I had the idea to make something like this for a while, since chour's puzzle that had some probability iirc, but it did not feel puzzley enough and I haven't gone around to do it until now. Yeah, even though I put [puzzle] tag in the title, that's mostly just so people looking for puzzles can see it better. Otherwise it's pretty much just a straight up math quiz. I suppose the area may be somewhat puzzling, though, in its own regard: probability/combinatorics.

But since I'm making a miniseries combined for some nicer reward, I figured I may as well go with this math quiz. This is second puzzle in the miniseries. These are otherwise not related and the giveaway on the first one has already ended, but it's still considered active for the grander picture that is to come.

There are 4 quizzes here in total, with 3 giveaways. The quizzes should be progressively harder and rewards hopefully progressively better but still don't count on some godly rewards. If you feel like you're wasting time doing puzzles, just don't do them.

Please don't discuss the solutions even after the giveaways are done. Due to my miniseries this puzzle here will be considered active even after the giveaways have ended. I will probably just link to the itstoohard solution for the first quiz to jumpstart miniseries completionists as it's not meant to be hard anyway, but I don't think any additional hints will be provided for them later on.

Meanwhile, these are the ending times of the three giveaways and required CV values:

Giveaway #1 timer (2014 JAN 09 2000 ZULU) - CV $0.01000 (ENDED)
Giveaway #2 timer (2014 JAN 11 2000 ZULU) - CV $30.02000 (ENDED)
Giveaway #3 timer (2014 JAN 12 2200 ZULU) - CV $3.33000 (ENDED)

Okay, to the quizzes then.

Unless otherwise stated, questions regard giveaway site equivalent to SteamGifts, giveaways for just one copy of the game, and Gregorian calendar.
Always assume you are eligible to enter the giveaways in question i.e. ignore stuff like points or contributor value. Also, the questions are about "raw" probability, there and then, so ignore stuff like people leaving or entering the giveaway before the giveaway ends, or even more obscure possibilities like someone asking for a reroll, people getting banned, meteorites hitting the datacenter so no wins for you... Nope, we're not considering such scenarios. If I say there are 20 entries then each individual person there has 1 in 20 chances to win, simple as that. Although sometimes I paint some more specific scenario so do pay attention.

Always write your answers as a decimal number with 5 digits after decimal point, with leading/trailing zeroes or rounding if necessary. For example, for 1 chance in 6, or 1/6, or 16.66666666...% the answer you'll have to put is 0.16667

Obviously do not cheat or you're risking long suspension: don't ask others for help and do not give help to others, that includes answers, giveaways, itstoohard links etc. It's not a group puzzle, solve it on your own or skip it.

http://www.itstoohard.com/quiz/wbCenIUg

Good luck, have fun!


Giveaways done, but puzzle still to be considered active!

So please keep it spoiler free for now, still. Like I said this is part of miniseries and later on I'll want to make something special for folks who solved all.

For now, let me just expedite a bit possible future solvers who missed this, and provide you itstoohard solution for the first quiz. It was meant to be very easy anyway. But if you have problems with the very last question, come back to it and try to solve it anyway as it contains certain foreshadowin.

Anyway, Quiz 1 itstoohard solution: http://www.itstoohard.com/quiz/wbCenIUg/hW4qN3vV

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Someone please solve it fast, I triple checked everything but with such bigger things you can never be 100% you didn't f@#k up somewhere D:

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or should I say 1.00000 hue

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Math? I worked so hard to forget all that I learned in math. NO!

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:O what did math teachers do to you Nikola xD

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First part done...

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yay \o/

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Seems like everyinting okay with the first part

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OK hopefully rest is okay too, but it gets more complicated

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Time to sleep.(only Q4&5 left).Good night ...

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I do puzzle.I bump kindly.

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I believe Quiz 2, Question 5 has a rounding error. It appears to have been rounded down when it should have been rounded up.

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You're right, thank you! Fixing.

EDIT: fixed

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Looks like I had an error in quiz 2, question 8, fixed that too

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are you sure nothing is wrong in Q2?

sry my math is getting worse i suppose.solved now

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yes, I am. Make sure you take into account that you can't win both, if you do there's a reroll which you don't participate in.

Some of the questions actually are much simpler than they initially look like if you think a bit but more complicated math checks out too.

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I think the very first question has a grammar issue. If you do it once, then repeat 4 times, you draw 5 balls total, not 4.

Edit: eh, I think you have grammar errors all over the place. It's still understandable, so no worries.

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hmm no, it's just 4 1 = 4, not 1 + 4 1 = 5. I don't say "then repeat that", only "if you repeat that"

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Repeat implies that you're going to include the first draw in your results as well.

Also, you never did my probability quiz either :P

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Oh I couldn't keep up with a puzzle a day xD Was content of being mentioned in one of them at least hehe

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Stuck on Quiz 2, Question 7. It's the same as Question 5 but with 2 more entries (which are not mine), correct?

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Read carefully again, the two entries are to the other giveaway not the one you have entered.

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Solved, thanks! When I start missing things like that, it means it's time for a break!

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This quiz is the SteamGifts FAQ translated into math! That's a double dose of education.

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there's bit of playblink in this too on the second quiz but yeah I was tempted to include even more obvious stuff regarding probabilites to win giveaways on SteamGifts that some folks eerily question now and then

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I love doing math! XD

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bump for solving the first part! now going for the next :D

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Not without some hurdles but the second quiz has been verified as solvable, too \o/ :D

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wtf troll. Screw this >.<

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lel trololololo just take a deep breath and think, it's a legit question

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I couldn't stay away. I got all of Quiz 3 except Question 4. Hmmm...

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lel gratz you've taken over jatan11t/GAR because he got stumped on the last question xD

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Ha, you got me with one wrong guess on Quiz 4! I felt silly right away.

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Nothing left to do but watch the guesses pile up on Quiz 4. Good luck jatan11t!

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he made it :)

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First half of Quiz 2 is driving me nuts. <_<

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Okay so after an hour we have the first full solver, gratz to TheRealKotA! :) EDIT: and not long after jatan11t joined too :)

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I'm sure my answer to Q4 is correct and I even tried to plus or minus a little bit to it in case I have an error, but it says I'm wrong. Or maybe the question isn't requesting a literal answer?

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wait by Q4 you mean quiz 4 or question 4 on some undisclosed quiz? x)

EDIT: you maybe think question 4 on quiz 3, I have reworded it, was misleading previously, sorry

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Sorry, I mean the question 4 on the 3rd quiz.

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I have reworded Question 4 on quiz 3, sorry for confusion. Some folks sorted it out without the correction but it's accurate now.

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Oh, I understand now. Thanks! :D

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Thanks for the great quiz. Great refresher

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Bump for solved. This is an A+ QUIZ

  • All questions solvable without guessing
  • All answers are correct
  • No intentional misleading

Some small special knowledge is required, but nothing you can't find.

More like this please!

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Why thank you, as far as quizzes go yes this is what I was aiming for. Normally though I prefer to make puzzles that require some thinking on a higher level (still no random guessing though I promise :P ), and also I'm unlikely to repeat ideas, so this may be dissapointing to you but I'm afraid you'll likely won't see something like this one again from me :(

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Bump for all the 4 solved! :D
Thanks! You made me remember statistics! :P

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bump for solved yay mathematics

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This one definitely goes better in terms of solvers than the earlier puzzle in the miniseries. Though this one I don't really consider to be a puzzle, unlike that other one, eh xD

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solved it. Nice to see a puzzle that doesn't rely on you having seen or played a ton of games.

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Well if a quiz creator chooses so that's their decision. Some quizzes just require knowledge in particular area and aren't for everybody.. Games, movies, anime.. Especially if they don't give hints that would enable some google-fu action. I do require particular knowledge here too you just happen to have it :)

I do have in store a puzzle about games mwahaha but it gunna be somewhat evil.

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Bump for solved :)

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Closed 10 years ago by Award.