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The Riddle Game 2

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by dmc, Feb 17, 2006.

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    Remove all ads!
    There are only so many web pages with riddles, my friend...
     
    Bahir the Red, May 22, 2006
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    Maurolava's was from Doctor Who (and probably many other places as well).
     
    T2Bruno, May 22, 2006
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    Asparagus are normally sold in bunches that are approximately 4" in diameter. One week the grocery is stocked with 2" diameter bunches and is selling them at half the usual price. Is this a good deal for the shopper?

    (note - please ignore the whole "but veggies are sold by WEIGHT!" issue)

    [ May 23, 2006, 16:05: Message edited by: Rallymama ]
     
    Rallymama, May 23, 2006
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    DarkStrider I've seen the future and it has seen me Distinguished Member

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    No, they're getting a quarter of the product for half the price.
     
    DarkStrider, May 23, 2006
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    [schoolmarm]

    Right answer, now show your work for full credit.

    [/schoolmarm]
     
    Rallymama, May 23, 2006
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    DarkStrider I've seen the future and it has seen me Distinguished Member

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    Area of 4" bunch = 4*pi sq. in.
    Area of 1" bunch = pi sq. in.

    A son and father were driving when the car crashed. The father insantly died and the son was taken to the hospital because he was injured in the car accident. The doctor is about to give surgery but stops and says "I can't perform surgery on this guy, he's my son." Who is the doctor?
     
    DarkStrider, May 23, 2006
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    Daie d'Malkin Shoulda gone to Specsavers

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    The father. The father in the car was the son's grandfather
     
    Daie d'Malkin, May 23, 2006
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    What if the asparagus in the 2" bunch were twice as tall as the 4" bunch? ;)
     
    Blackthorne TA, May 23, 2006
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    the boy's mother
     
    Rallymama, May 23, 2006
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    Ah good ol' BTA trying to throw a spanner when a stick will do :)

    Course it is Supermom, stick on a balloon do you ?
     
    DarkStrider, May 23, 2006
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    Of those numbers whose English representation in capital letters consists of only straight lines, what is the only number that has a value equal to the number of straight line segments required to write it out?
     
    Rallymama, May 23, 2006
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    One?
     
    DarkStrider, May 23, 2006
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    "English representation" means spelling out the number in English, in all caps. The word "ONE" does not consist solely of straight lines.
     
    Rallymama, May 23, 2006
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    FIVE then...
     
    Bahir the Red, May 23, 2006
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    Felinoid Who did the what now?

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    Geez, Bahir, did you even look at what you wrote? FIVE is chock full of straight lines (ten, to be exact). The correct answer is SIXTEEN.
    0+1+2+2+4+4+3=16

    EDIT:
    Ah, missed that part. :/

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    Hehe, I see the answer now. But I'll leave it for someone else to discover, because I'm such a :square: . Don't you agree, Bahir? ;)

    [ May 23, 2006, 22:03: Message edited by: Felinoid ]
     
    Felinoid, May 23, 2006
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    Fel, the fact that SIXTEEN begins with a curved letter eliminates it from consideration.
     
    Rallymama, May 23, 2006
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    TWENTY NINE?
     
    Harbourboy, May 23, 2006
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    TWENTYNINE?

    HB beat me!
     
    Brallrock, May 23, 2006
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    You're right, Brallrock, HB gets it by 4 whole seconds.
     
    Rallymama, May 24, 2006
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    Oh man, that means I need a riddle and I don't know any. Um, this is a dumb one, but what do you call it when Bambi's eyeballs fall out?
     
    Harbourboy, May 24, 2006
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