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12-13-2007, 03:28 PM
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Very Grave Indeed
  
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament (COMPLETED)
So I figured I'd finally try my hand at putting a tournament together, and what more appropriate way to do so than to meld my love of FFR with my love of CT.
Let me just say now that I have no intention of starting this tournament before January. I'm off visiting family for the holidays and I simply won't have the time to dedicate to running this particular type of tournament. Expect a start date some time in and around the 5th of January give or take. As should be expected, this tournament is going to differ in a lot of ways from traditional tourneys. I'll give you a run-down of the plan. 1/ Signups will start from this post until the tourney ends. Yes, you could even sign up on the last day, and just whore whore whore the songs. 2/ There are no skill level categories in this tourney. You'll see why in a minute, but I'm not seperating anybody into categories by skill, nor will there be a linear scale of "the songs get harder every round" This will all make sense in a minute. 3/ Prizes will cascade as far down the list as I can manage. I don't have much by way of credits myself, but if I get sufficient donations, I'd like to see maybe a first prize of 20 or 30k credits, and it will scale down as far as I can go. If I happen to get millions like Phynx or something, prizes will get bigger obviously, but if at least the top 50% of all entrants win -something- then I'm happy. The tournament is going to go like this: On the first day of each round, I'm not posting what song you play. I'm posting a riddle, problem or puzzle that, if solved correctly, will tell you which song to play. The 'round' will last for 2 full days (If it goes up at 11:59pm monday, you'll have all day tuesday/wednesday [ending 11:59pm Wednesday]) during which time you will submit By private forum message only your answer and how you arrived at it. You will not be posting any song scores at this point, even if you solved the song (feel free to be playing and saving screenies though) Points will be awarded to people based on the order in which they submitted the correct solution to the problem to determine which song is the song for the round. At the end of the "round" (2 days after posting) I will post the solution to the puzzle, and the name of the song to be played for that round, as well as the new riddle for the new round. You will then have the entire duration of the tourney to submit scores for the song, via the usual method of screenshots here or PM'd. Points will be awarded to people based on the ranking they have on the song compared to all other participants (numbering like levelranks do) So as an example, assume we have 5 people taking part in the tourney. I'll post my riddle, and award points along the lines of first: 5 points 2-3rd: 3 points 4-5th: 1 point In order of submission of riddle solution. Standings read Player A: 5 points Player B: 3 points Player C: 3 points Player D: 1 point Player E: 1 point Then at the end of the two days, I post the answer, the song, and the next riddle. They begin submitting scores. Points will be awarded by rank like 1 -> 5 points 2-3 -> 3 points 4-5+ -> 1 point So if player A and D both submit a AAA, player B submits a BF, player C submits X-3-0-0-0 and Player E submits X-20-12-1-5, their ranks will look like this: 1 Player A -> 5 points 1 Player D -> 5 points 3 Player B -> 3 points 4 Player C -> 1 point 5 Player E -> 1 point Since the numerical rankings work like levelranks do, If someone new, player F submitted a AAA, they would also be rank 1, scoring 5 points, which would push player B down to rank 4, leaving him with only 4 points and so on. In the above example, the current total score would be Player A: 10 points Player B: 6 points Player D: 6 point Player C: 4 points Player E: 2 point As I said, anyone can sign up at any time during the tourney, and will be awarded song points for songs from previous rounds if they submit on them, as well as riddle points from all rounds after they join. However, once I've posted the song and the solution to the riddle, no further points will be given out for solving the riddle. You can join at any time, and get riddle points from then on, but if you join late, you lose out on riddle points from earlier rounds. I'm figuring on something around 10 rounds, Depending on how many really good puzzles I can come up with between now and then, it may go longer, but since riddles don't take whoring, and you can submit songs at any point, this is the kind of tourney that can easily let you work it into the rest of your schedule. And with enough rounds, missing one won't necessarily eliminate you at all. With equal points being awarded for being the first to answer the puzzle and scoring a AAA on the song, anyone of any skill level has a chance to win this. I'm hoping to get a reasonably large prize pot so that as many people as possible can win something worthwhile. I'm tired of all these "60 people, but only top 3 get prizes" tourneys. Winning might not get you 500k, but not winning might still get you 5 or 10k for the effort. Code:
Puzzle Scores Song Scores Order Levelrank Points Submitted Points 1 -> 5 points 1 -> 5 points 2-9 -> 4 points 2-6 -> 4 points 10-19 -> 3 points 7-14 -> 3 points 20-29 -> 2 points 15-19-> 2 points 30+ -> 1 point 20+ -> 1 point Last edited by devonin; 01-9-2008 at 11:17 PM.. |
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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 Code:
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 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 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 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 Code:
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 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 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 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 Code:
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 Quote:
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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 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 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 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
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Round 4 Puzzle Solvers 1. Fractal_Monkey 2. Cosmic M 3. dabigpig 4. 09876 5. EDEdDNEdDYFaN 6. Tasselfoot 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 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 Code:
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 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 -------------- B + A = E A + C = B + E C + E = D Note: In this equation, there being no F, F= The remaining unused number -------------- E + D + C = 8 C + A = 5 B + D = A + E Note: In this equation, there being no F, F= The remaining unused number -------------- 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 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 Code:
Round 8 Puzzle Solvers 1. Tasselfoot 2. jonathanasdf 3. -Yukari- 4. Fractal_Monkey 5. dabigpig 6. dore Code:
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 Code:
Round 9 Puzzle Solvers 1. dabigpig 2. Tasselfoot 3. dore 4. -Yukari- 5. Fractal_Monkey 6. jonathanasdf 7. RubiedCross Code:
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 Code:
Round 10 Puzzle Solvers 1. -Yukari- 2. Fractal_Monkey 3. dabigpig 4. Tasselfoot Last edited by devonin; 01-31-2008 at 08:28 PM.. |
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Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament
Heres my score for the tetris remix
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I fail.
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I don't know if I'll join this, since I don't think I would do too well, haha. I really like the idea, though.
I'm sending 2.5k credits your way, devonin.  Edit: Anddddd they have been sent. Woo! Last edited by HammyMcSquirrel; 12-13-2007 at 03:55 PM.. |
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Count me in- this seems fun.
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oh yes, in. (have 20,000 credits)
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Sounds fun. I'll join, and send some credits your way.
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Updated to here, and also, if/when Tass/some other admin type sees this, is there any way to view a history of credit transfers to/from you? If I get enough donations it might become tough to see how much I got from who and when.
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Just make sure everyone posts that they donated and how much and update as much as possible i guess. If you could see a history of it that would help though
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Sent 25k
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Haha, you guys and your large sums of credit donations. xD
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bleh, lost a few days travelling to the US and settling on campus. Was late to login for previous riddles as well, so probably I can't get a satisfying score anymore, but the puzzles are cool, so I'll just stay in and see how it goes
 . Yay, ready for round 4 =).
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Bastard I don't have any more. >.>
edit: at dore lol
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I won't join but I'll donate 30k. Merry Xmas.
sent XD.
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lol credit battle
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Re: Devonin's Critical Thinking Tournament
 This riddle seems hard.
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did you not get my answer? i swear i sent you a pm
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