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Post by ♦Whot♦ on Dec 1, 2006 20:22:36 GMT -8
There is only one possibility: They are conjoined twins. So if one gets to go, the other has to go with him.
I suppose the man that left was the man who put the poison in the drink. But if you want an answer that's out of the box: The poison is inside the icecubes, so when they melt, the poison is released. Since the man left early, the cubes did not melt.
The babies were born when they were crossing the international date line?
...If my memory serves me, Adam and Eve was never born so they have no belly button
The best answer is a corn. Fish works too...ish.
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Post by Chalupa! on Dec 1, 2006 21:04:49 GMT -8
Whot is correct on all except for #3.
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Post by ♦Whot♦ on Dec 1, 2006 21:51:12 GMT -8
Evil question. One son was a dead fetus?
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Post by LostPeon™ on Dec 1, 2006 22:17:51 GMT -8
They were adopted.
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Post by Chalupa! on Dec 2, 2006 1:44:34 GMT -8
That would work, but I was looking for another answer.
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Post by stellartrip on Dec 2, 2006 3:26:08 GMT -8
She had triplets, and one was a daughter.
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Post by dpgunit on Dec 2, 2006 8:02:32 GMT -8
She had triplets, and one was a daughter. yeah i was going to say triplets btw: a few years ago (4 or 5) my dad bought me a couple of riddle books by des machale and paul sloane. are these the ones you're reading, chal? because the riddles you posted are word for word, if my memory serves right.
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Post by Chalupa! on Dec 2, 2006 9:08:22 GMT -8
Okay, Triplets is correct! (And to DPG - No)
1) A steer weighing 630 kilograms requires 13,500 calories a day to maintain its weight. That amount of food turns out to be proportional to its external surface. How many calories does a steer of 420 kilograms require?
2) How would you rearrange the letters in the words new door to make one word? Note: There is only one correct answer.
3) A man has recently escaped from prison and is making his way home on foot. He is walking along a straight rural country lane in bright daylight. He has walked about two miles from the prison, when he sees a police car coming toward him. Despite knowing that all squads would be out looking for him, he ran towards the car for a short while, and only when he was about ten feet away, did he turn and run into the woods to hide. Why did he run towards the police car?
4) In front of you, there are 9 coins. They all look absolutely identical, but one of the coins is fake. However, you know that the fake coin is lighter than the rest, and in front of you is a balance scale. What is the least number of weighings you can use to find the counterfeit coin?
5) At a summer camp, Marc bet his friends during our midnight feast that the weather in exactly one week's time would not be sunny. How can Marc be so sure?
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Post by PhoenixFlare500 on Dec 2, 2006 9:40:17 GMT -8
1.) No idea
2.) Move an o to the beginning and the d to the end. 3.) He had to cross a bridge. 4.) Well the least possible number of weighings would be one if you got really lucky. 5.) Since it's midnight, it would still be midnight exactly a week later and the sun wouldn't be out.
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Post by Chalupa! on Dec 2, 2006 11:15:51 GMT -8
1.) No idea 2.) Move an o to the beginning and the d to the end. 3.) He had to cross a bridge. 4.) Well the least possible number of weighings would be one if you got really lucky. 5.) Since it's midnight, it would still be midnight exactly a week later and the sun wouldn't be out. Only 2 and 5 are correct
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Post by technohawk on Dec 2, 2006 12:13:26 GMT -8
1) A steer weighing 630 kilograms requires 13,500 calories a day to maintain its weight. That amount of food turns out to be proportional to its external surface. How many calories does a steer of 420 kilograms require?
9000? That's the simple mathmatical answer. But what does the external surface refer to, the surface of the food or of the steer?
3) A man has recently escaped from prison and is making his way home on foot. He is walking along a straight rural country lane in bright daylight. He has walked about two miles from the prison, when he sees a police car coming toward him. Despite knowing that all squads would be out looking for him, he ran towards the car for a short while, and only when he was about ten feet away, did he turn and run into the woods to hide. Why did he run towards the police car?
The woods started at the point that was 10 feet away from the car and the rest of the area was wide open so running away wouldnt have helped him?
4) In front of you, there are 9 coins. They all look absolutely identical, but one of the coins is fake. However, you know that the fake coin is lighter than the rest, and in front of you is a balance scale. What is the least number of weighings you can use to find the counterfeit coin?
Two weighings
Divide coins into groups of 3 A 3coins B 3coins and C 3coins 1st weighing A and B after that 6 can be ruled out since if both A and B are the same then they don't have the fake coin.
If the balance is not even then the lighter stack(the one that goes up on a scale) has the fake coin.
2nd weighing is 2 of the coins with the same theory. If both those are the same then the one not on the scale is the fake. And if one on the scale goes up then it is the fake.
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Post by Chalupa! on Dec 2, 2006 16:42:50 GMT -8
Okay, first...my mistake! I should have said that 3 and 5 were correct (2 is wrong).
Your answer for #1 is wrong.
#4 you got correct, but here is the reason:
The answer is 2. First, divide the coins into 3 equal piles. Place a pile on each side of the scale, leaving the remaining pile of 3 coins off the scale. If the scale doesn't tip, you know that the 6 coins on the scale are legitimate, and the counterfeit is in the pile in front of you. If the scale does tip, you know the counterfeit is in the pile on the side of the scale that raised up. Either way, put the 6 legitimate coins aside. Having only 3 coins left, put a coin on each side of the scale, leaving the third in front of you. The same process of elimination will find the counterfeit coin.
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Post by technohawk on Dec 2, 2006 16:46:15 GMT -8
Okay, first...my mistake! I should have said that 3 and 5 were correct (2 is wrong). #4 you got correct, but here is the reason: The answer is 2. First, divide the coins into 3 equal piles. Place a pile on each side of the scale, leaving the remaining pile of 3 coins off the scale. If the scale doesn't tip, you know that the 6 coins on the scale are legitimate, and the counterfeit is in the pile in front of you. If the scale does tip, you know the counterfeit is in the pile on the side of the scale that raised up. Either way, put the 6 legitimate coins aside. Having only 3 coins left, put a coin on each side of the scale, leaving the third in front of you. The same process of elimination will find the counterfeit coin. Isn't that what I said? It's what I meant anyways. And for #2 its New d oor = One Word ie its new door is turning into the PHRASE "One word" and not a single word.
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Post by Chalupa! on Dec 2, 2006 20:05:45 GMT -8
You got them! Here are five more:
1) If I were in Hawaii and dropped a bowling ball in a bucket of water which is 45 degrees F, and dropped another ball of the same weight, mass,and size in a bucket at 30 degrees F, both of them at the same time, which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first? Same question, but the location is in Canada?
2) What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.
3) A scuba diver is 1,000 feet below the surface when the oxygen in her tank runs out. The diver doesn't make it to the surface for nearly four hours, but she doesn't die when her oxygen runs out. Why didn't the diver die when her oxygen ran out and how did she reach the surface?
4) An elderly man is going for a walk. Two young men in excellent physical condition are directly behind him, sprinting toward him. No matter how fast they run, they do not catch up with the man. Why can't the men catch up with the elderly man and where are all three people?
5) There is a low railroad bridge in your town. One day you see a large truck stopped just before the underpass. When you ask what has happened, the driver tells you that his truck is one inch higher than the indicated height of the opening. This is the only road to his destination. What can he do to get through the underpass the easiest way?
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Post by dxlightning on Dec 2, 2006 20:33:52 GMT -8
5.) Deflate his tires to make the truck one inch lower, drive until the next gas station, then fill them back up.
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