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What's My Name?

14 comments, 236 views, posted 10:23 am 15/05/2012 in Competitions by djskitzy
djskitzy has 26031 posts, 3278 threads, 639 points, location: Skegvegas
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First name:
My first is in screen, but not in sun.
my second's in orange but not in peel.
my third is in dong but not in bell.
my fourth is in bread, but not in butter.
my fifth is in allow but not in deny.
my sixth is in oiled but not in slippy.

Surname:
My first is in Train but not in engine.
My second's in earth but not in soil.
My third is in water, but not in fish.
My fourth is in egg but not in chicken.
My fifth is in mankind but not in people.
My sixth is in think but not in thought.

Who the fuck am I?

250 points to the first correct answer.

Extra Points Given by:

evolution (5)

Comments

2
11:49 am 15/05/2012

tricpe

RONALD REAGAN

2
12:17 pm 15/05/2012

Flee

I am either too high, or too stupid to get this.

1
12:19 pm 15/05/2012

Quaektem

My first (letter) is in...

1
1:00 pm 15/05/2012

djskitzy

tricpe gets it first time.....

Quote by djskitzy:
First name:
My first is in scReen, but not in sun.
my second's in Orange but not in peel.
my third is in doNg but not in bell.
my fourth is in breAd, but not in butter.
my fifth is in alLow but not in deny.
my sixth is in oileD but not in slippy.
Surname:
My first is in tRain but not in engine.
My second's in Earth but not in soil.
My third is in wAter, but not in fish.
My fourth is in eGg but not in chicken.
My fifth is in mAnkind but not in people.
My sixth is in thiNk but not in thought.


2
1:09 pm 15/05/2012

tricpe

woo-hoo!

0
9:02 pm 15/05/2012

Flee

so how do these work? I can't see the method in letter selection.

1
9:33 pm 15/05/2012

evolution

The letter appears in the first word, but not in the second. It can be any letter in the first word. For instance, R appears in "screen," but not in "sun." O appears in "orange," but not in "peel," N appears in "dong," but not in "bell," and so on.

0
9:38 pm 15/05/2012

Flee

That cant be it. "cree" isnt in sun, "orang" isnt in peel, etc.

1
9:41 pm 15/05/2012

tricpe

Look, I got teh pointza, leave it be!

0
9:42 pm 15/05/2012

Flee

Quote by evolution:
It can be any letter in the first word


so it results in a sort of jumble?

2
9:42 pm 15/05/2012

bradpitt

being at work when competitions posted >

0
9:45 pm 15/05/2012

evolution

No, we eliminate any letters from the second word that appear in the first word. Which means we choose from the remaining letters of the first word. For "screen" we disregard S and N because they appear in "sun." So we know that the first letter of the name has to start with C, R, or E.

The choices for the second letter are O, R, A, N, and G; choices for the third letter are D, O, N, G, choices for the fourth letter are A and D, etc.

1
9:45 pm 15/05/2012

evolution

Quote by Flee:
so it results in a sort of jumble?

Exactly.

1
9:50 pm 15/05/2012

evolution

Quote by bradpitt:
being at work when competitions posted >

Heh. I was logged on this morning (EST). Tricpe beat me to it by a few minutes.

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