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Captain Cupcake's World of Puzzles & Cupcakes - all puzzles from Round II

Cupcake Spreadsheet for August

Cupcake Spreadsheet-June

Cupcake Spreadsheet-May

      


PUZZLE #128 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #129 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #130 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #131: Word Wheel 'adjective.' - here. Create words according to the breakdown below. Be sure all have the center letter “A” in them. There are some hints/definitions below. --- Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #132 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #133 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #134: Encrypted Quote - ? - here Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #135 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #136 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #137: Jigsaw puzzle “September BOMs” - here. Be sure to change the total pieces under "Change Cut" to "240 Pieces Square."

PUZZLE #138: Encrypted Quote - ? - here Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #139: Jigsaw puzzle “September Buddy Reads - Double Flip” - here.
Be sure to change the total pieces under "Change Cut" to "247 Piece Triangles"

PUZZLE #140: Encrypted Quote - ? - here. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #141 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #142: Mango Tango/Atomic Tangerine. - here. Fifteen piece Slider puzzle. Please take a screen print and show the "Very good, you win." box.
Jigsaw - Be sure to select “22 Piece Polygons” as the cut.

PUZZLE #143 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

Puzzle #144 Find the duplicates, "Rampage Red & Yeowza Yellow" - here. The books that are posted more than once are featuring the same covers as well as titles. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell us what Team you are assigned.

PUZZLE #145 - Doublet from “Chop to Male” - here. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #146 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #147: Blast Off Bronze. - here - Fifteen piece Slider puzzle. Please take a screen print and show the "Very good, you win." box.
Jigsaw be sure to select “35 Piece Jigzone” as the cut.

PUZZLE #148 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #149: Encrypted Quote - Harry Potter #4 - here. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #150 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #151: The Blues! (B'Dazzled, Cadet, Pewter, WBY, Cerulean) - here - Fifteen piece Slider puzzle. Please take a screen print and show the "Very good, you win." box.
Jigsaw be sure to select “22 Piece Wavy” as the cut.

PUZZLE #152 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

Puzzle #153 Find the duplicates, "Rampage Red & Yeowza Yellow - Part Due". - here The books that are posted more than once are featuring the same covers as well as titles. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell us what Team you are assigned.

PUZZLE #154 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #155: Forest Green and Electric Lime. - here. Fifteen piece Slider puzzle - Please take a screen print and show the "Very good, you win." box.
Jigsaw - Be sure to select “35 Piece Jigzone” as the cut. Okay to post in thread.

PUZZLE #156 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1” Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #157: Encrypted Quote - Harry Potter #1 - here. Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line.

PUZZLE #158: Word Wheel 'September.' - here Create words according to the breakdown below. Be sure all have the center letter "S" is in them. --- Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned.

~ Type of Puzzles ~
Acceptable Posting

Slider Puzzles - This will start out easy and get harder as the challenge goes on. Okay to post in thread. Please take a screen print and show the “Very good, you win.” box.

Example

Jigsaw Puzzles - For Jigsaws, take a screen print and make sure it show the type and number specified. We like to see your time, too, just for fun. These start out easy and get progressively harder as the challenge continues.

Example

Quickie Explanation of Cupcakes

• Cupcakes appear during a Mods’ Monthly Challenge.

• You earn cupcakes from Captain Cupcake for participating in mini-games and puzzles as posted in this thread for September. They’re totally optional, but a Team can cash them in to get free passes on challenges, or for extra points for larger books read. (More on this last below.)

• Cupcakes are tracked on a Google Spreadsheet on Captain Cupcake’s World of Puzzles & Cupcakes.

• There are links to the puzzles at the top of each column.

• Any column with a regular cupcake () only needs to be done once per team. These are usually easy jigsaws and slider puzzles.

• Any column with a “blinkie” cupcake () may be done by as many Team Members as want to participate. In fact, the more Team Members who complete the “blinkie” cupcake puzzles, the more options you will have when you cash them in. These are Word Finds, Crosswords, Doublets, Find the Duplicates and types of puzzles that are generally a bit more difficult.

• While “blinkies” may also be redeemed by the person who earned them (such as for hints for encryption puzzles), the cupcakes for BAPs are redeemed by Captains in the Captains’ Group.

• Sometimes puzzles are set up as a series. For these, on the spreadsheet they will change from a regular cupcake () to a cupcake of higher worth after the series is finished. Spot the Differences puzzles are an example of a series run and are coded grey in color. They only needs to be done once per Team, but by be done by different Team Members. It is fine if you want to get together and work the solution.

• For regular and higher worth cupcakes you don’t get any bonuses for multiple Team Members completing them, but if you want to do them just for fun, there’s no reason not to! :)

• Blue cupcakes ( ) are ones that were earned during a “48 Hour Cupcake Crazy” make-up period.

• There are three different type of cupcakes worth BAPs*. Below are the different size books/word count/page count breakdown :

Cup			Word 	 Page 	 Added	 Look Upon
cake	Name		Count	 Count	 BAPs*	 Redemption
	“bouncy” or
	 “chunkster” 	112,500	 450	 1	 

	 “Triple 
	 Threat”	200,000	 800	 2	 

	“Cutthroat
	 Competitor”
	 or Cuatro	350,000	 1,400	 4	 

*BAPs = Book Advantage Books, which are each equal to one book read.

~ What is the “bouncing” cupcake? ~

                    A new cupcake is coming,
                    so keep your eyes wide!
                    This new cupcake is bouncing,
                    with pep and with pride!

                    To earn it, your sharp eyes
                    will have to look close,
                    to spot all differences
                    in multiple puzzles we post!

                    Those big books, the thick ones,
                    with so many pages...
                    with this cupcake they'll count more.
                    It'll double their wages!

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(view spoiler)[What is the “bouncing” cupcake? It is a very special cupcake in that it is used on “chunkster” books with a page count equal to or greater than 450 pages (verified by word count).

Unlike the other cupcakes (regular and “blinkie”) which give you the advantage of reducing the number of books required to complete a challenge, the “bouncing” cupcake will actually add one additional book - for each pic - to your Team's book total for any “chunkster” read by a team-mate.

What’s the catch? No cupcakes until the series is all completed!

“Bouncing” cupcakes are earned by completing a series of "Spot the Difference" puzzles. You must get the whole series correct to obtain your “bouncing” cupcakes.

Options: Different members of your Team may submit the different puzzles; you may all work together; you may have just one person submit. You may submit as many times as you like, until you get the puzzle correct.

“Bouncing” cupcakes may only be obtained during a Mod posted challenge or Read-a-Thon. However, if you do NOT complete the series of puzzles within the time-frame of the challenge, you may continue to attempt to complete it when a new Mod posted challenge or R-a-T is started again, as long as you have completed at least the first in the series.

When submitting a “bouncing” cupcake, you may select any “chunkster” book read by one of your team-mates since April 12th, the beginning of Round II.

There will be a special thread posted for you to redeem your “bouncing” cupcakes for easier tracking.

SPECIAL NOTE: “Bouncing” cupcakes will NOT be accepted on Sundays, the day of the infamous "Sunday Update." (Pacific Daylight/Savings Time)

~Frequently Asked Questions~

Q1. How often will these puzzles be posted?
A1. Depending on what else is happening in the threads. However, we plan one a day, except Sundays.

Q2. How many per day?
A2. One per day, barring illness or unforeseen circumstances. Maybe we'll skip an occasional Sunday.

Q3. How many in a series?
A3. Varies.

Q4. Is it one bouncing cupcake per team or per player?
A4. One correct pic submitted per Team; therefore, one (eventual) "bouncing" cupcake per Team per pic.

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Another story, a fanciful flight,
but for double “chunckster” cupcakes, there is no might!

Let’s start in the nursery to tell our tale.
When the series is complete, cupcakes without fail.

However, since there are only four differences in the first.
A second picture’s coming right up, to quench your thirst.

PUZZLE #128 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1”

Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!

Yes, this puzzle is worth two “bouncing” cupcakes.

For this puzzle there are at least four(4) differences between the side-by-side pictures.

First in the series.

Larger size here.

      

Oh! Our heroine spies a butterfly on her windowsill.
It is a wonderous beauty, sure to give a thrill.

PUZZLE #129 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1”

Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!

Yes, this puzzle is worth two “bouncing” cupcakes.

For this puzzle there are at least four(4) differences between the side-by-side pictures.

Second in the series.

Larger size here.

      

Sent #128 & #129 for Pewter Blue.

Puzzles 128 and 129 sent for LJB.

Emails sent for puzzles #128 & #129 for Electric Lime.

Puzzles 128 & 129 sent for mango tango

done ~ puzzles 128 & 129 for B'dazzled blue

She's got him in a jar for closer inspection.
To see get a closer look at his perfection.

PUZZLE #130 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1”

Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!

Yes, this puzzle is worth two “bouncing” cupcakes.

For this puzzle there are at least five(5) differences between the side-by-side pictures.

Third in the series.

Larger size here.

      

Puzzles 128 & 129 sent for Forest Green.

Puzzle 130 sent for Bdazzled Blue

Puzzles 128 & 129 sent PMM

(Wow 130 is hard!!)

Puzzle 130 sent for Forest Green.

                                     

Here we go with another puzzle for a ‘Triple Threat.’
For three times the books, this cupcake’s no fret.
In this one, an “A” must occur somewhere,
in every word, it really isn’t rare.

PUZZLE #131: Word Wheel 'adjective.' Create words according to the breakdown below. Be sure all have the center letter “A” in them. There are some hints/definitions below. --- Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned.

The 'Triple Treat' Cupcake maybe redeemed by your Captains for three (3) books.

Helpful Hints to Word Wheel for 'Triple Threat':

At least one 2-letter word.

At least eight 3-letter words.

At least eight 4-letter words.

At least five 5-letter words.

18. A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body.

19. A military trainee (as at a military academy).

20. A crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat).

21. To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen.

22. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

At least four 6-letter words.

23. Tending to become more severe or wider in scope.

24. Convey by horizontal mass movement of a fluid; "energy advected from the environment."

25. A proposal for an appropriate course of action.

26. The category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb.

                                     

Puzzles 128-130 sent for WBY

Email sent for puzzle #130 for Electric Lime.

Email sent for puzzle #131 for Electric Lime.

Sent #130 for Pewter Blue

Puzzle 131 for WBY sent

Sent in #131 for Pewter Blue. I hope... :s

# 130 sent for Mango Tango

Emailed Puzzles 130 & the evil 131 for LJB.

**hee hee**

Puzzle 128, 129 & 130 sent for Banana Mania

Puzzles 128-130 sent for Mauvelous

Puzzle #128 & #129 & #130 & #131 (whew!) sent for Bdazzled Blue.

Edit:

Puzzle #132, #133 & #134 sent in as well.

Editing again:

Puzzle #135 & #136 & #138 & #139 & #140 sent in

Puzzle 131 sent for Mauvelous

emailed 128-131 for Cerulean and the Hobbits

Kimberly wrote: "Puzzle # 128 & # 129 & # 130 & #131 (whew!) sent for Bdazzled Blue."

Excellent work Kimberly. Thank you.

Oh, no! What is she going to do?
Lucky our hero has a clue.

PUZZLE #132 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1”

Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!

Yes, this puzzle is worth two “bouncing” cupcakes.

For this puzzle there are at least five(5) differences between the side-by-side pictures.

Forth in the series.

Larger size here.

      

#132 sent for Mango Tango

#131 sent for Banana Mania

#132 for Banana Mania

Yes, a picture is much better than a cruel pinning.
Finish this series to help in your winning.

PUZZLE #133 - Spot the Difference: “Music Box of Life - Part 1”

Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] with Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!

Yes, this puzzle is worth two “bouncing” cupcakes.

For this puzzle there are at least six(6) differences between the side-by-side pictures.

Fifth in the series.

Larger size here.

      

Emails sent for puzzles #132 & #133 for Electric Lime.

Email sent #132 & #133 for Pewter Blue

Puzzle 133 for Banana Mania!

                                     

Don't be put off because this one's so long.
Remember, you can always exchange a "blinkie"
for a clue, so you don't get it wrong.
You could end up with cupcakes, a total of three.

PUZZLE #134: Encrypted Quote - ?

Please DO NOT post solution here. Mail to [email protected] With Puzzle # in subject line. Be sure to tell me what Team you are assigned, though I have most of you memorized!

Decode the following encrypted quote:

Qggrdoa domg mfv doidzv, ifv ihp ivcvnhq eghmi fhoadoa bx -- ugimqt qgoa ybn eghmi. Mfvnv phi ogmfdoa Qbet qdrvz ig ubef hi mfv iuvqq hoz yvvq gy ybn. Ifv duuvzdhmvqt imvxxvz domg mfv phnznglv hoz agm do hugoa mfv eghmi hoz nbllvz fvn yhev hahdoim mfvu, qvhcdoa mfv zggn gxvo, gy egbniv, lvehbiv ifv rovp mfhm dm di cvnt yggqdif mg ifbm govivqy domg hot phnznglv. Iggo ifv pvom ybnmfvn do hoz ygboz mfhm mfvnv phi h ivegoz ngp gy eghmi fhoadoa bx lvfdoz mfv ydnim gov. Dm phi hqugim jbdmv zhnr do mfvnv hoz ifv rvxm fvn hnui imnvmefvz gbm do yngom gy fvn ig hi ogm mg lbux fvn yhev domg mfv lher gy mfv phnznglv. Ifv mggr h imvx ybnmfvn do -- mfvo mpg gn mfnvv imvxi -- hqphti vsxvemdoa mg yvvq pggzpgnr hahdoim mfv mdxi gy fvn ydoavni. Lbm ifv egbqz ogm yvvq dm. ... Mfvo ifv ogmdevz mfhm mfvnv phi iguvmfdoa enboefdoa bozvn fvn yvvm. Doimvhz gy yvvqdoa mfv fhnz, iuggmf pggz gy mfv yqggn gy mfv phnznglv, ifv yvqm iguvmfdoa igym hoz xgpzvnt hoz vsmnvuvqt egqz.
Ovsm uguvom ifv ygboz mfhm pfhm phi nblldoa hahdoim fvn yhev hoz fhozi phi og qgoavn igym ybn lbm iguvmfdoa fhnz hoz ngbaf hoz vcvo xnderqt. Hoz mfvo ifv ihp mfhm mfvnv phi h qdafm hfvhz gy fvn; ogm h yvp doefvi hpht pfvnv mfv lher gy mfv phnznglv gbafm mg fhcv lvvo, lbm h qgoa pht gyy. Iguvmfdoa egqz hoz igym phi yhqqdoa go fvn. H uguvom qhmvn ifv ygboz mfhm ifv phi imhozdoa do mfv udzzqv gy h pggz hm odafm-mduv pdmf iogp bozvn fvn yvvm hoz iogpyqhrvi yhqqdoa mfngbaf mfv hdn.
Qbet yvqm h qdmmqv yndafmvovz, lbm ifv yvqm cvnt dojbdidmdcv hoz vsedmvz hi pvqq. Ifv qggrvz lher gcvn fvn ifgbqzvn hoz mfvnv, lvmpvvo mfv zhnr mnvv-mnbori, ifv egbqz imdqq ivv mfv gxvo zggnpht gy mfv phnznglv hoz vcvo ehmef h aqduxiv gy mfv vuxmt nggu yngu pfdef ifv fhz ivm gbm. Dm ivvuvz mg lv imdqq zhtqdafm mfvnv. Ifv lvaho mg phqr ygnphnz, enboef-enboef gcvn mfv iogp hoz mfngbaf mfv pggz mgphnz mfv gmfvn qdafm. Do hlgbm mvo udobmvi ifv nvhefvz dm hoz ygboz dm phi h qhux-xgim. Hi ifv imggz qggrdoa hm dm, pgozvndoa pft mfvnv phi h qhux-xgim do mfv udzzqv gy h pggz hoz pgozvndoa pfhm mg zg ovsm, ifv fvhnz h xdmmvn xhmmvn gy yvvm egudoa mgphnz fvn. Hoz iggo hymvn mfhm h cvnt imnhoav xvnigo imvxxvz gbm yngu hugoa mfv mnvvi domg mfv qdafm gy mfv qhux-xgim.

This puzzle is worth two "triple threats".  
For bonus "bouncing" cupcake tell me author and title of the book from where this quote was taken. ☺



                                     

Email sent for puzzle #134 for Electric Lime.

#134 for Banana Mania

Puzzle #131 sent for Cadet Blue. I see you got my #134 already. Thanks!

Puzzle 134 sent for PMM