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Locked Rooms
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a common component of escape rooms? | Lasers |
| How does West look when he's focused? | His tongue sticks out of his mouth |
| How hard is Lasers and Lava? | It's the second hardest escape room at Escape City |
| What is the name of Sarah, Hannah and West's group? | Deltas |
| What is the prize for beating Lasers and Lava? | A neon yellow t-shirt and recognition on the big board |
| What is Hannah's strength? | Her balance due to her history with ballet |
| What is West's strength? | Solving riddles and VERY good memory |
| What is Sarah's strength? | Decision making, math and calculating probabilities |
| Where do they have to leave their phones? | In a bucket to prevent cheating |
| What gift does Auntie Jeannie give Sarah for an early birthday gift? | A membership to Escape City |
| How many groups execpt the Deltas have beat Lasers and Lava? | 6 groups |
| What jobs does Sarah's mom have? | She works at a candy shop and a dentist's office |
| What is Sarah's brother's name? | Sean |
| What is Sean's nickname? | Seanie |
| What is Sarah's dad diagnosed with? | Chronic fatigue syndrome(CPS) |
| What sound does the red button make? | Applause |
| What does Hannah suggest as a solution to getting money to pay for Sarah's house rent? | She suggests they find the Triplet Treasure |
| When did Sarah move to Park Glen? | Three years ago |
| How did Sarah first meet Hannah and West? | Sarah met them when Hannah and West were trying to attempt to lure a cat off a tree so they built a makeshift ramp out of many items |
| Around when did the triplets build the funhouse? | 1950s |
| What is the story behind the triplets? | Their parents died when they were eight and they weren't adopted together so they grew up separate until they found each other as adults and decided to build a funhouse |
| How does the funhouse look like? | Weird and wacky with different shapes; the triplets painted their own funhouse onto their funhouse, but upside down |
| What does Sarah compare the "wack-out" to? | Sarah's dolls in her attic |
| What is the rumor about the funhouse? | The triplets hid a treasure in the funhouse somewhere |
| What does Sarah want to do to save her house? | She wants to trespass onto the funhouse and sneak in to find the treasure |
| Where does Sarah have to go if the bank takes her house? | She has to go to Michigan to live with her grandparents |
| Who was arrested trying to break into the funhouse? | William Taters |
| Why does West oppose sneaking into the funhouse? | He thinks they will get in big trouble |
| What was the chance of the Deltas beating Lasers and Lava? | Less than 0.8% |
| Who is the book dedicated to? | Ella |
| Why is the group name the Deltas? | The three of them are inseparable like three sides of a triangle |
| What did the Deltas receive as a prize for beating the escape room before Lasers and Lava? | A laptop sticker |
| What dance style is Hannah educated in? | Ballet |
| How many groups have attempted Lasers and Lava? | 327 groups |
| What is the yellow paper on Sarah's door? | Notice of Foreclosure |
| What does Sarah see on her mom's desk? | A half-eaten plain bagel and dozens of bills |
| What is Sarah's mom wearing when she comes home? | Worn blue scrubs |
| Who is Vanessa? | Someone who works with Sarah's mom at the candy shop |
| Who is Sarah's mom's boss? | Doctor Rose |
| What is Sarah about to eat when she gets home? | A mini pizza |
| What does Sarah's mom cook that night? | Chicken, potatoes and broccoli |
| What is Sarah's dietary restriction? | Vegetarian |
| How long has Sarah been a vegetarian? | Almost a year |
| How old is Sean? | 18 |
| What color is West's eyes? | Green |
| What are two options Hannah suggests to get money besides the Triplet Treasure? | Lottery ticket or game show |
| How far away is the funhouse? | About 15 miles |
| What is Hannah eating when researching the funhouse? | Coke and Sour Patch |
| What did Sarah's brother do when he was bored? | He tried the Coke and Mentos experiment which left a stain on the kitchen ceiling. Sean tried telling his mom that it was a water leak but she didn't believe it and made him clean up the entire kitchen the next day |
| What are the names of the triplets? | Hans, Stefan and Karl Stein |
| What are the triplets' ancestry? | German |
| When did their parents emigrate to the US? | 1926 |
| When did the triplet's parents die and how? | They died in a car accident in 1934 |
| What were the reasons the Deltas thought the triplets split up? | Because it was during the Great Depression and the Second World War |
| When did the triplets find each other again? | In their 20s |
| What did Hans do? | Cabinetmaking buisness |
| What did Stefan do? | He went to collage and probably studied math to become a banker |
| What did Karl do? | Did not graduate from college but may have studied literature before working at a bookstore |
| What did the person in the video look like? | Hawaiian print T-shirt, floppy brown hair, neon blue sunglass and jeans |
| Who is the reporter and where is she reporting? | Janet Erikson reporting from Stagecoach Road |
| What is on the big sign on the funhouse? | NO TRESPASSING |
| Why is the funhouse off-limits to everyone? | The ownership is still in question |
| When was the video taken? | 1988 |
| Which triplet died? | Stefan at age 28 |
| When did Hans and Karl die? | 1994 and 1998 |
| Who was the person in the video? | Arthur(Art) Conley |
| What was Art famous for? | He had a show called Art Matters that explored different types of art all over the country |
| How did they get to the train? | West bought the train tickets online and Hannah used her Uber account to get them to the station |
| What kind of feeling does Sarah have? | Butterflies trying to kill each other in her stomach |
| What metaphor does West use to describe Sarah's sigh? | Are you getting cold feet? |
| What state in Maplewood in? | Illinois |
| What does Sarah notice first about the funhouse? | It has a slide on the side |
| What are the surroundings of the funhouse? | There are two nearby farms and the funhouse is in the middle of a empty field |
| What is West wary of when they get to the funhouse? | He is wary of neighbors and security cameras |
| What does Sarah find on the funhouse wall, and where? | She finds a faded picture of a wishbone in a black frame on the blue brick wall |
| When Sarah twists the wishbone, what happens? | She hears the sound of a deadbolt being unlocked and tries to find the hidden door |
| How does Sarah find the hidden entrance to the funhouse? | She leans on the wall and her weight accidently opens the door slightly - then West and Hannah help her push the door open |
| What is written on the mosaic? | Audentis Fortuna Iuvat - fortune favors the bold |
| What does the first room look like? | Circus tent |
| What happens to West in the Circus room? | He takes a step and the floor collapses on his ankle |
| What do they find behind Sarah? | A ripped clown |
| What is next to the clown? | Red button |
| What does Sarah accidently do after seeing the clown? | She loses her balance when the clown springs out and starts laughing |
| What does West find in the Circus room? | A small door(3 feet tall) with no doorknobs and three oddly shaped locks---it also has a wishbone carved on it |
| What do they find on the floor in the Circus room? | A piece of bumpy wood which probably activates a hidden button when stepped on |
| What was the cover story the Deltas made for their trespassing? | They told their parents they were going to do a new escape room and would have put there phones in the bucket |
| How does Sarah find the first key? | She realizes since the triplets used the same striped pattern that hid the door to hide the keys. Then she gets the Delta's ultraviolet flashlight from West's backpack to find it |
| What does Hannah find in the Circus room? | The 2nd door which looks kinda like a cabinet with three locks |
| What is the second symbol? | Deck of Cards(the one card Sarah can see is the Queen of Hearts) |
| What does Sarah realize about the numbers of items in the Circus room? | The triplets used the rule of threes; everything in the room is in threes, even the triplets and the Deltas themselves... |
| How does the third door in the Circus room look like and what do they find in there? | Tiny and rectangular, like a small safe. The Deltas find a rope and a riddle in that door |
| What does the riddle say? | He floats through the air with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on the trapeze |
| How do the Deltas get out of the Circus room? | They use the rope they found in the small third door, and attach it to a hook on the ceiling by using a pole they found on the staircase. Then they go up the staircase and swing on the rope towards the wall, which is the hidden door to exit the room |
| What is Sarah's secret fear? | Heights |
| How does each Delta swing into the Box room? | Sarah goes in first, despite her fear of heights. West goes second but causes him and Sarah to fall on accident, but they are ok. Hannah goes last, fearless and graceful. |
| What is Sarah's full name? | Sarah Greene |
| How does the Box room look like? | Dozens and dozens of colorful wooden boxes are dangling from hooks connected to a metal track ceiling |
| What was West in charge of during his camping trip? | Organizing supplies |
| What is West's full name? | West Jones |
| What else is in the Box room? | Wood walls, a fireplace, copper pots dangling from hooks, and taxidermied animals |
| What are the two taxidermied animals the Deltas find? | A goat and a peacock |
| What is so different about the funhouse compared to traditional escape rooms? | There are multiple exits to rooms, meaning different outcomes, and West compares it to a choose your own adventure book |
| What stops the Deltas from leaving the Box room? | A glass pane separates the room in half |
| What are the three symbols on the different boxes? | Wishbone, deck of cards and compass |
| What happens when Hannah makes an impulsive decision in the Box room? | She thinks they're wasting time deciding on which box to choose, so she pulls the first one in the row, and opens the box to find a music box with a scroll. Then, a box on the other side of the glass falls and breaks |
| What does the scroll say? | Beware of wrong choices; for those you shall pay. Be wise and choose carefully; strategy saves the day |
| What is Sarah's reaction to Hannah's impulsive move? | She wants to tell Hannah it's ok, but she also realizes that Hannah's silly decisions could cost her everything and that the Deltas are supposed to work together as a team |
| Which box do the Deltas choose to pull second? | A box with the deck of cards symbol since Hannah pulled one with the compass and the last room was about the wishbone |
| What do the Deltas find in the 2nd box in the Box room? | A note saying, "In threes it has been, and in threes it shall be, but know there is more to this room than you see" |
| What happens during the Delta's last attempt to find the key? | They pull the box three away from the last box they pulled since on the opposite side there is a triangle shaped box that the Deltas think the key is in. |
| What happens after the Deltas pull the 3rd box? | The wrong box falls and they find a piece of paper in the box saying, "Bravely you tried, but sadly you failed. Another chance you will get; your ship has not sailed! Find the right box, and then you may see, the path is quite clear to reaching the key." |
| What does Hannah reveal in the Box room? | She didn't quit dance, everyone else got their pointe shoes instead of her |
| Why do they turn off the lights? | Sarah wants to use the UV flashlight to look for the key and finds a taxidermied goat with lipstick. Inside the goat's mouth there's a sliver key and it does open the door on the Deltas' side, but opening it reveals a brick wall, not an exit |
| When Sarah looks at her reflection, what does she realize? | The REAL door is hidden by the glass mirror/pane separating the room in half. The door leads to the other side, which has the other key they got by pulling the boxes down |
| What does the door with the deck of cards lead to? | The 3rd room |
| What does the third room look like? | Elegant with a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling, a big fireplace, lots of bookshelves and a ladder that slides side to side |
| Instead of searching every book in the 3rd room, what do the Deltas decide to do? | They decide to look through random stuff, the "knickknacks" |
| What are the most common triggers that West mentions? | Pulling books from shelves, entering codes into phones, and moving paintings |
| What happens when West rotates the painting to the left? | The stone wall in the back of the room opens up, revealing a slide |
| How does the slide look like an where does it lead to ? | Made of metal with a W engraved into it - it leads back to a different version of the Box room, one where the door in the mirror doesn't open |
| How do the Deltas get out of the second Box room so fast? | West uses his incredible memory to find the boxes, but he's very embarrassed about it. He says it's annoying and he's tired of his good memory - he even kinda got bullied because he won the spelling bee |
| Where does the door in the second Box room lead to? | It leads to a brick wall which is actually fake and is a tunnel |
| What is written on the wall in the tunnel? | "The path you last chose led you astray. Choose wrong again and blue skies will turn gray. There is one direction forward, one way you must go. Through locked rooms is a victory and something you know." |
| What is West's nickname for Hannah? | Banana |
| What happens in the tunnel? | The stairs disappear and it gets smaller - Hannah is able to find a way out back into the library room and they come out the tunnel from a bookshelf |
| What do the Deltas figure out about the theme of the library? | They figure out the theme is the compass, and the slide they went down as west, so there are 3 options left, north, south and east - but the Deltas don't know which is right... |
| What is the next trigger the Deltas look for after the portrait takes them to the Box room again? | They look for the phone and find out instead of numbers there are letters - enough to spell out any of the four directions |
| What Disney movie does Hannah love? | Beauty and the Beast - she even climbs on the ladder and pretends to be Belle; she also sings some lyrics to the songs |
| How are the books in the bookshelves organized? | By alphabetical order of the main topic of the book - the Deltas realize the order of the shelves spells out NORTH |
| What happens after the Deltas enter north into the phone? | Congratulations! is played and confetti falls from a trapdoor on the ceiling |
| What does the 4th room look like? | Large white pillars(columns) and dozens of statues of men, women, children, even animals |
| What happened when West was at a wax museum? | Real people pretended to be statues and jump scared other people |
| What do the Deltas have to do if they need to use the restroom? | West tells Sarah she's just gonna have to pick a corner to do it |
| What to the Deltas deduct about the three empty pedestals? | They think if they put statues on them, it will activate the exit door |
| How to the Deltas look for clues and what happens after? | They each search a wall with an empty pedestal. West wants to see if the statues are really stone(or any heavy material), so he lifts up the dog statue but drops it(it breakssssss) |
| What do the Deltas try instead of moving the statues? | They each stand on a pedestal to see if their weight will trigger something - the pedestals start to sink |
| What happens to Hannah's pedestal? | It keeps lowering while Sarah and West's stop - they think she found a secret passage but it's actually and cage trap as punishment for not using the statues but their own weight("cheating") |
| What is written in the cage? | "You've made it this far, but now you've lost one. Fetch the key that you need to keep having fun." |
| What does Hannah find in the cage, and how does she give it to West and Sarah? | She finds a horseshoe magnet and has to use her nose to give to them |
| What does West and Sarah realize about the statues? | There are three statues of the three triplets, and their eyes are all looking at the same direction - at a grate set(metal framework) with a deck of cards engraved onto it |
| How do the Deltas get Hannah out of the cage? | They find the key in the grate and pull Hannah out - then the two doors open and a lantern goes out, leaving the Deltas to only one lantern |
| What does the 5th room look like? | A mirror maze |
| What happened the last time the Deltas attempted a mirror maze? | Hannah thought she saw West's reflection and ran toward it, only to break her nose |
| Whose phone has a notification, and what does it say? | Hannah's phone must have had a signal at some point in the funhouse. Her parents had been trying to reach her, and when they couldn't, they tried to use her laptop to ping her phone, only to see the articles Hannah searched up about the funhouse |
| How many rooms are there in the funhouse? | 16, but you don't have to do all of them to escape |
| What is Hannah's password? | ILOVEGUM |
| How do the Deltas 'mark' the different dead ends in the maze? | They use Hannah's lip gloss to mark and 'X' when it's a dead end |
| What do the Deltas find in the maze? | A small box shaped like a miniature pirate chest with a piece of paper that says, "The moment you seek is close at hand; this house is almost done. Use the thing you shouldn't waste to make sure that it's won. |
| What is the 'thing you shouldn't waste'? | Breath, and the Deltas figure out that they can use their breath to fog up the glass mirrors and look for clues |
| What clue does West find using his breath? | "The path you seek is straight ahead. Do not lose sight, or you'll be dead." |
| When the Deltas reach a "dead end" in the mirror maze, what does Hannah discover | A small tunnel space the Deltas crawl through that leads them to another room made of equilateral triangle mirrors to give the illusion that that room is never-ending |
| What happens after West accidentally steps on a button camouflaged in the sandpaper floor/pool area? | Three sections of the triangle mirror repositions itself and a rolled up piece of paper drops from a hole in the ceiling |
| What does the paper say and what do the Deltas realize about it? | "Dead in the water, but not for long. Guess which door is right and which two are wrong." The Deltas realize they were supposed to keep straight based on the last riddle, but turn slightly to the right in order to crawl through the small space. |
| What is the luck test in the funhouse? | The Deltas have to pick a random exit out of three choices - it's pure luck. Sarah has to confront her fears about her life and realize that life has unexpected surprises all the time. |
| Which exit does Sarah pick? | The 3rd exit for 3 Deltas and 3 triplets |
| What do the Deltas hear when they are crawling out of the 3rd exit tunnel? | Sirens(Maplewood Police Department) |
| What is the last riddle Hannah finds when she pliƩs? | "This house you're in is nearly done. Just one more room, and then you've won. The door you seek requires no key. Like the best things in life, this one is _______." |
| What really is the last word? | The last word of the riddle is 'free' - Deltas find out it's written on a button. |
| After West presses the button, what happens? | The glass panel slides and leads them into another room with walls painted with bright colors - but there's no treasure, only the slide from the beginning |
| After Hannah and West slide down, what does Sarah find? | She sees a equilateral triangle sign on the slide and opens the triangle door to get a piece of yellow paper but has no time to read it so she goes down the slide |
| Who meets Sarah the moment she slides down? | Her mom, who is waiting with West & Hannah's parents along with the police |
| What is the yellow paper Sarah finds in the funhouse? | IT'S THE DEED TO THE FUNHOUSE AHHHHHH |
| What happens to Sarah's dad? | He gets remission from chronic fatigue syndrome |
| What are the Deltas wearing on Halloween? | A tie-dyed hoodie with a triangle on the front that says, "Welcome to the Delta Game. Fortune Favors the Bold." |
| Who to the Deltas sell the funhouse to and why? | They sell it to William Taters - his great grandfather was Stefan! |
| What happens in the very end? | The Deltas turn down the invite to participate in the Delta Game again, but instead head to Escape City for its newest and most challenging escape room, Vipers and Villains |