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5 categories · 25 written clues · 2 teams · about 20 minutes
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| Quick Sums | Code Breakers | Sort It Out | Word Ladders | Logic Minis |
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Quick Sums
- 100 Five tickets cost 3 points each. What is the total? Response: 15 points Worked out from the clue itself.
- 200 Divide 48 tokens equally into 6 piles. Response: 8 tokens Worked out from the clue itself.
- 300 Find three quarters of 20. Response: 15 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 400 A 120-minute timer has used 35 minutes. How many minutes remain? Response: 85 minutes Worked out from the clue itself.
Code Breakers
- 100 Using A = 1, B = 2, and so on, decode 3-1-20. Response: CAT Worked out from the clue itself.
- 200 Every letter moved one place forward to create DPEF. Decode the original word. Response: CODE Worked out from the clue itself.
- 300 A dot is worth 1 and a dash is worth 5. What is dot, dash, dot worth? Response: 7 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 400 The printed code says RED = 2, BLUE = 4, and GREEN = 6. Find BLUE + RED. Response: 6 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 500 Name a shortened form made from initial letters and spoken as a word. Response: An acronym “In the narrow sense, an acronym is a sequence of letters (representing the initial letters of words in a phrase) when pronounced together as a single word, like NASA, NATO, or laser.” Source: Wikipedia, “Acronym”
Sort It Out
- 100 Order 14, 2, 9, and 11 from least to greatest. Response: 2, 9, 11, 14 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 200 Arrange pear, fig, and banana from shortest word to longest word. Response: fig, pear, banana Worked out from the clue itself.
- 300 Among plum, apple, and grape, which comes first alphabetically? Response: Apple Worked out from the clue itself.
- 400 Select only the even numbers from 3, 8, 12, 15, and 20. Response: 8, 12, and 20 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 500 Which is greatest: one half, three quarters, or two thirds? Response: Three quarters Worked out from the clue itself.
Word Ladders
- 100 Complete COLD, CORD, CARD, ___, WARM so one letter changes at each step. Response: WARD Worked out from the clue itself.
- 200 Fill HEAD, HEAL, TEAL, ___ so each neighboring pair differs by one letter. Response: TELL Worked out from the clue itself.
- 300 Supply the missing rung in MIND, MINE, ___, LANE. Response: LINE Worked out from the clue itself.
- 400 Finish BAKE, BIKE, LIKE, ___ with one letter changing each time. Response: LIFE Worked out from the clue itself.
- 500 Find the blank in SAND, SEND, SEED, ___ when each step changes one letter. Response: NEED Worked out from the clue itself.
Logic Minis
- 100 Jo stands before Kai but after Ren. Put the three names in order. Response: Ren, Jo, Kai Worked out from the clue itself.
- 200 The note is in envelope A, B, or C. A and C are empty. Where is the note? Response: Envelope B Worked out from the clue itself.
- 300 A chosen fruit is apple, pear, or plum. It is not apple and not plum. Which fruit was chosen? Response: Pear Worked out from the clue itself.
- 400 Nia is 4 years older than Sol, who is 10. How old is Nia? Response: 14 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 500 Seats run from 1 to 6. The winner sits in an odd seat above 4. Which seat is it? Response: Seat 5 Worked out from the clue itself.
- 600 Only one statement is true: 'The token is red' and 'The token is blue.' If it is not red, what color is it? Response: Blue Worked out from the clue itself.
Final round: Coded Total
With A = 1, B = 2, and so on, add the values of B, A, and D.
Response: 7
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Team Lime's turn
Team Lime: 0
Team Violet: 0
Team Tangerine: 0
Team Sky: 0
Team Lemon: 0
Team Bubblegum: 0
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| Quick Sums | Code Breakers | Sort It Out | Word Ladders | Logic Minis |
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Five tickets cost 3 points each. What is the total?
15 points
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