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`_____
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:
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 !
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.
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
Oops ! just noticed it is:
AB
DC
and not
AB
CD
Cam
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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
Jin...
good job ... you are right as verified by Cam
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