The worlds first riddle!

Mark:

10) A
11) B
12) C
13) A

If Francis had written it like this:
9) (((2 exp 6)-4)/3)
it would have been the correct answer for 9.

Francis:
(Flat joke?)


The joke is on me. I have a near identical answer for another problem which I could not remember posting. Problem solved.




14. Two cars start off at the same point on a straight highway facing opposite directions. Each car drives for 6 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 8 miles. How far apart are the two cars

a) 2 miles b) 11 miles c) 14 miles d) 20 miles e) 26 miles



15. Wisdom is knowing what to do next; __________ is doing it.

a) Virtue b) Luck c) Happiness d) Sanity e) Nostalgia



16. It is easier to _______________ than to offer a helping hand

a) Raise a flag b) Be on the ball c) Lay down
d) Point the finger e) Sing praises


17. Which word best completes the analogy: Water is to glass as letter is to...

a) mail b) stamp c) pen d) envelope e) book


18. What is the opposite of GOOD

(A) Clever (B) Intelligent (C) Bad (D) Quarrelsome (E) Evil




19. ROAD is to WALK as WATER is to _______________

(A) RUN (B) PLAY (C) JUMP (D) SWIM (E) SUN



20. What will be the next number in the following series -

5 7 9 11 13 ( )

(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 17 (E) 19

14: D
15: A
16: D?
17: D
18: E
19: D
20: C

16) C

14. all i can come up with is 16, i don't get it.
15. A (i need to pay attention)
16. D (i don't think this is the correct way to be, but it happens)
17. D
18. C
19. D
20. C

Their paths are the two legs of two congruent right triangles. The hypotenuses are 10, and the shortest path between them is along the hypotenuses which are end-to-end.

...What markr said!

Excuse me for butting in since you two are getting on so well. However, I have the results from yesterdays deliberations, after which, please feel free to carrion. :wink:


DrewDad:
14: D
15: A
16: D
17: D
18: E ©
19: D
20: C

Wow! Almost a shutout.

Turtlettle:
14. all i can come up with is 20, i don't get it.
15. A (i need to pay attention)
16. D (i don't think this is the correct way to be, but it happens)
17. D
18. C
19. D
20. C

Li'l Turtle is today's winner, way to go girl. Now, if you pass the medical, you are in. -
Say; ARrrrrrrrrh.



1. Which two letters of the alphabet sound like:

(a) jealously,
(b) a climbing plant,
(c) a literary composition,
(d) a number


2. How many women's names (first names) can you create out of groups of letters


3. Which four letters of the alphabet sound as if they mean ?'Are you all right?'


4. Which sets of three letters of the alphabet, when spoken aloud, sound like words that mean:

(a) a flower;
(b) a being;
(c) an opponent;
(d) vigour.

1. (a) nv (b) iv (c) fg? (d) at

2. I became sidetracked, again, and decided to go with female personality traits. I hope a womans activist dosen't show up!

A..bcd (=a beast, as in acting like one)
DEF! (deaf)
JKL! (=jeykl, think pms!)
M...NO! (bossy)
NO-P! (you can't even go the bathroom in peace)
EFG (=effigy, stay away from this trait!)
HI, JKLMN (=Hi, jeyklmen (Hi gentlemen) if she feels like being fresh, not me of course)
X YZ (= your x mate is wise, damn that's a good one, I like that,...i'm someones X) [size=7]I'm sort of sorry for the derailment, but you instigated me...therefore...you asked for it...why did you make me do that? Whose me luvs![/size]

3. r.u.o.k.

4. (a) Bu.t (b) a.bn (d) vim?

p.s. ahem...ARrrrrrrrrh.

1. (c) sa
2. mle, ln, dd, bb, cc
3. (a) pne (c) nme (d) nrg

Two cars start off at the same point facing opposite directions. Each car drives for 3 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 4 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 5 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 2 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 8 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 3 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 5 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 6 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 6 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 1 mile, takes a left turn, and drives for 4 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 7 miles.

How far apart are the two cars?

Whim ;-)

My fragile imagination is like a whirlpool Whim. I don't think I will ever be able to figure that one out.

NTT.



2 times the square root of 98 miles.

Additionally , they cross their own paths at right angles on three occasions and retrace their own paths for a distance of 3 miles during the last leg.

WHIM'S CARS
I get 2*sqrt(2) miles.

Bugger. I'll go through it again.

Be back soon.

Yep. I stuffed up. The answer is as Mark stated.

I would be right if you took out step 9....which I missed.

A truly inspirational array of answers, to which I add:

1. (a) N-V, (b) I-V, (c) S-A, (d) A-T.

2. Some possibilities are K T (Katie), L C (Elsie), and L N (Ellen). If this is too easy, try sets of three letters: M L E, L N R . . .

3. R U O K.

4.(a) P N E (peony); (b) N T T (entity); (c) N M E (enemy); (d) N R G (energy).


Mark:
WHIM'S CARS
I get 2*sqrt(2) miles.


Adrian:
Bugger.

Me:

Bugger. I also had 2 miles. However, as Ford is to autos, Adrian is to answers, I continued to try confirm his answer - without success. Thank you Whim for proving that, Adrian is in fact made of flesh and blood, to wit human. :wink:

"I would be right if you took out step 9" - Classic. If I wasn't wrong I would be right.


Turtlette, your answer is ok, "one out" plus one back = 2.




5. If ?'B 9' means benign, can you think of:

(a) a letter and a number which sound like ?'earlier'

(b) two letters and a number which sound like ?'to diverge'

(c) a letter, a number, another letter and another number which sound like ?'to lessen your guilt'



6. Solve this rhyming puzzle from; A New Collection of Enigmas (1810):

To nothing add ten, with three-fifths of two score,
And let them be join'd by five hundred more;
These rightly combin'd, will give you the name
Of a city that's high in the annals of fame


7. Which parts of the world do these two stand for:

i) C C C C C C C

ii) & E E E S


8. Which single letter expresses gratitude

Mark: WHIM'S CARS
I get 2*sqrt(2) miles.

Ok.

Twist:

Two cars start off at the same point facing opposite directions on roads that are not wide enough to overtake or pass. Each car drives for 3 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 4 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 5 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 2 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 8 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 3 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 5 miles, takes a right turn, and drives for 6 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 6 miles, takes a left turn, and drives for 1 mile, takes a left turn, and drives for 5 miles, takes a right turn, accelerates to 90 miles an hour to their goal 9 miles ahead.

How far are the two cars apart when they stopped driving? ;-)

5. (a) B4

7. (i) Seven Seas
(ii) Andes Mountains

WHIM'S TWISTED CARS
Within feet of each other as they have crashed where they started (one mile short of their goals).

Mark:
5. (a) B4

7. (i) Seven Seas
(ii) Andes Mountains


Last of this set of brain bashers.



9. Decipher:

ALL 4 1 & 1 4 ALL
D &
G B O
WAR AND PEA
M Y E C
B X
E W D & E D D
THE SAND


10. Devise letters to represent the phrase ?'Long time, no see'.


11. Which popular song from 1941 could be symbolized simply by the letter ?'X'?


12. If you find question 9 simple, try to uncover the phrase symbolized by the single letters A, D, S, V, or R.

9) all for one and one for all
10) tiiiiiiiiiiiime abdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz