Memory Solution

How It Works

Each of the pictures on the screen corresponds to a NATO letter. (Charlie Brown = Charlie, people dancing = Tango, Microphone = Mike, Papa Smurf = Papa, etc.) The different background colors (ROYGBIV) provide an ordering. The list of pictures and their colors, in order, are:

  • MIKE - RED
  • TANGO - BLUE
  • INDIA - ORANGE
  • X-RAY - GREEN
  • DELTA - YELLOW
  • QUEBEC - VIOLET
  • INDIA - INDIGO
  • LIMA - GREEN
  • PAPA - BLUE
  • TANGO - VIOLET
  • VICTOR - ORANGE
  • TANGO - RED
  • CHARLIE - INDIGO
  • KILO - YELLOW

The teams should sort the by color, and using the letter abbreviation for each NATO letter, the teams should get:

  • RED - MT
  • ORANGE - IV
  • YELLOW - DK
  • GREEN - XL
  • BLUE - TP
  • INDIGO - IC
  • VIOLET - QT

These are not abbreviations, but rather two syllable words, wherein both syllables can be represented by the name of a letter:

  • RED - MT = EMPTY
  • ORANGE - IV = IVY
  • YELLOW - DK = DECAY
  • GREEN - XL = EXCEL
  • BLUE - TP = TEEPEE
  • INDIGO - IC = ICY
  • VIOLET - QT = CUTIE

Taking the first letter of each word, teams find the answer: EIDETIC

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Solution

EIDETIC

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