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adrian said:
Numbers with only one syllable.
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Yes; that is the answer but it is a bit flawed in that the answer is true only in English.
When it comes to MATH, the answer should be true in any language.

When this was presented to me in a H. School math class I got the answer correct at that time; it was only years later that I thought of the flaw.
 
blackbrandt said:
Yes, the empire state building cannot jump.
Yes, I just call "out to the beasts of the land, the fish of the sea and the birds of the air".
Yes, put a bottle on the ground, and lead the direction of your movement as to hit the bottle.
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2 out of 3 is not bad. There were no speech marks in the challenge. ;)
Strictly speaking answer 3 was not quite correct either; you're walking to the bottle, not in to the bottle. You have attained the rank of apprentice superhero. :D

FredA said:
What gets wetter as it dries?
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Any self-respecting hitchhiker ought to know that one, as well as where the object is. ;)

Alright, for the maths heroes:

41, 43, 47, 53...

What is the next number in the sequence? What is the last number in the sequence?
 
adrian said:
2 out of 3 is not bad. There were no speech marks in the challenge. ;)
Strictly speaking answer 3 was not quite correct either; you're walking to the bottle, not in to the bottle. You have attained the rank of apprentice superhero. :D

Any self-respecting hitchhiker ought to know that one, as well as where the object is. ;)

Alright, for the maths heroes:

41, 43, 47, 53...

What is the next number in the sequence? What is the last number in the sequence?
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Actually, a second answer for the superhero challenge is to walk a guy named "In" towards a beer bottle.

The series is add 2, then 4, then 6, then 8...
Next number is 61. Last number in the sequence is infinity.

What gets wetter as it dries? A sponge.
 
boomtube said:
Yes; that is the answer but it is a bit flawed in that the answer is true only in English.
When it comes to MATH, the answer should be true in any language.

When this was presented to me in a H. School math class I got the answer correct at that time; it was only years later that I thought of the flaw.
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Hey, what about my craps answer...it's true too! :)

FC
 
Alright, for the maths heroes:

41, 43, 47, 53...

What is the next number in the sequence? What is the last number in the sequence?
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Well I cheated a little. I guessed the sequence right, but had to look up what the next one would.

I will let others have a shot.
 
blackbrandt said:
Actually, a second answer for the superhero challenge is to walk a guy named "In" towards a beer bottle.
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Technically correct, but not the answer I was looking for. The word "in" was not capitalised. This was not a mistake. ;)

The series is add 2, then 4, then 6, then 8...
Next number is 61. Last number in the sequence is infinity.
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Right next number, wrong last number. Mere addition is not enough to get you the title "maths hero". ;)
 
BB is just getting these problems right on a roll!!
 
An ice cube is placed in a glass. Water is added until the water level is near the top. We then add gentle heat to the system sufficent to melt the ice cube, but not raise the temperature of the water.

?Will the water level:
  • Go up
  • Go down
  • Stay the same


Name the next symbol in the following sequence:

OTTFFSS



All the best, James

<edit> BTW, in all fareness, Google should be disallowed...all of these come up on the first search :mad:
 
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Fdog said:
An ice cube is placed in a glass. Water is added until the water level is near the top. We then add gentle heat to the system sufficent to melt the ice cube, but not raise the temperature of the water.

?Will the water level:
  • Go up
  • Go down
  • Stay the same


Name the next symbol in the following sequence:

OTTFFSS



All the best, James

<edit> BTW, in all fareness, Google should be disallowed...all of these come up on the first search :mad:
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1) the water level will go down

2) E

G.D.
 
Okay, here's one more. This took me some time with Corel Draw to create:



Fill in the missing symbol below

puzzle.gif



All the best, James
 
Fdog said:
Okay, here's one more. This took me some time with Corel Draw to create:



Fill in the missing symbol below

puzzle.gif


All the best, James
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I don't have Corel Draw, so my description will have to suffice: the numeral "6" and its mirror image
 
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Fdog said:
An ice cube is placed in a glass. Water is added until the water level is near the top. We then add gentle heat to the system sufficent to melt the ice cube, but not raise the temperature of the water.

?Will the water level:
  • Go up
  • Go down
  • Stay the same

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Up.
 
Lawrence, I am not sure I understand your premise,

...so that the maximum number of steps is always the same?


However, I can elute the heavy ball in two steps:

  • Place 2 balls into each pan
  • Remove 1 ball from each pan


Logic:
Step 1: if the pans balance, the remaining ball is the heavy one. If the pans do not balance, move to step 2.
Step 2: If the pans balance after removing a ball from each pan, the ball removed from the prior heavy side is the heavy ball. However, if the pans are not in balance after removal, the heavy pan indicates the heavy ball.


All the best, James
 
nh4clo4 said:
Up.
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Still incorrect, I'm sorry...!

Process of elimination has produced the correct answer, though: stay the same.

The ice floats because it displaces it's weight in liquid water. It will melt down into it's own displacement hole, so to speak.

  1. We'll start with 10 cc of water. This weighs 10 grams.
  2. We freeze the water. It crystalizes and exands to, say, 10.9cc.
  3. The ice floats because it is less dense than water.
  4. It displaces it's weight in water as it floats. The ice cube weighs 10 grams, so, this is 10cc.
  5. The ice cube melts. This turns it back into 10cc of water.
  6. This 10cc fills the 10cc of displacement, hence, the water level stays the same.


Cheers!


All the best, James
 
Air

Johnny&#8217;s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child&#8217;s name?


 
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Not sure how well this will work over the internet.....but in person it always stumps people....


Spell SPOT.....


What do you do at a green light?
 
blackbrandt said:
Air

Johnny&#8217;s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child&#8217;s name?
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If this is a response to my query, no!

Please include the question in your answer.
 
dlazarus6660 said:
What weighs practially nothing but can move a car off the road.
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light--the car is off the road in space and weighs nothing assuming it's not moving it has no energy either--the light partical weighs nothing but has a mass moving at 186,000 miles per second--it will move the car that is off the road
 

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