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Post by Jared on Dec 26, 2002 7:38:15 GMT
Yea, I will. I wanna see how many people embarrass themselves before the answer comes to light.  Alright. I'm mean. Merry? LoL. That'd be amusing. |
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Post by Imrel on Dec 30, 2002 9:26:59 GMT
For the love of Pete, no one is posting!!!
It's one of the most common riddles around. It happened to be the first one in my new puzzle book. Speaking of which...
During World War II, a sentry is guarding the bridge over a ravine between Germany and Switzerland, on the German side. He comes out of his watchmans hut every three minutes to survey the bridge. He has been ordered to turn anyone without a pass back where they came from, and shoot anyone trying to escape over the bridge.
A woman wanting to flee Germany approaches the bridge. She doesn't have a pass, and is unable to get one, and she knows that she won't be able to cross the bridge in three minutes because it would take about five. How can she get to Switzerland over the bridge?
Another puzzle from the book, ranked moderately difficult. The answers pretty clever, and it takes all of the information given into account. Have a go at this one if you don't feel like working on the elevator one.
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Post by Shale on Dec 31, 2002 6:03:48 GMT
I swear I've never heard this one before... at least probably not in the last 8 years.
Lemme see. The woman walks onto the bridge... see, if she has to take five minutes, by three minutes' time she'd be more than halfway across. So when the watchman catches her, she tells him that she'd from Germany... So he makes her go "back" to Germany... when in fact she's from Switzerland.
Er... I'm not sure.
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To make her act more convincing... she turns around and starts walking in the opposite direction, towards Switzerland, when it's almost three minutes, so the guy thinks she's heading for Switzerland...
Okay. Maybe that was unnecessary.
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Post by Imrel on Dec 31, 2002 6:11:28 GMT
You're right, except you got the locations muddled. She's trying to get to Switzerland. And yes, after three minutes, when the guard comes out, she turns and starts to walk back to Germany. When the guard sees she has no pass, he will turn her away and she will have to cross the bridge to Switzerland.
I'll post another one tomorrow.
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Post by Shale on Dec 31, 2002 6:53:31 GMT
I almost failed Geog, it's no surprise...
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Post by Imrel on Jan 1, 2003 1:03:37 GMT
It's another bridge problem!
A woman is running away from a gang of bandits who are after the two solid gold balls she is carrying. She comes to a long, wooden bridge. A sign by the bridge states that it will hold no more than 112 lbs. The woman weighs 100 lbs and each ball weighs 10 lbs. She has no time to leave one ball behind and come back for it. Yet she makes it across the bridge with both golden balls. How did she do it?
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Post by ~Dernhelm~ on Jan 1, 2003 12:14:01 GMT
That's a hard one!
Did she perhaps throw them?
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Post by Imrel on Jan 2, 2003 0:10:47 GMT
No, the bridge is too long for that, but you're on the right track.
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Post by Shale on Jan 2, 2003 12:24:37 GMT
She rolled one of them then ran across with the other?
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Post by ~Dernhelm~ on Jan 2, 2003 16:21:58 GMT
What about juggling them? ;D
Okay, bad approach to it! 
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Post by Shale on Jan 2, 2003 22:11:23 GMT
Hey, I think that's a great guess. It's very likely that she juggled them, you know. In fact, now I recall hearing something similar a long time ago.
Hmm. I think Eowyn's right. Or very close.
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Post by Imrel on Jan 3, 2003 6:39:25 GMT
She is! Way to go, Eo!
I'd post another one, but I'm currently too tired to find my book. Maybe someone could work on the five hundred or elevator puzzle, or post another, until I do.
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Post by Imrel on Jan 4, 2003 6:07:05 GMT
No? Oh well.
Why are 2003 pennies worth more than 1997 pennies?
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Post by The Witch King on Jan 4, 2003 7:30:41 GMT
because theres more of them
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Post by Imrel on Jan 4, 2003 8:30:14 GMT
Yeah, I didn't really expect that one to be a boggler. Here's a picture puzzle to solve.
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Alright. I'm mean.
