purple Empire Pool 1976 Ticket (from intro) 1 TICKET 20.8 TREASURE BOX Treasure Ticket Side 2 (1) ID Airfix Astronauts, two 1959 coins, Blue Peter Badge (from intro) 3 TICKET (2) Sovereign and shilling represent £1/1/0 i.e. one Guinea - ref to Old Guinea pub (3) 1959 sco sh shilling is a rare mintage coin
20.9 ERRATUM 7 correc ons were logged (some mul ples to the same/similar error) Small credit to first finder to report error (7 marks per erratum no fied) 14 FINDING CREDIT
FACEBOOK Find all 3 pages (Bob, Chris, Sofia) and backstory. PAGE(S) NB Typos are uninten onal and all made by Brian, o en early in the morning before work or a er a night out
F1 Iden fy birthdays and wedding date (1) 17 Feb (1959) - Chris's Birthday 4 (2) 7 August (1959) - Bob's Birthday (3) 4 October (1959) - Sofia's Birthday (4) 8 June (1997) - C&S Wedding Day in 1997
F2 Iden fy birthdays and wedding anniversary as 1959 key space dates, (1) 17 Feb (1959) - Vanguard 2 launched in 1959 4 4 Vanguard 2, Explorer 6, Luna 3, X15 maiden flight (2) 7 August (1959) - Explorer 6 launched in 1959 (3) 4 October (1959) - Luna 3 launched in 1959 (4) 8 June (1959) - First X15 flight in 1959
F3 Sofia/Chris 15th wedding anniversary (1) 15th anniversary on 8 June - Roses and Crystal are tradi onal gi s 2 (2) Bob was Chris & Sofia's Best Man
F4 Iden fy other pos ng dates as Apollo 7-17 launch dates Need to iden fy all 11 for marks. A7:11/10, A8:21/12, A9:3/3, A10:18/5, A11:16/7, 11 A12:14/11, A13:11/4, A14:31/1, A15:26/7, A16:16/4, A17:7/12
F5 Obituaries. Par cularly poignant when Jon Lord's death was announced (1) 16/7 - Jon Lord (16/7) 6 on one of the planned pos ng dates (2) 26/7 - Sally Ride (23/7) (3) 7/8 - Sir Bernard Lovell (6/8)
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(4) 4/10 - Neil Armstrong (25/8) (5) 21/12 - Sir Patrick Moore (9/12) (6) 31/1 - Claude Nobs (10/1)
F6 Food and Drink references (1) The Old Guinea in Ridge (mul ple references) was Bob & Chris's local pub 3 (2) …which only starts serving lunch (pizzas) from 12:00 (3) GBBF - Great Bri sh Beer Fes val 7-12 August 2012
Some bonus marks also available See below
Bob Thompson Bob likes Deep Purple, Our Man Flint, You Only Live Twice, Apollo 13, Facebook The Right Stuff, The Usual Suspects, Sherlock, Star Trek, Doctor Who and The Avengers & Moondust F7 Bob Thompson Cover Photo (1) 7 August - cover photo from Made In Japan / Live In Japan LP. Chris's 40 years 1 Facebook ago comment is a clue to the underlying structure and ming of Bob on the Road blog
F8 Bob Thompson Profile Pic (1) 4 October - added Roadie Profile Pic - it isn't Bob, just a great photo (I think 1 Facebook it's Peter Frampton in Humble Pie in the background)
Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 18/5 (Apollo 10 launch), First Post 0 Facebook Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 8 June (1997) - C&S 15th wed anniv. Bob "is a keyboard tech not a roadie" 0 Facebook Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, Stargazing, Jon Lord 16/7 (Apollo 11), Jon Lord died today 0 Facebook [(x) Stargazing ref - Telescope is in the observatory next to burial site, - this was demolished on 2/3 Jan 2014 so there is no mark for this] Many teams noted the Rainbow track 'Stargazer' - an obvious reference which we missed while se ng. Sorry!
F9 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, London Olympics 26/7 (Apollo 15) 1 Facebook (1) London Olympics started 25 July
Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 7 August (1959) Bob's Birthday 0 Facebook Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 4 October (1959) - Sofia's Birthday 0 Facebook Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 11/10 (Apollo 7) 0 Facebook F10 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 14/11 (Apollo 12) (One year un l the Teaser Poster is launched). 1 Facebook (1) "Hush" comment from Chris - Deep Purple's first single, from Deeves Hall era. 'Special' Date comments are a clue that the pos ng dates are significant
F11 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 7/12 (Apollo 17) 1 Facebook (1) provisional release date for [Now What ?!] announced
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F12 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, Cal Jam Book 21/12 (Apollo 8) 1 Facebook (1) Deluxe California Jam book came out before xmas, all but one copy unsigned by Ritchie Blackmore (my copy is unsigned)
Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, Funky Claude 31/1 (Apollo 14), Claude Nobs died (Funky Claude in Smoke On The Water) 0 Facebook Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 17 Feb (1959) - Chris's Birthday 0 Facebook F13 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, Now What ?! 3/3 (Apollo 9) 1 Facebook (1) First men on of Now What ?! as new album tle. The launch website had a second by second countdown which was used to do this mestamp, although launch dates varied by a couple of days across Europe
F14 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, deferred gra fica on 11/4 (Apollo 13). Facebook started mucking about with the Timeline layout, 2 Facebook hence Se er's annoyed comments (1) Stanford Marshmallow Experiment on deferred gra fica on (2) Hell To Pay / All The Time In The World single released
F15 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date, seventh heaven 16/4 (Apollo 16), Vin Arthey book is highly recommended but isn't relevant, I 1 Facebook received it for Christmas from my folks in Newcastle (1) Seventh Heaven is a song on Abandon CD
F16 Bob Thompson Pos ng Date 18/5 (A10) - Final Post - back to cycle of dates. First post since Now What was 2 Facebook released on 26 April (1) Ian Gillan & Ian Paice were on Jools Holland's Later on 17/5 (2) First Sign Of Madness (non-album single b-side) which was added to Deluxe Edi on of Now What, issued Dec 2013
Sofia Sellers Studied at Cal Tech (and also works at NASA) Facebook F17 Sofia Sellers Profile (1) 4 October (Birthday 1959) - Sofia's profile pic is from 1992 ATH 3 Facebook (2) Sofia graduated from Cal Tech in 1981 - convenient for the Jet Propulsion Lab (3) Bonus - naming connec on to NASA SOFIA flying observatory
F18 Sofia Sellers Cover Photo(s) - Neil Armstrong (1) 7 Aug. Cover pic is Bruce McCandless II STS-41-B untethered flight - he served 2 Facebook as CAPCOM during the Apollo 11 mission when Neil Armstrong first set his foot on the Moon (during the EVA). Reverted to this cover on 11/10. Apparently his birthday is the same day as Sofia and Chris's wedding anniversary (2) 4 October new cover photo posted - 11 pics of Neil Armstrong who died 25 August 2012 (a bad week for Armstrongs - same week as Lance Armstrong doping ban made public). Many pics of Armstrong smiling (just to show that he did), from X15, Gemini 8, ejec ng from one of the LLTV 'Flying Bedstead' trainers, Apollo 11 and post astronaut
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F19 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, end of shu le programme 11/4 (A13), First post. Bob was Sofia and Chris's best man and has just visited 1 Facebook them. (1) Chris comments "quiet post-shu le". Shu le programme ended with Atlan s flight STS-135 (see Poster 2) which landed on 21 July 2011, 42 years a er Armstrong's first moon walk (21/7/69 02:56 UTC)
Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 8 June (1997) - C&S 15th wed anniv. 0 Facebook F20 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, Jon Lord 16/7 (A11) 1 Facebook (1) Jon Lord - Finale is last track on Sarabande album
F21 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, comments 26/7 (A15), Chris comment about pizzas not star ng un l 12 refers to The Old 1 Facebook Guinea in Ridge. Meet at 11 and eat at 12 reflects the se ers' habits at the me. (1) "Don't call me Shirley" - Leslie Neilsen in Airplane
F22 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, Curiosity, John Glenn, McCandless 7 August (1959) - Bob's Birthday, Bruce McCandless pic added 2 Facebook (1) Curiosity rover landed on Mars on 6 Aug 2013, mission led by JPL. More references to manned flight to Mars later on (2) John Glenn was age 77 when he flew on Discovery (STS-95) in October 1998
Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, Profile Pic, Neil Armstrong 4 October (1959) - Sofia's Birthday. profile pic from 1993 ATH added, Neil 0 Facebook Armstrong died 25 August 2012 - this was the earliest chance to commemorate him against planned pos ng dates
F23 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, Cover photo back to Bruce McCandless, WFTokyo 11/10 (A7) Bruce McCandless back up as main pic 1 Facebook (1) Woman From Tokyo is on Who Do We Think We Are LP
Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 14/11 (A12) 0 Facebook Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 7/12 (A17) Sofia starts the ATH 0 Facebook Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 21/12 (A8), Sofia has found the box. Hints that wellies and something to poke 0 Facebook around the burial site are recommended - li le did we know by how much wellies would be needed. A test box sat in the tree hollow burial site for nearly a year and got quite mucky so something to fish it out to check o en proved helpful.
Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 31/1 (A14) 0 Facebook Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 17 Feb (1959) - Chris's Birthday 0 Facebook F24 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, ISS resupply mission 3/3 (A9) Space-X / Dragon capsule on Falcon 9 unmanned supply mission CRS-2 0 Facebook to ISS and first men on of Chris Hadfield (see below)
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F25 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, Hamming Code clue 11/4 (A13) 1 Facebook (1) Sofia explains that treasure direc ons are encoded with a 'pseudo' one me pad that had a Hamming encode applied to it (thanks for the words, Phil)
Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date 16/4 (A16) 0 Facebook F26 Sofia Sellers Pos ng Date, Chris Hadfield 18/5 (A10) - Final Post 1 Facebook (1) Chris Hadfield has flown two space shu le missions and served as commander of the Interna onal Space Sta on on Expedi on 35, releaseing his excellent version of Space Oddity (and appeared on BBC2's Stargazing Live during the ATH). This was the final tribute of the ATH Facebook marathon. Don't bother looking up Famous Canadians. I think Neil Young and Chris Hadfield have it covered for our purposes :-)
Chris Sellers Went to Cambridge University, Works for NASA, Lives in Stockton Facebook California F27 Chris Sellers Cover photo (1) posted 7 August, Cover photo is from You Only Live Twice. 3 3 Facebook (2) The astronaut who gets killed on the Jupiter 16 mission is called Chris. This was a part of the original brief to Phil, hence why YOLT appears through the ATH (3) Chris lives at Stockton, California. Phil Stockton is one of this year's se ers. Profile also confirms that Chris went to Cambridge University and has worked at NASA since 1988 (thanks to Jon Earl for spo ng a Facebook glitch which I assume crept in due to their mucking about with melines, though it could just be operator error)
F28 Chris Sellers Profile Pic (1) posted 4 October profile pic is from 1992 ATH. This and Sofia's profile pic were 1 Facebook drawn by Brian and were part of the 'Magpies' series ('three for a girl and four for a boy') Apropos of nothing (i.e. no marks), Magpie (1968-1980) was an ITV childrens programme which was a rival of Blue Peter (ref treasure box burial on P2 of ATH and finders ckets BP Comp winner badge). Brian is from the North East and reluctantly follows Newcastle United's ups and downs (aka the Magpies)
F29 Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Bob Ezrin 16/4 (A16) first men on of Bob Ezrin as Now What ?! Producer - what a difference 0 Facebook he made too
F30 Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Blackadder Goes Forth: Goodbyeee 18/5 (A10) - Bob starts to men on his ATH (cunning) plan - Cappucino and 0 Facebook Wibble quotes come from the magnificent final episode of Blackadder Goes Forth
Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 8 June (1997) - C&S 15th wed anniv. Roses and Crystal are tradi onal gi s 0 Facebook Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Jon Lord 16/7 (A11) Jon Lord's death announced 0 Facebook
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Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Sally Ride 26/7 (A15) Sally Ride died 23 July 0 Facebook Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, References, Cover photo, Sir Bernard Lovell 7 August (1959) - Bob's Birthday, references to Great Bri sh Beer Fes val, pizzas 0 Facebook at the Old Guinea, a hint that Chris was an astronaut, various proposed Mars Missions (e.g. Mars One, Mars-X) were welcoming applica ons from couples It is best to go to the GBBF early while the prize winning ales are s ll available. There is usually a 'Hats' day where many a endees wear da hats and in some cases in fancy dress (one year I saw Princess Leia with a beard and beer belly) Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell died 6 August
Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Profile Pic 4 October (1959) - Sofia's Birthday - profile pic is from 1993 ATH, nominally drawn 0 Facebook by Bob Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 14/11 (A12) Sofia s ll isn't playing 0 Facebook F31 Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 7/12 (A17) 1 Facebook (1) 40th Anniversary is of Apollo 17 Launch - another clue that pos ng dates are significant
Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Sir Patrick Moore 21/12 (A8), Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore died 9 December (Chris was an 0 Facebook astronomer, references to stargazing and by implica on to the observatory which stood near the burial site)
Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 31/1 (A14) 0 Facebook Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 17/2 (Chris Birthday). Release countdown mer on Now What ?! website 0 Facebook men oned Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 3/3 (A9) First men on of Dennis Tito Mars mission plan (see 16/4) 0 Facebook Chris Sellers Pos ng Date 11/4 (A13) Chris gets cranky about Facebook messing Timeline format up 0 Facebook F32 Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, Mars Mission 16/4 (A16) 1 Facebook (1) h p://www.space.com/20671-private-mars-mission-applicants.html Sofia s ll doesn't want to go to Mars (ref Elton John's Rocketman)
F33 Chris Sellers Pos ng Date, offer of ATH to Brian and Chris 18/5 (A10) 1 Facebook (1) Final Post - Chris, Bob and Sofia kindly gave us their Treasure Hunt, saving years of effort se ng it :-)
TOTAL SCORE 606
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Sheet 2: Prop and Sites
No Deeves Hall Tickets Timestamp Points Hanwell CC Timestamp Points Clearwell Castle Timestamp Points Sunset Gower Timestamp Points Errata Timestamp Points Acros cs and Decryp ons 1 Chris Andrews 23/12/13 21 Alex Selby / 23/12 11:16 21 Jon Earl / Team 23/12 21:53 21 Jon Culver / 23/12 12:16 21 Steve Wise 21/12 18:46 7 6x6 Picture Grid / Alcoholus Ingrid Jendrzejewski 23/12 11:21 Sociometry Alcoholus (Galactus) Only use studio Lubricatum / Alcoholus Lubricatum / Twelevepack albums most Lubricatum recent version
2 Roger The ord 26/12/13 20 Jon Earl / Team 24/12 01:03 20 Ingrid 23/12 21:53 20 Jon Earl / Team 23/12 20:42 20 Jon Earl (Chris 22/12 15:05 7 Finders = 5 / No Management Sociometry Jendrzejewski Sociometry Facebook Date) Poten al / Alcoholus / Team Lubricatum Sociometry 3 Paul Barden / 27/12/13 19 Catherwood 24/12 06:58 19 Joanne Watson / 24/12 01:54 19 David Castell/ 23/12 10:31 19 Dave Harding 23/12 08:49 7 Points = 16 Lady Strange and / Quest4Treasure Psychologicals Dave Harding / (ETAOIN) the Earl of (Q4T Logicals) PATHfinders PATHfinders Yarborough
4 Mark Abbo 27/12/13 18 Harry Maton / 24/12 09:35 18 Roger The ord / 24/12 18:16 18 Roger The ord / 23/12 12:26 18 Mark Owen 23/12 15:58 7 / Apopheniacs Puzzletome No Management No Management (Cyphertext) Anonymous Poten al Poten al / Alcoholus Lubricatum 5 Andy Henderson 27/12/13 17 Roger The ord 24/12 19:29 17 Paul Barden / 25/12 02:07 17 Dave Bercik 24/12 21:39 17 Paul Barden 24/12 10:43 7 25 Pseudodates (Andy Marr) / / No Management Dale Johannesen / (California) / (pseudodates) Stsrt st first Bobby, put the Poten al Lady Strange and Twelvepack Lady Strange and rehersal hall truckin' plug back in the Earl of the Yarborough Earl of Yarborough
6 Noel Aitchison / 27/12/14 16 Rainman / 25/12 18:07 16 Rainman / 25/12 17:11 16 Andy Henderson 25/12 12:36 16 Roger The ord / 24/12 23:49 7 Finders = 9 Dave Bircik Twelevepack Twelevepack (Andy Marr) / (Hamming (California) Bobby, put the Clarifica on) / Twelevepack truckin' plug back in / No Management Poten al
7 Nick Ball / Greg 28/12/14 15 Mark Abbo 26/12 01:44 15 Catherwood / 26/12 02:21 15 Paul Barden / Dale 25/12 20:08 15 Dave Bercik 26/12 09:42 7 Points = 12 Gomberg / Apopheniacs Quest4Treasure Johannesen / (corrupted PDF) Quest4Treasure (Q4T Anonymous (Q4T Logicals) Shireen Mohandes / Twelevepack Logicals) Lady Strange and the Earl of Yarborough
8 Annika Wolff / 29/12/13 14 armchair / 26/12 20:28 14 Mark Abbo / 28/12 20:24 14 Annika Wolff / 26/12 14:50 14 Psychologicals Psychologicals Apopheniacs Psychologicals Anonymous
9 Ma Hulbert / 31/12/14 13 Paul Barden / 27/12 11:58 13 Ma Hulbert / 30/12 17:37 13 Catherwood / 26/12 18:34 13 Only Connect Dave Harding Lady Strange and Dave Harding / Quest4Treasure (Q4T Ignore / PATHfinders the Earl of PATHfinders Logicals) Whitespace Yarborough
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10 Jon Earl / Team 01/01/14 12 Ma Hulbert / 28/12 11:29 12 Andy England / 31/12 16:15 12 Mark Abbo / 26/12 20:46 12 Finders = 2 Sociometry Dave Harding / Team Poirot Apopheniacs PATHfinders Anonymous
11 Anne Traynor / Team 04/01/14 11 Watno 29/12 12:32 11 Brian Mills / 02/01 10:22 11 Watno 27/11 15:08 11 Points = 19 Poirot The Famous Five+
12 Adrian Rose / Team Tony Newman / 31/12 15:26 10 Tony Newman / 03/01 18:08 10 Harry Maton / 30/12 19:38 10 Sociometry Peter D G Smith Peter D G Smith Puzzletome Team team
13 Tim North / Team 04/01/14 10 Andy England / Team 01/01 11:39 9 Tim North / Team 04/01 12:04 9 Tony Newman / 31/12 12:28 9 Iden fy Norway Poirot Norway Peter D G Smith defini ve lyrics. team One team decrypted them via the hamming code route but didn't find the Cyphertext 14 Peter D G Smith 05/01/14 9 Brian Mills / The 01/01 13:35 8 David Kee Team 05/01 18:09 8 Peter Carr / Team 31/12 20:27 8 Finders = 16 Team Famous Five+ Poirot 15 Dave Kee Team 06/01/14 8 Tim North / Team 03/01 12:44 7 Andy Henderson 11/01 18:13 7 Brian Mills / 01/01 20:51 7 Points = 5 Norway (Andy Marr) / The Famous Five+ Bobby, put the truckin' plug back in
16 Brian Mills / The 12/01/14 7 David Kee Team 06/01 18:00 6 Tim North / Team 03/01 12:45 6 Famous Five+ Norway 17 Andy Henderson 08/01 23:51 5 David Kee Team 05/01 13:01 5 Cyphertext (Andy Marr) / decrypted to Bobby, put the produce treasure truckin' plug back in site direc ons 2 Team Sociometry Finders = 15 members collected ckets 10 and 12 on Harry Maton isnt Watno is a non Points = 6 separate visits submi ng answers submi ng this year independent
Sheet 3: DAYS 360
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08/10/93
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