Tricky Questions

Gray Fox · Dec 6, 2004

Vegeta897 · Dec 6, 2004

KoreBolteR said:
i got 1 too...

"How many times do the Hour and Minute hand cross each other in a twelve hour period?"

(Start at 12:00 noon and count that as once)

Eleven.. If I counted right...

And to the islands question...

Hmm let me think about it... The X idea sounds good...

Is it like a trick question as in "Drain the water! Harhar!" Or is it mathematically serious.

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

Yes, the islands question is a mathematically sound question, there is no "trick" to it, it's a simple design question.

No, an X is not the most efficient. The total "cost" is 2 * sqrt(10^2 + 10^2), or a cost of 28.28. There is a better solution.

And yes, the solution is flat, and two dimensional. No tricks here.

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

The hands cross 13 times at the strike of midnight. If you don't count the moment of midnight as crossing, then it's 12.

bam23 · Dec 7, 2004

What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

oldagerocker · Dec 7, 2004

bam23 said:
What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

if number you like if you can hold a pen with 2 fingers. :thumbs:

SLH · Dec 7, 2004

bam23 said:
What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

8

Look at it sideways

i.e. infinity.

Do i get a prize for only using one digit?

KoreBolteR · Dec 7, 2004

vegeta897 said:
Eleven.. If I counted right...

And to the islands question...

Hmm let me think about it... The X idea sounds good...

Is it like a trick question as in "Drain the water! Harhar!" Or is it mathematically serious.

11 is correct

Ames · Dec 7, 2004

bam23 said:
What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 digits?

Infinity..

You could repeat the same 2 digits over and over again.

i.e., 989898989898989898989898

It's still using only 2 digits.

Vegeta897 · Dec 7, 2004

I think the real answer is like 9 to the ninth. (9^9)

Seeky, did you not see my post? I already gave the answer. :|

The Thing: That's not two digits, that's two numbers... Big difference.

The bridges one still has me stumped...

bam23 · Dec 7, 2004

Correct answer is 9^9 as vegeta said.

Ames · Dec 7, 2004

vegeta897 said:
I think the real answer is like 9 to the ninth. (9^9)

Seeky, did you not see my post? I already gave the answer. :|

The Thing: That's not two digits, that's two numbers... Big difference.

The bridges one still has me stumped...

I see.

Vegeta897 · Dec 7, 2004

OMFG I NEED THE ANSWER TO THE BRIDGES ONE NOWWW!!

It's driving me mad!!!! AHH!!

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

Hey, for the numbers one, you could go (((((99!)!)!)!)!)!)!...

That's also quite large.

Vegeta897 · Dec 7, 2004

Seeky said:
Hey, for the numbers one, you could go (((((99!)!)!)!)!)!)!...

That's also quite large.

Yeah but I would count a "digit" as an actual place, so each parenthesis(sp?) would be an extra digit.. So that wouldn't work

joule · Dec 7, 2004

I got one for ya. My friend told me this one.

You have a dime and a dollar, you buy a dog and a collar, the dog is a dollar more than the collar, how much is the collar?

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

The collar is five cents.

joule · Dec 7, 2004

Seeky said:
The collar is five cents.

Correct!

And another:

Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?

bam23 · Dec 7, 2004

Doesn't say you're in water, so the sharks die without it :O!!

joule · Dec 7, 2004

bam23 said:
Doesn't say you're in water, so the sharks die without it :O!!

Nope. Not the answer I was looking for. Hint: Don't think too deep when answering this question.
It says sinking, so you must be on some sort of liquid. And for that matter, it is water...sea water.

AntiAnto · Dec 7, 2004

I'm not sure, but I think I found the answer for the Islands riddle. See the picture. The circumference of the ENTIRE circle is egual to 2*3.14*(10/2) = 31.4. The circle menos 1 quarter is egual to 31.4 / 4 * 3 = 23.55.

AntiAnto · Dec 7, 2004

joule said:
Nope. Not the answer I was looking for. Hint: Don't think too deep when answering this question.
It says sinking, so you must be on some sort of liquid. And for that matter, it is water...sea water.

Do we have a crowbar?

I have one too. Bobby and Phil were in vacation in a hotel. Theirs rooms were adjacent. The first night, Bobby couldn't sleep and he didn't have some health problems. He phoned Phil then hung up. Bobby could now sleep well. What did happen so Bobby could sleep?

joule · Dec 7, 2004

AntiAnto said:
Do we have a crowbar?

No.

No crowbar available. :E

bam23 · Dec 7, 2004

joule said:
Nope. Not the answer I was looking for. Hint: Don't think too deep when answering this question.
It says sinking, so you must be on some sort of liquid. And for that matter, it is water...sea water.

Ok, don't think too deep. You're in shallow water. Too shallow for a shark to be any danger.

joule · Dec 7, 2004

bam23 said:
Ok, don't think too deep. You're in shallow water. Too shallow for a shark to be any danger.

No. Wrong again. To clarify, the water is DEEP.

AntiAnto · Dec 7, 2004

joule said:
Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?

- Call Superman?
- Blow up?
- "How would you survive?"
For a couple of seconds...?

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

Phil was snoring, very loudly. Bobby phoned him to wake him up.

As far as the islands go, no, you're thinking along the lines of having the square inscribed inside of the circle (minus a quarter), which produces a circumference of (sqrt(200) * 2 * pi) * .75, which is actually 66. In your drawing, none of the islands are touching the bridge. Assume the islands are points.

Good thinking, though, it's certainly along the right kind of thinking that leads to a creative solution.

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

Hmm..flip the boat over and continue paddling?

AntiAnto · Dec 7, 2004

A hunter got lost in Amazon and a tribe captured him. The big boss of the tribe wanted to kill him but being generous, he gave him two possibilities of death: he had to say one affirmation and if it was true, the lions would have eat him. If it was false, he would have been thrown down a cliff. The hunter said something and the boss didn't have the choice to release him. What did he say?

Dan · Dec 7, 2004

"I will be thrown off a cliff" although technically what the big boss could do is just throw him off a small cliff (not killing him) just for the fun of it. Thus the statement would become true and he could be fed to the lions.

Dan · Dec 7, 2004

Here's one that has no trick logic to it, just some parallel thinking:

An evil genius kidnaps a famous woman and leaves this message:

I will only return the woman if you can determine a number I have chosen between 1 and 2000. You may leave a letter at (some address) asking me 15 yes or no questions about this number. I will then send you my responses and you will be forced to tell me what is the number I have chosen. But I will give you this warning. I may lie about one answer.

So what are these 15 yes/no questions, or if it takes too long to write out, just explain what they would be and how it would work.

Seeky · Dec 7, 2004

Here's a better solution to the islands problem:

http://students.washington.edu/ckjy/islands1.JPG

Total cost of 27.3607, slightly better than the X formation (28.28).

Guess what? There's still a better solution. Can you find it? (It's fastest to use differential calculus to solve this part).

KoreBolteR · Dec 7, 2004

here is one...

"what is one thing that all wise men, regardless of thier religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth??"

joule · Dec 7, 2004

The correct answer to my previous little riddle was.........................................

STOP IMAGINING!

How silly, huh?

MadLog1c · Dec 7, 2004

KoreBolteR said:
here is one...

"what is one thing that all wise men, regardless of thier religion or politics, agree is between heaven and earth??"

The word "and".

KoreBolteR · Dec 7, 2004

MadLog1c said:
The word "and".

your right,

..

...."What Occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years!?" :farmer:

Ames · Dec 7, 2004

KoreBolteR said:
your right, ..

...."What Occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years!?" :farmer:

The letter "m"

KoreBolteR · Dec 7, 2004

The Thing said:
The letter "m"

LOL damn!!! i cant trick you lot out :/

ok then...

Seeky, the famous magician, claimed to be able to throw a pong-pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come too a dead stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball against any object or tie anything to it. How could he perform this feat?

Ames · Dec 7, 2004

KoreBolteR said:
LOL damn!!! i cant trick you lot out :/

ok then...

Seeky, the famous magician, claimed to be able to throw a pong-pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come too a dead stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball against any object or tie anything to it. How could he perform this feat?

He threw the ball up into the air, it stopped, and then fell back down.

DSDchemE · Dec 7, 2004

For DAN (message 151):

You only have to ask 11 questions if you use the form:

Is the remainder of "number" / 2 >= 1?
Is the remainder of "number" / 4 >= 2?
Is the remainder of "number" / 8 >= 4?
...
Is the remainder of "number" / 1024 >= 512?
Is the remainder of "number" / 2048 >= 1024?

(This gives you the number in binary...each question represents a bit)

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