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This puzzle is a part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #2: IQ Puzzle Parody


People hold asking me if there’s something between me and my good buddy Ingrid Deduction… Well, it is… sophisticated… We return a great distance, and perhaps at one level one thing may have occurred between us, however there was one event once we had been youngsters that most likely put the kibosh on that for a very long time. Seeing all these IQ puzzles on the positioning just lately has relatively introduced all of it again, so maybe now could be the best time to share…

It was the evening of our highschool promenade, and I turned up at Ingrid’s home to be met by her stepfather, the Reverend Richard Spusling. I knew from the off that he wasn’t eager on me, and whereas Ingrid’s mom was serving to her with last-minute preparations, Rev R. Spusling took me to 1 facet and handed me a sheet of paper, on which was the next IQ-test puzzle:

Rev R. Spusling's "IQ test" puzzle

“I want you to show you are worthy of courting my daughter,” he informed me. “I additionally want a reputation and two numbers.”

Well, the second half was simple – I wrote down my identify as requested, and supplied my cell quantity and my dad and mom’ residence telephone quantity. Then I appeared on the puzzle, and I had no concept what to do. So I simply took a leap of religion and picked one of many three choices at random.

The Reverend checked out me gravely and stated, “You obtained fortunate on the puzzle choice, however the identify and numbers are mistaken.”

What? That was the half I assumed I obtained proper! Then he kicked me out of the home, and I went to the promenade alone. Ingrid by no means got here; I heard she and her stepdad had a little bit of a battle that evening (and there was weeping and gnashing of tooth)…

So I’m turning to you to assist me banish my demons. How ought to I’ve solved the Reverend’s puzzle?

TASK: Deduce (with rationalization) which of the three given choices ought to substitute the query mark. Then work out the identify and two numbers I ought to have given to the Reverend.

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