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JimDandy

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2. Used 'House Positions' as a column also.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 09:35 PM

Mar 2015

Seems to me to be the most important column to have. Still, it took me 37 minutes to get the answer even using all those columns. Was fun. Lots of these types of logic puzzles are on the test to get into law school.

A 2% solve rate seems way too low. Wonder how he arrived at that rate of 98%?

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Have you tried Einstein's Impossible Riddle? [View all] jmowreader Mar 2015 OP

This looks like fun!! arcane1 Mar 2015 #1

Used 'House Positions' as a column also. JimDandy Mar 2015 #2

You don't really need a house positions column jmowreader Mar 2015 #3

Perhaps that's why it took me so long JimDandy Mar 2015 #4

note that it's 2% can solve, not 2% can get the right answer fishwax Mar 2015 #9

Good distinction. n/t JimDandy Mar 2015 #14

I don't think guessing will result in 20% correct. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #11

You'd be right if you had to get all the categories correct. JimDandy Mar 2015 #15

Duh. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #16

perfect as a sticky wall exercise/riddle hopemountain Mar 2015 #5

Took me about 40 minutes. Kaleva Mar 2015 #6

I think I know krispos42 Mar 2015 #7

Looks like a logic puzzle. CrispyQ Mar 2015 #8

I saw a variation of this, traced back to a 1963 Reader's Digest. lastlib Mar 2015 #10

I don't think one has to guess at all Kaleva Mar 2015 #12

Maybe not, I'm just going from a vague memory.... lastlib Mar 2015 #13

I tried this over and over again Special Prosciuto Mar 2015 #17

No, but I've tried Epstein's note from Epstein's mother. Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2015 #18

Einstein didn't write this Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #19