Mental Puzzle

The ClubHouse: General Discussions - Jan -Apr. 2001: January: Mental Puzzle

Enbwife

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 05:31 pm Click here to edit this post

I'm way overdue to post a new puzzle.... As always, you can ask questions that I will answer with a "yes" or "no" response. I'll be around most of the weekend, so I promise to be speedy on the responses. :)

Making the Grade - Alphonso was taking an important exam. Although the examiner was standing twenty feet away, and had his back turned, he interrupted Alphonso by saying "You can stop right now, I know you are cheating". What led to Alphonso's undoing?

Gail

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 05:37 pm Click here to edit this post

was the examiner blind? NO

was the examiner using a mirror? NO

did either alphonso or the examiner have a handicap? NO

was the examiner psychic? NO

Wink

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:02 pm Click here to edit this post

Morse code? NO

Noslonna

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:04 pm Click here to edit this post

Was it an eye exam? YES

Azriel

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:05 pm Click here to edit this post

Did the examiner hear something that clued him in on the cheating? YES

Sbw

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:18 pm Click here to edit this post

He heard the normal f-e-l-o-p-z-d but yet he had used a lesser known chart? YES - too easy I guess.... I'll come up with another one in a minute

Enbwife

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:33 pm Click here to edit this post

The Secret Meeting - A man and woman meet at their regular time and place. They have an intimate conversation together yet neither one can describe the other to their friends. Why?

Wink

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:35 pm Click here to edit this post

Priest and sinner in confessional? Darn!!! Give me a minute to come up with another one

Lancecrossfire

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:39 pm Click here to edit this post

Are they blind?

Have they met in person?

(Gail said to ask these) see above

Enbwife

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:47 pm Click here to edit this post

Diamonds are Forever - An eccentric billionarie bought a $2 million diamond. He took it to the world's foremost safe maker, and had him seal the diamond inside a seamless steel box. He then announced "whoever can remove the diamond from the box without taking the box from this room or using any tools whatsoever can keep the gem". After years of attempts, how did one man succeed in this quest?

Mishamisha

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:54 pm Click here to edit this post

did he melt the box? (Is a kiln a tool?) NO

Wink

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 06:55 pm Click here to edit this post

Put the box in acid or salt water and wait for it to corrode? NO

Spamgirl

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 07:00 pm Click here to edit this post

did the box have a safe lockie thing on it? did he figure out the combination? NO

Enbwife

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 08:03 pm Click here to edit this post

gotta go to bed now (11:10 here). Will check in very early tomorrow morning. :)

Spamgirl

Friday, January 05, 2001 - 08:07 pm Click here to edit this post

was the box rusty? NO

Misslibra

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 01:39 am Click here to edit this post

Geez, I can never get these. Ok, here goes did the man die, and it was left to a relative in a will ? NO


Or did the Man die, and the safecraker who made the box, retrieve the Diamond, at the urging of the Man's Widow ? NO

Soeur

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 05:09 am Click here to edit this post

He used a mirror or glass to concentrate a beam of sunlight and cut the steel? NO

Spamgirl

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 07:09 am Click here to edit this post

did someone else (not the "one man") actually do the removing? NO

Spamgirl

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 07:59 am Click here to edit this post

is the diamond removed from the box by a hand? NO
is the box touched by the man who removes the diamond? YES
does the removal involve talking in any way? NO

Sbw

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 09:08 am Click here to edit this post

Is the box solid on all 6 sides, no doors and no hinges anywhere, no openings on the bottom? that's right

Gail

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 10:50 am Click here to edit this post

is the man who succeeded in getting diamond the safemaker? or, a safemaker? NO

Gail

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 10:51 am Click here to edit this post

or, is man who succeeded a magician? NO

Mishamisha

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 10:52 am Click here to edit this post

Does he remove the diamond without damaging it? YES

Noslonna

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 10:52 am Click here to edit this post

Since diamonds can cut through steel, is the diamond itself involved in opening the box? YES

Noslonna

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 10:57 am Click here to edit this post

Was it the same man that tried "years of attempts"? NO

Soeur

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 11:07 am Click here to edit this post

Nossie, I think you are on to something... Could there have been a guy living in the box with years and years worth of food/water (and a port-o-let). He worked away tirelessly cutting the steel until he was freed? NO

Noslonna

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 11:18 am Click here to edit this post

How about he shook the box over and over through the years until the diamond finally wore through the steel? congratulations...you got it right! Good job

Moondance

Saturday, January 06, 2001 - 01:24 pm Click here to edit this post

Did temperature have something to do with it?

Could it be because cold/heat can expand and break the seal?

Enbwife

Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 08:09 am Click here to edit this post

Time for a new puzzle:

The Love Note - Every morning, Victoria would wake up to find a love note left behind by her husband, Mark. One morning, after looking and failing to see the expected note, Victoria despondently began to prepare for work. A few minutes later, Victoria was pleased to find Mark's amourous message in plain view and in a very conspicous location. Why hadn't Victoria noticed it earlier?

Spamgirl

Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 08:12 am Click here to edit this post

Was it written on her and she didn't see it until she looked in the mirror? NO

Mishamisha

Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 08:20 am Click here to edit this post

written on the mirror and didn't show until she turned on the shower and the mirror fogged up? very clever!!! oh well, I tried to pick a good one... I guess we'll follow Game II for puzzles for the next little while

Mishamisha

Saturday, January 13, 2001 - 01:23 pm Click here to edit this post

LOL I liked Spam's answer better. He should have written it backward on her forehead so she'd see it when she looked at herself in the mirror :)