BleepingComputer.com: Brain Teaser

Posted 29 September 2006 - 01:30 AM

toshibauser, on Sep 29 2006, 07:42 AM, said:

startling *hopefully* is the answer

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starting (-t)
staring (-a)
string (-r)
sting (-t)
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___>>>>>these are fun, thanks djk!

Correct!
Ok I found a stupid one on Google whilst searching - Should be easy.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never speaks, has a head but never weeps, and has a bed but never sleeps?

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  Posted 29 September 2006 - 01:44 AM

Posted 29 September 2006 - 01:45 AM

AmY_Leigh, on Sep 29 2006, 08:44 AM, said:

umm.. is it a river ?

Correct!!

Heres the next one:

A farmer was going to town with a fox, a goose and a sack of corn. When he came to a stream, he had to cross in a tiny boat, and could only take across one thing at a time. However, if he left the fox alone with the goose, the fox would eat the goose, and if he left the goose alone with the corn, the goose would eat the corn. How does he get them all safely over the stream?

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This post has been edited by Djk: 29 September 2006 - 01:55 AM

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  Posted 29 September 2006 - 02:02 AM

The farmer takes the goose across first and then goes and gets the fox and takes the goose back and gets the corn and takes the corn across then comes back and gets the goose.. i think

Posted 29 September 2006 - 02:11 AM

AmY_Leigh, on Sep 29 2006, 09:02 AM, said:

The farmer takes the goose across first and then goes and gets the fox and takes the goose back and gets the corn and takes the corn across then comes back and gets the goose.. i think

Correct yet again AmY. Well done!! \

Next one:

A man had twelve toothpicks in front of him. He took one away. Now he had nine in front of him. How is this possible?

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Kyle

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  Posted 29 September 2006 - 02:31 AM

Posted 29 September 2006 - 04:20 AM

Correct AmY!!

Will post another one in a while

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Kyle.

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Posted 10 December 2006 - 07:35 PM

Djk, on Jun 23 2006, 08:14 AM, said:

Ok, Next brain teaser

I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What is it?

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erm just me being awckward (sp) but i thought it was this.... three has 5 letters add two to three, which gives you five which only has 4 letters.....maybe im just being stupid or maybe even overly clever who knows!

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Posted 10 December 2006 - 08:39 PM

Nope. The riddle says that by adding the two letters, you will have fewer. Five is more than three, so it couldn't work. Also, "I know a word of letters three," translates to everyday English to, "I know a word with three letters."

Few has three letters. Add two letters, and you have the word fewer which has five letters.

New brain teaser:

A man is talking to the jailer. He says: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but this man's father is my mother's son."

Who is the man's father?

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Posted 11 December 2006 - 12:07 PM

Could it be himself he's talking about? I'm not sure of it though

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Hell was too full so I came back.

Posted 11 December 2006 - 03:11 PM

Nope.

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Posted 11 December 2006 - 04:51 PM

Posted 11 December 2006 - 08:01 PM

Nope.

I think it will help if I slightly rephrase the brain teaser so there is less pronoun confusion.

Characters:
The man talking to the jailer - let's call him Frank
The jailer
The man in jail - let's call him Merton.

Okay now:

Frank is talking to the jailer and he says: "Brothers and sisters have I none, but Merton's father is my mother's son."

Question: Who is Merton's father?

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Posted 11 December 2006 - 08:05 PM

Totally wild guess.. himself/Frank

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Posted 11 December 2006 - 08:20 PM