Can you solve the sorting hat riddle? - Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Helen Chang

An albatross delivered your invitation, you’ve acquired your wand,

信天翁送來了邀請函，

你取得了你的魔杖，

ridden the enchanted zeppelin, made some fast friends,

乘坐魔法的齊伯林飛船， 快速交了一些朋友，

and are finally ready for the adventure you’ve dreamed of your entire life:

終於準備好迎接 你一生夢寐以求的冒險：

your first day at Magnificent Marigold’s Magical Macademy.

進入華麗萬壽菊魔法學院的第一天。

But before you can learn your first spell

但在你開始學第一個咒語之前，

you must get through the most nerve-wracking moment of the year:

你必須要先熬過一整年中 最讓人不安的時刻：

the sorting ceremony.

分院典禮。

When you put on the sorting hat, you hear a voice.

戴上分院帽之後，你聽到一個聲音。

“Ah, you’re an interesting one.

「啊，有意思。

Every year I choose one student for a special challenge, and I choose you.

我每年選一名學生 參加一項特殊的挑戰，

我決定選你。

The Magical Macademy had 8 founders,

魔法學院有八名創建者，

and they established our four houses two by two by two by two.

他們建立了四個學院，

每兩個人建立一個學院。

I alone know which witches founded which.

只有我知道各個學院的創建巫師。

But there was once a mysterious fifth house,

但曾經有過一個神秘的第五學院，

lost to time but full of secrets and powerful artifacts.

它已隨著時間的流逝而消失， 但卻充滿著秘密和強大的文物。

MMMMMM?

嗯嗯？

If you can tell me who founded each house, I’ll sort you into whichever you want.

若你能告訴我每個學院的創立人，

我就把你分到你想去的學院。

However, if you can also tell me the name of the secret 5th house,

然而，

如果你還能告訴我 秘密第五學院的名稱，

I’ll let you sort into it,

我可以讓你進入第五學院，

and you’ll inherit everything you discover.

你所發現的一切都歸你所有。

“The two founders of each house wore different colored hats

「每個學院的兩名創建者 戴不同顏色的帽子，

with non-matching symbols.

帽上的符號也不相同。

No founder started more than one house.

每位創建者最多創立一個學院。

Of Funflame and Imaginez, one was a founder of Gianteye

方夫連和伊麥吉奈茲之中

有一人是巨人之眼學院的創建者，

and the other of Longmous.

另一人是龍學院的創建者。

And of Miraculo and Rimbleby,

米拉庫羅和林波比之中

one established Longmous and the other Meramaid.

則有一人創立了龍學院， 另一人創立了美人魚學院。

Finally, Septimus didn’t found Vidopnir.”

最後，不死鳥學院不是 賽普特莫斯創立的。」

So… who founded what, and what’s the name of the secret house?

所以……誰創立了哪個學院？

秘密學院叫什麼名字？

Pause the video now to figure it out for yourself!

若你想要自己解題，請在此暫停。

3 秒後公佈解答。

Answer in 3

Answer in 2

2 秒後公佈解答。

Answer in 1

1 秒後公佈解答。

The hardest part of solving this logic puzzle is knowing where to start.

破解這個邏輯謎題最困難的地方 就是要知道從何下手。

No rule by itself is enough to assign a founder to his or her house,

沒有單一條規則可以直接確認 某位創建者創立了哪個學院，

so the next best thing

所以，下一個好辦法就是

would be to combine a pair of rules to learn something.

將兩條規則組合來取得資訊。

4 and 5 are good candidates to try that with,

四和五值得嘗試，

because they contain a lot of constraints and both mention Longmous.

因為它們包含許多限制， 且都提到龍學院。

Miraculo and Rimbleby’s hats both have moons,

米拉庫羅和林波比的 帽子上都有月亮，

which means that no matter who ends up in Longmous,

這就表示，不論龍學院是誰創立的，

moons will be accounted for.

都一定會有月亮。

That means Imaginez, who also has moons, can’t have founded Longmous,

就是說，同樣也有月亮的伊麥吉奈茲

不可能是龍學院的創建者，

so she’s in Gianteye and Funflame founded Longmous.

所以她創立的是巨人之眼學院， 而方夫連創立了龍學院。

Miraculo’s hat is red, so he can’t be there,

米拉庫羅的帽子是紅色的， 所以他不可能屬於那裡。

so he must be in Meramaid and Rimbleby in Longmous.

所以他一定屬於美人魚學院， 而林波比屬於龍學院。

Halfway there!

解決一半了！

Now we can place Septimus––

現在我們可以安插賽普特莫斯——

rule 6 keeps him out of Vidopnir, and his yellow hat out of Gianteye,

第六條規則確定 他不屬於不死鳥學院，

黃色帽子說明他不屬於 巨人之眼學院，

so he must be in Meramaid.

所以他一定屬於美人魚學院。

Of the founders left, Deepmire and Hypnotum both have stars.

剩下的創建者當中，迪普麥爾 和希普諾圖都有星星。

So each must go into a different house,

所以他們一定屬於不同的學院，

taking up the remaining space in Gianteye and leaving one spot open in Vidopnir,

佔掉巨人之眼剩下的空位，

只有不死鳥學院還剩一個空位，

which Tremenda must fill.

一定要由楚曼達來填補。

Tremenda’s blue hat keeps Deepmire out of Vidopnir,

楚曼達戴藍色帽子，確保 迪普麥爾不屬於不死鳥學院，

so we can easily place her and, finally, Hypnotum.

所以，我們可以輕易安插她， 終於能安插希普諾圖。

Now that those founders are sorted,

現在，創建者都分清楚了，

we can start to search for the secret house.

我們可以開始尋找那個秘密學院。

If you don’t have it yet, here are a few hints:

如果你還沒找到，以下是幾個提示：

Pause the video now if you want to figure it out yourself!

若你想要自己解題，請在此暫停。

One good strategy for a puzzle like this

要解這類謎題，有一種好策略

is to look for patterns or unusual pieces of information.

就是尋找模式或不尋常的一些資訊。

First of all, there’s the school’s obsession with the letter M,

首先，這間學校對 M 這個字母很著迷，

right down to its motto, which translates from Latin to “M is a magic letter.”

連校訓都是，

從拉丁文翻譯過來的意思 是「M 是個魔法字母」。

Curiously, every founder has exactly one M in their name,

古怪的是，每位創建者的 名字中也都有 M，

and each M is in a different position.

且每個 M 的位置都不同。

That means that the M’s can put them in order, 1 through 8.

那就表示，用這些 M 可以把他們從一到八排序。

We know we needed to solve the logic puzzle before finding the secret house,

我們必須先解決邏輯謎題 才能找到那個秘密學院，

so there must be something critical

創建者和學院之間的關聯

about the connection between the founders and their houses.

一定有個關鍵在。

Here’s where a pattern emerges: every founder and house

模式出現在這裡： 每位創建者和每個學院

have exactly the same number of letters.

字母數目都一樣。

This allows the founders to line up with their houses quite nicely.

使得創建者和他們的學院完美對應。

The first letters don’t spell anything,

第一個字母無法拼出什麼，

but let’s look at the M’s in the names again and the letters they line up with:

但咱們再次來看看姓名中的 M

以及它們對應的字母：

M, I, N, O, T, A, U, R.

M、I、N、O、T、A、U、R。

You shout out “MINOTAUR” to a stunned dining hall,

你喊出「MINOTAUR（半人牛）」， 餐廳裡的每個人都驚呆了。

and a secret passage grinds open.

一條秘密通道嘎啦嘎啦地打開。

The wonders of house Minotaur are yours if you want them.

如果你想要的話， 半人牛學院的奇寶全是你的了。

But being the first and only resident of the secret house

但作為這個秘密學院的 第一個也是唯一的住校生，

would come at a high price: loneliness.

要付出的代價很高：孤獨。

So which will it be: riches or friendship?

那麼你要怎麼選？ 選財富還是選友情？