Escape the Room Crack the Bunker Code

Escape the Room Task 1: Identify the Author

Crack the Bunker Code On the sofa in Mr X’s living room was a notebook with the following
titles written down inside. Can you work out what they mean?
There’s been a breach of security at the heart of government:
somehow, a spy, known only as Mr X, has infiltrated the deepest Working out:
levels of MI5. He’s managed to change the code to our nuclear
bunker – while you’re stuck inside!
We’ve searched Mr X’s home and found a number of clues which
could help you to crack the code to escape the bunker and avert
disaster. Who wrote them?
Each clue, once solved, will provide you with a number. You might 1. Bleak House
need to use the internet or the library to help you. Once you’ve found 2. Lord of the Flies
the solution, input it below. But hurry – the clock is ticking! 3. Middlemarch
Task One Task Two Task Three Task Four Task Five
4. Jane Eyre
digit: digit: digit: digit: digit:
5. Gulliver's Travels

Use six from one,

two from two, five
from three, two
from four and five
from five.
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Task Two: Fill in the Gaps Task Three: Pinpoint the Punctuation
Someone has sent Mr X a love letter – we found it crumpled up in his We found this recipe on Mr X’s fridge door. It seems to be nonsense,
waste paper bin! It includes an extract from Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth but can you work out how it’s significant?
Barrett Browning. But why have some of the words been blocked
out? And why has the word ‘count’ been underlined?
Working out:
Working out:

20g flour
3 eggs
1 apple
5 baked beans

How do I love thee? Remove the apple’s core and

l
Let me count soak it in liquid – vinegar wil
l tur n bro wn.
the ways. do; eventually it wil
in the
Add it to the flour and stir
I love thee to the . Add
baked beans, nice and slowly
depth and breadth y bit
the eggs carefully! Even a tin
and height mix tur e.
of shell will ruin your
your
My soul can reach, Remember also to look after
punctuation:
when feeling out
of sight apostrophe
For the ends of being exclamation mark
and ideal grace. dash
semi-colon
comma
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Task Four: What Is It? Task Five: A Class Act

In one of the books on his bookcase, Mr X had highlighted some
Simile Onomatopoeia Metaphor Alliteration apparently random words. There were also some notes scrawled in
The sun was like a fire the margin. What’s it all about?
in the burning forge
of the sky. Working out:
The ship was as sharp
as a knife; it sheered
Verb: The market town of Stratford-upon-Avon
four is nestled in the heart of Warwickshire,
through the water Proper not far from the county town of Warwick.
with barely a splash. Noun: A picturesque place, the small town
two
The sea was a calm
Noun: bravely straddles the river with a medieval
blanket beneath it. four bridge. The jewel in its crown is, of course,
In the silence of the Adjective: Shakespeare’s Birthplace, although there
night, the tree was a seven
watchful sentry. Adverb: are many other attractions including the
five famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a
This clue is intriguing! It was found on Butterfly Farm, the MAD Museum, Ann
a sticky note on Mr X’s front door. What Hathaway’s Cottage and a big wheel.
r's in
The ansswhae de! does the mysterious statement at the
the bottom mean?
 Escape the Room Crack the Bunker Code Answers
Escape the Room Task 1: Identify the Author
Crack the Bunker Code Answers On the sofa in Mr X’s living room was a notebook with the following
titles written down inside. Can you work out what they mean?
There’s been a breach of security at the heart of government:
somehow, a spy, known only as Mr X, has infiltrated the deepest Working out:
levels of MI5. He’s managed to change the code to our nuclear
Charles Dickens
bunker – while you’re stuck inside!
William Golding
We’ve searched Mr X’s home and found a number of clues which
could help you to crack the code to escape the bunker and avert George Eliot
disaster. Who wrote them? Charlotte Bronte
Each clue, once solved, will provide you with a number. You might 1. Bleak House Jonathan Swift
need to use the internet or the library to help you. Once you’ve found 2. Lord of the Flies
the solution, input it below. But hurry – the clock is ticking! 3. Middlemarch
The instructions relate
Task One Task Two Task Three Task Four Task Five
4. Jane Eyre
to the letters in each
digit: digit: digit: digit: digit:
5. Gulliver's Travels
author’s name. So, the
sixth letter of number
8 6 7 4 3 Use six from one, one is e, the second
two from two, five letter of number two is
from three, two i, and so on.
from four and five
from five.
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Task Two: Fill in the Gaps Task Three: Pinpoint the Punctuation
Someone has sent Mr X a love letter – we found it crumpled up in his We found this recipe on Mr X’s fridge door. It seems to be nonsense,
waste paper bin! It includes an extract from Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth but can you work out how it’s significant?
Barrett Browning. But why have some of the words been blocked
out? And why has the word ‘count’ been underlined?
Working out:
Working out:
You need to
The missing words are: ‘look after’ each
20g flour
• to 3 eggs of the pieces of
1 apple punctuation, to
• and
5 baked beans find a letter. So,
• For
there’s an s after
How do I love thee? Remove the apple’s core and
l the apostrophe,
Let me count soak it in liquid – vinegar wil
If the words are taken l tur n bro wn. an e after the
the ways. do; eventually it wil
in the
as homophones, then Add it to the flour and stir exclamation
I love thee to the . Add
two and four is baked beans, nice and slowly mark, etc.
depth and breadth y bit
the eggs carefully! Even a tin
and height mix tur e.
SIX of shell will ruin your
your
My soul can reach, Remember also to look after
SEVEN
punctuation:
when feeling out
of sight apostrophe
For the ends of being exclamation mark
and ideal grace. dash
semi-colon
comma
 Escape the Room Crack the Bunker Code Answers Escape the Room Crack the Bunker Code Answers

Task Four: What Is It? Task Five: A Class Act

In one of the books on his bookcase, Mr X had highlighted some
Simile Onomatopoeia Metaphor Alliteration apparently random words. There were also some notes scrawled in
The sun was like a fire the margin. What’s it all about?
in the burning forge
of the sky. Working out:
The ship was as sharp
as a knife; it sheered
Verb: The market town of Stratford-upon-Avon Match the
four is nestled in the heart of Warwickshire, highlighted
through the water Proper not far from the county town of Warwick. words to
with barely a splash. Noun: A picturesque place, the small town
two their word
The sea was a calm
Noun: bravely straddles the river with a medieval class, then
blanket beneath it. four bridge. The jewel in its crown is, of course, take the
In the silence of the Adjective: Shakespeare’s Birthplace, although there
seven relevant
night, the tree was a
Adverb: are many other attractions including the letter. So,
watchful sentry. five famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a ‘nestled’ is
Butterfly Farm, the MAD Museum, Ann the verb, and
This clue is intriguing! It was found on
Hathaway’s Cottage and a big wheel. its fourth
a sticky note on Mr X’s front door. What
r's in letter is t,
The ansswhae de! does the mysterious statement at the
and so on.
the bottom mean?

THREE

You need to shade in the boxes which represent the techniques

used in the sentences.