Random Numbers – Answer: CARDINAL – By Dana Young

 

First, treat these as building numbers. In the main entrance of each building an identification card for one piece of artwork was altered to have the artist be “Puzzlehunt” with a new title. Each title was a homophone.

 

 

“Title”

“Homophone”

25

BORED

BOARD

40

BUY

BY

21

INN

IN

3

KNIGHT

NIGHT

20

PEACE

PIECE

41

SIGHED

SIDE

30

SUM

SOME

42

THYME

TIME

5

TWO

TO

24

WOK

WALK

43

WEIGH

WAY

27

WEAR

WHERE

22

HOLE

WHOLE

 

The homophones can be linked into a string of connecting words:

 

WHOLE SOME WHERE BY WAY SIDE BOARD WALK IN TO NIGHT TIME PIECE

 

Using the “building numbers” in their original order to index into the connected string spells out:

 

OHIO STATE BIRD = CARDINAL