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2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship

Posted by Zonk on from the riddle-me-this-slashdot dept.

Fortran IV writes "Registration is open for the 2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship, Saturday, June 18. Two winners will join Team USA at the 2005 World Puzzle Championship in Eger, Hungary (tourist info here if you read Hungarian). If you're the type who plays 12 simultaneous chess games in your head while debugging code and memorizing logarithm tables, you might have a chance of teaming up with last year's champ Roger Barkan (previous Slashdot coverage). If you just like puzzles, register here for the most intense (and fastest) 2-1/2 hours of the year. For a faint shadow of the real thing, take the practice test, which Barkan can probably complete in about 8 minutes; for a true challenge, the complete 2004 test is still available."

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  1. I took the practice test by MoreDruid · · Score: 4, Funny

    and the answer was 42

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  2. Anyone call up Kim Peek? by Delilah+Jones · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They should invite Kim Peek. You know, the guy who inspired the movie "Rain Man."

    http://users.lk.net/~stepanov/mnemo/kimpeeke.html

    Or are idiot savants barred from such competitions?

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  3. whew, those are some tough puzzles by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To download the files to disk:
    On PC's - Right click on the link and save file to disk

    I stopped here. How about you guys?

  4. Re:I obviously could never compete. by 0x461FAB0BD7D2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The password for the practice test is kronos.

    There's a link to the password below.

  5. To the surprise of nobody... by Create+an+Account · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... I am an MBA student (honor student, at that) and I could not get close to any of these questions. I mean, it wasn't even approximately in my reach. F*ck.

    1. Re:To the surprise of nobody... by ameoba · · Score: 4, Funny

      You're an MBA - most of us around here are suprised if you can read and write let alone click a mouse and download the test.

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