The worlds first riddle!

EGGS
500

SQUARES
324

FRIENDS
5

NUSIANS
100% You can't select four of five items without selecting an insect. Before this simple solution dawned on me, I tried to figure out how many people ate various combinations. I don't believe there is a solution that satisfies the givens.

Mark:

EGGS
500

SQUARES
324

I made it 81 square in. However as you were spot on with the hats, I must be wrong.

FRIENDS
5

NUSIANS
100%

Yep, that's right.


CHESS:

Numbering
*A B C
1bbb
2
3
4www

By avoiding B.2/3 14 moves.

A1-C2-A3-C4=Home
B1-C3-A4=H
C1-A2-B4=H

A4-C3-A2-C1=Home
B4-C2-A1=H
C4-A3-B1=H




The perimeter of a rectangle is 34 inches, and its area is 60 square inches. What is the product of the lengths of the diagonals, in inches


Nine woodchucks can chuck eight pieces of wood in three hours. How much wood can a woodchuck chuck in one hour


The digits1, 2, 3, and 4 can be arranged to form 24 different 4-digit numbers. If these 24 numbers are listed from smallest to largest, in what position is; 3,142

3,142 is on 14th place, while one woodchuck can chuck 8/27 (0.296) of the wood piece in one hour

DIAGONALS
169

SQUARES revisited
The area of the small one is 81

CHESS
Same nomenclature as Try.

C1-A2-C3 (move out of the way)
B4-A2-C1 (home)
A1-C2-B4 (home)
C4-A3-C2-A1 (home)
B1-A3-C4 (home)
C3-A2 (move out of the way again)
A4-C3-B1 (home)
A2-C3-A4 (home)

********************* H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G T O ALL*********************


MyO:
"3,142 is on 14th place"

You sure know your Woodchucks. BTW Are you having elections and demonstrations in your part of the world?

Mark:
DIAGONALS
"169"

SQUARES revisited

The laws of Probability prove that if I kept at it for long enough I was sure to strike lucky sometime.

CHESS

Your confirmation proves Bobby Fisher better look out.



To celebrate Thanksgiving, Grover baked a pie. He gave one-fourth of it to his cousin. Then he gave two-thirds of what was left to his uncle. He then gave three-fourths of the amount that was left to his aunt. What fraction of the pie remained for Grover to eat


What is the number of solutions (x,y) of the equation 3x + y = 100, where x and y are positive integers



Three pencils and a jumbo eraser cost $1.24.
Five pencils and a jumbo eraser cost $1.82.
No prices include tax.

In cents, what is the cost of a pencil


Have a good day!

well in my par of the world maybe...as much as American would have demonstrations in his part of the world if they were in Mexico

pencil costs 29 cents. and poor Grover was left with only 1/16 of a pie.

Try: This puzzle is from Henry E. Dudeney.



Whim

MyO From Old Europe.

Hrvatska Dubica je granično naselje prema Bosni i Hercegovini na rijeci Uni. Lijepa okolica, nedaleko zaštićeno područje parka prirode Lonjskog polja osnova je za razvoj turizma. Lov u nizinskim šumama, ribolov na Uni, Savi i njezinim rukavcima, vožnja čamcima, biciklima, promatranje ptica i šetnje okolicom čine sportsko-rekreacijsku ponudu. HRVATSKA DUBICA, grad na lijevoj obali Une u Posavini, 55 km jugoistočno od Siska; nadmorska visina 100 m; 2152 stan.

Hrvatska Dubica is a border town toward Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the Una river. Nice surroundings and the nearby Lonjsko Polje, set aside as a nature park, provide a basis for the development of tourism. Hunting in the lowland forests, fishing (angling) on the Una, the Sava and their backwaters, boating, cycling, bird watching and walking are major sports and recreational activities offered in this region. HRVATSKA DUBICA, a town on the left bank of the Una river in Posavina, 55 km southeast of Sisak; elevation 100 m; population 2,152.

Of cause if it were, ?'Hrvatska Kostajnica' Things would be different. :wink:

writes:
"Pencil costs 29 cents."
"Poor Grover was left with only 1/16 of a pie."

He then continues, "Well, in my part of the world maybe...as much as American would have demonstrations in his part of the world if they were in Mexico"

I am very glad you raised that point:
The 20 million Mexican free-tail bats from Bracken Cave, Texas eat 250 tons of insects nightly.

Whereas:
A woodchuck hibernates to survive the winter when food is scarce. Its heartbeat slows to 4 beats a minute. Breathing slows to just one breath per minute. Its body uses so little energy that its body fat is enough chemical fuel to last through the winter.


"What day of the week is this, my good man?" The following is the smart answer that he received:

"When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Sunday as today was from Sunday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow."

Can you say what day of the week it was


A person sheds about million dead skin cells every day. In about years a person sheds their own body weight in skin cells.


If water, instead of fuel, were pumped by the three space shuttle main engines, an average family-sized swimming pool could be drained in what time

Capillaries are tiny blood vessels (tubes) that carry blood to all parts of the body. The human body contains about miles of capillaries.

That would be enough to reach around the earth times.


One end of a rubber strip is attached to a tree. The other end of the rubber strip is attached to a car travelling away from the tree at 10 miles an hour. A bug steps on the strip from the tree and walks toward the car.

The bug's walking speed is 1 mile per hour. We will assume that the rubber strip can be stretched forever without breaking.

Will the bug ever reach the car


Whim:
CHESS
"This puzzle is from Henry E. Dudeney."

What a pity, I thought it was another one of your best.

SOLUTIONS TO EQUATION
33

well, Hrvatska is local name for Croatia and not short for my town My town is Karlovac if that's what you were trying to check

MyO: Nice place to live. I like the castle.


I thought this one had slipped through the net, not so.

Mark:
SOLUTIONS TO EQUATION
33


Draco received $1,000 from his grandpa upon his high school graduation at age 18. He invested the money in an account at 9% interest compounded annually and let it stay there until his retirement at age 68.

What was the balance in the account upon Draco's retirement


Felipe Giaffone won his first Indy Racing League race by 0.0932 seconds.
If he was traveling at 180 miles per hour when he crossed the finish line,
by how many feet did he beat the 2nd place driver


Three angles of a pentagon measure of 88 degrees, 124 degrees, and 92 degrees. If the measure of the remaining two angles are equal, what is the measure, in degrees, of one of the remaining angles

DRACO
$74357.52

FELIPE
It depends on how fast the 2nd place driver was going.

PENTAGON
118

Mark:
DRACO
$74357.52

PENTAGON
118

FELIPE
It depends on how fast the 2nd place driver was going.

Let me re-phrase that question, I think I might have lost the plot.

If Felipe Giaffone won his first Indy Racing League race by 15 minutes.
And he was travelling at 4 miles per hour when he crossed the finish line,
by how many yards did he beat the 2nd place driver?

Would it not be 440 yards regardless of the speed of the other vehicle?
Would the distance of the race have to be included?


A painted 2 x 2 x 2 cube is cut into 8 unit cubes. What fraction of the total surface area of the 8 small cubes is painted


On a twenty-question test, each correct answer is worth 5 points, each unanswered question is worth 1 point, and each incorrect answer is worth 0 points.

Which of the following scores is not possible
A) 90 B) 91 C) 92 D) 95 E) 97

CUBES
1/2

TEST
97

FELIPE (revisited)
It doesn't matter how fast Felipe is going. All that matters is how fast the second place driver was going.

Distance=Rate*Time
The distance is how far the second place driver is from the finish line when Felipe crosses.
The time is how long it took for the second place driver to reach the finish line after Felipe crossed.
For the equation to make sense, the rate has to be how fast the second place driver was driving.

Consider these two extreme examples:
- He crosses the finish line 0.0932 seconds before a snail crawling at 1mm per minute. The distance is miniscule.
- He crosses the finish line 0.0932 seconds before a photon traveling at the speed of light. The distance is enormous.

We are back! Bigger and better than ever.

Mark:
CUBES
1/2

TEST
97

FELIPE (revisited)
Thank you Mark. I could not see the wood for the trees.

The Gotham City School District predicts that the enrolment in its schools will increase from 711,000 on 2000 to 750,000 in 2005. If one teacher is needed for each increase of 30 students, how many more teachers will be needed


Jim starts out facing due north. He turns to the right, first by ten degrees, then by twenty degrees, then by 30 degrees, increasing his turn 10 degrees each time. He continues this process until he is again facing due north.

How many degrees does Jim rotate in the last turn before he stops


First, in a short series of the ?'Worlds Toughest Riddles'

Frank has a large bag of candies, each of which is one of 5 possible different flavors: apple, banana, cherry, dutch chocolate, and elderberry. Assuming he can fit up to 10 candies in his mouth at once, how many different flavors can he make? Note that 1 apple and 1 banana is the same flavor as 2 apples and 2 bananas (just a larger amount), but that 1 apple and 2 bananas is not the same as 2 apples and 1 banana. Also note that he has more than 10 candies of each flavor.

For a gold star, generalize the number of flavors and how many can be eaten at one time

Now how many moves do you need if you need to alternate black and white knights?


Whim

TEACHERS
1300

TURNS
80

Whim:
6 to swap the middle ones.

Mark:
TEACHERS
1300

TURNS
80


CHESS:
Five for the corners, if the board is clear.


The length, width, and height of a rectangular box are each decreased by 50%. By what percent, to the nearest tenth, is the volume of the box decreased


Jim has $40, and he wants to buy a new calculator. The regular price of the calculator he wants is $36, and the store is having a 20% discount sale today. The state sales tax in his state is 5% of the purchase price, and the discount is taken before the tax is added.

How much will he have left if he buys the calculator


Impossible stuff:

There are some strange critters that live in Lumberland, ?'Acheleons'. There are three different types: azure, blue, and cream. When two Acheleons of a different type touch, they will both take on the color of the third type, e.g. azure touching blue results in two cream Acheleons. If there are 1994 azure, 1995 blue, and 1996 cream Acheleons, is it possible for them to all become the same color by an appropriate series of meetings? For example, if there are 2 azure and 2 blue Acheleons to start with, this is possible by an azure touching a blue, and then the remaining azure touching the remaining blue, leaving us with 4 cream Acheleons.

For a gold star, give necessary and sufficient conditions on the starting numbers of each type of Acheleon so that it's possible for them to all become the same color
For another gold star, if it's possible, what can be said about this color