Quiz Event: "Where is Mika?" Begin!

• arklian wrote on 2012-02-13 17:09

  Quote from Kueh;771724:

  
  The Ace says: “Nine and I can get them all in two minutes.”
  Seven says: “It would only take Nine and I three minutes.”
  Nine says: “It would take the both of you six minutes to get them all.”
  
  How many tarts will Seven have by himself in seven minutes?
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  Hint 1: Though the question only asks for Seven's number of tarts, you will invariably find Nine's and Ace's amounts as well. It's a good place to start.
  

  
  
  Hint #1 may not be true.
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-14 22:17
  [S]Trista makes her way past the commotion on the surface. Beneath the ground, things were so peaceful. Not much more quiet, however. Grinding gears, winding springs, slamming hammers and cams filled Trista’s ears with a repetitive symphony. The mindless continuation of the city’s inner workings was a welcome change from the hurried bustle of the surface.
  
  Trista wandered down winding pathways, and the machinery became more and more sparse the further down she went. Eventually, she came to a chasm with a retractable bridge controlled by a strange sort of device.
  
  Unfortunately, the peculiar machine has lost its components. They must be re-inserted in their proper positions, or else the machine will not function. There are six modules, which we will call A-F. The modules go in a 2 by 3 unit rectangle, like so:
  
  
  Here are the rules associated with each component:
  Module A must be horizontally adjacent to Module B.
  Module B must be in the left-most column.
  Module C must not be in the left-most column.
  Module D must not be horizontally or vertically adjacent to Module C.
  Module E must be in the middle column.
  Module F must be in the top row.
  
  Find the correct positions for all of the components.
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  Answer:
  B A F
  D E C
  -or-
  D E F
  B A C
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-14 22:18

  Quote from arklian;773482:

  Hint #1 may not be true.

  
  
  I'm not sure how one can solve this riddle without also knowing the other amounts, but if you can do so, then hats off to you.
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-15 22:47
  [S]Mika finds himself in yet another predicament. A locked door with strange engravings blocks his path. He had sought out a friend who would be able to translate the ancient runes, however, the friend has yet to show up.
  
  As it turns out, both Mika’s and his friend’s clocks are wrong! Mika thinks his clock is 10 minutes behind, when it’s really 15 minutes ahead. His friend similarly both has an inaccurate time, and an inaccurate belief of how to correct for the time shown on his clock.
  
  Mika arrives at what he thinks is the proper time, and waits for 40 minutes. When his friend arrives, Mika questions him and the friend says he believed his watch was 5 minutes ahead. If the time the friend arrives is 1:41p.m., what time was he scheduled to arrive, and what do both clocks say when the friend arrives?
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  Hint 1: Keep in mind that Mika's clock will say something different at the time the friend arrives than the time he arrives. Amidst all the time keeping, this can be an easily overlooked fact.
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  Hint 2: You know that Mika was waiting for 40 minutes, and that the friend arrived at 1:41. That means that you should know when Mika arrived, and thus, what his clock says now (at 1:41).
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  Hint 3: You aren't told how far off the friend's clock is. But you know when he got there, that is enough to find out what his clock says.
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  Answer: 1:26pm, Mika’s clock says 1:56, the friend’s clock says 1:31.
• Time wrote on 2012-02-16 05:57

  Quote from Kueh;775627:

  
  He arrives at what he thinks is the proper time, and waits for 40 minutes. When his friend arrives, Mika questions him and the friend says he believed his watch was 5 minutes ahead. If the time the friend arrives is 1:41p.m., what time was he scheduled to arrive, and what do both clocks say when the friend arrives?
  

  
  
  Is that He, Mika or his friend?
• Chockeh wrote on 2012-02-16 06:43

  Quote from Time;776044:

  Is that He, Mika or his friend?

  
  
  It's Mika.
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-17 07:11
  [S]Trista enters into a grand room with a large number of stones piled in the middle, when she hears a familiar voice.
  
  “Trista? What are you doing here?” Mika cries out.
  
  “Looking for you!” she exclaims. “Where are you?”
  
  “Up here!” he calls.
  
  She looks up and sees that, in the center of the ceiling is a grating through which Mika is looking down and shouting. “I think this room has to do with those stones in the middle there,” he continues. “There should be a scale near that door on the far side, you need to fill it with gems from the bowl next to it so that there are the same amount of gems in the scale as there are stones, then pull that lever. Be careful, though. If there is a different amount, then the door will lock.”
  
  Mika describes the scene from above (bottom), and Trista sees the scene from the side (top). If there are the maximum amount of stones possible, how many gems should Trista place in the bowl?
  
  

  [Image: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/whyrainfalls/Boxes.png]

  
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  Hint 1: Try imagining Trista from every side to see which point of view gets the most stones.
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  Hint 2: The difference between the max and the other answers is not large.
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  Answer: 23
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-17 07:12
  Super late update ftl. Sorry all, I've been having trouble in my Java class which has been keeping me up, and thus I update late. I'll try to be more on top of it from here on, but please bear with me.
• Chihaya wrote on 2012-02-17 08:58

  Quote from Kueh;775627:

  
  If the time the friend arrives is 1:41p.m.

  
  
  Which watch is this based on? At first, I thought it was based on the actual time, but since you're asking for it, I'm assuming it's either based on Mika's watch or the friend's watch
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-17 10:31

  Quote from Chihaya;777078:

  Which watch is this based on? At first, I thought it was based on the actual time, but since you're asking for it, I'm assuming it's either based on Mika's watch or the friend's watch

  
  
  No, that's the actual time the friend arrives. He obviously wouldn't arrive at the correct time they've scheduled.
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-18 01:58
  [S]After opening the door, Trista entered into the room where (after much confusion) Mika’s friend sat puzzling over inscriptions on the door. Mika entered just after Trista did, and quickly the two caught up with all that had happened the past few days.
  
  Trista told him of crime scene investigations, frustrating yet oddly helpful old ladies, and explorations through underground tunnels filled with working machinery.
  
  “As a matter of fact,” Mika commented, “I was just doing a bit of exploration myself when who should I stumble upon but little Trista beneath my very two feet. What were you doing down there?”
  
  “I was looking for you! And I should as you the very same question.”
  
  “Well I’m down here to try and open this large door, as is my untimely friend here. As for why I was in the tunnels above you, I was looking for some kind of clue that might help solve the mystery of the engravings. We’ve already worked out two-thirds of the problem, but the last bit is just stumping us. Maybe you would fare better than we.”
  
  Trista follows Mika to the place on the door with the engravings and examines them. Beneath the first block was a note that simply said “Twenty-three”. Likewise the second note said “Sixty-eight”.
  
  

  [Image: http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g206/whyrainfalls/numberblocks.png]

  
  [SIZE="1"](Twenty-three)----(Sixty-eight)[/SIZE]
  If the first block is twenty-three, and the second block is sixty-eight, what is the final block? (It is also a two-digit number.)
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  Hint 1: There is no guessing. When you find out the pattern, you will know the answer with certainty.
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  Hint 2: The blocks represent the numbers visually. There isn't any kind of code or rule that you need to decrypt.
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  Hint 3: Try changing the perspective by which you view the blocks.
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  Answer:Ninety-five
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-18 15:39
  [S]The whole gang enters into a dark room, finally bypassing the engraved door thanks to Trista’s intervention. Pillars and columns dot the interior of the room in irregular patterns. Raised dias emits faint illumination, enough to strike it as noticeable in the darkness, but not enough to help the team find their way.
  
  Eventually, a plan is devised so that they can reach the middle of the room without getting lost. Whenever a pillar is reached, the group will turn either right or left at a right angle and continue. The group has opted to not risk traveling along the walls, so if they reach a wall, they will backtrack and return to the start.
  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/hmmS]

  
  
  The exclamation mark is the dias, which, because of the steps leading up, must be reached from above. What is the path that the team takes? X's are where pillars are (turn left or right) O's are blanks (move forward and do not turn).
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  Hint 1: The dias' space may not be entered from the sides or from the bottom. Only the space adjacent and above it has stairs.
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  Hint 2: Working backwards might prove useful.
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  Hint 3: If just working backwards isn't enough, try working from both ends at the same time. At that point it should be clear the path that you need.
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  Answer:
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/hsGB]
• Time wrote on 2012-02-19 04:11
  I might be missing something, but what does an X or O stand for?
• Kueh wrote on 2012-02-19 04:12

  Quote from Time;778510:

  I might be missing something, but what does an X or O stand for?

  
  
  WHOOPS! lol, that was supposed to be in the picture, I accidentally left it out, sorry.
• arklian wrote on 2012-02-19 05:03
  How do we send our answer in?
  And there is an extra no in the 2nd paragraph.