Puzzle #4: Country Location
Fill the table above using the countries given below. Maximize the number of
countries you use. All letters of each country have to be in neighbour cells.
The neighbourhood can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal and the letters do not
have to be linear. A cell in a country name can be used more than once.
ARUBA |
CUBA |
LATVIA |
PANAMA |
BOLIVIA |
FIJI |
MALI |
POLAND |
BRAZIL |
GHANA |
MALTA |
ROMANIA |
BULGARIA |
GUAM |
NAURU |
SAMOA |
CANADA |
GUATEMALA |
NIUE |
UGANDA |
CHAD |
HAITI |
OMAN |
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CHINA |
INDIA |
PALAU |
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You can see an example below. But, because the current design in the example can
affect future locations negatively, you might need to change them.
EXAMPLE :
ARUBA, BOLIVIA,
BRAZIL
To make points, you have to locate at least 20 of 26 countries. In case you
locate all countries, you will make 5 extra points per each empty cells. If you
can not locate all countries, then the maximum number of empty cells can be 5,
otherwise you can not make any points. Detailed information about points and
formulas are in the Excel file that you are going to use for your solution.
To download the file,
click
here.
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