The Zin Game

Can you solve a complex problem and rewrite history?

 

The Zin is challenging to solve. Here is everything you need to continue your work towards a solution:

 

THE STORY

In the ancient city of Atlantis, a solid, rectangular obelisk (statue), called The Zin, was built in honor of the goddess Tina.

The structure took less than two weeks to complete.

Your team will have a set of 33 cards containing information about the completion of the obelisk.  These should ALL be dealt to the members of the team (it does not matter if some members have one more card than others).

Each team member will then have cards containing information related to the task.  You may share this information orally, but you may not show your cards to other participants or move cards between team members.

The task of your team is to determine on which day of the week the obelisk was completed and to be able to provide a logical explanation (guesses will not be accepted).

You have 35 minutes to complete the task.

 

THE INFORMATION CARDS

The basic measurement of time in Atlantis is a day.

An Atlantian day is divided into schlibs and ponks.

The height of the zin is one hundred feet.

The length of the zin is fifty feet.

The width of the zin is ten feet.

The zin is built of stone blocks.

Each block is one cubic foot.

Day One in the Atlantian week is called Aquaday.

Day Two in the Atlantian week is called Neptiminus.

Day Three in the Atlantian week is called Sharkday.

Day Four in the Atlantian week is called Mermaidday.

Day Five in the Atlantian week is called Daydoldrum.

There are five days in an Atlantian week.

The working day has nine schlibs.

Each worker takes rest periods during the working day totaling sixteen ponks.

There are eight ponks in a schlib.

Workers each lay 150 blocks per schlib.

At any time when work is taking place, there is a gang of nine people on site.

One member of each gang has religious duties and does not lay blocks.

No work takes place on Daydoldrum.

What is a cubitt?

A cubitt is a cube, all sides of which measure one megalithic yard.

There are three-and-a-half feet in a megalithic yard.

Does work take place on Sunday?

What is a zin?

What way up does the zin stand?

The zin is made of green blocks.

Green has special religious significance on Mermaidday.

Each gang includes two women.

Work starts at daybreak on Aquaday.

Only one gang is working on the construction of the zin.

There are eight gold scales in a gold fin.

Each block costs two gold fins.