Answer
Here are the contents of the containers after each stage:
A B
0 11 fill B
7 4 fill A from B
0 4 empty A
4 0 fill A from B
4 11 fill B
7 8 fill A from B
0 8 empty A
7 1 fill A from B
0 1 empty A
1 0 fill A from B
1 11 fill B
7 5 fill A from B
0 5 empty A
5 0 fill A from B
5 11 fill B
7 9 fill A from B
0 9 empty A
This leaves 9 gallons in container B.
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Puzzle 163
Below are 8 Academy Award winners.
The letters of their names have been mixed up and put into alphabetical order.
The brackets contain clues to their names, the first letter and the length of each part of their name. For example, EEIKNNOSTV [K5 S5] = KEVIN STONE.
DEEFIJOORST [J5 F6]
EEELMPRRSTY [M5 S6]
ABEIJLORRSTU [J5 R7]
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU [K9 H7]
CEEEGGLNOOORY [G6 C7]
ACCHIJKLNNOOS [J4 N9]
BDEEINOORRRT [R6 D2 N4]
AACCEEHIILMN [M7 C5]
Answer
DEEFIJOORST = JODIE FOSTER
EEELMPRRSTY = MERYL STREEP
ABEIJLORRSTU = JULIA ROBERTS
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU = KATHARINE HEPBURN
CEEEGGLNOOORY = GEORGE CLOONEY
ACCHIJKLNNOOS = JACK NICHOLSON
BDEEINOORRRT = ROBERT DE NIRO
AACCEEHIILMN = MICHAEL CAINE
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Puzzle 164
Below you will find 9 well-known five-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Once you have found the words, their initial letters are an anagram of a 9-letter word.
What is the word? --xic--ien--nre--ppo--pil--loo--day--uip--elf