Dec
6
2008
Yarghhhh!
I thought this was a funny statistic regarding pirates and global warming.
Nov
19
2008
My LSAT Logic Game Question
Directions: Each question is based on a set of conditions. It may be useful to draw a rough diagram to answer some of the questions. Choose the response that most accurately answers each question.
Questions 1-3
Three people are studying for the LSAT, Art, Beth and Charles. Each person handles the stress associated with studying in a different way subject to the following restrictions:
Art handles stress better than Charles, but only if he strangles a cat.
Beth handles stress better than Art, but only if Art does not strangle her cat.
Charles relieves his stress by hitting Art or Beth with a frying pan
The stress of everyone increases when they practice for the LSAT on the same day.
Art and Beth study Monday through Friday, and Charles only studies Friday and Saturday.
No one gets more than 6 hours of sleep at night.
All people begin the day with an equal amount of stress.
1. If Art strangles Beth’s cat, and then dodges Charles’ frying pan swing who mistakenly hits Beth, what is the order of who has the least amount of stress to who has the most amount of stress?
(A) Art, Beth, Charles
(B) Beth, Art, Charles
(C) Art, Charles, Beth
(D) Art, and Charles/Beth have an equal amount of stress
(E) No matter what the fuck happens everyone is more stressed
2. If no cats are strangled, and no one is hit with a frying pan, but at least one person’s stress has gone down, who might it be?
(A) Charles
(B) Beth
(C) Art
(D) Everyone remains equally stressed
(E) No matter what the fuck happens everyone is more stressed
3. Suppose Charles hits Art with his frying pan while Art is strangling Beth’s cat. If this happened on a Friday night at 11pm, and only Art and Beth had gotten their 6 hours of sleep that day, what comical scenario could be imagined to end this blog post?
(A) Beth cries in the corner as Art dies from blood loss, while Charles runs off stress-free
(B) Beth attempts to save her cat just as Art ducks, and Charles’ frying pan connects with “Fluffy” to send the feline careening towards the wall resulting in a faint *thud*
(C) Art Hulks out and kills Charles and accidentally rips Beth in half mistaking her for her cat
(D) Everyone has a false sense of relief when they realize they have 3 weeks before the LSAT still
(E) No matter what the fuck happens everyone is more stressed
Answers
To be honest the answers to 1-3 are all E. However, for the sake of drawing this out further one may also take these as the “real” answers.
1. C, Art is instantly more relieved than Charles once he strangles Beth’s cat by rule 1, and then once Charles connects his hit with Beth he has become more relieved than Beth by rule 3. Beth is the only one who has remained as stressed as she was before (or perhaps more so since her cat died).
2. B, Beth is the only one who’s stress goes down since her cat has not been strangled by rule 2. Both Art and Charles have not relieved any stress because of rules 1 and 3 respectively.
3. B, This was a trick question and the answer is whichever you think is the funniest. I thought B was the funniest because imagining a cat being hit by a frying pan is laughable.