Klueless 5 Levels 1 Through 20: Them Klues For Them Clues

November 7, 2009

Now this is impressive. Really, really impressive. It had been eons since I’d used a considerable portion of my ample grey cells. I’d almost forgotten the feeling of triumph that used to overwhelm me when a stubborn Irodov problem, or one of those Level III FIITJEE meanies, finally gave way. Klueless 5 developed by the Ahvan team down at IIM Indore rekindled that sensation, and forced my dormant neurons to become conductors. I’ve spent half a day on it now, and I’d say you won’t need LSD after Klueless overcomes you. Going through it, however, is extremely tough, and I’ll do some social service here by laying down hints from level 1 to level 20. Please note that I’m in no mood to give away answers; I’ve worked pretty hard to get them, and it’s more of a social service if I let your brain do the work. Let the light of brilliance shine on, shine on.

For the completely uninitiated, Klueless is a game of riddles which can not only work your brain around in ways you never imagined, but also cause previously-unseen cases of emotional and, if you’re that addicted, physiological disturbances. Now that you’re nervous enough, you’re good to go. To start, go to the Klueless Start Page. Make sure you read all the instructions carefully, as they are prerequisites to solve the riddles.

Level 1: Your must not have read the instructions properly. Bad.
Level 2: Find what’s beneath and take it above and beyond.
Level 3: Look at the page title. Maroon. What do you generally find when you’re marooned on an island? What would you think if I told you the text within the picture was written over a week? What did the hint in the page source say, and what link can you find between that hint and the text? And what are search engines for?
Level 4: Ever seen at the drawings in those school geometry books where a cube was drawn, and you could imagine seeing the cube from two different perspectives: a common optical illusion? So look closely, and when you get the one that eludes you, combine it with the source code hint and search. It helps if you’re a Queen fan, but only slightly.
Level 5: Look at the title. You’re not a fan of hip-hop music, are you? Worry not, it’s just a matter of following the URL. Don’t be mislead by it, though, for it gives you a ticket to a long journey when your destination is right there.

Level 6: This level really didn’t deserve to be on Klueless. But you can’t blame them, they’re probably trying to test if you can apply common sense. Simply search for, and search, the quotation in the source.
Level 7: This is a dead giveaway: T9.
Level 8: You know this is a place. Wiki it, and you’ll find the exact same picture. Spot the difference, and smell the Spice.
Level 9: The animal is the answer, but your pet rodent is the only way you can do this. No, not Jerry, darn!
Level 10: The URL says: extra. So find out what’s extra in the ‘extra’ and make it similar to the whole.
Level 10B: It’s not Sherlock Holmes: the silhouette smokes a  cigarette instead of a cigar. Now you know by instinct who was the culprit. You just need to find the archaic term for it, and you’re, er, almost there. Once you get it, you’ll need to do the same exact thing you did while going from 10 to 10A.

Level 11: You know the goriest bloodbath in history. Yes you do. But do you know it was caused by a kid? Well, not literally, but a kid.
Level 12: Google Google Google.
Level 13: Check this out. It’s the video. Now Google and search for the little guy’s pals.
Level 14: Just answer the chat. That’s all there is to it. Of course, there’s only one answer.
Level 15: This is a piece of genius. Did you know about the Stormtrooper effect? And did you also know that those dots on the dice don’t indicate anything you could see if you could really read them? I know the hint is too cryptic, but this is a piece of genius, and any direct clue would be a shame.

Level 16: We all have done this. Reading comics in the math or art classes. Now if you would’ve looked up on the board on both occasions, this one should be a cakewalk. If you never did such a thing, and never read anything other than course books, I’d suggest you stop wasting your time and read theoretical physics.
Level 17: Contrary to what you might read on the forum, you don’t need to be a Kaminey fan. All you need is to Wiki the title and the distinct one. Of course, there’s a jump you need to make, but that’s easy if you know the little brother of the distinct one.
Level 18: Watched No Man’s Land?
Level 19: The first two lines talk about an entity you will learn about if you crack this level. The next two lines talk about an instrument. The source hint gives you directions on the compass. Simply follow the directions. No you don’t have to leave the chair and go walkabout, but maybe your fingers could do the same on a very nearby citadel. Combine the footsteps of your fingers with the title, and Wiki it. Voila!
Level 20: You must change your perspective. Or jump up and down. But before that you’ll need to change your perspective about jumping up and down. And after that you can use Wiki and your Bingo skills to generate the leftover eight. And from the leftover eight you’ll get to the special three. Now what’s special? Search search seach!

Any doubts may be expressed in the form of comments. But don’t expect me to let the hard work done by Team Ahvan go to waste. For clues after Level 20, you can look in the forums. I’ve given you sufficient help to create an addiction, I hope. Get cracking!

74 Responses leave one →
  1. November 10, 2009
    daipayan permalink

    bhai level 6 ta kichhu hochhe naa..bishal soja jaani kintu tao kothao gondogol korchhi.ans ba solid hint dite parbi???

    • November 10, 2009

      Google for the quotation given in the page source. Bhaalo kore pore dekho, otar moddhye ‘Greek link’ aachhe. Ke bolechhe, kaar upolokkhe bola hoyechhe, etc.

      • November 17, 2009
        Hamsa permalink

        Hi, In K5,I am stuck at LVL 6 and i am not able to find any link. Can you please help me out………

      • November 17, 2009

        Google the quotation given in the page source. Search for a Greek link in or around it.

  2. November 15, 2009
    buju permalink

    bhai ekta problem hoche lvl 20 te…..got a cobi of 12 numbers …tarpor ki korbo???kichu bujhte parchina …help me out buddy

    • November 17, 2009

      I’m quite late in replying, so I’m quite sure you’ve solved it by now. ;)

      If no, let me know. :)

  3. November 17, 2009
    Paroma permalink

    What about this level 20 ???
    I mean what about it seriously :-(

    • November 17, 2009

      At an angle, at an angle. Oh, and I totally understand that frustration. :D

      • November 17, 2009
        Paroma permalink

        But still unable to decipher :-(
        This is making me maaaaaaaaad and yeah my fren too :-(

      • November 17, 2009

        Then jump up and down. No, literally. :)

  4. November 18, 2009
    silvermist permalink

    hey arijit please help me with level 12 not able to get through

    • November 18, 2009

      Notice the link between the words in the quotes and the last word of the sentence. Simple plain Google does the trick, too.

  5. November 18, 2009
    silvermist permalink

    sorry i meant level 11

    • November 18, 2009

      Which goriest bloodbath in history has a link with a little kid?

  6. November 18, 2009
    silvermist permalink

    some more hint please :(

    • November 18, 2009

      I’m sure you know what is that one event that was the goriest bloodbath in history, and brought that country to the brink of destruction. Now Wiki it and see if there is any connection between that event and a little boy. Literal or metaphorical, your call.

      • November 24, 2009
        Nidhi permalink

        Hi Arijit,
        I am sick of looking at lvl 13. Really require some help here.
        I have read all possible wiki write ups on world war 2, nazi camps but just cannot find a link with the kiddo. Not even sure what am i looking for. Is it a name? an event? Am i looking in the wrong place….

      • November 24, 2009

        I guess you mean level 11.
        Okay, it is one event. One, single event. The single goriest event in history. I’m sure you know what that was. Find out what link it had with a kid. In fact, it was caused by that ‘kid’.

  7. November 20, 2009

    Stuck at 9…i see the animal…i know what u mean by rodent…have tried all combinations of using the rodent on the text written around the animal…still no luck… :(

    • November 20, 2009

      Not the text ‘around’ the animal. Try something else.

  8. November 20, 2009
    rahul permalink

    hey arijit i m tryin to find the answer to lvl 15.. i hav tried deciphering the msg using *** text from google images..still no luck… pls help!!

  9. November 22, 2009
    Jibi permalink

    dude, seriously, im stuck on friggin level 7. people keep goin, find all the mistakes and then answer the question and make the same mistake and bulshit like that….i know james was rejected but wat the hell do i do with it?????

  10. November 22, 2009
    ashish permalink

    plzz give me hint on level 15
    i m stuck it
    plzz give me more clue

    • November 22, 2009

      Wiki the ‘Stormtrooper effect’. See if that gets you anywhere. That riddle is a piece of genius. True, pure genius.

  11. November 23, 2009
    ravi permalink

    Dude, @level 20 (On which i’m stuck for long) i’ve got 8 numbers!!
    But how do i get the three special numbers you have mentioned. Hint please.
    Also are these the numbers? *,*,**,**,*,**,**,*

    • November 23, 2009

      Well did you ever play bingo?

      • November 24, 2009
        ravi permalink

        yeah, got the nums after playing bingo!! :(

      • November 24, 2009

        Hmm, so you’re pretty close. Bring the numbers of each row together and make four different numbers. Now Google them.

  12. November 24, 2009
    ravi permalink

    :( , :(
    Got four numbers and googled but no result
    One week and stuck !!
    The number after bringing numbers in each row together
    Help help :(

    • November 24, 2009

      Firstly, it’s 370 and not 320. Secondly, I googled it too, and the result is right there. Look closely.

      • November 25, 2009
        ravi permalink

        Good God finally through level 20!! Saw it again and realized had misread the 370 as the 320 :( . Thanks a lot dude!!

      • November 26, 2009

        \m/

  13. November 24, 2009
    patel permalink

    what do dis t9 means???

  14. November 24, 2009
    pankaj permalink

    How do i get around the twisty lvl 10. I have tried the replacement of extra with a lot of words but i just can’t get it. Plz help

  15. November 24, 2009
    pankaj permalink

    ok…forget it …i got to 10B

  16. November 26, 2009

    Thanks a lot! Your clues were a big help. I liked the fact that they were not direct, and yet if you thought about things, you would get the answer.

  17. November 30, 2009
    amit permalink

    dada lvl 7 k5 t9 bujhte parchi na kindly help give some solid klue

    • December 1, 2009

      Try using T9 to type what’s written on the screen on the riddle page.

  18. December 1, 2009
    anjna permalink

    could u ppppppplllllzzzzzzz tell me the answer for level 11…
    im stuck on it for the past 3 days…
    plz help me

    add me on gtalk probably coz i knw u cant post it here…
    ******@gmail.com

  19. December 4, 2009
    pritychatterjee permalink

    hey buddy
    thnx a ton
    ur klues helped lot more dan d blog
    ur pointers r super precise
    pls also put up clues 4 d nxt levls
    wil help many lost souls like me

    thnx agn
    bye
    prity

    • December 12, 2009

      Am glad you found it helpful, but after playing Klueless for one day non-stop, and having abandoned my life for the said interval, I decided to stop. :D

  20. December 11, 2009

    Level 15 Arijit… Need some help!

    decoded it, got a five letter word. A****
    Seems to be a name… But dont know what to do with it.. Absolutely no idea of the place linked to it….!!

    I decoded those dots 8 hrs ago :( help me out please… … …

    • December 12, 2009

      Akhila you’re addicted to it too? Awesome. :D
      It is a name indeed. What place would you associate A**** with? Remember childhood days?

      • December 12, 2009

        Crossed the level. But still dont understand… The word I got was ***b*….. And answer relates to ***c*…

        I thought I knew brailie :-(
        Or is this another trick of the k5 team?!!

  21. December 12, 2009

    Anyway thanks!
    For this one, and all the other ones too… They were of great help!

    And thank you–Ur blog told me about kluless, and took me back to the days when I was preparing for my entrance.

    Solving these levels makes me feel something like what I once felt when some crazy challenging problem in physics was finally solved..!

    Actually, I hated the questions on physics they gave for my entrance. they were too simple. I needed something more challenging, more teasing.
    So I used to borrow secretly exercises from my friends who were preparing for IIT entrance (Yeah! I was bound to mind my own exam in my commercial corporate hostel. ‘extra’ exercises were banned. But i managed to work them out secretly) . Some of those were wonderful! When I finally manage to crack them…..Aah! I had been missing the feeling for four and half years now. k5 gave it to me again!!

  22. December 14, 2009
    neeraj permalink

    friends I can not view source for level-4. I could make the block thing, but if any one can give me whts there in source for l-4.

    • January 26, 2010

      The source says “Our lord, arise”. What do you think of if you match that with what’s in the blocks?

  23. December 19, 2009
    Mankris permalink

    HI Stuck at level five.. it just has rediff.com and ROTFL! but no go ahead

    For the level 4 look between the blocks and link it with the code in the source”Lord of….”.Google for sometime… the answer is up there!

  24. December 21, 2009
    rachit permalink

    hi arijit can u give me some hint regarding lvl 10b!!!
    i know the murderer is some one who is not mentioned in the passage!!!
    but i m not getting an archaic term for it plz plz plz help me!!! stuck from last 3 dayz!!!

  25. December 26, 2009

    @level 11
    are yaar konsa goriest bloodbath in history???
    ye to bata do!

  26. December 26, 2009

    @level 11
    are yaar konsa goriest bloodbath in history???
    ye to bata do!!

  27. December 30, 2009
    utk permalink

    plzz help on lvl 11…. can’t find any battle relating to a kid…tried wiki also…….plz give a big clue…

    • January 26, 2010

      Somebody else also wrote a similar comment. Check my reply to that, you’ll get a bit more.

  28. January 4, 2010
    ankesh permalink

    plzzzz help on level 4… i got the blocks. i got the book. i got the clue on the name who is related to go back…. tried typing all of that in the answer column, but no use…. plzzzzzzzz help!!!

  29. January 20, 2010
    Spandan permalink

    umm…i’m kinda stuck at level 13 and i’m stuck bad….i know who the puppet is and also his favourite quote…but i don’t understand wat u mean in your clues about his friends…care to elaborate???

    • January 26, 2010

      Ok. By friends I mean other puppets the guy performs with.

  30. January 23, 2010
    Raima permalink

    I really cant figure out level 7.. have been at it for 3 days now.. please help.. i know he got rejected.. and in T9 it is selected.. even put in the numbers for the letters. nothing works.. Please help.. i cant take anymore cryptic clues.. Im so depressed i think i’ll cry… :(

    • January 26, 2010

      Try putting the answer in your mobile using T9. And yes, if Klueless causes depression, please don’t play further. :)

      • January 30, 2010
        kris permalink

        hi…
        i’m stuck @ lvl 7 from 5 days…not able to fig out wat exactly need to be punched in the answer bar..got the words that is wrong (selected and lands) but wat next…pls give me some other clue…ve tried evrything possible with those wrong words…i’m on the right path or is it some other words…pls let me know…

  31. February 18, 2010
    Aatmin permalink

    Any help for level 9 ????
    wat rodent are u talking about and is the ans. got something to do wid changing the url or clicking on the image coz i cant write anything in the answer bar!!!

    @kris: try dufferent words and use their t9 forms

    • February 22, 2010
      kris permalink

      u mean to say synonyms of selected/rejected…

  32. February 23, 2010
    Shan permalink

    Level 3: I am not finding answer for level 3

  33. March 7, 2010
    Sri permalink

    Hey, I cant believe I am stuck in level 9 after rushing here….I have tried the animal itself and also other words but the letters are not getting typed there at all… i have no clue if it is a tech issue or i am dumb!:-/

    Dare you say the answer… But beg you to give a clue :(

    • March 7, 2010
      Sri permalink

      and i am using only that ‘innovative’ method to enter it

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