Treasure hunt question

[forkies]

I have been asked to provide a question that some sixth form students will be given as part of a treasure hunt to find my office and then receive another question/clue.

 

Simply, what question should I ask?

 

I thought about just giving them my offices GPS coordinates, but think that might take them too long. Maybe a quick URL to maps with a marker on my office? Or as my office is between two rooms (T3 & T4) I was thinking of just putting T3.5. Or a question that would give them Silicon Valley as their answer which should lead them to IT... or a question that would lead them to my surname?

 

The opportunities are endless but want something that will challenge them, but not take too long. Any ideas?

[TechMonkey]

"Go to the IT Office" in Binary? Clever ones will guess it is to do with IT, less astute may have to translate it and find out.

[elsiegee40]

49 54 hexadecimal for IT

or

73 84 if you want ASCII

 

If you want to make it easier tell them Hexadecimal/ASCII

 

The more astute will solve it without looking up the code!

Edited October 17, 2016 by elsiegee40

[SteveBentley]

Give them the clue in the form of a QR code?

[Duranis]

Give them the clue "Something is broken, it has a plug attached, where do you take it?"

[Oaktech]

Give them the clue "Something is broken, it has a plug attached, where do you take it?"

 

You'll find them clustered around the WEEE bin at the local civic refuse site.

[simonw]

How about give them a question using crytography (caesar cypher, code wheel, etc), crack the code, get the question (possibly cryptic), work out the answer

[forkies]

So the teacher thought my clues were too hard and I have opted for the, "something is broken where do you take it" approach. I did think about getting the previous treasure point to give them something like a USB stick that doesn't work so they would end up coming to me.