Guessme Three
Five hundred begins it,
Five hundred ends it,
Five in the middle is seen;
First of all figures, the first of all letters,
Take up their stations between.
Join all together, and then you will bring;
Before you the name of an eminent king.
Guess What/Who I am?
Solution
Five hundred begins it,
Five hundred ends it,
The Roman numeral for 500 is D: D____D
Five in the middle is seen;
The Roman numeral for 5 is V: D__V__D
First of all figures,
The first Natural Number (Positive Integer) is 1; the Roman Numeral for
1 is I
the first all letters,
That would be A.
Take up their stations between.
D_A_V_I_D
Join all together, and then you will bring;
Before you the name of an eminent king.
The answer is David.
Which Game?
Five of your relatives are having a Sunday Football party. You have to
decide which one you are going to by solving the problem of how they are
related to you, what snacks they are serving, and what team they are
cheering for.
Their names are Pat, Chris, PJ, Stacey, and Bobbi. They are your
Cousin, Uncle, Mother, Brother, or Sister. They serve Popcorn, Chips,
Carrot Sticks, Pizza or Cookies. They cheer for the Broncos, Raiders,
Packers, Cowboys or Dolphins.
Neither Chris nor Stacey serves chips (which are served while watching
the Broncos).
The cookies are not served while watching the Packers or Raiders. Pat
isn't your brother (your brother doesn't serve cookies or pizza).
PJ is your cousin (and doesn't serve cookies or carrot sticks) who
watches the Dolphins.
Your sister doesn't watch the Broncos or the Packers; and the Packers
fan doesn't serve carrot sticks. Chris is not your brother.
When you go to Bobbi's house, pizza is served, but Bobbi is not your
uncle.
SOLUTION
The PJ is your cousin who watches the Dolphins who didn’t serve cookies
or carrot sticks (clue 3), or chips (Broncos, clue 1) or pizza (Bobbi, 5),
so popcorn. The cookies weren’t served while watching the Packers or
Raiders (2) so Cowboys. The carrot sticks (4) weren’t served during the
Packers, so Raiders, thus the Packers fan serves pizza. Pat serves chips
(1). Your brother (2) serves carrot sticks (4) as is named Stacey. Chris
serves cookies. Your sister (4) serves cookies. Your uncle wasn’t (5)
serving pizza; he served chips. Your mother served pizza.
Thus:
Pat – Uncle – Chips – Broncos
Chris – Sister – Cookies – Cowboys
PJ – Cousin – Popcorn – Dolphins
Stacey – Brother – Carrot Sticks – Raiders
Bobbi – Mother – Pizza - Packers
