The Ultra, as we said on-air, was Events from the Book of Revelation.
Clue 1 | Google Map of the current locations of the Seven Churches of Asia to whom Revelation is addressed |
Clue 2 | The plant Wormwood shadowing one third of the world's rivers, as the star Wormwood darkens the rivers in Revelation. (The fairy also represents a star, as well as being the absinthe fairy, which is a variety of wormwood). |
Clue 3 | Four hoarse men |
Clue 4 | Lit Slits of apocalpytic literature, respectively Left Behind, Yeats' "The Second Coming," and Pratchett+Gaiman's Good Omens |
Clue 5 | Clips of the songs "Babylon" by David Gray (Revelation features the destruction of Babylon), "Blow Gabriel Blow" from Anything Goes, and Iron Maiden's "Number of the Beast." |
Clue 6 | Chemical formulas for fire, jacinth, and brimstone |
Clue 7 | Seven seals |
Clue 8 | Hans Memling's painting "St. John at Patmos," Albrecht Dürer's sketch "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyse," and Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" |