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The Dominos Are The Key

We welcome you with open arms and promise you that this isn’t some pyramid scheme. The answers that lay within will be the wind in your sail, and you can lean on us whenever you need to.

To sum it up, proceed when ready.

Hint: Four-digit code.

Hint 1

Did you notice that some words in the text are in bold?

Hint 2

The bolded words are:

  • open arms
  • pyramid
  • sail
  • lean

Have you seen these anywhere else?

Hint 3

The page title says, “The Dominos Are The Key”

You do have some dominos. Have you looked at them carefully?

Hint 4

The Rio de Janeiro domino has open arms.

Are there other dominos that match the bold text?

Hint 5

The Rio de Janeiro domino has open arms.

The Cairo domino has pyramid.

The Dubai domino has sail.

The Pisa domino has leaning tower.

Hint 6

The last highlighted line in the text says, “sum it up”.

Is there something on the four dominos that you can sum up?

Hint 7

Have you tried adding the numbers on the dominos?

Hint 8

Don’t forget that you need a four-digit code, and you have four dominos that you identified.

Hint 9

The sum for the four dominos are:

  • Rio de Janeiro = 2+6 = 8
  • Cairo = 1+4 = 5
  • Dubai = 2+1 = 3
  • Pisa = 4+4 = 8
Solution

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The Domino Effect
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