2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship

I spotted this on on slashdot - the 2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship.
If I only had a brain.

I printed out the practice test and was able to solve the first problem without any problem. Melanie thought that problem was fun also. Will save the remaining 4 problems (which look tougher) for later.

Posted by Zonk on Saturday May 21, @02:48AM
from the riddle-me-this-slashdot dept.
Fortran IV writes “Registration is open for the 2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship, Saturday, June 18. Two winners will join Team USA at the 2005 World Puzzle Championship in Eger, Hungary (tourist info here if you read Hungarian). If you’re the type who plays 12 simultaneous chess games in your head while debugging code and memorizing logarithm tables, you might have a chance of teaming up with last year’s champ Roger Barkan (previous Slashdot coverage). If you just like puzzles, register here for the most intense (and fastest) 2-1/2 hours of the year. For a faint shadow of the real thing, take the practice test, which Barkan can probably complete in about 8 minutes; for a true challenge, the complete 2004 test is still available.”