Quiz - Mind Trap

KryptoN · Post by **KryptoN** » 13 Jan 2003, 20:04

Question5: 13.333... km/h

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 13 Jan 2003, 20:24

1: The steel one. Because steel is heavier than wood
2: same as Kryton
3: 11 times
5: depences on how long time they use on driving up and down. If they use the same time the avarage is 15km/H

chux · Post by **chux** » 13 Jan 2003, 20:28

Question 2: Depends on how much caffene is in a regular coke...not 100% surely!
Question 3: 19
Question 4: He was already outside, looking up at the windows on the 26th floor. He opened to window from the outside(!), and jumped on the spot
Question 5: Easiest answer would be 15km/h...got a feeling its not this simple though...

KryptoN · Post by **KryptoN** » 13 Jan 2003, 20:35

how could it be the same time if he comes 2x faster downwards the same hill he went up to.

EDIT: whoops I must have misread the question

EDIT2: Or no I understand it as the two cyclists could be just one because they cycle over the hill together or something. Hell I'm not sure about anything /me goes back to the cave

insane guy · Post by **insane guy** » 13 Jan 2003, 21:53

question 3: 0 times

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 13 Jan 2003, 21:58

3. definatley 19

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 13 Jan 2003, 22:12

KryptoN got no. 2, 3 and 5 correct. Najz wÃ¸rk.
ChuckleS was right on no. 4. He was a window washer and opened window from outside

Standings:

17p: ChuckleS
4p: KryptoN
2p: Rasu
1p: Kopaka, Xhomaz, djacosmo, Cloud

Question 1: Two ships are equally big and strong. One is made out of steel and one out of wood. Find out which one that weighs the most and explain why.

Question 2: Governor Gamble loves the sight of women. He loves it so much that he now decides to make a law the secures that more girls are being born. Acording to this law, every married couple must get kids untill they get a boy, and after that they are not allowed to make any more children. What effect will that make to the population that was divided into approximately 50/50 b4 the new law? Explain why this happens. (I just love explain)

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066?

Question 4: When Mister Y laid in is bathtub and relaxed, he started playing with his 2 feet long toyboat which was filled with screws and nuts ( thx zworqy). Then by an accident he knocks over his boat so that the screws and sulkines fell into the water. What will happen to the water level?

Question 5: Miss Patience was babysitting 10 children. She had a box with ten cookies in it. All of the children wanted a cookie each, but they also wanted that miss Patience would leave on cookie in the box. How did miss Patience manage to give a cookie to each child and still let there be a cookie left in the box?

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 13 Jan 2003, 22:17

LOL, I didn't think you would get mine, but sure, it's 6210001000!

Edit: Jalli beat me to it...

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » 13 Jan 2003, 22:24

Q4: It will get lower.
Q5: One child will get the box with a cookie inside it.

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 13 Jan 2003, 22:25

Q1: A wooden boat can be more compact than a steel one.
Q2: Nothing happens, it's still 50% chance to have a boy or a girl
Q5: She gave the 10th child the box with the 10th cookie still in it...

BTW, the correct term is screws and nuts.

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 13 Jan 2003, 22:46

1.the wooden one is heaver, wood is heavier than steel, to make a boat they user lighter steel so that it will float, wheras wood floats anyway(except when water logged) but wood for boats is treated. therefore wooden boats weigh a lot more, than a equall size steel boat

4. the water will rise to an equall level of volume as those items that have now entered the water

5. although the chance of having a boy or a girl wil stay the same, the population demiographic will stray slightly to the girls being more eg,

here are ten familes, five have boys and five have girls, then the out of the five remaining three have boys so and two have girls they then have a boy and girl and then the last one has a male,

the table below shows how girls will gradually take over, this is on average

1 m stop
2 m stop
3 m stop
4 m stop
5 m stop
6 f m stop
7 f m stop
8 f m stop
9 f f m stop
10 f f f m stop

Xhomaz · Post by **Xhomaz** » 13 Jan 2003, 23:23

3: Noone!

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 13 Jan 2003, 23:40

Finally someone gave an acceptable answer on no. 1. Martin!!!!
The wooden one is heaviest. Because one kg steel is stronger than one kg, you would need more wood to get the wooden one as strong as the steel one. (Martins answer was maybe not exactly correct, but he almost got it)
Cloud made no. 4 and 5. Zworqy made no. 2

Standings:

17p: ChuckleS
4p: KryptoN
3p: Cloud
2p: Rasu
1p: Kopaka, Xhomaz, djacosmo, Martin, Zworqy

Question 1: Confucius carried 3 gold-pieces each weighing 1 kg. Confucius weighs 78 kgs. He comes to a bridge that can only carry 80 kgs. How do Confucius get over in only one go with all the gold-pieces?

Question 2: What is there that are in Norway and Sweden, but not in Oslo or Stockholm?

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066?

Question 4: Confucius stands on a brick floor. In his hand he has an egg. Without help he is capable of making the egg drop 2 meters without braking. How?

Question 5: What is more worth: one kg with 10-dollar-coins in gold or 1/2 kg with 20-dollar-coins in gold, or are they worth the same?

Xhomaz · Post by **Xhomaz** » 13 Jan 2003, 23:43

2: the letters "w" & "n"

chux · Post by **chux** » 13 Jan 2003, 23:44

Question 1: I HATE THESE SHIPS!!!
Question 2: Boys will actually become more popular! If every family must stop *when they have a boy* then every family will have a boy, whereas there is still 50/50 of having a girl
Question 3: Something tells me this cant just be a trivia question...none
Question 4: Nothing, it stays the same
Question 5: (already been said) Cookie still in the box

Yey! I got Zworqy's question right!

Karlis · Post by **Karlis** » 14 Jan 2003, 00:26

Jalli wrote:

Question 5: What is more worth: one kg with 10-dollar-coins in gold or 1/2 kg with 20-dollar-coins in gold, or are they worth the same?

I think 1kg gold is worth more than 1/2kg gold

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 14 Jan 2003, 02:19

yes but is the gold more worth than the currency ?

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 14 Jan 2003, 02:29

4. egg is hard boiled, it doesnt say that the egg is raw.
3. this question sucks, i dont think anyone can be bothered doing a history thing

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » 14 Jan 2003, 06:35

Q1: He throws them in the air, one piece at a time. I dunno a word for it but u know the stuff they do in a circus, for example

Q4: Maybe it's a strut's(?) egg or maybe it's a jewel egg.

Q5: 1kg of 10-dollar-coins. Â½ of cold is more valuable than the amount of 20-dollar-coins are worth.

djacosmo · Post by **djacosmo** » 14 Jan 2003, 08:20

Q1: As Cloud has already alluded to, he juggles em across the bridge.

Q3: Kings of England are crowned in Wales i think.

Q4: the brick floor is slanted downwards and the egg rolls down safely for 2 metres in vertical drop.

Q5: One kg of gold is worth more than 1/2 a kilo.

Drew

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 14 Jan 2003, 08:56

Q1: He threw the gold pieces over to the other side.
Q2: N & W
Q3: ????
Q4: Don't know if it 's a spelling error, but dropping an egg without braking is easy, but dropping it without breaking is harder.

Q5: There are no 10 or 20 dollar coins!

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 14 Jan 2003, 15:57

Xhomaz right in no. 2. Karlis made no. 5. Cloud made no. 1 and i'll also accept Martins answer even though it was not the one originally in my quiz. What I looked for was that he let it fall for over 2 meters and after falling 2 meters it was still in one piece, but then t hit the floor. But Martin gets the point.

17p: ChuckleS
4p: KryptoN, Cloud
2p: Rasu, Xhomaz, Martin
1p: Kopaka, djacosmo, Zworqy, Karlis

Question 1: An electrician and a plumber stood in line to get to a "home-and-interior-show". One of them was the father to the other ones son. How is that possible?

Question 2: Confucius claims that when he is in Norway, he can turn his car towards north, drive 1.5 miles on a straight road, and still arrive 1.5 miles south of where he started. How is this possible?

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066?

Question 4: Captain Curt went to a hardware-store to buy something for his house. He asked the employee: "How much is it for one?" The employee answered 15 dollars. Captain Curt looked a bit astonished and asked: "Well, how much is twelve then?" "30 dollars," the employee replied. Captain Curt scratched his head and then asked: "if I buy two hundred, how much is that?" "45 dollars," answered the employee. What was it the captain wantet to buy?

Question 5: Confucius had a water bottle filled to the edge which was filled to the edge. He held the glass over his head and let go. He didn't spill a single drop of water even though the bottle fell over 2 meters. How is that possible? (and no, it did not have a cork or anything)

MagnusB · Post by **MagnusB** » 14 Jan 2003, 16:17

1: The electrician and the plumber were husband and wife.

5: Maybe there was no water in the bottle? Dunno.

chux · Post by **chux** » 14 Jan 2003, 16:26

Damn, I keep writing the answers to the questions thats have already been answered!

Question 1: Female electrician
Question 2: he could turn around on the straight road

Question 3: 3
Question 4: Numbers for his house, $15 per number
Question 5: it was empty

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 14 Jan 2003, 16:36

Jalli wrote:
Question 1: An electrician and a plumber stood in line to get to a "home-and-interior-show". One of them was the father to the other ones son. How is that possible?

the other one was the mommy.

Jalli wrote: Question 2: Confucius claims that when he is in Norway, he can turn his car towards north, drive 1.5 miles on a straight road, and still arrive 1.5 miles south of where he started. How is this possible?

reversing the car pointing north to go south

Jalli wrote:
Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066?

0

Jalli wrote:
Question 4: Captain Curt went to a hardware-store to buy something for his house. He asked the employee: "How much is it for one?" The employee answered 15 dollars. Captain Curt looked a bit astonished and asked: "Well, how much is twelve then?" "30 dollars," the employee replied. Captain Curt scratched his head and then asked: "if I buy two hundred, how much is that?" "45 dollars," answered the employee. What was it the captain wantet to buy?

Question 5: Confucius had a water bottle filled to the edge which was filled to the edge. He held the glass over his head and let go. He didn't spill a single drop of water even though the bottle fell over 2 meters. How is that possible? (and no, it did not have a cork or anything)

he jumped and fell with the bottle being able to balance it

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 14 Jan 2003, 16:38

I can say that he did not turn around on the road.

chux · Post by **chux** » 14 Jan 2003, 17:01

its been said but he reversed

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 14 Jan 2003, 17:37

MagnusB will get no. 1 (even though they didn't have to be married) and no. 5 even though it was a little bit from the answer. I said that the water bottle was filled to the edge, but it was filled with something else than water. Not empty

ChuckleS gets no. 4 and ribot no. 2

Standings:

18p: ChuckleS
4p: KryptoN, Cloud
2p: Rasu, Xhomaz, Martin, MagnusB
1p: Kopaka, djacosmo, Zworqy, Karlis, ribot

Question 1: Even though the odds in a casino always is in favor of the casino, there are limits on how much you can bet. Why?

Question 2: Two sheep stands on the same field eating grass. One of them has his head facing north. The other one has his head facing south. How can the sheep see eachother without turning around?

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066? (just guess something)

Question 4: Tiger and Ernie was professional golfplayers and bitter rivals. One day when they played eachother, both of them had a score at 30, Tiger hit a bad ball. Straight after that Ernie made a perfect stroke and won the game. Why?

Question 5: If you see yourself in the mirror with the letter "d" in your left hand, what are you doing in real?

chux · Post by **chux** » 14 Jan 2003, 17:42

Question 1: In case they lose
Question 2: there were facing each other!
Question 3: 2
Question 4: Cos...he hit a perfect storke!
Question 5: Holding a 'b' in your right

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 14 Jan 2003, 18:18

1: otherwise someone could beat the whole casino in one game.
3: 14
4: cos he got the ball in the right hole which tiger didnt

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 14 Jan 2003, 20:12

1. has allready been answered
2. yea chuckles has that one
3. this question still sucks, give it to the closest, 21
4. is not that simple, otherwise question suck0rs
5. yea chuckles got that again,
how about havingone quiz a day caus otherwise i sleep rite through one,

chux · Post by **chux** » 14 Jan 2003, 21:25

Jalli wrote:What I looked for was that he let it fall for over 2 meters and after falling 2 meters it was still in one piece, but then t hit the floor.

I think Ive seen this one before, i remember the answer being that he threw it up 2 metres, then caught it carefully...then put it on the floor

Doddddy · Post by **Doddddy** » 14 Jan 2003, 21:47

1. so the people wouldn't find it suspicious and leave.
2. -
3. 20
4. because he was encouraged by Tiger's bad ball, it increased his moral
5. -

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 14 Jan 2003, 21:58

Hmm, in question 1, I want a more precise explanaition.
Question 3 is hard, but someone has been really close
Question 4: LOL at your answers

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 14 Jan 2003, 22:30

3. 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,24,25
now i must be rite

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 14 Jan 2003, 22:38

1: a casino cant let u win too much money, and since u have the odds against u the only way to win much is to play many times. but if u play many times it's hard to win, because u need to go against the probability several times, which is hard to do when u play much. that's what the probability is, the number of times u win after have played very very much.

3:13

4: because

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 14 Jan 2003, 22:56

Question 4: Tiger and Ernie was professional golfplayers and bitter rivals. One day when they played eachother, both of them had a score at 30, Tiger hit a bad ball. Straight after that Ernie made a perfect stroke and won the game. Why?

I seriously don't see any contradiction in that? They were at the last hole a Ernie made a hole-in-one? Why WOULDN'T he win then?

Q3: 10?

Ky.Jelly · Post by **Ky.Jelly** » 14 Jan 2003, 23:05

golfers play 72 holes so they cant have a score of thirty

it must be tennis they are playing, see its 30 all then tiger plays a bad shot making it 30 - 40 then ernie hit a blinder and it was game set match to ernie

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 14 Jan 2003, 23:16

Last update tonight
I've decided that it's the first to 20 points that wins each round so

Chuckles wins round 1.

He got the 2 points he needed in no. 2 and 5

I'll award ribot a point for no. 1. He was close enough. A perfect answer would be that the players could keep on doubling what they bet each time they lost, and in the end they would win.

The unanswered question will remain in the next round.

Standings Round 1:

20p: ChuckleS
4p: KryptoN, Cloud
2p: Rasu, Xhomaz, Martin, MagnusB, ribot
1p: Kopaka, djacosmo, Zworqy, Karlis

Standings in total:

1p: ChuckleS

Next round, first five questions:

Question 1: Confucius has trained long for his new act. He claims that he can make some wood in a certain shape, to change shape. First formed as a cube, then as a pyramid, then a sylinder and then back to cube again. How can he do this?

Question 2: Mr and Mrs Plum has six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many person are there in the Plum family?

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066? (just guess something)

Question 4: Tiger and Ernie was professional golfplayers and bitter rivals. One day when they played eachother, both of them had a score at 30, Tiger hit a bad ball. Straight after that Ernie made a perfect stroke and won the game. Why?

Question 5: Where did Napoleon stand when he entered Russia?

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 14 Jan 2003, 23:20

zworqy · Post by **zworqy** » 14 Jan 2003, 23:26

Q1: He carves them and they get smaller and smaller.
Q2: 9
Q3: 11
Q4: He killed Tiger with a blow from the golfclub

Q5: In russia!

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 14 Jan 2003, 23:32

I just wanted to tell that the cube was the same size as the original one.

ribot · Post by **ribot** » 14 Jan 2003, 23:35

3: 35
4: cos tiger had to hit at least one more time to finish, which would give him more points than ernie had when he finished
5: on the border of russia

Sun · Post by **Sun** » 15 Jan 2003, 00:11

3. 16
4. Ernie had potted the golf ball, Tiger had missed, hence tiger had to play the extra troke to sink the ball and have a score one greater
5. on his feet.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » 15 Jan 2003, 07:52

Q3: 36
Q5: He didn't stand, he was carried over the border ;O

Kopaka · Post by **Kopaka** » 15 Jan 2003, 14:01

2: 9 persons
3: 16
5: on the ground

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 15 Jan 2003, 16:28

ribot was first to answer no. 2, Sun made no. 5.

Standings:

1p: ribot, Sun

Question 1: Confucius has trained long for his new act. He claims that he can make some wood in a certain shape, to change shape. First formed as a cube, then as a pyramid, then a sylinder and then back to cube again. How can he do this?

Question 2: Often spoken of, but never seen
always on the way, but has never been
I'm always there, but never here.
I come soon, I'm very near
Thousands wait upon my arrival
but howewr long they wait, they never find me here.
Who am I?

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066? (just guess something)

Question 4: Tiger and Ernie was professional golfplayers and bitter rivals. One day when they played eachother, both of them had a score at 30, Tiger hit a bad ball. Straight after that Ernie made a perfect stroke and won the game. Why?

Question 5: I have an box that is 5 x 5 x 5 cms (125 cm^3). Inside the box is a steel ball, with a volum of 20 cm^3. Next to the box stands a bucket filled with mercury. How many cm^3s with mercury must you poor down in the box to cover the ball?

Post by **SveinR** » 15 Jan 2003, 16:39

Question 1: Confucius has trained long for his new act. He claims that he can make some wood in a certain shape, to change shape. First formed as a cube, then as a pyramid, then a sylinder and then back to cube again. How can he do this?

He carves it to those shapes.

Question 3: How many kings have been crowned in England since 1066? (just guess something)

5

Question 4: Tiger and Ernie was professional golfplayers and bitter rivals. One day when they played eachother, both of them had a score at 30, Tiger hit a bad ball. Straight after that Ernie made a perfect stroke and won the game. Why?

I think Martin has this one already, are you sure you've checked his latest answer Jalli?

Jalli · Post by **Jalli** » 15 Jan 2003, 16:44

Sorry, Martin har right answer at no. 4. I must've updated while he answered. He'll get the point this round since I didn't see it b4

Standings:

1p: ribot, Sun, Martin

New Question 4: When Sandra Sunshine was six years old, she made a mark in her favourite tree to mark her height. 134 months l8r she returned to the tree, to see where the mark was now. If the tre grows 5 cms a year, how much higher is the mark?

Post by **SveinR** » 15 Jan 2003, 16:52

New Question 4: When Sandra Sunshine was six years old, she made a mark in her favourite tree to mark her height. 134 months l8r she returned to the tree, to see where the mark was now. If the tre grows 5 cms a year, how much higher is the mark?

Hmm, I'll say either 56 cm's or 0 cm's...what will I choose? Blah, I go with 0 and hope for the best.