This puzzle involves identifying given terms as parts of a sequence, and then finding another item in that sequence based on the given shift. For example, the first clue is Mega +6. Mega is a named SI prefix, equal to 106. Six prefixes later is Yotto, equal to 1024. The full table is below:
Given Item | Shift | Category | Answer |
Mega | +6 | SI prefixes | Yotto |
Victoria | +5 | Monarchs of the United Kingdom | Elizabeth II |
Pi | -5 | Letters of the Greek alphabet | Lambda |
Isaiah | +2 | Books of the Bible | Lamentations |
Silicon | -6 | Elements of the periodic table | Oxygen |
Tuesday | +1 | Days of the week | Wednesday |
Birdman | +5 | Academy Award winners for Best Picture by year | Parasite |
Scorpio | -1 | Signs of the zodiac | Libra |
Earth | +4 | Planets by distance from the sun | Uranus |
Pikachu | +3 | Pokemon in national pokedex order | Sandslash |
Golden Rings | -2 | Gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas | French Hens |
Holes | -1 | Winners of the Newberry Medal by year | Out of the Dust |
Lupin | +2 | Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in Harry Potter | Umbridge |
Kennedy | -3 | United States presidents | Roosevelt |
The first letters of the answers spell out YELLOW PLUS FOUR. In rainbow order, yellow is the third color, and the seventh color is VIOLET.