2019-06-01_Games_World_of_Puzzles

%8, TPE]IVW LEH XS WSPZI E GSQTPI\

TY^^PIMRETYFPMWLIHFSSOXSHI-

XIVQMRI XLI XVIEWYVIƅW PSGEXMSR
%KISGEGLIVƅWKSEPMWXSƼRHE
[IEXLIVTVSSJGSRXEMRIVERHXLIR
WMKREPSKFSSOGSRXEMRIHXLIVIMR
armchair treasure hunters were
seeking a real-life, valuable trea-
sure, sometimes worth tens of
XLSYWERHWSJHSPPEVW
8LI%8,PMXIVEV]KIRVIFIKERMR
[MXLER)RKPMWLEYXLSVERHEVXMWX
REQIH/MX;MPPMEQW[LSGVEJXIHE
KSPHERHNI[IPIRGVYWXIH
TIRHERXERHFYVMIHMXEXEREGGIW-
sible secret location somewhere in
)RKPERH0MOIETMVEXIHIWMKRMRKEXVIEWYVIQET
;MPPMEQW[VSXIMasqueradeETY^^PIYRHIVXLIKYMWISJ
ETMGXYVIFSSOGSRWMWXMRKSJGPYIVMHHPIHTEMRXMRKWXLEXLIPH
XLIOI]XSXLIXVIEWYVIƅWPSGEXMSR6IEHIVW[LSGSYPHWSPZI
XLIHMƾGYPXTY^^PIERHHIXIVQMRIXLIWMXISJXLIFSSX][IVI
IRGSYVEKIHXSIMXLIVWYFQMXXLIMVERW[IVXSXLIEYXLSVSV
TVSGIIHXSXLILMHMRKWTSXERHEGXYEPP]HMKJSVXLITVM^I%R
EVXMGPIMRXLI.YP]%YKYWXMWWYISJ+ȳǟȨǙMRXVSHYGIH
VIEHIVWXS Masquerade[LMPIXLIGSRXIWX[EWMRMXWMRJERG]
Now that the hunt is long over, the outcome—which was
QSVIWGERHEPXLERGIPIFVEXMSRƂMWEWXSV][SVXLXIPPMRK
MasqueradeƅWTY^^PI[EWGSQTPI\ERHIPEFSVEXI;MXLSYX
FIMRKI\TPMGMXP]MRWXVYGXIHXSHSWSTPE]IVWLEHXSHVE[PMRIW
JVSQIEGLHITMGXIHGVIEXYVIƅWI]IWXLVSYKLGIVXEMRHMKMXWSR
MXWLERHWSVJIIXERHSYXXSEPIXXIVSRXLIFSVHIVSJIEGL
TEMRXMRK8LIWIPIXXIVWWTIPPIHC%8,)6-2)ƅ7L32+-2+)6
O:)6S,%(3;7E%68,B96-)(Y)003;A190)8M-(-
(%=P3-287T,)H396IN L-+,83)59-23<L33/=39
%REHHMXMSREPGPYI[EWGSRGIEPIHMREREGVSWXMGMRXLIWI
[SVHW'037)&=%148,-008LIXVIEWYVI[EWFYVMIHMR
%QTXLMPP4EVORIEV'EXLIVMRISJ%VEKSRƅWQSRYQIRX8LI
WLEHS[SJXLIGVSWWWLETIHQSRYQIRXTSMRXIHXSXLII-
EGXPSGEXMSRSJXLIXVIEWYVIEXRSSRSRXLIHE]SJXLIWTVMRK
SVEYXYQRIUYMRS\
From the outset, the book was a success, selling hun-
HVIHWSJXLSYWERHWSJGSTMIW[SVPH[MHI-QQIHM-
EXIP]LSTIJYPXVIEWYVILYRXIVW[LSLEHMRGSV-
VIGXP]MRXIVTVIXIHXLIGPYIWTVSGIIHIHXSHMK
LSPIWSRTYFPMGERHTVMZEXITVSTIVX]EPPEVSYRH
)RKPERH8LIWIGEWYEPI\GEZEXMSRWFIGEQI
WSJVIUYIRXXLEX;MPPMEQWLEHXSTE]JSVWMK-
REKIXSHMWGSYVEKIWIIOIVWJVSQHMKKMRKEX
EGXYEPPSGEXMSRWVITVIWIRXIHMRWSQISJXLI
TEMRXMRKWMRXLIFSSOɸ
8LITY^^PI[EWIZIRXYEPP]WSPZIHF]X[S
TL]WMGW XIEGLIVW 1MOI &EVOIV ERH .SLR
6SYWWIEYEPXLSYKLMXXSSOEPQSWXXLVII
]IEVW&EVOIVERH6SYWWIEYTVSGIIHIH
XS%QTXLMPP4EVOERHHYKEXXLIGSVVIGX

PSGEXMSR;LEXXLI]HMHRƅXVIEPM^IMW

XLEXXLI]XSWWIHXLIXVIEWYVIEWMHI

MRXLIHMWGEVHIHHMVX%JXIVEHMW-

ETTSMRXMRKWIEVGLXLI]PIJXXLI

WMXIIQTX]LERHIH

1IER[LMPI(YKEPH8LSQT-

WSR ER EWWSGMEXI SJ ;MP-

PMEQWƅI\KMVPJVMIRHXVMGOIHLIVMRXS

VIZIEPMRK XLI ETTVS\MQEXI PSGE-

XMSRSJXLIXVIEWYVI8LSQTWSR

WYFQMXXIHEWOIXGLSJ%QTXLMPP

4EVO XS ;MPPMEQW ERH [EW EW-

WYVIH XLEX XLI PSGEXMSR [EW

GSVVIGX8LSQTWSR[EWTYF-

PMGEPP]HIGPEVIHXLI[MRRIVSJ

Masquerade,ITVSGIIHIHXS

XLIXVIEWYVIWMXIERHLETTIRIH

YTSRXLITIRHERXMRXLIHMWGEVHIHHMVX

XLVS[RF]&EVOIVERH6SYWWIEY

7SSREJXIVGPEMQMRKXLITIRHERX8LSQT-

WSRJSYRHIHEWSJX[EVIGSQTER]GEPPIH,EVIWSJX

ERH[VSXIEZMHISKEQI,EVIVEMWIVXLEXSJJIVIHXLIZIV]

WEQITIRHERXEWETVM^IXSXLIƼVWXTPE]IVXSFIEXXLI

KEQI ,S[IZIV 8LSQTWSRƅW KEQI [EW VIGIMZIH ZIV]

TSSVP]F]TPE]IVWERHGVMXMGWERH[EWVYQSVIHXSFIYR-

WSPZEFPI;SVWIWXMPPJSV8LSQTWSRHYVMRKXLIVYRSJLMW

GSRXIWXMX[EWI\TSWIHMRThe Sunday Times that he won

MasqueradeF]GLIEXMRK7SSREJXIV8LSQTWSRƅWGSQTE-

R][IRXMRXSPMUYMHEXMSRERHXLITIRHERX[EWEYGXMSRIHF]

7SXLIF]ƅWJSVSZIVTSYRHWɸ

.YWXPMOIXLEXXLIMREYKYVEPEVQGLEMVXVIEWYVILYRXIRHIH

MRWGERHEP8LITYFPMG[SYPHRƅXWSSRJSVKIXXLIYRFVMHPIHIR-

XLYWMEWQSJXLITPE]IVWXLEXPIHXSTIVWMWXIRXZERHEPMWQSJ

TYFPMGERHTVMZEXITVSTIVX]*MRERGMEPP]LS[IZIVXLIIZIRX

[EWEWYGGIWWERHXLEX[EWIRSYKLXSMRWTMVISXLIVSVKE-

RM^EXMSRWXSGVIEXIXLIMVS[REVQGLEMVXVIEWYVILYRXW-R

the time between the launch of MasqueradeERHXLIIRHSJ

the 20th century, +ȳǟȨǙVITSVXIHSRJSYVQSVI%8,IZIRXW

7YVIP]XLISVKERM^IVWSJXLIWILYRXWLEHPIEVRIHJVSQXLI

mistakes of Masquerade7YVIP]GSQTERMIW[SYPHGSQIYT

[MXLEFIXXIV[E]SJLMHMRKEXVIEWYVIXLEX[SYPHRƅXPIEHXS

VERHSQHMKKMRKWJYIPIHF]LYRGLIW7YVIP]XLI][SYPHGSQ-

QMWWMSRUYEPMƼIHTY^^PIHIWMKRIVWXSGVIEXIEKEQIXLEX

[EWJEMVGLEPPIRKMRKERHWSPZEFPIVMKLX#%PEWRSX6IEHSR

-R'EHFYV]ƅWGVEJXIHEWMQMPEVEVQGLEMVXVIEWYVI

LYRXMR)RKPERH%GGSVHMRKXSXLIGSZIVEKIMRXLI

7ITXIQFIVMWWYISJ+ȳǟȨǙEHS^IRKSPH

IKKW IEGL ZEPYIH EX  [IVI FYVMIH

EVSYRH)RKPERH%FSSO[EW[VMXXIRGSRXEMR-

MRKGPYIWXSXLIPSGEXMSRWSJXLIIKKW3RGI

EKEMRTISTPI[IVIZIV]MRXIVIWXIHMRƼRHMRK

XLIWIXVIEWYVIW&YX[MXLXLMWIZIRXXLILMH-

MRKTPEGIW[IVIRƅXGLEPPIRKMRKIRSYKLƂSRI

IKK[EWHMWGSZIVIHF]EGLMPHFIJSVIXLI

FSSO [EW TYFPMWLIH )ZIR XLI TY^^PIW

[IVIXSSIEW]ƂSRIXVIEWYVILYRXIVVIEH

The gold and jewel-encrusted pendant that was
the prize for Masquerade. It was eventually auc-
tioned by Sotheby’s for over 30,000 pounds.

One of the gold eggs uncovered by treasure hunters in

the 1983 Cadbury’s competition.