GAME: MindTrap

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Originally Posted by gazzak

1 day, because you never get just 1 squirrel. What about his mates? ;)

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Nope.

Picture an empty wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way.

Inside the bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string attached to the cork.

How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork or the bottle?


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Using a magnifying glass and the sun's rays to burn the thread.

How far can a dog run into the woods?


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Halfway. After that, he starts running outwards.

A man purchased 2 cigars which, together, cost 1 pound 10.

One cigar cost one pound more than the other.

What were the individual prices of the cigars?


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1 pound 5 and 5 pence

"How far can a dog run into the woods?"



halfway..after that he's running out

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Originally Posted by geoscomp

"How far can a dog run into the woods?"

halfway..after that he's running out

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OK - for #39.

3 points and an astrolabe for you.


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Originally Posted by a d e p t

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letter to it?

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short

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Picture an empty wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way.

Inside the bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string attached to the cork.

How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork or the bottle?

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Build a fire around it.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

A man purchased 2 cigars which, together, cost 1 pound 10.

One cigar cost one pound more than the other.

What were the individual prices of the cigars?

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1 pound 05 and 05, even I can get that one ;)

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

There are 6 ears of corn in a hollow stump.

If a perfectly healthy squirrel can only carry 3 ears out each day, how many days will it take to empty the stump?

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I would never be empty. A squirrel would take corn in the stump, not out.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

How many times do the hour and minute hands cross each other in a twelve hour period?

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

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12.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

If a third of six is three, what would half of twenty be?

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10.

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Originally Posted by geoscomp

short

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Good.

I think "small" could worked here.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Picture an empty wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way.

Inside the bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string attached to the cork.

How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork or the bottle?

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Put an electromagnet underneath it.

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Originally Posted by gazzak

1 pound 05 and 05, even I can get that one ;)

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Yup.

You get your first 3.