PREVIOUS EPISODES
Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 2"): click here
Episode 1 (Photographic Mammal-ry): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 2 (Spot the Difference): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 18 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 1 person solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 3 (Perplexing Pairs): puzzle PDF, hint PDF
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.
Episode 4 (Sports Stats Stumpers): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)
* 17 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.
The total number of points scored is 3600. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $36.00. Three anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $144.00. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hints.
KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME
SEASON 2, EPISODE 5:
KEVIN WATCHES MOVIES
Kevin always keeps an ample supply of popcorn handy!
Over the course of 5 days from Monday through Friday, Kevin has watched 5 different movies (including that 1992 biopic about labor union leader Jimmy who mysteriously disappeared). After watching each movie, Kevin gave it a different rating from 1 through 5 stars. Using the clues below, determine what movie Kevin watched each day and the rating it was given. You might even figure out the title of the movie Kevin plans to watch next.
1. On Thursday, Kevin watched that movie in which a bus has to travel at 50 miles per hour or faster to avoid setting off a bomb.
2. Kevin watched the 1-star movie the day immediately before watching that movie in which Shia LaBeouf plays a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is forced to do a lot of digging in a desert detention camp.
3. That movie in which Adam Sandler can control reality with a magic remote was rated exactly 1 star higher than the movie that Kevin watched on Wednesday.
4. The movie that Kevin watched on Tuesday was rated with twice as many as stars as that M. Night Shyamalan movie about crop circles in a cornfield (which Kevin watched the day immediately before he watched the movie that earned a 5-star rating).
(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)
Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 5's hint and Episode 6's puzzle. Good luck!
