Geek Puzzle

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:08 pm

Rook Zimbabwe wrote: There are 101 people in a black and white room, 11 more people arrived... How many people are in the room now?
(the preceeding riddle is absolutely evil!)

213?

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:09 pm

not even close... How did you get at that answer? (Trond... you are gonna slap yer head and say D'oh! when I reveal it!)

OK Leaving now for a job innerview with Wilson Fire Equipment (www.wilsonfire.com)

I really don't want to work! However it would be a 16,000.00 raise over the job I quit!

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:26 pm

> There are 101 people in a black and white room, 11 more people arrived... How many people are in the room now?

1000 - in words: eight

> A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street?

ten

How many 9's between 1 and 100?

one

Which weighs more? A pound of gold or a pound of feathers?

same, both weigh a pound

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:01 pm

Rook Zimbabwe wrote:not even close... How did you get at that answer? (Trond... you are gonna slap yer head and say D'oh! when I reveal it!)

I first thought 101, but that's way too easy. So I just computed it exactly like you said:

101 people are in a room
11 more (that's 101+11 = 112) people arrive
That's a total of 213.

Franky · Post by **Franky** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:03 pm

So, what about this?

If I give you an I, both of us have a char. What do I have to share for that?

Should be easy

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:07 pm

How many sand is in a hole that is 5 feet wide, 4 feet long and 3 feet deep?

#NULL · Post by **#NULL** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:11 pm

probably none, if you don't put in any.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:00 pm

None, it's a hole!

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:25 pm

Kaeru is right about everything but this:

How many 9's between 1 and 100?

one

he got my new BINARY riddle (black and white room is the clue) dang! I was feeling so smug about that!!!

I made that one up too.

but no one knows how many 9's between 1 and 100? ONE is not the answer!

@Franky: A ChaIr?

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:33 pm

This brainteaser, reportedly written by Einstein is difficult and Einstein said that 98% of the people in the world could not figure it out. Which percentage are you in?

There are five houses in a row in different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The five owners drink a different drink, smoke a different brand of cigar and keep a different pet, one of which is a Walleye Pike.

The question is-- who owns the fish?

Hints:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Malls keeps birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
8. The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
10. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhills.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Princes.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

There are no tricks, pure logic will get you the correct answer. And yes, there is enough information to arrive at the one and only correct answer.

If you get the correct answer, congratulations, you are one of the exclusive group of 121,348,731 people in the world who can.

I do know the answer... I had to diagram this to get it!

CLICK HERE FOR THE ANSWER: http://www.coudal.com/thefish.php

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:38 pm

How many people are in the room now?

8. ( %101 + %11 = 8 decimal)

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:39 pm

"A fish has a head 9" long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus one-half the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail."
How long is the fish?

Another of my favorites!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:51 pm

72.

Irene · Post by **Irene** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:26 pm

Rook Zimbabwe wrote:
"A fish has a head 9" long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus one-half the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail."
How long is the fish?
Another of my favorites!

Ok I'll leave this thread before I get headache ^_^

Kaeru Gaman · Post by **Kaeru Gaman** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:36 pm

"A fish has a head 9" long. The tail is equal to the size of the head plus one-half the size of the body. The body is the size of the head plus the tail."
How long is the fish?

body = head + tail
tail = head + .5 * body
head = 9

b = t + 9

t = b/2 + 9
b/2 = t - 9

b/2 = t - 9 & b = t + 9 => b/2 = 18 => b = 36
t = 18 + 9 = 27

head = 9 : body = 36 : tail = 27 : fish = h+b+t = 72