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Riddles/Puzzles for the SUPER intelligent. And beyond! (pg. 4)
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
Heres another easy riddle that has likely been posted here before and anyone from Lud will recognize.
I occur once in a month twice in a millenium, but not once in a hundred thousand years. What am I? |
The letter M |
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| tribu |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zenchowdah
the susan delgado. |
haha brilliant!
here's one.
Brighter than the sun, and darker than black.
The rich man needs it while the poor man has it.
The dead man eats it always.
Another:
I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head.
I eat the maid's life. |
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| Spacey Orange |
Alright, i'll contribute something. Some of you may know this one.
A farmer is travelling with his fox, a chicken, and some corn. He comes across a river and a boat to cross it, but the boat only has enough space for two (e.g. himself and corn, himself and the chicken, etc). He can't leave the fox and chicken together because the fox will eat the chicken. He can't leave the chicken and corn together because the chicken will eat the corn. How can he get across the river? (He can't get off the boat and swim along side.) |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
haha brilliant!
here's one.
Brighter than the sun, and darker than black.
The rich man needs it while the poor man has it.
The dead man eats it always.
Another:
I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head.
I eat the maid's life. |
put the book down. |
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| Mebot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
Alright, i'll contribute something. Some of you may know this one.
A farmer is travelling with his fox, a chicken, and some corn. He comes across a river and a boat to cross it, but the boat only has enough space for two (e.g. himself and corn, himself and the chicken, etc). He can't leave the fox and chicken together because the fox will eat the chicken. He can't leave the chicken and corn together because the chicken will eat the corn. How can he get across the river? (He can't get off the boat and swim along side.) |
Take the chicken over first (the fox wont eat the corn)
come back
take the fox over leave him there, take the chicken back. Leave chicken there and grab the corn.
take corn over and drop it off (fox wont eat corn)
come back grab the chicken.
voila |
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| Zenchowdah |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
Alright, i'll contribute something. Some of you may know this one.
A farmer is travelling with his fox, a chicken, and some corn. He comes across a river and a boat to cross it, but the boat only has enough space for two (e.g. himself and corn, himself and the chicken, etc). He can't leave the fox and chicken together because the fox will eat the chicken. He can't leave the chicken and corn together because the chicken will eat the corn. How can he get across the river? (He can't get off the boat and swim along side.) |
1. chicken across river
go back pick up fox
2. fox across river
pick up chicken, return with it
3. pick up corn
go back pick up chicken go on merry way |
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| Grrrrr |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
he said that he had blue cos he looked at the two other guys and saw that they had red marks.;) |
Not quite that simple mate, how does he know his own mark isn't red?
| quote: | Originally posted by Aquarian
Three intelligent professors are called into a room. They are each given a mark on their foreheads that is either red or blue. They are then told that at least two of them have a red mark on their forehead. Then they are asked to guess what color the mark on their head is.
Several minutes passed, and no one answered. Then, one professor stood up and revealed the answer. He was correct.
What did he say and why?
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The only way one of them men can know for sure what colour their own mark is, is if they can see a red and blue mark on the people sat opposite. Then he knows his own mark MUST be red.
Since all the men are supposedly clever the man who stood up would have expected one of the other 2 men to realise the above fact fairly quickly. Neither of them guessed so he knows that neither of them can see the red/blue combination and since there are at least 2 red marks in total his own mark cannot be blue. So he guesses correctly that his own mark is red.
I think that makes sense |
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| Spacey Orange |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
Brighter than the sun, and darker than black.
The rich man needs it while the poor man has it.
The dead man eats it always.
Another:
I have a hundred legs but cannot stand, a long neck but no head.
I eat the maid's life. |
that spanish stuff don't translate too well.:toothless |
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| tribu |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zenchowdah
put the book down. |
never! (most of those riddles were from The Hobbit, incidentally.)
| quote: | Originally posted by Spacey Orange
that spanish stuff don't translate too well.:toothless |
Those were originally in English :p |
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| Grrrrr |
Proof that 2=1 but what part of the 'proof' is wrong?
code:
Let a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 + a^2 = ab + a^2
2a^2 = ab + a^2
2a^2 - 2ab = ab + a^2 - 2ab
2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab
2a(a - b) = a(a - b)
2a = a
2 = 1
and it's not the first line thats wrong |
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| Mebot |
| Where's Noisician and all of his math problems? Used to always amaze me even though i had no idea what he was talking about, |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Grrrrr
Proof that 2=1 but what part of the 'proof' is wrong?
code:
Let a = b
a^2 = ab
a^2 + a^2 = ab + a^2
2a^2 = ab + a^2
2a^2 - 2ab = ab + a^2 - 2ab
2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab
2a(a - b) = a(a - b)
2a = a
2 = 1
and it's not the first line thats wrong |
the problem is in those lines. by choosing to combine the terms of the left side into 2a^2 instead of ab + ab (or 2ab) the line above you have altered the value of the equation and allow the subtraction of 2ab from both sides which should render the terms equal to 0. that gives the false sense that the left side is ultimately one less than the side on the right and making them appear unequal...
i dunno...atleast that's what i think... |
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