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Game Show (Posted on 2005-05-01)

On a certain game show, five families were asked to match famous names to faces they were shown, and each correct guess got one point. The families made the following guesses (in order):

The Addams' guessed Otto, Roebling, Steinmetz, Tesla, and Westinghouse.
The Bunkers guessed Tesla, Westinghouse, Otto, Steinmetz, and Roebling.
The Cunninghams guessed Roebling, Tesla, Steinmetz, Westinghouse, and Otto.
The Flintstones guessed Tesla, Roebling, Otto, Steinmetz, and Westinghouse.
The Jetsons guessed Tesla, Westinghouse, Steinmetz, Otto, and Roebling.

No two families got the same number of points. Which family walked home with the grand prize?

See The Solution Submitted by Sandeep

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re(2): Solution How ???

| Comment 14 of 33 |

(In reply to re: Solution How ??? by nikki)

Hi Nikki,

Thanks for the correction. You are right. But this fact bolsters my assumption that at least one column should have a count more than 3. (Try different arrangements you will always find that you need a column with a count of atleat 3). If you apply the startegy that I had suggested for column T, either B, F or J has to be the winner.

This we we limit the number of enumerations to three. The anser is

Flinstones: 5

Bunkers: 3

Addams: 2

Jetsons: 1

Cunninghams: 0

Posted by Nikhil Dhokale on 2005-05-06 19:38:41

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