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Got it! You are
Each clue in group 1
Like so:
Meanwhile, each clue in group 2
Like so:
All this considered, it is now evident that the title was a clue to this since
And
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I think I've cracked it... I believe the answer is:
Since:
In particular, clue #2 "Move faster! I need to finish the 18th hole and return this golf club before noon." gives us:
Other clues resolve as follows:
Section 3:
Returning to clue #1 (These statues are wonderful! I'm going to invest in the sculptor.), this gives:
This all fits with the theme ...
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I think the answer is
Reasoning
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Is it:
because:
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An elementary solution is you are
Silverbeet + Gelatin ≡ Snickers
Lime + Nacho ≡ Kiwi
Sesame + Tea ≡ Popcorn
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After substituting inventive googling for youtube videos for my lack of TV savviness, I'm pretty sure this Billion Maker is
The poem's solution is clearly something along the lines of
and then there's the
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Edit #4: Hijacking the top of my answer to explain how I got my final answer. I wrote an R Script which I then had to re-run five more times, each time tweaking the initial information based on the information obtained from each run.
The trick is in setting up the initial conditions for the for loops to account for information you learned from the previous ...
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Answer
Reasoning
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If balls represent the atoms or the elements,
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One solution on the earth globe:
Combining the previous equations with the fact that
we find:
So if ...
QED
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Maybe, oeis will help me..oh no.. this puzzle is spoiled
Answer is:
Key to this is:
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The pirate and the merchant could meet in a large, open field, stand about 10 paces apart, and face each other, the pirate facing southeast and the merchant facing northwest. Their vessels would need to be moored or parked in the direction to their rear. Here is an example graphic:
On cue, the pirate would walk due South 10 paces while the merchant would ...
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Following the most recent edit, it seems that John is, at first, unsure after Stark's last statement.
This means that we must have the following
This means that the possibilities for the number of children (Parks, Clarks, Starks) after Stark's last statement are
In the new edit, it is then stated that John realises the answer after observing the children....
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Using @Thomas Markov's answer as a starting point, there are two further pieces of logic which need to be applied.
Prof Stark's opening statement:
"I have invited 2 more families: The Parks and the Clarks. The Parks' kids, the Clarks' kids and my kids are playing in the yard"
implies that each family has more than one child, due to the use of 'kids' (...
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Something to do with horse races? A betting slip? A result list? I know that a track will have multiple races on the same day, but don't know if the same horse will run multiple times. If so, then it could be how the two horses did in the three races: "W" for win, "P" for place, or "X" for later.
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Is the answer
Move faster! I need to finish the 18th hole before noon.
I love the sound of making money.
Keep your head down! Our enemy relishes the chance to take a pot shot at us.
Our band's music is testosterone fueled. We will be more iconic than Nirvana!
The last time I watched the Winter Olympics was over 20 years ago.
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There are three necessary assumptions here:
(1) It is possible to build a physical mechanism that neither one of them can break.
If this were not the case, the only way trades could be made is by one person directly giving an item to the other. However, just giving items back and forth doesn't work: as soon as there's an imbalance in the wealth gained, ...
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Just to add to the number of possibilities regarding alternate solutions:
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Find a narrow ravine and have one person stand on either side with the goods to be traded. Suspend a log over the ravine from a single rope in the center, so that it can spin freely and one end can be reached by either party. To start, each end of the log is firmly fixed to the ground on either side, so neither party can spin the log until both release it. ...
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They could:
Before each deal:
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Totally wild guess, but maybe:
These statues are wonderful! I'm investing in the sculptor.
Move faster! I need to finish the 18th hole before noon.
The last time I watched the Winter Olympics was over 20 years ago.
Most likely being too literal, but these clues line up well.
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An extra hint from the author :
Final guess and them I am really done
I need to finish the 18th hole before noon
Makes Billions
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