AAC Aliens [cheater version]

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[img[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alien_in_a_UFO_Cartoon.jpg/256px-Alien_in_a_UFO_Cartoon.jpg]] Last evening, there was an alien sighting in the library. Before the night ends, your team must correctly determine where the aliens were from, how they got into the library, and what they were looking for. (This demo version of the game has correct answers marked with asterisks.) <span style="color:red">NOTE: If you answer 3 clues incorrectly, you'll have to start all over. Track your "strikes" at the bottom of the page.</span> <<button [[Let's Begin!|1]]>><</button>> <<set $NextClue =1>> <<set $Strikes = "">>

<b>CLUE ONE</b> It appears our alien was looking for information. He had been given this advice: "When in doubt, go to the library." Who might have told the alien this? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Harry Potter <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Hermione Granger* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Albus Dumbledore <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<<if $Submission.toLowerCase() is not $Answer>> <<if $Submission.toLowerCase() is not $AltAnswer>> <<if $Submission is not "">>$Submission is incorrect.<<set $Strikes +="X ">> <<else>>...you didn't type anything... <</if>> <<if $Strikes is not "X X X ">><<button "Try Again">><<goto $NextClue>><</button>> <<else>><<button "That's 3 strikes... Start Over">><<goto Start>> <</button>> <</if>> <<else>> That's correct!<<set $NextClue +=1>> <div id="green"> <<if $NextClue is not 14>> <<button "Next Clue">> <<goto $NextClue>> <</button>> <<else>> <<button "Finish">> <<goto Finish>><</button>> <</if>> </div> <</if>> <<else>> That's correct!<<set $NextClue +=1>> <div id="green"> <<if $NextClue is not 14>> <<button "Next Clue">> <<goto $NextClue>> <</button>> <<else>> <<button "Finish">> <<goto Finish>><</button>> <</if>> </div> <</if>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span>

<b>CLUE TWO</b> Intrigued, the alien wanted to learn more about the library at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He went to the DU Library catalog at https://library.du.edu/ and looked up the book, //Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone// (the edition in English illustrated by Mary GrandPre). He carefully wrote down the call number of the book. What was the call number the alien wrote down? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> PR6068.O93 H373 1998* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> PR6068.O93 H373 2015 <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> PR6068.O93 H373 1997 <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE THREE</b> How fascinating - there must have been information hidden in the illustrations that the alien thought was useful. He needed time to decipher their content. He requested the book for pickup at the library (following the instructions at https://libraryhelp.du.edu/faq/317368 ), and it was checked out to him. Since he was an undergraduate student, how much time did he have to study the book and its illustrations? (Hint: go to https://library.du.edu/policies/circulation-policies.html and look up the undergraduate borrowing period for books.) <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Three weeks with two renewals. <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Ten weeks with unlimited renewals.* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Six weeks with no renewals. <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE FOUR</b> After poring over the illustrations, our alien wanted to know more about the Philosopher's Stone, a mysterious substance pursued by medieval alchemists that could turn lead to gold and grant eternal life. He researched the Philosopher's Stone in //Credo Reference,// and found an interesting entry in //Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture.// Here he read about Dumbledore's associate Nicolas Flamel, and the suspicion that he faked his own death in 1418 and lives on still. He also encountered the name of another ancient alchemist, one who is held by many to be the father of modern toxicology. Who is this alchemist? (Hint: On the library website, click the link for "Databases," Search for "Credo Reference," open //Credo Reference,// and type the phrase "philosopher's stone" in the "exact phrase" field. From your list of results, choose the same entry the alien did). What alchemist is considered the father of toxicology? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Galen <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Hippocrates <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Paracelsus* <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE FIVE</b> Yes, Paracelsus founded the study of toxicology, and sought the Philosopher's Stone as a means of curing the sick. It certainly seems like our alien was in the library looking for information on the Philosopher’s Stone. We don’t know how he got in, though. There is no record of any alien carding in through the front door, and no sign that any of the emergency exits were opened. There are only a couple of mysterious reports from passers-by who saw eerie flickering lights through the windows at an hour when the building should have been empty. Could these flickering lights have been from the alien watching a video? Server logs indicate a library computer was used to access a streaming video on a physics subject late that night. The logs won’t tell us who accessed the video, because the library discards that information in order to protect user privacy. But we do know the title of the video: //Einstein’s Nightmare.// Sounds kind of sinister, doesn’t it? Look up the video by title in Compass. Which of these physics subjects does it deal with? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Multiverse Theory <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> String Theory <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Quantum Physics* <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE SEVEN</b> Our alien may have had trouble finding what he was looking for. The day before yesterday, a mysterious “Mr. Allen” booked an online reference consultation. The reference librarian who took the consultation recalls that he preferred using the Zoom chat instead of voice and he kept his video off the whole time. “Mr. Allen” used the reference “Make an Appointment” page, https://du.libcal.com/appointments/researchcenter , to book his consultation. How long is a reference consultation, according to the information on that page? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> 20-30 minutes <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> 30-45 minutes <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> 45-60 minutes* <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE EIGHT</b> That’s right, “Mr. Allen” spent a full hour working with a reference librarian to hone his research chops. In his consultation, he asked the librarian to show him how to find scientific literature on something called the “Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox,” using Google Scholar. The librarian explained that if he accessed Google Scholar through the link on the library website, his search results would be linked to DU’s subscriptions. The librarian then showed him, in Google Scholar, an article from the journal //Physical Review Letters// with this title: “Realization of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox for Continuous Variables” This article had been cited more than 1,300 times. The librarian remembers showing “Mr Allen” how to use the “cited by” link in Google Scholar to find all of the citing articles. Mr. Allen was especially interested in the work of four researchers, named Furusawa, Sørensen, Braunstein, and Fuchs. He searched within the citing articles for these four names together, and found one article that made him very excited. What was the title of that article? (Hint: Find Google Scholar under "Research Tools" at the top of the library website.) <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Information Losses in Continuous-Variable Quantum Teleportation <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Unconditional Quantum Teleportation* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Experimental Realization of Continuous Variable Teleportation <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE NINE</b> So that explains it – our alien used quantum teleportation to beam himself into and back out of the library. His civilization must be technologically advanced far beyond our own. We still haven’t figured out where the alien came from. Could there be a clue in the book he recently returned to the library? Its title is //The Political Theory of "I Love Lucy": Speed It Up!// A decidedly strange book for a technologically-advanced extra-terrestrial to be interested in. Look it up by title in the library catalog. Who is the author? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Leslie Dale Feldman* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Vivian Vance <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> William Frawley <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE TEN</b> Feldman is indeed the author. Did you notice, in the catalog record for the book, there is a user-added tag? All the way down at the bottom of the page? Something about radio signals. What could that possibly have to do with a '50s sitcom? Type the tag into the catalog, with quotes around it, and see if you find anything. You did? An article from the //Los Angeles Times?// Access and read the article. Does it mention any '50s sitcoms? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Yes, //Tugboat Annie.// <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Yes, //Leave It to Beaver.// <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> //Yes, I Love Lucy.//* <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

The author of the article is indeed Thomas W. Paradis, and the article's title is "The Political Economy of Theme Development in Small Urban Places: The Case of Roswell, New Mexico." Well, well, well. Our alien is a busy fellow. In addition to the Philosopher's Stone, he is also researching UFO-themed tourism in Roswell, home of the International UFO Museum. He may not be as far from home as we originally thought! It appears he merely teleported in from Roswell, where he is possibly employed by the tourism board. Perhaps he originally came to earth looking to feed his //I Love Lucy// habit, and then stayed on as a consultant. We must contact him! I have some DVDs of //The Honeymooners// that he just has to see! On to Roswell! <b>THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!</b> Click this link to confirm you solved the mystery: <b>http://bit.ly/i-solved-the-mystery </b>

<b>CLUE SIX</b> Yes, //Einstein’s Nightmare// is about quantum physics, which allows a thing to be in two places at the same time. Interesting. You know what else? One morning last week, one of the library workers noticed some books on quantum physics mis-shelved in the stacks on the lower level, and a faint odor of ozone in the area. It took a while to get the books sorted out, and a few of them didn’t belong in that section at all. Which of these books is not a book on physics? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Samiya Bashir: //Field Theories//* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Jeffrey Bub: //Bananaworld// <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Hartmut Pilkuhn: //Atoms, Molecules and Photons// <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

This pane is designed to help you make edits, or understand how the game structure works. BASIC RULES: This game is designed to lead players through 10 clues. Once they have successfully answered the ten clues, they win the game. However, if they get three strikes, they have to start over. It's pretty basic. VARIABLES (AND HOW TO USE THEM): The variables utilized are as follows -> $Submission, $Answer, $NextClue, and $Strikes. You'll notice that each clue ends with an opportunity for the player to "Solve the Clue". When they click on that option, the game automatically saves whatever they inputted or checked as the $Submission variable. It then takes them to the "Solve" passage, where the $Submission variable is cross-checked against the defined $Answer variable. If it's a match, then the variable $NextClue is increased, and an option is continue is presented. If it's NOT a match, then the variable $NextClue is NOT increased and the player must attempt the last clue again, having incurred a strike.

<b>CLUE ELEVEN</b> OMG! There it is again: //I Love Lucy!// This must be important. Look again for a tag all the way at the bottom of the article’s catalog record. Could that be the name of a database? Hmm. The alien must have used that database in his information search. Maybe we should, too. Let’s look in that database. What is the name of the database? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Proquest Central <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Academic Search Complete* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> JSTOR <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE TWELVE</b> //Academic Search Complete// is the right one. On the library website, click the link for "Databases," then search for //Academic Search Complete.// Then click on the link for that database, and perform a search on the title of our alien’s favorite sitcom, plus the word, aliens. Did you find an article? You did? I think we are getting close! Click on the link for "PDF full text" and scroll to the bibliography at the end of the article. What is the international organization referenced in the fourth citation? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> SETI League* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> United Nations <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Nobel Foundation <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>

<b>CLUE THIRTEEN</b> SETI League is correct – the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. It appears the SETI League has succeeded, and we have made contact with another civilization by beaming //I Love Lucy// reruns into outer space. We still don’t know where to find our elusive alien, though … One last clue might be useful. After teleporting back out of the library, our alien contacted the Reference Department one last time through the research help page, https://libraryhelp.du.edu . He was looking for articles relevant to the following search terms: //paradis, "theme development," "new mexico."// The research assistant figured //paradis// was probably a typo for paradise, but even after correcting the spelling they couldn’t find any articles the alien found helpful. However, maybe it wasn’t a typo at all. Try copying and pasting the alien’s search terms into Compass, just as he stated them - quotation marks and all. Do you see anything on a place the alien might have come from? You do? A journal article? Who is the author of that article? <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Joseph Paradiso <<radiobutton "$Submission" "correct" checked>> Thomas W. Paradis* <<radiobutton "$Submission" "That" checked>> Gilles Paradis <<button [[Submit|Solve]]>><</button>> <span style="color:gray">STRIKES: </span><span style="color:red">$Strikes</span> <<set $Answer to "correct">> <<set $AltAnswer to "correct">>