Headline from the FRC Gazette ZZZzytten found dead Noted alien found dead. Able, Baker, Collins, Darren, Esterhazy and Foster are only suspects. FRC to quiz suspects and arrive at solution. end I'm sure you all remember the old crime logic puzzles. Entries must be solvable and I give style points for clarity and brevity game starts at 5:00 PST or when I get the first entry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule 90.1 > Any rule which states as fact anything which, in conjunction with previous rules, logically precludes all of the above suspects from having done the deed is INVALID. One of the suspects is the murderer. Statements made by the murderer may be false. For reasons which may or may not become clear later on, one other suspect may occasionally lie. The remaining suspects will, to the best of their abilities, tell the truth at all times. -Jeremy Accepted Style Points + 1 concise + 1 doesn't tie anything down too early + .5 quick response - 2 Had to correct yourself Total + .5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Giskard, an expert witness working at the local asylum, makes the following statement: > "All six suspects have undergone psychological examination during the previous round. Two of them are insane and believe only false statements; the other four are sane and believe only true statements. Patient confidentiality prohibits my revealing the identities of the insane suspects." Upon hearing this, Esterhazy blurts out "I'm guilty and so is my wife!" For a brief instant, I was tempted to reject this one, because it limits the freedom of future rules rather severely, but after thinking about it, I decided to accept it. -Ed Murphy Accepted Style points 1.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 90.3 All statements made by non-suspects are true. Dr. Giskard continued, "For one of the insane suspects, his belief in false statements (and conversely, his denial of true statements) is his only symptom. The other, sadly, also suffers from hallucinations and will himself make statements about facts which he has observed but which in reality never occurred. Statements made by insane suspects will be based on what they believe to be the truth (unless they are one of the two who have reason to lie) -- of course, they may not believe the statements they are making, this is why we call them insane, folks!" All of the suspects are male. -Jeremy D. Selengut Let me see if I got this One Insane suspect lies about everything and the other makes things up Hmmmm I'm going to pass it very reluctantly. It fits all the parameters of the game . However it makes it ducedly hard to solve, and recall that the winner must be provable Pass Style points 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From this rule on, each rule must contain statements (or answers to questions) >of at least 3 of the suspects. Able: The murderer has been sleeping with my wife! Baker: Nobody but you has been sleeping with your wife, Able! Darren: Eeeh... I did sleep with her. -Andre Engels Accepted Style points + .5 brief + 1 fits theme ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jml Final Result DA winna Andre Engels Style Andre Engels, Ed Murphy 1.5 -Jeremy D. Selengut .5 Even if you can't run from your problems, getting a good head start means that at least they'll be tired by the time they catch up.