MONTHLY PUZZLE CONTEST I

Rules and regulations for the puzzle contest

1. This is an individual event.

2. The contest is open only to students of the Department of Computer Science and Technology.

4. The paper can be downloaded from The COENSOBEC Technical Blog.

5. The solutions can be mailed to the e-mail address given below (only doc, docx, pdf, or ps format) or handed to the coordinators. You can send scanned pages but only in the above mentioned format.

6. Along with the solution you must also include your name, college id number, year, contact number and e-mail id.

7. For further information or in case of any difficulty contact the coordinators.

8. Decisions of the coordinators are final and binding.

9. The prizes will be distributed at the COENSOBEC meeting after the declaration of result.

1. What number should replace the question mark?

2. Ruby is aged 18 and her favourite food is Yoghurt, Jess is aged 10 and Strawberries are her favourite. Apricots are the favourite food of Liza aged 12 and Phil aged 16 likes Lychees.

How old is Toni and would she choose Chocolate or Ice Cream?

3. 5 people are standing in a queue for plane tickets in Germany; each one has a name, an age, a favourite TV program, where they live, a hairstyle and a destination.

Names: Bobby, Kamal, Raj, Elisha and Amal
TV programs: the Simpsons, Coronation street, EastEnders, Desperate Housewives and Neighbors.
Destinations: France, Australia, England, Africa and Italy
Ages: 14, 21, 46, 52 and 81
Hairstyle: Afro, long, straight, curly and bald
Where they live: A town, a city, a village, a farm and a youth hostel

* The person in the middle watches desperate housewives
* Bobby is the first in the queue
* The person who watches the Simpsons is next to the person who lives in a youth hostel
* The person going to Africa is behind Raj * The person who lives in a village is 52
* The person who is going to Australia has straight hair
* The person travelling to Africa watches Desperate Housewives
* The 14 year old is at the end of the queue
* Amal watches EastEnders
* The person heading to Italy has long hair
* Kamal lives in a village
* The 46 year old is bald
* The fourth in the queue is going to England
* The people with curly and straight hair are standing next to each other
* The person who watches coronation street stands net to the person with an afro
* A person next to Raj has an afro
* The 21 year old lives in a youth hostel
* The person who watches Coronation Street has long hair
* The 81 year old lives on a farm
* The person who is travelling to France lives in a town

Find each ones favourite TV programme, where they live, age, destination, hairstyle

4. The five school children, Eina, Meena, Deeka, Radha and Ruma in couples weigh 129 kg, 125 kg, 124 kg, 123 kg, 122 kg, 121 kg, 120 kg, 118 kg, 116 kg and 114 kg on a weighing machine. What is the weight of each one of the five little girls if taken separately?

5. What familiar phrase does the picture represent?

6. Connect

(Hint: Home Sweet Home)

7. Complete the following sequence:

M V ? M J ? U N

8. How can you make two squares and four right angled triangles using only 8 lines?

9. Connect

(Hint: Don’t go by the name or the fame.)

10. Solve the anagram and get the name of the famous writer

I’LL MAKE A WISE PHRASE

IMPORTANT DATES

Start of Contest : 5th March, 2010
Last date for submission : 19th March, 2010

The Technical COENSOBEC Team
coensobec.technical@gmail.com

Coordinators:

Avishek Dan
9836279473
avishekdan@gmail.com

Pritam Banerjee
9883076886
pritambanerjee007@yahoo.com