Solution: Xenophobia

Written by Katherine Bryant

 

E

N

  

U

N

  

L

U

G

A

R

  

D

E

  

L

A

  

M

A

N

C

H

A

,

 

D

E

  

C

U

Y

O

  

N

O

M

B

R

E
 

N

O

  

Q

U

I

E

R

O

  

A

C

O

R

D

A

R

M

E

,

  

N

O

  

H

A

  

M

U

C

H

O

  

T

I

E

M

P

O
 

Q

U

E

  

V

I

V

Í

A

  

U

N

  

H

I

D

A

L

G

O

  

D

E

  

L

O

S

  

D

E

  

L

A

N

Z

A

  

E

N
 

A

S

T

I

L

L

E

R

O

,

  

A

D

A

R

G

A

  

A

N

T

I

G

U

A

,

  

R

O

C

Í

N

  

F

L

A

C

O

  

Y

  

G

A

L

G

O

  

C

O

R

R

E

D

O

R

.

      

(Cervantes, Don Quixote)

Taking the letters in the boxes of each color gives:

UNO
CUATRO
CATORCE
OCHENTA

UNO = one; letter #1 = E
CUATRO = four; letter #4 = N
CATORCE = fourteen; letter #14 = M
OCHENTA = eighty; letter #80 = O

 

I

H

R

  

N

A

H

T

  

E

U

C

H

  

W

I

E

D

E

R

,

  

S

C

H

W

A

N

K

E

N

D

E

  

G

E

S

T

A

L

T

E

N

,

  

D

I

E

  

F

R

Ü

H

  

S

I

C

H

  

E

I

N

S

T

  

D

E

M

  

T

R

Ü

B

E

N

  

B

L

I

C

K

  

G

E

Z

E

I

G

T

.

(Goethe, Faust)

Taking the letters in the boxes of each color gives:

EINS
DREI
ACHT

EINS = one; letter #1 = I
DREI = three; letter #3 = R
ACHT = eight; letter #8 = E

 

T

U

T

T

I

  

L

I

  

S

T

A

T

I

,

  

T

U

T

T

I

  

E

'

  

D

O

M

I

N

I

I

  

C

H

E

  

H

A

N

N

O

  

A

V

U

T

O

  

E

T

  

H

A

N

N

O

  

I

M

P

E

R

I

O

  

S

O

P

R

A

  

L

I

  

U

O

M

I

N

I

,

  

S

O

N

O

  

S

T

A

T

I

  

E

  

S

O

N

O
 

O

  

R

E

P

U

B

B

L

I

C

H

E

  

O

  

P

R

I

N

C

I

P

A

T

I

.

                        

(Machiavelli, The Prince)

Taking the letters in the boxes of each color gives:

DUE
OTTO
VENTI

DUE = two; letter #2 = U
OTTO = eight; letter #8 = S
VENTI = twenty; letter #20 = O

 

H

E

  

Q

U

O

I

?

  

C

H

A

R

M

A

N

T

E

  

E

L

I

S

E

,

  

V

O

U

S

  

D

E

V

E

N

E

Z

  

M

E

L

A

N

C

O

L

I

Q

U

E

,

  

A

P

R

E

S

  

L

E

S

  

O

B

L

I

G

E

A

N

T

E

S

  

A

S

S

U

R

A

N

C

E

S

  

Q

U

E

  

V

O

U

S

  

A

V

E

Z

  

E

U

  

L

A

  

B

O

N

T

E

  

D

E

  

M

E

  

D

O

N

N

E

R

  

D

E

  

V

O

T

R

E

  

F

O

I

?

    

Taking the letters in the boxes of each color gives:

QUATRE
SEPT
TREIZE

QUATRE = four; letter #4 = U
SEPT = seven; letter #7 = C
TREIZE = thirteen; letter #13 = N

So you have: UCNOUSOIREENM

Anagram these, and you get the answer: UNCEREMONIOUS.