Nanohunts

by Darren Rigby

ANSWER: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

When players successively completed any one of the nanohunts, they received the answer THE GIFT OF THE MAGI. The solutions to the word and math/logic based nanohunts are given below:

Word based nanohunts

Variation 1.1

B ARO N OBL E
P IAN O RGA N
C RAF T RAD E
S PAR E XTR A
C HUM P ATS Y
C IRC A BOU T
B REA D OUG H

Variation 1.2

S CRU B RUS H
S TIL L IFE S
F ION A PPL E
B ROW N OSE R
S TEA K NIF E
M OUS E ARE D
N IGH T ABL E

Variation 2.1

FRONT:      BACK:
EN RI CH    AT HE NS
TI PP ER    IS TH EC
CE LE RY    AP IT AL

Answer: GREECE

Variation 2.2

FRONT:      BACK:
CU BA NO    NE LS ON
BI NG OS    MA ND EL
ST OR ES    AL ED US

Answer: SOUTH AFRICA

Variation 2.3

FRONT:      BACK:
DE SI RE    YO UG OT
PO LI CE    AL AS KA
SE CA NT    FR OM US

Answer: RUSSIA

Math/logic based nanohunts

Variation 1.1

??? + ??? = 24
??? - ??? = 24
??? x ??? = 24
??? / ??? = 24

Variation 1.2

??? + ??? = 24
??? - ??? = 24
??? x ??? = 24
??? / ??? = 24

Variation 2

Variation 3

The instructions were fulfilled by removing coins from piles BEE, CCC, DDG and ACC respectively, then transferring 3 coins from stack B to C. The resulting coin is therefore the middle (fifth down) coin from the B stack.