Sunday Times Teaser 2507 – No Title

by Graham Smithers

Published October 10 2010 (link)

Six friends have the first names Bubba, Chris, Derek, Emiren, Finsan and Gilson. They each have a different favourite food — apple, carrot, pear, pinto bean, raspberry and watermelon.

No two friends have birthdays in the same month. For each friend, any two from their name, their favourite food and their month of birth have just one letter of the alphabet in common.

In the order of names given above, what are their favourite foods?

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Brian Gladman permalink

Using grouping.py:


from grouping import groups, shared_letters

friends = ('Bubba', 'Chris', 'Derek', 'Emiren', 'Finsan', 'Gilson')
foods = ('Apple', 'Carrot', 'Pear', 'Pinto Bean', 'Raspberry', 'Watermelon')
months = ('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 
          'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December')

for s in groups([friends, foods, months], shared_letters(1)):
  for n, f, m in s:
    print(f'{n}: {f}, {m}')

from grouping import groups, shared_letters

friends = ('Bubba', 'Chris', 'Derek', 'Emiren', 'Finsan', 'Gilson')

foods = ('Apple', 'Carrot', 'Pear', 'Pinto Bean', 'Raspberry', 'Watermelon')

months = ('January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July',

'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December')

for s in groups([friends, foods, months], shared_letters(1)):

for n, f, m in s:

print(f'{n}: {f}, {m}')

Sunday Times Teaser 2507 – No Title

by Graham Smithers

Published October 10 2010 (link)

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