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The worlds first riddle!

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thoh13
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 02:29 am
markr:
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Either I'm missing something, or this is trivial. If each jar holds one liter (I assume the integers are positive), then you can have as little as one liter of water.


You're not missing anything. JARS: 1 Liter

/JARS, revisited/
Same as <JARS> but now all the jars are different sizes.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 08:31 am
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TTH
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 11:00 am
Tryagain wrote:

Cool Very Happy
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markr
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 02:20 pm
"As a result of multiple trips you accrue multiple exact crossing points regardless of the time."

Huh? What does that mean? What kind of proof is that?

THOH13'S JARS REVISITED
[size=8]2 liters
the jars are 1, 2, 3 liters
2 full
1, 3 half full
1,2,3 one third full[/size]
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TTH
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 02:30 pm
Darn and I wanted him to grovel. You always still can you know. :wink:
I am just a trivia nerd what do I know?
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TTH
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 02:32 pm
tryingtohelp wrote:
Tryagain wrote:

Cool Very Happy


A little more to it than that. You better expand the box. :wink:
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 05:24 pm
TTH eloquently wrote, "You better expand the box." Shocked Laughing


Ok! Mark gave Thoh a box:
About it there were many locks.
Thoh woke and said it gave him pain;
So gave it back to Mark again.
The box was not with lid supplied,
Yet caused two lids to open wide;
And all these locks had never a key-
What kind of box, then, could it be Question
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markr
 
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Reply Fri 5 Jan, 2007 11:39 pm
[size=8]64 PENGUINS
4
left/right/off
27/27/10
9/9/9 (if 27/27 is balanced, then 10 can easily be reduced to 1 in three more weighings)
3/3/3
1/1/1

WATER/TEA
Since Mark insulted her, she drinks tea with Thoh.

BOX
I'm guessing the locks are hair and the two lids are eyelids. However, I don't know what the box is. Sounds like a trivia question...[/size]
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thoh13
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 12:50 am
Markr:
Quote:
JARS REVISITED
2 liters
the jars are 1, 2, 3 liters
2 full
1, 3 half full
1,2,3 one third full


Two liters sure is the answer.

/THE STRONG BOX/
And speaking of boxes. Mark wants to send Try some diamonds. To make sure no one opens the box while in transit, he wraps a chain around it and secures it with a padlock. He doesn't want to send the key for fear it might get stolen. How does Try open his package? (sorry, no saws or torches allowed)
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 11:47 am
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markr
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 01:39 pm
TRAIN
The train is four times as fast as TTH.

PEARS
Perhaps they landed on a neighboring tree.
Perhaps there was a picnic table (or other object) under the tree, and they landed on it.
Perhaps, fearing losing your crop, you went out in the strong wind and picked them.
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 02:40 pm
PEARS:

The clue is more numerical.
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TTH
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 02:44 pm
water/tea? I would drink water. Smile
I don't know the real answer, but since you make tea with water, aren't you drinking the water?
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markr
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 03:15 pm
PEARS
Is it a riddle that is better spoken than written (pairs vs. pears)?
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TTH
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 03:57 pm
Pears:

You have a few trees, the pear tree did not lose any in the wind. The other trees do not have pears. They are different trees???
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 04:32 pm
markr wrote:
PEARS
Is it a riddle that is better spoken than written (pairs vs. pears)?
of pears. :wink:
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thoh13
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 06:30 pm
Try:
Quote:
THE STRONG BOX:

Back to the strong box: The same sort of thing; when I get the box I put my lock on it and send it back, Mark takes his lock off and returns it to me, as I have the key I can open itÂ….

And what do I findÂ…PASTE that's what! Cheapskate.


I couldn't agree more. The chain part, I mean.

/SURVEY/
A national survey was conducted by a telemarketing firm. Of all the people called, only and EXACTLY 3.87343466281890869140625 % agreed to participate. What is the least number of people that could have agreed to participitate? What is the smallest number of calls that could have been made?
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TTH
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 09:53 pm
Tryagain, I hope you don't mind, but I just cannot resist. These are riddles with numbers involved.


markr:

1) How did Mark legally marry 3 women in WA without them dying, divorcing them or becoming legally separated?

2) If it has a quart capacity, how many quarters can you put into an empty piggy bank?
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TTH
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 10:06 pm
Tryagain wrote:
Mathematician

It was probably George Dantzig.





Mathematician= George Bernard Dantzig (NICE) Cool
Do you have all the answers?
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TTH
 
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Reply Sat 6 Jan, 2007 10:09 pm
I will now go back to trivia since all this math is taxing my brain. Rolling Eyes
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