Tricky Questions

[Seeky]

Here's another one that's..sort of mathematical.

Assume all variables below are integers.
(a-x) * (b-x) * (c-x) * (d-x) * ... (y-x) * (z-x)

The gap represents all letters between d and y. Each letter from a to z represents a unique number (26 numbers). Reduce this equation to the simplest terms possible.

 

[Seeky]

Here's a more logically oriented one.

You are in the middle of a lake, standing in a small boat. You are carrying a backpack full of rocks. What will happen to the water level when you drop your backpack into the lake? After the water level has settled, will the depth of the water rise, drop, or remain the same?

Incidentally, there are many corrent answers. The problem is justifying each circumstance.

 

[Seeky]

And one more.

A two dimensional circle can be divided in two sections, with one straight line. If two straight lines are used, four sections can be created. If three straight lines are used, seven sections can be created. What is the maximum number of sections you can create using 20 lines?

 

[Seeky]

Just kidding. The last three were all mathematical, so. Here's another mathematical one.

You have enough batter to make five pancakes. Each side of one pancake takes two minutes to fry. Thus, it takes four minutes to cook both sides of a pancake.

Now, assume you have two frying pans (and two ranges). How fast can you fully cook five pancakes?

 

[KoreBolteR]

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

lol..wp

 

[Revisedsoul]

Here's another one that's..sort of mathematical.

Assume all variables below are integers.
(a-x) * (b-x) * (c-x) * (d-x) * ... (y-x) * (z-x)

The gap represents all letters between d and y. Each letter from a to z represents a unique number (26 numbers). Reduce this equation to the simplest terms possible.

its been a while since ive touch much math but i think its 26!-x

 

[KoreBolteR]

In the "strange" family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he does brothers. How many sons and daughters are in the family?

 

[Ames]

In the "strange" family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters. Each son has twice as many sisters as he does brothers. How many sons and daughters are in the family?

3 sons and 4 daughters...

 

[KoreBolteR]

3 sons and 4 daughters...

u always get them right "the thing" :sniper:

lol, right you WONT get this tbh.

"if you divide thirty by a half and add ten, what is the answer?"

 

[Ames]

u always get them right "the thing" :sniper:

lol, right you WONT get this tbh.

"if you divide thirty by a half and add ten, what is the answer?"

70...:O

 

[KoreBolteR]

FFS LOL.. yes its 70.

"in a calender some months have 30 days, and some months have 31 days. how many months have 28 days?"

 

[bam23]

None, February can have 29 days?

 

[Ames]

FFS LOL.. yes its 70.

"in a calender some months have 30 days, and some months have 31 days. how many months have 28 days?"

Damn...these are too easy....

All of them.

 

[KoreBolteR]

AHHH!!!!! lol

alright alright.

"often talked of, never seen,
ever coming, never been,
daily looked for, never here,
still approaching, coming near,
thoudands for it's visit wait
But alas for thier fate,
tho' they expect me to appear,
they will never find me here."

what is the poem about?

 

[Ames]

AHHH!!!!! lol

alright alright.

"often talked of, never seen,
ever coming, never been,
daily looked for, never here,
still approaching, coming near,
thoudands for it's visit wait
But alas for thier fate,
tho' they expect me to appear,
they will never find me here."

what is the poem about?

Tomorrow.

 

[bam23]

lol I can never get one of these.

Time maybe?

 

[Seeky]

No, it's not 26! - x. Keep in mind that there are no numbers explicitly defined in the problem.

 

[KoreBolteR]

Tomorrow.

correct :angry: ,

you was close bam.

"the thing", the famous magician, claims he can tell the score of any soccer/football game before it even starts. many think he is psychic and possesses supernatural powers.

how is it that he can be accurate 99 percent of the time??"

 

[Ames]

correct :angry: ,

you was close bam.

"the thing", the famous magician, claims he can tell the score of any soccer/football game before it even starts. many think he is psychic and possesses supernatural powers.

how is it that he can be accurate 99 percent of the time??"

Before it starts = 0 to 0....

It's not the final score.

 

[KoreBolteR]

Before it starts = 0 to 0....

It's not the final score.

are you ever wrong , lol
..correct .

"there is a word in the english language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first 3 signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. what is the word? "

 

[Ames]

are you ever wrong , lol
..correct .

"there is a word in the english language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first 3 signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. what is the word? "

heroine.

 

[KoreBolteR]

heroine.

i give up, im off to bed, LOL :dozey:

wp "the thing" m8

 

[Ames]

Here's a more logically oriented one.

You are in the middle of a lake, standing in a small boat. You are carrying a backpack full of rocks. What will happen to the water level when you drop your backpack into the lake? After the water level has settled, will the depth of the water rise, drop, or remain the same?

Incidentally, there are many corrent answers. The problem is justifying each circumstance.

It would drop because the rock would displace more water than before...

Still trying to solve that bridges one.

 

[Vegeta897]

Can you PM me the answer to the bridges one? My friend doesn't believe the answer is not an X...

Thanks alot.

(I still can't figure it out)

 

[Gray Fox]

"if you divide thirty by a half and add ten, what is the answer?"

and the anwser is 70 , how,why explain please.

 

[joule]

and the anwser is 70 , how,why explain please.

Punch it into your calculator or do it in your mind.
If you take 30 and divide it by a 1/2 (.5), you get 60. Because 30*2 is 60, or dividing 1/2 into 30. Then just add 10.
It seems tricky because you automatically think: Take half of 30 and just add 10. You get 25. But no. That is not what the question is saying. You divide 30 by 1/2.

 

[KoreBolteR]

right..

"an old begger collects cigarette ends from ashtrays and pavements and uses the tobacco to roll her own cigarettes. She has this practice down to a fine art, knowing that seven cigarette ends will make one cigarette. Since she has collected 49 ends, how many cigaretts can she make from these.?"

 

[Ames]

right..

"an old begger collects cigarette ends from ashtrays and pavements and uses the tobacco to roll her own cigarettes. She has this practice down to a fine art, knowing that seven cigarette ends will make one cigarette. Since she has collected 49 ends, how many cigaretts can she make from these.?"

8. Smokes them first and then reuses them...

 

[KoreBolteR]

not again... lol

alright ..

"Grey fox and other avid mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. after several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to thier dismay, found a cabin, and three frozen bodies. Since grey fox and his fellow climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?"

 

[Foxtrot]

Here's a more logically oriented one.

You are in the middle of a lake, standing in a small boat. You are carrying a backpack full of rocks. What will happen to the water level when you drop your backpack into the lake? After the water level has settled, will the depth of the water rise, drop, or remain the same?

Incidentally, there are many corrent answers. The problem is justifying each circumstance.

It depends, were the rocks in the backpack when you through it in? If they weren't then no noticable difference would happen, but the backpack would probably float to the shore(depending on what type it is) and take water away from the lake. If the rocks were still in the backpack it was raise the water level, increasing the depth, but nothing noticable.

 

[Foxtrot]

not again... lol

alright ..

"Grey fox and other avid mountain climbers paid a lot of money to be the first to scale a mountain. after several days of climbing they finally reached the pinnacle, and to thier dismay, found a cabin, and three frozen bodies. Since grey fox and his fellow climbers were the first to ever climb the summit, how could this be possible?"

Spoiler

Their plane crashed ontop of the mountain...

 

[KoreBolteR]

i doubt a few rocks wouls change the whole lakes depth tbh :/

 

[Foxtrot]

i doubt a few rocks wouls change the whole lakes depth tbh :/

It would have to though, it just wouldn't really be easy to measure the change.

 

[KoreBolteR]

its like dropping to grains of sand into a bucket of water..LOL

 

[Seeky]

I posted a better answer to the bridges problem on page 11. The problem continues, because there is a solution that's still better than that one. If nobody finds it, I'll post how to derive it (hint: the even better solution uses the same design).

The solution to the (a-x)(b-x)(c-x)..(y-x)(z-x) question, is zero. This is because all terms are multiplied by each other, and one of the terms in the equation is (x-x). I defined all variables to be a single unique integer, so x-x is zero. Thus, the entire sequence is zero.

 

[AntiAnto]

not again... lol

Have you ever though that "The Thing" might just google your question and get the answer automaticaly?

 

[TinyKilbasa]

Heres One:

I am only useful
When I am full,
Yet I am always
Full of holes

 

[Steve]

Heres One:

I am only useful
When I am full,
Yet I am always
Full of holes

Underwear!

..'course that may be just me...

 

[Prince of China]

Heres One:

I am only useful
When I am full,
Yet I am always
Full of holes

I give up, what are you?

 

[TinyKilbasa]

Answer: A sponge....

only thing I can see holey underwear being usefull is airing out your down under on a hot summer day