Brain Game Time! Another Logic Games Challenge.

Atlas LSAT has posted the most recent Logic Games Challenge #21 and they invite our listeners to join in: College Comedy Tour

A comic is planning her college tour schedule for the year. Her tour will include performances at least one of exactly eight different schools: Penn, Queens, Rice, Stanford, Tufts, Utah, Vermont and Wellesley. Her tour schedule must conform to the following conditions:

•If she performs at Rice, she will perform at neither Penn nor Stanford.
•If she performs at Queens, she will perform at neither Stanford nor Tufts.
•If she performs at Wellesley, she will perform at either Tufts or Utah, but not both.

1. Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the schools at which she performs?
(A) Queens, Rice, Wellesley, Vermont
(B) Queens, Rice, Tufts, Vermont, Wellesley
(C) Rice, Tufts, Utah, Wellesley
(D) Rice, Stanford, Tufts, Wellesley
(E) Penn, Stanford, Tufts, Vermont, Wellesley

2. If she performs at Wellesley and Vermont, but not Utah, then she could also perform at any one of the following schools EXCEPT:
(A) Penn
(B) Queens
(C) Rice
(D) Stanford
(E) Tufts

3. If she performs at exactly four schools, including Tufts and Utah, the schools at which she does NOT perform could include any of the following pairs EXCEPT:
(A) Wellesley and Stanford
(B) Queens and Stanford
(C) Vermont and Rice
(D) Penn and Rice
(E) Stanford and Vermont

4. If she performs at exactly five schools, and does NOT perform at Rice, it could be true that she performs at neither
(A) Vermont nor Stanford
(B) Vermont nor Tufts
(C) Tufts nor Queens
(D) Tufts nor Utah
(E) Queens nor Stanford

5. If she performs at Rice, what is the maximum number of schools that could be included in the tour?
(A) 6
(B) 5
(C) 4
(D) 3
(E) 2

6. If she performs at exactly five schools, including Stanford and Vermont, the schools at which she does NOT perform could include any of the following EXCEPT:
(A) Penn
(B) Queens
(C) Rice
(D) Tufts
(E) Utah

Challenge Problem – Not for the faint of heart…
7. If she performs at exactly five schools, how many different groupings of schools (disregarding the order visited) are possible?
(A) 8
(B) 7
(C) 6
(D) 5
(E) 4

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Answers to Logic Games Challenge #20: (1)E (2)D (3)C (4)A (5)E (6) C (7) E

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Latest Logic Game Challenge!

Our friends at Atlas LSAT have posted the most recent Logic Game Challenge #20 and invite our listeners to join in:
IPA Beer

A bartender is organizing a taste test of the newest IPA beer selections. Exactly seven different varieties of beer will be tasted – Long Lake, Moon Rune, Newtonbury, Olenguard, Pumpkin Pale, Quest, and Roundabout – one at a time and consecutively.

No other beers are to be tasted. The bartender must adhere to the following rules:
• Olenguard must be the third beer tasted.
• There is exactly one beer tasted between Newtonbury and Quest.
• Either Long Lake or Pumpkin Pale is the fifth beer tasted.
• Either Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Roundabout or Moon Rune is tasted before Newtonbury, but not both.

1. Which one of the following could represent the order in which the beers are tasted, from first to last?

(A) Long Lake, Newtonbury, Olenguard, Pumpkin Pale, Quest, Roundabout, Moon Rune
(B) Long Lake, Moon Rune, Olenguard, Newtonbury, Pumpkin Pale, Quest, Roundabout
(C) Long Lake, Quest, Olenguard, Newtonbury, Roundabout, Pumpkin Pale, Moon Rune
(D) Long Lake, Newtonbury, Moon Rune, Quest, Pumpkin Pale, Olenguard, Roundabout
(E) Long Lake, Quest, Olenguard, Newtonbury, Pumpkin Pale, Roundabout, Moon Rune

2. Which one of the following must be true?

(A) Long Lake must be the first beer tasted.
(B) Moon Rune must be the last beer tasted.
(C) Pumpkin Pale must be the fifth beer tasted.
(D) Either Newtonbury or Quest must be tasted fourth.
(E) Either Long Lake or Pumpkin Pale must be tasted first.

3. If Roundabout is tasted first, which one of the following must be true?

(A) Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Moon Rune.
(B) Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Long Lake.
(C) Moon Rune is the second beer tasted.
(D) Newtonbury is the sixth beer tasted.
(E) Quest is the sixth beer tasted.

4. Each of the following could be true EXCEPT:

(A) Pumpkin Pale is tasted second.
(B) Moon Rune is the first beer tasted.
(C) Moon Rune is the seventh beer tasted.
(D) Roundabout is tasted second.
(E) Roundabout is tasted seventh.

5. If Newtonbury is tasted at some point after Pumpkin Pale, which one of the following could be true?
(A) Long Lake is tasted before Pumpkin Pale.
(B) Neither Newtonbury nor Quest is tasted before Long Lake.
(C) Neither Moon Rune nor Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Olenguard.
(D) Olenguard is tasted after Long Lake.
(E) Moon Rune is tasted before Roundabout.

6. If Pumpkin Pale is tasted first, the seven beers could be tasted in how many different orders?

(A) Four
(B) Five
(C) Six
(D) Seven
(E) Eight

7. Which one of the following, if substituted for the condition that either Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Roundabout or Moon Rune is tasted before Newtonbury, but not both, would have the same effect on the order in which the beers are tasted?

(A) Either Roundabout is tasted after Pumpkin Pale or before Moon Rune, but not both.
(B) Either Long Lake or Roundabout is the first beer tasted.
(C) Either Newtonbury or Quest is tasted sixth.
(D) Either Pumpkin Pale is tasted before Moon Rune, or Roundabout is tasted before Newtonbury, but not both.
(E) Either Roundabout is tasted before Pumpkin Pale, or Newtonbury is tasted after Moon Rune, but not both.

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Answers to Logic Games Challenge #19: (1)B (2)A (3)E (4)C (5)C (6)C (7)D (8)D

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Latest LSAT Logic Game Challenge

Our friends at Atlas LSAT have posted the most recent Logic Game Challenge #19 and invite our listeners to join in: Lab Projects

Lab Work

Envirolab will schedule three projects—F, G, and H—to their lab facilities over a five-week period. Exactly one project will be assigned to each of the five weeks, and each project will be assigned at least once. One of the projects is made up of eight researchers, one is made up of ten researchers, and one is made up of twelve researchers. The scheduling of the lab must conform to the following constraints:

• Project F is assigned to more weeks than project H.
• There are more researchers assigned to project H than project F.
• More researchers are assigned to week three than are assigned to either week one or week two.
• The project assigned to week two does not have eight researchers.
• Project F is assigned to week four.

1. Which one of the following could be an accurate schedule of projects for the five weeks, listed in order from week one to week five?
(A) G, H, F, F, F
(B) G, G, H, F, F
(C) F, F, H, G, F
(D) H, H, G, F, G
(E) F, F, H, G, G

2. If there are more researchers assigned to week one than week five, how many different possible schedules for the projects could be made?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 10

3. If project F has ten researchers, then which one of the following could be a partial assignment of projects to weeks?
(A) week two: project F; week three: project F
(B) week two: project H; week three: project F
(C) week one: project H; week two: project F
(D) week one: project G; week two: project F; week five: project H
(E) week one: project G; week two: project F; week four: project F

4. Which one of the following weeks must have twelve researchers assigned to it?
(A) week one
(B) week two
(C) week three
(D) week four
(E) week five

5. If project G has twelve researchers, which one of the following is a complete and accurate list of the weeks to which project F must be assigned?
(A) four
(B) two and four
(C) one and four
(D) one, two, and five
(E) one, four, and five

6. If ten researchers are scheduled for week one, which one of the following CANNOT be true?
(A) project G is scheduled for week one
(B) project F is scheduled for week two
(C) project H is scheduled for week five
(D) project F is scheduled for week five
(E) project H is scheduled for week three

7. If the condition that more researchers are assigned to week three than are assigned to week one or week two is replaced with the condition that more researchers are assigned to week one and week two than are assigned to week three, and if all other conditions remain in effect, then each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
(A) F is assigned to week one
(B) H is assigned to week three
(C) G is assigned to week three
(D) H is assigned to week three and G is assigned to week five
(E) G is assigned to week one and H is assigned to week five

8. Which one of the following conditions, if substituted for the condition that project F is assigned to more weeks than project H, would have the same effect in determining the schedule of projects?
(A) Project G is assigned to one or two weeks.
(B) Project H is assigned to exactly one week.
(C) Project F is assigned to more weeks than project G.
(D) Project G is assigned to a maximum of two weeks, and project H is assigned to a maximum of one week.
(E) Project F is assigned to a maximum of three weeks, and project G is assigned to a maximum of two weeks.

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