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| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Brain Teasers - Lateral thinking puzzles. |
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86  Posts: 284/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Alrighty, Ill just, start up a new puzzler, maybe something to make people think more "out of the box" as you might say. "Lateral thinking" is thinking out of the box, so lateral thinking puzzles are puzzles that are made to make you "think outside the box" Ill give one problem, worth points 1-5, and wait 1 day for an answer, during which, 2 hints will be given out if needed, but detracting from the score 1 point per hint. Later thinking puzzles have seemingly imposible answers, but are very obvious when you get the answer. Prizes will be awarded at the end of 50 puzzles. Good luck to all! Puzzle 1(1 point) Happy or Sad? "Three women dressed in swimsuits are standing together. Two of them were sad, and the other one was happy, but the sad women were smiling, and the happy woman was crying. Why should that be so?" |
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Geno Red Cheep-cheep Level: 24  Posts: 186/206 EXP: 72268 For next: 5857 Since: 03-15-04 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 556 days Last activity: 339 days |
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Maybe they're crying/smiling for each other's emotions?   (edited by Geno on 03-31-04 08:16 PM) |
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 285/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Notquite, try thinking along different lines. |
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Jarukoth  IRRATIONAL EXUBERENCE!!1! Level: 79  Posts: 301/3194 EXP: 4402011 For next: 177456 Since: 03-17-04 From: New Jersey, U.S.A. Shoes: Yes. Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| The happy woman had tears of joy. The sad women were smiling over how happy thier friend is? Maybe not. That doesn't explain the significance of the swimsuits. Maybe the happy woman just had hers ripped off, and the others are just evil. Maybe I'm just sick.  |
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Ed Lantern Ghost Level: 42  Posts: 65/761 EXP: 512715 For next: 8647 Since: 03-16-04 From: Dublin, Ireland Since last post: 215 days Last activity: 25 days |
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| There was a swimming contest, or a beauty pagent, or something of the sort and the 3 women are on a podium. The happy one is crying tears of joy while 2nd and 3rd place are sad to lose but smile to the crowd. | |||
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 291/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| We have a winner! edsgravy gets teh point _____Score_____ Edsgravy0 - 1 _______________ Puzzle 2 (2 points) "The Man in the Painting" A man stands in front of a painting and says the following. "Brothers and Sisters have I none, but this man's father is my father's son" How is the man in the painting related to the man standing in front of it? |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 117/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| The subject of the painting is the man's son. | |||
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 292/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| 2 points to NSNick _____Score_____ NSNick - 2 Edsgravy0 - 1 _______________ Puzzle 3(3 points) "Ben Johnson" Ben Johnson was a great english poet and playright who lived from 1572 to 1637. Why was he buried in a sitting position? |
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wolfman2000 Red Paratroopa Level: 21  Posts: 62/161 EXP: 49927 For next: 16 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 471 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| Perhaps he died sitting down and no one could change the body position. | |||
Clockworkz Birdo  "Hoargh! Take your shoes off!" Level: 64  Posts: 281/2002 EXP: 2188320 For next: 25777 Since: 03-15-04 From: Undisclosed Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| Riger Mortis? | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 120/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Not enough room in the graveyard? | |||
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 293/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| ALMOST NSNick! I just need a LITTLE more detail to why there was not enough room | |||
Alucard Shyguy Level: 16  Posts: 14/87 EXP: 19426 For next: 830 Since: 04-08-04 From: Santa Clarita, CA Since last post: 533 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| because he lived in france and they buried everybody in the sewers to get eaten by the scary hairy frenchwomen | |||
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 313/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Im just gonna give NSNick the points now. The answer was he was buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abby. The plot for him was so small, he had to be buried sitting up. _____Score_____ NSNick - 5 Edsgravy0 - 1 _______________ Puzzle 4 (4 points) Dinner For Three "An ancient Arabic Puzzle goes like this: A hunter met two shepherds, one whom had three loaves and the other, five loaves. All of the loaves were the same size. The three men agreed to share the eight loaves equally between them. After they had eaten, the hunter gave the shepherds eight bronze coins as payment for the meal. How should the shepards fairly divide the money?" |
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wolfman2000 Red Paratroopa Level: 21 Posts: 64/161 EXP: 49927 For next: 16 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 471 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| In this case, fairly doesn't equal "equal". The shepherd with 5 loaves gets paid 5 coins and the shepherd with 3 loaves gets paid 3 coins. |
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 323/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Nope, theres a bit more logic to it than that. Always a first guess for some reason or another |
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Felix Nipper Plant Level: 33 Posts: 78/422 EXP: 208347 For next: 20832 Since: 04-03-04 From: Canada Since last post: 224 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| If they divided the loaves equally (8/3), then each of them would have eaten 2 loaves and two thirds of a loaf. Therefore, Mr. Five "provided" 21/3 loaves, and Mr. Three "provided" only 1/3. The ratio of 21/3 : 1/3 is equal to 7:1. Therefore, Mr. Five gets seven coins and Mr. Three gets one. |
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 335/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Good job... we have a winner. _____Score_____ NSNick - 5 Felix - 4 Edsgravy0 - 1 _______________ Puzzle 5(5 points) "Death on the Train" "A man stepped out of a speeding train to his death. He had been in his own compartment, and all that was there was a large hankerchief. If he had made the journey by any means other than train, he most certainly not have decided to commit suicide. Why did he take his life?" |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 173/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| You know what I hate? The fact that I've got books of this stuff, so I know a lot of these already. I won't ruin it for other people, since I didn't actually figure it out. | |||
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KATW King Yoshi "If you stare at something long enough, it can be funny." Level: 86 Posts: 339/3959 EXP: 6087979 For next: 54128 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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Originally posted by NSNick That makes 2 of us . Thanks for not cheating.... Id probably figure out if you did anyways |
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