Escape the LabThis page contains hints for the puzzles contained in the game Escape the Lab.Ready to escape? Escape Alphabet Grid Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution The key for this clue is in one of the newspaper pages but something is missing in the message itself. This type of cipher usually contains dots, they have been left out on this one. Each line contains one word. As the dots have been left out, each symbol in the cipher below the grid can stand for one of two letters. For example, the first symbol can be S or W. It may help to write the possibilties down for each one. The first symbol can be S, or W, the second Cor L, the third I or R... By process of elimination you get "science today issue number" which is 42. Just For Fun Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the calculator top left, two numbers are the same so some number logic can help you here. Two single digit numbers add to give a two digit number. The highest this answer could be is 18 so the first digit in the answer must be a 1. If the first digit in the answer is a 1, the first number in the calculation must also be a 1 (the symbols match). Only one number can be added to 1 to get a double digit answer. This should allow you to figure out what has been done to alter the digits. The first digit is 1 and the second must be 9 to give the two digit number 10. You may have noticed now what is going on. Look at the top right, the answer is 10 (as it matches the answer top left), the only digit that added to itself that gives you 10 is 5. Using what you have found so far, you can see what is wrong. The top and bottom vertical lines on each number are missing if they should be there and visa versa. This means bottom left gives 2 + 4 = 6 and bottom right gives 7 + 8 + 3 = 18. Pascal's Triangle Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution The key is in the word odd. Pick out the letters in odd spots in Pascal's triangle. An article in Science today will help. Picking out the letters in odd spots reads "just put eve in tin". The article on tin tells us the chemical symbol is Sn. Putting eve in Sn gives seven. Pencils Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution An article in Science Today will help. The image with the word graphite around it is the key. The orientation of the clue is not given, it will only make sense one way up. Look at the direction each pencil is pointing and what letter in would point to in the word graphite. The first pencil would point to E, the second, I, the third, G... continuing to pick letters out in this way gives "eight times three" which is twenty four. Rebus Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Each image relates to a science related name / term. Write each one in the dashes below the picture. Say what you see. A few examples, the first one is half life, the last ozone layers... The words are half life, black hole, green house, global warming, states of matter, ice age, fossel fuel and ozone layers. The highlighted letters spell fourteen. Science of Aging Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the page from Eugene's lab book, bottom right. The words "elements" and "periodically" are a clue. Another sheet will help you here. Find the numbers on the periodic table, take those letters. Something is still missing. The numbers translate to "svntmsfr" it seems the spacing and vowels are missing. Adding the correct spacing and vowels gives "seven times four" which is 28. Science / Maths Square Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution The numbers at the end of each row and column show the total when the values of all the symbols are added up. The forth column is a good place to start. From here, move to the third row, then the first column. For the forth column to add up to 75, each measuring cylinder must be 15. Use this on the third row so 85 - (3 x 15) leave 40. 40 divided by 2 gives 20 for each cell. The lightbulbs are 9, microscopes 4, atoms 6, cell cultures 12 and batteries 23. The second column is 6 + 12 + 20 + 9 + 23 = 70. Venn Diagram Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution The key is on the left and each row on the right represents a letter. The first row has a wavy line and solid line. Look where these two circles intersect. The wavy line and solid lines intersect at the letter N. The next row is just a dotted line which is I. The third row is the same as the third. The forth is dots and solid. These circles intersect at E. Continuing to collect the letters gives nineteen. Welcome Article Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the note from Marie's lab book. The dawn of everything... The heart of being... Picking out all the letters (dawn of everything = e, heart of being = i, tail of aging - g, origin of humans = h and core of maths = t) spells eight. Puzzle Order Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution A scrap of paper holds the key to the order. It contains nine symbols. Each symbol relates to a puzzles (e.g Venn diagram = answer to Venn puzzle).. The symbols give the puzzle order: Venn, Alphabet Grid, Science Square, Pencils, Pascal's Triangle, Welcome Article, Rebus, Just For Fun and Science of Aging. You will need the answers that go along with the puzzles for the actual code.
