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diff --git a/challenge-124/perlboy1967/perl/ch-1.pl b/challenge-124/perlboy1967/perl/ch-1.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Perl Weekly Challenge - 124
+# - https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-124/#TASK1
+#
+# Task 1 - Happy Women Day
+#
+# Author: Niels 'PerlBoy' van Dijke
+
+use v5.16;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Compress::Zlib;
+use MIME::Base64;
+
+print uncompress 
+      decode_base64
+      q/eJxTUFBQiAMBLhBDAQRATAgLzIYxyeYgG4ZsB5LFcBF0GrsKANslHl8=/;
+
diff --git a/challenge-124/perlboy1967/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-124/perlboy1967/perl/ch-2.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# Perl Weekly Challenge - 124
+# - https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-124/#TASK2
+#
+# Task 1 - Tug of War
+#
+# Author: Niels 'PerlBoy' van Dijke
+
+use v5.16;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use POSIX qw(ceil);
+
+use List::Util qw(min sum);
+use List::MoreUtils qw(pairwise);
+use Algorithm::Combinatorics qw(derangements);
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Deep;
+
+# Prototype(s)
+sub tugOfWar(\@);
+
+my $tests = [ 
+   [ 
+     [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100],
+     [10, 20, 50, 90, 100],
+     [30, 40, 60, 70, 80],
+   ],
+   [ 
+     [10, -15, 20, 30, -25, 0, 5, 40, -5],
+     [-25, -5, 20, 40],
+     [-15, 0, 5, 10, 30],
+  ],
+  [
+    [1,2,3,4],
+    [1,4],
+    [2,3]
+  ],
+  [
+    [0,0,1],
+    [0],
+    [0,1],
+  ],
+];
+
+foreach my $t (@$tests) {
+  my @in = @{shift(@$t)};
+  cmp_deeply(tugOfWar(@in),$t);
+}
+
+done_testing();
+
+
+sub tugOfWar(\@) {
+  my ($ar) = @_;
+
+  my @ret;
+  my ($min,$sum1,$sum2);
+
+  my $s = scalar(@$ar)>>1;
+
+  # Find the two lists with the smallest
+  # difference of the sum of their elements
+  my $iter = derangements($ar);
+  while (my $arP = $iter->next) {
+    my @arL = splice(@$arP,0,$s);
+    foreach (0 .. scalar(@$ar)-2*$s) {
+      ($sum1,$sum2) = (sum(@arL),sum(@$arP));
+      my $diff = abs($sum1-$sum2);
+      if (!defined $min or $diff < $min) {
+        $min = $diff;
+        @ret = ([@arL],[@$arP]);
+        last if $min == 0;
+      }
+      # Prepare for second pass if 
+      # number of elements in @$ar is odd
+      if (scalar(@$ar) > 2*$s) {
+        push(@arL,shift(@$arP));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Sort output lists
+  @ret = (
+    [sort { $a <=> $b} @{$ret[0]}],
+    [sort { $a <=> $b} @{$ret[1]}]
+  );
+
+  # Order the output lists
+  ($sum1,$sum2) = (sum(@{$ret[0]}),sum(@{$ret[1]}));
+  if ($sum1 > $sum2) {
+    @ret = reverse @ret;
+  } elsif ($sum1 == $sum2) {
+    my $i = 0;
+    pairwise { $i = ($a <=> $b) unless $i} @{$ret[0]}, @{$ret[1]};
+    @ret = reverse @ret if ($i == 1);
+  }
+
+  return [@ret];
+}