Another Super Hard Brain Teaser

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Another Super Hard Brain Teaser

Post by Emerald141 » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:57 pm

A few of you may remember that I posted this on the forum a few months ago:

Stinky, Loof, and Qookie are in a room that contains a box with five hats in it- three blue, two red. Someone flicks off the lights so it is completely dark. Each of the three Stinkers takes a hat from the box and puts it on. When the lights are turned back on, each Stinker can see the other Stinkers' hats but not their own or the ones left in the box. Stinky says he can't work out what color his hat is, and Qookie says she can't work hers out either, at which point Loof says, "I know!" What color is Loof's hat, and how does he know? And by the way- Loof is blindfolded.

A fair number of guesses were made, and user mqdar eventually solved it much faster than I had expected. :lol:

Afterwards, someone mentioned that if I hadn't posted it on the forum, Patrick might have put it in the Midnight Post. Well, I found another brain teaser from the same book and Wonder-ified it. I PM'ed it to Jdl first to test it (with his permission, of course) and later PM'ed it to Patrick.

But looking at how things are going, I don't really think it's getting into the Post. So, here it is:

Before leaving for Wonderfalls, Peegue decided to entrust his collection of 17 Rainbow Stars to Stinky, Loof, and Qookie. He said that Stinky should get 1/2 of the stars, Loof should get 1/9 (poor him) and Qookie should get 1/3. Unable to carry out the instructions, the Stinkers were at a loss until a friendly Kaboom! offered to help them. What did the Kaboom! do?

First one to solve this gets the immense satisfaction of doing it! :lol:
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:02 am

Eh, the Kaboom! exploded the Rainbow Stars into pieces... O_o
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Post by Emerald141 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:05 am

Keep in mind that the Kaboom! is helping them. :lol:
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Post by Nobody » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:07 am

NYO. He chopped them into pieces. :roll:

Each Rainbow Coin is in a half piece, third piece, and ninth piece. (It's not the smartest Kaboom!)
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Post by Emerald141 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:10 am

Nobody wrote:NYO. He chopped them into pieces. :roll:
With what? He doesn't have any hands. :lol:
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Post by Nobody » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:18 am

HE TOOK A STAR AND ATE IT.
i should change my signature to be rude to people who hate pictures of valves
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Post by gameboy991 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:37 am

I think I might know the answer...

I'll send you a PM Emerald so that if it is the right answer, no one will see it. :wink:

Although, the more I think about it... it probably isn't the answer... :?

EDIT: Ok, I typed out my PM, and when I tried to send it, my screen froze.

Did you get the PM? I can send it again if you didn't.
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Post by elvis » Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:30 am

I think I also know the awnser.I'll pm you too.
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Post by Muzozavr » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:35 am

I know the answer... but since I wasn't able to solve it myself... I'm not saying it.
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Post by ben-09 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:01 pm

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Post by Emerald141 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:56 am

@Gameboy: No, I didn't get the PM. Try again.

@elvis: Bingo. You got it right, though I won't know if you're the first until Gameboy PM's me. :wink:
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Post by elvis » Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:44 am

I knew it!!!!!!!!!!! :stinkyhappy: I knew it though you changed a bit of the brain teaser. :mrgreen:
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Post by elvis » Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:58 am

has gameboy991 gave you the pm yet??? I really want to know if I'm the first. By the way, I think there is 60% that gameboy991 will get it correct.
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Post by Emerald141 » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:41 pm

And that 60% paid off. Gameboy has won!

I think you guys can start posting potential solutions here now that it's been solved.
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Post by Muzozavr » Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:43 pm

1/2+1/3+1/9 is not equal to 1. It will be equal to 9/18+6/18+2/18=17/18

By adding an extra rainbow star, the Kaboom! made it so that there were 18 stars. He then divided them accordingly, and got 9, 6, and 2. Which make 17. So he then took the extra star back.

A very clever and very old riddle. It's pretty difficult. Back when I was reading a (supposedly) original version, I wasn't able to solve it by myself. Had to look at an answer.
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Post by gameboy991 » Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:28 am

That was a total guess, but I still got it right!? :shock:

The first time I tried to send it, I put it in dialouge form... :lol:

But I couldn't remember the whole bit, so I didn't bother the second time. :roll:

I still can't believe it... :shock:
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Post by elvis » Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:40 am

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