Just for fun

[Keith]

Ok, let's see how many intellectuals are out there. Believe me, I am not one of them. Try answering the scenarios below, and see if you can get them correct.

Can You Figure These Out?

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, ! red when you use it, and gray when
you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find
out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think
nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is
unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not
find
anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to
do
so without any coaching!


Post your answers and let's see who is correct. I'll post the answers tomorrow.

[mranderson]

Ok, let's see how many intellectuals are out there. Believe me, I am not one of them. Try answering the scenarios below, and see if you can get them correct.

Can You Figure These Out?

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, ! red when you use it, and gray when
you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find
out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think
nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is
unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not
find
anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to
do
so without any coaching!


Post your answers and let's see who is correct. I'll post the answers tomorrow.

1. The lions. They would be dead if they had not eaten in three years, so, that is safest.

2. It was a dream

3. A wet newspaper

4. January 1, 2 and 3

5. Redundant sentences.

[floater]

1. The room with the lions, for the same reason mranderson said

2. The wife was taking a picture of him (shoot, soak the negative, hang to dry)

3. Newspaper

4. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

5. The paragraph has no "the"?

[windowphobe]

#5 contains no letter E, the most commonly-used letter in the language.

[karlanee]

#3 is actually charcoal - not newspaper.

[Keith]

1. The room with the lions, for the same reason mranderson said

2. The wife was taking a picture of him (shoot, soak the negative, hang to dry)

3. Newspaper

4. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

5. The paragraph has no "the"?

Floater, you did an outstanding job.

ANSWERS

1) The room with the lions. If the lions hadn't eaten in three years, then they are dead.

2) The wife was taking a picture of him (shoot, soak the negative, hang to dry)

3) Charcoal

4) Yesterday, today, tomorrow

5) The paragraph did not have any "E's" in it.

[Curt]

Floater, you did an outstanding job.

ANSWERS

1) The room with the lions. If the lions hadn't eaten in three years, then they are dead.

2) The wife was taking a picture of him (shoot, soak the negative, hang to dry)

3) Charcoal

4) Yesterday, today, tomorrow

5) The paragraph did not have any "E's" in it.

I knew all of these, I was just letting the Oklahomans guess this one

[mranderson]

More fun.

1. Who is buried in Grants tomb?

2. What rhymes with orange?

3. How does 2+3=4

4. A man rides into town on friday, stays three days and rides out of town on friday. How does he do it?
Answers when I get enough guesses.

[MadMonk]

1. Nobody. U.S. Grant is entombed there.
2. No word rhymes with orange.
3. I've no idea
4. Friday is the name of the man's horse.

[floater]

3. When you're adding 1.5 and 2.5 together (rounding up)?