Happy New Year Everyone,
Spectrum Economics is holding its ninth solve the puzzles contest. This post contains 4 puzzles. The first person to solve all the puzzles wins 5 SBD. If we do not get a winner, the prize money of this contest will be added to the available winnings of the next puzzle contest.
How to Enter
To enter requires 1 upvote. Each entrant into the contest is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts. The attempts need to be done in the comments section of the post. Some questions have several parts to them, all parts of each question need to be answered correctly for a chance to win.
I expect the answers to be presented in following format:
Answer 1
Answer 2
Answer 3a, 3b, 3c
Answer 4
The closing date and time for the contest is 6PM USA Eastern Time 08/01/2018. Responses after this time will not be accepted. The answers will be provided in the comments section after the contest closes. The explanations for the answers will be provided in a separate post a couple of days after the contest closes.
The winner of the contest will be announced in the comments section. The 5 SBD will be paid to the winner as soon as I receive the payout from the post. All attempts in the comments section will receive an upvote regardless of answers provided. That’s right, I am also rewarding participation. Good luck everybody. The value of the upvote will depend upon my voting power at the time.
Let the Contest Begin
Question 1: Which is the odd one out?
Question2: Which is the odd one out?
Question 3: Replace all the question marks with the correct answers
Question 4: Replace the question mark with the correct answer
Thank you for participating.
We have reached the end of the puzzle contest. I would like to congratulate @doughtaker as the first person to provide all the correct answers. We had a few other people with the correct answers. Only the first person to get them all correct wins the prize money.
The answers to the questions are as follows:
I will be posting the explanations in another post very soon.
I would also like to thank all those that participated for their time and effort. I will have another contest in a few days time.
Q1. D
Q2. C
Q3a = 2, Q3b = 5, Q3c = 9
Q4. 6
Q1. D
Q2.B
Q3a.2
Q3b.5
Q3c.9
Q4.6
Q1. A
Q2. C
Q3. A=2 B=5 C=9
Q4. 6
Wishing myself luck!
1.(D)
2.(E)
3.a(2)
3.b(5)
3.c(9)
4.(6)
Question 1. D
Question 2. C
Question 3.a. 2
3.b. 5
3.c. 9
Question 4. 7
Question 1. D
Question 2. C
Question 3a) 2 3
Question 3b) 5 3
Question 3c) 9
Question 4. 6
Q1. (d)
Q2. (b)
Q3. a - 2, b - 5, c - 9
Q4. 6
Answer : 1 = D
Answer : 2 = C
Answer : 3a = 2, 3b = 5, 3c = 9
Answer : 4 = 6
Q1. A
Q2. C
Q3. A=2 B=5 C=9
Q4. 6
1: D
2: E
3a: 2, 3b: 5, 3c: 9
4: 6
Answer 1. D
Answer 2. E
Answer 3a=2,3b=5,3c=9
Answer 4. 28
Answer 1. D
Answer 2. C
Answer 3a. 2 3b. 5 3c. 9
Answer 4. 6
Answer 1:C
Answer 2: B
Answer 3a:2, 3b:5, 3c:9
Answer 4:7
Answer 1 (b)
Answer 2 (c)
Answer 3 (dog=2, pig=5, cow=9)
Answer 4 (7)
Answer 1> B
Answer 2> C
Answer 3> Dog=2, Pig=5, Cow=9
Answer 4 > 6
Q1. D
Q2.B
Q3a.2
Q3b.5
Q3c.9
Q4.7
Q1. B
Q2. C
Q3a = 2, Q3b = 5, Q3c = 9
Q4. 6
Answer 1. D
Answer 2. E
Answer 3a=2,3b=5,3c=9
Answer 4. 28
Q1. D
Q2. B
Q3a = 2, Q3b = 5, Q3c = 9
Q4=4
Answer 1: D
Answer 2: C
Answer 3: (i) 2
(ii) 5
(iii) 9
Answer 4: 7
Answer 1= D
Answer 2= C
Answer 3a= 2, 3b= 5, 3c= 9
Answer 4= 7
Answer 1)B
Answer2)E
Answer 3a)2 ,3b) 5 ,3c)9
Answer4)19
Attempt #1:
Attempt #2:
Here are my answers for the puzzle contest.
Answer 1=B
Answer 2=C
Answer 3a=2, 3b=5, 3c=9
Answer 4=6
Thanks!
Q1:B
Q2:B
Q3a:2
Q3b:5
Q3c:9
Q4:7
1 - D
2 - C
3.a - 2
3.b - 5
3.c - 9
4 - 14
Took me some time... If not write i would like to answer the right answer for last one... Cheers
Ans : 1.... D
Ans : 2.... C
Ans : 3a... 2, 3b... 5, 3c... 9
Ans : 4.... 6
Answer B
Answer C
Answer 2,5,9
Answer 2
3a)Dog =2, 3b)Pig =5, 3c)Cow =9
answ 1. D
answ 2. C
answ 3a = 2, answ 3b = 5, answ 3c = 9
answ 4. 6
3a = 2, 3b = 5, 3c = 9
Q1. D
Q2. C
Q3a=2, 3b=5, 3c=9
Q4. 7
Attempt 1:
Attempt #2:
1.(D)
2.(E)
3.a(2)
3.b(5)
3.c(9)
4.(6)
Answer 1: A
Answer 2: D
Answer 3a:2, 3b: 5, 3c:9
Answer 4: 6
Attempt 2:
Q1. A
Q2. C
Q3. A=2 B=5 C=9
Q4. 6
Dont pick me! :)
Attempt #2:
Answer 1 = D
Answer 2 = C
Answer
3a = 2
3b = 5
3c = 9
Answer 4 = 2
Answer 1: A
Answer 2: D
Answer 3a:2, 3b: 5, 3c:9
Answer 4: 6
Q1. D
Q2. B
Q3a = 2, Q3b = 5, Q3c = 9
Q4. 6
1 - D
2 - C
3a - 2
3b - 5
3c - 9
4 - 7
1 - D
2 - C
3.a - 2
3.b - 5
3.c - 9
4 - 14
I hope I get it right
Q1: D
Q2: C
Q3: 2 ,5, 9
Q4: 6
Q1. A
Q2. C
Q3. A=2 B=5 C=9
Q4. 6
1: D .
2: E .
3a: 2, 3b: 5, 3c: 9 .
4: 6 .
1 - D
2 - C
3 - 2 (dog), 5 (pig), 9 (cow)
4 - 14