Games World of Puzzles – October 2019

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TRUTH-TELLERS AND LIARS

Clarice Foster has applied for a job with the FBI, and Melinda Jenkins is

responsible for doing her background check. Melinda has discovered that

Clarice belongs to a secret society—the Liars and Truth-Tellers League—each

member of which is either a person who always tells the truth or a person

who always lies. According to FBI policy, Clarice’s membership in itself isn’t

a problem as long as Clarice is one of the truth-tellers: The Bureau is naturally

hesitant to hire people incapable of telling the truth...although the idea is

intriguing! In an effort to determine which type of member Clarice is, Melinda

interviewed Donny DeLuca, the local League chapter president, who made

the five cryptic statements below about five chapter members (including

Clarice and himself). See if you can determine which of these members are

liars and which are truth-tellers, and, in particular, see if Clarice passes this

part of her background check.

1. Elvira is a liar.


2. If you were to ask Alfonse if Clarice were a liar, he would say no.


3. If you were to ask Elvira what Biff would say if he were asked
   if I were a liar, she would say he would say yes.


4. If you were to ask Clarice if Biff were a liar, she would say no.


5. If you were to ask Biff if Alfonse were a liar, he would say yes.

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FOR THE RECORD

TV IDENTITIES

Plenty of television shows have been named after the main character, using

only their first or last name. Frasier is a prime example; fans know that his

last name is Crane. Can you match each program (1–26) with the

corresponding first or last name (a–z)?

1. Monk


2. Maude


3. Kojak


4. House


5. Archer


6. Fish


7. Becker


8. Blossom


9. Benson


10. Arli$$


11. Alice


12. Matlock


13. Ed


14. MacGyver


15. Hazel


16. Baretta


17. Webster


18. Mannix


19. Hunter


20. Rhoda


21. McCloud


22. Dexter


23. Cannon


24. Felicity


25. Julia


26. Moesha

a. Burke

b. DuBois

c. Ben

d. Morgan

e. Stevens

f. Findlay

g. Baker

h. Long

i. Frank

j. Joe

k. Angus

l. Phil

m. Morgenstern

n. Rick

o. Michaels

p. Adrian

q. Mitchell

r. Porter

s. Tony

t. Sterling

u. John

v. Gregory

w. Sam

x. Russo

y. Theo

z. Hyatt

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