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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:32pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (18 SEP 2004 7:28pm)
Does the door have a catflap?
This works better as a Q&A in lateral thinking.
Nope.
That's possible solution #463 or something.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:35pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (18 SEP 2004 7:26pm)
Clue: Keep in mind, there is no window.
Is there a hole in the wall? Can the door be broken down? Do you have enough explosives on you to blast a hole in the wall? Do you have a gun to shoot off the lock? Are the walls made of paper? Are you a person (and not, say, a mouse or an insect)?
I forgot my sig.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:37pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (18 SEP 2004 7:35pm)
Is there a hole in the wall?
Forget the rest. Actually, there is and the text tells you.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:43pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Elfstone (18 SEP 2004 7:37pm)
Forget the rest. Actually, there is and the text tells you.
A keyhole? You don't mean the famous "use a pencil/newspaper combo to get a key on the other side of the lock"? No, I suppose not. You said the door stays locked.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:45pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (18 SEP 2004 7:37pm)
Forget the rest. Actually, there is and the text tells you.
No it doesn't Are there portholes? Ventilation shafts?
I forgot my sig.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:51pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By MichalN (18 SEP 2004 7:45pm)
No it doesn't Are there portholes? Ventilation shafts?
Trust me, it does.
And no, no.
@Andromus
Not that again. No. The door is not important.
This is getting annoying, but bare with it.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:54pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Is the question a play on words?
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:56pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | I suppose there could literally be a locked door inside the room with you, just lying around or something. Don't see how that indicates any particular opening, though.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 7:58pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | You go out the hole where the window used to be.
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 8:01pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (18 SEP 2004 7:57pm)
You go out the hole where the window used to be.
That wouldn't work - from the dictionary:
"Window, n.: An opening constructed in a wall or roof that functions to admit light or air to an enclosure and is often framed and spanned with glass mounted to permit opening and closing."
The hole "where the window used to be" is still called a window, even if it's just a plain hole.
I forgot my sig.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 8:02pm |
Lucien21Guild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (18 SEP 2004 8:00pm)
That wouldn't work - from the dictionary:
"Window, n.: An opening constructed in a wall or roof that functions to admit light or air to an enclosure and is often framed and spanned with glass mounted to permit opening and closing."
The hole "where the window used to be" is still called a window, even if it's just a plain hole.
Dictionary definition aside. It's still the right answer.
Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount.
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 8:04pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (18 SEP 2004 8:01pm)
Dictionary definition aside. It's still the right answer.
Bah. I had considered it before, but figured it couldn't be right for the reason Michal listed. Elfstone, say it ain't so!
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| 18 SEP 2004 at 8:07pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Lucien21 (18 SEP 2004 7:57pm)
You go out the hole where the window used to be.
That's the one!
And I knew Michal would bring up the definition as I was thinking about this myself, already. This question is not very good, hands down. :-/
Still 2 to go and as I suspected #3 will stand strong.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 5:14pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (18 SEP 2004 8:07pm)
Still 2 to go and as I suspected #3 will stand strong.
Any hints?
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 5:24pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
Yes. He'll send in a third personality to negotiate and have a SWAT team of other personalities ready for backup...
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 6:06pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | 6) Manatee madness?
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 8:20pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | My turn, I guess.....
1. Below there are 36 numbers. Assuming that any three of the numbers may be drawn at random, what is the probability (to the nearest percent) that three numbers will be drawn whose sum equals 15?
456745
567456
674567
745674
456745
567456 [smiley=skull_laugh.gif]
solved by MichalN
2. Orgm lif sca means "work all day."
Habba sca flib means "car does work."
Flib clop orgm means "all she does."
What words would you use to say: "oes she work?" The order that you place the words in is unimportant - you only need to find the correct words to use.
solved by MichalN
3. There are 2 identical strings. If you light one of the strings at its end, it will take exactly one hour for it to finish burning completely. The string will not burn evenly - it is thicker in some places, thinner in others. For example, the string may not be half consumed exactly 30 minutes from lighting it at one end. You have no other means of telling time, and you want to know when exactly 45 minutes have passed. All that you have is a lighter and these 2 identical strings. What is the most accurate method you can use, given these conditions? solved by MichalN
(but there are other solutions)
For the four puzzles below, pretend you are an alien who had managed to learn the English language, but you do not know what significance the days of the week have. On which day of the week would you assume.
4. You would cook a meal. solved by MichalN
5. You would get paid. solved by MichalN
6. You would get married. solved by MichalN
7. It would be unusually bright. solved by MichalN
8. If there are 4 empty seats in a movie theatre, how many combinations are there for the number of ways 4 people could sit in these seats? solved by Elfstone
9. Make a word from boas that can be used to keep you clean. solved by MichalN
10. A woman steps to the edge of a very high building, & as people look on, she leaps off, & falls several stories. The woman is not injured. Why?
Hint: The woman did not fall on cushions or any other type of softened surface, & was not wearing a parachute. solved by MichalN
11. A man leaves home one night & drives over a mile to meet a friend for a drink. When the man arrives home, the clock shows a time only five minutes later than when he left. How is this possible?
Hint: There is nothing wrong with the clock, & it consistently shows the correct time. solved by MichalN
12. A boy enters a room that is filled with adults. He is told by a man that the court has found that his parents have neglected & abused him, & he will be placed in foster care. However, the boy sleeps in the same house with his parents that night & several nights after that. No further mention is made of his move to foster care. Why? solved by MichalN
13. Three men enter a room filled with gas wearing gas masks. The men voluntarily remove their masks, & begin coughing heavily because of the gas. They do not put their masks back on. The men are not suicidal, so why did they do this?
14. Spike, an adult, brings the paper to Mr. Hopkins every day. Spike is never paid for this. Why does he do this?
Hint: Spike does not have to bring the paper, but he does not do it entirely because he like Mr. Hopkins. solved by MichalN
15. Toby is celebrating his birthday with his friends & family at a restaurant. "I'd like to have a beer - the best you've got! Today is my sixteenth birthday," Toby says to the waiter. The restaurant manager & several customers hear what Toby says, but he is still served a beer. Why?
Hint: Toby really is sixteen years old. solved by MichalN
16. The fastest runner in school bets a much slower runner that he can beat him in a sprint to a point that is 100 yards away from them. After considering for a minute, the slower runner agrees to the bet, & wins the race. How did he do it?
Hint: Both students actually ran in the race.
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 8:28pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | 2) flib clop sca?
4) Friday
5) Monday
6) Wednesday?
7) Sunday
9) soap (just flip around the b a little)
10) She was bungee jumping?
11) He moved between time zones.
12) He was acting in a play?
14) Spike is a dog.
16) They were running 100 yards or less total.
I forgot my sig.
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 8:37pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By MichalN (19 SEP 2004 8:28pm)
2) flib clop sca?
4) Friday
5) Monday
6) Wednesday?
7) Sunday
9) soap (just flip around the b a little)
10) She was bungee jumping?
14) Spike is a dog
16) They were running 100 yeards or less total.
All correct except for 16.
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 8:39pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | 15. He gets root beer?
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 8:40pm |
EvaGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Andromus (19 SEP 2004 8:39pm)
15. He gets root beer?
No. Real beer! [smiley=beer_buds.gif]
Can't imagine why he'd want that stuff anyway.
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 8:50pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | 1) could be about 13%
15) It was in a country with less restrictive drinking laws.
I'm not sure if you noticed that I added answers to 11) and 12) above. Maybe I should stop editing the posts like that, but I don't want to look like I'm spamming
In 16), were they both starting from the same spot?
I forgot my sig.
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 9:01pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Eva (19 SEP 2004 6:06pm)
6) Manatee madness?
Try it with more style.
I start out low:
#8 should be 24
And a hint to my #3:
Start with the train first. Think about sounds.
[b]playing[/b]: Destination Treasure Island (done in two sittings, but it's nice), Syberia (ho-hum), Dracula: Last Sanctuary (on hold)&&[b]reading[/b]: even more study papers&&[b]listening to[/b]: [url=http://www.last.fm/user/Brax82/]this and that[/url], plus [url=http://www.musicovery.com/]Musicovery[/url]&&[b]TV favorites[/b]: (currently) Pushing Daisies, Chuck, Journeyman (cancelled! grrr...), Heroes&& all-time) 24, Stargate SG1, X-Files, Lost, House
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| 19 SEP 2004 at 9:07pm |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
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Status : Online | Originally Posted By Elfstone (19 SEP 2004 9:00pm)
Try it with more style.
Mad manatee party?
I start out low:
#8 should be 24
I'll start high - I think 256 should cover it
I forgot my sig.
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