Dumbination
Apr. 23rd, 2007 07:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqFrom this morning's on-line Mensa calendar:
Oh goodie, a logic puzzle (anything is better than the silly anagrams, or palindromes for which they give you three letters and expect you to figure out the rest). These are often good for as much as thirty-seconds to a minute of thought. The first step is to write down the names, then figure out the order.
Here are the names as they appear in the puzzle, along with the clues about their order.
Roger (Roger was not last)
Beth (Beth lost to Roger)
Kelly (but beat Kelly)
Eva (Kelly beat Eva)
Sam (and Sam)
The final piece of the puzzle is that Eva was not last.
Ah, nothing like a mental challenge to get the neurons pumping in the morning -- or not. It appears that these clever folk at Mensa have hidden a very clever clue within the confines of the puzzle. To wit, the finishing ranks were in exactly the same order as they appeared in the puzzle. All one has to do is write down the names and everyone's a winner. Huzzah.
This was about as challenging as that IQ test from Idiocracy. "If you have one bucket with 5 gallons and another bucket with 2 gallons, how many buckets do you have?"
By the way, if you have not seen Idiocracy, for goodness sake go out and rent it!
In a math test, Roger was not last. Beth lost to Roger but beat Kelly. Kelly beat Eva and Sam. Eva was not last.
Oh goodie, a logic puzzle (anything is better than the silly anagrams, or palindromes for which they give you three letters and expect you to figure out the rest). These are often good for as much as thirty-seconds to a minute of thought. The first step is to write down the names, then figure out the order.
Here are the names as they appear in the puzzle, along with the clues about their order.
Roger (Roger was not last)
Beth (Beth lost to Roger)
Kelly (but beat Kelly)
Eva (Kelly beat Eva)
Sam (and Sam)
The final piece of the puzzle is that Eva was not last.
Ah, nothing like a mental challenge to get the neurons pumping in the morning -- or not. It appears that these clever folk at Mensa have hidden a very clever clue within the confines of the puzzle. To wit, the finishing ranks were in exactly the same order as they appeared in the puzzle. All one has to do is write down the names and everyone's a winner. Huzzah.
This was about as challenging as that IQ test from Idiocracy. "If you have one bucket with 5 gallons and another bucket with 2 gallons, how many buckets do you have?"
By the way, if you have not seen Idiocracy, for goodness sake go out and rent it!
