Stage 10:
Sorsele to Arjeplog (36 miles)

After nearly 500 miles, the Race Across Sweden is drawing to its close. The town of Arjeplog is home to around 1950 muggles, and is a popular winter testing site for European cars. Once a year, the population of the town seems to multiply in size several times as spectators of the Broom Race apparate here to welcome the triumphant finishers.

Pick up your final time bonuses by completing the challenges below.

Time Challenge: In the grid below, each number represents a letter, and the lines across each spell out a different phrase, all on a common theme. Each correct line you decode will earn you a 5 second time bonus. The first letter of each line goes into the blue box at the bottom, for an additional 30 second time bonus, rearrange these letters to spell a famous Harry Potter person or place.

The answers can be located here.

 

Bonus time challenge: In the grid below, each letter has a different value from 1 to 26. Use the clues provided below most of the letters, and your powers of deduction, to find the correct number for each letter - there are 4 numbers already filled in to start you off. Gain 8 seconds for each correct number / letter combination of the remaining 22 that you send me. (Symbols: + Plus; - Minus; / Divided by; x Multiplied by; > More than; < Less than)

The answers can be located here.


Send your answers to by June 25th with the subject "ab123 - Broom Race Stage 10" (where ab123 is your student ID)