Comments on: The Last Row

By: Dani L.

Dani L. — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:26:40 +0000

Okay, maybe I’m being a smart alec, but how did the professor from puzzle 7 manage to take a picture of the earth from his observatory on campus?

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:27:17 +0000

Just solved #9 in 25 minutes. I cannot WAIT until next Monday – the agonizing wait’s already unbearable!

By: Steffetta

Steffetta — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:21:13 +0000

This contest has taught me one thing for sure: I should be more confident in my ability, instead of thinking things are way beyond me. I always make it more complicated that it really is.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:04:35 +0000

Ahh..that was it..bring on puzzle#9!

By: AdamKingXV

AdamKingXV — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:30:14 +0000

Subconscious, subliminal…I’ll take any help I can get at this point.

I’ve finished the time-intensive first layer of this one, now stuck at the “figure out where to go from here” part. Tried at least ten different things to the information I’ve collected, nothing is turning it into anything intelligible.

By: The Puzzle Team

The Puzzle Team — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:16:51 +0000

The #historypuzzle isn’t official, and there isn’t an official @historypuzzle from us. We do tweet about the puzzle, but via @SmithsonianMag.

– The Puzzle Team

By: Steffetta

Steffetta — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:46:17 +0000

I meant subconscious, duh!

By: Steffetta

Steffetta — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:45:40 +0000

I dreamt of presidential portraits last night! I may be obsessed.. ah well, I will hope for subliminal inspiration or any kind I can get on this one!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:33:17 +0000

…and it finally smacked me right in the face.

OK, so everything’s solved! Just waiting for puzzle #9 now.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 03:14:41 +0000

So I’ve really been sailing right through all of these so far and have completed seven of them with no problem… but that infernal #3′s just killing me. I know the answer’s supposedly staring me right in the face, but I have to believe I’m making it way harder than it really is. The cryptogram took mere minutes, and that was the easy part. I should let my kids take a crack at it – I’m overthinking it.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:52:14 +0000

I *think* I have gotten the clue to this puzzle but can’t seem to find the answer. Is that odd?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:11:11 +0000

I’m stuck near the end of the process I selected for my first try at this one, and I don’t see an approximate solution forming.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:07:09 +0000

If I am doing this puzzle right, this is going to take a while to figure out.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:00:51 +0000

Well well well…this doesn’t look like a puzzle that will give up its secrets easily. Not to be solved by an intuitive guess, eh?

By: Blair Leatherwood

Blair Leatherwood — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:41:09 +0000

Oh, I got the hashtag, but nothing I’ve posted has shown up there. I also tried to follow @historypuzzle (I’m assuming that’s official, but I could be wrong), but i haven’t been allowed to.