DropQuest: Win 100GB Dropbox Space

**shin** · 05-12-12 at 10:44 AM

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Many of you were around for last year’s Dropquest, where we sent y’all on a magical journey through Dropbox and the interwebs. Wordokus were solved, music puzzles were deciphered, origami cranes were folded, and dragons were slain. All in all, nearly half a million Dropquesters were rewarded for their craftiness, skill, and effort. That was well over a year ago, and since then we’ve been holding our cards and toiling away to craft a Dropquest successor worthy of the first.

That being said, we’ve got something to say about the Dropquest landing next weekend:

It’s back.
It’s harder.
It’s epic-er.

If you’re experiencing Dropquest for the first time, or if you’re a veteran needing a recap, here’s the scoop:

What is Dropquest? Dropquest is a multi-step scavenger hunt that has you solve a series of puzzles (inspired by the likes of MIT’s Mystery Hunt or Notpron [though not nearly as time/effort-consuming]). Everyone who completes Dropquest will get at least 1 GB of extra free space, even if you participated last year. Also, everyone starts at the same time, but the questers who finish the soonest get additional amazing prizes.

1st place (1) Dropbox employee hoodie, LIMITED EDITION Dropbox Hack Week t-shirt, Dropbox drawing signed by the entire Dropbox team, invitation to help write the next Dropquest, 100 GB for life
2nd place (10) Dropbox employee hoodie, Dropbox t-shirt, 20 GB for life
3rd place (15) Dropbox t-shirt, 5 GB for life
4th place (50) 2 GB for life
5th place (100) 1 GB for life

Any rules? This year, we won’t tolerate use of our support, forums, or blog for Dropquest hints or answers — our wonderful mods and support team would really appreciate it. In fact, you’ll probably get disqualified if we catch you doing this.

When is it? Dropquest starts Saturday, May 12, at 10AM PST (17:00 GMT). Don’t be late.

To Begin, Start Here:

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http://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2012

You can share your riddle questions here if your stuck. it wont be an easy contest

**shin** · 05-12-12 at 11:05 AM

The First Riddle:

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So first things first, we need to run some diagnostics on our onboard computer. Many of the parts are fried, but I'm pretty sure we can get her back in the sky with a little, uh, elbow grease. Plus, it's the future, right? How hard can it be to find a quantum gyrochronatron? They probably grow on trees by now!

So all of this would be easy and simple, except I forgot my 5-digit password. Should've used 1Password or something, but maybe this hint I left for myself will help.

The product of the first two digits is 24.

The fourth digit is half of the second digit.

The sum of the last two digits is the same as the sum of the first and third digits.

The sum of all the digits is 26.

The second digit is greater than the last digit.

In order to get the computer to read it, I'll need to add a file of the password's name to my Dropquest folder, then view that file from the Dropbox website. (For example, if your answer is 12345, add 12345.txt to your Dropquest folder)

You can PM me if your really stuck on the 1st one.
I'll send solution.

**note: this is the one i got, the 1st question may be different for everyone

gblehparadox · 05-12-12 at 05:15 PM

thanks wyseman! I just finished

**Noledox** · 05-12-12 at 10:59 PM

At the moment I want to stab the DropQuest creators for creating the massive headache lodged behind my eyes. On the plus side, I'm now up 1 (one) GB of space. Cost-benefit analysis is not favorable if you're actually trying to solve the puzzles.

05-12-12 at 11:05 AM	#2
shin shes dope Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Korea 비밀 키티 도조 Posts: 1,190	The First Riddle: Quote: So first things first, we need to run some diagnostics on our onboard computer. Many of the parts are fried, but I'm pretty sure we can get her back in the sky with a little, uh, elbow grease. Plus, it's the future, right? How hard can it be to find a quantum gyrochronatron? They probably grow on trees by now! So all of this would be easy and simple, except I forgot my 5-digit password. Should've used 1Password or something, but maybe this hint I left for myself will help. The product of the first two digits is 24. The fourth digit is half of the second digit. The sum of the last two digits is the same as the sum of the first and third digits. The sum of all the digits is 26. The second digit is greater than the last digit. In order to get the computer to read it, I'll need to add a file of the password's name to my Dropquest folder, then view that file from the Dropbox website. (For example, if your answer is 12345, add 12345.txt to your Dropquest folder) You can PM me if your really stuck on the 1st one. I'll send solution. **note: this is the one i got, the 1st question may be different for everyone

05-12-12 at 05:15 PM	#3
gblehparadox Apprentice Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 345	thanks wyseman! I just finished

05-12-12 at 10:59 PM	#4
Noledox Bad command or file name Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Terra Incognita Posts: 2,709	At the moment I want to stab the DropQuest creators for creating the massive headache lodged behind my eyes. On the plus side, I'm now up 1 (one) GB of space. Cost-benefit analysis is not favorable if you're actually trying to solve the puzzles.