Friday, June 26, 2015

Who Wants Ice Cream?

You mission for today--if you choose to accept it--is to solve the five problems below and to identify the animal to the right. If you can pass this last test, your fellow A.A.K.V.O. agents can confirm that you do not have brain damage and will surgically remove the transmitter that FAMPO implanted in your brain. Good luck!
















Don't you want some ice cream?
 

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Distracted by a Sloth

Congratulations, you got second prize to a chimp! Maybe you don't have brain damage--but they need to be sure. They've given you six more problems to do below but they also put a sloth outside your window to see if you can do math while being distracted by the coolest animal ever. Good luck!















What's the sloth doing now?
 

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Ayuma the Chimp

Good job, you solved the math problems faster than the baby orangutan! But that was just the warm-up. Now you must beat Ayuma the Chimp--arguably the smartest primate on the planet. Do the problems below and get the treat before Ayuma!
















Can you beat Ayuma, the smartest primate on earth?
 

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Baby Orangutan

Congratulations, you passed the first test! The agents are very pleased with you but now they have another set of problems below. Today, they decided to test your speed against a baby orangutan. You are both given a Chrome Book with the problems at the same time. Ready...set...go!
















Can you beat the baby orangutan?
 

Monday, June 22, 2015

Dwarf Cuscus

Congratulations, an A.A.K.V.O. team has come to your rescue! When you explained to them that FAMPO put you in a coma for nine months and then gave you all kinds of math tests, they became suspicious that FAMPO installed a tracking device in your brain. They can remove the tracker, but first they need to make sure your brain isn't already damaged from the previous surgery. They decided to do this with a series of math tests!

You explained that FAMPO has already given you the tests and you passed. But they explained that if you did have brain damage, you would think that you passed when you actually failed, so they need to do their own tests. However, they liked the idea of giving you a treat when you pass so they put something for you in a locked green bag--just solve the problems below for the password.

(Oh yeah, they also said that if you pass all of their tests, you can keep a dwarf cuscus as a pet when you leave.)














Solve the problems for a tasty treat!
 

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Tarsier Teeth

Congratulations, you built a signal fire at 5:30 am for the A.A.K.V.O. satellite and you should be rescued soon.

While waiting, you watch more tarsiers climbing and think about how different they are from other primates. For example, they have a unique dental formula which you remember to be:
2.1.3.31.1.3.3
Based on this formula, how many total teeth do tarsiers have?

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Signaling A.A.K.V.O.

Congratulations, you're free from FAMPO--Fewer Animals More People Organization! You walked out of your cell into the jungle and saw a group of these creatures which appear to be a native species here.

Now you must signal A.A.K.V.O. so you can be rescued. Fortunately, they have a satellite that circles the earth every 13 hours (moving east) and can pick up a signal fire at night. You plan to pull some boards out of the FAMPO abandoned hut and make a fire in the shape of the A.A.K.V.O. logo. But you need to know when to light it because the satellite passes over quickly.

FAMPO cleared out all of their things but they did leave their "Kill an Animal a Day" desk calendar which says June 19, which must have been yesterday. You remember before you left your mansion in Kyrgyzstan that the satellite passed over at midnight the day you left, September 3, 2014.

When should you start the fire at night (to the nearest hour) so the satellite will be overhead and see it?

Friday, June 19, 2015

Rat in a Cage

Congratulations, you saved the baby tapir! You woke up in your cell and you found that your captors left you the Chrome Book, the box and a rat in a cage! You examined the cage and found that the door was unlocked so you freed the rat and it scampered off into the jungle.

You also found this note: "You wanted to know who we are--well solve the final math problems below to get the password and open the box for the answer and a surprise!"


















Who are these villians?
 

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Give the Tapir a Drink

Congratulations, you successfully opened the box and got a tasty treat! Your captors are pleased that you don't have severe brain damage. But now they are moving on to harder problems to see if you have minor brain damage.

To motivate you, they have given you the box with something new inside. Solve the problems below to get the password for the lock. Oh, and they also mentioned that you must share the surprise with a baby tapir that is starving to death and needs nourishment as soon as possible.



















Save the Baby Tapir!
 

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

What's In the Box?

Congratulations, you solved the math problems and freed the baby polecat! Your captors are happy too.  They let you know that they are not from V.A.L.A., but refuse to tell you who they are with, saying only, "By the time we're done with you, you'll wish you were captured by those idiots V.A.L.A.!"

So far you have only had moldy bread to eat and fetid swamp water to drink. You demand something better to eat, but they just laughed at you and gave you a mysterious box with a combination lock on it.

They said, "Solve this next set of problems if you want to find out what's in the box."




























What's in the box?
 

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Save the Baby Pole Cat

Congratulations, you did their silly math test and saved the Monito del Monte.  They begrudgingly released it into the wild and you were able to see it scamper off into the brush through your tiny window.

But they're not done with you yet.  You heard them say, "Well, he's not completely brain dead, if he got those easy questions right.  Now let's give him some harder ones to see if we did any damage to the angular gyrus."

You're surprised that V.A.L.A. agents actually know specific regions of the brain. It's not like them at all. And then you wonder, Are these really V.A.L.A. agents? Is it possible you were captured by yet another evil group that hates animals?

You demand to know who your captors are but they just laugh at you. They tell you that if you solve the problems below, they might--just might--tell you who they are.

Oh, and if you don't solve them, they will kill this adorable baby pole cat!














The life of the baby pole cat rests in your hands!
 

Monday, June 15, 2015

Trapped in a Dark Cell

You've been double-crossed!  After one day of rest and relaxation at your mansion in Kyrgyzstan, you heard news that your agents-in-training were captured by a trap set for them. When you went to save them, you were trapped too!

You've been kept in an induced coma for the last nine months, and you've just been revived. Your captors are not sure how much brain damage you have suffered so they are giving you a series of tests to assess your mental acuity.

Here is the first one:

And for motivation, they've told you: "Solve these problems by the stroke of midnight, or this little creature dies!"