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Hello, hello, and welcome to yet another incarnation of the jewel in the University of Northern Iowa's mighty crown: The Wright Challenge. Every fortnight, the mysterious Doctor E supplies another puzzle for you to think about, and at the end of the semester, prizes of $60, $40 and $20 go to the top three finishers, with handsome certificates, suitable for framing, going to all sufficiently high-scoring finishers. Our friends at University Book and Supply will also be supplying boffo prizes. Eligible contestants include University of Northern Iowa students, Iowa high school students, and Illinois high school students.


One way to do this problem is to draw a Venn Diagram, put the number 3 in the mutual intersection, and then Rock and Roll.

We find that these statements can't all be true:

3 like mushrooms, onions, and pepperoni
4 like mushrooms and onions
4 like mushrooms and pepperoni
4 like mushrooms

and now it is a matter of picking one of the numbers, replacing it by a question mark, and filling everything else in.

ANSWER: Change the second sentence to 10 like mushrooms.

The two letter scrabble words that have an X are: AX, EX, XI, OX and XU

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