Saturday, March 29, 2008

Northern Villages Episode 2

Up North, there are four villages. There is Truthertown, Onezeytown, Twozeytown, and Liartown. The Truthers tell only true statements, the Onezeyes tell one true statement, the Twozeyes tell two true statements, and the Liars only tell false statements. The head of the four villages must determine which village each person is from.




Person A:

  • D is a Onezey.

  • B’s first statement is true.

  • D’s third statement is true.




Person B:

  • A is not a Truther.

  • A’s first statement is true.

  • D is a Twozey.




Person C:

  • A is a Twozey.

  • D is a liar.

  • B’s second statement is false.




Person D:

  • C’s third statement is true.

  • I am a Onezey.

  • A is a Truther.




Answers will be posted next week


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Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Travelers Episode 3

Three travelers encounter four people from the cities of Kurp and Snorple. Everyone from either East Kurp or West Snorple tells the truth. Everyone from either West Kurp or East Snorple lies. The three travelers must figure out from which city and which side (east or west) each person comes from. NEW INFORMATION: An oracle has told the travelers that on their upcoming journeys, they will encounter elders from the cities. Each side of the city has its own elders. Elders are wise and refuse to say anything.




Person A (Elder)



Person B:

  • C and D are liars.

  • C is from the east side of his city.

  • A is from the west side of his city.




Person C:

  • A and I are from the same city.

  • D tells the truth.




Person D:

  • C is from Kurp.

  • I come from the same city as A.

  • B comes from Snorple.




Answers will be posted next week


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The Travelers Episode 2

Three travelers encounter three people from the cities of Kurp and Snorple. Everyone from either East Kurp or West Snorple tells the truth. Everyone from either West Kurp or East Snorple lies. The three travelers must figure out from which city and which side (east or west) each person comes from.




Person A:

  • D is a Onezey.

  • B and I are the only truth-tellers of this bunch.

  • I come from the same city as C but a different side.




Person B:

  • D is a liar.

  • D is not from the East side of his city.

  • I am from West Snorple.




Person C:

  • D is from West Snorple.

  • B and I come from the same city.




Person D:

  • A is a liar.

  • I am not from Kurp.




Answers will be posted next week


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Answers to Last Week's Puzzles [SPOILER WARNING]

OK, so I've been doing more than once a week, but my main two are Travelers and Northern villages. Since it is the end of the week (which to me is Saturday) here are the answers to ALL the puzzles of last week, and I will be posting two new Travelers puzzles as I promised. So here, THE ANSWERS:

Travelers Episode 1:
A - E. Snorple (Liar)
B - E. Snorple (Liar)
C - E. Kurp (Truther)

Northern Villages Episode 1:
A - Liar
B - Twozey
C - Truther
D - Liar

Sudoku:
The finished puzzle can be found here.

Spring Logic:
A - Western, Not Spring
B - Western, Not Spring
C - Eastern, Not Spring
D - Western, Spring

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Spring Logic

Well, it's the first day of spring in the US, so I did a logic puzzle in honor of spring. It is kind of confusing but I'll see how you guys do. Oh, BTW, on Saturday, I will post answers to all the puzzles that I posted this week, and, TWO NEW TRAVELERS PUZZLES. That's right, TWO, and then, enjoy Easter on Sunday also. So, here it is, spring logic:



While traveling around the world, you find that many different places have different seasons at the same time. Since it is the first day of spring in America, you wish to find the other nations where it is spring as well. You encounter four people, each from a different place. Which person(s) are from a nation where it is currently spring and what hemisphere (eastern or western) is each person’s nation is on? People from the eastern hemisphere in places where it is spring and the western hemisphere in places where it is not spring tell the truth. Everyone else lies.


Person A:


  • Where D comes from it is spring.

  • B tells the truth.




Person B:

  • A comes from the western hemisphere.

  • Where C comes from it is not spring.




Person C:

  • D tells the truth

  • B is a liar.




Person D:

  • B and I come from different hemispheres.

  • Where A comes from it is spring.




This puzzle is a bit confusing so use this to help:

Truth: East and spring, west and not spring
Lie: East and not spring, west and spring


Answers will be posted on Saturday


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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

My Attempt at Sudoku

I've always liked Sudoku, and hey, if I can make these, I can make Sudokus. I haven't solved this puzzle yet, so I have no idea what the difficulty level is, but hey, take a crack at it, tell me how it is, and answers will be posted next week. I've been having some trouble with posting the puzzle, so you can either download it as a word document here or use the image below:


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Sudoku Puzzle

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Northern Villages Episode 1

I have two series going. The Travelers, (which I already posted one of) and Northern Villages. If you thought The Travelers is hard, this will kill you. I already have 8 of each one (so I will probably be posting them more frequently than once a week) but to give you guys an idea of Northern Villages, here is the first Northern Villages Puzzle for you guys to tear apart your brains with :-)



Up North, there are four villages. There is Truthertown, Onezeytown, Twozeytown, and Liartown. The Truthers tell only true statements, the Onezeyes tell one true statement, the Twozeyes tell two true statements, and the Liars only tell false statements. The head of the four villages must determine which village each person is from.




Person A:

  • I am a Onezey.

  • C’s second statement is false..

  • B is not a Twozey.




Person B:

  • D is a liar.

  • C’s second statement is true.

  • A’s second statement is true.




Person C:

  • B’s second statement is true.

  • A’s first statement is false.

  • B is a Twozey.




Person D:

  • I am a Truther.

  • A is a Onezey.

  • B’s third statement is true.




Answers will be posted next week


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Saturday, March 15, 2008

The Travelers Episode 1

Three travelers encounter three people from the cities of Kurp and Snorple. Everyone from either East Kurp or West Snorple tells the truth. Everyone from either West Kurp or East Snorple lies. The three travelers must figure out from which city and which side (east or west) each person comes from.




Person A:

  • C is from Snorple.

  • B is on the west side of his city.

  • C is a liar.




Person B:

  • A tells the truth.

  • C is a liar.

  • I am from Kurp.




Person C:

  • B is a liar and he is from Snorple.

  • A is not from my city.

  • I tell the truth.




Answers will be posted next week


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Welcome!

Hi, I'm Jazzo the Great.  I'm 11 years old, and I'm a magician.  Learn more about me at jazzothegreat.com.  I have recently discovered the fun of not only solving logic puzzles, but making them.  Each week, I will post a new one, so check back.