Puzzles!!!

[leahcim]

now that adam and eve question of cd nedra's.

I guess it's a question "about the navy" so to speak

As for minesweeper, if you've got windows, you usually have it installed, if not it's on the windows CD.

[nanabush]

Back to my John and Marie thing  they were both fish... the fish tank had shattered... if you die of old age, then right prior to ur death your not in perfectly good health.

[leahcim]

Back to my John and Marie thing  they were both fish... the fish tank had shattered... if you die of old age, then right prior to ur death your not in perfectly good health.

I've heard it before but to me "When the investigators searched the room they knew that: -there was no way that the two ran out of oxygen" is afaict exactly the opposite of what fish out of water would do.

Which is to say afaict they do run out of oxygen. Irrespective of whether there is still oxygen elsewhere [in the room, in the spilt water, over the road in a tank, buried on mars waiting for Arnie to release it or whatever]

That statement seems to point away from it being fish that suffocated because their tank broke. That said, it's just a puzzle of course....

[nanabush]

I've heard it before but to me "When the investigators searched the room they knew that: -there was no way that the two ran out of oxygen" is afaict exactly the opposite of what fish out of water would do.

Which is to say afaict they do run out of oxygen. Irrespective of whether there is still oxygen elsewhere [in the room, in the spilt water, over the road in a tank, buried on mars waiting for Arnie to release it or whatever]

That statement seems to point away from it being fish that suffocated because their tank broke. That said, it's just a puzzle of course....

  w/e, still ownd everyone haha  j/k instead of running outa oxygen I oughta've said that they were not poisoned (drank themselves to death  )

[quantum]

Lowest C on a Bosie 290 with his pinky?

You are very close with your answer.     Psst. read the entire thing carfully again and you might be close to answering both question.

I'll give it a bit more time for others to try. 

Hint:  This is theory related.  2nd bonus question is to explain the concept.

[ihatepop]

1. Nunu
2. Second
3. Last - Inclusive of all people who began the race, the only way to overtake the last person is to become the last person.

3. (alternate: you could also be a spectator who wanted to join in the middle of the race, in which case you would be second last)

4. In order to get the sunglasses he puts his hands to his eyes, but does so in such a reckless manner he gives himself black eyes.     So what happend to that glass of water he originally intended to get?

Answers.

1.Wrong. Mary
2.Correct
3. Trick Question!!!!! How is it possible that you overtake the LAST person?
4. He just asks for it. (He drinks the water up)

Your score is......1/4 (I think.)

[quantum]

Here's one that'll drive u all mad...

Eddy dies and goes to heaven.. as he walks through the gates he sees many many people, old friends and many unfamiliar faces (obviously) etc etc, he walks for a while and as he turns a corner he sees two people who he immediately recognises to be Adam and Eve...

How did he know this?

The answer is in the question: "...he sees many many people, old friends ..."

Adam and Eve are the names of two of his friends. 

[ihatepop]

Heres some more.

1. Two boys wanted to have their father's inheritance. Their mother told them that the boy whose camel reached the finish line SLOWEST would get the inheritance. After riding aimlessly in a desert for two weeks, the boys seeked the advice of an old wise man. After listening to the old man, the two boys hopped on the camels and rode as fast as they could towards the finish line.

What two words did the old man say?

2. What gets wetter as it dries?

3. What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for at least another 5000 years?

4. A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password. So, he hid behind a wall and listened. Anyone can enter as long as they knew the password. A lady knocked on the door and a voice behind the door said "Six". The woman said "three" and was let in. A man knocked on the door and the voice said "Twelve". The man said "six" and was let in. The man who wanted to get inside felt that he had heard enough and knocked on the door. The voice said "ten'' and the man said "five" but he was not let in.

Why?

4. You were dreaming that you were trapped in a house with nothing inside. It was located in a deserted area and there was nothing with you. The doors and windows are locked. There was no exit. How did you get out of the house? \

Enjoy...

[anekdote]

Heres some more.

1. Two boys wanted to have their father's inheritance. Their mother told them that the boy whose camel reached the finish line SLOWEST would get the inheritance. After riding aimlessly in a desert for two weeks, the boys seeked the advice of an old wise man. After listening to the old man, the two boys hopped on the camels and rode as fast as they could towards the finish line.

What two words did the old man say?

2. What gets wetter as it dries?

3. What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for at least another 5000 years?

4. A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password. So, he hid behind a wall and listened. Anyone can enter as long as they knew the password. A lady knocked on the door and a voice behind the door said "Six". The woman said "three" and was let in. A man knocked on the door and the voice said "Twelve". The man said "six" and was let in. The man who wanted to get inside felt that he had heard enough and knocked on the door. The voice said "ten'' and the man said "five" but he was not let in.

Why?

4. You were dreaming that you were trapped in a house with nothing inside. It was located in a deserted area and there was nothing with you. The doors and windows are locked. There was no exit. How did you get out of the house? \

Enjoy...

2. Ice

3. Is this some kind of knowledge question?

4. He should have answered, "three."

5. You wake up. Or alternatively, you dream that you have superpowers or something so that you can break out.

[pianistimo]

1.  you lost

3.  comet?  (green, four door sedan)

4.  he should have said nine - because it didn't matter what the voice inside said.  3, 6, 9...

[ihatepop]

No ones having much luck with those questions,eh?

2. Ice

3. Is this some kind of knowledge question?

4. He should have answered, "three."

5. You wake up. Or alternatively, you dream that you have superpowers or something so that you can break out.

2.Wrong. Heres a clue. You use it ALMOST everyday.
3.No. Not a knowledge question.(Hee hee!!!)
4. Correct!!!
5.Correct again!!!

Good luck with Question 1,2 and 3!!!

1. you lost

3. comet? (green, four door sedan)

4. he should have said nine - because it didn't matter what the voice inside said. 3, 6, 9...

1.Wrong!
3.Wrong again!
4.Very funny, sir.

[bernhard]

2. What gets wetter as it dries?

A towel.

[ihatepop]

A towel.

You are GOOD!!!
Correct!!!

[leahcim]

The answer is in the question: "...he sees many many people, old friends ..."

Adam and Eve are the names of two of his friends. 

Yeah that makes sense. I was thinking [with my cryptic response] that Adam + Eve would be the only two people without navels.

As for your theory one, I couldn't think of any note on the piano that you'd have to play with a specific finger, except perhaps you might argue the lowest / highest note you might want to play with the pinky rather than having fingers off the edge of the keyboard, hence I figured it would have to be the lowest note to have any reasonable answer to the bonus [although I'm still not convinced by it]

If there's some theory that gives a better answer to the bonus I'm intrigued.

Similary for the theory, if being on the right is significant etc. If it's not a C then perhaps A [I assumed a trick element like some of the other puzzles, hence picking the bosen with its lower bass notes] Perhaps the pedal is down too, so some of these higher notes are symp res from other strings?

But I figure googling for the answer is pointless - especially since most of the other puzzles will be easily solved that way, it'd be too much like looking in the back of a crossword book.

[leahcim]

Heres some more.

1. Two boys wanted to have their father's inheritance. Their mother told them that the boy whose camel reached the finish line SLOWEST would get the inheritance. After riding aimlessly in a desert for two weeks, the boys seeked the advice of an old wise man. After listening to the old man, the two boys hopped on the camels and rode as fast as they could towards the finish line.

What two words did the old man say?

Mum's dead

2. What gets wetter as it dries?

Towel.

3. What happened in 1961 that will not happen again for at least another 5000 years?

Date upside down reads the same. edit : although that happens within 5000 years

[ce nedra]

Leachim... you were right with the 'lack of navel' answer... didnt even notice my flaw... ah well...

[pianistimo]

if it's a half-concert grand bosendorfer, maybe the low note is F?  i was surprised there was a dif - i thought they all had 97 keys.  this one apparrently had 92. 

[nortti]

Professor Bill was doing ear training exercises in his music class.  He sat on the piano bench and started to play a sequence that started with a single note in the bass.  He played the first note of the sequence and got a funny sound because the piano's hammers have hardened due to years of use.  Bill stoped and decided to start the passage again.  But before he did Sarah (who has perfect pitch) said "was that an F#?"  Bob, in the front row said "nah, that was a G."  Victoria who was on the right side of the class said "it sounded like an interval of C with and E three octaves and a third above".  Keith said "it sounds like a B flat that's kinda flat." Janet disagreed and said "I think it is was D, kinda high but there are some other highish sounds I can't recognize". 


The Professor said "you are all correct".  What note did he play?

Bonus:
What finger did Bob use to play the note?

Sounds like notes from the overtone series of a C. Probably a pretty low one. Did Bob also play some notes? Stupid question

[pianistimo]

oh yes.  bob and bill.  i just saw that.  how could i get bob and bill confused. they both start with b.  duh.

[quantum]

Sounds like notes from the overtone series of a C. Probably a pretty low one. Did Bob also play some notes? Stupid question

  Correct!!! Bonus is also correct. 

Leahcim, your answer was correct but you mentioned a Bosie.  This can be done on any piano (although probably more effective on longer ones). 

I was feeling inspired by all the puzzels so this one I made up by myself.  Being a pianoforum and all I tried to construct a music related puzzle.  Don't know if someone came up with a similar idea though.  The bonus was inspired by that dumb person/ blind person thing I couldn't answer. 

In 1st year university we were encouraged to memorize the first 16 partials of the series.  It's very useful for composition, and constructing harmony.  Anyways heres the wikipedia article that explains the concept:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(music)

[pianistimo]

that was a good one.  but being that so many students were way off on the notes - i thought that they wouldn't even begin to hear the overtones (it actually crossed my mind).    but, then again, one student had perfect pitch.  maybe you should make it that they all have perfect pitch.  that threw me.

[ihatepop]

Mum's dead

Towel.

Date upside down reads the same. edit : although that happens within 5000 years

1. Wrong!(I love this question!)
2. Correct but thats not fair as I have told bernhard the answer before.
3. Nice! I can tell your're observent.

[ihatepop]

Since no one has guessed, I'll just give the answer to question one.

Just to review, this is question one.

1. Two boys wanted to have their father's inheritance. Their mother told them that the boy whose camel reached the finish line SLOWEST would get the inheritance. After riding aimlessly in a desert for two weeks, the boys seeked the advice of an old wise man. After listening to the old man, the two boys hopped on the camels and rode as fast as they could towards the finish line.

What two words did the old man say?

The two words are...................................(Big Drumroll please)................................Switch Camels.

Don't understand? Ask me.

[leahcim]

1. Wrong!(I love this question!)

Yes. The answer should be easy and is really just thinking about the problem [rather than a trick or pulling some other possibility out of the air like I tried to] which makes it more "doh!" when you see the correct answer.

3. Nice! I can tell your're observent.

I dunno about that, I can't see the difference between Bob and Bill

[bearzinthehood]

In the popular game of Minesweeper, the object is to find all the mines. If you click on a square it shows a number from 0 to 8 indicating how many of the adjacent squares contain mines. If you click on a mine, you lose.

Can you figure out where the mines are in the below board? Blank squares indicate that it is unknown whether there is a mine in that space. Squares with numbers contain no mines (or you would have already lost).

Code: [Select]

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 2 | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | X | X |   |   | 3 |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 1 |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | X |   | 2 | X |   | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 2 | 3 |   | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| X | 2 | X | X |   |   | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | 2 |   | 2 | 1 | 2 | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Mines marked with Xs

[quantum]

Code: [Select]

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | 2 | 2 | 2 | X | 2 | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | X | X |   |   | 3 |   |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | X | 3 | 1 |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | X |   | 2 | X |   | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 2 | 3 |   | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| X | 2 | X | X |   |   | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|   | 2 |   | 2 | 1 | 2 | X |
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
Mines marked with Xs

Quite rite

[ihatepop]

My friend once emailed me a really stupid joke and gave me the answer later. I can tell its rreeaallllyy childish. Remember, its a joke. It classified in four chapters and are all conected.

1. How do you put a Giraffe in the fridge in 3 steps?
2. How do you put an elephant in the fridge in 4 steps?
3. There was an animal meeting. All the animals were there except for one. Which animal was it and why was it absent?
4. A man crossed a croc infested river. He could just swim over without being eaten. Why?

You MUST do in order question 1 to 4.

This joke stinks.

[lau]

.      .      .

.       .      .

.        .      .


draw that on a peice of paper and connect all the dots without lifting your pencil. You can only make four straight lines. There is several ways to do this.

[quantum]

What flies when it's on and floates when it's off?

[ihatepop]

What flies when it's on and floates when it's off?

Airboat?

[ihatepop]

Or is it a bird? When its on (alive), it flies and when its off(dead) and you throw it in water it floats?

I must be Crazyyyy

[ihatepop]

 .         .          .           .
 .         .          .           .
 .         .          .           .

Connect these dots in five lines. Do not start at any of the four corner points.

[nicco]

| \
|    \
.       .      .
|         \ /
.       .      .
|    /          \
. /__ .  __ . _\


draw that on a peice of paper and connect all the dots without lifting your pencil. You can only make four straight lines. There is several ways to do this.

[lau]

correct, but a lot choppy...

[nortti]

My friend once emailed me a really stupid joke and gave me the answer later. I can tell its rreeaallllyy childish. Remember, its a joke. It classified in four chapters and are all conected.

1. How do you put a Giraffe in the fridge in 3 steps?
2. How do you put an elephant in the fridge in 4 steps?
3. There was an animal meeting. All the animals were there except for one. Which animal was it and why was it absent?
4. A man crossed a croc infested river. He could just swim over without being eaten. Why?

You MUST do in order question 1 to 4.

This joke stinks.

1. I can do it in 2 steps: Open fridge -- put giraffe in (it's there even though the fridge is still open )
2. Again, 2 steps (since the fridge is already open): take the giraffe out -- put the elephant in. However, since we're talking about big fridges, maybe you could actually have them both in at the same time, thus saving one step.
3. I think three were absent: the elephant was in the fridge, the giraffe had a cold and a croc was hiding in the river
4. Because the crocs were at the meeting, too. Except for one, which was a really evil croc. He was hiding in the river and when the man was on land again it jumped out of the water and ate the man.

[thalbergmad]

What is the square root of 69??

Thal

[pianistimo]

69 is an imaginary number, thal.  even i know that.  you can't square them up. 

[ihatepop]

1. I can do it in 2 steps: Open fridge -- put giraffe in (it's there even though the fridge is still open )
2. Again, 2 steps (since the fridge is already open): take the giraffe out -- put the elephant in. However, since we're talking about big fridges, maybe you could actually have them both in at the same time, thus saving one step.
3. I think three were absent: the elephant was in the fridge, the giraffe had a cold and a croc was hiding in the river
4. Because the crocs were at the meeting, too. Except for one, which was a really evil croc. He was hiding in the river and when the man was on land again it jumped out of the water and ate the man.

1. Ok
2. Ok
3. Only the elephant was absent
4. Skip the evil croc part

[ihatepop]

What flies when it's on and floates when it's off?

Tell us the answer already, quamtum!!!!

[quantum]

can u feel da zuzpenze....

Sorry, forgot to check back on this thread.

ihatepop, you were kind of close with your dead bird idea.  Just think with a more detail into your previous answer. 

[ihatepop]

can u feel da zuzpenze....

Sorry, forgot to check back on this thread.

ihatepop, you were kind of close with your dead bird idea.  Just think with a more detail into your previous answer. 

Gee, I don't know, but I asked my friend this question and she said 'hovercraft'. Her mum works in the shipping buisness and she said that a hovercraft flies when its on and when you turn it off, it will float on water.

Still thinking bout the bird thing!!!

ihatepop

[dss]

What flies when it's on and floates when it's off?

A Feather

[quantum]

A Feather

  Correct

[ihatepop]

A Feather

Woah, I get it......

[ihatepop]

Ok, heres one.

Mountains will crumble,
Temples will fall,
But no one can survive its endless call.

What is it?

[wishful thinker]

Time?

[amanfang]

Snow White is dining with the dwarfs.  How quickly can you figure out what she will serve next?

[wishful thinker]

She is not serving, she is dining.

[ihatepop]

Time?

Correct!

[ihatepop]

Heres 3 more.

1.Whats bright and beautiful, but in the end only reveals irritation to its host?

2.What has 4 legs but does not walk?

3. It has neither lungs nor throat, but still has a mighty roaring call. What is it?