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?

Here's how I got the Flintstones answer, perhaps someone else has an easier solution:

I had to work through assuming each family won then determine if any of the other competitors had the same scores (this was the key).

After doing so, only the Flintstones were able to win where no other family had a score equal to anothers.  Doing this gave me the following:

Addams - 2 points

Bunkers -- 3 points

Cunninghams - 0 points

Flintstones - 5 points

Jetsons - 1 point

Posted by Doug on 2005-05-16 16:10:20