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The worlds first riddle!

 
 
yitwail
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 09:24 am
Z = 6
7*95238 = 666666

btw, TA, i like my answer of bowling ball better than rear wheel, because rear wheel can go backwards, for example when a car is in reverse.
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whimsical
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 09:47 am
My great grandfather and my father differ as much in age as my grandfather and me. My great grandfather is 27 years older than my grandfather.
How much differ my father and me in age?

Explain how you arrive at you answer.

Whim
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markr
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 10:57 am
ABC+DEF+GHI=JJJ
J=9

BETS
You are Molly
Waldo started with 30 cents
Spike started with 40 cents

PYRAMID
I think we need to know the area of the base. Or are we to figure out the largest pyramid that can be completed before the work force is exhausted?

Assuming the latter, it will take 53 days to build a pyramid 46 levels (138m) high. If a crew member dies whether or not his crew layed a block, then 1416 survive. Otherwise, since only 15 blocks are layed the last day, 1489 would have survived.

PHONE NUMBER
There are two solutions without leading zeros in either the dividend or the divisor:
879-9912 and 989-9901

PRODIGITIOUS
I already answered this last December, so I'll leave it for others.

CANDY
I gave up the first time this was posted, and I'll give up again. I did take a peek at the answer to remind myself why I never would have gotten it.

BY THE WAY
13/6 = 2 1/6
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markr
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 12:06 pm
whimsical wrote:
My great grandfather and my father differ as much in age as my grandfather and me. My great grandfather is 27 years older than my grandfather.
How much differ my father and me in age?

Explain how you arrive at you answer.

Whim

GGF - F = GF - M ---> GGF - GF = F - M
GGF - GF = 27
Therefore F - M = 27
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 12:13 pm
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markr
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 03:37 pm
"So, I believe can a bowling ball. Surely all balls start with reverse spin. Unless you are bowling ‘overhand’. What do others think?"

Good bowlers put lots of spin on the ball, and the ball (first of a frame when all ten pins are up) almost never goes straight.

FOIL
20,763mm = 20.763m (better go for another lie-down :wink: )
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yitwail
 
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Reply Sat 16 Jul, 2005 07:49 pm
good point on spin; but when shooting spares, maybe spin is omitted? i'm no bowler of any sort, so this is mere speculation.
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whimsical
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 02:50 am
Mark
Quote:
GGF - F = GF - M ---> GGF - GF = F - M
GGF - GF = 27
Therefore F - M = 27


Smile
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 08:16 am
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markr
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 09:33 am
[size=8]PRIME
43

M & N
25/24

PRINTER
9*1 + 90*2 + 51*3 = 342

PENNIES
8*7*5*3 = 840

CLASSICS
1 - no smoke
2 - T (it)
3 - and?
4 - have someone else hold the nail?
5 - ?
6 - man
7 - queue
8 - uproot the whole tree?
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raprap
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 10:03 am
1. Think fast: Doh! Its an electric train
2. Second most common letter--t Etaoin Shrdlu if I remember right is the order of the most commonly used letters.
3. most used word ---the
4. 3 letter word has the most definitions-run
5. How to avoid hitting your fingers, hit the head of the nail not the nail of the fingers.
6. Why did the bubble gum cross the road? It was being chewed by the chicken
7. 4 legs, 2 legs, and 3 legs- An infant, grown, and aged hairless monkey
8. Queue
9. Hold the twig the bird lands on.
10. 400/9=44.4444. 44 is not prime, but 43 is, and 9*43=387
11. M=25 and N<M=25 so N=24 and M*N=600-599=1
12. 10 +5+10=25
13. pennies 840

Rap
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 01:11 pm
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yitwail
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 05:49 pm
9. when it sees a stranger?

11. when you stick your tongue out?

12. because then it would be a foot

14. noise

15. a yard

have to think about the others Sad
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raprap
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 06:11 pm
9. When elected to congress.

10. When it's a lion (lying).

13. A potato(e)

Rap
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markr
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 09:24 pm
11. When he loses his patients (patience).
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raprap
 
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Reply Sun 17 Jul, 2005 09:43 pm
Pretty Big Feet

Look at the size of dem dogs

Rap
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 04:42 am
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usamashaker
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 05:49 am
3's & 8's
40


2.3.5.7.11
11*7=77


the bus
240
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markr
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 09:10 am
2 OR 7
198

FACTORIALS
55
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Mon 18 Jul, 2005 01:39 pm
Usamashaker, good to see you back buddy. Do you have some good news? Have you passed your medical exams? Razz



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