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Mini Non-Reading Games & Puzzles for Cupcakes - NOVEMBER - from Captain Cupcake & LK
Quickie Explanation of Cupcakes
• Cupcakes appear during a Mods’ Monthly Challenge.
• You earn cupcakes from Captain Cupcake for participating in mini-games and puzzles as posted in this thread for September. They’re totally optional, but a Team can cash them in to get free passes on challenges, or for extra points for larger books read. (More on this last below.)
• Cupcakes are tracked on a Google Spreadsheet on Captain Cupcake’s World of Puzzles & Cupcakes.
• There are links to the puzzles at the top of each column.
• Any column with a regular cupcake () only needs to be done once per team. These are usually easy jigsaws and slider puzzles.
• Any column with a “blinkie” cupcake () may be done by as many Team Members as want to participate. In fact, the more Team Members who complete the “blinkie” cupcake puzzles, the more options you will have when you cash them in. These are Word Finds, Crosswords, Doublets, Find the Duplicates and types of puzzles that are generally a bit more difficult.
• While “blinkies” may also be redeemed by the person who earned them (such as for hints for encryption puzzles), the cupcakes for BAPs are redeemed by Captains in the Captains’ Group.
• In earlier challenges they were used to count a book that was <160 pages; for a book that applied, but had been read before April 12th; for a graphic novel; in conjunction with "chunkster," Triple Threat, or Cutthroat books to count as a book read in a sub-option challenge category.
• Thus far, they have NOT been used for any Read-a-Thons.
• Sometimes puzzles are set up as a series. For these, on the spreadsheet they will change from a regular cupcake (
• For regular and higher worth cupcakes you don’t get any bonuses for multiple Team Members completing them, but if you want to do them just for fun, there’s no reason not to! :)
• Blue cupcakes () are ones that were earned during a “48 Hour Cupcake Crazy” make-up period.
• Sunday Update ★'s are earned by Captains, or their proxies, if they are on vacation.
• There are three different type of cupcakes worth BAPs*. Below are the different size books/word count/page count breakdown :Cup Word Page Added Look Upon
cake Name Count Count BAPs* Redemption“bouncy” or
“chunkster” 112,500 450 1“Triple
Threat” 200,000 800 2“Cutthroat
Competitor”
or Cuatro 350,000 1,400 4
*BAPs = Book Advantage Books, which are each equal to one book read.
Slider Puzzles - This will start out easy and get harder as the challenge goes on. Okay to post in thread. Please take a screen print and show the “Very good, you win.” box.~ Type of Puzzles ~
Acceptable Posting
ExampleJigsaw Puzzles - For Jigsaws, take a screen print and make sure it show the type and number specified. We like to see your time, too, just for fun. These start out easy and get progressively harder as the challenge continues.
Example
May I please have a Test Bunny for a Word Find?
It is on its way to you, Mary!
May I have a different Test Bunny, this time for a Word Wheel?
I won't be home until the afternoon (3 hours from now), but I could test it, if it's not super urgent.
Thanks, JoLene! I'll mail it to you.
I forgot to post that I emailed the word find a while ago.
Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "I forgot to post that I emailed the word find a while ago."And I forgot to let you know it was checked. :D
The NBRC Book Ninja won't let me rest.
He looks like he has some tasks, so give your best.
Since he is still in the games and fun.
Who I am, to say I was all done?
PUZZLE #185: Jigsaw puzzle “November BOMs” is here.
Be sure to change the total pieces under "Change Cut" to "240 Pieces Square"
Larger image is here.
Okay to post in thread.
Yes, indeed! This puzzle is worth one “Cutthroat Competitor Cupcake”
and one “chunkster” cupcake
.
Ahhh, ♥Harry...PUZZLE #186: Encrypted Quote - ?
I'd like to marry.
A wizard I prefer,
Solve this, and TTs you'll incur.
Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com With Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!
Decode the following encrypted quote:
P oyxfu aoy expiexk xjjfdxmo el drrpmy uddf, oxir xk odwf yxfipyf aoxk wgwxi. Oy upuk'a gdwku fpvoa. Opg rddagayjg ryii edfy oyxbpil, zxwkapil, xku oy qopgaiyu. X kyq vwl. Oy qopgaiyu opg qxl ad el drrpmy uddf, aoyk ryii gpiyka rdf x edeyka. Aoyk oy ixwvoyu.
Aoyk oy ckdmcyu.
P qpkmyu. El expi mdeyg aofdwvo aoy expi gida wkiygg pa'g fyvpgayfyu. P vya x fyxiil ipepayu gyiymapdk dr fyvpgayfyu expi, xku pa'g kybyf vddu kyqg. P vda wj dwa dr el drrpmy moxpf xku djykyu aoy uddf.
Aoy kyq expiexk, qod iddcyu ipcy x sxgcyasxii qpao xfeg xku iyvg xku x gwkswfkyu, sxiupkv oyxu, qxg mowmcipkv xa aoy gpvk dk aoy uddf vixgg. Oy vixkmyu xa ey xku oddcyu x aowes adqxfu aoy gpvk. "Ldw'fy cpuupkv, fpvoa?"
P fyxu aoy gpvk (jydjiy moxkvy pa dmmxgpdkxiil), xku goddc el oyxu. "Kd, P'e gyfpdwg. Mxk P oxby el expi, jiyxgy?"
"Gd, wo. Ipcy jxfapyg, godqg, gawrr ipcy aoxa?" Oy iddcyu jxga ey, xg aodwvo oy ytjymayu ad gyy x qopay apvyf, df jdggpsil gdey gcpejpil mixu xggpgaxkag jfxkmpkv xfdwku el dkyfdde drrpmy.
P gpvoyu, kda pk aoy eddu ad vya edmcyu xvxpk, xku fyxmoyu rdf aoy expi oy oyiu pk opg oxku. "Kd, kda ipcy aoxa. P udk'a ud jxfapyg."
Oy oyiu dk ad pa, opg oyxu apiayu mwfpdwgil. "Gd qoxa? Gdey cpkux rdfawky-ayiiyf? Mxfug xku mflgaxi sxiig xku aopkvg?"
"Kd," P adiu ope. "P'e kda x jglmopm." P awvvyu xa aoy expi.
Oy oyiu dk ad pa. "Qoxa xfy ldw, aoyk?"
"Qoxa'g aoy gpvk dk aoy uddf gxl?"
"Pa gxlg 'Oxffl Ufyguyk. Qphxfu.'"
"Aoxa'g ey," P mdkrpfeyu.
"Xk xmawxi qphxfu?" oy xgcyu, vfpkkpkv, xg aodwvo P godwiu iya ope pk dk aoy zdcy. "Gjyiig xku jdapdkg? Uyedkg xku pkmxkaxapdkg? Gwsaiy xku nwpmc ad xkvyf?"
"Kda gd gwsaiy." P zyfcyu aoy expi dwa dr opg oxku xku iddcyu jdpkayuil xa opg mipjsdxfu. "Mxk P gpvk rdf el expi jiyxgy?"
El kxey pg Oxffl Sixmcgadky Mdjjyfrpyiu Ufyguyk. Mdkzwfy sl pa xa ldwf dqk fpgc. P'e x qphxfu. P qdfc dwa dr xk drrpmy pk epuadqk Mopmxvd. Xg rxf xg P ckdq, P'e aoy dkil djykil jfxmapmpkv jfdryggpdkxi qphxfu pk aoy mdwkafl. Ldw mxk rpku ey pk aoy lyiidq jxvyg, wkuyf "Qphxfug." Syipyby pa df kda, P'e aoy dkil dky aoyfy. El xu iddcg ipcy aopg:
Oxffl Ufyguyk—Qphxfu Idga Payeg Rdwku. Jxfxkdfexi Pkbygapvxapdkg. Mdkgwiapkv. Xubpmy. Fyxgdkxsiy Fxayg. Kd Idby Jdapdkg, Ykuiygg Jwfgyg, Jxfapyg, df Daoyf Ykayfaxpkeyka.
Ldw'u sy gwfjfpgyu odq exkl jydjiy mxii zwga ad xgc ey pr P'e gyfpdwg. Swa aoyk, pr ldw'u gyyk aoy aopkvg P'u gyyk, pr ldw ckyq oxir dr qoxa P ckyq, ldw'u qdkuyf odq xkldky mdwiu kda aopkc P qxg gyfpdwg.
This puzzle is worth two "triple threats".
For bonus "bouncing" cupcake
tell me the author and series from where this quote was taken. ☺
Puzzle 185 for Purple Mountain's Majesty
PUZZLE #186 sent for Purple Mountain's Majesty
I thought “parakeets” would be sweet.
Plus, it has nine letters, so neat.
It is a little longer, so it is worth a Cutthroat.
And added a "bouncing" cupcake, since I can't sing a note.
In this one, a “P” must start the word.
Don't bother with any that are too absurd.
PUZZLE #187: Word Wheel “parakeets.” Create words according to the breakdown below. Be sure all start with the center letter “P” in them. There are some hints/definitions below. --- Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned.
Yes, this puzzle is worth one Cutthroat
and one "bouncing" cupcake, too!
HELPFUL HINTS
One 7-letter word:
1. To admit to a share; to cause to participate.Seven 6-letter words:
2. Plural of a kind of heavy jacket.Twenty 5-letter words:
3. A workman who pastes.
4. Plural of a word meaning an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously.
5. Formerly the basic unit of money in Spain; equal to 100 centimos.
6. Annoy persistently.
7. Third-person singular of a word meaning idle or foolish and irrelevant talk.
8. Set in advance.
Nineteen 4-letter words:
Six 3-letter words:
Two 2-letter words:
Electric LimePuzzle #185
Puzzle #186 - email sent
Puzzle #187 - email sent
Yikes. That jigsaw puzzle took me forever. Pewter Blue
#187 sent in for Mango Tango.
May I have a "test bunny" for our last crossword puzzle? **snifflesniffle**
Before we all say, “Adieu!”PUZZLE #188: You may solve this crossword ONLINE here.
A little trivia about Round Two.
Remember, you can click "check solution" and you will see the box is green - if you've got it right - and red - if you've got it wrong:
You have until the end of the Tower Teams Reading Challenge to do this crossword for cupcakes... or afterwards, just for fun.
Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com
You can submit it as a Team, or send your best player to collect your cupcake.
Helpful Hint: For a helpful hint to #5 Across, see #21 Down!!!!!
Additional Helpful Hint: #11 Across is helped by #21 Down.
Sunday Update Spreadsheet
Chunkster & TT & CCC Approved/Unapproved Books Spreadsheet
Yes, this puzzle is worth two Cutthroats
, two Triple Threats and two "bouncing" cupcake, too!
.Across
1. Team with the member who has read the most books.
4. Number of players who leave, only to return to their Team or another.
5. Book most requested for "Cutthroat" cupcake redemption by all Teams.
8. Very first puzzle for a cupcake was a...
11. Book most requested for "chunkster" cupcake redemption by all Teams. A Fantasy/YA book set in NYC.
13. Nickname for the Team with the first member to give birth.
15. Team with the most rotating Captains.
17. Rank of the person who tracks cupcakes.
18. Most common color range of a Team.
20. Team with the most flexible Captains (one has been on several Teams and had a lot of changing members).
22. Team who received the first "Peer of the Realm" help.
23. Team with the most young players.
26. Team with the least posts.
27. Another of the top five authors - this one a Fantasy writer with the initials of G.R.R. - whose whose books where redeemed for "chunkster" & "Triple Threats" cupcakes.
29. Assigned the most "bogus" players.
30. Last Team to start redeeming cupcakes.
32. Last name of author whose books were the second most requested for cupcake redemption by all Teams. First initials are J.K.
34. Team with the most posts.
36. Number of Teams we started with.
Down
2. Most consistent Team, where most of the players post a book every week (once a player was without Internet).
3. Team with the least number of players.
4. Number of winning Teams tied for first place in the first Read-a-Thon.
6. Month in which we were supposed to finish.
7. Number of Teams with members who are related.
9. Team that formed in June and took a surprising early lead, only to fall behind after Team % Adjustments were made.
10. Team that had the "Harry Potter Read & Watch" read.
12. Currently the Team with the most BAPs.
14. Number of Teams we ended up with.
16. Number of types of cupcakes.
19. Team with the most number of players.
21. Author whose books were most requested for cupcake redemption by all Teams. First name: Cassandra.
24. Winning Team of the second Read-a-Thon.
25. Day of the week the Mods do updates.
28. One of the top five authors - this one a Romance writer with the first name of Kristen - whose books where redeemed for "chunkster" cupcakes.
29. Team who has redeemed the most Cutthroat cupcakes.
31. Most common player name.
33. Another of the top five authors - this one a Horror writer with the first name of Stephen - whose books where redeemed for "chunkster" & "Triple Threats" cupcakes.
35. "Peers of the Realm" have come and gone. What was the total number of those anonymous members who graciously helped other Teams.
It's slider time.
Won't cost a dime.
Solve them all...
A Triple Threat, you'll befall.
PUZZLE #189: Sliders “November BOMs”
Slider 1: Fifteen piece Slider puzzle is here.
Slider 2: Fifteen piece Slider puzzle is here.
Slider 3: Fifteen piece Slider puzzle is here.
Please take a screen print and show the "Very good, you win." box for all sliders.
Okay to post in thread.
Discover the challenge of "The" in the title.
And a cupcake will be yours; towards the end, could be vital.
PUZZLE #190: ~ Titles Starting with the Word "The" ~
Do this when you need a break from reading.
You have until November 23rd.
You can submit it as a Team, or send your best player to collect your cupcake.
Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com
For larger pic, go here .
The Apothecary
The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Dark Highlander
The Dovekeepers
The Dream Thieves
The Final Cut
The First Days
The Gate Thief
The Ghost and the Dead Deb
The Golden Compass
The Guardian
The Hero
The History of Love
The Hit
The Innocent
The Kingdom
The Light Between Oceans
The Lightening Thief
The Lost Girls
The Lost Hours
The Lunatic Café
The Mating
The McKettrick Way
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Newcomer
The Next Always
The Night Circus
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Off Season
The Opportunist
The Orchid Affair
The Perfect Play
The Prophet
The Protector
The Restorer
The Scorch Trials
The Scorpio Races
The Speed of Dark
The Summer Book
The Terra Cotta Dog
The Truth About Forever
The Unidentified Redhead
The Unseen
The Wanderer
The Wise Man’s Fear
Yes, this puzzle is worth Triple Threat
and one "bouncing" cupcake
.
Captain Cupcake wrote: " PUZZLE #189: Sliders “November BOMs”
Slider 1: Fifteen piece Slider pu..."
Emailed all 3 sliders for Purple Mountain's Majesty
Lesley, it is fine to post them in this thread.
thanks Lisa Kay. I'll post them here too - just sometimes tinypic times out on me and makes me cranky!! lol 
Lesley wrote: "thanks Lisa Kay. I'll post them here too - just sometimes tinypic times out on me and makes me cranky!! lol"LMBO!
Puzzle 190 wordfind sent for Purple Mountain's Majesty!
CORRECTIONS To #187:
Helpful Hint: For a helpful hint to #5 Across, see #27 Down!!!!!
#26 Across is misspelled B'dazzaled instead of B'dazzled Blue
Additional Helpful Hint: #11 Across is helped by #21 Down.
Electric LimePuzzle #188 - email sent
Puzzle #189
Submission of Puzzle 189 prts 1-3 for B'dazzled Blue. Done by Raymond.
Puzzle #190 - Team MauvelousPuzzle #190 has been emailed for Team Mauvelous
puzzle 187 (word wheel) emailed for Purple Mountain's Majesty
Puzzle # 185, #186, # 187 & #189 sent for Bdazzled Blue(I'm hoping someone else from our team will do #188 & # 190). : )
Lesley wrote: "Puzzle 190 wordfind sent for Purple Mountain's Majesty!"Lesley, I still didn't get that one from you.
PUZZLE #185: Jigsaw puzzle “November BOMs” is here.
Be sure to change the total pieces under "Change Cut" to "240 Pieces Square"
PUZZLE #186: Encrypted Quote - ? - here. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com With Puzzle # in subject line.
PUZZLE #187: Word Wheel “parakeets.” - here. Create words according to the breakdown below. Be sure all start with the center letter “P” in them. --- Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com with Puzzle # in subject line.
Puzzle #188: Crossword puzzle on TTRC-RoundII Trivia posted here . --- Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com with Puzzle # in subject line.
PUZZLE #189: Sliders “November BOMs” - here. Please take a screen print and show the "Very good, you win." box for all sliders.
PUZZLE #190: ~ Titles Starting with the Word "The" ~ here Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to ratminichallenges@gmail.com
PUZZLE #191: ~ Jigsaw puzzle for November "Buddy Reads" ~ here. Be sure to change the total pieces under "Change Cut" to "240 Pieces Classic" Okay to post in thread.