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Qualifying Test
Answers
See below for test
statistics.
1. Great Divide (Sid Kravitz)
Answer: 19
2. Number Boxes (Erich Friedman)
Answer: 7,4
3. Birdie for the Bear (Pat Merrell)
Answer: 4
4. The Common Touch (Will Shortz)
Stowe, United States (city ends with long-o sound)
Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (last letter of city is 2nd and 4th letter of country)
Chinju, Korea (all five vowels appear just once)
Answers: H, A, B
5. Missing Dominoes (Sid Kravitz)
Answer: 3-3, 5-5
6. Domino Stacking (Erich Friedman)
Answer: 342, 2431, 1413204, 030210
7. Crisscross (Will Shortz)
Answer: Buvol
8. Battleship (Moshe Rubin)
Answer: A1, E3, E5, I7
9. End View (Michael Rios)
Answer: B - C B A D -
10. Sum Place (Craig Kasper)
Answer: 9 (the number of distinct letters in both country names)
11. Club Sandwich (Craig Kasper)
Answer: TEM, B, S, E, YKR, H, DVD, LS, J, T
12. Digital Battleship (Moshe Rubin)
Answer: 5, 5, 3 4
13. Railroad Track (Craig Kasper)
Answer: 3, 2, 2, 2, 3
14. 50/50 Minesweeper (Craig Kasper)
Answer: 3, 5, 2, 1, 7
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15. Alice Maze (Robert Abbott)
Answer: SA, CER42N, T0765, TGIVK, 3H0K, 95, SEF
(or more precisely: SA, CER42[PER42]N, T076[76]5, TG[TG]IVK, 3H0K, 95, SEF,
where the bracketed groups can be repeated zero or more times)
16. Loop-D-Loop (Craig Kasper)
Answer: A, C, O, G, H, F, E, M, I, K, J, B, N, P, L, D, A
17. Cross Sums Variation (Sid Kravitz)
Answer: 4, 3, 8, 2, 8, 9, 7, 7, 1
18. Bad Math (Craig Kasper)
Answer: 32023/31=1033
19. Retrograde Battleship (Erich Friedman)
Answer: E, F, H, J
20. Have Sum Fun! (Sid Kravitz)
Answer: 2567, 18493
21. Arrowheading (Steve Ryan)
Answer: 24
22. High Five (Harry Nelson)
Answer: -3, 3, 9, 14, 23
23. Meandering River (Will Shortz)
Answer: EGNI, NKECHO, KDLAIEILTEA, LCTIGR, PER
24. Fences Variation (Michael Rios)
Answer: 25
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| No. |
Puzzle |
Designer |
Answer |
Correct |
Incorrect |
Success |
| 1 |
Great Divide |
Kravitz |
19 |
49% |
7% |
87% |
| 2 |
Number Boxes |
Friedman |
7,4 |
61% |
4% |
94% |
| 3 |
Bear Birdie |
Merrell |
4 |
87% |
6% |
93% |
| 4.1 |
Common Touch 1 |
Shortz |
H |
38% |
1% |
97% |
| 4.2 |
Common Touch 2 |
Shortz |
A |
36% |
3% |
93% |
| 4.3 |
Common Touch 3 |
Shortz |
B |
27% |
1% |
96% |
| 5 |
Missing Dominoes |
Kravitz |
3-3 5-5 |
75% |
2% |
98% |
| 6 |
Domino Stacking |
Friedman |
342, 2431,1413204, 030210 |
25% |
7% |
79% |
| 7 |
Crisscross |
Shortz |
Buvol |
57% |
2% |
97% |
| 8 |
Battleship |
Rubin |
A1, E3, E5, I7 |
57% |
6% |
91% |
| 9 |
End View |
Rios |
B-CBAD- |
25% |
2% |
94% |
| 10 |
Sum Place |
Casper |
9 |
38% |
4% |
91% |
| 11 |
Club Sandwich |
Casper |
TEM,B,S,E,YKR,H,DVD,LS,J,T |
31% |
0% |
100% |
| 12 |
Digital Battleship |
Rubin |
5,5,3,4 |
49% |
3% |
95% |
| 13 |
RR Tracks |
Casper |
3,2,2,2,3 |
37% |
4% |
90% |
| 14 |
50/50 MineSweeper |
Casper |
1,2,3,5,7 |
33% |
7% |
82% |
| 15 |
Alice Maze |
Abbott |
SA,CER4,2N,T0765,TGIVK,3H0K,95,SEF |
24% |
2% |
94% |
| 16 |
Loop D Loop |
Casper |
ACOG,HFEM,IKJB,NPLD,A |
41% |
4% |
91% |
| 17 |
Cross Sums |
Kravitz |
4,3,8,2,8,9,7,7,1 |
37% |
1% |
97% |
| 18 |
Bad Math |
Casper |
32023/31=1033 |
10% |
3% |
80% |
| 19 |
Retrograde Battleship |
Friedman |
E, F, H, J |
50% |
3% |
94% |
| 20 |
Have Sum Fun! |
Kravitz |
2567, 18493 |
25% |
4% |
88% |
| 21 |
Arrowheading |
Ryan |
24 |
32% |
14% |
70% |
| 22 |
High Five |
Nelson |
-3,3,9,14,23 |
52% |
1% |
99% |
| 23 |
Meandering River |
Shortz |
EGNIN,KECHO,KDLAI,EILTE,ALCTI,GRPER |
68% |
1% |
99% |
| 24 |
Fences Variation |
Rios |
25 |
6% |
1% |
85% |
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