Being Holmes S2: Beat the Hackers (R3 Results + R4 pg 30) T4 - Page 21

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Originally posted by: oye_nakhrewaali

Sab ne submit kiye itseems😂

Originally posted by: hasini009

How, ask my tede mede dimag😆

🤣 when ans reveal happens, do tell what other ans u got okay.

Originally posted by: BlurredLines

In sequence : 8 points for one wrong , 16 for 2 wrong and so on

8, 16 , 24 , 32, 40 , 48 , 56, 64, 72, -5 , -13, -21, -29, -37, -45

😡😡 Baar baar yaad dila rahi hai sabko 🤔

Arrey soni, we said the same thing😂

Originally posted by: SoniRSippu21

Haan 🤣 bichari shivi

And mujhe toh har roz title mein latka deta tha...

And tumhe yaad hai har Saturday and Sunday 8 baje tv and ccc khol k mazak udhate the kth ki...

Originally posted by: LazyBing

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Nahinnn........

The minimum passing score was 35 points (or 7 correct sequences at least). Unfortunately one person got eliminated due to a score below that:

DreamyButterfly

Here are the answers with the solution as to how I reached each number!

1) 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, ___ Ans: 30 (add 5)

2) 2, 4, 8, 16, __ Ans: 32 (multiply by 2)

3) 10, 25, 55, 115, ___ Ans: 235 (multiply by 2 add 5)

4) 73, 64, 55, 46, ___ Ans: 37 (subtract 1 from the first digit and add 1 to the second digit)

5) 4, 9, 16, 25, ___ Ans: 36 (6 squared)

6) 2450, 1000, 420, 188, ___ Ans: 95.2 (divide by 5, add 10, then multiply by 2)

7) 419, 421, 431, 433, ___ Ans: 439 (prime numbers)

8) 11, 22, 33, 44, ____ Ans: 55 (multiples of 11)

9) 80, 40, 20, 10, ____ Ans: 5 (divide by 2)

10) 9000, 1008, 120, ____ Ans: 21.333 (divide by 9 add 8)

11) 8, 13, 21, 34, ____ Ans: 55 (Fibonacci sequence)

12) 5000, 620, 72.5, 4.0625, ____ Ans: -4.492 (divide by 8 subtract 5)

13) 21609, 3087, 441, 63, ___ Ans: 9 (divide by 7)

14) 9, 50, 296, 1772, ____ Ans: 10628 (multiply by 6 subtract 4)

15) 6, 12, 18, 24, ___ Ans: 30 (multiples of 6)

Originally posted by: SilentEyes7

sabne submit kar diya ab results ayega kya...

Shreya se pucho😂

I examined the numbers and then said, “Try multiplying by 34. There is some clear pattern in this last one.”

Player tested it and reached each number. They quickly entered the last number and then pressed enter with just 5 minutes to spare. The screen went blank and then a new message appeared. “Well, well, well. You’re almost halfway there. Good job. But things are not going to get any easier. In fact they will get harder and harder. Because you will have less to do, but it will be harder.”

The message faded and a new message appeared. At the same time, Mycroft appeared with a waiter and a tray of food. He asked, “How’s it going?”

“We’ve finished 3 rounds. The fourth has just appeared,” Player responded, their eyes still on the screen.

I was also ignoring Mycroft. While it was true that I was hungry, I wanted to read the message first before it disappeared. The message read “For this puzzle you simply have to solve some riddles. But you also need to rearrange the solved words to form a sentence. Take special note of that sentence. It will be helpful to understand our demands.”

Mycroft waited, impatiently, and then demanded, “I don’t have a lot of time. What is going on here?”

“You know what is going on Mycroft. We are solving the puzzles. It’s been 8 hours. We’ve gotten through 3. We are working as fast as we can, but these are not easy. The first one took us less time, but the other 2 have been long and painful. Now we need to solve some riddles,” I responded, somewhat cross with him for trying to rush us.

“Well then work faster and stop acting like imbeciles. If we can finish these puzzles in less than 24 hours, we may have more time to find these hackers instead of fulfilling their demands,” Mycroft ordered.

“We would work faster, if there was a ‘we’, Mr. Holmes. I don’t see you working with us. You just left us here and ran off. If you or Mr. Holmes were here, we would have already been finished with these 8 puzzles. Us two imbeciles are working as fast as we can,” Player responded, snarkily.

Mycroft looked flummoxed at that. Without responding, he turned on his heel and left. I looked at Player with newfound respect. No one ever spoke to Mycroft Holmes like that and got away with it. Well apart from Sherlock.

Player got up and went over to the tray. He filled a plate with food, grabbed two water bottles, and came back. Seeing him get food, I decided to get a bite as well. Once I had filled my plate as well, we sat down to work on the next puzzle. Riddles.

Well you heard Dr. Watson, get set and work on these riddles. There are 10 puzzles. For each correct riddle, you’ll get 10 points. You will lose 5 points if an answer is wrong or if you leave it blank. 2 hints are allowed and each will cost you 20 points.

Remember you only get one try. If you submit a draft, I will take it as is.

Answers are due by Aug 28th 11:59 PM IST.

1) I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I come alive in the wind, but I have no body. What am I?

2) My descent to death serves you well. I can go quickly if I’m thin or slowly if I’m fat. The wind is your enemy and my friend. What am I?

3) I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have roads, but no cars. I have water, but no fish. I have buildings, but no depth. What am I?

4) What English word has 3 consecutive double letters?

5) What gets wet while drying?

6) What is seen in the middle of March and April, but not in the beginning or end of either month?

7) A plane is filled with people when it goes down, but when rescuers reach it and find it intact, they don’t see a single person. How can that be?

8) A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?

9) How many letters are in the alphabet?

10) Your mother is standing behind you, but you are standing behind her. How?