Riddler's Brainteasers...episode 1

[Riddler]

Hi Sheila. Pencil is in fact correct.

Hi ilw I have one thing to say about your brainteaser..........HUH ?


I'll wait for you to help us out a bit on that one before I post another. B)

[ang3968]

ok... I sat here for 15 mins with pencil and paper trying to work it out.....and it aint easy.. so I cheated and googled

The shortest of the tallest people in each row will be taller than the tallest of the shortest people in each column. There are four cases (I think).

The first is that the shortest of the tallest and the tallest of the shortest are the same person, so obviously in this case the shortest of the tallest and the tallest of the shortest would be the same height.

The second case is that the shortest of the tallest and the tallest of the shortest are in the same row. The shortest of the tallest people in each row is obviously the tallest person in his row, so he's taller than the tallest of the shortest, who is also in his row.

The third case is that the shortest of the tallest and the tallest of the shortest are in the same column. The tallest of the shortest people in each column is obviously the shortest person in his row, so he's shorter than the shortest of the tallest, who is also in his column.

The fourth case is that the shortest of the tallest is neither in the same column nor the same row as the tallest of the shortest. For this case, consider the person X who is standing in the intersection of the row containing the shortest of the tallest and the column containing the tallest of the shortest. X must be taller than the tallest of the shortest, since the tallest of the shortest is the shortest in his column, and X must also be shorter than the shortest of the tallest, since the shortest of the tallest is the tallest in his row. So TofS < X < SofT.

So the shortest of the tallest in each row is always taller than, or the same height as, the tallest of the shortest in each column.


Now don&#39;t ask me to explain it cos reading back it doesn&#39;t make anymore sense than the bluddy riddle.....

[Riddler]

Holy Mouthful Batman &#33;

Thank you Ang &#33;
And ilw.......................so there.

[Riddler]

Last Christmas, in Whistler B.C., a magician was putting on a show during the Canadian Snowboarding Championships.
In one segment, he told the audience that if anyone could guess correctly how he accomplished this trick, they would win fifty dollars.
The magician gave a volunteer from the audience 5 quartersin a plastic cup. Each of the coins was identical except for the dates. The magician then walked off the stage while the volunteer took out a coin, noted the date, and then held it tightly in his fist. When the magician came back on to the stage, he started to ask the volunteer questions. This is how the following questions were answered:

&#39;What is your name?&#39;
&#39;Harry.&#39;
&#39;What is your favourite food?&#39;
&#39;Pizza.&#39;
&#39;Do you remember the year on that coin?&#39;
&#39;Yes.&#39;
&#39;Good, now in your head, subtract 11 from 301 then add your year of birth, then add the year on the coin.&#39;
&#39;OK, got it.&#39;
&#39;Do you think you&#39;re about to get 50 dollars for deciphering this trick?&#39;
&#39;I think so.&#39;

Then the volunteer put the coin back in the cup while the magician was turned the other way. The cup was then given to the magician, who dumped the coins into his hand.
&#39;According to this, the coin you were holding was made in 1992.&#39;

He was right of course and nobody won any money that day. How did he do it ?

[ang3968]

the coin was still warm from his hand?????

[Riddler]

Originally posted by ang3968@26 November 2003 - 07:25
the coin was still warm from his hand?????

See what I mean ? Child&#39;s play &#33;

Jenny&#39;s aunt recently passed away. In her will it said that there was a treasure for Jenny, if she could figure out the directions. Jenny&#39;s aunt was a great scholar and she loved a good teaser. In the directions she wrote:

My dear Jenny,

To find the treasure that I have left you, you just have to follow some instructions that I have for you. please do exactly everything that I tell you to and you will find the trasure. It will be wrapped tightly in a small packagge ready for you. I trust you, because I know that you are very intelliggent and you will find it for sure. Even if you don&#39;t find it, I know that you would have at least tryed. I know that its really hard for you to figure thiss letter out, but do try. The pakage will be waiting for you there. You have been wonderful person to be vith. So, keep trying and you will find that treasure&#33;

Sincerly,
Your Aunt

[SniperInTheShadows]

If someone can rearrange the following letter&#39;s into a word or word&#39;s that make sense then I think you&#39;ll get the answer lol (I can&#39;t make head&#39;s nor tale&#39;s of them lol) -

peggiswca

Sniper. (Might be wrong about this though lol)

EDIT : Missed a letter

EDIT 2 : Removed the letter "T" due to Riddler&#39;s making it even more difficult than it already is lol Great that i&#39;ve actually got somewhere with one though, perhap&#39;s one day i&#39;ll get even further lol

[Riddler]

you&#39;ve got the idea Sniper, but not quite there yet.

Oh, and btw, as if this stuff isn&#39;t tough enough, I screwed up. The word &#39; lease &#39; is supposed to be spelled correctly ( least ) so there&#39;s no " T " in the solution.

* please don&#39;t hurt me *

[SniperInTheShadows]

Could you plz give a hint/clue as i&#39;m getting a headache trying to rearrange the letter&#39;s and am now thinking that it&#39;s not that simple lol

Sniper.

[Riddler]

Sorry for the delay Sniper, as jk24 says, the board farted.

The letters to unscramble are (in no particular order) ggpveasyce

Hint; The P is capitalized and there&#39;s 2 words.