Escape Room Basics
What is the main goal of an escape room?
To solve puzzles/challenges and complete a mission.
You find a note that says:
“The Big Owl Often Keeps watch.”
What hidden word can you find?
BOOK
A detective sees footprints leading toward a door. What should they do?
A. Ignore them
B. Follow them
C. Erase them
D. Run away
B. Follow them
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, what number is D?
4
Your team finds a clue. What should you do?
A. Read it carefully
B. Throw it away
C. Hide it
D. Ignore it
A. Read it carefully
Which of these would you most likely find in an escape room?
A. Clues
B. Puzzles
C. Codes
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
You see:
🟥 🟦 🟥 🟦 🟥 ___
What comes next?
🟦
What comes next?
2 → 4 → 6 → 8 → ___
10
Using A = 1, B = 2, C = 3...
3 - 1 - 20
What word does this spell?
CAT
You're stuck on a puzzle. What's a good thing to try?
A. Ask a teammate to look at it
B. Give up immediately
C. Guess randomly forever
A
True or False: An escape room always has to involve escaping from an actual locked room.
False
A note says:
Look Everywhere For Tiny clues.
What word is hidden in the first letters?
LEFT
You have three boxes:
📦 Red
📦 Blue
📦 Green
The clue says:
“The treasure is NOT in the red box.
It is NOT in the blue box.”
Where is it?
The green box
Decode this:
19 - 5 - 1 - 20
SEAT
Two teammates are solving a puzzle while two others are doing nothing. What's a better strategy?
Everyone should have a job or look for different clues.
What are players usually supposed to use to solve escape-room puzzles?
Logic, observation, teamwork, and problem-solving.
You find four objects:
🍎 🍎 🍌 🍎
Which object doesn't belong?
🍌
A clue says:
“I have hands but cannot clap. I have a face but cannot smile.”
What am I?
A clock
🔴 = 1
🔵 = 2
🟢 = 3
What does this code mean?
🔵 🔴 🟢 🔵
2-1-3-2
Your team finds a clue but doesn't know what it means. What should you do FIRST?
A. Assume it's useless
B. Look for connections to other clues
C. Destroy it
D. Ask for the answer immediately
B
You're designing an escape room. Which is MORE important?
A. Making a puzzle impossible
B. Making a puzzle challenging but solvable
B. Making a puzzle challenging but solvable
You find this message:
UNDER the table is nothing.
THE chair is empty.
BLUE is the color of the wall.
BOX is sitting nearby
What four-word clue do the bold words give you?
UNDER THE BLUE BOX
You're solving a puzzle and find three clues:
Where should you look first?
Near the door
A = 🔺
B = ⭐
C = ❤️
D = 🔵
E = 🟩
Then:
⭐ 🔵 🔺 🟩
BDAE
You're designing an escape room. Which puzzle is better?
Puzzle A: Nobody can figure it out without the game leader giving them the answer.
Puzzle B: Players can solve it by carefully examining clues and thinking together.
Puzzle B