The Trebuchet
by Todd Etter
Answer: MISTER POTTER
Each trebuchet consists of a unit of weight interspersed with the name of a projectile. Each projectile is some sort of hint to a set of four items that can be found Boggle-style in one of the walls. After finding the sets of four, the remaining letters in the walls (ordered from lightest weight to heaviest) can be used to create a drop-quote, yielding the phrase COLDHEARTED FOE OF GEORGE BAILEY which refers to MISTER POTTER, the greedy villain from It's a Wonderful Life.
Words from the Walls
As ordered in the puzzle, the weapons are
- Marble Rocks
- Throwing Star
- Pieces of Glass
- Sonic Bolt
- Hot Metal
- Block of TNT
- Grapeshot
- Warhead
Ordered from lightest to heaviest:
1. Pieces of Glass - Dalton - Compositions of Philip Glass
MAD RUSH ECHORUS UNDERTOW PINK NOISEDropquote letters: CTOE
2. Warhead - Grain - Military Generals
HANNIBAL SUNTZU ROMMEL SALADINDropquote letters: OEF
3. Throwing Star - Scruple - NFL quarterbacks
BRADY BRADSHAW MANNING MONTANADropquote letters: LDB
4. Marble Rocks - Troy Ounce - Names of marbles
TOM BOWLER RED DEVIL AGATE CATS EYEDropquote letters: DGA
5. Sonic Bolt - Pound - Voice actors in the movie Bolt
TRAVOLTA CYRUS LIPTON SAVAGEDropquote letters: HFEI
6. Grapeshot - Kilogram - Liquors made from grape
PISCO COGNAC BRANDY VERMOUTHDropquote letters: EOOL
7. Hot Metal - Hundredweight - Popular heavy metal bands
SLIPKNOT TOOL MEGADETH MASTODONDropquote letters: AERE
8. Block of TNT - Metric Ton - Original shows on the network TNT
SHAQ LIFE CLAWS THE ALIENIST THE LAST SHIPDropquote letters: RGY
The Last Wall
