Zękk
Joined : 30 Aug 2007
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 |  Subject: Logic puzzle?  Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:33 am | |
| Well, I found a Little Giant Encyclopedia of Logic Puzzles, so I felt I might as well post one here. see who can figure it out.
| Spoiler: | | | Wood Chopping Contest!
In late autumn, the denizens known as the Forest People held their annual wood-chopping contest to provide fuel to last through the winter. Each participant was then ranked according to the amount of wood chopped. In this particular season, twelve of the forest denizens competed. From the following information, list the twelve participants in order, according to the amount of wood chopped.
Evum chopped more wood than Estum, Edum, Eskum, and Ensum, and less than Egum, Elfum, Efrum, and Ekum. Ekum chopped less than Epum, and more than Esum, Eskum, and Ebum. Egum chopped more wood than Epum, who chopped more than Elfum, Estum, and Evum.
Eskum chopped more than Ensum, who chopped less than Esum, Evum, and Ebum. Ebum chopped less than Estum and Edum. Edum chopped less than Esum. Elfum chopped more than Efrum, who chopped more than Ekum and Evum. Evum chopped more than Esum, who chopped less than Estum, who chopped more than Ebum, who chopped more than Eskum and less than Edum. |
Confusing names.....hope I didn't mess up anything.
Anyway, I never tried this, so I can't say whether it is ridiculously easy or impossibly hard.
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dragonfly
The Robot Devil
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| | Subject: Re: Logic puzzle? Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:31 pm | |
| Egum
Epum
Elfum
Efrum
Ekum
Evum
Estum
Esum
Edum
Ebum
Eskum
Ensum
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Gilgamesh
Age : 20
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Location : Australia
| | Subject: Re: Logic puzzle? Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:45 am | |
| I got the same as DF, it's really easy, you just have to make sure not to make a mistake with a name. Rather than repost some puzzles I posted a while ago I'll just put this link here for anyone who is interested in logic puzzles although they are fairly math heavy.
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Grimzag
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| | Subject: Re: Logic puzzle? Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:27 am | |
| I wish I was at my house so I could grab my Mindtrap game. Those puzzles are HARD.
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