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Puzzle the Third (Answers)

The solution to last week’s puzzle is based on a rudimentary code.  The numbers on a telephone key pad correspond to three or more letters.  For example, the number 2 represents the letters A, B and C.  Once you realize that, then it’s quite easy to write each telephone number out as a matrix.  From there, you simply follow the letters to form the words.  Of course, it helps if you have a general knowledge of who the particular people are.  Anyway, I’ve left a few spaces for those who want to try the puzzle again now that they have the key.

 

 

 

Here is a list of twenty names and twenty telephone numbers.  They are in no particular order.  Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to match each unique telephone number to the person it belongs to.  Once you figure out why each number belongs to a particular person deductive reasoning should solve the entire puzzle.  Good luck!

 

 

Cleopatra – The Pyramid -(843) 797-2643
Robin Hood – Rob the Rich – (762) 843-7424
Batman – Gotham City – (468) 426-2489
Donald Trump – Bad Hair Day – (223) 424-7329
Sherlock Holmes – Solve Crime – (765) 832-7463
Horatio Nelson – HMS Victory – (467) 842-8679
Icarus – Wings of Wax – (946) 476-3929
Rapunzel – Golden Hair – (465) 336-4247
Albert Einstein – E equals MC2 – (337) 825-7622
Theodore Roosevelt – Roughrider – (768) 447-4337
Luke Skywalker – Star Wars IV – (782) 792-7748
Morpheus – Rescue Zion – (737) 283-9466
Jim Phelps – Impossible – (467) 677-4253
Clyde Barrow – Bank Robber – (226) 576-2237
Marie Antoinette – Guillotine – (484) 556-8463
Sir Francis Drake – Golden Hind – (465) 336-4463
Donald Duck – Walt Disney – (925) 834-7639
Henri Richard – Stanley Cup – (782) 653-9287
Curt Cobain – Teen Spirit – (833) 677-4748
Lestat de Lioncourt – Old Vampire – (653) 826-7473

Puzzle the Third

Here is a list of twenty names and twenty telephone numbers.  They are in no particular order.  Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to match each unique telephone number to the person it belongs to.  Once you figure out why each number belongs to a particular person, deductive reasoning should solve the entire puzzle, although some are tricky.  Good luck!
(Answers next Friday)

Cleopatra
Robin Hood
Batman
Donald Trump
Sherlock Holmes
Horatio Nelson
Icarus
Rapunzel
Albert Einstein
Theodore Roosevelt
Luke Skywalker
Morpheus
Jim Phelps
Clyde Barrow
Marie Antoinette
Sir Francis Drake
Donald Duck
Henri Richard
Kurt Cobain
Lestat de Lioncourt

(467) 842-8679
(223) 424-7329
(833) 677-4748
(843) 797-2643
(467) 677-4253
(782) 792-7748
(925) 834-7639
(762) 843-7424
(468) 426-2489
(737) 283-9466
(782) 653-9287
(946) 476-3929
(765) 832-7463
(465) 336-4247
(768) 447-4337
(226) 576-2237
(337) 825-7622
(484) 556-8463
(653) 826-7473
(465) 336-4463

 

Another Puzzle!

Remember back in high school when you spent two semesters in algebra hunting for X as if he stole something?  Remember how everybody thought it was so-o-o important – but you?   Remember how you don’t remember any of it ‘cause you’ve never found a practical use for (X2 + 3 = 12.)?  This is a puzzle that looks an awful lot like algebra but isn’t.  Every letter represents a value that has direct relationship to the other letter (or letters) in each example.  Although they are all connected, they must be solved separately.  The groupings are random, and you can start anywhere.  Your first correct answer will lead you to every other solution.  Here’s a hint.  The key is finding the connection which gives you your first solution.  From there, it’s only a matter of deductive reasoning.  Good luck!

24 H in a D

90 D in a R A

Zero A in a F H
There are 2 S to every A
6 S. on a S.S.

3 S and you’re O

There are 8 N in an O

 

8 P in the S.S. plus P

1 P is worth 1,000 W
7 W of the A W

1 W on a U

 

64 S on a C B

20,000 L under the S

G and the 3 B

 

1 is the L N

12 L of H

28 D in F except in a L Y

 

Every C has 9 L

12 D of C

4 S in a S D of C

2 is C; 3 is a C

 

76 T led the B P

12 M in a Y

K 2 B with 1 S

 

13 in a B D

3 B M

 

1001 A N

4 H of the A

3 P in a H G

40 D of R in the G F

4 Q in a D

 

6 P on a S F

12 S of the Z

S W and the 7 D

Last Week’s Solution

Since we think spatially, the best method of solving last week’s quiz is to draw five boxes on a sheet of paper.  Then, write each variable on something like a Post-it note so you can move it around.  Begin by joining the values that go together.  For example, we know the Spaniard owns a dog, so those two would be connected.  Next, position the values we know to be true.  Again, we know the Norwegian lives in the first house, so place him there, etc.  Then use the connected clues to eliminate impossibilities.  From Clue 4 we have the Green House connected to Coffee and from Clue 6 we know that it’s to the right of the Ivory House.  Therefore, since we know the second house is blue and milk is drunk in the middle house, we can conclude the 4th house is Ivory and the 5th house is green.  We now know the Englishman lives in the middle house.  Then it’s only a matter of following the clues to discover the Norwegian drinks water and the Japanese guy has a zebra.