Thu 17 Jun, 2004 11:58 am - I think this riddle is inherently flawed because the German doesn't drink beer and the Brit doesn't drink tea :)
I solved this with a 6(x5) by 6(x5) grid. Makes the solution go a lot... (view)
Tue 15 Jun, 2004 10:24 am - [quote]A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible[/quote]
She has eight children and 4 are boys? you didn't say she *just* had 7.
[quote]What has... (view)
Tue 15 Jun, 2004 10:14 am - [quote]Alice, Barbara, Claire, Daniel and Edward are discussing the result of the card game of the previous night.
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Can I assume they were the only ones playing, therefore... (view)
Tue 15 Jun, 2004 09:23 am - [quote]Place the counters 1 to 8 in a grid 2.4.2.
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Such that no two consecutive numbers are adjacent to one another horizontally, vertically nor diagonally. [/quote]
_ 4... (view)
Tue 15 Jun, 2004 09:15 am - You have ten bags of coins. Nine of the bags contain real coins, and the other contains counterfeit coins. You can tell immediately which are counterfeit, because they weigh 0.9 ounces, whereas... (view)
Mon 14 Jun, 2004 01:30 pm - You are in a room with three lightswitches. There is another room with three lightbulbs (unseen from current room). Each lightswitch coresponds to a lightbulb (in a 1-to-1 relationship). How can... (view)
