devonin |
12-13-2007 03:28 PM |
Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament
A note about submissions. All riddle rounds are to have their answers submitted by PRIVATE MESSAGE ONLY. Anyone posting anything in this thread about riddle solutions while the riddles are still active for point scoring is disqualified, instantly. People not taking part who post hints or answers about riddles will have whatever I can convince a mod to do them done to them. Since Tasselfoot is taking part in the tourney, he certainly has the power, if you post an answer and cost him points, to do bad things to you :P
Song submissions need to be posted in this thread, screenshots, not replays. If for whatever reason you actually want to insist that you or your computer are incapable of pressing some buttons, pasting into a program that comes with every computer that has windows, and signing up for a free photobucket account, I will take links to replays that are visibly timestamped appropriately, though it might take me some time to update the scores.
Overall Standings
Code:
Name Total Points Puzzle Points Song Points
Tasselfoot 84 38 46
Fractal_Monkey 80 40 40
dabigpig 70 44 26
dore 63 23 40
-Yukari- 62 13 49
09876 60 20 40
Popmiester 57 8 49
EDEdDNEdDYFaN 56 15 41
jonathanasdf 44 16 28
ryanisadouche 38 15 23
RubiedCross 32 18 14
i love you 29 0 29
Cosmic M 26 14 12
KilikOdagawa 20 4 16
[HectoGtzMX] 19 9 10
Relambrien 13 8 5
Callipygian 10 7 3
travman301 8 8 0
tha Guardians 6 3 3
God Dethroned 4 4 0
omegawhitemage 4 4 0
da_headhunter 4 4 0
Miyoshina 4 4 0
dooey100 3 3 0
Song List
Round 1: Tetris Remix
Code:
Round 1 Levelranks
1 Relambrien 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 [HectoGtZMX] 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 ryanisadouche 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 popmeister 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 Tasselfoot 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 dore 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 i love you 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
1 -yukari- 546-0-0-0-0 846,300 5 points
9 09876 545-1-0-0-0 846,025 3 points
10 Fractal_Monkey 543-3-0-0-0 845,475 3 points
11 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 541-5-0-0-0 844,925 3 points
12 Callipygian 540-6-0-0-0 844,650 3 points
13 tha Guardians 537-9-0-0-0 843,827 3 points
14 Cosmic M 534-12-0-0-0 843,000 3 points
15 RubiedCross 521-25-0-0-0 839,425 2 points
16 KilikOdagawa 511-35-0-0-0 836,675 2 points
17 dabigpig 508-36-2-0-0-0 835,410 2 points
18 jonathanasdf 487-5-5-0-5 828,875 2 points
Round 2:One Last Battle
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Round 2 Levelranks
1 Tasselfoot 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 Fractal_Monkey 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 09876 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 dore 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 [HectoGtzMX] 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 ryanisadouche 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 i love you 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 -Yukari- 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
1 Popmeister 575-0-0-0-0 891,250 5 points
11 Cosmic M 573-2-0-0-0 890,700 3 points
12 KilikOdagawa 571-3-1-0-0 889,930 3 points
12 RubiedCross 571-3-1-0-0 889,930 3 points
14 dabigpig 562-13-0-0-0 887,675 3 points
15 jonathanasdf 548-26-1-0-0 883,605 2 points
Round 3:Rondo Alla Turca V2
Code:
Round 3 Levelranks
1 dore 1523-0-0-0-0 2,360,650 5 points
1 -Yukari- 1523-0-0-0-0 2,360,650 5 points
3 i love you 1521-2-0-0-0 2,360,100 4 points
4 Popmeister 1517-6-0-0-0 2,359,000 4 points
5 Tasselfoot 1509-14-0-0-1 2,356,780 4 points
6 09876 1506-17-0-0-0 2,355,935 4 points
7 ryanisadouche 1505-18-0-0-0 2,355,700 3 points
8 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 1494-28-1-0-4 2,352,375 3 points
9 RubiedCross 1485-36-1-1-4 2,277,325 3 points
10 KilikOdagawa 1463-54-4-2-11 2,080,880 3 points
11 Fractal_Monkey 1484-33-4-2-1 2,034,855 3 points
11 jonathanasdf 1298-188-25-12-39 1,660,475 3 points
13 Cosmic M 1402-99-12-10-12 1,400,645 3 points
14 dabigpig 868-369-193-93-179 783,080 3 points
Round 4:Platypus
Code:
Round 4 Levelranks
1 09876 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 ryanisadouche 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 Tasselfoot 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 dore 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 i love you 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 -Yukari- 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 Popmeister 412-0-0-0-0 638,600 5 points
1 Fractal Monkey 412-0-0-0-0 638,050 5 points
10 Cosmic M 410-2-0-0-0 638,050 3 points
11 RubiedCross 406-6-0-0-0 636,950 3 points
12 KilikOdagawa 403-9-0-0-0 636,125 3 points
13 jonathanasdf 377-31-4-0-5 627,995 3 points
14 dabigpig 364-48-0-0-2 625,360 3 points
Round 5:Get Ready 2 Rokk
Code:
Round 5 Levelranks
1 ryanisadouche 1077-0-0-0-0 1,669,350 5 points
1 Tasselfoot 1077-0-0-0-0 1,669,350 5 points
1 dore 1077-0-0-0-0 1,669,350 5 points
1 i love you 1077-0-0-0-0 1,669,350 5 points
1 -Yukari- 1077-0-0-0-0 1,669,350 5 points
1 Popmeister 1077-0-0-0-0 1,669,350 5 points
7 09876 1076-1-0-0-1 1,669,055 3 points
8 Fractal_Monkey 1072-5-0-0-0 1,667,975 3 points
9 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 1071-6-0-0-0 1,667,700 3 points
10 RubiedCross 1070-7-0-0-0 1,667,425 3 points
11 jonathanasdf 961-108-7-1-4 1,567,245 3 points
12 dabigpig 887-151-17-22-23 645,030 3 points
Round 6: Roller Coaster Ride
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Round 6 Levelranks
1 Tasselfoot 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
1 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
1 i love you 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
1 dore 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
1 -Yukari- 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
1 Popmeister 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
1 Fractal_Monkey 608-0-0-0-0 942,400 5 points
8 09876 606-1-0-0-0 942,125 3 points
9 jonathanasdf 505-97-6-0-22 912,315 3 points
10 dabigpig 568-37-2-1-4 897,295 3 points
Round 7:Policy in the Sky
Code:
Round 7 levelranks
1 Tasselfoot 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 dore 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 -Yukari- 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 KilikOdagawa 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 09876 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 Popmeister 548-0-0-0-0 849,400 5 points
1 Fractal_Monkey 548-0-0-0-0 848,850 5 points
9 jonathanasdf 522-26-0-0-0 842,250 3 points
10 dabigpig 491-56-1-0-3 833,445 3 points
Round 8:Duality
Code:
Round 8 levelranks
1 dore 1046-0-0-0-0 1,621,300 5 points
1 -Yukari- 1046-0-0-0-0 1,621,300 5 points
1 Popmeister 1046-0-0-0-0 1,621,300 5 points
4 Tasselfoot 1041-5-0-0-1 1,619,905 4 points
5 09876 1038-7-1-0-1 1,618,860 4 points
6 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 1024-22-0-0-1 1,615,230 4 points
7 Fractal_Monkey 1027-16-1-2-2 1,463,645 3 points
8 jonathanasdf 929-94-18-5-32 1,417,600 3 points
9 dabigpig 867-132-22-20-36 691,815 3 points
Round 9: Szamar Madar
Code:
Round 9 Levelranks
1 Popmeister 1087-0-0-0-0 1,695,700 5 points
2 -Yukari- 1087-2-0-0-0 1,695,150 4 points
3 Tasselfoot 1086-8-0-0-1 1,693,480 4 points
4 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 1084-9-1-0-3 1,692,670 4 points
5 09876 1081-12-1-0-4 1,691,825 4 points
6 Fractal_Monkey 1044-43-5-2-7 1,482,540 4 points
7 jonathanasdf 792-206-74-22-74 741,020 3 points
8 dabigpig 781-176-71-66-109 588,215 3 points
Round 10: Crowdpleaser
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Round 10 Levelranks
1 Popmeister 1190-24-12-13-6 1,150,610 5 points
2 -Yukari- 1182-37-8-9-7 1,149,785 4 points
3 Tasselfoot 1165-39-20-15-15 1,140,625 4 points
4 09876 1164-40-17-16-8 1,139,015 4 points
5 EDEdDNEdDYFaN 1140-65-16-16-31 1,132,175 4 points
6 Fractal_Monkey 1090-100-31-15-18 1,116,695 4 points
7 jonathanasdf 976-200-30-32-37 1,014,790 3 points
Round 1 Puzzle
Quote:
As I was going to St Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats, every cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, wives, don't you just hate idiotic riddles where the solution just requires you to pick up on one random word to see the trick? It never says whether you come upon them walking the same way as you, walking the other direction, standing still, who knows whether they were also going to St Ives? He never even asks them.
But here you are, standing around with some polygamist with a cat fetish, and here's me needing to give you some kind of puzzle or problem. Oh, and here's someone from the SPCA coming to slap those wives with animal cruelty fines. Looks like 20 dollars per animal in the sacks. That's going to be pricy. Especially when you consider that the whole purpose of the outing was to buy all those animals some little boots to keep them warm. The boots cost 5 dollars a pair for cats, and 3 dollars a pair for kittens.
Once you know how much this day is going to cost them, and convert each digit in the total price to its corresponding letter of the alphabet, and then visit the profile sharing a name with that string of letters, you will see which song you are to play.
Solution:
1 man, 7 wives, 49 sacks
343 cats 686 pairs of feet 3430 for boots
2401 kittens 4802 pairs of feet 14406 for boots
2744 animals 54880 fine
54880 fine
3430 cat boots
14406 kitten boots
72716 total cost
GBGAF
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Code:
Round one Puzzle Solvers
1. dabigpig
2. Popmeister
3. omegawhitemage
4. [HectoGtzMX]
5. da_headhunter
6. Miyoshina
7. travman301
8. 09876
9. Relambrien
10. Cosmic M
11. RubiedCross
12. dooey100
13. ryanisadouche
14. Callipygian
15. Fractal_Monkey
16. tha Guardians
Round 2 Puzzle
Code:
For this round we move away from number manipulation, and into letter
manipulation. The name of today's game is acrostics. For those of you
who are unfamiliar, I'll give you a heads up. Below is a list of terms that
all fit within the category listed above them. In each case, the letters
have been substituted according to a consistant code. IE. If E=G, then
for every word in the puzzle, every instance of E is a G. There is a
seperate cipher for each of the two puzzles however.
Once you've solved the two puzzles, the bolded letters will unscramble into the
name of the round 2 song. For points, submit to me the completed decryptions as
well as the name of the round two song.
FFR SONGS FFR Staff
szamar madar jasonkey
JORVRB VRIRB PWEKUOJN
tribal revival guidohunter
GBUPRD BQLULRD RLTHKQLUZJV
crowdpleaser shastatwist
MBFZIADQRJQB EQWEZWZFTEZ
pants synthlight
ARHGJ ENUZQGTRQZ
trisection tasselfoot
GBUJQMGUFH ZWEEJGMKKZ
flight of the bumblebee scottish
TDUXWG FT GWQ PSVPDQPQQ EXKZZTEQ
bicycle break jimerax
PUMNMDQ PBQRC PTDJVWI
red dress summerschool
BQI IBQJJ ELDDJVEXQKKG
Code:
Round 2 Puzzle Solvers
1 [HectoGtzMX]
2 Relambrien
3 dabigpig
4 09876
5 popmeister
6 ryanisadouche
7 travman301
8 Callipygian
9 Fractal_Monkey
10 EDEdDNEdDYFaN
11 Cosmic M
12 RubiedCross
13 Tasselfoot
14 dore
Round 3
Code:
This next round is going to test two things: Your knowledge of order of operations
(which is nice and easy) and your ability to find information on the wonderful series
of tubes that is the intertron.
To start with, you get this mathematical equation:
((A+B)+(C+D)-(E-F))*((G*H-I)-(J+K+L))-((M+N+O)+(P*Q)) = R
Now, in order to find out what numbers map to each of these variables, you will
need to find out the following information:
A= The year Isaac Newton was born in the Gregorian Calendar
B= The atomic number of Argon
C= The year of the end of the Chinese Han Dynasty
D= The number things for which Jason Stathem has recieved actor credit (this includes voice acting, and things still filming)
E= 73 degrees fahrenheit in kelvin (rounded to the nearest 1 (IE. 7.4 = 7 and 7.8 = 8)
F= Age of actor/comedian Tom Green
G= The month/day (Expressed as MMDD So January 9th would be '0109' or '109') of
the Beatles first live American TV appearance
H= The number of books written by Stephen King as Richard Bachman
I= The maximum number of goods gettable to still earn 3 tier points on Sympathizer
J= Devonin's score on profile chat word scramble (not word find)
K= The number of cards in the 'Guildpact' expansion of the Magic the Gathering CCG
L= The answer for variable F expressed in Quaternary
M= The number seventeen in binary
N= Jean Valjean's prisoner number
O= Number of days of the reign of Pope John Paul II
P= Number of light years away the star Betelguese is from earth
Q= The year in which the first african american woman won a Best Actress Oscar Award
R = The result of the formula containing A-Q
S = Minimum distance in yards for a Par 3 on a golf course
Once you have found all the information, plugged all the numbers into the formula
and thus discovered what value 'R' has, you will take all the digits of 'R' and
add them together (IE. if R=1534, then 1+5+3+4 = 13. If R=9021, then 9+0+2+1 = 12)
Once you have the final result, add 'S' to it.
The resulting number is the song ID of this round's song. When you submit your
answer, please include at least the formula with all values filled in, and if your
final result is incorrect, I will respond as soon as I can with which section out
of A-F, G-L, or M-Q you made how many mistakes in, giving you the chance to re-check
and correct your values. If you just send me a song title, and it is wrong, all
you'll get is "Sorry, wrong"
Solution
((A+B)+(C+D)-(E-F))*((G*H-I)-(J+K+L))-((M+N+O)+(P*Q))
((1643+18)+(220+24)-(296-36))*((209*7-50)-(468+165+210))-((10001+24601+9665)+(427*2002))
((1661)+(244)-(260))*((1413)-(843))-((44267)+(854854))
(1645)*(570)-(899,121)
(937,650)-(899,121)
(38,529)
(3+8+5+2+9)
(27)+(100)
(127)
(Rondo Alla Turca V2)
Code:
Round 3 Puzzle Solvers
1. dabigpig
2. Tasselfoot
3. Fractal_Monkey
4. Cosmic M
5. dore
6. EDEdDNEdDYFaN
Round 4 Puzzle
Code:
Here's a nice little word puzzle for you to work with for this round.
Here's how it works. You've been provided with a 10-letter word and
a number of smaller words with letters missing. You'll put letters
from the larger word into the smaller words to form proper words. Each
letter of the larger words will be used only once.
When you've done that you'll notice that you have one letter left over.
Once you've completed all eleven puzzles, the 11 leftover letters will anagram
into three numbers (spelled out like five, two, seven etc) If you put those
numbers in numerical order lowest to highest (So 7, 4, 1 = 147) you'll
come up with the song ID of this round's song.
For points, submit the list of words, as well as the name of the song. If,
as can happen with word games, it somehow works out that there are mutiple
correct solutions to a given puzzle, I will accept valid solutions as though
they are the ones I had planned for.
e n o
experiment compassion delusional
tapering poisons dismally
elite emboss fusion
mix arc lye
f u r o
hovercraft undertaker mesmerised indecision
reverted prudence massive cinders
teach racket demise minion
coo rue ewe deli
f o u r
archfiends ballpoints bureaucrat cloistered
denials impales recurve details
cheer baton blunt cello
rich all aha ere
Code:
Round 4 Puzzle Solvers
1. Fractal_Monkey
2. Cosmic M
3. dabigpig
4. 09876
5. EDEdDNEdDYFaN
6. Tasselfoot
Round 5
Code:
The currency in Noonmoonland consists of only two kinds of coins -- one
worth eleven buckadzoids and one worth twenty-three. This is usually not a
problem, because if you want to pay, for example, one buckadzoid for a
bottle of milk, you simply pay one "twenty-three" and get two "elevens" back.
However, there are some issues with this system when it comes to ATMs. You
cannot give change to an ATM, so you clearly cannot withdraw three, five or
nine buckazoids, but you could withdraw 22, 34 or 46 buckazoids.
Now, the question is -- what is the largest amount (expressed in whole
buckadzoids) you cannot withdraw from the ATM?
That amount will be the song ID of this round's song. For points, submit to me
the name of the song.
The solution as described to me (inexact unfortunately)
A special-case version for 11 and 23:
It's clear that 219 cannot be paid, one simply needs to examine the
possibilities of paying with 0, 1, 2, 3, .. up to 9 coins of the value 23.
As the resulting amount would never be a multiple of 11, it cannot be paid.
Now, let's see why every amount higher than 219 can be paid.
220 = 20*11 + 0*23
221 = 18*11 + 1*23
222 = 16*11 + 2*23
223 = 14*11 + 3*23
224 = 12*11 + 4*23
225 = 10*11 + 5*23
226 = 8*11 + 6*23
227 = 6*11 + 7*23
228 = 4*11 + 8*23
229 = 2*11 + 9*23
230 = 0*11 + 10*23
Now, any number higher than 230 can be paid by giving 11s until we reach one
of the numbers listed above. The remaining sum can then be paid according to
that table.
Code:
Round 5 Puzzle Solvers
1 dabigpig 5 points
2 Tasselfoot 4 points
3 Fractal Monkey 4 points
4 dore 4 points
5 ryanisadouche 4 points
Round 6 puzzle
Code:
This round's puzzle won't necessarily be hard to solve for the name
of the song, but it might take a try or two to solve entirely correctly.
I apologise in advance for the general ease of the problem, but once
again I've had a really busy few days, and had to do a little bit of
putting it together at the last minute. The next couple rounds should
hopefully be of a little more depth.
All you have to do is follow carefully all the directions listed below.
If done properly, the output of these directions will indicate which
song you are to play.
For points, you need to show me the entire step-by-step outputs having
performed each instruction correctly.
1. Print the words FERRIS WHEEL
2. Change HEEL to TOE
3. Change the W to double L
4. Insert an A between the L and T
5. Delete the first and fifth letters
6. Reverse the order of all the letters
7. Place a C in the first position
8. Move the fifth consonant four places to the left
9. Add ER to the right of the T
10. Reverse the order of the last two letters
11. Move the last six letters, as is, to the front
12. Switch the A and the O
13. Double the first letter
14. Insert an O into the ninth position
15. Move the fifth letter to the front
16. Drop the second vowel
17. Delete the second E
Solution:
ferriswheel
ferriswtoe
ferrislltoe
ferrisllatoe
errsllatoe
eotallsrre
ceotallsrre
ceostallrre
ceosterallrre
ceosterallrer
allrerceoster
ollrerceaster
oollrerceaster
oollrercoeaster
roollercoeaster
rollercoeaster
rollercoaster
Roller Coaster Ride
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Round 6 Puzzle Solvers
1. Tasselfoot
2. dore (under a minute later)
3. ryanisadouche
4. Fractal_Monkey
5. dabigpig
6. EDEdDNEdDYFaN
7. jonathanasdf
8. 09876
9. RubiedCross
Round 7 Puzzle
Code:
Time for another numbers round. I'm going to provide you a number
of equations full of variables. In each case you need to figure
out what number belongs to each variable. There are six variables
and each one maps onto a whole number between 1-6, no number is
repeated, every number is used once.
So for a given set of equations, each letter A-F connects to one
and only one number 1-6. When you've solved each of the three
sets of equations, you're going to add up the total value of each
variable (So if A = 4, 5 and 1 in each of the three sets of problems
then your result is A = 4+5+1; A=10)
When you have the total value of each variable, apply them to the following:
(D*C-A)*B = X
X = The song ID of this round's song.
B - F = C
AF = D + C
D + E = 9
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B + A = E
A + C = B + E
C + E = D
Note: In this equation, there being no F, F= The remaining unused number
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E + D + C = 8
C + A = 5
B + D = A + E
Note: In this equation, there being no F, F= The remaining unused number
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For points, you need only submit the name of the song/ The song's ID
but feel free to paste in the completed sets of equations too if you like.
Solution
A = 6, 3, 2 = 11
B = 3, 1, 5 = 9
C = 2, 2, 3 = 7
D = 4, 6, 1 = 11
E = 5, 4, 4 = 13
F = 1, 5, 6 = 12
(D*C-A)*B
(11*7-11)*9
594
Policy in the Sky
Code:
Round 7 Puzzle Solvers
1. Tasselfoot
2. jonathanasdf
3. Fractal_Monkey
4. 09876
5. dabigpig
6. KilikOdagawa
7. RubiedCross
8. God Dethroned
Round 8 Puzzle
Code:
Unapoligetically stolen from a pre-existing book of puzzles, this round
is called a syllacrostic. Provided below is a list of syllables. Below
that is a list of clues followed by blanks showing the length of the word
that matches the clue. In brackets is the number of syllables that make
up the answer. Each time you use a syllable in a response to a clue, you
can cross it off the list. When you've filled in all the clues, the
remaining unused syllables will solve to the name of this round's song.
For points, submit the name of the song. No need to submit all the answers
unless you want to show off.
A A A A A A AGE AL AN AN BIM CA CHICK DEL DOW DU E EN EN EN ER ER
EVE FOR GON GOS GULF HEX HI HITH I I I I I ICK ID IFF IN IS LATE LI
LIM LIN LORN LU MAN MER MER MI MI NATE NI NI NI NOM NOUS OM OR OS
PAR PAS RAE RATE RI RI RY SA SAL SAT SAW SIS SOL STEP STRU TAR
TE TE THING TO TRA TRICH TY U U U VER WIS
1. Radiating light (3)Luminous
2. Establish a fund (2)Endow
3. Largest living bird (2)Ostrich
4. Fountain of Youth site (3)Bimini
5. Present in all places (4)Universal
6. Soak thoroughly (3)Saturate
7. Oklahoma Indian (3)Chickasaw
8. Destroy Utterly (4)Annihilate
9. Delicate as a cobweb (3)Gossamer
10. Ancestry (3)Lineage
11. Figurative Phrase (3)Idiom
12. Patriotic song (4)America
13. Humourous verse (3)Limerick
14. Resdident of Tel Aviv (3)Israeli
15. Lonely and sad (2)Forlorn
16. Kit and Caboodle (3)Everything
17. Upper arch of the foot (2)Instep
18. Filled pastry (2)Strudel
19. Flowering vine (4)Wisteria
20. Six-sided figure (3)Hexagon
21. Secretary (5)Amanuensis
22. Import duty (2)Tariff
23. Until now (3)Hitherto
24. Situated before (4)Anterior
25. Sunshade (3)Parasol
26. Smoked beef brisket (3)Pastrami
27. Swallow up (2)Engulf
28. Propose for office (3)Nominate
Duality
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Round 8 Puzzle Solvers
1. Tasselfoot
2. jonathanasdf
3. -Yukari-
4. Fractal_Monkey
5. dabigpig
6. dore
Round 9 Puzzle
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This round we go back to numbers and logic, and I have for you, a big
collection of puzzles to work at. Once you've arrived at the correct
solution for each one, the method of manipulating those results will
show you the song ID of this round's song. For points you only need
to submit the song ID and name of song, but like previous rounds, if
you provide your work, I can tell you which puzzles you have errors in.
To start with, these are your puzzles.
1) Of those numbers whose English representation in capital letters
consists only of straight lines, only one number has a value equal
to the number of straight line segments required to write it out.
What number is this? (For example: FIVE is made up only of straight
lines but contains 10 lines in it. You're looking for a number whose
value is the same as the number of lines contained within it)
2) A number consisting of three different digits is subtracted from
a number made up of the same digits in reverse order. The result consists
of the same three digits in yet another order. What are the three numbers?
3) Tasselfoot took a test that had 20 questions. The total grade was computed
by awarding 10 points for each correct answer and deducting 5 points for each
incorrect answer. He answered all 20 questions and received a score of 125.
How many wrong answers did he have?
4) Chardish and JasonKey are brothers. Nestlekwik is Chardish's son and 12
years younger than his uncle. Chardish is twice as old as Nestlekwik.
Four years ago, Chardish was the same age as JasonKey is now, and JasonKey
was twice as old as his nephew. How old is Nestlekwik?
Once you've solved all these problems, take each number present in an answer
(NOTE: Each number, not each digit. If an answer were "3 and 5" you would
count both 'three' and 'five' but if the answer were "17" you could count
'seventeen' NOT 'one' and 'seven') and put them in alphabetical order.
Once you've listed them alphabetically, take the first four numbers and
apply this formula to them: (((1+2)*3)*4) (Where 1-4 are the first through
fourth numbers listed alphabetically) The result is the song ID of this
round's song.
Solutions
1) 29
2) 4, 9, 5
3) 5
4) 16
five
five
four
nine
sixteen
twenty-nine
(((5+5)*4)*9) = 360
Szamar Madar
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Round 9 Puzzle Solvers
1. dabigpig
2. Tasselfoot
3. dore
4. -Yukari-
5. Fractal_Monkey
6. jonathanasdf
7. RubiedCross
Round 10 Puzzle
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I'm sure everyone is familiar with the type of knowledge puzzle that
asks you to decode something like "365 D in a Y" which easily enough
is days in a year. Now that would be no fun at all for something like
the 10th and final round in a critical thinking tournament. So here's
what we're going to do. I'm going to give you a reasonably large number
of such puzzles, dealing with a whole variety of subjects. However, a
number of them will be incorrect. They won't apply accurately to any
piece of information that fits their clues. Your job is going to be to
decode all of the ones that can be decoded, and identify all the ones that
can't. When you add up the numbers provided in each wrong clue, you will
arrive at the song ID for our 10th and final song.
For points, the song ID and title are good enough as usual, but once again
by providing your work, I can give some vaguely helpful hints on things
you thought were fake that weren't, or vice versa. Chances are good that
if you submit one as "fake" that is "real" I'll probably tell you and give
you a general subject matter it belongs to, to make identifying it easier.
72 Hours in 3 Days
14 Pounds in a Stone
9 Circles of Hell (According to Dante)
<FAKE CLUE NUMBER 1>
27 Letters in the Spanish Alphabet
13 Stripes on the American Flag
1194 Arrows in the Stepfile for Eternus
8 Planets in the Solar System
10 Rounds in the Tournament
<FAKE CLUE NUMBER 2>
5 Digits in an American Postal Code
4 Fake clues in the puzzle
5280 Feet in a Mile
<FAKE CLUE NUMBER 3>
7 Seasons in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
13 Provinces and Territories in Canada
8 Prime Numbers under Twenty
<FAKE CLUE NUMBER 4>
6 Different Types of Quark (Charm and Bottom are two of them)
60 Minutes in a Degree
37,000 Runners in the New York Marathon
2 Utilities on a Monopoly board
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Round 10 Puzzle Solvers
1. -Yukari-
2. Fractal_Monkey
3. dabigpig
4. Tasselfoot
You can begin playing the song as soon as you determine what it is, but do NOT submit screenshots in this thread until after the riddle round closes, and the song name is posted here.
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