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| ===Clue 1=== | ===Clue 1=== | ||
| The wax cylinder recording describes G.O.IV's decision to depart (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_1|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 1]]).<br> | The wax cylinder recording describes G.O.IV's decision to depart (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_1|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 1]]).<br> | ||
| - | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder1.mp3|Cylinder1 Audio]]<br> | + | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder1.mp3|Cylinder1 Audio]] ([[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_1|transcript]])<br> |
| Hint: <spoiler>"that green door by the river [Hudson]"</spoiler><br> | Hint: <spoiler>"that green door by the river [Hudson]"</spoiler><br> | ||
| Solution: <spoiler>The James Brown House in New York, also known as The Ear Inn. Enter 'Ear Inn'</spoiler><br> | Solution: <spoiler>The James Brown House in New York, also known as The Ear Inn. Enter 'Ear Inn'</spoiler><br> | ||
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| ===Clue 2=== | ===Clue 2=== | ||
| G.O. IV informs his father and friends he will be leaving, and says his goodbyes. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_2|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 2]]).<br> | G.O. IV informs his father and friends he will be leaving, and says his goodbyes. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_2|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 2]]).<br> | ||
| - | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder2.mp3|Cylinder2 Audio]]<br> | + | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder2.mp3|Cylinder2 Audio]] ([[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_2|transcript]])<br> |
| Hint: <spoiler>"the place his forbearers had once arrived in America", "it had sounded to them like 'Kesselgarden'"</spoiler><br> | Hint: <spoiler>"the place his forbearers had once arrived in America", "it had sounded to them like 'Kesselgarden'"</spoiler><br> | ||
| Solution: <spoiler>Kesselgarden refers to the way "Castle Garden" was pronounced by Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews who settled in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Castle Garden was a facility on the southern tip of Manhattan that received immigrants from 1855 through 1890. Enter 'Castle Clinton'</spoiler><br> | Solution: <spoiler>Kesselgarden refers to the way "Castle Garden" was pronounced by Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews who settled in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Castle Garden was a facility on the southern tip of Manhattan that received immigrants from 1855 through 1890. Enter 'Castle Clinton'</spoiler><br> | ||
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| ===Clue 3=== | ===Clue 3=== | ||
| G.O. IV's boat docks, and he speaks to a man on shore, learning of a shipwreck 30 years before. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_3|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 3]]).<br> | G.O. IV's boat docks, and he speaks to a man on shore, learning of a shipwreck 30 years before. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_3|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 3]]).<br> | ||
| - | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder3.mp3|Cylinder3 Audio]]<br> | + | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder3.mp3|Cylinder3 Audio]] ([[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_3|transcript]])<br> |
| Hint: <spoiler>A shipwreck which occurred 30 years before, heading to New York, losing 400.</spoiler><br> | Hint: <spoiler>A shipwreck which occurred 30 years before, heading to New York, losing 400.</spoiler><br> | ||
| Solution: <spoiler>Enter 'College of Charleston'</spoiler><br> | Solution: <spoiler>Enter 'College of Charleston'</spoiler><br> | ||
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| ===Clue 4=== | ===Clue 4=== | ||
| G.O. IV travels west, passing through Alabama. He makes money by playing his violin with a group of fiddlers. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_4|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 4]]).<br> | G.O. IV travels west, passing through Alabama. He makes money by playing his violin with a group of fiddlers. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_4|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 4]]).<br> | ||
| - | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder4_1255576285.mp3|Cylinder4 Audio]]<br> | + | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder4_1255576285.mp3|Cylinder4 Audio]] ([[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_4|transcript]])<br> |
| Hint: <spoiler>Sazeracs, drinking, privateering</spoiler><br> | Hint: <spoiler>Sazeracs, drinking, privateering</spoiler><br> | ||
| Solution: <spoiler>Sazeracs are a New Orleans drink. He plays jazz and drinks, which is in the French Quarter. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop was rumored to be originally owned by the pirate Jean Lafitte. The Bible verse he quotes is spoken by Phillip; the tavern is on Phillip St. Enter 'Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop'</spoiler><br> | Solution: <spoiler>Sazeracs are a New Orleans drink. He plays jazz and drinks, which is in the French Quarter. Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop was rumored to be originally owned by the pirate Jean Lafitte. The Bible verse he quotes is spoken by Phillip; the tavern is on Phillip St. Enter 'Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop'</spoiler><br> | ||
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| G.O. IV heads up the Mississippi to Davenport with the brass band and travels to a city by the water, where he gets a shave and has a night out in a hotel with a young woman. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_5|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 5]]).<br> | G.O. IV heads up the Mississippi to Davenport with the brass band and travels to a city by the water, where he gets a shave and has a night out in a hotel with a young woman. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_5|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 5]]).<br> | ||
| - | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder5_1255800718.mp3|Cylinder5 Audio]]<br> | + | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder5_1255800718.mp3|Cylinder5 Audio]] ([[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_5|transcript]])<br> |
| Hint: <spoiler>babershop, silver dollar floor</spoiler><br> | Hint: <spoiler>babershop, silver dollar floor</spoiler><br> | ||
| Solution: <spoiler>William Eden was a barber who persuaded the owner of the Palmer House to inlay silver dollars in the floor. Enter 'Palmer House Hotel' [http://goforth.wikibruce.com/Image:Palmer.jpg Image of Palmer House Hotel]</spoiler><br> | Solution: <spoiler>William Eden was a barber who persuaded the owner of the Palmer House to inlay silver dollars in the floor. Enter 'Palmer House Hotel' [http://goforth.wikibruce.com/Image:Palmer.jpg Image of Palmer House Hotel]</spoiler><br> | ||
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| ===Clue 6=== | ===Clue 6=== | ||
| GOIV is jailed in Missouri by a cousin of the girl from Chicago. While jailed, he plays poker with a mysterious man who has disappeared by the next morning. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_6|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 6]]).<br> | GOIV is jailed in Missouri by a cousin of the girl from Chicago. While jailed, he plays poker with a mysterious man who has disappeared by the next morning. (see: [[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_6|Travel Diaries, Cylinder 6]]).<br> | ||
| - | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder6_1256163492.mp3|Cylinder6 Audio]]<br> | + | Listen: [[Media:Cylinder6_1256163492.mp3|Cylinder6 Audio]] ([[Grayson_Ozias%27s_travel_diary#Cylinder_6|transcript]])<br> |
| Hint: <spoiler>Civil War, jail ghost, Knowles<br></spoiler> | Hint: <spoiler>Civil War, jail ghost, Knowles<br></spoiler> | ||
| Solution: <spoiler>City Marshal James Knowles was killed in this jail during the Civil War trying to settle a fight between brothers with opposing sentiments. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Independence#Murders_committed_by_George_Todd Read more about Knowles here.] Enter 'Old Jackson County Jail'</spoiler><br> | Solution: <spoiler>City Marshal James Knowles was killed in this jail during the Civil War trying to settle a fight between brothers with opposing sentiments. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Independence#Murders_committed_by_George_Todd Read more about Knowles here.] Enter 'Old Jackson County Jail'</spoiler><br> | ||
| Deaddrop location & details: <spoiler>The item must be retrieved Oct. 24 between 12 pm and 3 pm CDT. Chris L. must visit the Jackson County Jail and summon the spirit who abides there in diamonds and clubs.</spoiler><br> | Deaddrop location & details: <spoiler>The item must be retrieved Oct. 24 between 12 pm and 3 pm CDT. Chris L. must visit the Jackson County Jail and summon the spirit who abides there in diamonds and clubs.</spoiler><br> | ||
| There is an entrance fee for this location, so the Game Team had a player RSVP to collect it. Chris L. was the first to respond. | There is an entrance fee for this location, so the Game Team had a player RSVP to collect it. Chris L. was the first to respond. | ||
Revision as of 04:36, 24 October 2009
Wax Cylinders
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As Grayson Ozias IV traveled, he recorded his adventures on wax cylinders, which also contain clues about where players in 2009 might find his artifacts.
Intro video
On levis.com/goforth there is a video featuring (presumably) members of Levi's staff embarking on a journey of their own, locating the buried Ozias fortune, documenting it and re-burying it. The vocal track on the video is a letter from Grayson Ozias IV explaining his desire to explore America (see: Travel Diaries, Intro Video)
Clue 1
The wax cylinder recording describes G.O.IV's decision to depart (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 1).
Listen: Cylinder1 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 1 was collected by Kristin G. It was the postcard mentioned in the diary, with an engraving of the Liberty Torch on one side, and a $100 giftcard to the NY Trapeze School.
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Clue 2
G.O. IV informs his father and friends he will be leaving, and says his goodbyes. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 2).
Listen: Cylinder2 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
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Clue 2 was collected by Kristin G. It was 'Leaves of Grass', a collection of Whitman poems, and a letter from Nathan Strauss.
Kristin said: "The hat was brown. No red hat sorry. Guy holding newspaper and wearing a brown hat walked with crowd toward the entrance. I nabbed him before he got as far as the entrance. Then he walked straight off."
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Clue 3
G.O. IV's boat docks, and he speaks to a man on shore, learning of a shipwreck 30 years before. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 3).
Listen: Cylinder3 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
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Clue 3 was collected by Kyle, who drove four hours from Atlanta, Georgia. He received a black box with two sheets of paper, one of which bore a cipher. Watch a video of the exchange here. His prize was a guided kayak tour for two.
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Clue 4
G.O. IV travels west, passing through Alabama. He makes money by playing his violin with a group of fiddlers. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 4).
Listen: Cylinder4 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 4 was collected by Ashley C. She collected the washboard and went to St. Peters and Bourbon, where she sang "When the Saints Go Marching In" with a group of people. (Watch the performance here.) Her prize was a gift certificate to go on an airboat swamp tour for two. She also received the completed Clue 3 Cipher.
Several letters on the washboard were underlined, spelling "A Sir Cages". This is a hint about how to solve the Clue 5 Cipher.
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Clue 5
G.O. IV heads up the Mississippi to Davenport with the brass band and travels to a city by the water, where he gets a shave and has a night out in a hotel with a young woman. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 5).
Listen: Cylinder5 Audio (transcript)
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Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
Clue 5 was collected by a woman whose boss told her to go check it out, though she didn't really know about the game herself. She gave the clue to Derek and Nick who were the first players to arrive (out of 5 pairs total). A few minutes after 5, the Man in the Hat appeared by the front desk; Chris T. handed him the note (as specified in the instructions), and received a bag containing his prize, dinner for two at a restaurant within the Palmer House.
The players also received a package containing a flask, suspenders, a belt, a book, a letter and a cipher. The book is The Lives of Celebrated Travellers (1835) by James Augustus St. John.
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Clue 6
GOIV is jailed in Missouri by a cousin of the girl from Chicago. While jailed, he plays poker with a mysterious man who has disappeared by the next morning. (see: Travel Diaries, Cylinder 6).
Listen: Cylinder6 Audio (transcript)
Hint:
Solution:
Deaddrop location & details:
There is an entrance fee for this location, so the Game Team had a player RSVP to collect it. Chris L. was the first to respond.
