Hi Everyone,
Welcome to my FINAL Spectrum Economics Puzzle Contest. I abruptly stopped running my puzzle contests about a year ago. We made it all the way to 16 contests before the falling price and the popularity of the contests pressed me to stop. I really enjoyed running the puzzle contests but I would rather my contests more closely support my economics work. The puzzle contest series was good as it encouraged critical and analytical thinking which are important skills for an economist. I will be running more contests again once the price of Steem is higher and I have a larger active audience. I want to bring back my 6-week challenge series as well as the buying and selling game. As I am an Orca, I will be able to support better prizes.
I have not announced the prize money for this contest yet. Many of my puzzle contests have had 5 or 10 SBD prize money. This contest will be different as it is my last puzzle contest. Question 4 determines the prize money for this contest, which will be in Steem. The sum of all the answers for Question 4 is the prize money to be given away to the winner of this contest. Therefore, if you want to know the prize money before the end of the contest, you will need to solve Question 4.
This contest contains 12 questions instead of the usual 4 questions. The additional questions are a final treat for those who have enjoyed my puzzles in the past. To answer all 12 questions is going take a while; as many of them are quite complex and have several parts. Therefore, I recommend setting some time aside to complete them all.
How the winner will be determined
The contestant that gets the most answers correct wins. If there is a tie, the contestant who answered first will win. For a question to be considered correct, all parts of the question must be answered correctly.
How to Enter
To enter requires 1 upvote. Each contestant is only allowed 1 attempt. The attempt needs to be entered in the comments section of the post. I expect the answers to be presented in the following format:
Answer 1: Dog= , Pig= , Cow=
Answer 2: A= , B=
Answer 3: A, B, C, or D
Answer 4: A= , B= , C= ,D= ,E= , F=
Answer 5:
England (score) Sweden
England (score) Italy
Sweden (score) Italy
France (score) England
France (score) Italy
France (score) Sweden
Answer 6: ?=
Answer 7: A, B, C, D, E or F
Answer 8: ?=
Answer 9: A, B, C, D, E or F
Answer 10: ?=Zebra, Elk, Hippo, Elephant
Answer 11: ?=
Answer 12: 1= , 2= , 3= ,4= (Left or Right)
Example (Not actual answers)
Answer 1: Dog=3 , Pig=9 , Cow=5
Answer 2: A=7 , B=4
Answer 3: D
Answer 4: A=12, B=8, C=7,D=19,E=2, F=3
Answer 5:
England (2-1) Sweden
England (1-1) Italy
Sweden (1-3) Italy
France (2-2) England
France (1-1) Italy
France (3-0) Sweden
Answer 6: ?=6
Answer 7: C
Answer 8: ?=102
Answer 9: A
Answer 10: ?=Hippo
Answer 11: ?=12
Answer 12: 1=Right, 2=Left, 3=Left, 4=Right
Other information
The closing date and time for the contest is 6PM USA Eastern Time 04/05/2019. Responses after this time will not be accepted. The answers will be provided in the comments section after the contest closes. The explanations for the answers will be provided in a separate post a few days after the contest closes.
The winner of the contest will be announced in the comments section. The prize will be paid to the winner shortly after the results post. All attempts in the comments section will receive an upvote regardless of answers provided. Good luck everybody.
Let the Contest Begin
Question 1: Find the value of the dog, pig, and cow
Question 2: Find the value of A and B
Question 3: There are four runners running sections of a 41km route at different speeds. The number above the line is the distance in kilometres and the number below is the running speed in km/h. Each runner has defined their own sections and run them at different speed. Find which runner finished in the shortest time.
Question 4: Find the value of A, B, C, D, E and F. The sum of these values is the prize money for this contest.
Hint: Answers in purple boxes can be calculated using both the column and row formulae.
Question 5: Find the scores for each football match based on the information provided in the table.
Question 6: Find the value of the question mark (?)
Question 7: Which is the odd one out?
Question 8: Find the value of the question mark (?)
Question 9: Which is the odd one out?
Question 10: Find the animal/s that should replace the question mark (?)
Question 11: Find the value of the question mark (?)
Question 12: Using the gif below, find which shapes are bigger, the left or right shape. The borders of the shape are also considered part of the shape.
Links to previous contests
Below are the links to all previous puzzle contests. Some of the questions are similar to questions in previous contests. If you find yourself stuck, look at these contests for some inspiration.
Puzzle Contest #1 - Winner Gets Half the Total Payout of this Post
Spectrum Economics Puzzle Contest #2 – Winner Gets Half the Total Payout of this Post
Puzzle Contest #3 - First to get all the answers wins 10 SBD, all attempts will receive 100% upvote
Thank you for participating.
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