Toomuchfreetime
Dec 23 2004, 02:08 PM
So, here's the riddles thread yet again. Read a riddle, solve a riddle, post a riddle. That's how it works.
This first riddle is courtesy of draegerMKV.
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A man goes to the doctor and finds out he has a very uncommon disease. The doctor tells him the only way to survive is to take two different pills each night for ten days. If he only takes one or none of the pills, he'll die, and if he takes more than one of each in a night, he'll also die. So the doctor gives him two jars of ten pills each and sends him on his way.
The man decides to go to his log cabin in the woods to be able to relax during his recovery. On the hike up there, though, he slips walking into his cabin and spills the pills on the floor; only two pills stay in one bottle. quickly scooping the pills up, he discovers that each type of pill look exactly a like; whats worse is that when he measures the pills on a kitchen scale, he finds that they all have the same weight. With the sun falling fast, what's the best chance he can have of surviving through the night until tomorrow, when he can hike back to his car and drive to the doctors?
Note: the answer is a little odd- It's a risky option, but it's probably the only one he has.
KT_LAz
Dec 23 2004, 02:58 PM
I'd say that he just guessed which one is which, at random.
_insert name here_
Dec 23 2004, 03:54 PM
I'd say take none, and get back to the doctor fast!!
linuxelf
Dec 23 2004, 04:02 PM
He's kinda screwed. Since two pills stayed in one bottle, then he's got a 10 in 18 chance of randomly picking the other type of pill from the common pile. (That is assuming that each container conained 10 pills) Those aren't good odds, but the odds are best if he chooses one of those common pile pills, and one of the two pills left in the bottle.
Chaotisynthetix
Dec 23 2004, 04:08 PM
are the pills liquid capsules or compressed powder?
and do they taste the same when he licks them?
linuxelf
Dec 23 2004, 04:21 PM
Ok, how about this, what if he gets all the pills, grinds them all up, then weighs out the weight of two pills.
DrCBVI
Dec 23 2004, 04:36 PM
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Ok, how about this, what if he gets all the pills, grinds them all up, then weighs out the weight of two pills.
It's less likely, but you could still end up getting 100% of one pill.
draegerMKV
Dec 23 2004, 04:45 PM
Linux has the answer with the grinding idea, its the best (but I agree not perfect) chance he has of survival.
Next!
Chaotisynthetix
Dec 23 2004, 04:56 PM
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Ok, how about this, what if he gets all the pills, grinds them all up, then weighs out the weight of two pills.
thats what I was going to say, but I wasn't sure if they were compressed powder pills or liquid capsules so I asked that first. you bastard.
*mutters*
KT_LAz
Dec 23 2004, 05:15 PM
I got a riddle.
Two identical people walk into a bar, and order two identical drinks. One dies, and one does not.
Chaotisynthetix
Dec 23 2004, 05:16 PM
allergic reaction?
Toomuchfreetime
Dec 23 2004, 05:18 PM
Personally, I didn't even see a question. :-P
If you're inquiring as to why, I'd go with either A) Allergic reaction,
Bartender poisoned one drink, or C) They walk outta the bar and one gets hit by a car.
draegerMKV
Dec 23 2004, 06:15 PM
Sorry Chaoti, forgot to check it until Linux had guessed.
As to Laz's riddle, TMFT's right, there's countless possibilities, unless you give us more guidlines/hints
KT_LAz
Dec 23 2004, 08:54 PM
Like I said, two people who are exactly the same go into a bar. They order the exact same drink and get the exact same drink. One dies and ones does not(nobody gets hit by anything). So what happends?
Gi@nT
Dec 23 2004, 09:29 PM
Need more details KT. This sounds more like 20 questions than a riddle, although that gives me a good idea for a new thread...
KT_LAz
Dec 23 2004, 09:45 PM
Two people go into a bar in a hot summer day. Lets say that they are twins.
They go up to the bartender, and order the same cold drinks, and get the same drinks.
Ones dies, and the other does not.
(details or hints?)
Gi@nT
Dec 23 2004, 10:31 PM
Does one suffer from any medical conditions that the other does not? Does one come into contact with something that the other does not?
KT_LAz
Dec 23 2004, 11:17 PM
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Does one suffer from any medical conditions that the other does not? Does one come into contact with something that the other does not?
Nope, and nope.
Amnistar
Dec 23 2004, 11:32 PM
The Ice Cubes contained posion in them? One guy drank his drink quickly, the other slowly. If this is the case then you should hint at that in the riddle.
KT_LAz
Dec 24 2004, 12:35 AM
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The Ice Cubes contained posion in them? One guy drank his drink quickly, the other slowly. If this is the case then you should hint at that in the riddle.
Ye be correct !
New riddle folks.
A girl was playing up in her room, having a tea party with her dolls and stuffed animals. She decided to go outside, however she exited true two front doors. One was the front door of the house. What was the other one? (it is not the screen door)
Gi@nT
Dec 24 2004, 01:26 AM
The front door of her play house wherein she was having the tea party?
Katiz
Dec 24 2004, 03:52 PM
She exited the door to her playhouse, then went out the door to the house she lived in. (2 doors)
Gimmie a few to think of a good riddle.
Katiz
Dec 24 2004, 04:14 PM
(A good riddle for a history buff, even if it's not true...)
Once Britian had begun serious bombing raids in Germany during World War II, they discovered they had a serious problem. The Royal Air Force was doing very well, but many of their planes were being shot down mid-mission by the anti-aircraft systems developed by the Nazis. And the planes that came back were quickly beginning to look like swiss cheese.
They had an option. They could put armor on the bottoms of the planes to deflect more bullets. However, armor weighs quite a bit, and increasing a plane's weight means reducing their range and number of bombs they can carry.
So they called in this mathematician, and he took a good look at the undersides of these planes. There were holes in the wings and all over the fuselage, distributed in a seemingly random pattern. He studied all the planes, then finally made a recommendation.
What armor plating, if any, does he suggest they put on these planes, and why?
The Illusionist
Dec 24 2004, 04:28 PM
Realistically, he should argue that the fuselage is made bullet-proof and the wings slightly bigger, because wings still work if they are holey so long as there is sufficient wing-plane ratio to keep the air-buoyancy right.
However, one hole in the fuel pipes means that the whole thing goes up, and for relatively little weight addition this can be avoided.
Although that probably isn't the right answer, it's still my argument and I can make it if I want to!
draegerMKV
Dec 24 2004, 04:52 PM
actually, the answer is quite clever and logical (I won't post it because I only know the answer because of the Car Talk puzzle archives, read it a couple of days ago)
Teh Ill has a good start with his second line (about the fuel pipes,) a little more work and you might have it.
Fury
Dec 25 2004, 02:34 PM
compartmentalize the fuel lines?
Cysios
Dec 25 2004, 03:37 PM
Put a forcefield around the plane?
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Or cover the fuel lines with a light weight strong steel?
DrCBVI
Dec 25 2004, 03:55 PM
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Put a forcefield around the plane?
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Or cover the fuel lines with a light weight strong steel?
For that matter, install all planes with a Grade A magician.
Katiz
Dec 25 2004, 07:07 PM
If nobody can get this one after a bit, MKV's free to blurt out the answer.
draegerMKV
Dec 26 2004, 03:24 PM
Armor the parts on the airplanes that never had bullet holes; The reason for this is that the areas that had holes in them obviously weren't critical; but because there were certain areas on all the planes that didn't have bullet holes, the mathmatican rationalized that all of the planes that were hit in those areas were destroyed.
Fun little math puzzle:
I'm going to start reciting to you the numbers between 1 and 100, including 1 and 100, perhaps.
I'm going to leave a space of 7 or 8 or 9 seconds between each one. So, the first number I'll give you is, say "2," then "3," then "27," then "51."
When I'm finished reciting all the numbers but one, I'm going to ask you which one I left out.
You can't use a pencil and paper. You can't write anything down. When I'm done I'll have given you not a hundred numbers, but ninety-nine. How can you tell which number was left out?
Shrewd
Dec 26 2004, 04:34 PM
Not sure about this:
You can sum up all the numbers said. Then use the formula for find the sum of the series 1,2,3,4,...,99,100 (n=100,d=1)
sum = (1+100)*100/2 = 5050
subtract the sum you counted from that and you have the number..
damn I'm tired and quite sure I made a mistake, so let me know.
Fury
Dec 26 2004, 09:20 PM
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When I'm finished reciting all the numbers but one
One.
draegerMKV
Dec 27 2004, 12:23 AM
Shrewd hits it dead on (though fury gets creativity points;) it's now his (shrewd's) turn
Toomuchfreetime
Dec 28 2004, 01:32 PM
Okay, it's been 24 hours, so let's keep this goin'.
Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, there is always a butt remaining. A hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?
Chaotisynthetix
Dec 28 2004, 01:40 PM
6
he can make another one with the other butts.
The Illusionist
Dec 28 2004, 01:42 PM
6, because he can make 5 and be left with 5 more butts that can be recycled for a second time.
Toomuchfreetime
Dec 28 2004, 02:08 PM
Chaoti's turn.
Sorry, Illusionist. You missed it by two minutes.
Toomuchfreetime
Dec 30 2004, 05:40 PM
Alright, after two days, Chaoti passes.
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
Katwyld
Dec 30 2004, 10:48 PM
QUOTE
Alright, after two days, Chaoti passes.
What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
A towel.
"I am the center of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. What am I?"
Fury
Dec 30 2004, 11:12 PM
Christ?
God?
Don't think its right though. Really tough one
altrocker88
Dec 30 2004, 11:25 PM
Science? Nature? Catholicism
Katwyld
Dec 30 2004, 11:59 PM
Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
I'll give a hint when people are ready.
The Illusionist
Dec 31 2004, 03:09 PM
The letter "V".
Passing again....
altrocker88
Dec 31 2004, 03:15 PM
I am found in the calm of nights, and in the depths of space. When you sream my name, i am heard all around. what am I?
Fury
Dec 31 2004, 04:37 PM
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The letter "V".
Passing again....
Hate you :-P
That was very clever.
QUOTE
I am found in the calm of nights, and in the depths of space. When you sream my name, i am heard all around. what am I?
sound? or letter "S"
Katwyld
Dec 31 2004, 05:47 PM
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I am found in the calm of nights, and in the depths of space. When you sream my name, i am heard all around. what am I?
Quiet?
Good job, Illusionist. Yeah, it was a little tricks. But aren't they supposed to be? :-P
altrocker88
Dec 31 2004, 06:46 PM
close enough katwyld, it's actually
Silence
Katwyld
Jan 1 2005, 02:46 PM
Cool!
Ok, a simple one, because my mind is still asleep.
"What is brought to the table and cut, but never eaten?"
Shrewd
Jan 1 2005, 03:25 PM
Deck of cards?
Katwyld
Jan 1 2005, 04:32 PM
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Deck of cards?
Ya got it!
Your turn.
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