Hey Everyone,
Firstly, welcome to the new participants added from Calgary, Edmonton, and Vancouver! Also, reminder to the rest that adding people is easy, so let me know if you think anyone else might want to be a part of things.
Second, some old business. Question #4 Winner Bio – Chris H. Okay, so we are getting progressively more creative now, and the connection to reality is rapidly evaporating, but here is Chris’ bio:
· After my break up with Megan Fox last year, I decided to pour myself into Vern’s Advent Calendar Quiz full time. I trained hard. Mental exercises, flash cards, high carb diet... it was a tough regimen to which I was not accustomed.
· But it paid off. I was the first ever highest scoring individual! I'm proud of myself.
· As defending champion, I look forward to this year's competition. In addition, I'm trying for a spot on Jeopardy and looking for a book deal with an independent publisher.
· Figure if I can make something of myself, maybe, just maybe, Meg will take me back...
Question #5 Wrap Up
Great submissions again last night and nice to the see the expressions of creativity! Among the correct entries received were images of: Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears, Ray Allen of the Seattle Sonics, Earl Campbell of the Houston Oilers, the Herbig Haro object, and of course the 34-ruby Victoria Secret bra worn by Adriana Lima.
The logic? Each image corresponded to a number, and when the images were sequenced the result was 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21. The string corresponds to the Fibonacci sequence which came about due to the arguably odd interest one man had in rabbit reproduction. Anyhow, the sequence appears in many ways in modern culture, and the next number in the sequence is 34. For more info:
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
· http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Question #5 Winner – Andy B.
Last night’s winner was Andy, who answered in 22 minutes with a conference poster with 34 in it. Stay tuned for Andy’s bio……
And now, time to kick it up a notch with today’s question.
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The Vernistanian government, fresh off having cleansed its population of the killer dot virus last year, now faces a new crisis. It fears that details regarding its prisoner compliance tactics (e.g. exposure to incessant puzzles/quizzes, jeopardy re-enactments, on demand charades, etc.) are no more secure those of a Tiger Woods tryst with a NY cocktail server. To remedy this vulnerability, they have codified their language and have assigned a point value to their primary tools of “torture”. Recognizing the collective brilliance of the advent calendar participants, the Vernistanis have turned to us for help. They want us to break the code, and if we are unsuccessful, they will implement their code. If we break it, they will start over.
They have provided us with values for three of their torture tools, and have asked us to give them the value of a fourth, as shown below.
· Uno – 70
· Jenga – 57
· Scrabble – 92
· Life - ?
Happy code breaking….
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