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Truth-Teller and Liars 1

The NCAAbbs Council of Noles, Dukies and Wuffies held their annual convention in College Park, MD. Members from all over the country were excited to see a multimedia presentation comprising the experiences of members from four different cities (including Albuquerque). Each city was represented by a different delegate, who was presenting in a different medium (one used film). Among the four, there was at least one person from each of three teams of the ACC: Noles, who always tell the truth; Dukies, who always lie; and Wuffies, who tell the truth or lie at random. The four delegates made the statements listed below. Determine each delegate's team, home town city, and presenting medium.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Abel: 1. I have an audio cassette presentation.
2. Willa is a Nole.
3. Ted isn't a Wuffie.
4. The person from Peoria doesn't have a slide presentation.

Ted: 5. I have a slide presentation.
6. Neither Abel nor Willa is a Wuffie.
7. Zia doesn't have a video presentation.

Willa: 8. The person from Peoria has a slide presentation.
9. Ted and Zia are either both Noles or both Dukies.
10. The person from San Diego is either a man or a Dukie, or both.
11. I'm not from Jefferson City.

Zia: 12. I have the video presentation.
13. Ted doesn't have the audio or film presentation.
14. A person who is a Wuffie made exactly one false statement.</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Name | Team | Home Town | Medium |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Truth-Teller and Liars 2

The NCAAbbs Council of Terps, Deacs and Heels had their monthly meeting last night and things were even more chaotic than usual. As always, there were two representatives from each team: the Terps, who always tell the truth; the Deacs, who always lie; and the Heels, who tell the truth or lie at random. Before the meeting began, however, some prankster spiked the beer keg with a serum that made the Terps always lie and the Deacs always speak truthfully (it had no obvious effect on the Heels). In an effort to get some resolutions passed, the council called in an ACC Fan to take down minutes of the meeting, until enough information could be gathered to sort things out. Use the following statements made by the representatives during the meeting to help the council figure out which two people are from each team and which of them drank the beer.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Adam: 1. At least one Terp drank the beer.
2. No more than one of Jenny's three statements is false.

Ernie: 3. At least one Heel made all true statements.
4. Katy drank the beer.

Jenny: 5. No more than four people drank the beer.
6. Valerie is a Deac.
7. Adam drank the beer.

Katy: 8. Ernie is a Deac.
9. Ralph is a Terp.
10. Adam isn't a Terp.

Ralph: 11. At least one woman is a Heel.
12. Valerie adn I are on the same team.

Valerie: 13. I'm a Heel.
14. Katy isn't a Deac.
15. Adam is a Terp.</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"></font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Name | Team | Drank Beer? |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|</pre><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">

<small>[ May 15, 2002, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: PoohTerp ]</small>
Stupid question: are Willa and Zia men's or women's names?

<small>[ May 15, 2002, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Upper Deck Chevy ]</small>
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Upper Deck Chevy:
Stupid question: are Willa and Zia men's or women's names?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I come up with the same question. But even so, I can't get a unique solution without arbitrarily saying Willa is a man and Zia is not.
Willa and Zia are women...

UDC was the first to correctly solve the first puzzle! Yay!
These logic problems are not my favorite format, but I haven't figured out how to post the other format.

In the meantime.. do you guys want more like this??
and UDC is the first to solve #2!!

come on folks... anyone else out there???
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