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Searchlight - IMINT

Task 1: Welcome to the Searchlight IMINT room!​

Did you understand the flag format?​

Answer​

sl{ready}

 

Task 2 Your first challenge!​

What is the name of the street where this image was taken?​

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The image was taken at Carnaby Street, London.

Answer​

sl{Carnaby Street}

Task 3 Just Google it!​

Which city is the tube station located in?​

On searching for underground Public Subway we can see a Wikipedia article that tells us the name of the city.

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Answer​

sl{London}

 

Which tube station do these stairs lead to?​

The particular tube station is in Piccadily Circus.

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Answer​

sl{Piccadily Circus}

 

Which year did this station open?​

The answer can be found pretty quickly on Google.

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Answer​

sl{1906}

 

How many platforms are there in this station?​

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Answer​

sl{4}

 

Task 4: Keep at it!​

Which building is this photo taken in?​

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We can see the phrase YVR on the board.

Let's see what that stands for.

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Answer​

sl{Vancouver International Airport}

 

Which country is this building located in?​

Answer​

sl{Canada}

 

Which city is this building located in?​

Even though it is called Vancouver International Airport, it is not located in the city of Vancouver as seen in the image below:

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Answer​

sl{Richmond}

 

Task 5 Coffee and a light lunch​

Which city is this coffee shop located in?​

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We know that the shop is located in Scotland and we can see that the shop right opposite to it is called Edinburgh Woollen Mill.

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Answer​

sl{Blairgowrie}

 

Which street is this coffee shop located in?​

Let's open Google Maps and go to 3D view.

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We can see the street name on the top of the coffee shop.

Answer​

sl{Allan Street}

 

What is their phone number?​

We can see the phone number listed.

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Answer​

sl{+447878839128}

 

What is their email address?​

In order to find the email address, we have to go tot he Facebook page of the coffee shop

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sl{theweecoffeeshop@aol.com}

 

What is the surname of the owners?​

There is an article by Barba.co.uk that lists out the names of the owners.

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Answer​

sl{Cochrane}

 

Task 6: Reverse your thinking​

Which restaurant was this picture taken at?​

Let's reverse image search using Google Lens.

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Answer​

sl{Katz's Deli}

 

What is the name of the Bon Appétit editor that worked 24 hours at this restaurant?​

We can find the article that mentions the name of the editor.

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Answer​

sl{Andrew Knowlton}

 

Task 7: Locate this sculpture​

What is the name of this statue?​

If we search for motorcycle reindeer sculpture and click on the first article, we can find the name of the sculpture.

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Answer​

sl{Rudolph the Chrome Nosed Reindeer}

 

Who took this image?​

On going to the VisitOslo site and searching for Rudolph the Chrome Nosed Reindeer, we can see the following srticle.

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If we go to the article we can find an embedded map that shows all the sculptures in Oslo

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Let's look for Rudolph.

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Answer​

sl{Kjersti Stensrud}

 

Task 8: ...and justice for all​

What is the name of the character that the statue depicts?​

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The image is depicting Lady Justice.

Answer​

sl{Lady Justice}

 

where is this statue located?​

Let's reverse image search using the image.

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If we click on the article by the Public Art Archive, we get the following details:

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So the sculpture is located at the Virginia Eastern District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.

Answer​

sl{Alexandria, Virginia}

 

What is the name of the building opposite from this statue?​

Let's view the court in Google Map's 3D view.

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We can easily see the building opposite by turning the camera around.

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Answer​

sl{The Westin Alexandria Old Town}

 

Task 9: The view from my hotel room​

What is the name of the hotel that my friend stayed in a few years ago?​

If we take the 13th frame from the video we can see the following:

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A quick reverse image search tells us that the picture is of the Riverside Point in Singapore.

On Google Maps we can find the name of the hotel from which the photo was take.

Answer​

sl{Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay}