EPTOn March 15 2009 08:05 Hot_Bid wrote:
[img]http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Hot_Bid/3.jpg[/.img]
[img]http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/Hot_Bid/3.jpg[/.img]
The riddle thread - Page 2
| Forum Index > General Forum |
|
Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
| ||
|
fanatacist
10319 Posts
If all the men are aged between 30 and 50, what is the age of each one? EDIT: Sorry for the multiple edits, had to fix it because I miscalculated something. | ||
|
imBLIND
United States2626 Posts
The next day, they are on a stage where everyone can see both the king, the general, and the two bags that the king is holding. The king says: "In my hands, i am holding two bags. One has a black stone and the other has a white stone. If you choose the one with the black stone, you will die. If you choose one with the white stone, i will let you live." The general knows that this is a rigged trick; both of the bags have black stones in them. The general takes a stone out of the bag and walks away with his life. How does he do it? ____________ A man lives on the 30th floor of an apartment building. Everyday when he returns home from work, he takes the elevator. If he is with another person, then he goes straight to the 30th floor and to his apartment building. If he is by himself, he goes to the 28th floor and walks up the last two flights of stairs to his apartment. Why? | ||
Culture
Canada488 Posts
throws away one bag, says I chose that one, show me what's in the bag I did not choose he's too short | ||
|
yB.TeH
Germany419 Posts
both contained white stones, the king thought that the general would outhink him if he put two black stones in them by choosing the one he doesnt open, but the general being smarter knew exactly that the king knows that he is too smart to fall for such a cheap trick | ||
|
Racenilatr
United States2756 Posts
 | ||
|
blue_arrow
1971 Posts
On March 15 2009 09:47 Qeet wrote: + Show Spoiler + both contained white stones, the king thought that the general would outhink him if he put two black stones in them by choosing the one he doesnt open, but the general being smarter knew exactly that the king knows that he is too smart to fall for such a cheap trick lol. | ||
|
fanatacist
10319 Posts
| ||
|
Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:05 fanatacist wrote: I guess people don't want to put in the effort to solve mine :p Losers, high upon your perch of intelligence as long as the riddle takes less than one minute. Well it's not a riddle it's just simultaneous equations... do you really want me to plug it into my graphical calculator?! | ||
|
Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:05 fanatacist wrote: I guess people don't want to put in the effort to solve mine :p Losers, high upon your perch of intelligence as long as the riddle takes less than one minute. That is not a riddle, it's an arithmetic problem. What's long, green, hanged on as wall, and blown like a whistle? + Show Spoiler + A long, green wall whistle. What's covered in fur, made out of concrete, and howls at the moon? + Show Spoiler + A coyote, I was just kidding about the concrete. | ||
|
fanatacist
10319 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:06 Klive5ive wrote: Well it's not a riddle it's just simultaneous equations... do you really want me to plug it into my graphical calculator?! That would defeat the purpose of thinking. | ||
Ares[Effort]
DEMACIA6550 Posts
 | ||
Kau
Canada3502 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:05 fanatacist wrote: I guess people don't want to put in the effort to solve mine :p Losers, high upon your perch of intelligence as long as the riddle takes less than one minute. Haha, I'll do yours when I get home in like 3 hours ^^. I love math | ||
|
Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:07 fanatacist wrote: That would defeat the purpose of thinking. If the purpose of thinking was to do simple arithmetic linear algebra problems when we have computers that can do it nearly instantly, I'll just stop thinking now Although, I suppose it's presumptuous and condescending of me to say this when starving children in Cambodia regularly try to solve such problems and have no such means. I hope that $0.25 laptop project is done soon! | ||
|
Klive5ive
United Kingdom6056 Posts
On March 15 2009 08:45 imBLIND wrote: An evil king wishes to kill his general because he thinks smarter than the king himself. He cannot just kill him because then his empire will rebel against him; he must create an excuse to kill him. He knows he cannot prove anything in front of a jury, so he decides to give him an impossible riddle to answer right before his execution. The king goes up to his house, kidnaps him, and throws him in prison garments with no possessions. The next day, they are on a stage where everyone can see both the king, the general, and the two bags that the king is holding. The king says: "In my hands, i am holding two bags. One has a black stone and the other has a white stone. If you choose the one with the black stone, you will die. If you choose one with the white stone, i will let you live." The general knows that this is a rigged trick; both of the bags have black stones in them. The general takes a stone out of the bag and walks away with his life. How does he do it? + Show Spoiler + Does he take a bag and place it face down on the floor. Then he rubs the stone in the bag against the floor (assuming he's standing on a stone stage like an amphitheater). The stone will crumble on the outsides creating a layer of white rubble. Then he simply removes the stone from the bag and it appears to be white. | ||
|
Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:07 Ancestral wrote: That is not a riddle, it's an arithmetic problem. What's long, green, hanged on as wall, and blown like a whistle? + Show Spoiler + A long, green wall whistle. What's covered in fur, made out of concrete, and howls at the moon? + Show Spoiler + A coyote, I was just kidding about the concrete. Nice one, I'll have to use these for my stash. | ||
|
Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On March 15 2009 10:22 Avidkeystamper wrote: Nice one, I'll have to use these for my stash. + Show Spoiler + The second one works better when spoken aloud, since you do not immediately reveal that you were just kidding about the concrete. This greatly perplexes all but the most astute of men. | ||
|
Eskii
Canada544 Posts
The next day, they are on a stage where everyone can see both the king, the general, and the two bags that the king is holding. The king says: "In my hands, i am holding two bags. One has a black stone and the other has a white stone. If you choose the one with the black stone, you will die. If you choose one with the white stone, i will let you live." The general knows that this is a rigged trick; both of the bags have black stones in them. The general takes a stone out of the bag and walks away with his life. How does he do it?" This is a cheap ripoff of a mensa problem. Here is how you do it. The general puts his hand in one of the bags and keeps it in his hand, he then throws it away or pretends to drop it (in such a way that nobody can find the stone) He then says that the way to check what stone was his, was to look at the stone in the other back, and so he must have had the opposite colour. SHAZZAM. | ||
|
deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
On March 15 2009 09:47 Qeet wrote: + Show Spoiler + both contained white stones, the king thought that the general would outhink him if he put two black stones in them by choosing the one he doesnt open, but the general being smarter knew exactly that the king knows that he is too smart to fall for such a cheap trick | ||
|
Prose
Canada314 Posts
| ||
| ||
