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Old 07-11-2009 at 11:27 PM   #421
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This is hard. :(
I concur; I'm getting close though!
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Old 07-11-2009 at 11:49 PM   #422
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Solved it! (All the restrictions pass at least...)

Thank god for Excel, I would have been crazy to do this one on paper.

Garden 1
Hank owns this one.
Plants: APC/R (Apples, Pears, Cherries, Roses)

Garden 2
Sam owns this one.
Plants: C/O/RT (Cherries, Onions, Roses, Tulips)

Garden 3
Paul owns this one. (Yay for easy placement LOL)
Plants: CGO/R (Carrots, Gourd, Onion, Roses)

Garden 4
Zicks owns this one.
Plants: ARTL (Asters, Roses, Tulips, Lily)

Garden 5
Luke owns this one.
Plants: PN/PG (Pears, Nuts, Parsley, Gourd)
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Old 07-11-2009 at 11:58 PM   #423
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Solved it! (All the restrictions pass at least...)

Thank god for Excel, I would have been crazy to do this one on paper.

Garden 1
Hank owns this one.
Plants: APC/R (Apples, Pears, Cherries, Roses)

Garden 2
Sam owns this one.
Plants: C/O/RT (Cherries, Onions, Roses, Tulips)

Garden 3
Paul owns this one. (Yay for easy placement LOL)
Plants: CGO/R (Carrots, Gourd, Onion, Roses)

Garden 4
Zicks owns this one.
Plants: ARTL (Asters, Roses, Tulips, Lily)

Garden 5
Luke owns this one.
Plants: PN/PG (Pears, Nuts, Parsley, Gourd)
Yup, you're correct. Want the last one?
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Old 07-12-2009 at 12:01 AM   #424
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Yup, you're correct. Want the last one?
You can post it if you want, but I most likely won't try and solve it tonight haha. The gardens one took me an hour to do (I had it solved in ~35 mins, and then misread one of the clues and thought I had done it wrong, so I scrapped my work.) So after solving it effectively twice, my brain is pretty tired out.
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Old 07-12-2009 at 12:03 AM   #425
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Meeting

Eight married couples meet to lend one another some books. Couples have the same surname, employment and car. Each couple has a favorite color. Furthermore we know the following facts:
  1. Daniella Black and her husband work as Shop-Assistants.
  2. The book "The Seadog" was brought by a couple who drive a Fiat and love the color red.
  3. Owen and his wife Victoria like the color brown.
  4. Stan Horricks and his wife Hannah like the color white.
  5. Jenny Smith and her husband work as Warehouse Managers and they drive a Wartburg.
  6. Monica and her husband Alexander borrowed the book "Grandfather Joseph".
  7. Mathew and his wife like the color pink and brought the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
  8. Irene and her husband Oto work as Accountants.
  9. The book "We Were Five" was borrowed by a couple driving a Trabant.
  10. The Cermaks are both Ticket-Collectors who brought the book "Shed Stoat".
  11. Mr and Mrs Kuril are both Doctors who borrowed the book "Slovacko Judge".
  12. Paul and his wife like the color green.
  13. Veronica Dvorak and her husband like the color blue.
  14. Rick and his wife brought the book "Slovacko Judge" and they drive a Ziguli.
  15. One couple brought the book "Dame Commissar" and borrowed the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
  16. The couple who drive a Dacia, love the color violet.
  17. The couple who work as Teachers borrowed the book "Dame Commissar".
  18. The couple who work as Agriculturalists drive a Moskvic.
  19. Pamela and her husband drive a Renault and brought the book "Grandfather Joseph".
  20. Pamela and her husband borrowed the book that Mr and Mrs Zajac brought.
  21. Robert and his wife like the color yellow and borrowed the book "The Modern Comedy".
  22. Mr and Mrs Swain work as Shoppers.
  23. "The Modern Comedy" was brought by a couple driving a Skoda.
Is it a problem to find out everything about everyone from this information?
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Old 07-12-2009 at 12:09 AM   #426
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^ Holy... I'm not even going try solving that lol
Old 07-12-2009 at 12:39 AM   #427
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^ Holy... I'm not even going try solving that lol
Lol, I was doing really well but I accidentally had information in one of my boxes in excel that was suppose to be empty and it screwed up everything. I'll try again tomorrow if Greg hasn't solved it by then :\
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Old 07-12-2009 at 12:55 PM   #428
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I've found 9 couples..

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Meeting

Eight married couples meet to lend one another some books. Couples have the same surname, employment and car. Each couple has a favorite color. Furthermore we know the following facts:
  1. Daniella Black and her husband work as Shop-Assistants.
  2. The book "The Seadog" was brought by a couple who drive a Fiat and love the color red.
  3. Owen and his wife Victoria like the color brown.
  4. Stan Horricks and his wife Hannah like the color white.
  5. Jenny Smith and her husband work as Warehouse Managers and they drive a Wartburg.
  6. Monica and her husband Alexander borrowed the book "Grandfather Joseph".
  7. Mathew and his wife like the color pink and brought the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
  8. Irene and her husband Oto work as Accountants.
  9. The book "We Were Five" was borrowed by a couple driving a Trabant.
  10. The Cermaks are both Ticket-Collectors who brought the book "Shed Stoat".
  11. Mr and Mrs Kuril are both Doctors who borrowed the book "Slovacko Judge".
  12. Paul and his wife like the color green.
  13. Veronica Dvorak and her husband like the color blue.
  14. Rick and his wife brought the book "Slovacko Judge" and they drive a Ziguli.
  15. One couple brought the book "Dame Commissar" and borrowed the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
  16. The couple who drive a Dacia, love the color violet.
  17. The couple who work as Teachers borrowed the book "Dame Commissar".
  18. The couple who work as Agriculturalists drive a Moskvic.
  19. Pamela and her husband drive a Renault and brought the book "Grandfather Joseph".
  20. Pamela and her husband borrowed the book that Mr and Mrs Zajac brought.
  21. Robert and his wife like the color yellow and borrowed the book "The Modern Comedy".
  22. Mr and Mrs Swain work as Shoppers.
  23. "The Modern Comedy" was brought by a couple driving a Skoda.
Is it a problem to find out everything about everyone from this information?
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Old 07-12-2009 at 10:18 PM   #429
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Any more riddles, please?
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Old 07-12-2009 at 10:49 PM   #430
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here's one.

A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract one, and twelve remains. What am I??
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Old 07-12-2009 at 10:53 PM   #431
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here's one.

A word I know, six letters it contains, subtract one, and twelve remains. What am I??
Could it be "dozens"? Substract the "s" and you are left with "dozen" or twelve?
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Could it be "dozens"? Substract the "s" and you are left with "dozen" or twelve?
yup.....
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Old 07-12-2009 at 10:56 PM   #433
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here's one again.

What crime is punishable when attempted but not when committed?
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Old 07-12-2009 at 10:58 PM   #434
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Old 07-12-2009 at 10:59 PM   #435
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Can we have another big one like those "There are 15000 children and each child has a different name and likes a different record"?
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