Spontaneous Mysteries!
The ClubHouse: The Game II - Mysterious Puzzler: Discussions/Challenges:
Spontaneous Mysteries!
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 02:40 pm  Yep, stumped. |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 03:46 pm  Are you sure? I think we need to hear from you again Ju"! |
Elitist | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:50 pm  #4 You should get a job as a lighthouse keeper, get up in the middle of the night for a drink of water, turn off the light, then in the morning look out the window and kill yourself |
Azriel | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 04:55 pm  LOL! |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 05:45 pm  Ok you Doofi Since you all missed S.M. #4, here's S.M. #5: An Arab sheikh tells his two sons to race their camels to a distant city to see who will inherit his fortune. The one whose camel is slower will win. The brothers, after wandering aimlessly for days, ask a wise man for advise. After hearing the advice they jump on the camels and race as fast as they can to the city. What does the wise man say? |
Spamgirl | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 05:54 pm  Switch camels |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 08:21 pm  What do you have the answer book? SM#6 Sally and Sue have a strong desire to date Sam. They all live on the same street yet neither Sally or Sue know where Sam lives. The houses on this street are numbered 1 to 99. Sally asks Sam "Is your house number a perfect square?". He answers. Then Sally asks "Is is greater than 50?". He answers again. Sally thinks she now knows the address of Sam's house and decides to visit. When she gets there, she finds out she is wrong. This is not surprising, considering Sam answered only the second question truthfully. Sue, unaware of Sally's conversation, asks Sam two questions. Sue asks "Is your house number a perfect cube?". He answers. She then asks "Is it greater than 25?". He answers again. Sue thinks she knows where Sam lives and decides to pay him a visit. She too is mistaken as Sam once again answered only the second question truthfully. If I tell you that Sam's number is less than Sue's or Sally's, and that the sum of their numbers is a perfect square multiplied by two, you should be able to figure out where all three of them live. |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 08:22 pm  S.M.#4 is still unanswered, by the way. |
Spamgirl | Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 08:38 pm  because she says that she has enough info, sam obviously told sally yes to both questions... there are only 2 numbers that could fit (64,81)... also because she says she has enough info, obviously she lives at one of those numbers sam lying about the first and not the second question means that sam's house is not a perfect square because he lied about the first question, he also must have told sue that it was a perfect cube because she says that she has enough info, sam obviously told sue yes to both questions (yes to the second because his house number IS above 50, therefore he told the truth on both second questions)... there are only 2 numbers that could fit (27,64)... also because she says she has enough info, obviously she lives at one of those numbers because sue lives in a greater number, hers is 64... and sally's must be 81 (add some awkward math here) sam lives at number 55 |
Ocean_Islands | Monday, January 29, 2001 - 03:54 am  Sally asks Sam "Is your house number a perfect square?". He answers. Then Sally asks "Is is greater than 50?". He answers again. Sally thinks she now knows the address of Sam's house and decides to visit. Since Sally thinks that she has enough information, I deduce that Sam answered that his house number was a perfect square greater than 50. There are two of these {64,81} and Sally must live in one of them in order to have decided she knew where Sam lives. When she gets there, she finds out she is wrong. This is not surprising, considering Sam answered only the second question truthfully. So Sam's house number is greater than 50, but not a perfect square. Sue, unaware of Sally's conversation, asks Sam two questions. Sue asks "Is your house number a perfect cube?". He answers. She then asks "Is it greater than 25?". He answers again. Observation: perfect cubes greater than 25 are {27, 64}, less than 25 are {1,8}. Sue thinks she knows where Sam lives and decides to pay him a visit. She too is mistaken as Sam once again answered only the second question truthfully. Since Sam's house number is greater than 50, he told Sue that it was greater than 25 as well. Since Sue thought she knew which house was his, she must live in either of {27,64}. If I tell you that Sam's number is less than Sue's or Sally's, Since Sam's number is greater than 50, and Sue's is even bigger, she must live in 64. Assuming Sue and Sally are not roommates (although awkward social situations of this kind are not without precedent), Sally lives in 81. and that the sum of their numbers is a perfect square multiplied by two, you should be able to figure out where all three of them live. Sue + Sally + Sam = 2 p^2 for p an integer 64 + 81 + Sam = 2 p^2 Applying the constraint 50 < Sam < 64, looks like Sam = 55 (p = 10). In summary, Sam = 55 Sue = 64 Sally = 81 |
Ocean_Islands | Monday, January 29, 2001 - 03:57 am  S.M.#4 is still unanswered. SM#7 Name ten body parts that are spelled with three letters. No slang words. |
Azriel | Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:17 am  toe toe toe toe toe toe toe toe toe toe ~giggle~ |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, January 29, 2001 - 05:59 am  Awesome, once more, spam. leg, lip, arm, eye, ear, hip, rib, gum, jaw and toe
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Ocean_Islands | Monday, January 29, 2001 - 04:07 pm  congratulations Juju! |
Ocean_Islands | Tuesday, January 30, 2001 - 04:00 am  I rename this thread the "Stump Spamgirl" thread. Succeeded with #4. |
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