by magpie in the 80's » Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:54 pm
Quichey wrote:Sorry, I thought giving them in order would be good enough. You can't get the scores for each person without knowing seat order anyway.
Q3.
Front row (from left to right):
1. Frank (470) - 2. Eve (450) - 3. Ann (480) - 4. Chuck (490) - 5. Bill (500)
Second row (from left to right):
6. Dolly (410) - 7. Hugh (460) - 8. Ida (440) - 9. Jerry (420) - 10. George (430)
by Q. » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:41 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:48 pm
Quichey wrote:Q2 is an absolute doozy, here goes...
1st - Steve Rose - 8 - Giuoco Piano
2nd - Bert Baird - 16 - Queen's Gambit
3rd - Tom Korn - 31 - Ruy lopez
4th - Larry Hart - 23 - King's Indian Defence
by Q. » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:18 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:51 pm
Quichey wrote:Are you saying that the board numbers are entirely different (apart from 31)? As far as I can tell it all fits using those above numbers, which means there must be two sets of answers for this question.
by Q. » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:57 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:03 pm
by Q. » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:14 pm
by magpie in the 80's » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:19 pm
Quichey wrote:Hmmm, both seem to fit, unless I've missed something.
by magpie in the 80's » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:19 pm
magpie in the 80's wrote:Q1. Five people visit a bar for a drink of Scotch Whisky. They all have their drink served differently and by different bar staff. From the clues given below, can you work out which bar person served whom, how they had their Scotch and in what order they were served at thebar.
Some one is served a Scotch & Cola by Carmen.
Mrs Johnson was not served her Scotch & Ginger Ale by Marcella.
Mr Weiss was served by Paul.
The person who drinks Scotch & Cola wasn't served second.
The cocktail drinker was served last.
Marcella served the fourth person in line but they didn't order a Scotch & Soda.
Neither Carmen nor Hans served Mr Petit who was third in line at the bar.
First in line was not Miss La Rue.
Drinkers; Weiss, Muller, Petit, Johnson, La Rue
Servers; Paul, Carmen, Hans, Marcella, Andy
Drinks; (Scotch &) Cola, Gingerale, Ice, Soda, Cocktail
Order served; first second, third, fourth, fifth
1. MULLER CARMEN COLA
2. JOHNSON HANS GINGERALE
3. PETIT ANDY SODA
4. LA RUE MARCELLA ICE
5. WEISS PAUL COCKTAIL
Q2. During the final round of Georgia's All-State Chess Tournament, the eventual top 4 finishers in the tournament played their final game against 4 different opponents. The tournament boards were numbered from 1 to 50 to facilitate location and identification of games. Each of the top 4 finishers played a different opening in this last game. Use the clues below to determine the first and last names of the first through fourth place winners of the tournament, the chess opening each used in his last game, and the number of the chess board on which he played his final game.
1. Mr. Hart played the King's Indian Defence.
2. Steve placed ahead of the one who used the Ruy Lopez opening.
3. The top 4 players were Larry, Mr. Korn, the contestant who opened with Queen's Gambit, and a player who played on an even-numbered board.
4. Mr. Rose finished exactly 2 places ahead of the player on board 31.
5. The number of the 3rd place winner's board is at least 10 higher or at least 10 lower than that of Mr. Baird.
6. The number of the board of the contestant who placed immediately after Bert is exactly 15 higher than the number of the board played by the one who placed immediately before Tom.
7. The lowest board number of the top 4 finishers was exactly half the number of the board played by the one who placed immediately after the one who played the Giuoco Piano opening.
8. The highest board number was exactly 8 higher than the board number of the man who finished exactly two places after Bert.
LACE 1ST NAME....SURNAME.....OPENING........NUMBER
First.........Steve........Rose.....Queen's Gambit......#40
Second.....Bert..........Baird........Ruy Lopez..........#16
Third........Tom..........Korn.........Giuoco Piano,......#31
Fourth.......Larry........Hart..........King's Indian......#32
Q3. Ten students, sitting in 2 rows of 5 each, took their 500-point final exam in advanced calculus. The students' scores were all multiples of ten with no two of them receiving the same score. Use the following clues and the professor's seating chart below to determine which students sat in which seats and the test score each student earned.
1. Hugh sat next to both Ida and to the student making 82%, which was the lowest grade on the test.
2. George and the student scoring 470 sat in diagonally opposite corner seats.
3. Chuck sat somewhere between Bill and the student scoring 410, although these 3 students are not necessarily in the same row. Similarly, Ann sat somewhere between Eve and the student scoring 490.
4. The sum of the scores of the students sitting in the first column is 880.
5. Jerry's score was 10 points better than Dolly's but 50 points less than Frank's.
6. The average score of those in Column 2 is the same as that of those in Column 4, but is 5 points less than the average of those in Column 3.
7. The student with the lowest score of those in the first row sat directly in front of the student with the highest score of those in the second row.
8. The average test score of those in the first row is 46 points higher than the average of those in the second row.
FRONT ROW 1. FRANK 470, 2. EVE 450, 3. ANN 480, 4. CHUCK 490, 5. BILL 500.
BACK ROW 6. DOLLY 410, 7. HUGH 460, 8. IDA 440, 9. JERRY 420 10. GEORGE 430.
Q4. Joseph and his 3 brothers are big fans of the Detroit Lions football team, so they were thrilled to win tickets to watch the Lions play for the NFL championship in the 1998 Superbowl. The boys wore their favorite jerseys, each a different color, to the game and sat together in 4 seats in a row. Each boy visited the concession stand during a different quarter of the game and bought a different snack from that of his brothers. Use the clues and table below to determine the order in which the boys sat, the colors of their shirts, the quarter in which each boy bought his snack, and what snack each boy bought.
1. The 4 boys are Noah, the red-shirted one, the one who got a snack during the first quarter, and the one who bought a hot dog.
2. The fan who bought a snack during the 2nd quarter sat between the fans who bought popcorn and nachos.
3. Daniel sat next to both the fan who bought a hot dog and the one who visited the concession stand in the first quarter.
4. The green-shirted fan sat to the left of Stephen, who did not sit next to the popcorn muncher.
5. The blue-shirted fan sat next to both the red-shirted and yellow-shirted fans.
6. One boy got pizza in the 4th quarter.
seat 1 joseph, green, 1stQ, popcorn
seat 2 daniel, red, 4thQ pizza
seat 3 stephen, blue, 2ndQ, hotdog
seat 4 noah, yellow,3rdQ, nachos
Q5. There are five houses in a row, each of a different color, and inhabited by 5 people of different nationalities, with different pets, favorite drinks, and favorite sports. Use the clues below to determine who owns the monkey and who drinks water.
1. The Englishman lives in the red house.
2. The Spaniard owns the dog.
3. Coffee is drunk in the green house.
4. The Russian drinks tea.
5. The green house is immediately to the right of the white house.
6. The hockey player owns hamsters.
7. The football player lives in the yellow house.
8. Milk is drunk in the middle house.
9. The American lives in the first house on the left.
10. The table tennis player lives in the house next to the man with the fox.
11. The football player lives next to the house where the horse is kept.
12. The basketball player drinks orange juice.
13. The Japanese likes baseball.
14. The American lives next to the blue house.
THE JAPANESE OWN THE MONKEY AND THE AMERICAN DRINKS THE WATER
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