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Welcome to the Santa Escape Room!
Your mission is to save Santa Claus.
Introduction ↑
What must you do? ↑
You must find and rescue Santa Claus!
Solve each of the clues below to save Santa.
You must solve a clue before you can move on to the next.
There are 8 stages.
Some Thanks ↑ I would like to thank Jonathan Mayo for his kind and helpful comments.
Begin! ↑
To begin type in the colour of Rudolph's nose:-
SubmitIf you are correct, the escape room will begin!
Part 1 | In Your Garden ↑
Where are you? ↑
You are playing in your back garden when you hear a woosh above your head, and a letter flutters down in front of you.
You look up, but there is nothing there!
You tear it open.
Inside is a Christmas card!
Santa's Card ↑
It reads:-
[
Dear Finder
Help, I have been kidnapped by a major toy store just as I was setting out to deliver presents.
The toy store did not want me giving out free presents!
The had some staff hiding in my sleigh.
They tied me up with wrapping paper, and silly tape (sorry, sticky tape)!
They are now flying my sleigh to their secret hideaway in Derbyshire.
They plan to keep me tried up until the New Year; so no presents for anyone.
Luckily, I had some Christmas cards in my pocket, and I am secretly dropping them out of my sleigh as we fly over memorable places.
In each card contains a clue to finding the next card, leading to where I am imprisoned.
Follow each clue and rescue me!
Santa
]
You can find your first clue below.
Clue ↑
Inside your first Christmas card you find the following map and some mysterious numbers. You need to find something on the map that those numbers point to.
367 E, 508 N
Need Help? Click here. (Click Here) ↑
You remember something about Grid References.
A Grid Reference points to a "box" on a map.
It has numbers going East and then numbers going North.
For the grid below, box A, is at reference 83 26 or 83 East 26 North
If you add another number to the Grid Reference, you can identify a place within the box.
The shaded tiny box is 62
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
SubmitIf you are correct, the next stage will appear!
Correct! ↑
That is right! It is Heage Windmill.
You tell your parents and they agree to drive you there for fun.
They do not believe the card is really from Santa Claus!
Wrong! ↑
You will need to try again if you are going to save Santa!
Part 2 | Heage Windmill | At The Entrance Gate ↑
Where are you? ↑
You finally reach Heage Windmill!
You can see another Christmas Card inside, but the gate is manned, and the gatekeeper will not let you in unless you answer the following puzzle.
Puzzle ↑
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
SubmitIf you are correct, the next stage will appear!
Correct! ↑
Correct, the answer is four!
In fact, whatever number you start with, you end up with the number 4!
Try this as a magic trick on your friends - let them work it out in their head and then say you will guess the answer (you know it is always 4)!
The gate-keeper lets you in through the gate.
Wrong! ↑
You will need to try again if you are going to save Santa!
Part 3 | In Heage Windmill ↑
Where are you? ↑
You walk round the windmill, looking for another Christmas card.
Eventually you see it blowing accross the car park.
You chase after it, and open it.
Santa's Card ↑
Dear Finder
If you have made it this far, then well done.
More presents for you this Christmas!
I hope you can find my next card.
Good luck!
Santa
Clue ↑
You find another map and some numbers again.
You need to find another place on the map below.
350E 526N
Need Help? Click here. (Click Here) ↑
Here is a hint : drinking water.
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
SubmitIf you are correct, the next stage will appear!
Correct! ↑
It is the reservoir near Crich Chase woods.
It is up on a hill, so that the water has pressure (due to gravity) to feed local houses.
Your parents drive you on to Crich Chase.
Wrong! ↑
You will need to try again if you are going to save Santa!
Part 4 | Crich | At Chadwick Nick Reservoir ↑
Where are you? ↑
You arrive at Chadwick Nick Reservoir.
It is an undercover reservoir built on the top of Crich Chase, circled in red.
Here is a picture of it being built.
Stanta's Card ↑
Near the entrance, you find a further letter from Santa:-
Dear Finder
You are getting closer now!
I ho-ho-hope you can work out the next clue!
Santa
Your parents still don't believe it is the real Santa Claus.
Clue ↑
You need to type in the name of the object that is approximately 700 meters East and 200 meters North from the red circle marking the Eastern-most point of the reservoirs.
The object is pointed-to by a useful map-symbol.
Need Help? Click here. (Click Here) ↑
If you look at the bottom right hand corner of the map, you will see a scale, which shows how many meters per half-inch the is visible on the map.
It is important to understand the scale of a map so that you know how far apart items on the map are.
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
SubmitIf you are correct, the next stage will appear!
Correct! ↑
It is a telephone box! Well done.
It is in the centre of Fritchley.
You all jump back in the car and head off to Fritchley.
Wrong! ↑
Nope. Thats the wrong answer. Try again. Look near Fritchley.
Part 5 | Fritchley Phone Box ↑
Where are you? ↑
You get to Fritchley and find the Phone Box!
Here is the Phone Box, taken from Google Street View:-
Santa's Card ↑
It has been raining.
There is another slightly damp Christmas card blown up against the phone box.
Dear Finder
You are very close now.
I deer-ly wish that you will find me soon.
I will not have time to deliver all the presents, if not.
Santa
Your parents are getting bored, but agree to keep helping you.
Clue ↑
From this map:
Find my prison by following these directions:-
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
SubmitIf you are correct, the next stage will appear!
Correct! ↑
Well done. It is the very ancient Wingfield Manor House!
Rush over as quickly as possible.
Wrong! ↑
Wrong. All that "remains" is to find where Santa is.
You will need to mind your "Manors" to find this place.
Part 6 | Manor House Door ↑
Where are you? ↑
You arrive at Wingfield Manor House.
They are vast and immensely impressive ruins of a palatial medieval manor house.
This house was built in the 1440s for Lord Cromwell, Treasurer of England.
Mary Queen of Scots (not Socks) was imprisoned here in 1569, 1584 and 1585.
Santa's Card ↑
The doors to the manor house are locked.
You find another Christmas card outside:-
Dear Finder
If you have made it this far then I am almost saved.
Thank you!
You will find a magic square in this letter.
If you can complete it you can cast a spell to open the doors.
Good Luck.
Santa!
Your parents don't believe anyone is inside, or that the magic square will work.
Puzzle ↑
Inside the Christmas card you find the following square.
You must make each row, column and diagonal add up to the same number!
You need to type in what the numbers go in the three blank boxes.
Need some help? Click here. (Click Here) ↑
In a 3 x 3 magic square:
class="ScoutsBoxBodyTextNormal">Only the numbers 1 to 9 are used, and each number only appears once in the whole table.
All of the rows, columns and diagonals add up to 15.
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From ancient times they were connected with the supernatural and magical world.
The earliest record of magic squares is from China in about 2200 BC. and is called "Lo-Shu".
There is a legend that says that the Emperor Yu saw this magic square on the back of a divine tortoise in the Yellow River.
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
Type each number separated by one "space".
SubmitIf you are correct, you will free Santa!
Correct! ↑
You cast a door opening spell.
OPENUPIMUS!
A flash of lightning hits the door, and the door creaks open revealing a court yard.
Wrong! ↑
Your magic goes wrong. You turn your parents into mice! You are not able to open the door. Try again.
Part 7 | In the Courtyard ↑
Where are you? ↑
You are in the courtyard for the manor house.
There is an empty sleigh and some reindeer here.
Your parents are starting to wonder if you may be right!
But there is no Santa!
However, you then notice a figure trapped up in the tower.
Your parents still think it is a person dressed up as Santa and this is all just some fun.
Santa's Card ↑
You look around, but there are no more Christmas cards!
However you notice another magic square lying in the sleigh, and a combination lock on the door to the tower.
You have a choice, you can solve the magic square and use magic, or you can work out the lock!
Puzzle 1 | Magic Square | Click Here (Click Here) ↑
The square is bigger and harder.
You must make each row, column and diagonal add up to the same number!
You need to type in what the numbers go in the three blank boxes, separated by a space.
Puzzle 2 | Combination Lock | Click Here (Click Here) ↑
There is a combination lock with two dials.
Each dial goes from 0 to 9.
You need to type in two digits separated by a space.
There is a note next to the lock, for the toy store to remember the number.
[
Dial A is smaller than dial B.
Dial B is an even number.
Dial A times dial B = 18.
]
Need some help? Click here. (Click Here) ↑
In a 4 x 4 magic square:
class="ScoutsBoxBodyTextNormal">Only the numbers 1 to 16 are used, and each number only appears once in the whole table.
All of the rows, columns and diagonals add up to 34.
}
What is your answer? ↑
Type in your answer below and press "submit".
Type each number separated by one "space".
SubmitIf you are correct, you will free Santa!
Correct ! ↑
You cast a levitation spell.
FLOATDOWNUS
Santa is lifted up and floats down into the court yard.
Wrong! ↑
If you tried the magic square - the spell didn't work! Your parents turn orange.
If you tried the lock, it refuses to open.
Part 8 | Victory ↑
Well done! ↑
You have done it!
You have saved Santa.
Santa says: "Ho ho ho, well done! You have saved Christmas! I won't forget you."
He is so grateful, he agrees to fly you all back home in his Sleigh!
It is only when the Sleigh soars into the sky that your parents finally believe!
You fly over Ripley, and wave - but no one can see you, you are invisible!
You get back home in no time at all.
Santa tells you to keep it all secret.
As you waive Santa off back to the North Pole, you realise your parent's car is still at Wingfield Manor! Oops!
THE END
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