ESCAPE ROOM DETECTIVE ACADEMY

Escape Room Basics

100

What is the main goal of an escape room?

To solve puzzles/challenges and complete a mission.

200

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

300

True or False: An escape room always has to involve escaping from an actual locked room.

False

400

What are players usually supposed to use to solve escape-room puzzles?

Logic, observation, teamwork, and problem-solving.

500

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

Spot the Clue

100

You find a note that says:

“The Big Owl Often Keeps watch.”

What hidden word can you find?

BOOK

200

You see:

🟥 🟦 🟥 🟦 🟥 ___

What comes next?

🟦

300

A note says:

Look Everywhere For Tiny clues.

What word is hidden in the first letters?

LEFT

400

You find four objects:

🍎 🍎 🍌 🍎

Which object doesn't belong?

🍌

500

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

Think Like a Detective

100

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

200

What comes next?

2 → 4 → 6 → 8 → ___

10

300

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

400

A clue says:

“I have hands but cannot clap. I have a face but cannot smile.”

What am I?

A clock

500

You're solving a puzzle and find three clues:

• The key is NOT under the book.
• The key is NOT inside the box.
• The key IS somewhere near the door.

Where should you look first?

Near the door

Crack the Code

100

If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, what number is D?

4

200

Using A = 1, B = 2, C = 3...

3 - 1 - 20

What word does this spell?

CAT

300

Decode this:

19 - 5 - 1 - 20

SEAT

400

🔴 = 1
🔵 = 2
🟢 = 3

What does this code mean?

🔵 🔴 🟢 🔵

2-1-3-2

500

A = 🔺
B = ⭐
C = ❤️
D = 🔵
E = 🟩

Then:

⭐ 🔵 🔺 🟩

BDAE

Escape Strategy

100

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

200

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

300

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.

400

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

500

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