White Ajah Quests
Jan 2006
These are the new logic problems for your consideration. Send your submissions
to the White Ajah mailbox for appraisal and ensure you show explanation for how
you arrived your answers. Credit to Accepted Alessa for her contributions.
Karynas kel'Sham
Sitter for the White Ajah
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1. Soldier's
Blindfold
At a local tavern in Bandar Eban, four girls were surrounding a blindfolded
handsome stranger. They decide to play a silly Altaran kissing game, each girl
in turn giving the soldier a kiss on the lips. When the soldier’s blindfold was
removed, he could not figure out which girl gave which kiss. Hopeless at
figuring out who the best kisser was, the soldier then turned to a blushing
Accepted. The woman glared at the group of four girls for playing such a
nonsensical game, but felt sorry for the soldier. She whispered to him several
clues, and the soldier immediately found out the ‘cupcake’ was daring enough to
give him a ‘slip of the tongue’.
1. The girl with the silk gown went first.
2. The Illianer smelled of pumpkin spices.
3. The Ebou Dari did not want to kiss the soldier right after the Saldaean, and
she did not kiss him before her.
4. The girl with the riding skirts kissed the soldier immediately after the girl
who smelled like vanilla cupcake.
5. The girl who smelled of fresh linen went last.
6. The girl who smelled of roses was Saldaean.
7. The Andoran did not wear a flowing skirt and she was rather shy, kissing the
soldier last.
8. The girl who wore a satin dress went after the girl from Illian.
2. The Domani Wench's Fingers
A young Accepted was walking through the streets of Lugard. She knew very well
that this city is filled with ruffians, bandits, and swindlers and was mindful
of that fact. As she walked by The Domani Wench’s Kiss Inn, she spotted a man
dressed in raggedy clothing playing a game in the midst of the crowd. Curiosity
got the better of the Accepted and she pressed towards the crowd to see what the
game was. She found out that they were playing a simple two-player finger game
called Arrom. Each player displays either one or two fingers and at the same
time tries to guess what the other player will choose. If both are wrong or both
are right, then neither wins. If only one person is right, then that person wins
a number of golden crowns equal to the total number of fingers shown by both
players (2, 3, or 4).
The Accepted smirks at the game as she realizes very quickly how the man is
conning money from his unsuspecting victims. She walks up to the swindler, and
uses his own strategy to beat him at his own game. What was the strategy the
Accepted figured out?
3. The Retired Sheep Farmer
A retired sheep farmer from Emond’s Field decided to have a new house built for
himself in the village. However, when he entered his new home, he realized that
the carpenter forgot something. The farmer was rather self-reliant and decided
to finish the farm himself. He walked over to the local blacksmith to buy the
forgotten item. The smith, curiously named Smith, flashed him a tooth-less smile
and told the farmer the prices: 8 will cost one crown, 15 will cost 2 crown, and
100 will cost 3 crown. The farmer smiled and agreed, as they were rather
reasonable and ended up buying 235, for which he paid 3 crowns.
What did the carpenter forget to put on the house?
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Age is but a Number
Anila, Blissa, Corie, Darla, and Evie recently found out that all of their
birthdays were on the same day, though they are different ages. On their mutual
birthday, they were jabbering away, flapping their gums about their recent
discovery. Some of the things that were overheard was:
• Darla said to Blissa: "I'm nine years older than Evie."
• Evie said to Blissa: "I'm seven years older than Anila."
• Anila said to Blissa: "Your age is exactly 70% greater than mine."
• Blissa said to Corie: "Evie is younger than you."
• Corie said to Darla: "The difference between our ages is six years."
• Corie said to Anila: "I'm ten years older than you."
• Corie said to Anila: "Blissa is younger than Darla."
• Blissa said to Corie: "The difference between your age and Darla's is the same
as the difference between Darla's and Evie's."
The women were not all telling the whole truth. When one of them spoke to
somebody older than herself, everything she said was true, but when speaking to
somebody younger, everything she said was false.
How old is each person?
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An ongoing task available
to you all is that of presenting a debate. The art of debating is an invaluable
skill as it teaches calm assessment and how to present an argument, as well as
an ability to identify and root out flaws in a proposition.
Simply submit your proposal and the position you and your debating partner will
be taking for approval to the White Ajah mailbox. If you need assistance with
how to structure or prepare then simply contact me or another White and we can
guide you
Many of you have varying opinions and discussions on a range of topics. However,
if you are having difficulties, below are a series of suggestions put forward by
Accepted Callemaea, you may use these directly or adapt them as you wish.
Proposition 1: "It is better for the person who plans the strategy of the battle
to have another lead, than for the same person to both lead the group and plan
the battle."
Proposition 2: "A warrior who is reliable in following orders but has only a
basic understanding of battle is a greater asset to a group than a person who
has excellent skills but only follows orders about half the time."
Proposition 3: "In some circumstances, even if the laws of a given nation are
unjust, the right action for some individuals placed in authority in that nation
MAY be to continue in that position and even to reliably enforce these laws."
Proposition 4: "If someone in authority within a nation is accused of abuse of
his authority, and those directly affected by this are convinced that he is
guilty, then he should be effectively stripped of this authority until his
innocence can be shown."
Proposition 5: "If one is caring for a patient who is conscious but in critical
condition, and is aware that the likelihood of the patient's survival is very
low, one ought to make the patient aware of this fact."
Proposition 6: "If are a strong but aging warrior and a young child are both in
danger of death to illness or injury, and there are only the resources to
definitely save the life of one, the warrior should be saved."
Proposition 7: " 'Pure logic' - logic unaffected by ones emotions or experiences
cannot exist within the mind of any human."
Proposition 8: "It is wiser to focus on learning to make good decisions in less
important but more likely situations, than to ask questions about 'what I would
do' if faced with less probable situations of greater consequence."
Proposition 9: "A nation's first responsibility is to the larger world, then to
its people."
Proposition 10: "When writing a treaty or contract, it is more important for
ones phrasing to show respect, trust, and the assumption that the other party
will be reasonable than to focus on covering all significant contingencies."
Proposition 11: "If an Accepted with battle rights strongly suspects a man among
her group to be a male channeler, it is wise for her to continue to work with
that group to assess whether he is one rather than EITHER to have him warranted
and attack him OR to confront him demanding that he come to the Tower to be
tested by the Red Ajah."
Proposition 12: "If a known male channeler who is not known to be a darkfriend
or murderer joins a battle against trollocs, one ought to continue fighting the
trollocs before dealing with the tainted man."
Proposition 13: "The conclusions that one comes to when analyzing causal
relationships in history will inevitably be confined by the researcher's
assumptions and thus unavoidably hide certain truths."
Proposition 14: "If exactly one dose of an herb with established curative
properties is known to exist, and accurate analysis of such would consume the
entire sample, then performing this analysis is the most important use of this
sample."
Remember to seek out help from those with knowledge and expertise relevant to
the topic you pick as you do your research.
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