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This is an index of all the '''puzzles''' that have taken place in the [[KateModern]] web series.

==Carnaby Street==
After [[Kate]] [[I Can't Remember Anything!|lost her memory]], [[Steve]] found pictures on her [[Free Will (video)|cell phone]], and uploaded them to [[Bebo]] so that fans could help them figure out where Kate had been.

[[Image:Carnaby Clue 1.jpg|thumb|left|Liberty of London department store [http://www.liberty.co.uk/what_s_in_store/explore_the_store]]]
[[Image:Carnaby Clue 2.jpg|thumb|left|Shakespeare's Head pub on the corner of Fouberts Place and Carnaby Street]]
[[Image:Carnaby Clue 3.jpg|thumb|left|Haymills Carnaby Street [http://www.haymills.com/projectdetails.php?id=27&PHPSESSID=62976631c51a0d2f4fe13fa089f12e9f]]]
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These pictures led fans to [[Carnaby Street]], where they [[Carnaby Street, Saturday 18th August, 10AM|met up]] with [[Sophie]] on Saturday August 18th, 2007 at 10 AM.

==Police Calling Card==
On September 2nd, 2007, Kate decided to [[A Day in the Life|take a closer look]] at the [[Carnaby Street, Saturday 18th August, 10AM|calling card]] that [[Dudley]] left her on [[Carnaby Street]].  She posted the following message to her [[Bebo]] blog [http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=4267180392&BlogId=4698584655]

{{quote|Kate|
  
Okay, so here's the number from the card the 'policeman' gave me:

+44 7812 250 478

I've called and it seems to be the answering service for some pizza company? I can't work it out - I've never even heard of 'The Pizza Specialists'! 

It all seems a bit odd to me. What do you think? 

Love Kate<br>
xx 
}}

When calling the number, the following message plays.

{{quote|+44 7812 250 478|

Hi. Make an appointment with the Pizza Specialist. Addicted to our takeaways? Then here's the answer to a healither pizza choice: '''s'''ausage, '''p'''epperoni, '''e'''gg, '''a'''nchovy and '''k'''ale, ''or'' '''t'''omato and '''o'''live, ''or'' '''t'''omato, '''h'''ollandaise, and '''e'''gg, ''or'' '''u'''ruguayan '''n'''achos, '''d'''ill, '''e'''gg, '''a'''nchovy, and '''d'''iced onion, ''or'' '''d'''ill, '''o'''ctopus, '''c'''heddar, '''t'''omato, '''o'''nion, and '''r'''ocket.  Only with our next delivery this week.  All you've got to do is wait for the knock on your door.
}}

'''''Note:''' The original message can be heard at: http://www.acidfingers.com/hosted/Recording.MP3''

If you look at the first letter of each topping and put in a space wherever the word "''or''" is said, you get the following message: SPEAK TO THE UNDEAD DOCTOR.  This indicated that [[Dr. William Griffin]] had faked his death and was going to attempt to speak to Kate.  The message also says "''Wait for the knock on your door''," indicating that the doctor would knock on Kate's door and contact her.

==Pizza Puzzle==
After [[Dudley]] came and [[Who Watches The Watcher?|dropped off a CD]] at [[Kate's flat]], she uploaded the file to her [[Bebo]] so that her friends could help her decode it.

[[Image:Pizza Puzzle.jpg]]

'''Breaking It Down:'''
*.tsnihcnip looked at backwards is '''Pinchin St'''.
*The calendar in the picture indicates '''Sunday 9th'''.
*.-.. ..- -. -.-. .... - .. -- . is Morse Code for '''lunch time'''.
*XV is the Roman Numeral for '''15'''. 
*The code at the bottom of the picture is fmwvimvzgsgsuzixsvh is an Atbash Cipher, which decodes to "'''underneath the arches'''".

'''THE SOLVE:''' 15 Pinchin Street, Sunday the 9th at Lunchtime.  Underneath the arches.


[[Charlie]], [[Kate]], and [[Tariq]] followed the clue and met [[Dudley]] [[Girl Power|at the specified time & place]].


==Lee's Treasure Hunt==

From the first day he started working at [[Tariq and Gavin's office|Tariq and Gavin's office]], [[Lee]] was bullied by them. After the video [[Subservient Lee]], where [[Gavin]] commanded him to complete various embarrassing acts, [[Lee]] was fed up and made a [[The Leak|video]] where he exposed the [[Project Orwell|secret software]] [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]] had developed. He then wiped every trace of it from everywhere in the office except from his own drive, holding it ransom. He announced that [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]] could only get their software back if they played along in Lee's Treasure Hunt. [[Lee]] said that he'd hide clues in videos and on The Sun online [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/] for [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]] to find. Each clue led to new a location and time where they were supposed to arrive. If they were there, Lee would provide the next clue to lead them to the next location.


On November 16th 2007, the following message was posted on the KateModern Production Bebo page [http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=4332884856&BlogId=5016077795]:
{{quote|KateModern|
Today marks the start of a very exciting week in the KateModern World. Lee has set a challenge for Gavin and Tariq that they must complete if they want to get their software back.

Lee’s Video: http://bebo.com/watch/5016013147

Lee’s Profile: http://www.bebo.com/mrsphinx

They need YOUR help to solve the puzzles that Lee is going to be setting, and every day next week there’ll be a Live Event somewhere in Central London. We really want you to be there to play a part in Lee’s games!

Thanks to our friends at Microsoft we have some great prizes to give away, and everyone who attends a Live Event will be entered into a prize draw. The more days you attend, the more chance you have of winning a prize.

Things are going to be pretty busy over here on Bebo so don’t worry if you can’t make it to London – Gavin and Tariq are going to need your help online too! Extra clues are going to be hidden on The Sun Online ( http://www.thesun.co.uk/tv ) – so keep a look out there.}}


Shortly after, Lee posted [[Let the Games Begin!]], in which he revealed his first clue. Multi-colored alphanumerics and punctuation symbols appeared on the screen. They appeared randomly and then were backwards and upside down


[[Image:LeesTreasurehunt1.jpg]]


When this code was entered into Live Search Maps, you got this: http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=116264F0DD5D8C5F!103&encType=1. This map defined a perimeter within London.


On The Sun online this image was posted from the Big Ben:

[[Image:BigBenclock.jpg]]


The picture revealed the location to be near the Tower of Big Ben. 


===November 19th 2007===
<br>
On November 19th 2007, [[Lee]] posted the video [[Before the Clock Strikes Six...]] which announced another clue about the time and location: 


{{quote|Lee|
Tonight, you're going on a blind date! You're going to meet my best mate. Benjamin is tall and he's always on time. You better be in the square before it strikes six times!}}


Because of this clue, [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]] knew they needed to be at Parliament Square (which is in front of Big Ben), before 6 o'clock pm (when the bell tolled six times).


The video [[Parliament Square - 6pm, 19th November 2007]] showed [[Gavin]] and [[Charlie]] arrived at Parliament Square, where they bumped into [[Tariq]] and [[Julia]]. In front of the Winston Churchill statue, they found a lawn gnome. On the bottom of the gnome was a handwritten note with the next clue from [[Lee]].

[[Image:GnomenoteLee.jpg]]

The clue read:

You’ll need your platforms tomorrow,<br> 
When I hear Abba it makes me want to go.<br>
Hands that don’t wave, a face that won’t laugh,<br> 
the time and the place is thirteen and a half.<br>


The solution of this clue is:

*Location: Waterloo Station [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo_station] (Waterloo is a song from ABBA and the platforms in the clue are referring to a train station) 

*Time: 1:30pm (the time is thirteen and a half, what means 13:30 or 1:30pm) 

*Where exactly: Under the four-faced clock (the line: Hands that don't wave, a face that won't laugh refers to the hands and face of a clock. There hangs a large and famous four-faced clock in the middle of the main concourse. Meeting "under the clock at Waterloo" is a traditional rendezvous.)


[[Image:WaterlooStationClock.jpg]]


Discussion about the clue at the forum: http://www.lg15.com/katemodern/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=400&start=30 


In the evening, [[Lee]] posted a new [[Thirteen and a Half|video]], where he confirmed that Gavin and Tariq needed to be at Waterloo Station at 13.30.


Lee also updated his map, where he pointed out where Waterloo Station is:


[[Image:NewMapLee201107.jpg]]


===November 20th 2007===

[[Gavin]] and [[Charlie]] got stuck in traffic, so they couldn't be at Waterloo Station on time (13:30):


{{quote|Gavin|
Waterloo - I was defeated, you won the war. 

Me and Chaz got stuck in traffic on our way to Waterloo and by the time we got there it was 2pm. We went to the clock but there was no sign of anything. There were quite a few people around but none of them knew anything about Lee or the software.

Great.

What are we supposed to do now?

Gav}}


Luckily for [[Gavin]], [[Sophie]] was at Waterloo Station on time and she got the gnome, with the next clue on the bottom of it.


{{quote|Sophie|I was there for 1:30...it was so exciting!!!!!! Lee came in disguise with the gnome and someone else was there trying to get it for themselves....... I'm editing my video at the moment and will have it up soon so you can see what went on!! Gavin posted a blog saying him and Charlie got stuck in traffic and when they got there we'd all gone...so it's up to us to solve the clue so that they can get back on the hunt!!

OK, so the clue from the gnome is this:

"A station today is tomorrow a bridge

Act fast to get to England’s stage."

I have NO idea. Do you?

Love Soph
xxx}}


[[Lee]] also updated his map [http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=116264F0DD5D8C5F!103&encType=1], with a clue about the new location on it.


[[Image:Clue3Lee20nov07.jpg]]


The green arrow is placed on Waterloo Bridge and the red one on the Royal National Theatre.


[[Sophie]] posted a [[Waterloo station – 130PM, 20th November 2007|video]] where she is seen picking up the gnome with the clue on the bottom of it. At the station, [[Terrence]] was also looking for the clue about the software. When [[Lee]] saw him, he looked scared and ran away.


The solution of the clue was found at IRC and on [[Sophie]]'s Bebo page[http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=4337221200&BlogId=5033604628&PageNbr=1]


Solution:

''''A station today is tommorow a bridge''''

Waterloo Bridge was the location for the next day. The location for that day was a station (Waterloo) and the next day, the location was a bridge (there's a bridge in London called Waterloo, so Waterloo Bridge).

''''Act fast to get to England's stage''''

The Royal National Theatre was also a location for the next day. (England's stage -> a stage in a theatre and the word national refers to England. Act fast refers to acting and that's what takes place in a theatre). 


The Royal National Theatre is right next to Waterloo Bridge:


[[Image:Waterloobridge.gif]]


So the location for the next day must be at the Waterloo Bridge, in front of the Royal National Theatre.


Later that evening, [[Lee]] posted a new [[All the World's a Stage|video]], in which he confirmes that the next location is at the Waterloo Bridge, looking at the Royal National Theatre.<br>He also gives the time: before 6pm.

Lee updated his map [http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=116264F0DD5D8C5F!103&encType=1] again. The right location is now on the map, together with a picture of what you see when you're standing at the right location.


[[Image:Picclue3waterloobridge.jpg]]


===November 21st 2007===

[[Tariq]] posted a blog on his Bebo page [http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=4267542223&BlogId=5038662209], after he came back from the Waterloo Bridge:


{{quote|Tariq|Waterloo Bridge
   
Just back from the bridge - it didn't go that well. Gavin turned up drunk and went mental, like that's going to help anything.... Anyway, I'm editing my video at the moment so I'll get that up ASAP.

For now, here's the clue from the gnome...

“Chris made Paul a lovely home. He built it with a great big dome. But there’s one little catch, where ever you go, there’s a watch.”

What do you think?

Tx}}


[[Tariq]] posted his [[Waterloo Bridge - 6pm 21st November|video]] a few hours later. In the video, we see him en [[Julia]] waiting for [[Lee]] on the Waterloo Bridge. [[Charlie]] and [[Gavin]] showed up a few minutes later. [[Gavin]] had a golfclub in his hands, where he wanted to hit [[Lee]] with. But [[Lee]] never showed up, because a woman delivered the gnome with the next clue on the bottom of it. [[Gavin]] wanted to smash the gnome with his golfclub, but [[Charlie]] held him back, so that she and [[Tariq]] could read the clue first. After that, [[Gavin]] smashed the gnome with the golfclub to pieces.


The solution to the clue:


The location where the next clue is, is St. Paul's Cathedral.


[[Image:St-Pauls.jpg]]


"Chris made Paul a lovely home. He built it with a great big dome. But there’s one little catch, wherever you go, there’s a watch."


*'''Chris made Paul a lovely home. He built it with a great big dome.''' 

Sir Christopher Wren [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wren] was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometer, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed 53 London churches, including St Paul's Cathedral. So Chris(topher) designed St. Paul's Cathedral, which has a great big dome.


*'''But there's one little catch, wherever you go, there's a watch.'''

There was never given an explanation for this line. [[Lee]] probably wanted to say with this line, that he would watch every move of [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]].


Lee updated his map [http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=116264F0DD5D8C5F!103&encType=1] again, with this picture:


[[Image:Statuelee.jpg]]


The exact location of this statue has never been found, but people assuming that it's a statue that stands at the St. Paul's Cathedral.


Later that night, [[Lee]] posted a [[You're Almost There!|video]] in which he confirms that the next location is St. Paul's Cathedral, at 6pm. After he posted this video, the description on his map changed to: See you on the steps at 6pm! 


[[Image:See_you_on_the_steps.jpg]]


===November 22nd 2007===


[[Sophie]] agreed with [[Gavin]] on Windows Messenger that she would go to the St. Paul's Cathedral to pick up the gnome with the next clue on it. After a few hours, she said on Bebo:


{{quote|Sophie|
Just got back from St. Paul's. I don't want to talk about it.}}


On which Gavin commented:


{{quote|Gavin|
I KNEW i should have gone to deal with Lee myself!}}


After this, [[Sophie]] posted a [[St. Paul's Cathedral: 6pm - 22nd November 2007|video]], in which we see [[Lee]] putting his gnome and some flowers for [[Sophie]] on the steps of the St. Paul's Cathedral. 


[[Image:Gnomeflowers.jpg]] 


When [[Sophie]] arrives, she picks up the flowers and looks at them. But then a [[Watcher]] sneaks up behind her, picks up the gnome and walks away. [[Sophie]], alarmed by the fans, goes after him and tries to get the gnome back, but the [[Watcher]] doesn't listen to her and pushes her on the ground. [[Sophie]] blames herself for not paying attention to the gnome and only to the flowers. Then she walks away, without the clue.


[[Lee]] didn't posted a video that night and also didn't updated his map.


===November 23rd 2007===


[[Lee]] posted a [[One More Chance|video]] today, in which he says that [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]] didn't tried hard enough to find the software. [[Lee]] gives them one more chance to get to the software, before [[The Order]] does. There's one more clue and they have to find it as quick as they can.


Description of the [[One More Chance|video]]:


{{quote|Lee|You took your eye off the ball and have risked ruin. Gavin, the next clue is closer than you might believe. 

Don't blame yourself, Sophie - it wasn't your fault. xx}}


After a few hours, [[Charlie]] posted a [[Seven Dials: 5pm - 23rd November 2007|video]] which reveals what happened to the secret software:


[[Charlie]] is recording a video blog when the doorbell rings. When she opens the door, she sees nobody but there's a gnome on the ground. [[Julia]] comes to [[Gavin and Charlie's flat]] and reads the clue on the bottom of the gnome:


'''There are only 7 ways to get here, but only shadows tell the time. Where am I?'''  


[[Julia]] immediately knew which location was meant: Seven Dials [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Dials]. 


Seven Dials is a small road junction in the West End of London, near Covent Garden. [[Lee]] refers with the sentence "There are only seven ways to get here", to the seven roads who are converging at the junction.


[[Charlie]] and [[Julia]] go to Seven Dials where a gnome is placed at the steps of the the sundial pillar.


[[Image:SevenDials.jpg]]


[[Julia]] gets the gnome while [[Charlie]] is running after [[Lee]], who had just placed the gnome and was still around. [[Julia]] and [[Charlie]] follow [[Lee]] into an appartment building and catch up with him. But [[Terrence]], who had followed Charlie, is also there. He hits [[Lee]] on his head with the gnome and starts beating him up while asking where the software is. [[Lee]] says the software is in the gnome, the one that [[Julia]] had picked up at the pillar. [[Charlie]] quickly picks up the gnome with the software in it and runs away. When she comes outside, the [[Watcher]] is waiting for her and throws her at the ground and picks up the gnome. [[Terrence]], who ran after [[Charlie]], gets throwed at the ground also. Then the [[Watcher]] walks to his car and drives away, with the gnome where the software is inside.


This is the end of Lee's Treasure Hunt. [[Gavin]] and [[Tariq]] have lost their [[Project Orwell|secret software]] to the [[Watcher]]. 






































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