This puzzle consists of 6 origami squares. Each square has two diagonal mountain fold lines and one horizontal and one vertical valley fold lines. When folded, each square thus makes a small four-pointed pyramid.
Along the diagonal lines are written various nouns. These can be combined in the form “X in the Y.” The complete set of pairs is:
Combined with the title, these pairs suggest that you should try physically placing the X word inside the Y word. In fact, it is possible to assemble all of the pyramids such that every X is tucked inside every Y, creating a cubic structure:
With the cube correctly assembled, there are 24 additional words shown on the interior corners. Within each set of 3 words, two are a Spoonerism of an animal, and one is a word that rhymes with a number, providing an index into the animal name. Hidden underneath one of the words in each corner is a number, which provides the order. The inner corner words are:
Word 1 | Word 2 | Number word | Animal | Index | Letter |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GONE | MOOSE | SHUN | MONGOOSE | 1 | M |
RARE | PUTT | ROO | PARROT | 2 | A |
BACK | BLARE | HIVE | BLACKBEAR | 5 | K |
DOLL | BEAGLE | FINE | BALDEAGLE | 9 | E |
RING | STAY | BUN | STINGRAY | 1 | S |
HOOPERS | CAULK | WREN | COOPERSHAWK | 10 | W |
FLAGON | DRY | FLEA | DRAGONFLY | 3 | A |
CLIENT | JAM | SNORE | GIANTCLAM | 4 | N |
Reading the letters in order yields the instruction MAKE
SWAN
. Upon presenting HQ with an origami swan, teams are
given the answer
FITZSIMMONS GUILBERT
.