Post by zAkAtAk on Mar 12, 2010 9:40:53 GMT -5
If you are going to be participating in this be sure to fully read and understand all of the rules in the spoiler below.
Basic Overview
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I will be posting a logic problem. It could be numerical, crime, graphical, word play, anything. You will have up to 1 week to respond with the answer via a Personal Message. If you get it right, you will recieve a point. Person with the most points at the end of 8 weeks will be the winner (possible 30 points).
Detailed Rules
- You do not need to sign up to participate. Just jump right in!
- YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION IN A PM (or any other form of private messaging) TO ME. Posting the answer in this thread will result in disqualification and removal from this game. I'm serious.
- You have up to a week from me posting the question to respond.
- You may guess as many times as you like.
- I will respond to you as soon as I can.
- To help me sort through all these PM's please be sure to put the question number in the title. It mmjph.
- I will post the answer after the week is up.
- Using any other source besides your brain is prohibited. If I suspect that you are simply googling your answer or if you are caught cheating, you will be disqualified and removed from the game. I'm super serious.
Challenging
If you feel like you have you have given a sufficient answer, but I marked you as wrong, please tell me. I am not perfect and sometimes I read things wrong. I'm not out to get anyone (yet) so don't accuse me of anything without knowing the facts. You may challenge after the answer has been put up.
Now that you have read all the rules, you may begin playing. Have fun!
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SCORES
22 - Real
22 - Tyme4aNewDay
20 - Nakor
18 - Nick Greyden
11 - Jub
10 - frowgboy
7 - Benyamin
6 - smilee
6 - pjpinc123
6 - Engesa Green
4 - Norwegian
4 - swiftthefox15
4 - tyrope
3 - tj1673
3 - Click3tyClick
3 - ferretman
3 - TheIslander
2 - mashuga31
2 - pnla
2 - Trinton07
1 - Breepop
1 - carterj3995
1 - Insane_Zang
1 - Fred
1 - varalidaine
1 - IfEweWantBlood
1 - shawa
1 - kevinguy247
1 - Silverrida
1 - AkeR
1 - aajames
1 - Lyserg0Zeroz
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QUESTION #1:
Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the circles below so that each side of the triangle adds up to 17.
People to get it right:
1. Norwegian
2. tyrope
3. smilee
4. Tyme4aNewDay
5. Nick Greyden
6. Breepop
7. carterj3995
8. scorpia3215
9. pnla
10. Real
11. frowgboy
12. mashuga31
13. Click3tyClick
Answer:
...............1
.........8..........9
....6.....................4
2.......7.........5.........3
There is more than one solution.
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QUESTION #2:
A man left home one morning.
He turned right and ran straight ahead.
Then he turned left.
After awhile, he turned left again, running faster than ever.
Then he turned left once more and decided to go home.
In the distance he could see two masked men waiting for him.
Who were they?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. smilee
3. Real
4. Norwegian
5. tj1673
6. pjpinc123
7. scorpia3215
8. frowgboy
9. Nick Greyden
10. Nakor
Answer:
The umpire and the catcher. He was batting at a baseball game.
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QUESTION #3:
What's greater than God...
worse than than the Devil...
poor people have it...
rich people need it...
and if you eat it you will die?
People to get it right:
1. Insane_Zang
2. mashuga31
3. Norwegian
4. Nick Greyden
5. Real
6. frowgboy
7. Click3tyClick
8. Fred
9. smilee
10. pjpinc123
11. Tyme4aNewDay
12. tj1673
13. scorpia3215
14. Nakor
15. IfEweWantBlood
16. Jub
17. ferretman
Answer:
Nothing
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QUESTION #4:
Find a common English five letter word knowing that:
ADULT has two letters in common with it, not at their correct places.
GUSTO has no common letter with it.
STORY has one common letter, at the correct place.
BUILT has one common letter, at the correct place.
DYING has one common letter, not at the correct place.
BUGLE has two common letters, but only one at the correct place.
LIGHT has no common letter with it.
People to get it right:
1. tj1673
2. Click3tyClick
3. Nick Greyden
4. Nakor
5. pnla
6. frowgboy
7. smilee
8. Tyme4aNewDay
9. Norwegian
10. varalidaine
11. Real
12. Trinton07
13. ferretman
14. Jub
Answer:
Beard
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QUESTION #5:
What are the next two letters in the following series?
A E F H I K L M _ _
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. smilee
4. Nakor
5. Nick Greyden
6. frowgboy
Answer:
N and T. All the of the letters have no curvatures in them.
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QUESTION #6:
Four men sat down to play,
They played all night 'till break of day.
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
If no one lost, how could all gain?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nick Greyden
4. Nakor
5. swiftthefox15
6. scorpia3215
7. frowgboy
Answer:
They were musicians.
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QUESTION #7:
What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first and the second, and the last is three times the second?
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Nakor
3. Tyme4aNewDay
4. Trinton07
5. frowgboy
6. smilee
7. Nick Greyden
8. Jub
9. ferretman
10. tyrope
11. swiftthefox15
12. scorpia3215
13. pjpinc123
Answer:
1349
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QUESTION #8:
An old beggar collects cigarette ends from ashtrays and sidewalks and uses the tobacco to roll his own cigarettes. He has this practice down to a fine art, knowing it will take seven cigarette ends to make one cigarette. Since he has collected 49 ends, how many cigarettes can he make from these and why?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nakor
4. swiftthefox15
5. frowgboy
6. pjpinc123
7. Nick Greyden
Answer:
8. After she makes 7 from the 49 ends, she can then use those ends to make another.
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QUESTION #9:
Using six contiguous straight lines, connect all of the sixteen circles shown below.
People to get it right:
1. shawa
2. tyrope
3. swiftthefox15
4. Tyme4aNewDay
5. Nick Greyden
6. Real
7. Nakor
8. frowgboy
Answer:
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QUESTION #10:
Mr. Green, Mr. Red, and Mr. Blue were at the Soul Ace Motel having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man in the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr.Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct." What color suit is each man wearing?
People to get it right:
1. Nick Greyden
2. pjpinc123
3. tyrope
4. Real
5. kevinguy247
6. Benyamin
7. Tyme4aNewDay
8. TheIslander
9. Silverrida
10. AkeR
11. Nakor
12. Jub
13. engesagreen
Answer:
Since none of the men are wearing the color of suit that corresponds to their names, and Mr. Red was replying to the man in the blue suit, it had to be Mr. Green to whom he replied. we then know that Mr. Green is wearing a blue suit. Therefore, Mr. Red is wearing a green suit and Mr. Blue is wearing a red suit.
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QUESTION #11:
Complete the square logically.
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. frowgboy
3. Nakor
4. Real
5. Nick Greyden
6. Engesa Green
Answer:
Upside-down club.
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QUESTION #12:
My first is in fish but not in snail
My second in rabbit but not in tail
My third in up but not down
My fourth in tiara not in crown
My fifth in tree you plainly see
My whole a food for you and me
People to get it right:
1. Nakor
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. pjpinc123
4. Nick Greyden
5. Real
6. Engesa Green
7. TheIslander
Answer:
FRUIT
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QUESTION #13:
Can you arrange 9 numerals - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 - (using each numeral just once) above and below a division line, to create a fraction equaling to 1/3 (one third)?
(ex. 1234/56789)
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. TheIslander
4. Engesa Green
5. Nick Greyden
6. Nakor
Answer
5832/17496 = 1/3
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QUESTION #14:
Bill, Ken, and Mark are, not necessarily in this order, a quarterback, a receiver, and a kicker.
The kicker, who is the shortest of the three, is a bachelor.
Bill, who is Ken's father-in-law, is taller than the receiver.
Who plays in which position?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nick Greyden
4. Nakor
5. Jub
Answer:
Since Bill is Ken's father-in-law, both Bill and Ken must be married. This leaves the only remaining person, Mark, to be the bachelor (and hence the kicker). Since Bill is taller than the receiver, Bill must not be the receiver. By process of elimination, we conclude that Bill is the quarterback. The remaining position (the receiver) goes to Ken.
Therefore, Bill is the quarterback, Ken is the receiver, and Mark is the kicker.
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QUESTION #15:
Ben and Carl were in a 100 meter race. When Ben crossed the finish line, Carl was only at the 90 meter mark. Ben suggested they run another race. This time, Ben would start ten meters behind the starting line. All other things being equal, will Carl win, lose or will it be a tie in the second race?
Please state who will win the race, along with your correct rationale.
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Jub
3. Tyme4aNewDay
4. Nick Greyden
5. Nakor
6. aajames
Answer:
Ben will still win. When they are 10 meters from the end, they will be tied and since Ben is still faster than Carl, he will win the race.
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QUESTION #16:
Four playing cards, one of each suit, and one each of Jack, Queen, King, and Ace are laid out in a row.
The Heart isn't next to the Club.
No card is next to its immediate senior in rank.
The colors of the suits alternate.
The King and Queen face the same direction.
The Jack of Diamonds is not in the row.
What are the four cards?
People who got it right:
1. Real
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. Engesa Green
4. Jub
5. Nakor
6. Nick Greyden
Answer:
Queen of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Jack of Spades, King of Hearts.
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QUESTION #17:
How many triangles are in the picture below?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Benyamin
4. Jub
5. Engesa Green
6. Nakor
Answer:
27
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QUESTION #18:
Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the circles below so that way the sum of each circle is the same. Number 1 has been placed for you.
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nakor
4. Jub
Answer:
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QUESTION #19:
If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Jub
4. Nakor
5. Nick Greyden
Answer:
Deadline to answer, Friday April 30th
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QUESTION #20:
Alice came across a lion and a unicorn in a forest of forgetfulness. Those two are strange beings. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, however the other days of the week he speaks the truth.
Lion: Yesterday I was lying.
Unicorn: So was I.
Which day did they say that?
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Lyserg0Zeroz
3. Tyme4aNewDay
4. Nakor
5. Jub
6. Nick Greyden
Answer:
Thursday
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QUESTION #21:
If you look, you can't see me.
If you see me, you cannot see anything else.
I can make you walk if you can't.
Sometimes I speak the truth.
And sometimes I lie.
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
Answer:
Deadline to answer, Wednesday May 5th.
-----
QUESTION #22:
Its a nine letter word.
123456789.
Its important for your life.
If you have 234 you can 1234.
We do 789 daily.
89 indicates a location & time.
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. Nakor
Answer:
Deadline to answer, Friday May 7th.
Basic Overview
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I will be posting a logic problem. It could be numerical, crime, graphical, word play, anything. You will have up to 1 week to respond with the answer via a Personal Message. If you get it right, you will recieve a point. Person with the most points at the end of 8 weeks will be the winner (possible 30 points).
Detailed Rules
- You do not need to sign up to participate. Just jump right in!
- YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTION IN A PM (or any other form of private messaging) TO ME. Posting the answer in this thread will result in disqualification and removal from this game. I'm serious.
- You have up to a week from me posting the question to respond.
- You may guess as many times as you like.
- I will respond to you as soon as I can.
- To help me sort through all these PM's please be sure to put the question number in the title. It mmjph.
- I will post the answer after the week is up.
- Using any other source besides your brain is prohibited. If I suspect that you are simply googling your answer or if you are caught cheating, you will be disqualified and removed from the game. I'm super serious.
Challenging
If you feel like you have you have given a sufficient answer, but I marked you as wrong, please tell me. I am not perfect and sometimes I read things wrong. I'm not out to get anyone (yet) so don't accuse me of anything without knowing the facts. You may challenge after the answer has been put up.
Now that you have read all the rules, you may begin playing. Have fun!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SCORES
22 - Real
22 - Tyme4aNewDay
20 - Nakor
18 - Nick Greyden
11 - Jub
10 - frowgboy
7 - Benyamin
6 - smilee
6 - pjpinc123
6 - Engesa Green
4 - Norwegian
4 - swiftthefox15
4 - tyrope
3 - tj1673
3 - Click3tyClick
3 - ferretman
3 - TheIslander
2 - mashuga31
2 - pnla
2 - Trinton07
1 - Breepop
1 - carterj3995
1 - Insane_Zang
1 - Fred
1 - varalidaine
1 - IfEweWantBlood
1 - shawa
1 - kevinguy247
1 - Silverrida
1 - AkeR
1 - aajames
1 - Lyserg0Zeroz
-----
QUESTION #1:
Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the circles below so that each side of the triangle adds up to 17.
People to get it right:
1. Norwegian
2. tyrope
3. smilee
4. Tyme4aNewDay
5. Nick Greyden
6. Breepop
7. carterj3995
8. scorpia3215
9. pnla
10. Real
11. frowgboy
12. mashuga31
13. Click3tyClick
Answer:
...............1
.........8..........9
....6.....................4
2.......7.........5.........3
There is more than one solution.
-----
QUESTION #2:
A man left home one morning.
He turned right and ran straight ahead.
Then he turned left.
After awhile, he turned left again, running faster than ever.
Then he turned left once more and decided to go home.
In the distance he could see two masked men waiting for him.
Who were they?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. smilee
3. Real
4. Norwegian
5. tj1673
6. pjpinc123
7. scorpia3215
8. frowgboy
9. Nick Greyden
10. Nakor
Answer:
The umpire and the catcher. He was batting at a baseball game.
-----
QUESTION #3:
What's greater than God...
worse than than the Devil...
poor people have it...
rich people need it...
and if you eat it you will die?
People to get it right:
1. Insane_Zang
2. mashuga31
3. Norwegian
4. Nick Greyden
5. Real
6. frowgboy
7. Click3tyClick
8. Fred
9. smilee
10. pjpinc123
11. Tyme4aNewDay
12. tj1673
13. scorpia3215
14. Nakor
15. IfEweWantBlood
16. Jub
17. ferretman
Answer:
Nothing
-----
QUESTION #4:
Find a common English five letter word knowing that:
ADULT has two letters in common with it, not at their correct places.
GUSTO has no common letter with it.
STORY has one common letter, at the correct place.
BUILT has one common letter, at the correct place.
DYING has one common letter, not at the correct place.
BUGLE has two common letters, but only one at the correct place.
LIGHT has no common letter with it.
People to get it right:
1. tj1673
2. Click3tyClick
3. Nick Greyden
4. Nakor
5. pnla
6. frowgboy
7. smilee
8. Tyme4aNewDay
9. Norwegian
10. varalidaine
11. Real
12. Trinton07
13. ferretman
14. Jub
Answer:
Beard
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QUESTION #5:
What are the next two letters in the following series?
A E F H I K L M _ _
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. smilee
4. Nakor
5. Nick Greyden
6. frowgboy
Answer:
N and T. All the of the letters have no curvatures in them.
-----
QUESTION #6:
Four men sat down to play,
They played all night 'till break of day.
They played for gold and not for fun
With separate scores for everyone.
When they came to square accounts,
They all had made quite fair amounts.
Can you the paradox explain,
If no one lost, how could all gain?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nick Greyden
4. Nakor
5. swiftthefox15
6. scorpia3215
7. frowgboy
Answer:
They were musicians.
-----
QUESTION #7:
What is the four-digit number in which the first digit is one-third the second, the third is the sum of the first and the second, and the last is three times the second?
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Nakor
3. Tyme4aNewDay
4. Trinton07
5. frowgboy
6. smilee
7. Nick Greyden
8. Jub
9. ferretman
10. tyrope
11. swiftthefox15
12. scorpia3215
13. pjpinc123
Answer:
1349
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QUESTION #8:
An old beggar collects cigarette ends from ashtrays and sidewalks and uses the tobacco to roll his own cigarettes. He has this practice down to a fine art, knowing it will take seven cigarette ends to make one cigarette. Since he has collected 49 ends, how many cigarettes can he make from these and why?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nakor
4. swiftthefox15
5. frowgboy
6. pjpinc123
7. Nick Greyden
Answer:
8. After she makes 7 from the 49 ends, she can then use those ends to make another.
-----
QUESTION #9:
Using six contiguous straight lines, connect all of the sixteen circles shown below.
People to get it right:
1. shawa
2. tyrope
3. swiftthefox15
4. Tyme4aNewDay
5. Nick Greyden
6. Real
7. Nakor
8. frowgboy
Answer:
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QUESTION #10:
Mr. Green, Mr. Red, and Mr. Blue were at the Soul Ace Motel having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. "Have you noticed," said the man in the blue suit, "that although our suits have colors corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?" Mr.Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct." What color suit is each man wearing?
People to get it right:
1. Nick Greyden
2. pjpinc123
3. tyrope
4. Real
5. kevinguy247
6. Benyamin
7. Tyme4aNewDay
8. TheIslander
9. Silverrida
10. AkeR
11. Nakor
12. Jub
13. engesagreen
Answer:
Since none of the men are wearing the color of suit that corresponds to their names, and Mr. Red was replying to the man in the blue suit, it had to be Mr. Green to whom he replied. we then know that Mr. Green is wearing a blue suit. Therefore, Mr. Red is wearing a green suit and Mr. Blue is wearing a red suit.
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QUESTION #11:
Complete the square logically.
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. frowgboy
3. Nakor
4. Real
5. Nick Greyden
6. Engesa Green
Answer:
Upside-down club.
-----
QUESTION #12:
My first is in fish but not in snail
My second in rabbit but not in tail
My third in up but not down
My fourth in tiara not in crown
My fifth in tree you plainly see
My whole a food for you and me
People to get it right:
1. Nakor
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. pjpinc123
4. Nick Greyden
5. Real
6. Engesa Green
7. TheIslander
Answer:
FRUIT
-----
QUESTION #13:
Can you arrange 9 numerals - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 - (using each numeral just once) above and below a division line, to create a fraction equaling to 1/3 (one third)?
(ex. 1234/56789)
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. TheIslander
4. Engesa Green
5. Nick Greyden
6. Nakor
Answer
5832/17496 = 1/3
-----
QUESTION #14:
Bill, Ken, and Mark are, not necessarily in this order, a quarterback, a receiver, and a kicker.
The kicker, who is the shortest of the three, is a bachelor.
Bill, who is Ken's father-in-law, is taller than the receiver.
Who plays in which position?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nick Greyden
4. Nakor
5. Jub
Answer:
Since Bill is Ken's father-in-law, both Bill and Ken must be married. This leaves the only remaining person, Mark, to be the bachelor (and hence the kicker). Since Bill is taller than the receiver, Bill must not be the receiver. By process of elimination, we conclude that Bill is the quarterback. The remaining position (the receiver) goes to Ken.
Therefore, Bill is the quarterback, Ken is the receiver, and Mark is the kicker.
-----
QUESTION #15:
Ben and Carl were in a 100 meter race. When Ben crossed the finish line, Carl was only at the 90 meter mark. Ben suggested they run another race. This time, Ben would start ten meters behind the starting line. All other things being equal, will Carl win, lose or will it be a tie in the second race?
Please state who will win the race, along with your correct rationale.
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Jub
3. Tyme4aNewDay
4. Nick Greyden
5. Nakor
6. aajames
Answer:
Ben will still win. When they are 10 meters from the end, they will be tied and since Ben is still faster than Carl, he will win the race.
-----
QUESTION #16:
Four playing cards, one of each suit, and one each of Jack, Queen, King, and Ace are laid out in a row.
The Heart isn't next to the Club.
No card is next to its immediate senior in rank.
The colors of the suits alternate.
The King and Queen face the same direction.
The Jack of Diamonds is not in the row.
What are the four cards?
People who got it right:
1. Real
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. Engesa Green
4. Jub
5. Nakor
6. Nick Greyden
Answer:
Queen of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Jack of Spades, King of Hearts.
-----
QUESTION #17:
How many triangles are in the picture below?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Benyamin
4. Jub
5. Engesa Green
6. Nakor
Answer:
27
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QUESTION #18:
Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the circles below so that way the sum of each circle is the same. Number 1 has been placed for you.
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Nakor
4. Jub
Answer:
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QUESTION #19:
If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
3. Jub
4. Nakor
5. Nick Greyden
Answer:
Deadline to answer, Friday April 30th
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QUESTION #20:
Alice came across a lion and a unicorn in a forest of forgetfulness. Those two are strange beings. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, however the other days of the week he speaks the truth.
Lion: Yesterday I was lying.
Unicorn: So was I.
Which day did they say that?
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Lyserg0Zeroz
3. Tyme4aNewDay
4. Nakor
5. Jub
6. Nick Greyden
Answer:
Thursday
-----
QUESTION #21:
If you look, you can't see me.
If you see me, you cannot see anything else.
I can make you walk if you can't.
Sometimes I speak the truth.
And sometimes I lie.
People to get it right:
1. Tyme4aNewDay
2. Real
Answer:
Deadline to answer, Wednesday May 5th.
-----
QUESTION #22:
Its a nine letter word.
123456789.
Its important for your life.
If you have 234 you can 1234.
We do 789 daily.
89 indicates a location & time.
People to get it right:
1. Real
2. Tyme4aNewDay
3. Nakor
Answer:
Deadline to answer, Friday May 7th.
