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发表于 2009-8-22 13:25 · 江苏
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这种问题给老外都解不出来,某些人饿1. The Piano
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Location: The School
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Clue 1:
You don't have to be able to read music to complete this puzzle, but the poem on
the wall has something to do with it.
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Clue 2:
Each verse of the poem corresponds to a note you must press. Take note of the
poem's title, and also the colours of the birds in the poem.
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Full Solution:
You can only press a few keys on the piano, and some of them are broken (they
make a 'click' sound rather than a tone). If you read the poem's title, "A tale
of birds _without a voice_", then you can tell that it refers to the broken
keys. They are C#, D, G, A, and A#. If you can't read music, here's a diagram.
The broken keys are bracketed.
(sigh i can't fix it)
The # symbol is pronounced 'Sharp', if you're interested. And, musicians, I know
that A# should really be 'B flat' but the computer doesn't have a 'flat' key.
What were they thinking of?
Anyway, all the verses describe birds that are either black or white. Keys on a
piano are also black or white, so the colour of the bird in each verse
corresponds to that colour of key. Here is the full poem.
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"A Tale of Birds Without A Voice"
First flew the greedy pelican,
Eager for the reward,
White wings flailing.
Then came a silent Dove,
Flying beyond the pelican,
As far as he could.
A Raven flies in,
Flying higher than the dove,
Just to show he can.
A Swan glides in,
To find a peaceful spot,
Next to another bird.
Finally out comes a Crow,
Coming quickly to a stop,
Yawning and then napping.
Who will show the way,
Who will be the key,
Who will lead to
The silver reward?
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I'll take each verse one by one.
The first verse (the Pelican) is a white key. 'White wings flailing' indicates
that the Pelican did not get far. Therefore the first note is the furthest back
white key, which is D.
In the second verse, the Dove flies 'as far beyond the Pelican as he could'.
This is the white key furthest away from the Pelican at D - this key is A.
A Raven is flying above the Dove in the third verse. There is only one black key
(in fact, only one key) above the Dove, and this is A#.
The fouth verse describes a swan flying in 'next to another bird'. There's only
one white broken key you haven't pressed yet, and it is G, which is next to the
Dove at A.
You only have one key left to press now - C#. The reason for this is that the
crow (a black bird) came 'quickly to a stop'. C# is the furthest back broken
key, and it is also black.
The last verse, despite sounding good in my opinion, means nothing about the
puzzle other than you get the Silver Medallion for solving it.
So the order is: D, A, A#, G, C#. When you enter this, you'll get the silver
medallion. |
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