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The worlds first riddle!

 
 
whimsical
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 07:17 am
"Whim also asks, "do you know numbers with a definition larger than 3 digits?" "


And I mean the mathematical type of definitions.
Like the largest 5 digit prime or the first 6 digit palingdrome prime. That way the answer isn't too easy to find on the internet.

The numbers must be whole positive numbers.

Second, I can use associative number too, if the definition is not too obscure.
Like what number do you associate with Nelson Mandela?

Whim
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turtlette
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 09:00 am
"Hopefully all of them." I couldn't figure that out for the life of me. I'm serious.

Nice one. Thanks Laughing


"..find the height of the cone, ha, ha" ...did you say, ha-ha? Rolling Eyes <---that'a me starring at my brain freeze. I shouldn't eat ice cream so fast. Laughing Dosen't it hurt when that happens? There is nothing you can do, or is there? Maybe 1/3 antifreeze and 2/3 water... Laughing



"..ratio.." Equal?



"What do Elephants have that no other animals in the world have." Question
A trunk? And a memory better than mine. Rolling Eyes


Why is the number six afraid Question Because 7-8-9 (seven ate nine). You big baby. Laughing



113 Still going with the nice drives. Route 113 into Newburyport, nice.
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markr
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 10:38 am
CONE
8 cm

ANTIFREEZE
11:7

DISCOUNT
15% (on a $100 purchase)

ELEPHANTS
trunks?

SIX
seven ate nine

LETTER
u?

I have to drive for an hour to get to I-5. I can get to 101 in under two minutes.
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markr
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 10:44 am
whimsical wrote:
"Whim also asks, "do you know numbers with a definition larger than 3 digits?" "


And I mean the mathematical type of definitions.
Like the largest 5 digit prime or the first 6 digit palingdrome prime. That way the answer isn't too easy to find on the internet.

The numbers must be whole positive numbers.

Second, I can use associative number too, if the definition is not too obscure.
Like what number do you associate with Nelson Mandela?

Whim


But if we post them here they'll be easy to find on the internet!
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whimsical
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 12:28 pm
You can e-mail them to this address [email protected] if you know any. Change 50 50 5 in small roman letters.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 02:54 pm
352 proboscidean species and subspecies of which half are recognized and valid today.


My head and tail both equal are,
My middle slender as a bee.
Whether I stand on head or heel
Is quite the same to you or me.
But if my head should be cut off,
The matter's true, though passing strange
Directly I to nothing change.

What am I Question
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whimsical
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 04:14 pm
My head and tail both equal are,
My middle slender as a bee.
Whether I stand on head or heel
Is quite the same to you or me.
But if my head should be cut off,
The matter's true, though passing strange
Directly I to nothing change.

What am I?


El número ocho
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whimsical
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 04:31 pm
"Whim, how about an entirely different type of word puzzle, one where you set the total sum of a given number of answers, and the players would have to find numbers to match the total. Just a thought. "

Tryagain,

I have seen so many old puzzles I welcome brand new ones. I'm sure you can come-up with great puzzles if you put your mind to it. Wink I'm all for a "create a new puzzle" topic in this forum.
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whimsical
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 04:35 pm
Here's one I made up:

The assistant of Prof Beard Igor had to work late again. He started that day with GENERA but ended up with ENRAGE. What had he been doing?

Whim
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 04:56 pm
The word "green" uses 5 letters: E E G N R.

Words formed by adding one letter before or after to eegnr in any order.
enrage - genera - gender etc.

Or, he was playing Scrabble® Laughing
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markr
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 11:32 pm
West Wind
We live on the west side of the highway. It's barely noticeable at night and unnoticeable during the day. When the train comes by at night, you can hear it.

What part of the country (I assume you're in the US) are you from? I'm guessing it's east of the Mississippi.
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markr
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2005 11:41 pm
whimsical wrote:
Like the largest 5 digit prime or the first 6 digit palingdrome prime.


I know this was just an example, but I can't help pointing out that there are no 6-digit prime palindromes since all 6-digit palindromes are divisible by 11.

By the way, clever encoding of your e-mail address. That should keep it hidden from the puzzle solvers who search for your address.
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turtlette
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 12:05 am
Try


"Have you ever driven the route 113, traveling between Holderness, South Tamworth and Silver Lake.? Simply magical.

Shocked Yes, Silver Lake is lovely, I have had the urge to swim in it when passing by.

"Before I go…" Where do you think your going? huh? <pokes tryagain in the chest, watch how I do it...--->(@ ...I might have poked him in the belly by accident, picture looking overhead, does someone have a round belly? Is that a toupee? Laughing



"What am I" Question You don't know? Are you the letter 'I'?
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 05:31 am
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turtlette
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 08:06 am
Try wrote:

"I have had the urge to swim in it when passing by."

It's way too cold."
Laughing

And how do you know that? <slowly leans toward monitor> Very Happy


"Before I go…" I am... "

I agree, you sure is! Try me loves-

"If you is what you is, and you are what you are, people who is, is the best by far."
That's a quote from a cartoon character called "Mr. Wizard" he tutored a turtle called Timothy, as in Timothy Tutor. It's an old cartoon I used to watch when I was a Lil' Turtle.
Laughing

"..sorry, I abhor violence…" :wink:

Me too, just this morning I had an ant crawling on my desk and I couldn't bring myself to kill it. I figured...they don't eat much. "



119 = 1 + 19 Question Some of us live in numbers...


"Which letters do Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday have in common." Question

...all day. :wink:
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markr
 
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Reply Fri 3 Jun, 2005 01:49 am
N!5!
3

EIGHTS
14

DICE
90

T
teapot
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Fri 3 Jun, 2005 04:50 am
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markr
 
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Reply Fri 3 Jun, 2005 09:29 am
Didn't we just do the first three?

BEAR
b (bee?)

LANGUAGES
american Shocked (how about mono-lingual?)

121) the smallest non-trivial (multiple digits) square palindrome
123) the smallest 3-digit number with the digits forming an arithmetic sequence
124) the smallest 3-digit number with the digits forming a non-trivial (r<>1) geometric sequence
125) the smallest cube with digits (more than one) that sum to a cube
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whimsical
 
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Reply Sat 4 Jun, 2005 03:22 am
What are the two missing letters?

ST ash, ST ate, ST ack
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whimsical
 
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Reply Sat 4 Jun, 2005 03:24 am
Which letters do Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday have in common?


None.

None of the letters of COMMON appear in those 4 days. Wink
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