BrainBunglers

Puzzle 1:

Undercut is a game invented by Douglas Hofstader. The goal is to win by 11 against someone else. To score points, you need to show a number of fingers from 1 to 5. You score one point per finger. However, there is a caveat. If the number of fingers you show is one larger than the number of fingers your opponent has, you score nothing and your opponent scores the number of fingers your opponent showed AND the number of fingers you showed. To beat the undercut puzzle, you can only play one number for all rounds and you have to end up with a net positive. 

Round 1: Your opponent plays 2

Round 2: Your opponent plays 4

Round 3: Your opponent plays 5

Round 4: Your opponent plays 5

Do you?

a.) Play 1 for all rounds

b.) Play 2 for all rounds

c.) Play 3 for all rounds

d.) Play 4 for all rounds

e.) Play 5 for all rounds

Puzzle 2:

Crosswords

Puzzle 3:

There are three new students at school. Each is in a different homeroom, and each came from a different place before moving. 

1. Student A is not from NYC

2. Of Student B and the kid from Baton Rouge, one is in room 224 and the other is Student A

3. Student B is from LA

4. Student C is in room 111

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All answers are on page 4

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Undercut Puzzle:

You play 4 every round

Crosswords:

Answer 

Logic

Student A is in room 307 and from Baton Rouge

Student B is in room 224 and from Los Angeles (LA)

Student C is in room 111 and is from New York City (NYC)