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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jun 12, 2013 11:17:23 GMT -5
What man was Vice-President of the United States and succeeded the man who in turn succeeded him as President? Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded Richard Nixon as Vice President. Tricky Dickie succeeded Johnson as President. That one may have been too easy. Try the other ones above. And this one: Three vacant houses with identical interiors need to be painted. All of the furniture and appliances have been moved out in each case, so there is no problem with getting to all areas needing paint. Each worker is a volunteer and has eight free hours to work per day after finishing his paying job. Some of the workers have to use that free time for other purposes and cannot work every day. Timmy and Marshall complete their house in 10 days. Timmy and Spoonie complete their house in 15 days. Marshall and Spoonie complete their house in 30 days. How long would it have taken each man to finish one of the houses on his own? |
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jun 12, 2013 17:52:49 GMT -5
An Olympic athlete set a world record in the long jump. And yet he did not receive a gold medal. Or a silver. Or a bronze. Why? He participated in the Decathalon, but did not do well enough in other events to win a medal. |
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Jun 12, 2013 17:54:47 GMT -5
Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded Richard Nixon as Vice President. Tricky Dickie succeeded Johnson as President. That one may have been too easy. Try the other ones above. Did you intend to offend me...or did you offend without really trying?  |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jun 15, 2013 12:14:00 GMT -5
That one may have been too easy. Try the other ones above. Did you intend to offend me...or did you offend without really trying? I would never intentionally offend you. I was just disappointed that it didn't take several guesses. Where are all the others who used to try these? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jun 15, 2013 12:14:42 GMT -5
An Olympic athlete set a world record in the long jump. And yet he did not receive a gold medal. Or a silver. Or a bronze. Why? He participated in the Decathalon, but did not do well enough in other events to win a medal. Once again, I thought of this, but it's not the "official" answer. You're close. |
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Post by skylander on Jun 15, 2013 15:31:00 GMT -5
He participated in the Decathalon, but did not do well enough in other events to win a medal. Once again, I thought of this, but it's not the "official" answer. You're close. If that answer was close, is the official answer: The athlete participated in the triathlon, but did not do well enough in the other two events to earn a medal? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jul 6, 2013 11:56:19 GMT -5
Once again, I thought of this, but it's not the "official" answer. You're close. If that answer was close, is the official answer: The athlete participated in the triathlon, but did not do well enough in the other two events to earn a medal? No, there's one possibility everyone has been missing. I should have put more conditions on this so there wouldn't be so many "right" answers. A group of Evicted members got together to eat out at a restaurant. The bill for all of them was $63. Aeryn and Spoonie excused themselves to go to the rest room and never came back. One of the others suggested each member add $2 to their share of the bill to make up for the loss of two of them. How many Evicted members were there in all? |
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Post by hammies revenge on Jul 6, 2013 22:36:49 GMT -5
An Olympic athlete set a world record in the long jump. And yet he did not receive a gold medal. Or a silver. Or a bronze. Why? He set a world record for doing horribly?  |
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Post by skylander on Jul 7, 2013 13:02:53 GMT -5
An Olympic athlete set a world record in the long jump. And yet he did not receive a gold medal. Or a silver. Or a bronze. Why? He set a world record for doing horribly? I like this response. Record for the smallest jump.  |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jul 15, 2013 10:14:40 GMT -5
An Olympic athlete set a world record in the long jump. And yet he did not receive a gold medal. Or a silver. Or a bronze. Why? He set a world record for doing horribly? No. You're missing one thing. And why is no one trying the others? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Aug 24, 2013 12:12:36 GMT -5
Is anyone going to work on my others?
Here's an easy one: what two U.S. Presidents were in office ten years to the day after they were first inaugurated?
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Sept 21, 2013 12:07:22 GMT -5
There are still others I posted still in need of a solution.
Two people, using a standard deck of cards, may each select five cards while looking at what each card is. After the second person selects cards, the first person may keep all his or her cards or replace anywhere from one to five cards. What cards should the first person select in order to be guaranteed the best poker hand possible, no matter what the second person does?
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Sept 26, 2013 16:24:46 GMT -5
A group of Evicted members got together to eat out at a restaurant. The bill for all of them was $63. Aeryn and Spoonie excused themselves to go to the rest room and never came back. One of the others suggested each member add $2 to their share of the bill to make up for the loss of two of them. How many Evicted members were there in all? There were 9 TE members and the meals cost $7 each. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Oct 21, 2013 11:35:56 GMT -5
A man walks into a store.
He asks the clerk, "How much is one?"
The clerk says, "99 cents."
The man asks, "How much is twelve?"
The clerk says, "$1.98."
The man asks, "How much is one hundred twenty nine?"
The clerk says, "$2.97."
What is the man buying?
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Oct 21, 2013 11:36:36 GMT -5
A group of Evicted members got together to eat out at a restaurant. The bill for all of them was $63. Aeryn and Spoonie excused themselves to go to the rest room and never came back. One of the others suggested each member add $2 to their share of the bill to make up for the loss of two of them. How many Evicted members were there in all? There were 9 TE members and the meals cost $7 each. Correct. Is anyone else going to try any of the others? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Oct 26, 2013 12:31:37 GMT -5
Four women like to spell out their house numbers. Instead of 7-7 they would put up the number seventy-seven on their house.
But they all live on Williamsburg Street, and their addresses are One, Two, Eleven and Twelve.
The woman living at One Williamsburg Street pays $2 for her house number. The woman living at Two Williamsburg Street pays $3. The woman living at Eleven pays $5.
How much does the woman living at Twelve pay?
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Nov 2, 2013 12:26:57 GMT -5
Come on, people. They're not that hard.
Here's another, but try the previous ones.
A machine prints out two slips of paper, each containing a number of one or two digits. It is set up so the number on one slip of paper must always be one greater than the number on the other slip of paper. This means one slip of paper has a number that can be anywhere from 1 through 98. The other must be from 2 through 99.
Timmy goes in the room with the machine, takes each slip of paper, and puts each one in an envelope. He goes into another room where Aeryn and SoCal are waiting. He hands each an envelope and tells each one to open her envelope and look at her number but not show it to the other, and not to say anything except "Yes" or "No" in response to his questions.
Timmy asks the same question to each until oe of them truthfully answers "Yes". How does this person arrive at the answer if Timmy's only question is "Do you know the number the other is holding?"
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Post by skylander on Nov 2, 2013 14:48:03 GMT -5
Come on, people. They're not that hard. Here's another, but try the previous ones. A machine prints out two slips of paper, each containing a number of one or two digits. It is set up so the number on one slip of paper must always be one greater than the number on the other slip of paper. This means one slip of paper has a number that can be anywhere from 1 through 98. The other must be from 2 through 99. Timmy goes in the room with the machine, takes each slip of paper, and puts each one in an envelope. He goes into another room where Aeryn and SoCal are waiting. He hands each an envelope and tells each one to open her envelope and look at her number but not show it to the other, and not to say anything except "Yes" or "No" in response to his questions. Timmy asks the same question to each until Aeryn truthfully answers "Yes". How does Aeryn arrive at the answer if Timmy's only question is "Do you know the number the other is holding?" Was Aeryn holding a paper with the number 1 on it? |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Nov 3, 2013 16:14:20 GMT -5
Come on, people. They're not that hard. Here's another, but try the previous ones. A machine prints out two slips of paper, each containing a number of one or two digits. It is set up so the number on one slip of paper must always be one greater than the number on the other slip of paper. This means one slip of paper has a number that can be anywhere from 1 through 98. The other must be from 2 through 99. Timmy goes in the room with the machine, takes each slip of paper, and puts each one in an envelope. He goes into another room where Aeryn and SoCal are waiting. He hands each an envelope and tells each one to open her envelope and look at her number but not show it to the other, and not to say anything except "Yes" or "No" in response to his questions. Timmy asks the same question to each until Aeryn truthfully answers "Yes". How does Aeryn arrive at the answer if Timmy's only question is "Do you know the number the other is holding?" Was Aeryn holding a paper with the number 1 on it? Could be, but then it would be too easy. How would you know if she was? And I left something out. I thought it had to be Aeryn who would know. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Nov 21, 2013 13:29:06 GMT -5
Add punctuation to the following sentence, if necessary, to make it a true statement.
A woman without her man is nothing
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Post by mazeman on Nov 21, 2013 15:33:31 GMT -5
A woman without her man is nothing!  OK, all jokes aside…. A woman: without her, man is nothing! |
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Nov 21, 2013 16:14:29 GMT -5
LOL!
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Post by avp60685 on Nov 22, 2013 13:26:57 GMT -5
I am little confused, I don't understand which puzzles are unsolved.
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Nov 23, 2013 13:24:45 GMT -5
I am little confused, I don't understand which puzzles are unsolved. All but two of them on this page, including one for which there is only a reply with quote and the original puzzle in the quote. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Dec 2, 2013 11:19:24 GMT -5
Here are two more.
Two trains are traveling toward each other at 75 MPH on a straight track. When they are exactly 150 miles apart, a tiny alien spacecraft lands on the front of one of them and immediately takes off, traveling 137.5 MPH along the track, and then landing on the front of the other train. The spacecraft immediately takes off again and lands on the front of the first train. The spacecraft repeats this pattern, traveling the same speed at all times, until the trains, which do not slow down in the least, crash into each other. How far will the alien spacecraft travel?
Make the equation 1 - 3 = 2 out of matchsticks using Roman numerals. Move the matchsticks around to make the equation a true statement. If all matchsticks are used, and only those matchsticks, and they cannot be broken or bent, what is the smallest number of matchsticks that can be moved?
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Post by AntiArbitrator on Dec 2, 2013 12:15:44 GMT -5
I do not see a response to Mazeman's answer: A woman without her man is nothing! ![]() ![]() ![]() OK, all jokes aside…. A woman: without her, man is nothing! My guess for the following teaser is one matchstick can be moved to make the true statement that 3 = 3. Make the equation 1 - 3 = 2 out of matchsticks using Roman numerals. Move the matchsticks around to make the equation a true statement. If all matchsticks are used, and only those matchsticks, and they cannot be broken or bent, what is the smallest number of matchsticks that can be moved? |
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Post by mazeman on Dec 2, 2013 17:52:14 GMT -5
Make the equation 1 - 3 = 2 out of matchsticks using Roman numerals. Move the matchsticks around to make the equation a true statement. If all matchsticks are used, and only those matchsticks, and they cannot be broken or bent, what is the smallest number of matchsticks that can be moved? You only need to move 1 matchstick. Move the top of the "=" sign on top of the "-" sign so that you get: 1 = 3 - 2 |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Dec 7, 2013 13:20:14 GMT -5
Make the equation 1 - 3 = 2 out of matchsticks using Roman numerals. Move the matchsticks around to make the equation a true statement. If all matchsticks are used, and only those matchsticks, and they cannot be broken or bent, what is the smallest number of matchsticks that can be moved? You only need to move 1 matchstick. Move the top of the "=" sign on top of the "-" sign so that you get: 1 = 3 - 2 I'm glad someone tried one, but there are others. They're not that hard. And Mazeman, good guess, but I can tell you the equation is already correct the way it is, requiring NO matchsticks to be moved. You have to look at the equation differently. |
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Dec 21, 2013 13:01:42 GMT -5
Which one was not born on Christmas Day?
1. Jimmy Buffett
2. Jesus
3. Annie Lennox
4. Barbara Mandrell
5. Sissy Spacek
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Post by InsertBrainHere on Jan 5, 2014 15:44:51 GMT -5
Please try and solve the others.
I have this new one. All the letters of the English alphabet are here. They are divided into five groups. What is the significance of each group?
AMTUVWY
BCDEK
FGJLPQR
HIOX
NSZ
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