Ten Problems

What do the following numbers represent?

0-20-28-32-28

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After the encounter in Nefarious Liars, you are on the move again. However, your discover a third tribe in the jungle, the Randwi, who are known for answering truthfully and lying at random. You come across one man from each tribe, how could you determine who was who by using only 3 yes or no questions? Each question can only be directed at one man. (Assume that each man knows the identities of the other two).

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Ok, I didn’t have time to post any problems yesterday, so I’ll make them up today. This first one is really similar to another problem I posted a long time ago, but it’s really a setup for the next problem.

You are an adventurer exploring the jungles of Amazon, and you encounter two barbaric tribes - the Liari and Truthwi. The Truthwi always tell the truth, but the Liari always tell lies. As you trot along a little used dirt path, you find two tribesmen, who seemed to be from the two opposing tribes. But you don’t know who is from which tribe. How can you determine the tribes of the two tribesmen by asking only one question?

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Kelly and Felipe had reservations for dinner at Seoul Food for 7:00PM. However, the restaurant mixed up their names and didn’t get them seated on time. By analyzing the clues below, you should be able to figure out what time they finally got a table.

Clues:
1. They sat down within two hours of their reservations.

2. All three digits in the time that they were seated are different.

3. The second two digits in the time are equal to the first digit plus four.

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Five people were condemned to a life of worshipping supernatural beings by 5 different deities from either Greek, Egyptian or Norse mythology. They were each condemned to worship a different supernatural being. Also, you’ll need to find out how old they are. The people are Sarah, Jessica, Sebastian, Dana and Chandler. The deities are Circe, Odin, Osiris, Artemis, and Isis. The ages are 14, 15,15, 20, and 11. Lastly, the supernatural beings are: vampires, witches, spirits (ghosts), trolls, and werewolves.

1. The troll worshipper is younger than the girl who worships witches.

2. Jessica and the vampire worshipper are the same age.

3. The Scandinavian deity would only condemn someone of Scandinavian descent.

4. Sebastian was condemned by an Egyptian deity.

5. The spirit worshipper and the boy condemned by Osiris are starting their sophomore year in high school (which you must be 15 to be a sophomore)

6. Sarah follows Greek myth

7. The 14 year old, Sarah, is friends with the girl condemned by Isis.

8. Circe, being a witch, condemned her person to witch worship.

9. The oldest worships werewolves.

10. Chandler is 11 years old.

11. Sarah is best friends with one 15 year old, and is dying to go out with the other 15 year old.

12. The 20 year old was condemned by Artemis.

13. The 11 year old is of Scandinavian descent.

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Daniel is a keen soccer fan in the soccer-mad town of Tammell. He barracks for four different local clubs! He picked one player from each team to do his school project on. He was sure he had remembered everything perfectly until he was asked to present his project. He was about to talk about his favourite players but he found he couldn’t remember which was in which team and where each one played! He found he couldn’t even remember their last names! Now it’s your turn to save him from a certain F.

Using the clues your job is to find out what each player’s first and last name is, what position they play, and what club they play for.

Good luck, and hurry - the class is waiting!

Clues
1. Sam plays in the midfield and his last name rhymes with Frank’s.
2. Mr Bracken plays for the Strikers, but isn’t a striker in the game.
3. Norsewick were proud to recruit Thomas, their newest defender.
4. Mr Mayne is a goalie in Castleton.
5. Frank is a striker.
6. Mr Miller, who plays for Redland, isn’t a midfielder.

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What number completes this series?
0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 40, 46, 60, 61, 64, 80, 84, ?

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Instead of creating a very difficult teaser, I have decided to create a simple Yes or No question. Have fun trying to solve it!

If the teaser you solved before you solved the teaser you solved after you solved the teaser you solved before you solved this one, was harder than the teaser you solved after you solved the teaser you solved before you solved this one, was the teaser you solved before you solved this one harder than this one?” Yes or no?

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Abe, Bonnie, Cane and Daria have a two-person boat and can cross the river in 5, 10, 20 and 25 minutes respectively. If a boat containing two people can go only as fast as the slower person, how can all four cross the river in one hour?

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Three-year-old Sam has just learned to count to 30! He especially likes to read the clock when the numbers are in order. For example, he likes 3:45, which he sees not as three forty-five, but as three, four, five. Can you find all the times when the numbers on a clock are in sequential order?
For an extra challenge, use a 24-hour clock (ignore one leading zero in the hour).

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A man wakes up in a room. He sees no windows, a table with a note on it, and four doors ahead of him. Each door has a different symbol on its face: rectangle, kite, rhombus, and trapezoid.

He then walks to the table and reads the message:
“Three of these doors hold behind them a deadly booby trap, and one of them leads to the exit of this house. You can only open one door. The door that leads to the exit of this house can be deduced by looking at a string of numbers hidden somewhere in the house. Figure it out quickly, however, because as soon as the clock strikes noon, all the doors in the house will become permanently locked.”

He then searched everywhere in the room, until he found a string of numbers carved under the table:

1 - 4 - 8 - 11 - 1

He thought long and hard as the clock ticked away, getting closer and closer to his potential doom.

Suddenly he realized what the numbers meant, and promptly went over to the correct door, which he opened and managed to escape the house unhindered.

Which door leads to the exit?

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There are five women having dinner on a circular table. Mrs. Smith is sitting between Miss Cooper and Miss Andrews. Annie is sitting between Connie and Mrs. Grey. Miss Cooper is seated between Annie and Yvette. Elizabeth is seated with Mrs. Summers on her left and Miss Andrews on her right. Teresa paid the bill.

What are the full names of these five women?

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Which contraction from Group B can be added to Group A? Why?

Group A: it’s, she’d, we’ll, won’t
Group B: can’t, don’t, he’s, shan’t, they’ve, you’ll

How can exactly two gallons of water most simply be measured with a 7 gallon bucket and an 11 gallon bucket?

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