GAME: MindTrap

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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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2.

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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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11.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

A man was on a bear hunting expedition. One day, he left camp and headed south.

A half kilometre along he saw a bear, but it ran off.

Continuing along for another half kilometre, he spotted the bear again. The bear noticed him and headed east at full speed.

Half a kilometre later the hunter caught up with the bear, only to find that he had not loaded his gun.

The bear realized the man's intentions and continued to run east. The hunter followed, and half a kilometre later, he again caught up with the bear, took aim, shot, and missed.

Disgusted with himself, the hunter walked back the one kilometer north to his camp to sulk about his misfortune.

What colour was the bear?

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White it was a polar bear

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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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13

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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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Alright, use a magnifying glass to focus the sun's rays on the thread, burning it in half and the ring will drop to the bottom.

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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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6. Two of the ears were those on his head.

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Originally Posted by edball

white, it's a polar bear. The only way he could walk back 1 mile north and be at camp is if he was at the north pole.

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Good boy!

Who's a good boy?!

Yeah, you're a good boy!

You now it!

There you go, 3 points!


:D

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Originally Posted by edball

15.

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3 points

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Originally Posted by edball

11.

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3 pts

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Originally Posted by Deity

6. Two of the ears were those on his head.

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You know it!

3 points.

Adept, how about switching to one or two active riddles at a time? Its getting difficult to keep track of what has and hasn't been answered with six at a time.

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Originally Posted by edball

Alright, use a magnifying glass to focus the sun's rays on the thread, burning it in half and the ring will drop to the bottom.

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1+1+1 points

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Originally Posted by jaeger

Adept, how about switching to one or two active riddles at a time? Its getting difficult to keep track of what has and hasn't been answered with six at a time.

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Even with the Post titles indicating if they've been resolved or not?

I'll try to post less of them at once, and I think maybe I should include the answer once they're done.

How about it?

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Even with the Post titles indicating if they've been resolved or not?

I'll try to post less of them at once, and I think maybe I should include the answer once they're done.

How about it?

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The solved icon only shows up once you have seen and recorded the solution. In the mean time, three or four people can rack up two pages of posts easy. Fewer at once just makes things a bit more organized.

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Originally Posted by jaeger

The solved icon only shows up once you have seen and recorded the solution. In the mean time, three or four people can rack up two pages of posts easy. Fewer at once just makes things a bit more organized.

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True.

I'll wait for each question to be answered before continuing, to avoid confusion.

A woman has 5 bags of candy to give to her nieces.

4 of the bags have a total of 84 candies.

The 5th contains 4 candies less than the average of the 5 bags, as she's been dipping into it all afternoon.

How many candies are in the 5th bag?


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16. Since 4 bags average 21 candies, we know that the 5th has at least 4 less. Finding the average of all 5 bags based on that knowledge comes to 101, but the answer only works if we have a grand total of 100 candies for all bags. The average of that comes to 20, and 4 less than that is 16.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

A woman has 5 bags of candy to give to her nieces.

4 of the bags have a total of 84 candies.

The 5th contains 4 candies less than the average of the 5 bags, as she's been dipping into it all afternoon.

How many candies are in the 5th bag?

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16

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Originally Posted by Deity

16

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Booyah.

Short answers usually get only 1 point, but then again it's just a matter of calculating it.

3 pts

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Booyah.

Short answers usually get only 1 point, but then again it's just a matter of calculating it.

3 pts

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I didn't think you'd want to see all my math. ;)

An old Arab man is about to die and informs his 3 sons that he will leave them his camels as inheritance.

To the eldest son he will leave half his camels. To the second son he leaves one third of them, and to the youngest his wish is to leave one ninth.

After the old man has passed away, the sons gather near the camel pen but discover to their dismay that there are 17 camels.

They do not want to sell or kill any of the animals, and they could not think of a way to divide the camels exactly as their father had wished.

Just then a friend of the family arrived on camelback to pay his respects to the family. He listened to their problem and immediately devised a way to divide the camels just as the old man had wished.

What was his easy solution?


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By adding his own camel to the lot, the divisions became possible. The eldest received 9 camels, the second son 6 and the youngest 2. The friend then took back his own camel, as the total camels inherited comes to 17 - the original number.

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Originally Posted by Deity

I didn't think you'd want to see all my math. ;)

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It would vary from one person to the next anyhow, so it doesn't matter. ;)

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

An old Arab man is about to die and informs his 3 sons that he will leave them his camels as inheritance.

To the eldest son he will leave half his camels. To the second son he leaves one third of them, and to the youngest his wish is to leave one ninth.

After the old man has passed away, the sons gather near the camel pen but discover to their dismay that there are 17 camels.

They do not want to sell or kill any of the animals, and they could not think of a way to divide the camels exactly as their father had wished.

Just then a friend of the family arrived on camelback to pay his respects to the family. He listened to their problem and immediately devised a way to divide the camels just as the old man had wished.

What was his easy solution?

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Donate his own camel to produce the proper proportions.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

An old Arab man is about to die and informs his 3 sons that he will leave them his camels as inheritance.

To the eldest son he will leave half his camels. To the second son he leaves one third of them, and to the youngest his wish is to leave one ninth.

After the old man has passed away, the sons gather near the camel pen but discover to their dismay that there are 17 camels.

They do not want to sell or kill any of the animals, and they could not think of a way to divide the camels exactly as their father had wished.

Just then a friend of the family arrived on camelback to pay his respects to the family. He listened to their problem and immediately devised a way to divide the camels just as the old man had wished.

What was his easy solution?


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By adding his own camel to the lot, the divisions became possible. The eldest received 9 camels, the second son 6 and the youngest 2. The friend then took back his own camel, as the total camels inherited comes to 17 - the original number.

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Nah... Sell the camels and divide up the cash!!

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Originally Posted by Deity

Donate his own camel to produce the proper proportions.

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You knew that one already, huh? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


3 more.

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

Nah... Sell the camels and divide up the cash!!

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But they did not wish to sell the camels, see? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Bonus point anyhow, just to keep you ahead of Deity. :D

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Originally Posted by NooNoo

Nah... Sell the camels and divide up the cash!!

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I like the way you think. :thumbs:

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

You knew that one already, huh? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif


3 more.

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Never heard it before in my life. :cool: Keep em coming adept, I've got to catch up to edball and Jaeger.

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Originally Posted by Deity

Never heard it before in my life. :cool: Keep em coming adept, I've got to catch up to edball and Jaeger.

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I have some work to finish up, unfortunately.

I'll try to come back tomorrow morning though.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Bonus point anyhow, just to keep you ahead of Deity. :D

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Doh!

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

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Would sharks with lasers attached to their heads have been acceped as well? Cause that's what I was gonna say.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

But they did not wish to sell the camels, see? https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Bonus point anyhow, just to keep you ahead of Deity. :D

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:thumbs: Ta!

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

Would sharks with lasers attached to their heads have been acceped as well? Cause that's what I was gonna say.

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Hum, yeah, sure. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

Would sharks with lasers attached to their heads have been acceped as well? Cause that's what I was gonna say.

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I accept that as a valid answer worth -3 points https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

Following a suggestion made by Jaeger, there will be a slight modification made to how the questions are administered.

Please check the initial thread starter post for details.

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met this guy whom
she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing.

She believed him to be her dream and she fell in love with him right there but did not ask for his number and no matter how hard she tried she could not find him.

A few days later she kills her sister.

Question: What is her motive in killing her sister?


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To get the man to come to another family funeral so she can meet him again.


This question was submitted by Damned Angel and earned him an extra point. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

A woman, while at the funeral of her own mother, met this guy whom
she did not know. She thought this guy was amazing.

She believed him to be her dream and she fell in love with him right there but did not ask for his number and no matter how hard she tried she could not find him.

A few days later she kills her sister.

Question: What is her motive in killing her sister?


This question was submitted by Damned Angel and earned him an extra point. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

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Her sister killed her dream man, just like she had killed her mother.

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Originally Posted by edball

Her sister killed her dream man, just like she had killed her mother.

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Sorry, that's not it.

I think the previous question may take a while to answer, so I'm putting up a couple more before lunch ends for me.

If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?


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64. The 65th one being the same as the 1st.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

I think the previous question may take a while to answer, so I'm putting up a couple more before lunch ends for me.

If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes?

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There is only one space between the spokes.

A man and his boy are walking side by side and both step out with their right feet first.

The boy walks 3 paces while his dad walks 2.

When will they both put their left feet forward together?

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Never. Every second cycle their right feet will go forward together again, but their left never will.