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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:36 pm
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Hope you guys had fun with the 10 riddles I posted. Now it's time to use your brains!
This time I'm going to post questions that require your brain to work, and hopefully you haven't heard of these ones or done them yourselves.
I guess I'll post ones that I was able to answer myself, or found very interesting. This time there will be 5 questions. I'll let you be:
AND NO CHEATING—do not try to find the answers on the internet meaning any site, any friend any bot. Whatever. Don't look through any books. Use your brain. That's the entire purpose.
Reasoning Question #1: Isaac and Albert were excitedly describing the result of the Third Annual International Science Fair Extravaganza in Sweden. There were three contestants, Louis, Rene, and Johannes. Isaac reported that Louis won the fair, while Rene came in second. Albert, on the other hand, reported that Johannes won the fair, while Louis came in second.
In fact, neither Isaac nor Albert had given a correct report of the results of the science fair. Each of them had given one correct statement and one false statement. What was the actual placing of the three contestants?
Reasoning Question #2: At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How many were there, and who were they?
Reasoning Question #3: 97 baseball teams participate in an annual state tournament. The champion is chosen for this tournament by the usual elimination scheme. That is, the 97 teams are divided into pairs, and the two teams of each pair play against each other. The loser of each pair is eliminated, and the remaining teams are paired up again, etc. How many games must be played to determine a champion?
Reasoning Question #4: A mountain goat attempts to scale a cliff sixty feet high. Every minute, the goat bounds upward three feet but slips back two. How long does it take for the goat to reach the top?
Reasoning Question #5: An Arab sheikh is old and must will his fortune to one of his two sons. He makes a proposition. His two sons will ride their camels in a race, and whichever camel crosses the finish line last will win the fortune for its owner. During the race, the two brothers wander aimlessly for days, neither willing to cross the finish line. In desperation, they ask a wise man for advice. He tells them something; then the brothers leap onto the camels and charge toward the finish line. What did the wise man say?
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:36 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:54 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:56 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:57 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:01 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:04 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:05 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:07 pm
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Shadowcutter 1. Rene was disqualified and the 2 others tied for first? That was wrong =P 2. Uhh...it required to much thinking for me. Ill go do it later 3. This was hard for me to comprehend =P Ill try re-reading it later 4. 59 mins? 5. Ride your brothers camel? Sorry if my answers are way off. Im not to good at these =P
Good attempt.
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:13 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:15 pm
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Norayr Shadowcutter 1. Rene was disqualified and the 2 others tied for first? That was wrong =P 2. Uhh...it required to much thinking for me. Ill go do it later 3. This was hard for me to comprehend =P Ill try re-reading it later 4. 59 mins? 5. Ride your brothers camel? Sorry if my answers are way off. Im not to good at these =P Good attempt. Ehh so I guess none of them were correct? Ahh well.
Do you think up these riddles yourself?
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:17 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:20 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:33 pm
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Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 9:36 pm
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