Fortune Cookies
by Monica Singhal, Nina Hinrichs, Yar Woo
Answer: AMENDMENTS
For each of the fortunes, if you add "in bed" at the end, you can identify a character from books, television, or movies. Indexing into the character name by the lucky numbers gives a word. Each of those words has a synonym which can similarly be placed "in bed" to form a new word.
Fortune | Lucky #s | Character | Indexed word | Synonym "In Bed" |
---|---|---|---|---|
A boy will be stunned when he sees you with your twin sister. | 14, 2, 12, 3, 12, 5, 11 | Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones) | RATITES | bEMUSed |
Two men will make your head spin. | 10, 6, 2, 1, 3, 10 | Regan Macneil (The Exorcist) | EMERGE | bLOOMed |
You will be given an A for your achievements. | 3, 1, 12, 5, 10 | Hester Prynne (The Scarlet Letter) | SHEEN | bLUSTERed |
You will miss a step after your number one fan finds you. | 8, 10, 2, 11 | Paul Sheldon (Misery) | LOAN | bLENDed |
You will pet your favorite horse's head. | 8, 2, 7, 4 | Jack Woltz (The Godfather) | TALK | bUTTERed |
You will see all four of your grandparents together. | 13, 6, 12 | Charlie Bucket (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) | TIE | bLINKed |
You will visit your grandmother, who looks larger than life. | 16, 17, 4, 6, 5 | Little Red Riding Hood | HOTEL | bINNed |
You will win a swordfight against your enemy while bluffing and lying. | 1, 6, 2 | Westley (The Princess Bride) | WEE | beLITTLEd |
You won't see the world the same way after getting closer to a long-lost relative. | 7, 6, 3, 7 | Oedipus (Oedipus Rex) | SUDS | bLATHERed |
Your Star Wars costume will remind him of another. | 7, 1, 9, 5, 11 | Rachel Green (Friends) | GREEN | bLUSHed |
Those words can be uniquely placed into the enumerations in the pagoda on the fortune cookie box, by matching lengths and pairs of letters which are indicated to be the same. Reading off the indicated spots gives the answer word AMENDMENTS.
B L A T H E R E D
B L O O M E D
B E L I T T L E D
B L I N K E D
B L E N D E D
B E M U S E D
B U T T E R E D
B I N N E D
B L U S T E R E D
B L U S H E D