Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:04 pm
Working it out in my head gives me 30 squares, but I've probably missed something obvious.Woodles wrote:Q21. Draw a grid of 4*4 squares.
How many squares of all sizes are there in total?
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Working it out in my head gives me 30 squares, but I've probably missed something obvious.Woodles wrote:Q21. Draw a grid of 4*4 squares.
How many squares of all sizes are there in total?
So you did, missed that, and you were even more accurate than Mark was in his answer.UBT - Mikee wrote:I posted the speed answer on white text so no one would see it.
Mike
A23. Magic? The hypotenuse isn't a straight lineJoshrandom wrote:Another oldie.
Q23. Explain where the extra square comes from in figure B when you rearrange the shapes in figure A.
There's a barely perceptible 'bend' in the slope of triangle A which 'straightens' out on triangle B. The difference is exactly 1 square.Joshrandom wrote:Another oldie.
Q23. Explain where the extra square comes from in figure B when you rearrange the shapes in figure A.
Not sure how many toes a parrot has - 8? Just counted one of my cats toes and it appears to have 4 per foot (16), a dog the same (16)? 8 for the parrot and 20 for the couple = 60? Seems a lot!Woodles wrote:Q22. A couple have a dog, a cat and a parrot as pets, how many toes are there in the household?
Close Mikee, count your cats toes again. Hint, they're not all in the same placeUBT - Mikee wrote:Not sure how many toes a parrot has - 8? Just counted one of my cats toes and it appears to have 4 per foot (16), a dog the same (16)? 8 for the parrot and 20 for the couple = 60? Seems a lot!Woodles wrote:Q22. A couple have a dog, a cat and a parrot as pets, how many toes are there in the household?
Nice try!!!! (but wrong) :lol: :lol:Woodles wrote:How good's the dog at walking on stilts?hgblade wrote:Here's one for you:
Q20. A man stands on one side of a wide river. He calls his dog, who is on the opposite side of the river and the dog comes over to him. When the dog arrives he hasn't got wet and didn't use a bridge or boat, nor was he carried over. How did the dog manage to stay dry?
Joshrandom wrote:Well I'm guessing that either the dog is called 'who is on the opposite side of the river' , or the river is frozen over and the dog just walked across the ice.hgblade wrote:Here's one for you:
Q20. A man stands on one side of a wide river. He calls his dog, who is on the opposite side of the river and the dog comes over to him. When the dog arrives he hasn't got wet and didn't use a bridge or boat, nor was he carried over. How did the dog manage to stay dry?
A24. getting an elephant pregnant in the back of a mini!UBT - Timbo wrote:Q24 What's more difficult than getting a pregnant elephant in the back of a mini ?
Nope - but a lot better than certain answers!!UBT - Chris wrote:A20: was the river dry - i.e no water in it?
A26. Stuck a stick in the ground and claimed that everything inside it was 'outside' and everything else was 'inside'?UBT - Timbo wrote:Q26: A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence.
The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient.
The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half of the Earth was the best.
The mathematician laughed at the others and with his design, beat the others. What did he do?
Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:A26. Stuck a stick in the ground and claimed that everything inside it was 'outside' and everything else was 'inside'?
Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:A24. getting an elephant pregnant in the back of a mini!UBT - Timbo wrote:Q24 What's more difficult than getting a pregnant elephant in the back of a mini ?
Interesting question, I note that the engineer and the physicist both had the same idea, only the former was working in 2 dimensions and the latter in 3. My first thought was the same as Mark's, but if that isn't the answer you're looking for then perhaps the mathematician merely put his fence around the base of, say, the Empire State building and claimed the entire floor space within.UBT - Timbo wrote:Q26: A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence.
The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient.
The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half of the Earth was the best.
The mathematician laughed at the others and with his design, beat the others. What did he do?
So the river isn't dry or frozen, the dog doesn't have a silly name and isn't wearing stilts, he doesn't use a boat or a bridge nor is he carried across... so I guess that leaves either magic, a trebuchet or a dog with a pilots licence.hgblade wrote:Nope - but a lot better than certain answers!!UBT - Chris wrote:A20: was the river dry - i.e no water in it?
Hi James - you are very nearly there....Joshrandom wrote:Interesting question, I note that the engineer and the physicist both had the same idea, only the former was working in 2 dimensions and the latter in 3. My first thought was the same as Mark's, but if that isn't the answer you're looking for then perhaps the mathematician merely put his fence around the base of, say, the Empire State building and claimed the entire floor space within.
Well the only further step I can think of for A26 would be if the mathematician fenced off all the bridges and tunnels leading into Manhattan Island and claimed all the area, including floor space, within.UBT - Timbo wrote:Hi James - you are very nearly there....
regards
Tim
I nearly got it!UBT - Timbo wrote:A23 answer:
The mathematician made a small fence around himself and declared himself to be on the outside.
PS Don't blame me - I got this from a website !! And no, I won't tell you which one as they've got lots more of these...!!
regards
Tim
Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:I nearly got it!
Hi Tim,UBT - Timbo wrote:Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:I nearly got it!
So you mean to tell me that a "stick in the ground" counts as a fence ????
And I did give you a clue !!
I'd have a dogUBT - Timbo wrote:It's just as well you're not a farmer, as you wouldn't have any sheep left
regards
Tim
I thought it was more coast than internal borders to begin with ... but Liechtenstein ruled that out!UBT - Timbo wrote:Q28: What is the link between the following countries?
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Liechtenstein
Madagascar
Slovenia
Czechoslovakia also shared this link, although neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia do individually.
regards
Tim
Hi Chris,UBT - Chris wrote:A28: is it that if you are from there, your name ends in an "an"?:
Argentinian
Australian
Brazilian
Chilian
Colombian
Liechtensteinian
Madagascaran
Slovenian
Czechoslovakian
Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:I thought it was more coast than internal borders to begin with ... but Liechtenstein ruled that out!
I'm going to work on Q27, that's more my type of puzzle.
Mark
Their abbreviations are all elements?UBT - Timbo wrote:Q28: What is the link between the following countries?
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Liechtenstein
Madagascar
Slovenia
Czechoslovakia also shared this link, although neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia do individually.
regards
Tim
Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:Their abbreviations are all elements?
Argentina - Ar = Argon
Australia - Au = Gold
Brazil - Br = Bromine
Chile - Ch = Chlorine
Colombia - Co = Copper
Liechtenstein - Li = Lithium
Madagascar - Ma = Magnesium
Slovenia - Sl = Silver
Stuck on what Czechoslovakia could be though?
Mark
Hi MarkWoodles wrote:... Or if it's 'in depth' and 'outside the box' - They've all laid claim to sunken treasure ships!
Hi Tim,UBT - Timbo wrote:Hi Mark,Woodles wrote:Their abbreviations are all elements?
Argentina - Ar = Argon
Australia - Au = Gold
Brazil - Br = Bromine
Chile - Ch = Chlorine
Colombia - Co = Copper
Liechtenstein - Li = Lithium
Madagascar - Ma = Magnesium
Slovenia - Sl = Silver
Stuck on what Czechoslovakia could be though?
Mark
How can I put this ? Nope !! Incorrect.
Besides which, Chlorine is Cl, Copper is Cu, Magnesium is Mg and Silver is Ag
But step sideways a bit and you are nearly there...
regards
Tim
UBT - Timbo wrote:Q27: Extra Special Bonus Xmas Question:
You can have until Boxing Day to answer it If no correct answers by then, I get a point.
It was good to have the house full of people again; it had been far too quiet since the last of his seven daughters had left for college--seven daughters with seven different majors at seven different schools. About the only thing they had in common was that they were each dating an athlete, although none of them played the same sport--one was even on his school's fencing team. He was surprised all the boyfriends had come for Christmas dinner, but he supposed that since he was picking up the tab for the airfare, that a free trip to Hawaii in the winter had something to do with it. Each of his first three daughters had gone to Ivy League schools--one even to his alma mater at Harvard; his next two ended up at the University of California, at Los Angeles and Berkeley; and his two youngest got accepted to schools abroad--the University of Tokyo had been a bit of a surprise. Next year, after seven straight years--and for the first time this millennium--he wouldn't be attending a high-school graduation.
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Identify the boyfriend and his sport, the school, and major for each daughter. Name the order that the daughters were born in and the day of the week that they leave to go home. What is the seating arrangement at the dinner table?
Bonus question: what year is it?