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Quiz about 90 Percent of the Game is HalfMental
Quiz about 90 Percent of the Game is HalfMental

90 Percent of the Game is Half-Mental Quiz

Yogi Berra was known for his illogical sayings like "90% of this game is half mental". In honor of Yogi, here is a baseball themed logic puzzle that is 100% mental.

A multiple-choice quiz by Joepetz. Estimated time: 20 mins.
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Author
Joepetz
Time
20 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
386,933
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
502
Question 1 of 10
1. A local baseball team is practicing for the championship game. However, several players have had their lucky bats stolen by the rival team. Can you work out which lucky bat belongs to which player, how old each player is and where the bats were hidden?

Players: Dave, Josh, Nick, Travis, Zack
Ages: 23, 25, 27, 29, 31
Lucky Bats: Big Gun, Bomber, Jokester, Moonshot, Surfin' Slugger
Locations: Bleachers, Dugout, Locker Room, Team Van, Under Home Plate

Clue #1: Zack, who tends to hit home runs using the Surfin' Slugger, is not 25.
Clue #2: Twenty-three year old Josh does not bat using the Big Gun which is buried under home plate.
Clue #3: The bat that is hidden under a bench in the locker room belongs to a player who is two years younger than Dave and belongs to a player who is two years older than one who uses the Bomber (which isn't hidden in the team van).
Clue #4: Nick located his lucky bat in the other team's dugout.
Clue #5: The twenty-five year old, who does not use the Moonshot, finally found his lucky bat in the team's van.

Question #1: Let's lob one in. Which player found his lucky bat in the dugout? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Which player found his baseball bat in the team van? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Which lucky bat does Travis use? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. How old is the player who swings the Bomber? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Which player is 31 years old? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Which lucky bat is used by the 29-year old? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Which bat was found in the dugout? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. Which player uses the Big Gun? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. Where did Josh find his lucky bat? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Which bat was found in the bleachers? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A local baseball team is practicing for the championship game. However, several players have had their lucky bats stolen by the rival team. Can you work out which lucky bat belongs to which player, how old each player is and where the bats were hidden? Players: Dave, Josh, Nick, Travis, Zack Ages: 23, 25, 27, 29, 31 Lucky Bats: Big Gun, Bomber, Jokester, Moonshot, Surfin' Slugger Locations: Bleachers, Dugout, Locker Room, Team Van, Under Home Plate Clue #1: Zack, who tends to hit home runs using the Surfin' Slugger, is not 25. Clue #2: Twenty-three year old Josh does not bat using the Big Gun which is buried under home plate. Clue #3: The bat that is hidden under a bench in the locker room belongs to a player who is two years younger than Dave and belongs to a player who is two years older than one who uses the Bomber (which isn't hidden in the team van). Clue #4: Nick located his lucky bat in the other team's dugout. Clue #5: The twenty-five year old, who does not use the Moonshot, finally found his lucky bat in the team's van. Question #1: Let's lob one in. Which player found his lucky bat in the dugout?

Answer: Nick

 This is revealed openly in Clue #4 where it says that Nick is the player who found his bat in the other team's dugout.
2. Which player found his baseball bat in the team van?

Answer: Travis

 The 25-year old found his bat in the team van (Clue 5) who was not Zack who uses the Surfin Slugger (Clue 1) Josh the 23-year old (Clue 2) Dave (Clue 3) or Nick who found his in the dugout (Clue 4). Therefore, it has to be Travis who found his bat in the team van.
3. Which lucky bat does Travis use?

Answer: Jokester

 Travis cannot use the lucky bat named Big Gun because that was buried under home plate (Clue 2) the Bomber (Clue 3) or the Moonshot (Clue 5). Zack uses the Surfin' Slugger (Clue 1) so that only leaves the Jokester for Travis to use.
4. How old is the player who swings the Bomber?

Answer: 27

 The Bomber is not used by the 23, 25, 29 or 31 year old players (Clue 3) so the only other option left is for it to be used by the 27 year old.
5. Which player is 31 years old?

Answer: Dave

 Continuing on from information discovered by working with Clue 3, you can figure out that the 29 year old must have found his bat in the locker room. This makes Dave the 31 year old because he is two years older than the person who uses the bat found in the locker room.
6. Which lucky bat is used by the 29-year old?

Answer: Surfin' Slugger

 The puzzle gets a bit trickier to solve from this point on. You have to use process of elimination to solve the next few steps. Zack must be the 29-year old and since he uses the Surfin' Slugger, the Surfin' Slugger (Clue 1) must be used by the 29 year old.
7. Which bat was found in the dugout?

Answer: Bomber

 Again by using process of elimination, you can figure out that Nick must have been the 27-year old who uses The Bomber, which was found in the dugout. (Clue 4).
8. Which player uses the Big Gun?

Answer: Dave

 At this point, only the Big Gun and the Moonshot are the only bats that are not matched with owners and Josh and Dave are the only players without bats. Josh does not use the Big Gun (Clue 2) so it must be Dave who does.
9. Where did Josh find his lucky bat?

Answer: The Bleachers

 We already know that Josh is 23 (Clue 2) but the only unsolved information remaining is which location and which bat Josh uses. The bleachers are the only location left so he must have found his lucky bat there.
10. Which bat was found in the bleachers?

Answer: Moonshot

 Josh found his bat in the bleachers and the only remaining unclaimed bat is the Moonshot so it must have been found by him in the bleachers.

The full solutions are:

Josh-23-Moonshot-Bleachers

Travis-25-Jokester-Team Van

Nick-27-Bomber-Dugout

Zack-29-Surfin' Slugger- Locker Room

Dave-31-Big Gun-Home Plate
Source: Author Joepetz

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