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  3. From: chris@questrel.com (Chris Cole)
  4. Subject: rec.puzzles Archive (group), part 15 of 35
  5. Message-ID: <puzzles/archive/group_745653851@questrel.com>
  6. Followup-To: rec.puzzles
  7. Summary: This is part of an archive of questions
  8.  and answers that may be of interest to
  9.  puzzle enthusiasts.
  10.  Part 1 contains the index to the archive.
  11.  Read the rec.puzzles FAQ for more information.
  12. Sender: chris@questrel.com (Chris Cole)
  13. Reply-To: archive-comment@questrel.com
  14. Organization: Questrel, Inc.
  15. References: <puzzles/archive/Instructions_745653851@questrel.com>
  16. Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 06:05:29 GMT
  17. Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu
  18. Expires: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 06:04:11 GMT
  19. Lines: 135
  20. Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.puzzles:25013 news.answers:11533 rec.answers:1933
  21.  
  22. Archive-name: puzzles/archive/group
  23. Last-modified: 17 Aug 1993
  24. Version: 4
  25.  
  26.  
  27. ==> group/group.01.p <==
  28. AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ BCDGJOPQRSU
  29.  
  30. ==> group/group.01.s <==
  31. AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ    drawn with straight lines
  32. BCDGJOPQRSU    not drawn with straight lines
  33.  
  34. ==> group/group.01a.p <==
  35. 147 0235689
  36.  
  37. ==> group/group.01a.s <==
  38. 147    drawn with straight lines
  39. 0235689    not drawn with straight lines
  40.  
  41. ==> group/group.02.p <==
  42. ABEHIKMNOTXZ CDFGJLPQRSUVWY
  43.  
  44. ==> group/group.02.s <==
  45. ABEHIKMNOTXZ    resembles corresponding Greek letter
  46. CDFGJLPQRSUVWY    does not resemble corresponding Greek letter
  47.  
  48. ==> group/group.03.p <==
  49. BEJQXYZ DFGHLPRU KSTV CO AIW MN
  50.  
  51. ==> group/group.03.s <==
  52. BEJQXYZ            no US state starting with this letter
  53. DFGHLPRU        one US state starting with this letter
  54. KSTV            two US states starting with this letter
  55. CO            three US states starting with this letter
  56. AIW            four US states starting with this letter
  57.             five US states starting with this letter
  58.             six US states starting with this letter
  59.             seven US states starting with this letter
  60. MN            eight US states starting with this letter
  61.  
  62. ==> group/group.04.p <==
  63. BDO P ACGIJLMNQRSUVWZ EFTY HKX
  64.  
  65. ==> group/group.04.s <==
  66. All answers assume a sans serif type font:
  67.  
  68. BDO        no endpoint
  69. P        one endpoint
  70. ACGIJLMNQRSUVWZ    two endpoints
  71. EFTY        three endpoints
  72. HKX        four endpoints
  73.  
  74. ==> group/group.05.p <==
  75. CEFGHIJKLMNSTUVWXYZ ADOPQR B
  76.  
  77. ==> group/group.05.s <==
  78. CEFGHIJKLMNSTUVWXYZ    no enclosed area
  79. ADOPQR            one enclosed area (in some fonts, Q encloses two)
  80. B            two enclosed areas
  81.  
  82. ==> group/group.06.p <==
  83. BCEGKMQSW DFHIJLNOPRTUVXYZ
  84.  
  85. ==> group/group.06.s <==
  86. BCEGKMQSW        prime numbers
  87. DFHIJLNOPRTUVXYZ    composites
  88.  
  89. ==> group/group.07.p <==
  90. CDEFLOPTZ ABGHIJKMNQRSUVWXY
  91.  
  92. ==> group/group.07.s <==
  93. Letters found on the eye chart
  94.  
  95. ==> group/group.08.p <==
  96. COS ABDEFGHIJKLMNPQRTUVWXYZ
  97.  
  98. ==> group/group.08.s <==
  99. Letters that contain only curves
  100.  
  101. ==> group/group.09.p <==
  102. CDILMVX ABEFGHJKNOPQRSTUWYZ
  103.  
  104. ==> group/group.09.s <==
  105. Letters that are Roman numerals
  106.  
  107. ==> group/group.10.p <==
  108. AHIMOTUVWXY BCDEFGJKLNPQRSZ
  109.  
  110. ==> group/group.10.s <==
  111. Letters with horizontal symmetry
  112.  
  113. ==> group/group.11.p <==
  114. BCDIJLMNOPQRSUVWZ AEFGHKTXY
  115.  
  116. ==> group/group.11.s <==
  117. Letters that can be drawn without taking a pen off of the paper
  118.  
  119. ==> group/group.12.p <==
  120. COPSUVWXZ ABDEFGHIJKLMNQRTY
  121.  
  122. ==> group/group.12.s <==
  123. Capital letters that look like lower case
  124.  
  125. ==> group/group.13.p <==
  126. BCDEHIKOX AFGJLMNPQRSTUVWYZ
  127.  
  128. ==> group/group.13.s <==
  129. Letters with vertical symmetry
  130.  
  131. ==> group/group.14.p <==
  132. EHIS MOT ABCDFGJKLNPQRUVWXYZ
  133.  
  134. ==> group/group.14.s <==
  135. Letters which in Morse code consist of only dots, only dashes, or both.
  136.  
  137. ==> group/group.15.p <==
  138. HIOX ABCDEFGJKLMNPQRSTUVWYZ
  139.  
  140. ==> group/group.15.s <==
  141. Letters with vertical and horizontal symmetry
  142.  
  143. ==> group/group.16.p <==
  144. IJ ABCDEFGHKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  145.  
  146. ==> group/group.16.s <==
  147. Letters that are dotted in lower case.
  148.  
  149. ==> group/group.17.p <==
  150. J BDFHIKLT GPQY ACEMNORSUVWXZ
  151.  
  152. ==> group/group.17.s <==
  153. Letters that have ascenders or dots or descenders in lower case.
  154. Letters that have ascenders or dots but not descenders in lower case.
  155. Letters that have descenders but not ascenders or dots in lower case.
  156. Letters that do not have ascenders or dots or descenders in lower case.
  157.