(Note: The contest has long ended. The text is here for context and to reflect the contents of the original book.)
Official Contest Rules
There are forty-five rooms in the Maze and each room is numbered. As outlined in the directions, by selecting the correct door in each room, it is possible to go from room #1 to room #45 and back to room #1 in only sixteen steps.
Hidden in room #45 is a riddle. The answer to that riddle is concealed somewhere along the shortest path through the Maze.
TO ENTER THE CONTEST, just print your name, address, and zip code on a plain piece of paper and answer the following three questions:
1. Which sixteen rooms comprise the shortest path from room #1 to room #45 and back to room#1? Room numbers must be given in the order in which you enter the rooms. (Entering room #1 at the start is not considered to be the first step.) For separation, each room must be preceded by the symbol "#."
2. What is the riddle found in room #45, stated exactly as indicated by the clues in the book?
3. What is the answer to the riddle, stated exactly as indicated by the clues in the book?
Answer all three questions in the order given. Mail your entry, plus 50¢ processing fee (cash, check, or money order) to: MAZE, P.O. Box 542, Lowell, IN 46399. Enter as often as you wish but each entry must be mailed in a separate envelope and must be accompanied by the 50¢ processing fee.
Entries for each phase of the contest will be reviewed by VENTURA ASSOCIATES, INC., an independent judging organization whose decisions shall be final on all matters relating to the contest. The initial contest ending date is September 1, 1986.
If no completely correct solution has been received by September 1, 1986, a clue(s) will be made available and the contest will be extended for six months to March 1, 1987. Only entries received between September 2, 1986 and March 1, 1987 will be reviewed for the correct answers.
If no completely correct solution has been received by March 1, 1987, a second additional clue(s) will be made available and the contest will extend for a final six months to September 1, 1987. Only entries received between March 2, 1987 and September 1, 1987 will be reviewed for the correct answers. If no totally correct entry is received, the prize will be awarded to the entrant(s) who submit the most nearly correct answers based on the following point system: Question 1.-16 points, Question 2.-25 points, Question 3.-50 points, Total-91 points.
If more than one winning entry is received, prize money will be divided equally among all winners. Winner will be notified by mail and may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release and winner's name and likeness may be used for publicity purposes without additional compensation. Prize is non-transferable and no substitutions will be allowed. Taxes are the responsibility of the winner. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply and all entries become the property of Holt, Rinehart, and Winston and will not be returned. Contest void where prohibited.
FOR A COPY OF THE ANSWERS OR ADDITIONAL CLUES IF NO CORRECT ANSWER HAS YET BEEN RECEIVED, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope and 25¢ for handling to MAZE Solution/Clues, P.O. Box 607, Lowell, IN 46399, any time during the contest, but not later than November 1, 1987. Requests sent to this P.O. Box will be fulfilled at the end of each of the contest cycles.
For the name of the contest winner, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: MAZE Winner, P.O. Box 741, Lowell, IN 46399 no later than November 1, 1987.
Employees (and their families) of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, its affiliates and advertising agency, VENTURA ASSOCIATES, INC., and the author, are not eligible to participate.