Tuesday, 26 April 2016

enigmatic puzzle - Treasure hunt 'round the world! (prologue)


It's here. Finally here. For weeks you've waited, checking the mail every single day, to no avail - but today, your invitation has finally arrived. You eagerly tear open the envelope and read:




Congratulations, [insert username here]! You have been selected as a member of this year's Treasure Hunt 'Round the World! Or at least, you're a preliminary member -- of course, we have to weed out the doers from the dreamers, and that's what this first challenge is for. Please solve it, and write us back at [redacted] with the answer attached. Then and only then will you receive your true invitation to the games.


Yours truly,


Bailey M
Puzzlemaster for the Treasure Hunt 'Round the World



At last, you can begin the puzzling experience of a lifetime! Excitedly, you flip over the card and read:



$$ ? = \frac{303116229854873}{31} $$


We've given you the answer... but what's the question?






The story continues in the next part, Treasure hunt 'round the world! (clue 1)


This is no longer being treated as a semi-interactive puzzle. Rather, it will be a linked-puzzle treasure hunt, which each clue being its own puzzle.



Answer




convert 303116229854873 to Base-31, we get BECAUSE789.



The question is




Why was 6 afraid of 7?



The answer is



Because 7 ate 9



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