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Members' Lounge => Games, Jokes & Quizzes => Topic started by: Michael on December 14, 2010, 08:56:57 pm
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This doesent really fit in Quizs. So Ive made a new topic. I had better tell you all that I have made this up myself----so don't laugh'
A man is looking out of a window in a building in the 3 towns area. Outside he sees another man holding up an enormous mirror, reflecting the building he is in, down to every last detail. Five minutes later the man and mirror have gone. But-------he can still see the reflected picture. Where is the building? I wouldnt mind betting who will get this right, probably in about 5 minutes Mike
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Well, 13 members have viewed but no takers. So, limit the area. Its in the centre of Colwyn Bay. (By the way, moderators are allowed to post!!)
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Safe to say this topic is not setting the forum alight. 20 viewers. No takers. So, in a last attempt, the man is standing in a shop type building, right in the centre of Colwyn Bay.
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I thought of someone living opposite the new Welsh Assembly building which is mostly glass, but that's wrong.
Maybe he is opposite an Estate Agents and can see details of the property on show?????? Z**
Other than that my lateral thinking cap has failed me. Nice one Mike, a bit of a stymie and no par score on this hole! L0L
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Thanks for your response Yorkie. I.m off out now with my camera to take two photos which I will put on here tonight to answer the riddle. That is if the moderators let it be shown. LOL because one of them, well, I would have bet a fiver against anyone he would have got the answer straight away.
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.......... photos which I will put on here tonight to answer the riddle. That is if the moderators let it be shown. LOL
I hope it is not going to be rude!! L0L
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I was in Colwyn Bay this afternoon and was looking out for the building or someone taking photos but still no idea. ???
I then drove out of Penrhyn Road and was directed to take a left turn by a Policewoman directing traffic. In fact there were lots of Police in Conway Road directing traffic and there were crowds of people standing on the pavements watching what was going on.
Perhaps Mike is having an escort into town? Just heard the Police sirens so something is happening down in the Bay.
Can't wait for all to be revealed tonight Mike. ?{}?
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Lateral thinking has pricked me, and I think that the building is on the opposite side of the road to the reflected image, which appears to succinctly answer your question! )*)&
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Well, Hugo, I don't know anything about the Police activity, "Its nothing to do with me, honest gov" But, you did drive right through the site, its half way up or down Penrhyn Road i.e. on both sides. I couldnt take the photos, nothing to do with the Police, it was just parked vans in the way. So, its Santander the Bank. Two branches directly opposite each other, both identical decour, two identical cash machines, identical posters advertising all the marvelious financial schemes positioned in identical spots in the windows identical doors. Yorkie, you are stretching my brain a bit, I'm not too sure I understand what you write. But it wasent what I had in mind. Mike
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But were the cars double parked by the banks Mike? They usually are and it can be a pain at times but next time I'm there I'll take more notice of the buildings!
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My logic circuits are being overloaded by Mike's riddle. Surely if you looked out of the building at a mirror, then the image you were looking at would be reversed and would, therefore, look totally different when the mirror was removed, not identical? :rage: :-X
Mike......bad news...
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Exactly my thoughts Dave, but didn't like to say anything as the one on the other side could have been set up as the opposite and as a "mirror" image! ZXZ
Now - THAT'S the riddle? _))*
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He's in a camera shop looking at the picture that he took of a man holding up a mirror reflecting the shop he is in. !!! ???
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At that point your brain might just explode :-)))
But I like the idea of this topic.
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For this one has to assume that the World is a perfect sphere of 24,000 miles circumference.
A man (or it could be a woman) lays a piece of string measuring 24,000 miles all the way round the equator.
He then decides that he would like the string to be half an inch above ground level for all of the 24,000 miles.
How much extra string would he need?
An estimate will be sufficient - the nearest to within a limit set by me will get 5 Brownie Points.
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I make it 661.76 yards extra rope (off to paint my ceiling now!)
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I ogt a pen and paper and went to work. Whilst I was scratching my head Merddin put forward a very exact estimate. Nothing like mine. So I have chickened out. Mike
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keep going Mike, I might be miles out! (literely L0L )
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I make it 661.76 yards extra rope (off to paint my ceiling now!)
The result of your calculation has been noted. A reasonable first attempt may I say! L0L
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333 miles
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I make it 661.76 yards extra rope (off to paint my ceiling now!)
The result of your calculation has been noted. A reasonable first attempt may I say! L0L
sounds like it's miles out! (I'm fully expecting some different answer, nothing to do with maths L0L )
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here's a quick riddle, what goes on pink, stinks to high heaven and drys white?
hopefully my ceiling, done with this pink paint that turns white when dry, so you can see where you've done D)
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Sounds like Calomine lotion to me.
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Sounds like Calomine lotion to me.
L0L thats where I went wrong, it's covered very well, but still pongs ))*
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/house-misc/dulux-magic-white/1309215/ (http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/house-misc/dulux-magic-white/1309215/)
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Just a reminder, , , , ,
For this one has to assume that the World is a perfect sphere of 24,000 miles circumference.
A man (or it could be a woman) lays a piece of string measuring 24,000 miles all the way round the equator.
He then decides that he would like the string to be half an inch above ground level for all of the 24,000 miles.
How much extra string would he need?
An estimate will be sufficient - the nearest to within a limit set by me will get 5 Brownie Points.
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now I'm baffled, was my answer wrong then? ?{}?
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Yes it was wrong. I moved post forward as it had got back to previous page. All guesses so far are wrong but I doubt anyone will get exact answer, so nearest will be aclaimed the winner!
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I have pondered on this, and I wish to throw an answer of an additional 4278 miles required.
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I have pondered on this, and I wish to throw an answer of an additional 4278 miles required.
The circumferance of a circle is pi x radius.
To increase the radius by 1/2 inch, the circumferance would need to be increased by 1/2 inch x pi.
So I'm going to say the string needs to be lengthened by a little less than 2 inches.
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Paddy, I think that would only be true if you extended the circumference by 1/2 inch at two points only (i.e directly opposite poles)
its a big number...
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Fester, I've done the sums again and I'm convinced I'm right. Although I agree it is a surprisingly small number.
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Of course Paddy is almost correct! It IS a small number.
The Circumference of a Circle is Pi x Diameter. We do not need to know the diameter as we do know that we are increasing it by 1 inch. Therefore the extra length needed is Pi x 1inch which equals 3.142 inches.
Seems ridiculous but it is absolutely true. Pddy's mistake is he used radius instead of diameter. (Area of a circle is Pi x R2
Here is the maths
24.000 miles = 1,520,640,000 inches. Therefore diameter = that divided by 3.142 which equals 483,971,992.4 inches
Increase diameter by 1 inch gives 483,971,993.4 then x 3.142 gives 1,520,640,003.142
Extra length 3.142 inches! Well done Paddy- you're the closest - 2 Brownie Points for the effort!
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I'm still not convinced that its only 3.142"
if I have a 10" diameter sphere then the circumference is 31.42"
and if I add 0.5" to the radius and have a diameter of 11" then the circumference is 34.562" which gives an increase of 3.142"
with a 10 foot sphere (120") add 1" to the diameter and the circumference becomes 380.182" which gives an increase of
3.142" :o
I've just prooved you right yet i'm still not convinced _))*
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A very minor, simple and relevant riddle:
Why is it pointless to grit roads with rock salt when the temperature is below -9°C?
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A very minor, simple and relevant riddle:
Why is it pointless to grit roads with rock salt when the temperature is below -9°C?
because the water will freeze even with the salt in it at that temperature
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Yes. Rock salt works by lowering the freezing point of water to -9°C, so if temperatures fall further, it will not work.
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/a/aa120703a.htm (http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthingswork/a/aa120703a.htm)
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Thats why they put grit with it so one finishes with something like sandpaper even if it does not thaw.
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here's a riddle,
A cowboy rides in to town on Wednesday, books into a hotel, stays one night and leave on Wednesday. How did he do it?
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The Hotel straddles the International date line, he goes in one end but departs at the other. ;)
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good guess, but wrong ;D
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His horse was called "Wednesday" Mike
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well done Mike &well&
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I DON'T BELIEVE IT!!!! I dont think I have ever got one of the quiz questions correct
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Bags and Beads
You are given 5 bags. There are 10 beads in each of the bags. In four of the bags, the beads each weigh 10 grams. In the remaining bag, each bead weighs only 9 grams. All the bags and beads look identical. You must find out which bag has the lighter beads. The problem is that all the bags look identical and all the beads look identical. You can use a scale, but it has to be a single-tray scale, not a two-tray balance scale. Also, you may use the scale only once. How can you find out which bag has the lighter beads?
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Place all the bags on the scale at the same time.
Remove each bag one at a time.
The heavier bags will lower the total weight by 100g when it is taken off the scale
The lighter bag will only affect the total weight by 90g
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With a marker label each bag from 1 to 5. Take 1 bead from bag 1 and 2 beads from bag 2 right through to 5 beads from bag 5. Weigh the 15 beads you have now collected. If they weigh 150 grams then all the bags would have contained 10g beads (Not Possible as one contains 9 gram beads). If the 15 beads weigh 149 grams then its bag 1 containing the 9 gram beads. 148 and its bag 2 etc through to 145 if it's bag 5.
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Brilliant! Gave you a bit of typing practice also - unless you did a copy and paste!! Z**
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I'd love to say I worked it out but in truth I remembered it from some works test I did in the dim distant past.
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The more riddles , quizes etc we get the less likely I am to go and drive down the road or chase the people throwing snowballs at our windows! Keep em coming.
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An esy one.
There was this magician who was playing some smart tricks on the road side. One boy went to him and the man said to the boy, "I will just touch your forehead and write your actual name on this paper. If I am wrong then I will give you some of my magic stuffs, otherwise you have to give me £5." The boy agreed as he thought that no matter what name he writes, he will deny it. At the end, the boy was the one who lost the bet. How?
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Did the magician write "your actual name" on the paper?
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Did the magician write "your actual name" on the paper?
that seems right to me
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Obviously too easy for the brain power on this Forum! ZXZ
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The Circumference of a Circle is Pi x Diameter.
I'm gutted Yorkie."O" level maths has deserted me after a mere 30 years! Schoolboy error!
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Nemesis picked a book off the highest shelf in her room.
On the spine she read How to Jog.
She ran out of the room and opened the book but found it had absolutely nothing to do with jogging. Explain.......
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It was an Encyclopedia. The book simply carried entries of words that begin with 'HOW' to words that begin with 'JOG'.
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