The Hacker: Clearing it up.

I noticed by your (quite humorous) comments that there was some confusion on one of my puzzles involving verbs and vowels. I could choose to be kind and flat out tell you. But I won't. Instead, here's a cryptic riddle to help you out. Aren't I evil? >:D Remember: The end justifies the means.

Underneath
Salamander magic
Everyone has advice, like this:
Never
Answer a
Minotaur in fluent
Egyptian
Or you will
Fall down a hole filled with
Snakes and poodles who want to talk about
Ostrichs.
Now your ride is over. If you want to ride again, I encourage you to
Go back to the beginning of the line.

The Next JN Reality Game: Discussion

The mole only has a few more rounds left, so I want to go ahead and begin planning a new game. Here is my basic idea for the second game.



JN Reality: The Trials
This is a different type of game than The Mole. Every round, there are cumulative challenges known as Trials. Each Trial is composed of many different sub-trials. Players will have to complete one of the sub-trials and will be scored out of 20 points.
      10 points are for speed, meaning that if you get it in by the deadline, you get all 5 points. If not, every 6 hours after the deadline will knock off two points. There is a 48 hour grace period after the deadline (the first half you still get points), and if you do not submit by then, you are eliminated, no questions asked. The other 10 are for accuracy. If you do it right, you get all of the points. If not, you don't. Scores will impact the future Trials, and I'll keep a scoreboard running at the top of the screen.
      In addition, at least one player will make a decision, impacting the Trial or future Trials.
      Eliminations are done in a variety of different ways, which aren't going to be revealed at this time.

Of course, this is only a rough idea. I might do another season of The Mole or a different game. If anyone has some ideas for The Trials (not Trials themselves, of course) or a suggestion for a different game, post them here.

Challenge #2: The Hacker

This is a special type of challenge. You will need to know keys in order to get through to the next rounds of the challenge. To get a key, you might have to do a math problem, answer a riddle, play a game, watch a video, etc.

I start out by giving you 2 keys. You will use these keys to unlock my doors. Behind each door is a way to get a/some key(s) or a word in my puzzle. To finish the challenge, you need to submit the finished puzzle.

Now, this challenge can be done a bunch of ways. You can do it individually, or you can split the work up with your team. Either way will work.

To Earn Points- For every 4 hours in between the two team's submissions, the winning team will get a point. So you have to be quick! Up to 15 points can be earned.

To Be Exempt: The winning team will compete in a second (mini) round of this game. The winner will win an exemption. ALL TEAMS ARE TAKING THE QUIZ THIS ROUND!!!

The challenge is going to end 60 hours after the first submission. Once that first answer is posted, the challenge is now to keep points out of their score total. (The team with the most points next round will get a bonus in the challenge.)

All right, everybody clear?


Here are the 2 keys you will need to know to open the first doors.

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NOTE: There was a key here. Now there is not. So the last two answers make your final answer.

BTW, The final answer is 4 words long.

The Results are in... (Quiz #1)

RESULTS

Not good. Most of the scores were bad. But the worst score went to Banjo, so he has been executed.

Your next challenge is called Hacker. It's a combination of math, skill, and speed. It will be coming Friday, 12:01 AM.

Scoring:
The very first player to submit the winning answer will win points for their team. Everyone will take the second quiz, and the winning team will get a bonus challenge for an exemption.

THE MOLE: QUIZ #1

Team Lava, you MUST take this quiz. It is out of 147 points.

1) What was one of the 2 categories everyone had a unique answer for? (10 points)

2) The mole submitted this answer for "Books". (25 points)
a) How to Eat Fried Worms        b) The Hunger Games
c) The Host                                 d) How to Make Friends and Influence People

3) Is the mole on your team? (50 points)

4) Who do you think Uncanny will sabotage? (25 points)
a) Ramen   b) Kalynn   c) Banjo999   d) He'll save the point.

5) What twist will come next round? (17 points)
a) Merge     b) Betting the pot    C)Team shakeup    D) Double elimination  E) Multiple of those.  F) Nothing, it's too early for twists.

6) We know Uncanny scored the most points overall. Who scored the second most? (20 points)
A) r2d2y   B) Cyberdalek   C) Kalynn    D) ramen_soup    E) banjo999

If Uncanny chooses to play his sabotage, the quiz will be out of 162 points instead of 147.

You have until Sunday, 12:01 AM to submit your answers or use any advantages. If multiple choice, please write out the answer.

THE MOLE: CHALLENGE 1 RESULTS

Alright, I am ready to announce the winner. But first...

EVERYONE has something about their performance that is dropping a clue.
-Cyberdalek gained his team zero points for his answers.
-Banjo999 submitted two lists, and the one he told me to count did worse than the other one. (The other one was his prediction of my list.)
-Uncanny and r2d2y both matched the exact same things.
-Uncanny had only one answer that matched my list, even squirming past a few of the tougher ones.
-Kalynn submitted first and got the most points for their team, setting her up as an obvious leader for the team.
-Ramen didn't even submit...

Now for the results for the scoring.

Group Challenge
15 points were scored total for the game, bringing the pot up to a grand total of 15.
Team Challenge
Team Notebook beat Team Lava 10-5. As a result, they do not have to take the quiz.
Individual Challenge
Uncanny scored 5 points, giving him a sabotage point. He can use this by commenting on the quiz post coming soon. Start the post with "SABOTAGE POINT" and list a player taking the quiz. This will impact their overall score and could lead to their elimination. He may use this at any point he is in the game. It can also be transferred to a different player.

Team Lava, you will be taking the quiz. If you do not submit it, you will be eliminated automatically.

The quiz will be posted tomorrow, 12:01 am. It will be 10 questions long.

THE MOLE CHALLENGE #1: THE MATCH GAME

It is time for our first challenge. To play, take these 10 topics and give me something that fits. Your goal is to match other players. But there are two limitations. First, I have given letters to each category. You must start your answers with these letters. Second, I have decided to answer all of these as well. But if you match me, you don't get any points for it.

Scoring:
For every match total, I add a point into the pot. The team with the most matches does not have to go to the firing squad. In addition, the player with the most matches gets a sabotage point. This can be played on any player taking the quiz, and it will impact their score (their highest score will be a 91).

Here are the topics!

Book Titles (H)
Things you see in a forest (w)
Movies from 2009 (A)
Things that deal with Beyoncé (S)
Disney Channel stars (R)
Things that are British (T)
Jobs (S)
Gases (C)
Fruits (P)
Shapes (R)

You have until Wednesday, 12:01 AM to submit. You may only submit once. PLEASE BEGIN YOUR SUBMISSION WITH "CHALLENGE 1 ANSWERS" Use the comment box to answer.

THE MOLE: TEAMS

Here they are.

Team Notebook:
Uncanny
r2d2y
Cyberdalek

Team Lava:
Banjo999
Ramen
Kalynn

I have also selected the mole. They will be notified on either ICS or Valhalla.