GAME: MindTrap

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Originally Posted by Deity

If Sam wasn't there at the time of death, the blood would not have rubbed off onto his sleeve. The blood would have dried after the 12 hours or more from the time Jed died and the time Sam claims he found Jed.

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I can give you 1 point for now, but I still need the explanation as to how Sam's alibi could hold in this case for another point.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

I can give you 1 point for now, but I still need the explanation as to how Sam's alibi could hold in this case for another point.

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He wasn't there during the fall, but before hand planting the spilled motor oil.

But then, that defeats the blood stain theory on the sleeve...Hmmmm

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

He wasn't there during the fall, but before hand planting the spilled motor oil.

But then, that defeats the blood stain theory on the sleeve...Hmmmm

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Keep going...

I have a better Idea, I am going home!!!

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Originally Posted by Ya_know

I have a better Idea, I am going home!!!

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That's an excellent idea!

Bonus point for that one.

I'm out of here too. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Onward for the next 200 questions!


The postman, Sam Sham, found Jed Recluse dead on his basement floor. Sam said he grew suspicious when he noticed Jed had not taken his mail from the day before, so he decided to search the house.

He found Jed with a large blood stain on the back of his head. There was an old rag and some motor oil spilt on the floor next to the freezer. It looked like he had slipped and hit his head on the freezer's edge.

When Shadow inquired about the blood stain on Sam's sleeve, Sam said he had examined the body quickly before calling the police. He thought he must have accidently brushed against Jed's wound. Jed's body temperature was low enough that death could have occurred at least 12 hours before.

Even though Sam's alibi for the alleged time of death is airtight, Shadow was still convinced of Sam's guilt.

How could Sam have done it, and why is Shadow so certain?

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Sam put the body in the freezer to make it colder quicker, thereby pushing the time of death farther into the past when Sam had an airtight alibi.

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Originally Posted by RIOT

Sam put the body in the freezer to make it colder quicker, thereby pushing the time of death farther into the past when Sam had an airtight alibi.

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That nails it for the last point. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Now I can leave. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

That nails it for the last point. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Now I can leave. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Have a good weekend... :thumbs:

Maybe just one more... :D


Dee Septor, the famous magician, wants to send his nephew, Justin Summers, a one-piece fishing pole for his birthday.

Since it's Justin's birthday the following day, Uncle Dee must send it by air mail. Dee is told that he cannot send the pole air mail since it is three inches longer than the airline regulations permit.

Dee Septor considers his problem for a moment and then realizes he can still send the pole without exceeding the airline regulations.

How can he package and ship the pole without bending or shortening it in any way?


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Ship it in a box where the pole would sit diagonally, corner to corner. This could shorten the length of the box, while increasing the width and depth.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Maybe just one more... :D


Dee Septor, the famous magician, wants to send his nephew, Justin Summers, a one-piece fishing pole for his birthday.

Since it's Justin's birthday the following day, Uncle Dee must send it by air mail. Dee is told that he cannot send the pole air mail since it is three inches longer than the airline regulations permit.

Dee Septor considers his problem for a moment and then realizes he can still send the pole without exceeding the airline regulations.

How can he package and ship the pole without bending or shortening it in any way?

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Ship it in a box where the pole would sit diagonally, corner to corner. This could shorten the length of the box, while increasing the width and depth.

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Originally Posted by Deity

Ship it in a box where the pole would sit diagonally, corner to corner. This could shorten the length of the box, while increasing the width and depth.

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I was just getting ready to think of that when you had to chime in..... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by edball

I was just getting ready to think of that when you had to chime in..... :rolleyes:

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Sorry about that. I'm just trying to keep the gap between you and Ya_know. So I did it for your benefit really. :p

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Originally Posted by Deity

Sorry about that. I'm just trying to keep the gap between you and Ya_know. So I did it for your benefit really. :p

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There is no way he would have got it. :p

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Originally Posted by Deity

Ship it in a box where the pole would sit diagonally, corner to corner. This could shorten the length of the box, while increasing the width and depth.

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Got 3? :D

Early start today because this one might take longer than usual.

Hints can be asked.

Question starts with a worth of 10 points, with 1 point deducted every time a hint is requested. 1 is the lowest score that can be given out.

Hints can only be asked in a format where the answers "yes" or "no" can be given.


The music stopped and the crowd in the tent watched as the blindfolded man fell to his death. The man was murdered.

How did it happen?


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The conductor murdered him.
The victim was a tightrope walker in a circus.
Ordinarily the band would stop playing when the walker had reached the end of the rope to signal such. In this instance, the conductor stopped the band early, and the walker assumed he was at the end. He stepped as if to walk onto the platform at the end of the rope, missed, and fell off.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Early start today because this one might take longer than usual.

Hints can be asked.

Question starts with a worth of 10 points, with 1 point deducted every time a hint is requested. 1 is the lowest score that can be given out.

Hints can only be asked in a format where the answers "yes" or "no" can be given.


The music stopped and the crowd in the tent watched as the blindfolded man fell to his death. The man was murdered.

How did it happen?

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Tent, music, crowed... Circus?

Hmm, let's take this a step further.... feel... Circus... Tightrope walking?

since he's blindfolded, let's assume that he's using the music to tell how farther he has to walk, music stoped... he was at the wrong spot and walked off the rope expecting a platform that was not there.

Thefore the conductor technicaly murdered him?

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

The music stopped and the crowd in the tent watched as the blindfolded man fell to his death. The man was murdered.

How did it happen?

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The man was a tightrope walker in a circus. Ordinarily the band would stop playing when the walker had reached the end of the rope to signal such. In this instance, the conductor stopped the band early, and the walker assumed he was at the end. He stepped as if to walk onto the platform at the end of the rope, missed, and fell off. The conductor murdered him.

Arg! Seconds too slow!

the tent was of a circus, the man was walking on a rope high in the air, the music was suppose to stop when he had cross on the other side, someone stopped the music while he was still on the rope and he fell to his death

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Originally Posted by Machodkis

Arg! Seconds too slow!

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:p :p :p :p ;)

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Originally Posted by Matridom

Tent, music, crowed... Circus?

Hmm, let's take this a step further.... feel... Circus... Tightrope walking?

since he's blindfolded, let's assume that he's using the music to tell how farther he has to walk, music stoped... he was at the wrong spot and walked off the rope expecting a platform that was not there.

Thefore the conductor technicaly murdered him?

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You've heard this one before, huh? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Judging by the number of entries erceived for it almost instantaneously, I'd say that was my worst performance ever!

I should have just gift-wrapped those points and offered them up without a question. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


I'll pack up the 10 points and send them to you today. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

You've heard this one before, huh? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Judging by the number of entries erceived for it almost instantaneously, I'd say that was my worst performance ever!

I should have just gift-wrapped those points and offered them up without a question. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


I'll pack up the 10 points and send them to you today. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

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ya, i had heard this one before.

Before airplanes were invented, a suspension bridge was being planned to span the gorge near Niagara Falls.

There was no way a boat could carry the necessary suspension cables across the violent water, and the bridge could not be built until the cables spanned the river. One day the builders staged a contest open to the public that solved their problem.

The contest was won by a young boy. Shortly thereafter, the cables spanned the water.

What contest did they stage and how did they use it to solve their problem?


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The builders of the bridge were inspired to offer a prize to the first person to fly a kite from the American side to the Canadian side. Once the kite string made the crossing, a heavier cord was tied to this string and it was pulled across. This process continued in succession using heavier cords and ropes until the first cable spanned the river.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Before airplanes were invented, a suspension bridge was being planned to span the gorge near Niagara Falls.

There was no way a boat could carry the necessary suspension cables across the violent water, and the bridge could not be built until the cables spanned the river. One day the builders staged a contest open to the public that solved their problem.

The contest was won by a young boy. Shortly thereafter, the cables spanned the water.

What contest did they stage and how did they use it to solve their problem?

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It's been about 8 years since I've been to Niagara, but if I recall correctly, the contest was to fly a kite across it?

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Originally Posted by Machodkis

It's been about 8 years since I've been to Niagara, but if I recall correctly, the contest was to fly a kite across it?

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3 maple-flavoured points, eh?

As you approach the centre of a turning wheel, the speed decreases. Owing to this fact, does the exact centre of a wheel rotate when the wheel turns?

I need more than just a "yea" or "nay" here. Please explain your answer. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif



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The answer is yes.
Theoretically, the answer would appear to be no, since to move at all, it would seem the exact centre is moving in two directions at once, which is of course impossible. The exact centre of a wheel does turn since the particle in the centre of the wheel, be it ever so small, could always be divided in half and this process could continue indefinitely.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

As you approach the centre of a turning wheel, the speed decreases. Owing to this fact, does the exact centre of a wheel rotate when the wheel turns?

I need more than just a "yea" or "nay" here. Please explain your answer. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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yes, cause the center will rotate upon itself.. it may do so slowly, but it will turn. The speed of trave decreases as you get to the center.. not the rotation.

edit: Now that i think about this it could be a trick question, Is the wheel attached to the hub (meaning the axel itself rotates) or is the wheel attached to a fixed axel (the axel stays still, the wheel rotates upon it)

Now, if you take that into account, it could be either. I would say however that for a truly proper answer, you should clarify the question.

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Originally Posted by Matridom

...Now, if you take that into account, it could be either. I would say however that for a truly proper answer, you should clarify the question.

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Let's say there is no axle, just a full wheel.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Let's say there is no axle, just a full wheel.

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Then the answer is yes, cause the center will still rotate upon itself.

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Originally Posted by Matridom

Then the answer is yes, cause the center will still rotate upon itself.

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I wanted to drag this out a little more, but you have, in essence, it.


3 points.

May have been asked before.


Which would be worth more, a pound of $10 pure gold coins or half a pound of $20 pure gold coins; or would they be worth the same amount?


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A pound of gold is worth more than half a pound, regardless of what each coin is worth.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

May have been asked before.


Which would be worth more, a pound of $10 pure gold coins or half a pound of $20 pure gold coins; or would they be worth the same amount?

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A pound of gold is worth more than half a pound, regardless of what each coin is worth.

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Originally Posted by Machodkis

A pound of gold is worth more than half a pound, regardless of what each coin is worth.

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3.

"Let's return to the scene," said Shadow.

Shadow and Roger Ragtop drove to the deserted storage house. They walked down one of the many halls on the third floor and stopped in front of the ninth door on the left hand side.

The area had been cordoned off with police tape. Shadow removed the tape and pulled the door open. They entered the room and Roger retold his story.

"Sam Slug swore he was going to kill me when he got out of jail. Last week he was released. He saw me on the street so I turned and ran to this old storage house. With so many rooms I didn't think Slug would find me. Then to my horror, I saw the doorknob slowly turn.

As the door started to swing toward me, I panicked and started to shoot. I didn't mean to kill him but rather scare him off." Shadow looked at Ragtop and replied, "That story will never hold up."

Why not?


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The door would not have swung toward him, as when Shadow entered he had to pull it open.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

"Let's return to the scene," said Shadow.

Shadow and Roger Ragtop drove to the deserted storage house. They walked down one of the many halls on the third floor and stopped in front of the ninth door on the left hand side.

The area had been cordoned off with police tape. Shadow removed the tape and pulled the door open. They entered the room and Roger retold his story.

"Sam Slug swore he was going to kill me when he got out of jail. Last week he was released. He saw me on the street so I turned and ran to this old storage house. With so many rooms I didn't think Slug would find me. Then to my horror, I saw the doorknob slowly turn.

As the door started to swing toward me, I panicked and started to shoot. I didn't mean to kill him but rather scare him off." Shadow looked at Ragtop and replied, "That story will never hold up."

Why not?

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The door would not have swung toward him, as when Shadow entered he had to pull it open.

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Originally Posted by Machodkis

The door would not have swung toward him, as when Shadow entered he had to pull it open.

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Man you're fast today!

3 more.

I've been up all night and have had about 15 cups of coffee. My brain is kind of hyperactive right now, I guess :)

What would happen if an irresistable force (i.e. a cannonball that cannot be stopped by anything) met an immovable object (i.e. a wall that cannot be moved by anything)?

Explain in detail please.


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In any hypothetical reality in which an irresistable force exists, immovable objects can not exist, and vice versa.

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Originally Posted by Machodkis

I've been up all night and have had about 15 cups of coffee. My brain is kind of hyperactive right now, I guess :)

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You work nights?

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

You work nights?

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Actually, at the moment, I don't work at all :(