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Cineplex Diagram

Now showing:

  1. "Sir, Your Pants are on Fire"
  2. "Red Digital Countdown to Explosion"
  3. "Pride and Extreme Prejudice"
  4. "Twins Separated at Birth Never Meet"
  5. "Bionic Chicken Surprise"
  6. "Shaq and the Beanstalk"
  7. "My Family and its Ethnic Cooking"
  8. "Race Against Genetically-Modified Crops"
  9. "Terrible Big Snakes"
  10. "Hamlet vs. Mothra"
  11. "Driving Dads Bonkers"
  12. "Mr. Hamburgler Goes To Washington"

detailed solution

First, let us dispense with the ridiculous movie titles and translate them into more manageable letters:

  1. "Twins Separated at Birth Never Meet"
  2. "Mr. Hamburgler Goes To Washington"
  3. "Red Digital Countdown to Explosion"
  4. "Pride and Extreme Prejudice"
  5. "Sir, Your Pants are on Fire"
  6. "Driving Dads Bonkers"
  7. "Shaq and the Beanstalk"
  8. "Bionic Chicken Surprise"
  9. "My Family and its Ethnic Cooking"
  10. "Terrible Big Snakes"
  11. "Race Against Genetically-Modified Crops"
  12. "Hamlet vs. Mothra"

Now we can start looking for restrictions in movie placement, starting with the last clue.

  1. N should play between P and Q. P and Q should be on the same size screen.

This only occurs in two places on the map: Theaters 3, 4 & 5 and Theaters 8, 9 & 10.

Detailed Solution Diagram 1
  1. A and B should play on medium-size screens, but should not be showing on adjacent screens.

Thus, films A and B must be in either Theaters 3, 4, 5 & 12.

Detailed Solution Diagram 2

Going back to films N, P & Q (clue 5), the option of using Theaters 3, 4 & 5 must be ruled out, since this would not leave enough of the medium size theaters for films A & B (clue 4). While this determines that film N is in Theater 9, clue 5 does not specify the exact placement of films P and Q in either Theaters 8 & 10.

Detailed Solution Diagram 3
  1. I and J should show on screens near the concession area, but they should not be adjacent to each other. I should be on a larger screen than J.

Since Theater 8 was used by clue 5, this leaves only one pair of theaters around the concession stand which are not adjacent: Theater 5 (the larger one) for film I, and Theater 7 for film J.

Detailed Solution Diagram 4

This still leaves two options for clue 4: Theaters 3 & 12, or Theaters 4 & 12 for films A and B. They cannot be showing on Theaters 3 & 4, since clue 4 states that A and B are not showing in adjacent theaters.

Clue 1 specifies three consecutive theaters are still necessary:

  1. C should play between D and E. D should be on a larger screen than E.

There are only three consecutive theaters left: Theaters 1, 2 & 3 (the largest).

Detailed Solution Diagram 5

This means that there is only one option left for clue 4: Theaters 4 & 12. However, clue 4 does not specify the exact placement of films A and B in Theaters 4 & 12.

Detailed Solution Diagram 6
  1. F should play on a smaller screen than G. F should not be showing on a screen adjacent to either P or A.

There are only two screens left for films F and G: Theaters 6 (the larger one) & 11.

Detailed Solution Diagram 7

Since film F is in Theater 11, it should not be adjacent to A or P, thus Q is in Theater 10 (leaving Theater 8 for P) and B is in Theater 12 (leaving Theater 4 for A).

Detailed Solution Diagram 8