Congratulations! You’ve found the correct answers to the first four chapters of the Flagstaff 2020 Mystery Game! Before proceeding, make sure you’ve looked at the first four clues and tried to figure out where the Plutonian “Zorg” visited all around Flagstaff.
Below, you can check your work and see if you have what it took to become a Mystery Game finalist.
Clue #1: What is the “egg” structure, where is it located, and when was it built? And what is the large humanoid creature believed by the Plutonian to be the Leader of the Great Pointed Rock?
Answer: The J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome, NAU Campus, 1977. Louie the Lumberjack
Left: Lumberjack Statue # 1 in Front of Walkup Dome. 1980. Northern Arizona University Archives. NAU.ARC.198.2.9. View this item via Digital Collections.
Clue #2: What are the seven historical shrines of worship? Name at least three of them.
Answer: Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Federated Community Church, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Christian Science Society Church, Flagstaff Christian Fellowship, El Divino Redentor United Methodist Church, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church.
Right: Nativity Church. Roberta Rogers Collection. Circa 1980s. NAU.PH.2006.43.686. View this item via Digital Collections.
Clue #3: What is the gathering place with the large, furry heads on the walls? When was it originally built, and what was it then?
Answer: Joe’s Place, originally built between 1883-1887, formerly P. J. Brannen’s New Town Store. (This building is now Majerle’s Sports Grill at Route 66 and San Francisco St.)
Left: N. San Francisco from railroad tracks, PM. July 1994. Sherry G. Mangum Slides. Slide AZ.800.2.15. Arizona Historical Society, Northern Division. Used with permission from the repository. View this item via Digital Collections.
Clue #4: What is the large red stone building with the clock in the tower? And what is the date cut into the stone?
Answer: Coconino County Courthouse, 1925.
Right: Coconino Cty Courthouse, 100 E. Birch Ave. October 1993. Sherry G. Mangum Slides. Slide AZ.800.3.31 Arizona Historical Society, Northern Division. Used with permission from the repository. View this item via Digital Collections.