Decode and answer for 100k (in Contests)


AdminG Beee October 14 2005 6:49 PM EDT

5 Conundrums.
Pay out will come from my admin character to first person to answer all five correctly.

I'll confirm answers when I wake in the morning.

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1311571650401501411661450400610640401421621571671560401631
5714315316305404006106404014215416514504016315714315316304
0141156144040061064040142154141143153040163157143153163040
1511560401711571651620401631571431530401441621411671451620
5604012715014116404716304016415014504015514117015115516515
5040141155157165156164040157146040163157143153163040171157
1650401431411560401621451551571661450401421451461571621450
4017115716516204015614517016404015715614504016715115415404
0147151166145040171157165040141040160141151162077

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1111460401471621451451560401601541651630401421541651450401
5514115314516304007007105404014115614404016214514404016015
4165163040142154141143153040155141153145163040065066054015
0121271501411640401441571451630401711451541541571670401601
54165163040142162157167156040155141153145077

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5604014716215714314516217104016316415716214504016016215114
3151156147040167157165154144040160162157166151144145040164
1501450401461571541541571671511561470720150121231641451411
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5601501210115604014514714704014315716316416304006206504014
3145156164163056015012101156040141160160154145040143157163
1641630400640600401431451561641630560150121011431431571621
4415115614704016415704016415015116304016016215114315115614
7040163164162165143164165162145054040150157167040155165143
1500401671511541540401571561450401431651431651551421451620
40143157163164077

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1121571501560401671621571641450401641501450401561411551450
4015714604014104014314516216414115115604012505612305604016
3164141164145040157156040141040163150145145164040157146040
1601411601451620401511560401411541540401431411601511641411
5404015414516416414516216305601501211014504016415014515604
0164165162156145144040150151163040160141147145040165160163
1511441450401441571671560401411561440401541571571531451440
4014116404015116404015115604014104015515116216215716205601
5012111164040162145141144040145170141143164154171040141163
0401501450401501411440401671621511641641451560401511640560
1501212715014116404015116304016415014504015614115514504015
7146040164150145040163164141164145040164150141164040150145
040167162157164145077

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1011561471451541410401541451461640401571560401410401641621
5116004016415014504014414117104014114616414516204016415014
5040144141171040142145146157162145040171145163164145162144
1411710401411561440401631501450401671511541540401421450401
4214114315304015715604016415014504014516614504015714604016
4150145040144141171040141146164145162040164157155157162162
1571670560150121101571670401551411561710401441411711630401
51163040163150145040141167141171077

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[EG] Almuric October 14 2005 8:57 PM EDT

3
164
65 cents
OHIO
3 days and 2 nights

Stephen Young October 14 2005 9:43 PM EDT

I wish someone would explain these number things for me.

Adrian Exodus October 14 2005 10:18 PM EDT

vampire king, its code before they did binary and hexidecimal and stuff and it looks like this is octal,

[EG] Almuric October 14 2005 11:37 PM EDT

First, you have to notice that there are no 8s or 9s in the sequences.

Second, you have to notice that all 5 sequences end in '077'.

Third, you have to figure out the significance of '077' and use that knowledge to decipher the rest.

It helps if you know how to program or at least write a simple script. But it can be done manually with sufficient effort. Not sure it's worth $100k for all that.

Of course, deciphering the clues only gets you half-way there.

AdminG Beee October 15 2005 4:07 AM EDT

(Admin_Beee) [EG] Almuric (almuric) $100000 -- see /bboard..001WBm 4:05 AM EDT

Well done almuric :)

AdminG Beee October 15 2005 4:13 AM EDT

Oh yeah - after decoding the questions this is what almuric gave the answers for.

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You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. What's the maximum amount of socks you can remove before your next one will give you a pair?
Three. You're fourth sock must give you a pair of at least one of the colours.

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If green plus blue makes 89, and red plus black makes 56, What does yellow plus brown make?
Assigning numbers to letters [A=1, B=2, C=3, etc], yellow plus brown will equal 164.

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A proposed change in grocery store pricing would provide the following:
Steak costs 40 cents per pound.
Corn costs 35 cents per pound.
An egg costs 25 cents.
An apple costs 40 cents.
According to this pricing structure, how much will one cucumber cost?

65 cents Consonants are worth 10 cents and vowels are worth 5 cents.

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John wrote the name of a certain U.S. state on a sheet of paper in all capital letters. He then turned his page upside down and looked at it in a mirror. It read exactly as he had written it. What is the name of the state that he wrote?
O H I O

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Angela left on a trip the day after the day before yesterday and she will be back on the eve of the day after tomorrow.
How many days is she away?

Three days and two nights. She left yesterday and will return tomorrow.

Heavy October 15 2005 6:00 AM EDT

[EG] Almuric is a genius ;)
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