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Blellow the Alien #1
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Blellow the alien was driving happily along in his new spacecraft when he crashed into 4 other aliens! They were all thrown out of their spacecraft and had temporary amnesia. All 5 aliens spoke Sporzdak (the universal alien language), so they were able to communicate, but they also each spoke second languages. Each alien had been traveling a different amount of time (in bzorks) in different colored spacecrafts. Each spacecraft weighs a different amount (including the 4 qorz one that Qulp has). Help the aliens figure out who has what color spacecraft, how long each had been traveling (in bzorks), what their second language was, and how much the spacecraft weighed (in qorzes).
Aliens - Blellow (M), Smorp (M), Szurkax (M), Qulp (F), and Qorxl (F)
Spacecraft color - Blue, Orange, Green, Red, and Purple
Weight of spacecraft (qorzes) - 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8
2nd Language - Qanxan, Sbarkjozn, Zronxhor, Jwrpl, and Boeiaix
Amount of time spent traveling (bzorks) - 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, and 9
1. The 5 aliens are: Blellow, the one with the red spacecraft, the one that has been traveling for 4.5 bzorks, the one with a spacecraft that weighs 7 qorzes, and the one that speaks Boeiaix.
2. Blellow's name is actually a mixture of the English words for two primary pigments. His spacecraft is the color that would result from mixing the two pigments in his name.
3. The alien who has a spacecraft that weighs 3 qorzes more than Smorp's does has been traveling in her spacecraft for 1.5 bzorks less than Szurkax has.
4. Blellow's spacecraft weighs more than Qulp's does.
5. The alien who speaks Sbarkjozn, who has a blue vehicle, has not been traveling for 4.5 bzorks.
6. The green and red vehicles had not been running the longest.
7. The alien that speaks Zronxhor has not been traveling for 7.5 bzorks and his name is not Szurkax.
8. Either Qorxl's vehicle or the red vehicle weighs 5 qorzes.
9. The alien who speaks Jwrpl has a purple spacecraft.
10. Smorp has either been traveling for 6 or 7.5 bzorks.
11. Qorxl has not been traveling for 7.5 bzorks.
Aliens - Blellow (M), Smorp (M), Szurkax (M), Qulp (F), and Qorxl (F)
Spacecraft color - Blue, Orange, Green, Red, and Purple
Weight of spacecraft (qorzes) - 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8
2nd Language - Qanxan, Sbarkjozn, Zronxhor, Jwrpl, and Boeiaix
Amount of time spent traveling (bzorks) - 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, and 9
1. The 5 aliens are: Blellow, the one with the red spacecraft, the one that has been traveling for 4.5 bzorks, the one with a spacecraft that weighs 7 qorzes, and the one that speaks Boeiaix.
2. Blellow's name is actually a mixture of the English words for two primary pigments. His spacecraft is the color that would result from mixing the two pigments in his name.
3. The alien who has a spacecraft that weighs 3 qorzes more than Smorp's does has been traveling in her spacecraft for 1.5 bzorks less than Szurkax has.
4. Blellow's spacecraft weighs more than Qulp's does.
5. The alien who speaks Sbarkjozn, who has a blue vehicle, has not been traveling for 4.5 bzorks.
6. The green and red vehicles had not been running the longest.
7. The alien that speaks Zronxhor has not been traveling for 7.5 bzorks and his name is not Szurkax.
8. Either Qorxl's vehicle or the red vehicle weighs 5 qorzes.
9. The alien who speaks Jwrpl has a purple spacecraft.
10. Smorp has either been traveling for 6 or 7.5 bzorks.
11. Qorxl has not been traveling for 7.5 bzorks.
Hint
Reread the introduction carefully! M stands for Male, and F stands for Female.Answer
Blellow has a green spacecraft that weighs 8 qorzes, speaks Zronxhor, and has been traveling for 3 bzorks.Smorp has a red spacecraft that weighs 2 qorzes, speaks Qanxan, and has been traveling for 7.5 bzorks.
Szurkax has a blue spacecraft that weighs 7 qorzes, speaks Sbarkjozn, and has been traveling for 6 bzorks.
Qulp has an orange spacecraft that weighs 4 qorzes, speaks Boeiaix, and has been traveling for 9 bzorks.
Qorxl has a purple spacecraft that weighs 5 qorzes, speaks Jwrpl, and has been traveling for 4.5 bzorks.
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Yay, I'm the first to add a comment. This was a great teaser. It took a few minutes but it's wasn't TOO hard.
Great job, I'll be looking for more of yours.
Oh, and by the way, in clue #5, qorzes should be changed to bzorks.
Great job, I'll be looking for more of yours.
Oh, and by the way, in clue #5, qorzes should be changed to bzorks.
Very good! The names added a degree of difficulty.
Thank you guys!
Clue#5 is being corrected right now, by the way.
Clue#5 is being corrected right now, by the way.
It sure helps to carefully read the intro. I missed the clue about the weight of Qulp's craft! Great teaser once I reread the clues.
good one! a lesson for me to read the intro carefully.
Good one! Difficult, but still doable! A job well done!
I loved this . It took me four times before I finally got it right. (I had someone else check my answers so I could not cheat). My intelligence was almost (BlElLOW) the capability to get it. Thank you for putting it together for us.
took me awhile. i read the intro and thought it said blellows weighed 4 qorz, not qulp's. OOPSSS!!
This was a TERRIFIC grid problem! I almost skipped past it except I started laughing so much at the alien and measurement names that I couldn't resist. I almost missed the intro as well, but fortunately caught it halfway through (when I thought I was stuck hehe). Look forward to seeing more from you!
Clue number 6 confused me but I figured out what it meant eventually
That was some teaser! I loved having a clue in the intro and the confusing names. I'll run to the second part now!
Great, fun, challenging teaser!
One constructive criticism though, I think that clue #6 would be better phrased slightly differently, such as: "Neither the green nor the red vehicle had been running the longest." The way it's currently phrased, it seems to mean that the green and red vehicles were not in the top two spots, which is obviously false since the red vehicle was running for 7.5 bzorks, the second greatest amount of time. Other than that, great job!
One constructive criticism though, I think that clue #6 would be better phrased slightly differently, such as: "Neither the green nor the red vehicle had been running the longest." The way it's currently phrased, it seems to mean that the green and red vehicles were not in the top two spots, which is obviously false since the red vehicle was running for 7.5 bzorks, the second greatest amount of time. Other than that, great job!
yeah I agree with what khedron said, b/c that is exactly how I read question #6 -- the way it's worded it implies that neither green nor red are in either of the top two longest-running spots. I'm going to let my brain cells recharge and then come back and give it another try!
okay I was able to get it once I re-worded that clue like the above poster suggested -- that makes a big difference in the answer that you will get.
What a great teaser! I have come back to it about 3 times before I could finally solve it. Worth it!
Great Teaser! This one took me awhile to get it, but I finally got them all right. Had to write a note to myself to keep the measurement for time and weight separated.
Ok, so it took awhile. Once I read question 8 correctly I was able to figure it out. I thought it said that Qoryl had either the red vehicle or the one that was 5 qorzo's. My bad! Great job!
I have one only word "AHHHHHH!!!"
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