Chulla 4,946 Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 I thought I would have a go at starting a new topic. In our lives we sometimes come across something that we cannot understand, like the example below, or the understanding of the answer to a cryptic crossword clue, or the reason why something in the past did or didn't happen. Another example might be 'what was that film where so-and-so played a .....' . I'll start the ball rolling with a popular riddle from many years ago that I never got my head around: Three people go for a meal in a restaurant. The bill comes to thirty pounds. They each give the waiter ten pounds. The waiter realises that he has overcharged the bill by five pounds. He keeps two pounds for himself and gives one pound back to each diner. So far as each diner is concerned they have now paid nine pounds for their meal. 3 times nine pounds makes twenty-seven pounds, plus the two pounds retained by the waiter makes twenty-nine pounds. Where did the missing pound go? Obviously, the diners should have received £1.66 each back from the waiter, but the above mathematics make some kind of sense. Where does it go wrong? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted July 15, 2014 Report Share Posted July 15, 2014 Blimey, first thing in the morning. do you mind if I wake up first ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted October 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Here's an old puzzle - might still be some people around who have never heard it before. A man is held prisoner in a room. The room has two doors; one is the door to freedom, the other the door to death. Beside each door is a guardian, who knows which door goes where. One guardian only tells lies, the other only tells the truth - the man does not know which man is either. The man is allowed just one question to help him establish which is the door he should exit the room from to safety. He asks the question and on receiving the answer opens the door and steps out to freedom. What was the question he asked? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roger peatman 337 Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 "What would your mate say is the door to freedom ?" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yes, but then what? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 are you lying Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 No, the answer is: He asks one of them (doesn't matter which): 'Which door would the other man say is the door to freedom?' Whatever the answer, he takes the opposite door to that stated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 How many beans make five Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 A bean, bean and a half, half a bean and two beans. or 5 = 1+1+1+1+1 5 = 2+1+1+1 5 = 2+2+1 5 = 3+1+1 5 = 3+2 5 = 4+1 5 = 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 This was sent to me by a Kid this morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,690 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 You got it PS I didn't get it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Don't have a scooby do. How is it worked out?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm glad I'm not the only one, Melissa. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,690 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 To be honest I gave up after 10 minutes and had to look it up . No use trying anything mathematical its a visual quiz. It's the number of circles (in the numbers) in each line .....e.g., a 6 has one circle, an 8 has two circles , a 4 hasn't got any circles ! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 #1 works out perfect on paper, it's when you start to work it out in the head that it screws up...LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 How quickly can you find out what is unusual about this paragraph? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing was wrong with it at all, and in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you study it and think about it you may find out, but I am not going to assist you in any way. You must do it without coaching. No doubt if you work at it for long, it will dawn on you. I don't know. Now, go to work and try your luck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I ended up Google searching the answer. Don't think I'd have got it otherwise! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I got it! But only because I had seen it before! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Big head me got in less than one minute. Believe it or not, a Frenchman once wrote a novel in French without once using the letter E. Not to be outdone, and Englishman translated it into English, again without using the letter E. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 You just can't fool the Nottsalgians!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will try again......................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Remove six letters from this sequence to reveal a familiar English word.... BSAINXLEATNTEARS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveN 1,118 Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 BANANAS 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted November 8, 2014 Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 That is SEVEN letters....but who cares - you win and I am going back to the drawing board..................I'll get you lot yet!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Do you ever have one of those days when you can't wait for bed time; and do you ever get this feeling whilst going up the stairs. http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/illusion1.html EdIT Click on the home page for lots of fun trivia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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