Can You Save The World?
My latest FiveThirtyEight Riddler Puzzle
Sharpen your pencils! FiveThirtyEight Riddler column editor Zach Wissner-Gross has posted my second Riddler Classic Puzzle today.
The solution is surprisingly elegant! (At least, I thought so. 🤪)
I'm leaning towards a world wide question of "What is your favorite color?" and then just saying that I have the highest number. About the odds humanity deserves.
It's dumb nitpick, but I assume the people can only be asked a question the answer of which they would know.
"Is your number higher than everyone else's?" being the prime example of a disallowed question.
I got ALL sorts of questions about that other riddle, the party game.
Do you know all your 25 numbers in advance?
Do you score after each placement? or a tally at the end?