Comments on: Brain Game: Wilmaaaaaaaa!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:59:00 +0000

Yay! Got this one – these are my favorite types of puzzles (always use paper or excel to work them out in a grid).

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:17:00 +0000

I love it when the logic incorporates something more than “X goes with 1″ or “Y doesn’t go with Z”. Your puzzles definitely pass the Turing Test. Thanks for the great puzzle!

By: wheel

wheel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:46:00 +0000

Adam,

This couldn’t be a solution because the rules state that each of the 4 teams has 1 adult. By putting Fred and Barney together you have two adults on one team.

Recaptcha: banking SS (is this a statement of the times or what)

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:57:00 +0000

Couldn’t another solution be:
Fred + Barney
Wilam + Pebbles
Betty + Dino
Bam-bam + Hoppy

By: Ben W.

Ben W. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:24:00 +0000

I must admit, i stopped working to figure this one out. haha, it was tricky but a great way to break a mental sweat. The second clue threw me off because I am really tired.haha

By: Mike James

Mike James — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:03:00 +0000

Duh. Can’t believe I actually got this one right the first time around then tried to talk myself out of it. I’m a dummy this morning. Thanks Jenna!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:43:00 +0000

Mike, Bam Bam lives with Betty so it doesn’t work.
I also meant to add that if you think Hoppy is a girl it just makes the solution easier to come to because Hoppy is taken out of the third statement making Betty either Bam Bam or Dino.

By: Mike James

Mike James — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:39:00 +0000

Couldn’t there be two answers to this riddle? If you swap Dino and Bamm-Bamm wouldn’t it still work as Barney-Hoppy, Fred-Dino, Wilman-Pebbles, and Betty-BammBamm. BammBamm and Dino are both males and the only criteria for Betty was that her partner didn’t live with her (since Wilma’s did). Am I missing something?

By: Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:35:00 +0000

You can figure it out without knowing the gender of Hoppy. If Betty is paired with someone she lives with none of the other solutions could work. Because if Betty gets paired with Hoppy Fred has to have Dino or Bam Bam. Fred can’t be paired with Dino because Barney is paired with a pet and then Fred would have Bam Bam which leaves Wilma with Pebbles. By the second statement this can’t happen.
If Betty gets paired with Bam Bam, Fred will either get Dino or Hoppy and Barney will get the other leaving Wilma once again with Pebbles.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:28:00 +0000

In fact, I added that whole part of the story (the pets being neutered) to make it clear that both pets were male, ’cause I had a feeling some might question whether or not Hoppy was male.

I hate to admit that I did it, but I did. :)