Help needed for word puzzle that is keeping me up at night

Seriously,
I am actually driven mad with this.
I am doing a word puzzle based on drinks (work thing) and am stuck on two. if anyone can help end my suffering!!!

The answers are based on drinks, so any help would be great!!!!!!!


question one,
"sounds like going to steal" 5 letter answer
"are we all smart in Ireland" 7 letter answer

Rubberlegs

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Seriously,
I am actually driven mad with this.
I am doing a word puzzle based on drinks (work thing) and am stuck on two. if anyone can help end my suffering!!!

The answers are based on drinks, so any help would be great!!!!!!!


question one,
"sounds like going to steal" 5 letter answer
"are we all smart in Ireland" 7 letter answer

Could the first one be Redbreast Whiskey, as in Robin, robbing?
Edit :Ah sh1t no, I was thinking of robin having 5 letters

padraig.od

Coors Light for both

ChippingSodbury

Rubberlegs wrote: »

Could the first one be Redbreast Whiskey, as in Robin, robbing?
Edit :Ah sh1t no, I was thinking of robin having 5 letters

Good answer though!

The Mulk

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Good answer though!

Second one is Martini- S(mart in I )reland

DChancer

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Seriously,
I am actually driven mad with this.
I am doing a word puzzle based on drinks (work thing) and am stuck on two. if anyone can help end my suffering!!!

The answers are based on drinks, so any help would be great!!!!!!!


question one,
"sounds like going to steal" 5 letter answer
"are we all smart in Ireland" 7 letter answer

are we all smart in Ireland" MARTINI

ldy4mxonucwsq6

Rioja for 5 letter one?

ZV Yoda

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Seriously,
I am actually driven mad with this.
I am doing a word puzzle based on drinks (work thing) and am stuck on two. if anyone can help end my suffering!!!

The answers are based on drinks, so any help would be great!!!!!!!


question one,
"sounds like going to steal" 5 letter answer
"are we all smart in Ireland" 7 letter answer

"sounds like going to steal"... Tonic (i.e. sounds like going "to nick" something)

ohnonotgmail

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Going to steal: Irn Bru?

5 letters?

ChippingSodbury

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

5 letters?

Yeah, I can;t count either!!

RiderOnTheStorm

Smart in ireland - scholar? Land of saints & scholars...

Ciaran_B

Give us a few more there.

Ciaran_B

Ciaran_B wrote: »

Give us a few more there.

I can upload the whole sheet.

misstearheus

The first thing I thought of was Thief, but the Drink is Orchard's Thieves not Orchard's Thief anyway.

Skyrimaddict

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

I can upload the whole sheet.

Go for it

Hector Bellend

Cryptic crosswords are a pain in the hole.

GBX

Hector Bellend wrote: »

Cryptic crosswords are a pain in the hole.

Piles ?

useful - after S (6)

CAN HEM GAP (9)

Male Hen. Story (8)

So its all up (4)

Thump (5)

Harbour (4)

Noel for Walter (5)

Double you - Not Hers - door opener (7)

number of dwarfs - Not down (5-2)

Not slim (5)

kunst nugget

Male Hen. Story - Cocktail

kunst nugget

number of dwarfs - Not down - Seven Up

kunst nugget

Harbour - Port

kunst nugget

CAN HEM GAP - Champagne

Aineoil

champagne - CAN HEM GAP (9)

ChippingSodbury

useful - after S (6): Shandy

Aineoil

number of dwarfs - Not down - seven up

poster2525

Noel for Walter (5)

Water

poster2525

So its all up (4)

Soup ??

timthumbni

ZV Yoda wrote: »

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Seriously,
I am actually driven mad with this.
I am doing a word puzzle based on drinks (work thing) and am stuck on two. if anyone can help end my suffering!!!

The answers are based on drinks, so any help would be great!!!!!!!



question one,
"sounds like going to steal" 5 letter answer
"are we all smart in Ireland" 7 letter answer

"sounds like going to steal"... Tonic (i.e. sounds like going "to nick" something)

I bet when you turn up at pub quizzes everyone else mumbles for feck sake and goes to a different pub.

poster2525

Thump (5)

Punch

MyStubbleItches

GBX wrote: »

Piles ?

What do you call half a haemorrhoid?




Not a whole pile.

jiltloop

chakademus wrote: »

Double you - Not Hers - door opener =whiskey
Not slim= round?

Not slim = Stout

ChippingSodbury

Here's another puzzle for those of you in the mood:

Two men meet each other for first time in donkeys years.
"Hi John, how are you (followed by usual small talk)"
"So, John, did you have children?"
"Yes, James, I did, I had 3"
"How old are they?"
"Well, John, I know how you love a puzzle so here goes:
the product of their ages is 36. The sum of their ages is equal to the number of that bus over there!"
James thinks for a while and replies "No, I need more information"
John says "OK, the eldest likes yoghurt" to which James replies "Aha, got it"

How old are the children?

Lucy8080

poster2525 wrote: »

So its all up (4)

Soup ??

If soup doesn't work ,try Asti- " asti" = "it's a"ll up .

jiltloop

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Here's another puzzle for those of you in the mood:

Two men meet each other for first time in donkeys years.
"Hi John, how are you (followed by usual small talk)"
"So, John, did you have children?"
"Yes, James, I did, I had 3"
"How old are they?"
"Well, John, I know how you love a puzzle so here goes:
the product of their ages is 36. The sum of their ages is equal to the number of that bus over there!"
James thinks for a while and replies "No, I need more information"
John says "OK, the eldest likes yoghurt" to which James replies "Aha, got it"

How old are the children?

After a bit of a leap of logic I think the answer is 2,2 and 9?

ChippingSodbury

jiltloop wrote: »

After a bit of a leap of logic I think the answer is 2,2 and 9?

Here is the answer:

First piece of info: product of their ages is 36 so all of the factors of 36 are:

36, 1, 1 Sum: 38
18, 2, 1 Sum: 21
12, 3, 1 Sum: 16
9, 4, 1 Sum: 14
9, 2, 2 Sum: 13
6, 6, 1 Sum: 13
4, 3, 3 Sum: 10

Second piece of info: sum of ages is same as number of that bus. James can see the bus so he knows what the sum of their ages is. James then says "that's not enough info." so that means that there must be two sets of ages that have the same sum (two sets have 13 as sum above) so it has to be one of those i.e. 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1.

Last piece of information: eldest likes yogurt implying that there must be an eldest. The two possibilities are 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1 so it must be 9, 2, 2 given that the 6 year olds are twins and no eldest!

Allinall

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Here is the answer:

First piece of info: product of their ages is 36 so all of the factors of 36 are:

36, 1, 1 Sum: 38
18, 2, 1 Sum: 21
12, 3, 1 Sum: 16
9, 4, 1 Sum: 14
9, 2, 2 Sum: 13
6, 6, 1 Sum: 13
4, 3, 3 Sum: 10

Second piece of info: sum of ages is same as number of that bus. James can see the bus so he knows what the sum of their ages is. James then says "that's not enough info." so that means that there must be two sets of ages that have the same sum (two sets have 13 as sum above) so it has to be one of those i.e. 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1.

Last piece of information: eldest likes yogurt implying that there must be an eldest. The two possibilities are 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1 so it must be 9, 2, 2 given that the 6 year olds are twins and no eldest!

Is. 2, 3 and 6 not also a legitimate answer?

jiltloop

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Here is the answer:

First piece of info: product of their ages is 36 so all of the factors of 36 are:

36, 1, 1 Sum: 38
18, 2, 1 Sum: 21
12, 3, 1 Sum: 16
9, 4, 1 Sum: 14
9, 2, 2 Sum: 13
6, 6, 1 Sum: 13
4, 3, 3 Sum: 10

Second piece of info: sum of ages is same as number of that bus. James can see the bus so he knows what the sum of their ages is. James then says "that's not enough info." so that means that there must be two sets of ages that have the same sum (two sets have 13 as sum above) so it has to be one of those i.e. 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1.

Last piece of information: eldest likes yogurt implying that there must be an eldest. The two possibilities are 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1 so it must be 9, 2, 2 given that the 6 year olds are twins and no eldest!

Yes, it was the second bit of info that I wasn't confident on!

jiltloop

Allinall wrote: »

Is. 2, 3 and 6 not also a legitimate answer?

Or 4, 3, 3 for that matter.

ohnonotgmail

Allinall wrote: »

Is. 2, 3 and 6 not also a legitimate answer?

Doesnt satisfy the second piece of information given.

Allinall

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Doesnt satisfy the second piece of information given.

The No 11 bus?

It goes out to Sandyford.

ChippingSodbury

jiltloop wrote: »

Yes, it was the second bit of info that I wasn't confident on!

jiltloop wrote: »

Or 4, 3, 3 for that matter.

Allinall wrote: »

Is. 2, 3 and 6 not also a legitimate answer?

The bus must be No. 13 (and James could see this). If it was any other Bus number : 38, 21, 14, 10, 16, James wouldn't have needed any more information because there was only one set of factors that added up to that number. The fact that he needed more information means that there must have been more than one set of factors with the same sum i.e. that meant it could have been either 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1 ONLY (otherwise no need for more info)

ChippingSodbury

And anyway, I forgot to mention they were either in Harristown or Grange Castle :pac:



(joke!)

Hector Bellend

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

The bus must be No. 13 (and James could see this). If it was any other Bus number : 38, 21, 14, 10, 16, James wouldn't have needed any more information because there was only one set of factors that added up to that number. The fact that he needed more information means that there must have been more than one set of factors with the same sum i.e. that meant it could have been either 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1 ONLY (otherwise no need for more info)

How?

jiltloop

Hector Bellend wrote: »

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

The bus must be No. 13 (and James could see this). If it was any other Bus number : 38, 21, 14, 10, 16, James wouldn't have needed any more information because there was only one set of factors that added up to that number. The fact that he needed more information means that there must have been more than one set of factors with the same sum i.e. that meant it could have been either 9, 2, 2 or 6, 6, 1 ONLY (otherwise no need for more info)

How?

They both know the number of the bus but we don't. Therefore the only info we can glean from the fact that he needed more information is that even knowing the number of the bus meant not being sure of the ages of the children, the only number this makes sense with is 13 since it is the only number that occurs more than once in the possibilities.
The fact that we are then told there is an older child means that the answer has to be 2,2,9 as all other number combinations that give a product of 36 have been eliminated.

Skyrimaddict

Skyrimaddict wrote: »

Double you - Not Hers - door opener (7)

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Whiskey

timthumbni

timthumbni wrote: »

I bet when you turn up at pub quizzes everyone else mumbles for feck sake and goes to a different pub.

Why would you think that. Have you not had something stuck in your brain like that.

I got a few more today in work I will stick up tomorrow

annascott

How do we reveal text blocked by spoiler alert?

flower tattoo

annascott wrote: »

How do we reveal text blocked by spoiler alert?

On a phone / tap on the block of lines

pleas advice

I had to highlight it all, (for some reason this didnt show the text) then copy and paste into a new message/ textbox.

Technically the two 6 year olds in one of the possible answers from sum of 13 could be twins which would mean the oldest twin (by minutes) liked yogurt and also would satisfy the criteria.