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E: 28/02 Win a set of Mensa branded Brain Bogglers wooden puzzles
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Gavin lives in Troon, is married to Katie, has children named David and Marie and works as a guide.
Who lives in Stoke, is married to Annie, has children named Rufus and Ellie and works as a actor?
Answer = ALFIE
(Occupation 1, Daughter 2, Son 3, Wife 4, Hometown 5)
Entry Form
Gavin lives in Troon, is married to Katie, has children named David and Marie and works as a guide.
Who lives in Stoke, is married to Annie, has children named Rufus and Ellie and works as a actor?
Answer = ALFIE
(Occupation 1, Daughter 2, Son 3, Wife 4, Hometown 5)
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Is this based on information from a newsletter? Those clues/answer make no sense to me in isolation.“We are not interested in the fact that the brain has the consistency of cold porridge.” - Alan Turing (1912-1954)0
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monsieur_epargnant wrote: »Is this based on information from a newsletter? Those clues/answer make no sense to me in isolation.
No, it does make sense if you look at it.. It's a Mensa puzzle
Thanks to all who post here:beer:0 -
monsieur_epargnant wrote: »Is this based on information from a newsletter? Those clues/answer make no sense to me in isolation.
No - these are always based totally on the info in the clue. It may be a bit clearer written:
GAVIN = Guide, mArie, daVid, katIe, trooN
so Actor, eLlie, ruFus, annIe, stokE = ALFIE0
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