Riddle Time

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: SexyK

Originally posted by: TheChort
using a balancing scale, how can you weigh 8 seemingly identical balls twice to figure out the heaviest one?

edit for clarity: 7 of the balls are identical, and 1 is heavier. They all look the same.

Put 3 balls on each side.
If they are equal, weigh the other two balls, one on each side - one must be the heavier ball.
If they are not equal, then weigh two of the balls from the heavier side and remember which was the third on that side. If the two you weigh are the same, then the third one is the heaviest. If the two you weigh are different, well, then you've found the heavier of the two.

Tricky

 

[Dritnul]

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.




sorry its a good one
Ive solved it before my roomate tried and only missed barely

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: thecrecarc

Originally posted by: Imported

Originally posted by: Tizyler

Originally posted by: Imported

Originally posted by: esun
You're a cyborg in a pistol duel with two other cyborgs. you have been programmed to fire pistols with an accuracy of 33%. the other two cyborgs shoot with accuracies of 100% and 50%, respectively. the rules of the duel are one shot per-cyborg per-round. the shooting order is from worst shooter to best shooter. thus, you go first, the 50% guy goes second, and the 100% guy goes third; repeat. if a cyborg dies, we just skip his or her turn, obviously. what should you shoot at in round 1 to maximize your chances of survival over time?

You are allowed to miss on purpose (i.e. shoot at nothing).

Shoot at yourself.

How does shooting yourself maximize your chances of survival?

I don't know. I thought someone else would come up with the answer to that. I just tossed out the idea.

well, u have a 33% accuracy rate. so 66% chance u miss and hit another cyborg. while aiming will only get u 33%. thus, shoot yourself! w00t!

That is such a leet strategy. I like it.

 

[jupiter57]

Originally posted by: Tizyler

Originally posted by: Imported

Originally posted by: esun
You're a cyborg in a pistol duel with two other cyborgs. you have been programmed to fire pistols with an accuracy of 33%. the other two cyborgs shoot with accuracies of 100% and 50%, respectively. the rules of the duel are one shot per-cyborg per-round. the shooting order is from worst shooter to best shooter. thus, you go first, the 50% guy goes second, and the 100% guy goes third; repeat. if a cyborg dies, we just skip his or her turn, obviously. what should you shoot at in round 1 to maximize your chances of survival over time?

You are allowed to miss on purpose (i.e. shoot at nothing).

Shoot at yourself.

How does shooting yourself maximize your chances of survival?

It doesn't.
It just gets you out of this silly riddle!

 

[glutenberg]

Originally posted by: Dritnul
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.




sorry its a good one
Ive solved it before my roomate tried and only missed barely

Sounds like a logic puzzle from the LSAT.

 

[her209]

Does .999 repeating = 1?

 

[yosuke188]

Whats the word that contains the letters "xyg" in order?

too easy?

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: yosuke188
Whats the word that contains the letters "xyg" in order?

too easy?

oxygen
kind of

 

[Dritnul]

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Dritnul
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.




sorry its a good one
Ive solved it before my roomate tried and only missed barely

Sounds like a logic puzzle from the LSAT.

a logic puzzle only 2% of the population can solve

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: Dritnul

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Dritnul
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.




sorry its a good one
Ive solved it before my roomate tried and only missed barely

Sounds like a logic puzzle from the LSAT.

a logic puzzle only 2% of the population can solve

According to the email chain you received.

 

[SKORPI0]

German owns the fish.

House ---------------#1 --------#2-------- #3--------- #4 -------------#5
Nationality------ Norwegian-- Dane----- Britain---- German--------- Swede
Colour -----------Yellow-------Blue------ Red------- Green----------- White
Drink------------ Water -------Tea------- Milk------- Coffee---------- Beer
Smoke----------- Dunhill----- Blend----- Pall-------- Mall Prince----- Bluemaster
Pet ---------------Cats-------- Horses---- Birds------ Fish------------- Dogs

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five

Originally posted by: Dritnul

Originally posted by: glutenberg

Originally posted by: Dritnul
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.




sorry its a good one
Ive solved it before my roomate tried and only missed barely

Sounds like a logic puzzle from the LSAT.

a logic puzzle only 2% of the population can solve

According to the email chain you received.

Which should in fact be 50%, or everyone around me is too smart, because I have yet to see someone unable to figure it

 

[Imported]

Originally posted by: Dritnul
1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.




sorry its a good one
Ive solved it before my roomate tried and only missed barely

The German.

 

[her209]

What can give hugs but has no arms?

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

What am I?

Give up. What's the answer?

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: her209
What can give hugs but has no arms?

The grocery store.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Kyteland

Originally posted by: esun
You're a cyborg in a pistol duel with two other cyborgs. you have been programmed to fire pistols with an accuracy of 33%. the other two cyborgs shoot with accuracies of 100% and 50%, respectively. the rules of the duel are one shot per-cyborg per-round. the shooting order is from worst shooter to best shooter. thus, you go first, the 50% guy goes second, and the 100% guy goes third; repeat. if a cyborg dies, we just skip his or her turn, obviously. what should you shoot at in round 1 to maximize your chances of survival over time?

You are allowed to miss on purpose (i.e. shoot at nothing).

If you shoot at either 2 or 3 your probability of survival is 7/18 or 38.9%, assuming 2 and 3 make optimal choices.

If you shoot at nothing your probability of survival is 5/12 or 41.7%, assuming 2 and 3 make optimal choices.

Close. If you don't shoot, your chances of survival are 100% since the other Cyborgs cannot fire 'till you fire.

Therefore, don't shoot and just die ... or speed up the process by shooting yourself.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: her209
What can give hugs but has no arms?

Nuclear weapons?

 

[alrocky]

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

What am I?

The Present

 

[QED]

Imagine a giant kangaroo, whose tail is attached to a stake in the ground by a giant rubber band. A tiny flea is sitting on the stake.

The giant kangaroo see the flea and is spooked. He jumps and lands a mile away from the stake (to which it is still attached by the giant rubber band). The flea begins pursuit, hopping onto the rubber band, and lands one inch away from the stake. The kangaroo again jumps another mile away from the stake. The flea jumps another inch along the rubber band. This continues indefinately.

Assuming the earth is flat and infinite, does the flea ever catch up with the kangaroo?

 

[SKORPI0]

Originally posted by: alrocky

Originally posted by: SKORPI0
I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will,
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.

What am I?

The Present

Nope, Tomorrow

 

[SexyK]

Originally posted by: QED

Imagine a giant kangaroo, whose tail is attached to a stake in the ground by a giant rubber band. A tiny flea is sitting on the stake.

The giant kangaroo see the flea and is spooked. He jumps and lands a mile away from the stake (to which it is still attached by the giant rubber band). The flea begins pursuit, hopping onto the rubber band, and lands one inch away from the stake. The kangaroo again jumps another mile away from the stake. The flea jumps another inch along the rubber band. This continues indefinately.

Assuming the earth is flat and infinite, does the flea ever catch up with the kangaroo?

Is the rubber band infinitely elastic?

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: SexyK

Originally posted by: QED

Imagine a giant kangaroo, whose tail is attached to a stake in the ground by a giant rubber band. A tiny flea is sitting on the stake.

The giant kangaroo see the flea and is spooked. He jumps and lands a mile away from the stake (to which it is still attached by the giant rubber band). The flea begins pursuit, hopping onto the rubber band, and lands one inch away from the stake. The kangaroo again jumps another mile away from the stake. The flea jumps another inch along the rubber band. This continues indefinately.

Assuming the earth is flat and infinite, does the flea ever catch up with the kangaroo?

Is the rubber band infinitely elastic?

Yes. And the flea and kangaroo live infintely long.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

If the rubber band keeps getting a mile longer every time the flea jumps then he'll never catch up.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: A Casual Fitz
If the rubber band keeps getting a mile longer every time the flea jumps then he'll never catch up.

but as the kangaroo is jumping and stretching the rubber band.....wouldn't the flea also be moving closer even w/o moving? I guess what I'm saying, although he is stationary on the rubber band, the fact that it stretches will cause him to get closer proportionally i geuss to the amount of stretch. i dunno....