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September 2018 - Challenge
This month, we revisit the GDPR subject we mentioned in the December 2016 challenge.
Once again, we'd like to chose a mono-gender group, this time of only three persons.
We have 26 people, whose names start with letters A to Z (Alex, Bailey, Chris, ...) and if we choose three with the same gender - we win. If not - we pay a GDPR fine and try again.
To make it more interesting, the only teams you are allowed to test are those whose initials form a word found in the dictionary with three different letters.
Find the shortest list (hint: less than 10 words) of three-letter words that ensure you'd get a mono-gender team.
As an example, if you want to do this for teams of two, the following five words will work: (OF,RF,IR,IN,NO).
Note that there is a shorter solution for the example challenge.
A bonus '*' will be given for more solutions in other (non-English) languages.
We will post the names of those who submit a correct, original solution! If you don't want your name posted then please include such a statement in your submission!
We invite visitors to our website to submit an elegant solution. Send your submission to the ponder@il.ibm.com.
If you have any problems you think we might enjoy, please send them in. All replies should be sent to: ponder@il.ibm.com
Challenge:
29/08/2018 @ 12:00 PM EST
Solution:
02/10/2018 @ 12:00 PM EST
List Updated:
05/10/2018 @ 12:00 PM EST
People who answered correctly:
*JJ Rabeyrin (30/08/18 07:48 PM IDT)
Ehud Aharoni & Omri Soceanu (30/08/18 10:00 PM IDT)
*Eden Saig (31/08/18 01:13 AM IDT)
Paul Shaw (31/08/18 03:56 PM IDT)
*Alex Fleischer (31/08/18 08:43 PM IDT)
Mathias Schenker (01/09/18 02:55 AM IDT)
Shirish Chinchalkar (01/09/18 03:27 AM IDT)
***Alper Halbutogullari (01/09/18 05:19 PM IDT)
Nathaniel Litton (02/09/18 02:13 AM IDT)
*Arthur Vause (02/09/18 11:25 AM IDT)
Ankit Goel (02/09/18 06:01 PM IDT)
Daniel Bitin (02/09/18 11:52 PM IDT)
Mehmet Saruhan (03/09/18 03:38 AM IDT)
*Walter Sebastian Gisler (03/09/18 08:41 AM IDT)
Mykola Zubach (03/09/18 01:56 PM IDT)
***Allen Zhu (04/09/18 07:32 AM IDT)
*Reiner Martin (04/09/18 07:46 PM IDT)
*Loukas Sidiropoulos (04/09/18 09:16 PM IDT)
Francis Golding (04/09/18 10:19 PM IDT)
Lorenz Reichel (09/09/18 01:08 PM IDT)
Reiner Martin (04/09/18 07:46 PM IDT)
*Almog Yair (05/09/18 11:50 AM IDT)
**Dominik Reichl (05/09/18 09:36 PM IDT)
**Vladimir Volevich (06/09/18 09:21 AM IDT)
Rustam Salikhov (06/09/18 06:57 PM IDT)
*Florian Fischer (06/09/18 07:07 PM IDT)
**Andreas Stiller (07/09/18 02:49 AM IDT)
*Motty Porat (07/09/18 08:42 PM IDT)
Daniel Chong Jyh Tar (08/09/18 11:17 AM IDT)
*Andrejs Pilka (10/09/18 11:46 AM IDT)
*Noam Lasry (11/09/18 01:21 AM IDT)
Chuck Carroll (12/09/18 05:12 AM IDT)
Dieter Beckerle (12/09/18 09:06 AM IDT)
Shouky Dan & Tamir Ganor (12/09/18 03:06 PM IDT)
Franciraldo Cavalcante (16/09/18 06:50 AM IDT)
***David Greer (16/09/18 10:54 PM IDT)
Graham Hemsley (17/09/18 01:01 PM IDT)
*Robert Lang (17/09/18 04:15 PM IDT)
Ian Sleightholme (17/09/18 06:28 PM IDT)
Ricardo Koller (18/09/18 05:30 PM IDT)
**Tyler Mullen (18/09/18 11:28 PM IDT)
**Pål Hermunn Johansen (19/09/18 04:48 PM IDT)
Joseph DeVincentis (19/09/18 06:40 PM IDT)
Phong Kah Ho (19/09/18 10:23 PM IDT)
Steven Langerwerf & Susan Brommer (20/09/18 02:01 PM IDT)
Jimmy Waters (20/09/18 10:39 PM IDT)
Eric Edward Pauley (21/09/18 06:49 AM IDT)
Charles Joscelyne (21/09/18 05:26 PM IDT)
Gale Greenlee (22/09/18 08:36 PM IDT)
*****Kang Jin Cho (22/09/18 11:09 PM IDT)
Bryce Herdt (23/09/18 06:05 AM IDT)
*Bert Dobbelaere (23/09/18 04:19 PM IDT)
Danny Antonetti (24/09/18 02:47 AM IDT)
***David F.H. Dunkley (29/09/18 11:17 AM IDT)
Rickard Björklund (29/09/18 11:37 PM IDT)
**Leonid Kalmankin (30/09/18 03:59 PM IDT)
***Radu-Alexandru Todor (30/09/18 10:09 PM IDT)
*Li Li (30/09/18 11:47 PM IDT)
*****Oscar Volpatti (01/10/18 09:34 AM IDT)
*Jingran Lin (01/10/18 08:35 PM IDT)
Todd Will (02/10/18 12:13 AM IDT)
Davin Choo (02/10/18 01:36 AM IDT)
Parth Trivedi (02/10/18 10:55 AM IDT)
Rogerio Ponce da Silva (03/10/18 05:29 PM IDT)
**Armin Krauß (04/10/18 03:17 PM IDT)