The Riddler's Gauntlet

[pyromonkey]

Originally posted by MagicNakor@23 April 2003 - 00:53
Well, this thread took off while I slept.

Unfortunately there aren't any riddles. :'(

why dont you post some riddles?

[ne1GotZardoz]

Originally posted by kAb+22 April 2003 - 18:52--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kAb @ 22 April 2003 - 18:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--JmiF@22 April 2003 - 15:44
A man stops his car outside of a hotel and suddenly realises he is bankrupt. Discuss.

he&#39;s playing monopoly [/b][/quote]
Kab, I hate you.

And I&#39;ve heard that one too. A long time ago.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by kAb+23 April 2003 - 00:52--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kAb @ 23 April 2003 - 00:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--JmiF@22 April 2003 - 15:44
A man stops his car outside of a hotel and suddenly realises he is bankrupt. Discuss.

he&#39;s playing monopoly [/b][/quote]
Yes, you said it in a confident manner.

[kAb]

Originally posted by JmiF@22 April 2003 - 15:54
The way the question is asked is the important thing. It&#39;s not multiple choice.

A woman arives home at her building .

She gets it the elevator and goes to the 20th floor.

She gets off and walks up the next 4 flights of steps.

Discuss.

but that leaves it open to, to many possiblities...

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by kAb+23 April 2003 - 00:55--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kAb @ 23 April 2003 - 00:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--JmiF@22 April 2003 - 15:54
The way the question is asked is the important thing. It&#39;s not multiple choice.

A woman arives home at her building .

She gets it the elevator and goes to the 20th floor.

She gets off and walks up the next 4 flights of steps.

Discuss.

but that leaves it open to, to many possiblities... [/b][/quote]
I don&#39;t do riddles, they are for the cogniscenti, like crosswords. I prefer lateral thinking games.

[amphoteric88]

ok, what about this one, i&#39;ve posted it before, can&#39;t remember who got it that time. pretty easy though
There are 15 pool balls in front of you. They are identical in appearance (same size, same colour), but one of the balls is slightly heavier than the others.
You have to pick the ball which is heavier than the others. To do this, you have the use of a set of scales. The scales are not digital, and only tell you which side is heavier. You have up to three uses of the scales. How do you identify the heavier ball?
P.S. you can&#39;t just pick them up and decide that way.

[kAb]

Originally posted by JmiF+22 April 2003 - 15:55--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JmiF @ 22 April 2003 - 15:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by -kAb@23 April 2003 - 00:52
<!--QuoteBegin--JmiF

@22 April 2003 - 15:44
A man stops his car outside of a hotel and suddenly realises he is bankrupt. Discuss.

he&#39;s playing monopoly

Yes, you said it in a confident manner. [/b][/quote]
because i was quite confident

->

The Thompson triplets were sitting around watching television.

The reception was so bad that they decided

to throw away their TV and go buy a new one.

They checked their wallets and found that they only had &#036;10 each.

So they took their &#036;30 to a second hand store.

They met a salesman who told them he had a TV for sale for &#036;30.

So they gave him &#036;30 and took the TV.

However, when the salesman went in the back of the store

he realized that the price was supposed to be &#036;25.

So he ran back outside to give them their &#036;5 back.

But when he realized they had each paid &#036;10

he didn&#39;t want to make it confusing so he only gave them &#036;1 back each

and he kept the other two dollars for himself.

OK, let&#39;s recap. They paid &#036;10 each which is &#036;30 total.

The salesman gave them back &#036;1 each and he kept &#036;2 for himself.

So they actually spent &#036;10 each minus &#036;1 each.

Which means they spent &#036;9 each.

9 X 3 = &#036;27,

The salesman kept &#036;2.

That&#39;s a total of &#036;29.

Where&#39;s the other dollar?

[kAb]

Originally posted by amphoteric88@22 April 2003 - 15:59
ok, what about this one, i&#39;ve posted it before, can&#39;t remember who got it that time. pretty easy though
There are 15 pool balls in front of you. They are identical in appearance (same size, same colour), but one of the balls is slightly heavier than the others.
You have to pick the ball which is heavier than the others. To do this, you have the use of a set of scales. The scales are not digital, and only tell you which side is heavier. You have up to three uses of the scales. How do you identify the heavier ball?
P.S. you can&#39;t just pick them up and decide that way.

how many scales?

[amphoteric88]

one set of scales, up to three uses
you can do it in less than three though

[ne1GotZardoz]

Originally posted by amphoteric88@22 April 2003 - 18:59
ok, what about this one, i&#39;ve posted it before, can&#39;t remember who got it that time. pretty easy though
There are 15 pool balls in front of you. They are identical in appearance (same size, same colour), but one of the balls is slightly heavier than the others.
You have to pick the ball which is heavier than the others. To do this, you have the use of a set of scales. The scales are not digital, and only tell you which side is heavier. You have up to three uses of the scales. How do you identify the heavier ball?
P.S. you can&#39;t just pick them up and decide that way.

Thats a math problem. Not a logic problem.

For the first try, you put 7 on each side.
If they are the same weight, the left over ball is the heaviest.

If not, use your second try.

Of the seven that weighed more, put three on one side and three on the other.

If they weigh the same, the left over ball is the heaviest.

If not, use your third and last try.

Of the three that weighed more, put one on one side and one on the other.

If they are the same, the one not weighed is heavier. Otherwise, well...You get it I hope.