Pali has shown me her puzzle, as well as the answers.
She says she has sent it to people over the internet.
I apologise to those people.
I am really quite ashamed of her.
Let's take a look at Pali's puzzle, with all its "extra" clues (I mean really...):
"""" PUZZLE:
1. Kite (who doesn’t like prawns best) and the one of us who likes Omelette best take up the last two beds.
2. Tom A doesn’t like Omelette or Nachos best.
3. Nics doesn’t have black hair.
4. The one of us who likes Omelette best doesn’t have dark brown hair.
5. The one of us who likes prawns best doesn’t sleep in bed 5.
6. I (Pali) don’t sleep in bed 3, but I sleep in a bed with a number more than the person who has light brown hair.
7. The one of us who has red hair doesn’t sleep in bed number 5
8. The one of us who sleeps in bed 2 has blonde hair.
9. I (Pali) am not the one who likes Omelettes.
10. Dengo has black hair.
And you also need to know:
- There are five beds
- Our favourite foods are Pizza, Prawns, Spaghetti, Nachos, and Omelette
- Our hair colours are Light Brown, Dark Brown, Black, Blonde, and Red
Put it in this grid:
Name Bed No. Favourite Food Hair Colour
Pali
Tom A
Nics
Kite
Dengo
Now, your final answer is the fifth letter of Nics’ hair colour, the fifth letter of my favourite food, and the third letter of Dengo’s favourite food. Send me this and the grid, and if it’s right, you can have the next puzzle.""""
Now: 1
Pali - giving the clue that Dengo's hair is black, completely invalidates the clue that Nics doesn't have black hair.
2
Once you've filled in all the information, you think... Well, Nics can only have D brown hair, or L brown hair. Why don't I try both, and see what happens? Surely only one will work, right?
NOT SO.
Both options lead to a correct solution.
3
So, once I've found both my correct solutions, you'd think I'd be able to fill in the grid.
WRONG. There is no way to find the final information abou the food preferences.
Conclusion: Pali should leave puzzles alone, and concentrate on being the social butterfly she is.
IMPORTANT BIT
I have made a similar puzzle, which WORKS, and yields the final answer Pali wanted.
Here it is:
(This one is about the Konks instead of us)
Match each Konk to their order by height, favorite coffee, and their favorite day of the week.
Clues:
1. Annabel is the shortest.
2. The second tallest like Cappuccinos the best, but they don’t like Tuesdays. Nor do they like Wednesdays, because the lover of Wednesdays is Farren, and in height order, Farren is one taller than the person who does like Tuesdays
3. The person who likes Lattes, in the height order, is three places shorter than Toke
4. The person who likes Short Blacks does not like Saturdays, and the person who likes Mochas does not like Wednesdays
5. Doyle is not 1st, or 2nd in height order.
6. 1st in height order isn’t Jennings
7. The person who likes Instant coffee likes Thursdays best.
8. Jennings does not like Fridays best. The Friday person, in height order, is not one place above, or one place below the person who likes Saturdays.
Notes:
Height order goes from 1 (tallest) to 5 (shortest)
The coffee types are: Latte, Mocha, Instant, Short Black, and Cappuccino
The days are: Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, Thursday, Saturday
Put it in this grid:
Name Height Order Favorite Coffee Favorite Day
Farren
Annabel
Jennings
Doyle
Toke
Now, this time, your three letters, will be the 3rd letter of the favorite coffee of Doyle, the 2nd letter of the favorite day of Toke, and the 2nd letter of the favorite day of Farren.
Email your answers to Pali, she can deal with it.
Hope this is a bit better than Pali’s puzzle. If this doesn't work, then I'll have to go down on my hands and knees, and beg her forgiveness.
But I doubt that will happen.
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