In the Mountains
Escape Rooms
Colorado: Sports
"L" evation
Fall
100
Every year over 1,200 people try to climb this, the world’s highest mountain, yet less than half make it to the top.
Mount Everest
100
Most Escape Room games are hosted by a game master, who if needed can provide one of these to struggling participants.
Clues
100
This team has a real horse mascot named Thunder, who serves as the live animal mascot, alongside a human mascot wearing a horse head mask.
Denver Broncos
100
While known as the “kind of the jungle”, these four-legged mammals usually live in grasslands and savannas, with a family group called a “pride”.
Lion
100
It takes almost 40 apples to make one gallon of this fall drink, which is best served with donuts of the same flavor.
Apple Cider
200
The highest point on a mountain; the very top from which you cannot go any higher without going downhill first.
Summit
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200
“Typically 60 minutes, Escape Room games can vary in theme, difficulty, and story, leading to only 41% of participants actually doing this.
Escape
200
“Dinger” is the name of this team’s mascot, and is a dinosaur because a dinosaur skull was found on stadium grounds while it was being built.
Colorado Rockies
200
This physical response activates several regions of the brain and releases positive and pleasurable chemicals into the body; but it also affects the belly and can cause “knee-slapping”.
Laugh
200
Fall began in the northern hemisphere on September 22nd, known as the “autumnal equinox”, but in the southern hemisphere, this season began.
Spring
300
On this planet, Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in the solar system, and at over 15 miles tall is nearly triple the tallest mountain on Earth.
Mars
300
A question or statement deliberately phrased, to clue you in on the next problem or maze. A puzzling hint, something to solve, is one of the ways an Escape Room game evolves.
A Riddle
300
This team won their first championship in the 2022-23 season, led by MVP Nikola Jokic, and are known for their mining-inspired team name and colors.
Denver Nuggets
300
This fragrant and aromatic herb is known for its uses in aromatherapy, cooking, and floral arrangements, and also prompted the name of a color of the same name, after its light purple blooms.
Lavender
300
Unlike Evergreen trees, every fall when the temperature starts to cool, Deciduous trees loose all of these.
Leaves
400
Some believe this mysterious creature lives in the mountains above the snow line, where there have been multiple expeditions searching for the elusive creature.
The Yeti, or Abominable Snowman
400
Three of the most popular Escape Room games include finding a cure for zombies, breaking out of a jail cell, or robbing one of these.
A Bank
400
One of the ten founding clubs of their league, this team won its first championship “cup” in 2010.
Colorado Rapids
400
When either a solid ice cube melts, or a cloud of gas cools, this third state of matter is formed.
Liquid
400
Starting to fall in September & October, these are the “fruit” from Oak trees and contain a single seed.
Acorns
500
This nickname is used for mountain peaks with elevations of at least 14,000 feet, most commonly referring to peaks in the Western United States, especially Colorado that has 58 of them.
Fourteener
500
The first physical escape room, now known as the "Real Escape Game," was developed in this Asian country.
Japan
500
Originally the Quebec Nordiques before moving to Colorado, this team won their championship in 1996, their first year in Denver, making them the first Denver-based professional sports team to win a championship.
Colorado Avalanche
500
A graphic symbol, mark or emblem used to visually identify or represent a company, brand or product.
Logo
500
They might not have a brain, but these figures have been used for thousands of years to protect farmer’s crops by spooking away birds, and have become a symbol of fall.
Scarecrows