Why did the chicken cross the road?
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Attempt to unravel one of the most perplexing philosophical questions of all time and in the process find out where exactly in Toronto the chicken - or was it a pigeon?!? - crossed the road. Correctly answer the questions in the clues along the way and be the first to submit a detailed description of the bird's intersection of choice pictured below to win $100.00!
The following image is a picture of what you had to find. You had to use the clues below to help you find it.
| Clue #1 | Released April 28th, 2010 07:00am |  |
Cornish, Devon, Selkirk - ask some hip cats at this place why the chicken crossed the road. Maybe a cat chased it? Visit the location and look for a Leisure Rules sticker (similar to the one pictured below). Remember the location and enter below what is on the sticker.
Answer: jazz hands
Secret Info: Q H A
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| Clue #2 | Released April 28th, 2010 07:00am | |
Find a downtown park that is a skating rink in the winter and a fountain in the summer. It also happens to be popular with pigeons. Maybe go ask a pigeon why the chicken crossed the road. Asking a pigeon is optional but knowing the name of the park isn't. Remember the location of the park and enter it's name below.
Answer: Barbara Ann Scott Park
Secret Info: A Q P U R
| Clue #3 | Released April 28th, 2010 07:00am | |
Sadly, the chicken didn't make "stairwell status" at Nathan Phillips Square but there is reference to "chicken" twice on the back of a statue found there. Remember the location of the statue and enter the name of who it is.
Answer: Winston Churchill
Secret Info: Q N F N
| Clue #4 | Released April 28th, 2010 07:00am | |
This chick takes College art classes downtown, maybe she knows why the chicken crossed the road. Find the location of this chick to figure out what she is saying. Remember this chick's location and enter the word from it's speech bubble below. Just type the text – no special characters required.
Answer: uber
Secret Info: F G A H G!
| Clue #5 | Released April 29th, 2010 12:00pm | |
Look for a Toronto based Haiku at craigslist.org for a hint on which park you're looking for in clue 2.
Click www.craigslist.org to search for the answer.
| Clue #6 | Released April 29th, 2010 12:00pm | |
"O", what a "CAD". Travel south, looking west for help finding the chick in clue 4.
| Clue #7 | Released April 30th, 2010 12:00pm | |
Speaking of stairwells, Rocky and Bullwinkle should lead you to the statue in clue 3.
| Clue #8 | Released April 30th, 2010 12:00pm | |
Need help finding the location in clue 1? What does Cornish, Devon and Selkirk have in common? What does that and Toronto have in common?
| Clue #9 | Released May 1st, 2010 07:00am | |
Take the secret info you received from clues 1 to 4; re-order from shortest to longest to make an 18 character word. Now decipher.
| Clue #10 | Released May 2nd, 2010 07:00am | |
If you can't decipher what the string in clue 9 says Caesar could help you.
| Clue #11 | Released May 3rd, 2010 12:00pm | |
If you're still stuck, nowhere should get you abjurer
| Clue #12 | Released May 4th, 2010 12:00pm | |
To solve this puzzle, 13 is your lucky number.