Penelope’s Last Challenge
Penelope had pieced the mystery together. She noticed a strange pattern in the mishaps that troubled Maple Creek. Decorations swapped, gifts misplaced, timetables changed. Not every puzzle was connected, but enough of them pointed to the same hand. The mischief was not random. Someone had been working behind the scenes.
And Penelope was ready to share her conclusion. But before telling the Mayor, she turned to you.
Use the following hints and solutions to complete this final challenge.
Looking through the pages of this book, leading up to this page, there are 15 total mice. If you've scanned every page you will have counted 34 candy canes. There were a total of 6 different elves flagged for standing out. There are a total of 19 different patterns, out of 20 total snowflakes. This was an easy one - Sam (14) The solution to the Digits of Distress puzzle was 520 - adding each digit together gives us 7. This was an easy one as well... Penelope only wore a single scarf the entire visit. One man keeps showing up in different puzzles - Walter Krott, whose full name is mentioned once. 1) How many images of mice did you see in this book? (Solution)
2) How many candy canes are in this book? (Solution)
3) There were 24 Elfs in the The Elf Assembly Mix-Up Puzzle - how many were different from the rest? (Solution)
4) How many different snowflake patterns were there in the Snowflake Twins Puzzle? (Solution)
5) Who was sitting in Seat 5, in the Gingerbread Incident? (Solution)
6) If you take the 3-digit code (solution) from the Digits of Distress Puzzle and add its digits together, what total do you get? (Solution)
7) How many different neck scarves did Penelope wear throughout her visit to Maple Creek? (Solution)
8) Besides Penelope what character physically appears the most times in this book? (Solution)