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