KateModern puzzles

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This is an index of all the puzzles that have taken place in the KateModern web series.

Carnaby Street

After Kate lost her memory, Steve found pictures on her cell phone, and uploaded them to Bebo so that fans could help them figure out where Kate had been.

Liberty of London department store [1]
Shakespeare's Head pub on the corner of Fouberts Place and Carnaby Street
Haymills Carnaby Street [2]


These pictures led fans to Carnaby Street, where they met up with Sophie on Saturday August 18th, 2007 at 10 AM.

Police Calling Card

On September 2nd, 2007, Kate decided to take a closer look at the calling card that Dudley left her on Carnaby Street. She posted the following message to her Bebo blog [3]

Kate said:

Okay, so here's the number from the card the 'policeman' gave me:

+44 7812 250 478

I've called and it seems to be the answering service for some pizza company? I can't work it out - I've never even heard of 'The Pizza Specialists'!

It all seems a bit odd to me. What do you think?

Love Kate
xx

When calling the number, the following message plays.

+44 7812 250 478 said:

Hi. Make an appointment with the Pizza Specialist. Addicted to our takeaways? Then here's the answer to a healither pizza choice: sausage, pepperoni, egg, anchovy and kale, or tomato and olive, or tomato, hollandaise, and egg, or uruguayan nachos, dill, egg, anchovy, and diced onion, or dill, octopus, cheddar, tomato, onion, and rocket. Only with our next delivery this week. All you've got to do is wait for the knock on your door.

Note: The original message can be heard at: http://www.acidfingers.com/hosted/Recording.MP3

If you look at the first letter of each topping and put in a space wherever the word "or" is said, you get the following message: SPEAK TO THE UNDEAD DOCTOR. This indicated that Dr. William Griffin had faked his death and was going to attempt to speak to Kate. The message also says "Wait for the knock on your door," indicating that the doctor would knock on Kate's door and contact her.

Pizza Puzzle

After Dudley came and dropped off a CD at Kate's flat, she uploaded the file to her Bebo so that her friends could help her decode it.

Pizza Puzzle.jpg

Breaking It Down:

  • .tsnihcnip looked at backwards is Pinchin St.
  • The calendar in the picture indicates Sunday 9th.
  • .-.. ..- -. -.-. .... - .. -- . is Morse Code for lunch time.
  • XV is the Roman Numeral for 15.
  • The code at the bottom of the picture is fmwvimvzgsgsuzixsvh is an Atbash Cipher, which decodes to "underneath the arches".

THE SOLVE: 15 Pinchin Street, Sunday the 9th at Lunchtime. Underneath the arches.


Charlie, Kate, and Tariq followed the clue and met Dudley at the specified time & place.


Lee's Treasure Hunt

Lee was being bullied by Gavin and Tariq since the day he came working for them at their office. After the video Subservient Lee, where Gavin gave him commands to do various embarrassing acts, Lee had enough of it. He made a video where he exposed the secret software Gavin and Tariq had developed. He then wiped every trace of it from everywhere, except from his own drive. He announced that Gavin and Tariq could only get their software back if they played along in Lee's Treasure Hunt. Lee said that he'd give clues in videos and on The Sun online [4] to Gavin and Tariq. Each clue led to new a place and a time. Gavin and Tariq had to be at the location at the right time. If they were, they got the next clue from Lee for the next location.


On November 16th 2007, this message was posted on the KateModern Production Bebo page [5]:

KateModern said:

Today marks the start of a very exciting week in the KateModern World. Lee has set a challenge for Gavin and Tariq that they must complete if they want to get their software back.

Lee’s Video: http://bebo.com/watch/5016013147

Lee’s Profile: http://www.bebo.com/mrsphinx

They need YOUR help to solve the puzzles that Lee is going to be setting, and every day next week there’ll be a Live Event somewhere in Central London. We really want you to be there to play a part in Lee’s games!

Thanks to our friends at Microsoft we have some great prizes to give away, and everyone who attends a Live Event will be entered into a prize draw. The more days you attend, the more chance you have of winning a prize.

Things are going to be pretty busy over here on Bebo so don’t worry if you can’t make it to London – Gavin and Tariq are going to need your help online too! Extra clues are going to be hidden on The Sun Online ( http://www.thesun.co.uk/tv ) – so keep a look out there.


Shortly after that, Lee posted Let the Games Begin!, in which he gave his first clue. Multi-colored alphanumerics and punctuation symbols flash on the screen, first all over the screen, then backwards and then upside-down.


LeesTreasurehunt1.jpg


When you put this code into Live Search Maps, you got this: http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=116264F0DD5D8C5F!103&encType=1. This was a map with a perimeter within London.


On The Sun online was this image posted from the Big Ben:

BigBenclock.jpg


Because of the picture it was clear that the location was somewhere near the Big Ben.


November 19th 2007


On November 19th 2007, Lee posted the video Before the Clock Strikes Six.... In this video, he gave another clue about the time and location:


Lee said:
Tonight, you're going on a blind date! You're going to meet my best mate. Benjamin is tall and he's always on time. You better be in the square before it strikes six times!


Because of this clue, Gavin and Tariq knew they needed to be at Parliament Square (which is in front of the Big Ben), before the clock struck six times, so before 6pm.


In the video Parliament Square - 6pm, 19th November 2007 Gavin and Charlie went to Parliament Square, where they bumped into Tariq and Julia. In front of the Winston Churchill statue, they found a lawn gnome. On the bottom of the gnome, there was a handwritten note with the next clue from Lee.

GnomenoteLee.jpg

The clue says:

You’ll need your platforms tomorrow,
When I hear Abba it makes me want to go.
Hands that don’t wave, a face that won’t laugh,
the time and the place is thirteen and a half.


The solution of this clue is:

  • Location: Waterloo Station [6] (Waterloo is a song from ABBA and the platforms in the clue are referring to a train station)
  • Time: 1:30pm (the time is thirteen and a half, what means 13:30 or 1:30pm)
  • Where exactly: Under the four-faced clock (the line: Hands that don't wave, a face that won't laugh refers to the hands and face of a clock. There hangs a large and famous four-faced clock in the middle of the main concourse. Meeting "under the clock at Waterloo" is a traditional rendezvous.)


WaterlooStationClock.jpg


Discussion about the clue at the forum: http://www.lg15.com/katemodern/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=400&start=30


In the evening, Lee posted a new video, where he confirmed that Gavin and Tariq needed to be at Waterloo Station at 13.30.


Lee also updated his map, where he pointed out where Waterloo Station is:


NewMapLee201107.jpg


November 20th 2007

Gavin and Charlie got stuck in traffic, so they couldn't be at Waterloo Station on time (13:30):


Gavin said:

Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war.

Me and Chaz got stuck in traffic on our way to Waterloo and by the time we got there it was 2pm. We went to the clock but there was no sign of anything. There were quite a few people around but none of them knew anything about Lee or the software.

Great.

What are we supposed to do now?

Gav


Luckily for Gavin, Sophie was at Waterloo Station on time and she got the gnome, with the next clue on the bottom of it.


Sophie said:
I was there for 1:30...it was so exciting!!!!!! Lee came in disguise with the gnome and someone else was there trying to get it for themselves....... I'm editing my video at the moment and will have it up soon so you can see what went on!! Gavin posted a blog saying him and Charlie got stuck in traffic and when they got there we'd all gone...so it's up to us to solve the clue so that they can get back on the hunt!!

OK, so the clue from the gnome is this:

"A station today is tomorrow a bridge

Act fast to get to England’s stage."

I have NO idea. Do you?

Love Soph

xxx


Lee also updated his map [7], with a clue about the new location on it.


Clue3Lee20nov07.jpg


The green arrow is placed on Waterloo Bridge and the red one on the Royal National Theatre.


Sophie posted a video where she is seen picking up the gnome with the clue on the bottom of it. At the station, Terrence was also looking for the clue about the software. When Lee saw him, he looked scared and ran away.


The solution of the clue was found at IRC and on Sophie's Bebo page[8]


Solution:

'A station today is tommorow a bridge'

Waterloo Bridge was the location for the next day. The location for that day was a station (Waterloo) and the next day, the location was a bridge (there's a bridge in London called Waterloo, so Waterloo Bridge).

'Act fast to get to England's stage'

The Royal National Theatre was also a location for the next day. (England's stage -> a stage in a theatre and the word national refers to England. Act fast refers to acting and that's what takes place in a theatre).


The Royal National Theatre is right next to Waterloo Bridge:


Waterloobridge.gif


So the location for the next day must be at the Waterloo Bridge, in front of the Royal National Theatre.


Later that evening, Lee posted a new video, in which he confirmes that the next location is at the Waterloo Bridge, looking at the Royal National Theatre.
He also gives the time: before 6pm.

Lee updated his map [9] again. The right location is now on the map, together with a picture of what you see when you're standing at the right location.


Picclue3waterloobridge.jpg


November 21st 2007

Tariq posted a blog on his Bebo page [10], after he came back from the Waterloo Bridge:


Tariq said:
Waterloo Bridge

Just back from the bridge - it didn't go that well. Gavin turned up drunk and went mental, like that's going to help anything.... Anyway, I'm editing my video at the moment so I'll get that up ASAP.

For now, here's the clue from the gnome...

“Chris made Paul a lovely home. He built it with a great big dome. But there’s one little catch, where ever you go, there’s a watch.”

What do you think?

Tx


Tariq posted his video a few hours later. In the video, we see him en Julia waiting for Lee on the Waterloo Bridge. Charlie and Gavin showed up a few minutes later. Gavin had a golfclub in his hands, where he wanted to hit Lee with. But Lee never showed up, because a woman delivered the gnome with the next clue on the bottom of it. Gavin wanted to smash the gnome with his golfclub, but Charlie held him back, so that she and Tariq could read the clue first. After that, Gavin smashed the gnome with the golfclub to pieces.


The solution to the clue:


The location where the next clue is, is St. Paul's Cathedral.


St-Pauls.jpg


"Chris made Paul a lovely home. He built it with a great big dome. But there’s one little catch, wherever you go, there’s a watch."


  • Chris made Paul a lovely home. He built it with a great big dome.

Sir Christopher Wren [11] was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53 London churches, including St Paul's Cathedral. So Chris(topher) designed St. Paul's Cathedral, which has a great big dome.


  • But there's one little catch, wherever you go, there's a watch.

There was never given an explanation for this line. Lee probably wanted to say with this line, that he would watch every move of Gavin and Tariq.


Lee updated his map [12] again, with this picture:


Statuelee.jpg


The exact location of this statue has never been found, but people assuming that it's a statue that stands at the St. Paul's Cathedral.


Later that night, Lee posted a video in which he confirms that the next location is St. Paul's Cathedral, at 6pm. After he posted this video, the description on his map changed to: See you on the steps at 6pm!


See you on the steps.jpg


November 22nd 2007

Sophie agreed with Gavin on Windows Messenger that she would go to the St. Paul's Cathedral to pick up the gnome with the next clue on it. After a few hours, she said on Bebo:


Sophie said:
Just got back from St. Paul's. I don't want to talk about it.


On which Gavin commented:


Gavin said:
I KNEW i should have gone to deal with Lee myself!


After this, Sophie posted a video, in which we see Lee putting his gnome and some flowers for Sophie on the steps of the St. Paul's Cathedral.


Gnomeflowers.jpg


When Sophie arrives, she picks up the flowers and looks at them. But then a Watcher sneaks up behind her, picks up the gnome and walks away. Sophie, alarmed by the fans, goes after him and tries to get the gnome back, but the Watcher doesn't listen to her and pushes her on the ground. Sophie blames herself for not paying attention to the gnome and only to the flowers. Then she walks away.


Lee didn't posted a video that night and also didn't updated his map.