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Follow My Directions Too Trivia Quiz

A homage to the classic FT quiz series by eburge. As you progress you will be asked to apply various techniques at variable difficulty levels, some in the spirit of the original series and some best described as "Follow My Directions on steroids".

A multiple-choice quiz by gentlegiant17. Estimated time: 10 mins.

Author
gentlegiant17

Time
10 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
301,751

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
6 / 15

Plays
822

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Question 1 of 15

1. In this quiz, "the ordinal number" of a certain letter is simply its place in the English alphabet.
For example, the ordinal number of C is 3 and the ordinal number of M is 13.

Replace each letter in the string below with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 1.

HOWTIMEFLIES

Answer: (12 letters)

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Question 2 of 15

2. Delete all vowels and letters which appear multiple times.

Answer: (6 letters)

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Question 3 of 15

3. Double your answer.

I hear you gape: "You said what?!", so let me explain.
By "doubling a word" I mean:
Take the ordinal number of each of its letters and multiple it by 2.
You now have 6 numbers.
These 6 numbers are the ordinal numbers of the resulting word.

I hear you scream: "but some numbers are greater than 26?!?!", so let me explain.
Ordinal numbers are modulu 26. Thus, if an answer is greater than 26, subtract 26 from it in order to receive the ordinal number for the letter you are to use.

For example, doubling "NY" gives "BX": The ordinal numbers involved are: N=14. Y=25. B=2. X=24.
NY=(14,25). NY*2=(28,50). As both numbers are greater than 26, subtract 26. (28,50)modulu26=(28-26,50-26)=(2,24)=BX.

Answer: (6 letters)

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Question 4 of 15

4. If you placed a mirror at the side of your answer (either left or right), only one letter looks exactly the same in the mirror image. Replace this letter with the letter E.

Answer: (6 letters)

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Question 5 of 15

5. A certain letter occurs twice in your answer. Replace each instance of this letter with the two letters which follow it in the English alphabet.

Answer: (8 letters)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Replace each letter which has an ordinal number larger than 13 with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 3. Leave the other letters as they are.

Answer: (8 letters)

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Question 7 of 15

7. Replace the fourth letter with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 3.
Replace the eighth letter with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 3.

Answer: (8 letters)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Sum up the ordinal numbers of the first three letters and the last letter. Append the letter whose ordinal number is the result at the end of your answer (please refer to question 3 for the explanation and example on modular calculation).

Answer: (9 letters)

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Question 9 of 15

9. First replace F with T then replace C with F.

Answer: (9 letters)

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Question 10 of 15

10. Replace the eighth letter with the fourth one.

Answer: (9 letters)

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Question 11 of 15

11. At the end of your answer, add a letter whose ordinal number differs by 1 from the only letter which occurs twice now. After you have done so, two letters should occur twice.

Answer: (10 letters)

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Question 12 of 15

12. No, I'm not giving you any fruit. Replace the third letter with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 11 and replace the seventh letter with a letter whose ordinal number is lower by 11.

Answer: (10 letters)

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Question 13 of 15

13. Take the only letter in common in the answers to questions 2 and 5 and insert it before the first U.

Answer: (11 letters)

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Question 14 of 15

14. Switch the eighth and ninth letters.

Answer: (11 letters)

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Question 15 of 15

15. Insert a space after the S.

Answer: (Two words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In this quiz, "the ordinal number" of a certain letter is simply its place in the English alphabet. For example, the ordinal number of C is 3 and the ordinal number of M is 13. Replace each letter in the string below with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 1. HOWTIMEFLIES

Answer: IPXUJNFGMJFT

This is simply shifting up the base string by one letter.

HOWTIMEFLIES -> IPXUJNFGMJFT

2. Delete all vowels and letters which appear multiple times.

Answer: PXNGMT

Subtracting the vowels (I,U) and recurring letters (J,F).

IPXUJNFGMJFT -> PXNGMT

3. Double your answer. I hear you gape: "You said what?!", so let me explain. By "doubling a word" I mean: Take the ordinal number of each of its letters and multiple it by 2. You now have 6 numbers. These 6 numbers are the ordinal numbers of the resulting word. I hear you scream: "but some numbers are greater than 26?!?!", so let me explain. Ordinal numbers are modulu 26. Thus, if an answer is greater than 26, subtract 26 from it in order to receive the ordinal number for the letter you are to use. For example, doubling "NY" gives "BX": The ordinal numbers involved are: N=14. Y=25. B=2. X=24. NY=(14,25). NY*2=(28,50). As both numbers are greater than 26, subtract 26. (28,50)modulu26=(28-26,50-26)=(2,24)=BX.

Answer: FVBNZN

The ordinal numbers of PXNGMT are (16,24,14,7,13,20).
Doubling them gives (32,48,28,14,26,40).
Modulu 26 you get (6,22,2,14,26,14).
Converting back to letters you have FVBNZN.

PXNGMT x 2 = FVBNZN

4. If you placed a mirror at the side of your answer (either left or right), only one letter looks exactly the same in the mirror image. Replace this letter with the letter E.

Answer: FEBNZN

Only the letter V obeys the symmetry in question.
The letter E, by the way, is the only English vowel which does not obey it (it does obey a symmetry in a perpendicular direction though).

FVBNZN -> FEBNZN

5. A certain letter occurs twice in your answer. Replace each instance of this letter with the two letters which follow it in the English alphabet.

Answer: FEBOPZOP

Only N occurs twice.
Its two subsequent letters are OP.
Replacing N with OP.

FEBNZN -> FEBOPZOP

6. Replace each letter which has an ordinal number larger than 13 with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 3. Leave the other letters as they are.

Answer: FEBRSCRS

Only the last 5 letters belong to the second half of the English alphabet and each is shifted up by 3 letters.

FEBOPZOP -> FEBRSCRS

7. Replace the fourth letter with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 3. Replace the eighth letter with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 3.

Answer: FEBUSCRV

Shifting up the fourth and eighth letters by 3 letters.

FEBRSCRS -> FEBUSCRV

Answer: FEBUSCRVI

Summing up the ordinal numbers of FEB and V: 6+5+2+22=35.
The letter whose ordinal number is 35 is I (since 35mod26=9 and I is the ninth letter).

FEBUSCRV -> FEBUSCRVI

9. First replace F with T then replace C with F.

Answer: TEBUSFRVI

First replacing the F with a T then replacing the C with a F.
Notice that if the order of these actions was reversed, a different result would have been achieved.

FEBUSCRVI -> TEBUSFRVI

10. Replace the eighth letter with the fourth one.

Answer: TEBUSFRUI

Replacing the V with a U.

TEBUSFRVI -> TEBUSFRUI

11. At the end of your answer, add a letter whose ordinal number differs by 1 from the only letter which occurs twice now. After you have done so, two letters should occur twice.

Answer: TEBUSFRUIT

The only letter occuring twice is U.
This means you should have appended either a T or a V.
In order that two pairs will appear in the new answer - it must be a T.

TEBUSFRUI -> TEBUSFRUIT

12. No, I'm not giving you any fruit. Replace the third letter with a letter whose ordinal number is higher by 11 and replace the seventh letter with a letter whose ordinal number is lower by 11.

Answer: TEMUSFGUIT

The third letter was B. The ordinal number of B is 2. 2+11=13. The letter whose ordinal number is 13 is M. Replace B with M.
The seventh letter was R. The ordinal number of R is 18. 18-11=7. The letter whose ordinal number is 7 is G. Replace R with G.

TEBUSFRUIT -> TEMUSFGUIT

13. Take the only letter in common in the answers to questions 2 and 5 and insert it before the first U.

Answer: TEMPUSFGUIT

The answer to question 2 is PXNGMT.
The answer to question 5 is FEBOPZOP.
The only letter which appears in both answers is P, and is inserted before the first U.

TEMUSFGUIT -> TEMPUSFGUIT

14. Switch the eighth and ninth letters.

Answer: TEMPUSFUGIT

Switching locations of the adjacent G and U.

TEMPUSFGUIT -> TEMPUSFUGIT

15. Insert a space after the S.

Answer: TEMPUS FUGIT

There you have it, "tempus fugit" is a Latin expression commonly translated as "time flies". Remember your base string? It was HOWTIMEFLIES. Time flies when you're having fun(trivia), doesn't it?

Source: Author gentlegiant17

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