The worlds first riddle!

well then for some odd reason that didn't work.. i'm starting to think that this has no answer. and that It is a paradox used to eliminate all thought from reasoning.


I've tried everything... http://esp.t35.com/v1/ - if anyone wants to try to gess on it, its riddle 12 in a group of them the rest of the other 11 are fairly easy

people "claim" to have gotten it in the past... and they said that number 13 is even harder... but now i don't even trust that, maybe there lieing to make you feal bad because you couldn't get number 12...

[size=8]MATT E. MATICS
5

crime in progress

abbot in abbey[/size]

Just wanted to check this one:

99 - 92 - 93 - 73 - ? - 3 - 70 - 72 - 4 - 38 - 14 - 10

Which one is missing?

Mark:

MATT E. MATICS
5


From the August 1996 issue of Games magazine.

The key to the problem was that Matt was not able to answer the problem after getting the answers to the first four questions. He asked the fifth question to differentiate between perfect squares and numbers which were not perfect squares.

Look at all the possible combinations of yes or no answers to the four questions to see which one would require a fifth question(there are 16 possibilities).

If q1=N q2=Y q3=Y q4=Y
There are no numbers which fall in this category.

If q1=N q2=Y q3=Y q4=N
There are four possible numbers: 6, 12, 18, and 24.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=N q2=Y q3=N q4=Y
There are two numbers: 10 and 20.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=N q2=Y q3=N q4=N
There are 6 numbers: 2, 4, 8, 14, 16, and 22.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=N q2=N q3=Y q4=Y
There is only one number: 15.
Therefore, you would not need to ask the fifth question.

If q1=N q2=N q3=Y q4=N
There are three numbers: 3, 9, and 21.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=N q2=N q3=N q4=Y
There are two numbers: 5 and 25.
Asking the 5th question tells you that the number is 5 since it is not a perfect square.

If q1=N q2=N q3=N q4=N
There are seven numbers: 1, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=Y q2=Y q3=Y q4=Y
There is only one number: 30.
Therefore, you would not need to ask the fifth question.

If q1=Y q2=Y q3=Y q4=N
There are three numbers: 36, 42, and 48.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=Y q2=Y q3=N q4=Y
There are two numbers: 40 and 50.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=Y q2=Y q3=N q4=N
There are seven numbers: 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 44, 46.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=Y q2=N q3=Y q4=Y
There is only one number: 45.
Therefore, you would not need to ask the fifth question.

If q1=Y q2=N q3=Y q4=N
There are three numbers: 27, 33, and 39.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

If q1=Y q2=N q3=N q4=Y
There is only one number: 35.
Therefore, you would not need to ask the fifth question.

If q1=Y q2=N q3=N q4=N
There are seven numbers: 29, 31, 37, 41, 43,47, 49.
But asking the 5th question does not help because there are more than 2 numbers which are not squares.

Ok Mark, you are in!


PCRROGIREMSES
crime in progress

AABBBBOETY
abbot in abbey
(That is amazing! I did not think anyone would crack that one.)


Francis, I will have to give that question of yours more thought, no logic comes to mind - good one!





The A B C D Problemo

Find the lowest integral values for A, B, C, and D where:

A + B = C
A + D = B
2C = 3D
B > 0





CMHAIDNEA


NEHEIDOGFHRWEPAAIYR

"abbot in abbey
(That is amazing! I did not think anyone would crack that one.)"

Four Bs in a row made it easy.

[size=8]made in china[/size]

Francis, you sure have me beat!


Mark:

"Four Bs in a row made it easy."

Good thinking. I thought just the opposite.

CMHAIDNEA
made in china


Shari is heading off to work one fall morning, and as she does every morning, she passes a billboard that displays the current temperature in Fahrenheit in one corner, and the temperature in Celsius in the other corner.

She notices both temperatures, and thinks, 'It's a pretty nice day for late fall.' But, as the day progresses, a monstrous cold front hits town. On her way home, Shari passes the temperature billboard again, and finds that the Fahrenheit temperature is now 36 degrees colder than it was that morning. So, when she drove in it was one temperature, and now it's that temperature minus 36.

But, when she looks at the Celsius temperature she's confused, because it reads exactly the same as it did that morning. Then Shari figures that the negative sign must be burned out in the display.

How cold was it



EBRRORKOENR


HABAANSDONTEDE

four Bs in a row means it had to be
ABB?? in ABB?Y

[size=8]THE ABCD PROBLEMO
A=1, B=5, C=6, D=4

TEMPERATURES
morning: 10C, 50F
evening: -10C, 14F

broken in error
abandoned in haste[/size]

Mark:

"four Bs in a row means it had to be
ABB?? in ABB?Y"

Put like that, I see your point. However, no one else did.



THE ABCD PROBLEMO
A=1, B=5, C=6, D=4





Solving simultaneously, you can get
D = (4/5) B and
D = 4A
Then A = (1/5) B and
C = (6/5) B
Since B > 0,
the smallest number for B would be 5 (to make it an integer).
Then D = 4, A = 1, and C = 6.




TEMPERATURES
morning: 10C, 50F
evening: -10C, 14F




The temperature must be 14 degrees Fahrenheit or -10 degrees Celsius.
Earlier, it had been 50 degrees Fahrenheit or 10 degrees Celsius.
Let F = 9/5 C + 32, where F and C represent the earlier readings.
Then F - 36 = -9/5 C +32 at the later time.

Solving these two equations, we get:
2F - 36 = 64
Therefore, F = 50 degrees
and F - 36 = 14 degrees.
C = 5/9 (F - 32) yields the Celsius temperatures.
C = 5/9 (50 - 32) = 10 degrees.
C = 5/9 (14 - 32) = -10 degrees.


EBRRORKOENR
broken in error


HABAANSDONTEDE
abandoned in haste



My new telephone number, together with the area code, forms a ten-digit number consisting of a pair of 1's separated by one digit, a pair of 2's separated by two digits, a pair of 3's and a pair of 4's both separated by three digits, and a pair of 5's separated by five digits. Neither the sixth nor the ninth digit is a 4.

What is my new telephone number



PCARIYN


EBORORGHOTR

Cry in pain
Bought in error

I am assuming that you meant to put a U instead of an O. What is a Booght anyway?

Shari writes, "What is a Booght anyway?

I am very pleased you asked that question, and I am delighted to be able to enlighten you.

In early Arthurian literature, King Arthur played an active role; he still does so in Malory's opening books of the Morte d'Arthur as well as in the fourteenth-century Alliterative Morte Arthure and Stanzaic Morte Arthur, but he also takes on a passive role in many romance narratives of the later Middle Ages, remaining at court while his knights take up the active roles as warriors and wanderers.

The word "booght" is obscure. Bl notes that "Possibly Booght is a duplication of Bos. The Old French form of Bors is nominative Bo(h)ors, oblique Bo(h)ort; in many fifteenth-century hands the letter 'r' after 'o' has exactly the form of the upper part of yough, so that an ill-written 'Boort' could easily be read as 'booght' " (1958, p. 84).

I hope that clears up any misunderstanding, and your assumption was indeed correct.

Ok Smart Azz!!

"Smartazz"
Top 5 Smart Azz Answers.

Answer #5:

A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat, she said, "Sir, I need to see your ticket not your stub."



Answer #4:

A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."



Answer #3:

The cop got out of his car and the kid who was stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could." When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.



Answer #2:

A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, "Low Bridge Ahead." Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got stuck, huh?" The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."



#1 ANSWER OF THE YEAR

A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury or illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!" A smart ass guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asked, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class is reduced to laughter and snickering. When silence was restored, the teacher smiled knowingly at the student, shaking her head and sweetly said "Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand."



CHDRAURNGKE


TPHAEBUITNT

[size=8]drunk in charge
pain in the butt [/size] (you shouldn't talk about Shari that way)

FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL TRY AT:
[size=8](435) 243-2151

OUT OF SEASON CAROLS
(JB)3R = Jingle Bell Rock
P(RP3)3 = Little Drummer Boy
FL8 = Deck the Halls
(SIHP)2 = Silent Night
N4 = The First Noel

Mark in trouble
fox in hen house[/size]

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:

What Makes 100%
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 103%


Here's a little mathematical formula! that really will give you insight and
might help you answer these questions:
What makes up 100% in life?

Thus, If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K is
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E is
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E is
1+20+20+9+20+21+4 5 = 100%

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T is
21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

Look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G is
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

Therefore, one can then conclude with mathematical certainty that; While hard work and knowledge will get you close, and, attitude will get you there, Bullshit and Ass kissing will put you over the top!

This has been a Public Service Broadcast.

Mark:

FOR A GOOD TIME, CALL TRY AT:
(435) 243-2151

Damn, I thought you had forgotten about that one. Nice answer.

OUT OF SEASON CAROLS

(JB)3R = Jingle Bell Rock
("Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock")

P(RP3)3 = Little Drummer Boy
("Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum, Rum Pum Pum Pum, Rum Pum Pum Pum")

FL8 = Deck the Halls
("Fa La La La La La La La La")

(SIHP)2 = Silent Night
("Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Sleep in Heavenly Peace")

N4 = The First Noel
("Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel")

TMROAUBRLKE
Mark in trouble

HEFNHOOUSXE
fox in hen house


Ashley, Britney, Charles, David, Erika, Frank, and Gusti are having an argument about which day of the week it is. They speak as follows:

Ashley: The day after tomorrow is Wednesday.
Britney: No, it is Wednesday today.
Charles: You are both wrong; it is Wednesday tomorrow.
David: Nonsense. Today is neither Monday, Tuesday, nor Wednesday.
Ericka: I'm quite sure yesterday was Thursday.
Frank: No, tomorrow is Thursday.
Gusti: All I know is that yesterday was not Saturday.

If only one of the remarks is true, what day of the week is it


MBAARKD

FCERAYR

STSTOENPE

I am gonna call that #!! What am I gonna find?

Somebody in Utah.

[size=8]DAY OF THE WEEK
Sunday

barking mad
cry in fear
stepping stone[/size]