Saturday, March 6, 2010

Boxing in Puzzlaria

The Puzzlarian Arena is having its first night of boxing (pugilism to some of you). Chris, the gaming director, gave the information to the local printer so that posters could be printed and displayed around town. After arranging everything and giving the info to the printer, Chris went on vacation.

The next morning the printer decided to print the Boxing Event poster as the first project of the day. He discovered a problem ... he had one of the sheets with some of the information, but apparently he had accidentally shredded the other one. He knew that Chris could not be reached, so he began to look at the info he had:

(there's four fights at different weight classes)

1. Rocky Silva, one of the welterweight boxers, should appear in the section of the poster diagonally opposite the fight containing the name Buster Adams.

2. The second name in section B is that of Jack Killick.

3. Sonny Todd is not one of the heavyweights featured in section C.

4. Joe Ivey will box Randy Robinson.

5. The surname of the second fighter in the featherweight bout, who is not Buster Adams, is shorter than that of the second fighter in the middleweight bout.

First boxers: Joe Ivey, Ray Quinn, Rocky Silva, and Sonny Todd
Second boxers: Buster Adams, Frank Garner, Jack Killick, and Randy Robinson
Weights: featherweight, heavyweight, middleweight, and welterweight

Poster Layout:

Bout A:```````````````Bout B:
First`` _____ ````````First``_____
Second _____ ````````Second_____
Weight _____````````Weight _____


Bout D:``````````````Bout C
First`` _____````````First```_____
Second _____````````Second _____
Weight _____ ```````Weight`_____

7 Comments:

Blogger Jin said...

I reckon the poster should look like this:
Bout A:…………………………….Bout B:
First: Rocky Silva……………….First: Sonny Todd
Second: Frank Garner………….Second: Jack Killick
Weight: Welterweight…………Weight: Featherweight


Bout D……………………………Bout C
First: Joe Ivey……………………First: Ray Quinn
Second: Randy Robinson………Second: Buster Adams
Weight: Middleweigh……………Weight: Heavyweight

(Sorry for the sloppy tables; I am not good at this stuff at all)

The giveaway is Buster Adams who is for welterweight (as per 1) nor featherweight (as per 5). Statement 5 also implies that he cannot be middleweight too since there is no surname shorter than his. Rest is a cakewalk !

March 7, 2010 12:45 AM  
Blogger Jin said...

A typo: The giveaway is Buster Adams who is *not* welterweight.

And after saying it was a cakewalk, I hope I am not making a fool of myself with wrong answer.

March 7, 2010 12:51 AM  
Blogger Anonymous said...

I got the following possible solution:

A
1st Joe Ivey
2nd Randy Robinson
Weight Middleweight

B
1st Rocky Silva
2nd Jack Kilick
Weight Welterweight

C
1st Ray Quinn
2nd Buster Adams
Weight Heavyweight

D
1st Sonny Todd
2nd Frank Garner
Weight Featherweight

Cam

March 7, 2010 12:55 AM  
Blogger Anonymous said...

Oops ! just noticed it is:
AB
DC

and not
AB
CD

Cam

March 7, 2010 1:00 AM  
Blogger Jin said...

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March 7, 2010 1:01 AM  
Blogger Anonymous said...

Confirmed the following is the unique solution to the problem:

A
1st Rocky Silva
2nd Frank Garner
Weight Welterweight

B
1st Sonny Todd
2nd Jack Killick
Weight Featherweight

D
1st Joe Ivey
2nd Randy Robinson
Weight Middleweight

C
1st Ray Quinn
2nd Buster Adams
Weight Heavyweight

Cam

March 7, 2010 1:19 AM  
Blogger Zaux said...

Jin...
good job ... you are right as verified by Cam

March 7, 2010 5:23 AM  

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