<div dir="ltr">Grok got it in one try. 54 seconds in deep think mode.<div>===================================================================<br><div><br></div><div>To answer the query, let's break it down systematically:<br><br>1. **Identify the country west of Spain**: Spain is located in southwestern Europe, and the country directly west of it is Portugal, which shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain.<br><br>2. **Determine the last letter of that country**: The name "Portugal" ends with the letter "L."<br><br>3. **Find the baddest man whose name begins with 'L'**: The term "baddest" suggests someone notorious or infamous, likely a well-known figure from popular culture, history, or fiction. A strong candidate is Leroy Brown from Jim Croce's song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," where he is explicitly described as "the baddest man in the whole damn town." His name begins with "L," fitting the requirement perfectly.<br><br>4. **Locate the town where this man dwells**: In the song, Leroy Brown is associated with the south side of Chicago. The lyrics state, "Well, the south side of Chicago is the baddest part of town," indicating that Chicago is the place where he lives. While Chicago is a city, the term "town" in the query can be interpreted flexibly, as it is often used colloquially to refer to any settlement, including cities, especially in the context of the song.<br><br>Thus, the town wherein dwells the baddest man, Leroy Brown, whose name begins with the last letter of Portugal ("L"), is **Chicago**.<br><br>**Answer**: Chicago</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As the definition of "baddest man" is highly subjective, there are literally millions of possible answers, even after limiting the set to men whose name starts with one particular letter. I could even make a case for my father (taking "baddest" in a certain, highly positive meaning), but I very much doubt that's who you mean.<div><br></div><div>You may call the additional information "clues". I rather suspect they are basic information required to be able to come to a single answer.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This is a question I posed to ChatGPT (free version). It took it 5 wrong <br>
guesses and about 4 additional clues before it finally solved it: "What <br>
is the name of the town wherein dwells the baddest man whose name begins <br>
with last letter of the country west of Spain?" I thought it was <br>
something of a Trivial Pursuit question, but ChatGPT called it a <br>
fantastic "riddle". Heh.<br>
<br>
Show me what you got, humans! ;)<br>
<br>
Stuart LaForge<br>
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