TABLE OF CONTENTS - TESTS

The Nachbar-Smith Test of Eclectic Reason Abilities - Paul Nachbar and Tommy Smith
Stargazer - Faverio, Maria Claudia
Six Insane Geniuses - Faverio, Maria Claudia

Stargazer - Maria Claudia Faverio

It was a clear summer night with a light breeze, and Stargazer was sitting on the verandah counting the stars. "Please, come in! It's 2 am!", shouted his wife from the bedroom. Stargazer could observe different types of stars, bright, bizarre stars, with his telescope, and was so delighted that he didn't even hear her. So she went out to
fetch him. "I'll come in if you can answer this question, Sweetheart", announced Stargazer. "Can you see how many stars there are this night? There are more than one group, darling, and each group contains the same number of stars. There are between 200 and 300 stars. I cannot tell you how many stars there are altogether, or
you would know how many groups there are. If you can tell me how many stars and how many groups there are, I'll come inside." His wife couldn't answer, and he stayed on the verandah all night. Can you?

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Six Insane Geniuses - Maria Claudia Faverio

Six insane geniuses (Anomalous, Bewildered, Confused, Deranged, Erratic and Fanciful) work as spies for a planet of the Andromeda Galaxy. They were supposed to send a coded message to this planet, but it didn't arrive, and it is not clear who is the last one to have seen it, that is to say, who is responsible for the loss (intergalactic mail is 100% reliable, so the responsible must be one of the geniuses). Fanciful says he has sent it to Anomalous and Confused, and received it from Bewildered and Erratic. Deranged affirms that he has sent it to Confused and Erratic, and received it from Anomalous and Bewildered. Anomalous asserts to have sent it to Bewildered and to have received it from Confused. Bewildered declares that he received it from Erratic. Who is responsible for the loss of the coded message, that is to say, who is the last one to have seen it?

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