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Library Games

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.

Coulter Library, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY