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Five guys meet at college, and become the best of buddies when they discover that they have a common interest in ten-pin bowling. Not only are they avid bowlers, but they also have an eccentric taste in the pattern on their bowling ball.
They each play for a different team during the week, but get together on Saturday nights to find out which of them is the best.
From the following clues, can you find out each of their names, the local team they play for, the pattern on their bowling ball, and how many points each scored in the first game.
Notes:
Strike - all ten pins are knocked down on the first ball.
Spare - all ten pins are knocked down using two balls.
You do not need to keep track of the scoring - all the final scores can be deduced from the clues. When 'score' is mentioned in the clues, it means the final score, not the score at that point in the game.
1st Frame: The five buddies bowled in turn, in the following order: Fred; the bowler with the tiger print ball; the bowler who scored 227; Johnson; and the bowler who plays for the Golden Gates. Only the second bowler, Dawson, did not get a strike with his first delivery, although he did get a spare.
2nd Frame: The players with the top three scores, Eddie, the Snake Eyes' bowler and the Picket Fences' bowler, all managed strikes this frame, while Johnson and the Dead Woods' bowler both got spares.
3rd Frame: The Dead Woods' bowler had a terrible bowl, only knocking down three pins, but still managed to crack a joke with Dawson as Dave was hitting his turkey (third strike in a row).
4th Frame: Flagg, the Flying Elbows' bowler and the bowler with the flame pattern ball all hit strikes. The Picket Fences' bowler and Fred both got a spare.
5th Frame: Steve, the Snake Eyes' bowler, the owner of the globe ball, and the Golden Gates' bowler all had strikes. Garrett managed a spare.
6th Frame: This was nearly a disaster for the bowler with the leopard ball which just clipped the 7 pin on its way into the gutter. Luckily, he made the spare, which meant he scored more than the bowler with 192.
7th Frame: The bowler with the cow print ball was the only one to get a strike this round. Steve, the Flying Elbows' bowler, the bowler with 214, and Hobson did not even get a spare.
8th Frame: Dave only managed a spare this frame, while Carl, who bowled just after him, got a strike. Neither of them ended up with 205 points.
9th Frame: The bowler with an intricate map of the world on his ball scored a strike this frame, as did Steve. Flagg got a spare.
10th Frame: The losers congratulated the 'Flame' thrower on a game well played, and Garrett went to the bar to get in the drinks as he had the lowest score with 186.
They each play for a different team during the week, but get together on Saturday nights to find out which of them is the best.
From the following clues, can you find out each of their names, the local team they play for, the pattern on their bowling ball, and how many points each scored in the first game.
Notes:
Strike - all ten pins are knocked down on the first ball.
Spare - all ten pins are knocked down using two balls.
You do not need to keep track of the scoring - all the final scores can be deduced from the clues. When 'score' is mentioned in the clues, it means the final score, not the score at that point in the game.
1st Frame: The five buddies bowled in turn, in the following order: Fred; the bowler with the tiger print ball; the bowler who scored 227; Johnson; and the bowler who plays for the Golden Gates. Only the second bowler, Dawson, did not get a strike with his first delivery, although he did get a spare.
2nd Frame: The players with the top three scores, Eddie, the Snake Eyes' bowler and the Picket Fences' bowler, all managed strikes this frame, while Johnson and the Dead Woods' bowler both got spares.
3rd Frame: The Dead Woods' bowler had a terrible bowl, only knocking down three pins, but still managed to crack a joke with Dawson as Dave was hitting his turkey (third strike in a row).
4th Frame: Flagg, the Flying Elbows' bowler and the bowler with the flame pattern ball all hit strikes. The Picket Fences' bowler and Fred both got a spare.
5th Frame: Steve, the Snake Eyes' bowler, the owner of the globe ball, and the Golden Gates' bowler all had strikes. Garrett managed a spare.
6th Frame: This was nearly a disaster for the bowler with the leopard ball which just clipped the 7 pin on its way into the gutter. Luckily, he made the spare, which meant he scored more than the bowler with 192.
7th Frame: The bowler with the cow print ball was the only one to get a strike this round. Steve, the Flying Elbows' bowler, the bowler with 214, and Hobson did not even get a spare.
8th Frame: Dave only managed a spare this frame, while Carl, who bowled just after him, got a strike. Neither of them ended up with 205 points.
9th Frame: The bowler with an intricate map of the world on his ball scored a strike this frame, as did Steve. Flagg got a spare.
10th Frame: The losers congratulated the 'Flame' thrower on a game well played, and Garrett went to the bar to get in the drinks as he had the lowest score with 186.
Hint
If you get to the end, and can't differentiate between Carl and Dave, check clues 1 and 8.Answer
Carl Johnson - Flying Elbows - Globe - 192Dave Hobson - Snake Eyes - Flame - 227
Eddie Flagg - Golden Gates - Leopard - 214
Fred Garrett - Dead Woods - Cow - 186
Steve Dawson - Picket Fences - Tiger - 205
Logical solution:
C = The above clue number
F = Fact deduced
S = A solution
F1 Dawson has the tiger ball (C1).
F2 Garrett does not have the tiger (F1), globe (C5), leopard (C6/C10) or flame (C10), so must have the cow ball.
F3 Garrett does not play for SE (C2), PF (C2), GG (C5) or FE (C7/F2) so must play for Dead Woods.
F4 Flagg does not have the tiger (F1), cow (F2), flame (C4) or globe (C9) so must be the leopard ball.
F5 Johnson did not score 205, 214, 227 (C2) or 186 (C10) so 192.
F6 Johnson did not play for DW (F3), GG (C1), SE (C2), PF (C2) so Flying Elbows.
F7 Johnson does not have the tiger (F1), cow (F2), leopard (F4), flame (F5/C10) so globe ball.
F8 Hobson has the flame ball (F1, F2, F4, F7).
F9 Steve is not Garrett (C5), Hobson (C7), Flagg (C9), Johnson (C7/F6) so is Dawson.
F10 Steve does not play for SE (C5), GG (C5), FE (C7) or DW (C3/F9) so Picket Fences.
F11 Steve did not score 227 (C1/F9/F1), 186 or 192 (C2/F10) or 214 (C7) so 205.
S1 Steve - Dawson (F9) - Picket Fences (F10) - Tiger (F1) - 205 (F11).
F12 Flagg did not score 205 (S1), 186 (C10), 192 (F5) or 227 (C10/F4) so 214.
F13 Fred did not score 205 (S1), 227 (C1), 214 (C4/F12) or 192 (C1/F5) so 186.
S2 Fred - Garrett (C10/F13) - Dead Woods (F3) - Cow (F2) - 186 (F13).
F14 Hobson scored 227 (S1, S2, F5, F12).
F15 Hobson does not play for PF (S1), DW (S2), FE (F6) or GG (C1/F14) so Snake Eyes.
F16 Flagg plays for Golden Gates (S1, S2, F6, F15).
F17 Eddie does not play for PF (S1), DW (S2), SE (F15) or FE(C2/F6) so Golden Gates.
S3 Eddie - Flagg (F17/F16) - Golden Gates (F17) - Leopard (F4) - 214 (F12).
F18 Either Carl or Dave is Johnson, and the other scored 227 (C1).
F19 Carl bowled after Dave (C8) so Dave scored 227 and Carl is Johnson (C1).
S4 Carl - Johnson (F19) - Flying Elbows (F6) - Globe (F7) - 192 (F5).
S5 Dave - Hobson (F19) - Snake Eyes (F15) - Flame (F8) - 227 (F14).
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Nice one, Dave. I'm not a great scoring-person, so I completely messed the teaser up the first time I tried it . Oh well. Great job and keep 'em coming!
Phew, that was tricky! Thanks!!!!
WOW! That wore me out!! Great teaser though!!
That was GREAT!! Very challenging and very fun. I got stuck on Carl and Dave until I saw the hint. I didn't think about the order that they played in.
That was the most brainwracking teaser I have ever managed to solve. I took me well over 30 minutes This was by far the best logic teaser I've laid eyes upon. Bravo!
Wow! Finally, a tough one! Keep 'em coming!
I love it when there are a lot of things to put together! I practically drooled when I saw the grid. The form the clues were in and the subject itself very creative. I didn't need the info in the 8th and 9th frames, but I understand it was for the sake of the clues being sequential/story-like. Anyway, great one and keep 'em comin', PLEASE!
Glad you all like it, and thanks for the support
Whoa...I don't even KNOW how I got it right...
Loved it!
Dave, if you have not donated so that you can post unlimited puzzles then I will gladly contribute to that cause! What an excellent teaser - I had to quit & come back to it alot!
Hey, thanks Goatroper605, please send used notes in a plain brown wrapper to ... but seriously, even if I had a subscription, I couldn't rattle one of these off every day!
Don't worry, I have started on Bowling Buddies II, and hope to get a 3+ difficulty rating.
Don't worry, I have started on Bowling Buddies II, and hope to get a 3+ difficulty rating.
way hard early in the morning. I didn't get much at all! good job.
This was a 300 game for you, Dave! VERY difficult, VERY fun! Beautifully put together!
Excellent Job!!! It took me quite awhile, but was so much fun. I was practically jumping when I realized I got it right!!! So much fun! Look foward to your next one!!!
Ooh I liked this one a lot. ilike the sequence clues and the sets and subsets. Makes it take me 15 minutes (if I use paper, otherwise i can't keep subsets in my head). I give it 5 stars.
Ouch! That was painful. Three times and I still didn't get it completely right. Nice teaser, smarty pants!!
That was fun... I love that you have the fifth fact we have to figure out, that makes it more difficult for us nerds who do these grids so often that they are all too easy. Thanks...
That was fun! not too hard to figure out but not too easy.. it was just right... luckily for me i didn't have a brain fart and i knew wut to check for everything to fall into place! very very good! keep writting teasers!!
Very nice. That was a tough one.
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That one was tough! Very uniquely written. Well done.
This took me two full days to figure this out. That was rough, but ultra-fun!!! !!!
Loved it. Very challenging, yet not confusing. Did have to go through the clues more than once, but that is ok - two thumbs up. Can't wait for the sequel.
Great quiz! I loved the 10-frame format, even though the clues in the 8th & 9th frames were unnecessary.
I like that the clues were easy enough understand that one doesn't need an English degree, but not to revealing as to make it easy to solve. I have to say this is probably the best one i have come across yet.
I must say this is by far the best logic grid I've done! It took me forever, but I got it in the end. Keep em coming!
Very Masterful.
Wonderful Grid - the Best I've seen so far!
Great Job!
Wonderful Grid - the Best I've seen so far!
Great Job!
Not entirely sure I follow the logic for distinguishing between carl and Dave
homeschool-bowling is done in a certain order which does not change throughout the frames
Great teaser, definitely took me a while and was glad to see the hint once I got stuck between Carl and Dave. Interesting how the top row in the grid was solved at the end and everything else was needed to obtain that.
Great teaser, definitely took me a while and was glad to see the hint once I got stuck between Carl and Dave. Interesting how the top row in the grid was solved at the end and everything else was needed to obtain that.
Really liked this one, challenging and a sport I love to boot! Almost got lost, but the hint helped.
Wow! What a great logic puzzle. This is by far the very best teaser that I have come across on this site. Thank you!
Great puzzle
And Dave are you a genius?
And Dave are you a genius?
Nice job, got it on first try.
smart, fun. I like the storyline. Thanks!
Thanks, that was fun
Very good! I was stuck between Carl and Dave until I reread the first few clues again. Awesome job!
Awesome job
This one was probably the hardest I've completed so far! I must have reloaded the grid about 8-10 times before I finally got it! So hard but also so much fun!!!
Really ingenious, it must be satisfying knowing your puzzle is still entertaining people 13 years after the first comment?
Well done!
Well done!
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