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Puzzle Hints
Puzzle 1
- Enter the letters in the Jefferson Cipher Text box on this page: https://www.dcode.fr/jefferson-wheel-cipher. Then click decrypt. The decrypted text will appear in the left column in the "Results" section.
- The answer can be found in this article: https://www.cnyhistory.org/2018/06/general-ellis-war-of-1812/.
Puzzle 2
- Visit this web page to find the answer: https://library.sunyocc.edu/archives-blog/poorhouse.
- On this campus map, it's building R.
Puzzle 3
- Enter the strange numbers in to a Google search. A map should appear pointing to a building on campus.
- Just after the 4:00 minute mark this video provides the answer: https://youtu.be/nb57zKZcP00
Puzzle 4
- Search Google for the handwritten word.
- Visit this page on the Onondaga Nation website to find the answer.
Puzzle 5
Puzzle 6
- Search Google for the roman numerals in the sign story.
- This blog post about Pogey Pond contains the answer.
Puzzle 7 (There are hints contained within the hidden image game.)
- When you complete the hidden image game it tells you what to enter in the Google Form for this puzzle .
- There are two words to enter, but you must enter them without spaces and in lowercase.
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