Tricky Puzzles - Topic 3

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:19 pm

That's true.

After I posted, I realised that and I was hoping noone would notice it.

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:25 pm

Every female is a daughter.

Except Eve (if you believe in the story of Adam and Eve.)

But yes, you're right about that.

However, he could mean with a daughter: A daughter of one of the other people mentioned. And of course, Grandma is also a daughter, but not a daughter of one of the other people.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:24 pm

1 YEAR BUMP NEW NAME

A bomb goes off. Carnage. One person, only a few feet away, survives! How can this be? (copied from some website)

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:43 pm

A bomb goes off.

Does that mean it exploded? Or it's been switched off?

In the first case:

only a few feet away,

from the location where the bomb exploded?

In that case, apparently that person was bomb-proof, or was inside some protecting bomb-proof cabin or so.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:20 pm

Marinus wrote:
A bomb goes off.
Does that mean it exploded? Or it's been switched off?

Yes to exploding.

In the first case:
only a few feet away,
from the location where the bomb exploded?

In that case, apparently that person was bomb-proof, or was inside some protecting bomb-proof cabin or so.

WROOOOONG!

Answer (i don't get it either): The person was watching it on TV.
NEXT!

The following equation is wrong: 101 - 102 = 1

Move one numeral to make it correct.

(Caution: Trick)

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:37 pm

Hi Sammy
I think that first puzzle is not correct:

The person who was watching it on TV, was not a few feet away from the location where the bomb exploded.

About the second puzzle:

101-102=1
I move the numeral "1" from 102 to 101. So 101 becomes 102, and 102 becomes 101. Then we have:
102-101=1
which is correct.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:23 pm

About question one: That wasn't my answer, actually.

About question 2: You moved 2 numerals. Think outside of the box.

Qloof234 · Post by **Qloof234** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:00 pm

Hmm... Two ideas for Question 2.

Idea 1 wrote:101 - 102 = 1
1 moves to 101, making it 102
102 - 102 = 0

Idea 2 wrote:101 - 102 = 1
1 moves to the right of the minus symbol, making it negative 1
101 - (-1) = 102

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:23 pm

Answer for Question 2:

Highlight for answer wrote:Move the numeral 2 half a line up.

EDIT: Qloof, those are some clever answers there...

NOW TIME FOR A SIMPLE ONE.

QUESTION 3:

Two boys wish to cross a river. The only way to get to the other side is by boat, but that boat can only take one boy at a time. The boat cannot return on its own, there are no ropes or similar tricks, yet both boys manage to cross using the boat.

How?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:37 pm

101- 10^2=1 it's not only moved half a line up, but also made smaller. Nevertheless a good puzzle! I think I wouldn't found it myself.

Question 3:

Those two boys are on the opposite sides of the river.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:53 pm

Marinus wrote:
101- 10^2=1 it's not only moved half a line up, but also made smaller. Nevertheless a good puzzle! I think I wouldn't found it myself.
Question 3:

Those two boys are on the opposite sides of the river.

Correct!

Next.

Everything Mr Red owns is red, he lives in a red bungalow and his chairs are red, his tables are red. His ceiling, walls and floor are all red. All of his clothes are red, his shoes are red, even his carpet, television and phone are red. What colour are his stairs?

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:56 pm

He dosen't have stairs. Don't those thingies not have second floors/basements?
(Then again, you could have stairs on one floor)

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:58 pm

What stairs, he is in a bungelow.

StinkerSquad01 · Post by **StinkerSquad01** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:59 pm

boywhoflies wrote:He dosen't have stairs. Don't those thingies not have second floors/basements?
(Then again, you could have stairs on one floor)

Spoiler alert, much?

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:00 pm

boywhoflies wrote:He dosen't have stairs.

You got it!

Now how about a cryptogram?

The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by another using a simple substitution technique. For example, A may always be represented by G, etc. Can you name the book?

Rqd Jmrr hxe Uwhe ojwrzi xqse hxe rwzxh
Hxmh Smrz hxe Omh iehi yjee -
Hxe xejki mje ixgh wr obje mrk xgh
Yqj tqqiek hwtt kmdr mje de.
Hxwi wi hxe xqgj qy pjwke mrk pqdej,
Hmtqr mrk hgix mrk ntmd.
Qx, xemj hxe nmtt! - Zqqk xgrhwrz mtt
Hxmh ueep hxe Vgrzte Tmd!
Rwzxh-Iqrz wr hxe Vgrzte

HINT wrote:MONKEY TEBAHPLA

boywhoflies · Post by **boywhoflies** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:09 pm

StinkerSquad01 wrote:
boywhoflies wrote:WAT I SAWD HEAR
Spoiler alert, much?

Forgot the spoiler thing

Aw crap

Edited one in

yot yot5 · Post by **yot yot5** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:06 pm

Time for my EVIL questions!!!

1: Two boys were born of the same mother on the same day of the same year. They were not twins. How is that possible?
2: Forwards I'm heavy, backwards I'm not. What am I?
3: What's the difference between a dollar and twenty five-cents?
4: If it takes a laser beam 2 seconds to shoot two lasers, how long does it take the same laser beam to shoot three lasers?
5: Bill and Ben were playing table tennis on the SAME TABLE. They played a total of five sets, and they each won three sets. How is this possible?
6: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
7: How can this roman numeral equation be corrected without writing, rubbing out, or cutting and pasting?
XI+I=X
8: Two days ago I was 114, but next year I'll have my 117th birthday. I can't travel in time. How is this possible?

I have others, but I'm going to include them in my next adventure.

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:58 pm

yot yot5 wrote:Time for my EVIL questions!!!

1: Two boys were born of the same mother on the same day of the same year. They were not twins. How is that possible?
There was another one, too. Three in total. They are triplets.
2: Forwards I'm heavy, backwards I'm not. What am I?
A "ton" backwards is "not".
3: What's the difference between a dollar and twenty five-cents?
They are both the same sum, but in the second case you'll have more coins in your hands.
4: If it takes a laser beam 2 seconds to shoot two lasers, how long does it take the same laser beam to shoot three lasers?
Beams don't shoot. Ignoring that, we don't know if the laser shoots with the same speed all the time, making the puzzle unsolvable.
5: Bill and Ben were playing table tennis on the SAME TABLE. They played a total of five sets, and they each won three sets. How is this possible?
They were playing as a team against another pair.
6: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The egg. Dinosaurs existed long before chickens.
7: How can this roman numeral equation be corrected without writing, rubbing out, or cutting and pasting?
XI+I=X
Flip your monitor upside-down.
8: Two days ago I was 114, but next year I'll have my 117th birthday. I can't travel in time. How is this possible?
Your birthday is December 31 and today is January 1. Two days ago you were 114, one day ago you were 115. Then this year's December 31 will make you 116, and the next year's December 31 will make you 117.

I have others, but I'm going to include them in my next adventure.

These are old. Most of them I have seen before. I really liked 2 and 3, though, so thank you.

yot yot5 · Post by **yot yot5** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:55 pm

Lol those were easy. Here's another riddle that I found in a magazine:

The rich want me,
The wise are sure of me,
Fools know me,
Heroes fear me,
WHAT AM I???

Should be easy enough...
And about question four, assume the laser shoots with a fixed reload time, and the laser itself lasts an ignorable time.

Sammy_Bro · Post by **Sammy_Bro** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:12 pm

Sammy_P wrote:
boywhoflies wrote:He dosen't have stairs.
You got it!

Now how about a cryptogram?

The beginning of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by another using a simple substitution technique. For example, A may always be represented by G, etc. Can you name the book?

Rqd Jmrr hxe Uwhe ojwrzi xqse hxe rwzxh
Hxmh Smrz hxe Omh iehi yjee -
Hxe xejki mje ixgh wr obje mrk xgh
Yqj tqqiek hwtt kmdr mje de.
Hxwi wi hxe xqgj qy pjwke mrk pqdej,
Hmtqr mrk hgix mrk ntmd.
Qx, xemj hxe nmtt! - Zqqk xgrhwrz mtt
Hxmh ueep hxe Vgrzte Tmd!
Rwzxh-Iqrz wr hxe Vgrzte

HINT wrote:MONKEY TEBAHPLA

ANSWERS!!!!! wrote:The Jungle Book.

:3

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:26 am

Muzozavr wrote:
yot yot5 wrote:Time for my EVIL questions!!!

1: Two boys were born of the same mother on the same day of the same year. They were not twins. How is that possible?
There was another one, too. Three in total. They are triplets.
Or if there were four, quadruplets.
2: Forwards I'm heavy, backwards I'm not. What am I?
A "ton" backwards is "not".
3: What's the difference between a dollar and twenty five-cents?
They are both the same sum, but in the second case you'll have more coins in your hands.
4: If it takes a laser beam 2 seconds to shoot two lasers, how long does it take the same laser beam to shoot three lasers?
Beams don't shoot. Ignoring that, we don't know if the laser shoots with the same speed all the time, making the puzzle unsolvable.
5: Bill and Ben were playing table tennis on the SAME TABLE. They played a total of five sets, and they each won three sets. How is this possible?
They were playing as a team against another pair.
6: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
The egg. Dinosaurs existed long before chickens.
Or if you're a creationist the answer is the chicken.
7: How can this roman numeral equation be corrected without writing, rubbing out, or cutting and pasting?
XI+I=X
Flip your monitor upside-down.
8: Two days ago I was 114, but next year I'll have my 117th birthday. I can't travel in time. How is this possible?
Your birthday is December 31 and today is January 1. Two days ago you were 114, one day ago you were 115. Then this year's December 31 will make you 116, and the next year's December 31 will make you 117.

I have others, but I'm going to include them in my next adventure.
These are old. Most of them I have seen before. I really liked 2 and 3, though, so thank you.

My comments on your answers in italic.

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 1:50 am

A guy feels perfectly fine. He has no symptoms of any type of disease or illness and feels no pain. After an exam with the doctor, he is told he needs surgery. After the operation, the guy is in intense pain and is bleeding. The doctor declares the operation a success.

What happened here?

Emerald141 · Post by **Emerald141** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:13 am

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:19 am

No. He has good intentions and is fully trained.

Sammy_P · Post by **Sammy_P** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:36 am

LittleZbot wrote:No. He has good intentions and is fully trained.

Mental problems?

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:38 am

Nope. He did everything he was supposed to exactly right.

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:42 am

The doctor is a soldier in disguise, and the man plans to recreate the holocaust?

idk

Muzozavr · Post by **Muzozavr** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:57 am

OK, I just woke up, need to exercise my brain...

Something about teeth removal, perhaps? Wisdom teeth, maybe?

LittleZbot · Post by **LittleZbot** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:57 pm

CORRECT!

The Doctor was actually a dentist and pulled out the guy's teeth.

TIME FOR AN EASIER ONE:

Some guy is a murderer. Strangely, the police do not want to arrest him, even though has has killed over a hundred one year. He is always invited into the home where his murder is scheduled to take place. Not only that, but he may make several murders in the same house.

Who is he and what is going on?

Marinus · Post by **Marinus** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:05 pm

I guess he's not murdering humans, but animals, such as insects or rats and mice.