Sunday, March 30, 2008

I never realized how smart you have to be to make pizza















Ok, so check out this LSAT logic games question:


Eight college students order a custom-made pizza; the pizza has eight slices with a single topping on each slice. The toppings are anchovies, black olives, Canadian Bacon, green olives, hamburger, onion, pepperoni and sausage. Each slice is of equal size, so four slices make exactly half the pizza; a slice is opposite the slice separated from it by three slices. The students are very picky about how their pizza is arranged, so they have set the following conditions:

  • Each slice contains one topping, each topping is used exactly once.
  • When counting from one slice to another, always move clockwise.
  • The green olive slice must be adjacent to and clockwise from the pepperoni slice.
  • The black olive slice is directly across from the anchovies slice.
  • The anchovies slice cannot be adjacent to the Canadian bacon slice.
  • The Canadian bacon slice can't be adjacent to the hamburger slice.

NOW THE QUESTIONS!

1.If the hamburger slice is directly opposite the green olive slice, then
which of the following slices CANNOT be adjacent to the pepperoni slice?
  • Anchovies
  • Black olives
  • Canadian bacon
  • Onion
  • Sausage
2. If the Canadian bacon slice isn't adjacent to the black olive slice,
which two slices could be adjacent to the onion slice?
  • Anchovies and sausage
  • Canadian bacon and anchovies
  • Canadian bacon and sausage
  • Hamburger and black olives
  • Sausage and black olives
3. Which one of the following could be a series of four adjacent
slices,moving clockwise?
  • Anchovies, sausage, hamburger, black olives
  • Black olives, Canadian bacon, hamburger, pepperoni
  • Black olives, green olives, pepperoni, hamburger
  • Hamburger, anchovies, Canadian bacon, sausage
  • Onion, black olives, pepperoni, green olives
4. If the Canadian bacon slice is opposite the hamburger slice,
what is the minimum possible number of slices that could fit
between the hamburger slice and the black olive slice?
  • Zero
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four
5. If the pepperoni slice is adjacent to the onion slice, which slice
must be adjacent to the anchovies slice?
  • Black olives
  • Canadian bacon
  • Green olives
  • Hamburger
  • Sausage
6. If the black olives slice is between the pepperoni and Canadian
bacon, which two slices could be adjacent to the sausage slice?
  • Anchovies and green olives
  • Anchovies and pepperoni
  • Canadian bacon and anchovies
  • Canadian bacon and green olives
  • Hamburger and onion
7. What is the minimum possible number of slices between the green
olives slice and the onion slice?
  • Zero
  • One
  • Two
  • Three
  • Four

Ok, now that I feel ready to become an attorney and more than ready to eat a pizza, I will leave you solving this lovely game. I really don't think that anyone reads this blog, but if for some reason, someone does read it and wants the answers to this deliciously mind numbing question, let me know.


1 comment:

sinker said...

Finally someone else came across your post! I just was reading this game and I realized the games section is going to be one hell of a hurdle for me...not even sure I have the ability to solve this kind of game...

Hopefully you ended up doing well on the exam...let me know how it turned out!