Bath breakout

Free the goddess and save Bath!


Bath is under attack! The frightful Gorgon, locked up for nearly 2000 years, wreaks havoc on the city! Only Minerva can return the Gorgon to its watery cell. In a horrible turn of events, the Gorgon has imprisoned Minerva under the Roman Baths!

There are many locks on her cell, a 4-digit lock, a 5-letter lock, a colour lock and a direction lock. Are you clever enough to solve the riddles and free Minerva?


Are you ready to solve the riddles to unlock the locks and free Minerva?

Who is brave enough to face the Gorgon?

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Lock #1: The 4-digit Lock

The Gorgon is loose in Bath!  The only clue to the first lock was this discarded ticket found near Minerva's cell.  Four of these numbers will open the lock - but which four?

Which code? *

Hint

Where was the Gorgon sitting?


Lock #2: The Colour Lock

The god of the River Avon is furious with the Gorgon!  There has been a flood and all of the shelves in the Central Library have got muddled up.  Can you put these books in order and help to calm the River Avon?

What is the correct order? *

Hint

In what order are library books normally arranged, to make it easy to find a particular author?


Lock #3:  The Direction Lock

Follow the trail of the Gorgon, as she roams Bath

Starting at the Holburne Museum, the Gorgon crossed Pulteney Bridge on the way to the Herschel Museum.  She then visited the Crescent before watching a play at the Theatre Royal.  Finally she went to the Roman Baths to taunt her prisoner, Minerva!

Which directions will unlock this lock? *

Lock #4: The Five-Letter Lock

Hmm!  Someone, or something, has mounted a mysterious plaque on Minerva's cell.  Maybe this will will give the clue to Minerva's five-letter Celtic name and allow you to unlock the final lock?

What is Minerva's ancient Celtic name? *

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