What follows is a scavenger hunt. I am trying to do it as in character as possible with the the theme of the hunt. All due apologies to the image holders for hot linking to the images, however, I have linked to your page where the image is coming from. This post will likely be deleted after the hunt is over since I’ll have a regular Steampunk post coming soon.
Some related links before I go on. The Clockwork Cabaret who’s scavenger hunt this is. Brass Goggles, one of the bigger Steampunk blogs out there, and from whom I got the video about tea the other day. I’ll cover more later, suffice it to say that I’ve have been mildly interested in it for a while (not enough to look anything up, but enough to appreciate seeing Steampunk stuff), but just recently really started getting into it, but as I said, I’ll dive more into that later.

Dear Miss Davenport,
I have searched a series of tubes for as many of the items on the ransom note as I can. I have provided answers in this “post” as they call this letter on that series of tubes. Geography unfortunately prevents me from delivering them unto you in person.
Most images should “link” , to use the series of tubes term, to the location where the item may be found.
You “click” these images, or the underlined “links” to see more information.

1. Find the “Illustrated Man”
   There are many Illustrated Men. One is held by a man named Ray Bradbury, however, this is fairly easy to find, so I doubt that is the one CLANG wants. Possibly they are looking for the one held by Johnny Winter. The address you can find that one at is:
   
2. Find Schroedinger’s Cat.
   Unfortunately finding the alive in itself changes the nature of things. However, I didn’t let this desrade me.
   I found several other examples as well at this “cheezburger” place, but that one tops my list. I am fairly certain Professor Schroedinger had a tortoise shell last I heard. All of Schroedinger’s cats I found at that location were alive and well.
3. Find a Zeppelin.
   Curious that CLANG would want one. I had a tough time deciding which one CLANG may want.
   There’s the USS Akron which was built not too far from my home, along with her sister ship the Macon. They were less than 20 feet shorter than the well known Hindenburg. What’s unusual about these ships is they each carried five planes on them. The airdock they built these in still survives to this day
   If CLANG wants a musical Zeppelin:
   
4. Find some Turkish Delight.
   I admit, I had to search a reference on the series of tubes to find out what Turkish Delight is.
   However, I found
   which is in Raleigh, which should be less than an hour from you as near as I can tell.
5. Find a Gravestone with upside down writing on it.
   I am having trouble with this one. The closest I could find so far is:
   <img src=”http://www.graveaddiction.com/symbol/flame.jpg” alt=”Upside down torch on gravestone” />
   where if you go to the Flame or Torch listing, it talks about a torch being upside down meaning the end of life. This could be the symbolism that CLANG wants to pass onto you to emphasize the need to find the items quickly.
6. What would you do with a drunken sailor early in the morning? Also, what would said sailor do for a Klondike bar?
   is what you do with a drunken sailor in the early morning. This one features Captain Jack Sparrow.
   This is what Shakespeare would do for a Klondike bar: .
   I also found: which is described as “Sailor Moon Chatroom Episode 1: What would you do for a Klondike Bar?
   In this episode Raye’s klondike bar was stolen by chad and No one is listening to serena… again.” So we do get a sailor in this one.
7. What is Antarctica’s international dialing code?
   If you look at this library reference, we see that “Dialing is dependent on the parent country of each base”. However this library reference says it is +672, which the first library reference says it is for “Australian external territories other than Christmas”, which includes their Antarctic Territory.
8. Make a new Periodic Table….
   Walter Russel already made a periodic table having deuterium.
   Refer to: (larger version here) Beyond that I am of no use to you, my sincerest apologies.
9. Write a legally binding non-disclosure agreement over something trivial.
   This will take some space…

   THIS AGREEMENT, made this 12th_ day of _May________ (month), __2008_ (year), between ________Alpha_______________, (hereinafter “Disclosing Party”), and ______________Beta__________ (hereinafter “Receiving Party”).

   BACKGROUND
   The Disclosing Party and Receiving Party wish to discuss and exchange information regarding the status of if Beta’s underwear is clean or dirty, which the parties hereto consider highly confidential and proprietary.

   NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, hereby agree as follows:

   1. DEFINITIONS
   1.1. “Invention” shall mean all information relating to business programs, products, applications, systems, components, technologies and business topics.
   1.2. “Confidential Information” shall mean all information provided by Disclosing Party with respect to the Invention regardless of whether it is written, oral, audio tapes, video tapes, computer discs, machines, prototypes, designs, specifications, articles of manufacture, drawings, human or machine readable documents. Confidential Information shall also include all information related to the Invention provided by Disclosing Party to Receiving Party prior to the signing of this agreement. Confidential Information shall not include any of the following:
   (a) such information in the public domain at the time of the disclosure, or subsequently comes within the public domain without fault of the Receiving Party;
   (b) such information which was in the possession of Receiving Party at the time of disclosure that may be demonstrated by business records of Receiving Party and was not acquired, directly or indirectly, from Disclosing Party; or
   (c) such information which Receiving Party acquired after the time of disclosure from a third party who did not require Receiving Party to hold the same in confidence and who did not acquire such technical information from Disclosing Party.
   1.3. “Disclosing Party” shall mean the party disclosing information to the other relating to the Invention.
   1.4. “Receiving Party” shall mean the party receiving information from the other relating to the Invention.

   2. USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
   The Receiving Party agrees to:
   (a) receive and maintain the Confidential Information in confidence;
   (b) examine the Confidential Information at its own expense;
   (c) not reproduce the Confidential Information or any part thereof without the express written consent of Disclosing Party;
   (d) not, directly or indirectly, make known, divulge, publish or communicate the Confidential Information to any person, firm or corporation without the express written consent of Disclosing Party;
   (e) limit the internal dissemination of the Confidential Information and the internal disclosure of the Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party to those officers and employees, if any, of the Receiving Party who have a need to know and an obligation to protect it;
   (f) not use or utilize the Confidential Information without the express written consent of Disclosing Party;
   (g) not use the Confidential Information or any part thereof as a basis for the design or creation of any method, system, apparatus or device similar to any method, system, apparatus or device embodied in the Confidential Information unless expressly authorized in writing by Disclosing Party; and
   (h) utilize the best efforts possible to protect and safeguard the Confidential Information from loss, theft, destruction, or the like.

   3. RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
   All information provided by the Disclosing Party shall remain the property of the Disclosing Party. Receiving Party agrees to return all Confidential Information to Disclosing Party within 15 days of written demand by Disclosing Party. When the Receiving Party has finished reviewing the information provided by the Disclosing Party and has made a decision as to whether or not to work with the Disclosing Party, Receiving Party shall return all information to the Disclosing Party without retaining any copies.

   4. NON-ASSIGNABLE
   This agreement shall be non-assignable by the Receiving Party unless prior written consent of the Disclosing Party is received. If this Agreement is assigned or otherwise transferred, it shall be binding on all successors and assigns.

   5. GOVERNING LAW
   This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement (including, without limitation, provisions concerning limitations of actions), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of _______________ (State), notwithstanding any conflict-of-laws doctrines of such state or other jurisdiction to the contrary, and without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring construction against the draftsman.

   6. No License
   Neither party does, by virtue of disclosure of the Confidential Information, grant, either expressly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any right or license to any patent, trade secret, invention, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property right.

   7. Binding Nature of Agreement
   This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.

   8. Provisions Separable
   The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and separable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.

   9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
   This Agreement sets forth all of the covenants, promises, agreements, conditions and understandings between the parties and there are no covenants, promises, agreements or conditions, either oral or written, between them other than herein set forth. No subsequent alteration, amendment, change or addition to this Agreement shall be binding upon either party unless reduced in writing and signed by them.

   10. Arbitration
   Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be resolved by arbitration conducted by the Commercial Division of the American Arbitration Association and in accordance with the rules thereof, conducted in Fargo, North Dakota, or in any other convenient forum agreed to in writing by the parties. Any arbitration award shall be final and binding, and judgment upon the award rendered pursuant to such arbitration may be entered in any court of proper jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek and obtain temporary injunctive relief from any court of competent jurisdiction against any improper disclosure of the Confidential Information.

   IN WITNESS OF THEIR AGREEMENT, the parties have set their hands to it below effective the day and year first written above.
   Disclosing Party Receiving Party

   By: __________________________ By: __________________________

   Modified from http://www.freepatentforms.com/confidentiality1.htm

10. Find a dictionary without the word Gullible in it.
    Near as I can tell, the 1828 Webster Dictionary didn’t have the word. [Stepping out of character for a moment, the site which you can search the 1828 Webster’s Dictionary seems to be down at the moment, but a Google serach for Gullible site:1828.mshaffer.com shows the word does indeed seem to be missing]
11. Why are old pictures in black and white?
    From the Photography reference we see that the emulsions needed to take a color photo were not developed successfully until the 1900s. Early experiments with color filters worked to some degree but not as well as full color plates and emulsions came around. I could go on about Color photography, autochrome (the first color plate), Kodachrome and the like, but I think we covered the basic. Hopefully it will satisfy CLANG.
12. Make War in a Box
    
    There are many examples of a War in a Box with that one.
13. What is the really long German word for “jeep”?
    There is Kubelwagen, which isn’t that long. Of course compared to Jeep it is long…
14. Make an abomination of sorts.
    Already created by Frank Herbert in Dune , Abomination (Dune). As they say, why reinvent the wheel?
15. Locate a chainmail glove
    If you need to order them: Men’s Chainmail Adult Gloves
16. Stop…Hamertime
    
    or for a Steam Hammer:
    
17. Create your own Army of Darkness
    Own? So not
    That one may take some time…
18. What is the only bone in the human body not connected to another?
    Hyoid bone.
19. Find Phineas P. Moneyload
    Here. and wonders how he can help find Emmett himself.
20. Find a mitten big enough to wear as a hat
    Since they don’t say it needs to fit a human head:
    
    Where I seem to recall one or more of the animals tries it on as a hat… it’s been a while since I read the book to my kid
21. Acquire foreign coins
    Fairly simple this close to Canada…However as I can’t transfer said coins over the tubes…
    
22. What is the only monosyllabic US State?
    Maine.
23. Find a taxidermy farm animal
    One would think that since my step-father is a taxidermist this would be easy, but doesn’t do such animals, nor pets.
    
24. What did Adam Weishaupt found and when?
    Adam Weishaupt founder (along with Adolph Freiherr Knigge) of the Order of Illuminati on May 1st, 1776, though at the time it was called “Order of Perfectibilists”.
25. When is a door not a door?
    When it’s ajar
26. Paint/draw a portrait of the Davenport sisters
    Having near zero art tallent, I’ll show one I found (wonder where 😉 ?)
    
27. Find one of those old-time bicycles with the large front wheel
    As in a Penny-farthing?
    
28. Find a hook hand
    Hook hands in cartoon form…
    Or to buy:
    
29. Find a Cerebral Enhance-O-Tron
    
30. Locate an uncharted continent
    World 7 in Super Morio Bros. Chaos Control…
31. What is the Latin phrase for “reduction of absurdity”
    Reductio ad absurdum
32. Locate an entertaining warning sign
    
    I covered this in What? Wine empress is with the body? What?
33. Create a complex get-rich scheme that “can’t fail”
    I couldn’t figure a complex one. Best bet is to search for free “how to start your own business” type stuff and other schemes and gather them into one publication then sell said publication and tour the country giving speeches how to get rich quick and charge a “nominal” fee.
34. Write a sea shanty
    Poetry and songs are beyond me. I dearly hope that a bard comes forward and helps you here.
    Lacking such, I submit a Bardic song about the sea done by a real Bard, particularly about the Selkie.
    
35. Find a robotic kitten
36. Find a 2 dollar bill
    
    And hey, not only that, I work for them, so I would have a part in sending the item to you…
37. What’s in your head (Include diagram)? [Bonus if there are gears in it.]
    I’ll have to get back with you on this. Once I get around to using my image manipulation utility… though I remind you I am not artisticly inclined…
38. Locate Pirate booty
    
    Probably not what they are looking for. 🙂
    
    Probably still not what they are looking for, but it does have “boots” this time…
    
    Okay, probably again not what they are looking for, but I we shouldn’t give them the location of the real booty.
39. Put a pancake on a bunny’s head
    
40. What is the name of the Amazing Screw-On Head’s ex girlfriend?
    Madam/Patience… depending on source I believe…
41. What is the stellar object that is most likely to collide with Earth…
    Apophis, or more properly 99942 Apophis
42. Locate the most glorious rainbow
    
    Or more tradional
    
43. Make History
    The first issue of Make came out in January 2005… More history here
44. Find a newspaper from 1895
    
45. Fashion a monocle… wear it for a while
    Another one that is beyond me to make… I could take apart an old pair of my glasses, but those are backups if my current ones go bad…
46. Make a diaroma of “A Day in the Life of a Pirate”
    Another one beyond me, but I can provide the location of one
    
47. Write a “steamy” hiku
    Once again my lack of Bardic skills fails me. Sorry.
48. Find a picture of someone dressed in “Steampunk” garb
    
49. Locate a song utilizing train or zeppelin noises
    The wife helped here. Tom Waits, Everything You Can Think, off the album Alice. Shouldn’t be too hard to find a copy of the song.