Stage 9 of Twelve — Lock 9 · The Ferris Wheel Lock

The Ferris Wheel

This door is becominghoudini.com, one of the twelve doors of the test hunt. The trunk itself waits at test.tenwordcipher.com.

Test build. No account is needed at the doors. This page holds exactly one clue; solving it reveals the key word for Lock 9. Carry the word back to the trunk and type it at Lock 9 to turn the lock.

[ The Bill ]

The wheel turns over the midway and the barker talks the way barkers have always talked — in brass. His patter is this stage's whole clue: nothing in it is decoration, and the plain words are just the noise a barker makes between the ones that matter.

[ The Clue ]

Read only the words printed in brass, in the order they come. Together they ask a question. Type the answer — one word.

Roll up, roll up! WHAT a sight she is — THE very KING of the boardwalk WEARS his crown UNDER the electric stars, HIS smile worth the nickel, CROWN and kingdom both, and the wheel turning over all of it like it has somewhere better to be.

Type the key word

[ Hint ]

Crowns are lined, so they do not chafe. The lining is the answer.