Actors puzzle (Triple T)

Question

Which of these actors did I place last? Explain why.

hexomino · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-18T13:59:14.393

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The person you placed last is

Ian McKellen (centre photo)

First of all the actors, in order, are

1. Hugh Jackman
2. Lee Remick
3. Halle Berry
4. Gregory Peck
5. Ian McKellen
6. David Warner
7. Famke Janssen
8. Billie Whitelaw
9. Patrick Stewart

Each of these actors

Appeared in either X-men or The Omen (O-men).

Then

If we replace each actor with an X or an O depending on which movie they appeared in we get a completed tic-tac-toe grid as follows

For this to have been a valid game it must be that the two winning lines for "X" were formed at the same time and so the last placed X is the central one.

Title

Triple T stands for Tic-Tac-Toe.

edited Jan 18 '23 at 13:59

answered Jan 18 '23 at 13:48

hexomino

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Gah, you just pipped me to this by seconds! Well done +1 – Stiv Jan 18 '23 at 13:49
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@Stiv thanks, had to type quite quickly. – hexomino Jan 18 '23 at 13:50
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Nice job! rot13(gur vqrn oruvaq guvf fcrpvsvp pbasvthengvba jnf gung gur npgbef sebz K-zra sbezrq na K naq gung gur "B-zra" sbezrq na "B" (zber yvxr n qvnzbaq, ohg url :Q) – Prim3numbah Jan 18 '23 at 14:16

Actors puzzle (Triple T)

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