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[Off-topic] stephj:
From Post #446

If you happen to meet two of the Jones sisters, it is an evens bet (50:50 chance) that they both will have blue eyes.

How many Jones sisters are there, and how many have blue eyes?

No. All the sisters have two eyes the same colour, blue or, brown say, its doesn't matter.

It is a straight probablility problem. There are two practical answers, one far more likely than the other. There are probably an infinite number of solutions, but after the second solution the number of sisters involved is far too great to be practical.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Very good, i like it!

Math is definitely not my strong suit but i do enjoy Probability. For instance the concept that getting 9/10 Heads, tossing a coin, being the same probablity as getting 3/10 or 5/10 etc, or the probability of flipping a tenth Heads is still 50/50.. however unlikely it seems.

Which is why, of course, i will never win the lottery! :(

Keep 'em coming!
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
No..

The answer is 6am. Here is the solution.

The clock is 24 min late so 36 min counts to 1 hr real time.

Oc = old clock. RC = Real clock

Oc showing 3:00 am = 180 min.

36min Oc = 60min Rc

180min Oc = ? Min Rc

? = (60 * 180) / 36

? = 300min = 5 hrs

The clock stopped an hour before so 5+1 = 6 a.m.

6:00 AM is the answer
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
This one is not math .. its logic..

"You've been placed on a course of expensive medication in which you are to take one tablet of medicine A and one tablet of medicine B daily. You must be careful that you take just one of each because taking more of either can have serious side effects. Taking an A without taking a B, or vice versa, can also be very serious, because they must be taken together in order to be effective. In summary, you must take exactly one of the A pills and one of the B pills at one time. Therefore, you open up the A bottle, and you tap one A pill into your hand. You put that bottle aside and you open the B bottle. You do the same, but by mistake, two Bs fall into your hand with the A pill.

Now, here's the problem. You weren't watching your hand as the pills fell into it, so you can't tell the A pill apart from the two B pills. The pills look identical. They are the same size, same weight, same color, same everything, and they are not marked differently in any way. What are you going to do? You cannot tell which pill is which, and you cannot afford to throw them away and start over again. How do you get your daily dose of exactly one A and exactly one B without wasting any of the pills?"
[Off-topic] Scabes24:
Ahh i see, i liked that one :)

My idiotic thinking was as follows:

If it was 3:00am OC and the clock was corrected at midnight, each hour was equal to 36 min, then 3 hours after it was corrected would equal 108 minutes (1hr 48min/1:48am), but if the clock stopped an hour ago (which I figured was at 1:48) then I need to tac on another hour which brought me to 2:48. And now after reading this I'm forgetting what I did wrong.. it's actually 3:00am here right now.. need sleep.

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Dunno! Working on it...
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Get out another A pill, grind all four pills together, put half in water, drink:)

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
That's genius! I'd be dead if my life had depended on knowing that. :D
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
Well correct instead of grinding, you can just break all 4 pill in half and take that 4 half pill.
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Not necessarily, you might end up getting more of one pill than the other that way

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[Off-topic] Scabes24:
Unless you use a pill cutter ;)

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[Off-topic] Sylus87:
Lol
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
If you have 8 half pills, and your only sure what 2 of the half pills are, then you can't be sure if you get the other two right

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[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
You three unknown pill and one known pill (one that added later) youcut them in half, so now you have 3+3 unknown half pill and 1+1 known half pill and you take 3 unknown half pill and one known half pill and that's how u consume both pill no chance of error.
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
In the 6 half pills unknown there will be 4 B and 2 A. By taking three of them there is no way of knowing if your getting 3 B or 2 A nd 1 B or 1 A nd 2 B

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[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
Don't mix the half pills. If you take half of EACH pill from unknown pills you have half pill A and full pill B. Other half of A is from known half pill. Don't think mathamatically but practicaly.
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Ah, okay. Gotcha. I finally understand:o

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[Off-topic] Dirk:
Are we still on the pill, in a manner of speaking...?

:D

Ok, time for a new puzzle:

It's WWII and an American airman is shot down over France. Captured almost immediately, he is thrown into a POW camp. After a few months the Resistance contacts him and tells him that they can help him escape. They smuggle a German Officers uniform into the camp, and one night, whilst wearing the uniform he makes his escape.

The airman speaks perfect German and the uniform is immaculate, so feeling confident and thirsty he heads for a local tavern to get a drink. When he opens the door and steps inside he realises that it is full of German soldiers, who arrest him immediately and return him to the camp.

What went wrong?
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
he asked for an american beer???
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Nice try, but no.

:)
[Off-topic] EnemyOfGlaDOS:
Nice avatar!! :D

in the name of science... you monster ;)
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
lol I am at a loss, yet I have a feeling I am overlooking somthing very simple and I may just bang my head on my desk when sombody answeres this question...
[Off-topic] Archer:
It's a WWI uniform.
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
The uniform belonged to a soldier, known by those in the bar, who was recentley killed in battle...
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
They were soldiers, he was an officer. Doesn't mix.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Both Gordon Freeman and Zoidberg have done unspeakable things in the name of science. Amirite? :D

Feel free to start now if you wish! ;)

Great guesses one and all, but all wrong! :)
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
he didnt have blonde hair/blue eyes?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Neither did most German soldiers!

Nice try, but no. :)
[Off-topic] Archer:
He was a she, and they didn't have female German Officers?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Nope!

This puzzle is going all the way, isn't it? And nobody can Google the answer as I wrote it as I remembered it from 15 years ago! :D
[Off-topic] Archer:
Was he a famous American?
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
One or more of the solders work or had worked at the camp

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[Off-topic] Archer:
Got it!

The "cheese eating surrender monkeys" grassed him up!

(In quotes cos it's a quote and not a personal opinion ;))
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
some of the guards in the bar were the ones that captured him?

the owner of the uniform is in the bar?
[Off-topic] m0jo:
Yes/No questions?

Is it because they are actually in France not in Germany?
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
i thought this as well, but than it was GERMAN officers in the bar so i decided that couldnt be it.....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
No.

No.

No, but lol!

No.

No. Keep 'em coming!

(Not a yes/no puzzle, just guesses)
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
The soldiers in the BAR are french soldiers dressed in German uniform trying to catch German soldiers.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
That would be good wouldn't it...?

But no! :)

Very, very good answer to be fair though.
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
German soldiers dont wear uniforms to bars :confused:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Course they do! :)

Lots of good answers, but the right one will make you kick yourselves so hard that you won't be walking again for a week!
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
he wore the uniform wrong?

he didn't greet the guards correctly?

he didn't have a German ACCENT?
[Off-topic] conantroutman:
This isnt just you reliving an old episode of " Allo Allo " is it??

Good Moaning....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
All excellent answers, but still no! :)

EDIT: And lol to the above.. :D
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
OP

Hey this is Internation Forum and every one might have not seen that movie..

Did i solve the puzzle.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Okay, should i give the answer, or a massive clue?
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Clue. I hate it when people giveaway the answer

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[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
Hitler decided to hold a party on event of his win.

He has 40 bottles of wine that are for guests.

But out of these 40 bottles there is exactly 1 bottle that has been poisoned by rebels.

Hitler has to start the party in exactly 1 hour.

Now Hitler has to find out the poison bottle so that the remaining 39 bottles of wine can be used for the party.

Hitler has 20 prisoners who have been awarded death penalty.

At the expense of his prisoners Hitler has to find out the poison bottle.

The property of the poison is such that no matter how much ever quantity one consumes,

the poison will take effect only after 1 hour and therefore the person consuming the poison will die only after 1 hour.

Hitler has to find poison bottle within 1 hour so that the party can be started on time. What should Hitler do??

Tip: Puzzle is not related to math but computers.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
One person for a clue, one against. The next vote decides it! The clue does rather give it away though...

Good one. Thinking cap on...
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
Get the 20 inamtes in a circle. give them each 2 bottles (all will have to be labled) have them all take a sip from each bottle, than pass one bottle to the left and the other to the right, and again each must sip from both bottles they now have. Two people will die, of the two people who die there will be one common bottle from which they both drunk = poison bottle!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Bloody hell, that's gotta be right!

Full uniform, all correct! :p
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
Correct....

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Lets change it a liitle bit...

Now there are 63 wine bottles and 6 prisoners.

Hitler decided to hold a party on event of his win.

He has 63 bottles of wine that are for guests.

But out of these 63 bottles there is exactly 1 bottle that has been poisoned by rebels.

Hitler has to start the party in exactly 1 hour.

Now Hitler has to find out the poison bottle so that the remaining 62 bottles of wine can be used for the party.

Hitler has 6 prisoners who have been awarded death penalty.

At the expense of his prisoners Hitler has to find out the poison bottle.

The property of the poison is such that no matter how much ever quantity one consumes,

the poison will take effect only after 1 hour and therefore the person consuming the poison will die only after 1 hour.

Hitler has to find poison bottle within 1 hour so that the party can be started on time. What should Hitler do??
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
[Off-topic] Archer:
Okay, so they line up representing the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, & 32 and they drink a sip of the bottles according to binary maths that I can't be bothered explaining. From the combination that die you can tell the exact bottle that is poisoned.

If 1 & 2 die, it's bottle 3.

If 1 & 4 die, it's bottle 5.

etc..
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
Exacltly..Perfect.

1 = 000001

.

.

.

63 = 111111

Each bit represents a prisoner.

if the bottle no. 63 is poisoned all will die.

if the bottle no. 1 is poisoned only one will die.

There's exactly one combination that dies.
[Off-topic] Archer:
I'd like a clue, but if you can think of a less obvious one, that would be better.
[Off-topic] Archer:
Yay! :D

Thank you Clive Sinclair and 8 bit graphics :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Right, there's a binary pattern here. To make 63 it's 111111. (32+16+8+4+2+1)

Just got to apply that to the puzzle....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
6 binary numerals, 6 prisoners....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Edit: Bloody hell, beaten like a red haired step child!

I deserve a bloody medal for remembering Binary numerals in the first place! :D
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
How many times can you subtract 9 from 225???

Hint: The answer is less than 24.

Good bye guys more later.
[Off-topic] husam666:
a bit off topic, but anyway, grinding pills can be fatal, my aunt's mother in law died this way, please don't ever try it!
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
1 time :cool:
[Off-topic] jorim.tielemans:
16,55..

Is that correct?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Quick recap for those late to the party.

I'll give it another ten minutes before the clue...

I've got 25 :eek:

What am i missing..?
[Off-topic] jorim.tielemans:
Tomdg07 is right i think
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Of course, it's not 225 after the initial subtraction!

Well done! :cool:
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
that was my logic :D
[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
Still waiting for the airman in German uniform puzzle.

It better be good.
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
so do we get a clue???
[Off-topic] Dirk:
What if the Airman had been the current US President..?

:D
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
he was black?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
It's the one thing nobody thinks of! :)

Good puzzle huh?
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Then time travel would be possible.

That asside, if he was black, then simply putting him in an Officer's uniform wouldn't have helped him escape or disguised him at all.

I call shenanigans!
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Is that your clue? Wasn't he Roosevelt?

Edit: disregard:o I thought you meant current during the war

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[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
well than that man is an idiot, if they had no black officers, and he was a black man in uniform and thought he could go out into town in the uniform he desrves to get caught....
[Off-topic] stephj:
As the problem regarding the Jones sisters seems to have stumped a few. There have been some guesses, but nobody has hit the nail on the head, yet.

Maybe it's time to drop a hint..........

A quick recap From Post #446

As mentioned before it's a straight probability problem.

If the number of Jones sisters is 's' and the number of them with blue eyes is 'b', then you are looking for integer values of b and s where (b*(b-1))/(s*(s-1) = 1/2. Because 1/2 is less than 1, it goes without saying that b is less than s.

A few lines of code or even an Excel spreadsheet should suffice........................
[Off-topic] mazook98:
A million men could dig for a million years, and they couldn't do it. There's no possible way to dig half a hole. The first spadeful of dirt removed would give you a whole hole.

Edit: whoops.. Did I just answer an old question?
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
Haha, very old question. And yes, been answered already. Your right tho, good job:)

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[Off-topic] 4silvertooth:
@Regarding the airman in German uniform puzzle.

He forgot to remove is airman Helmet. Already answered he was black.

@Jones Sisters

There's 4 sisters with 3 having blue eye.
[Off-topic] m0jo:
They propably didnt see he was black at night :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] xaccers:
shenanigans
[Off-topic] stephj:
Correct!

The equation also has a solution of 21 sisters, 15 of which have blue eyes, but this is rather less likely.

Even less likely solutions are

120 85

697 493

4060 2871
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
X2 for light house, if not...

...he is god, his light was the sun!
[Off-topic] Archer:
It was a freak occurrence... like the butterfly effect.

Nah, the picture itself is a bit of a massive clue!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
He was indeed a Lighthouse Keeper. Well done! :)
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
What can travel anywhere in the world while staying in a corner?

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[Off-topic] Archer:
The guy in the final scene of The Blair Witch Project.

But seriously, a shadow?
[Off-topic] mazook98:
I dunno if people still use these, but it's gotta be a postage stamp.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[Off-topic] :
I completely agree with Mazook. :)

-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-
[Off-topic] Archer:
Ahhh yeah
[Off-topic] deliriousDroid:
You got it:) seems easy after dirks mind Benders eh

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[Off-topic] :
Those hurt my head...:mad::(

-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-
[Off-topic] :
What's creates joy when it disappears but creates misery if it grows?

-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Hate

War

Taxes

Depression
[Off-topic] :
All great answers but what I was thinking of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WUSA7UV9x0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

-How cruel is the golden rule, when the lives we live are all golden plated-
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Lol. That works. :D
[Off-topic] oguo:
i'm thinking acne, had one in my nose.. been called rudolph (the red nose reindeer) soooo many times.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
New Puzzle:

A man is born in 1959 and dies in 1982 at the age of 25.

Explain..
[Off-topic] Archer:
Are they room numbers?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
And i thought my mind was warped! :D

We have a winner!! The lady in question also had a baby girl. :rolleyes: (Bet that'll hurt in the morning)!

Anyway it's a tough one and if it makes anyone feel better, i wouldn't have got it in a million years!

One more tonight but much, much later!
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Nice answer.. Dirk?
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Damn.. I thought mine might have worked :(
[Off-topic] husam666:
my xibit answer has more sense :p
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
XD very good :p
[Off-topic] deveron3:
Oh yeah random guesses ftw! : rolleyes:
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Yeah, he got it. I always thought that one was a bit unfair as it's really hard to not pick for clues in the wording, rather than seeing the bigger picture.

Still, good effort by all! Go get drunk or something and switch the brains off. It's the weekend! :)
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
XD on monday we expext more :p
[Off-topic] husam666:
i have a riddle for you all:

I am thunder but no rain.

I am air but no wind.

I project but no lens.

I run but no ground.

I hear but not listen.

I dial but don't push.

I am jumping but no gravity.

I sleep but no time.

I charge but no energy.

We love but no bodies.

They kiss but no soul.

Flies but no sh*t.

I crack but not white.

We shot but all hit.

I age but no beginning.

I read but no lyrics.
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Damn....
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Oh man, i so want to get this! :) My brain hurts already...
[Off-topic] husam666:
lmao, let's see where it gets :D :p
[Off-topic] dexter93:
U chuck Norris? :p

...aes eht rednu

peed morf tneS
[Off-topic] husam666:
nope

it's easier than you think :p
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The only thing i've got so far is a worrying clanking noise and steam pouring out of my ears!

I blew my nose a minute ago and now i'm worried my last brain cell may have taken the opportunity to abandon ship! :o

Nothing left to do but sleep on it and hope for inspiration. I'll add another puzzle of my own tomorrow,(something slightly different than before), when we all have clearer heads!
[Off-topic] husam666:
lmao, good night sir :D

i hope your brain will be there when you wake up
[Off-topic] deveron3:
A super sonic jet?

EDIT: nvm
[Off-topic] husam666:
no guess again
[Off-topic] solarpolitiks:
What am I supposed to be doing? The riddle mentions multiple subjects.

The only thing I see is a big troll face
[Off-topic] husam666:
lol, no

110char
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Born in one room, died in the other.

Well done!

Another new puzzle:

A man lays dead in a large room. There is silver all about, and rays stream in through an open window.

What happened?
[Off-topic] Archer:
Wow! I actually impressed myself there ;)

I think I know this one, but I'll bow out for now and let other people have a go. You're coming up with some gooood puzzles, Dirk. Do you just know all these or are you getting them off teh internet?
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
obviousley he was a Werewolve
[Off-topic] mazook98:
Unrelated to the current riddle:

I told a couple guys at work the one about the airman captured during WW2 yesterday, and nobody could figure it out... Well, I finally revealed the answer, but one guy, (who's actually a really good buddy) got COMPLETELY bent. (He's black, btw.) He took it like "they arrested him because he was black, ala "Cops" or "regular racism", without thinking it through and understanding the whole "of course there weren't Black officers in the German Army... "

I mean, we actually had to sit down in the office with a manager over the issue.

Once I explained it, carefully, he was all cool, but I was just flabbergasted.

Whatever, funny story.

P. S. :

Current riddle:

Is he a dead pirate who went down with his "booty"?

<<I first learned about binary from Pac Man>>
[Off-topic] Dirk:
From memory. A friend tested me from a book he had many years ago, i then borrowed the book and have been testing other people ever since! :p

Nice try, but no. :)
[Off-topic] Tomdg07:
is this supposed to be a 20 questions type puzzle again?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Thread needs a disclaimer. 'Telling puzzles at work can get you fired'

:D

No... but close! :)

Edit: Close enough to call it the answer really. I was thinking Titanic but to say you were wrong would be splitting hairs. Good game! :)
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Edit: Kinda/sorta was.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
New Puzzle:

John gave his brother James a box:

About it there were many locks.

James woke and said it gave him pain;

So gave it back to John again.

The box was not with lid supplied,

Yet caused two lids to open wide;

And all these locks had never a key-

What kind of box, then, could it be?
[Off-topic] mazook98:
I think I got this, but I'll defer.

I only had to stare at it for like an hour, lol... Dirk, these are great.

<<bringing it since 2010>>
[Off-topic] Dirk:
I love the one above. As a fan of classic poetry it's great to find a rhyming puzzle! Crack on if you have the answer... :)
[Off-topic] mazook98:
He punched his brother in the face.

Key words were box, lids, and locks.

Yes?

<<I first learned about binary from Pac Man>>
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Lewis Carroll wrote this. Here's the answer as he gave it:

As curlyheaded Jemmy was sleeping in bed,

His brother John gave him a blow on the head;

James opened his eyelids, and spying his brother,

Doubled his fist, and gave him another.

This kind of box, then, is not so rare;

The lids are the eyelids, the locks are the hair,

And so every schoolboy can tell to his cost,

The key to the tangles is constantly lost.

Well done!
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Ok, here's an easy one..

What get's whiter the dirtier it gets?
[Off-topic] stephj:
What is the distance AB?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
The distance AB is the square of the sum, X squared + Y squared.

That may not be the answer you are looking for, but it is technically correct! :)
[Off-topic] Archer:
The square root of the sum ;)

It's about this long _______________
[Off-topic] Archer:
A baker's apron?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
..That's what she said....

You are of course correct. Just as well i don't work for NASA! :eek:

Good effort, but no. :)
[Off-topic] jorim.tielemans:
A chalkboard eraser
[Off-topic] mercianary:
Your not allowed to put your homework in here...that's cheating.
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Close enough, a Chalkboard. :)

Another one:

What has no beginning, no middle and no end?
[Off-topic] Archer:
It's been far too long since I did any trig for me to even guess at that! I know that the diameter being 10 and the segment on the right having a base of 3 is enough to work out its height, but can't for the life of me remember how to do it.
[Off-topic] Archer:
∞

Am I in the physics thread again?
[Off-topic] stephj:
You don't need advanced trigonometry to get the answer. You are almost there, you just haven't spotted it yet!
[Off-topic] Archer:
:rolleyes: <- at myself!

Is it 10?
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Soembody is going to have to give me a lesson on typing fancy characters like that :o

Anyway, nice try... but wrong!
[Off-topic] stephj:
Correct! The opposite diagonal of the rectangle to AB is the radius of the circle = 7+3

Well Done! The puzzle has you barking up the wrong tree from the start.