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Prof. Templeton

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  1. 1.) A utility company had to run electrical poles 10 miles between town A and town B over a hill. They discovered that the railroad company was also running a track from town A to town B but was making a level cut through the hill that would make their track 9 miles long. The utility company decided to run their poles alongside the level track, through the hill, instead over it. The utility poles need to be 99 feet apart. How many poles did the utility company save be running them alongside the track and not over the hill? 2.) There is a particular village in Madagascar that lies in a very low valley and yet at noon the sun is over 3,000 miles closer to the inhabitants of this village then when it either rises or sets. What part of the country must the village be in? 3.) If the end of the world were to occur on the first day of a new century sometime in the next 2000 years, what are the chances that it will happen on a Sunday? 4.) Leading up to a temple in Nepal there is a stairway with eight steps, not counting the landings, and the monks who worship there have a curious ritual. They start from the bottom and step onto the top landing twice (having to finish there) and return to the bottom landing once being careful to step on each step the same number of times. They always do this in the least number of steps. How many steps do the monks take?
  2. Nope. Different W word. The hard part is always the start, but they fill in easier after that.
  3. The rouges had an option to convert an agent to be a "double agent" I believe, and they thought one of their own had been turned instead (Bb).
  4. I've resurrected this one. Here's one of the previous ones I did. The rules are the same. I've put together a list of 26 common six letter words (except for X maybe, but I'm sure you'll get it), one for each letter of the alphabet. The letters in each word are not repeated and there are no plural words (no "banjos" for example). The list below shows you which letters every word shares with the other 25 words. The six letter word that starts with A shares 3 letters in common with the six letter word that starts with B, 1 letter with the word that starts with C, and 2 with the D word and so on. Your job is to find out what the words are. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A X 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 0 B 3 X 0 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 3 2 C 1 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 D 2 2 1 X 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 1 3 2 E 1 3 1 1 X 3 4 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 4 2 3 F 1 2 1 1 3 X 4 3 1 4 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 0 2 4 2 2 G 2 3 1 2 4 4 X 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 H 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 X 2 2 1 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 I 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 X 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 0 3 2 2 J 0 3 2 1 4 4 3 2 2 X 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 3 K 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 X 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 L 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 1 X 5 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 M 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 1 5 X 5 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 1 N 2 1 4 1 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 4 5 X 1 2 1 3 5 1 4 2 4 3 3 1 O 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 X 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 P 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 X 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 1 Q 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 X 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 R 3 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 X 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 S 2 0 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 1 1 2 X 0 4 1 3 3 2 1 T 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 0 X 0 4 1 2 2 4 U 3 1 4 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 4 0 X 1 2 3 3 1 V 1 2 2 2 1 0 2 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 3 1 4 1 X 1 1 2 2 W 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 4 0 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 X 2 2 0 X 1 2 2 1 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 2 X 2 3 Y 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 X 1 Z 0 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 0 3 1 X [/codebox]
  5. Alright, I have to know if my being told IDNE was Ceraph was a mistake or if some other force that I don't comprehend was at work. I was all over IDNE on day 1 but backed off when I thought he was my protector. I'll pretty sure this post lead to my untimely death. All in all, I had a good time. SD your posts were fabulous. Good job Agents!
  6. I think I was fed some bad intel.
  7. The Oracle - SPY, can get BTSC with Morpheus once he is found, secret - one lynch save. My 1st attempt yielded - Zip! My 2nd attempt yielded - "IDNE is Ceraph" Not very all knowing, huh?
  8. I can't wait to see what all the secrets were.
  9. It's a good thing I'm just a program.
  10. You must end in the lower right corner.
  11. I think the weight is uniform for all bricks, so there is only 1 unknown (the weight of the brick), not 2
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