multiple choice sequence puzzle

[Graeme McRae]

There are some bible stories that are told in each of the four gospels
(Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).  It occurred to me that
Matthew 15:19,
Mark 16:13,
Luke 13:10, and
John xx:xx might refer to the same story.  But that seems not to be the
case.

But it would make a good puzzle, just the same, don't you think?

--Graeme

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Zucker" <joshua.zucker at gmail.com>
To: "seqfan" <seqfan at ext.jussieu.fr>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: multiple choice sequence puzzle


> Someone sent me this puzzle (don't know the original source):
> Trying to find the next two number in the sequence 15, 19, 16, 13, 13,
10,__,__
>
> multiple choice for this shows answers as:
> A) 10,6 B) 11,7 C)11,9 D)12,8 E)9,9
>
> Which one should it be, among these choices?
> I don't really have a strong preference for any of them.  All the
> differences of 3 make me want 10s and 7s for the next terms but I
> can't have both.  That 15 at the start has to be a big clue, but
> neither superseeker nor I seem to have a particularly good idea.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> --Joshua Zucker
>
>