1926 Meta
by Corey Plover
ANSWER: OSCAR ROBOT IS MADE
The answers from this round are:
Puzzle | Robot | Answer |
---|---|---|
Need to Take Someone Out? | Terminator | CARBURETOR |
New and Improved | Lt Commander Data | REFORMATIONISTS |
Whodunit? | Battle Droids | FATHER DAMIEN |
Sharp Senses | Hedonismbot | WEDGE ISSUES |
Queasy Reaction | Lance Bishop | PEPTO-BISMOL |
The Fallen | Transformers | CROSS COUNTRY |
Mystery Hunt Puzzle 3000 | Cambot | CARBON |
4=2 | Cylon Centurions | CIRCUS OF HORRORS |
A Good Clean Fight | Rosie the Maid | ROVERT GARCIA |
Each answer is the same length as the name of the robot for its puzzle, and as per the flavor text it has "a lot of correspondence". Specifically, each answer has four letters the same in the same positions as its robot name
Robot | Answer |
---|---|
TERMINATOR | CARBURETOR |
LT COMMANDER DATA | REFORMATIONISTS |
BATTLE DROIDS | FATHER DAMIEN |
HEDONISMBOT | WEDGE ISSUES |
LANCE BISHOP | PEPTO-BISMOL |
TRANSFORMERS | CROSS COUNTRY |
CAMBOT | CARBON |
CYLON CENTURIONS | CIRCUS OF HORRORS |
ROSIE THE MAID | ROBERT GARCIA |
When each puzzle is solved, its corresponding robot image on the round page is replaced with an animated one showing four lights in the corners of the circuitry lighting up in sequence. These represent the order in which the shared letters need to be placed around that image. For example:
The images can then be arranged into a 3x3 square so that corners have the same letter and this spells the answer OSCAR ROBOT IS MADE:
Upon completing this meta, the following link to supplementary information is revealed on the index page:
A complete listing of the Oscarbot winners can be found here.