Wall-E

Early 22nd century! A city in space without gravity. 

Wall-E* following EVE on his escape-pod reaches a place which looks like a parking area. Fortunately he got a parking spot. The numbers on the left read 16 , 06, 68, 88 and one on the right says 98. What number he parked his pod ?

*For the uninitiated "Wall-E" is an Earth Robot and "EVE" state of the art feminine robot from space.

Bermuda Triangle

The Journal of the Paranormal reported the following,

It happened on the morning of March 20, 1862 The Ship "Mulan" vanished at sea!

"Mulan" was 50 foot long merchant ship transporting industrial spare parts and headed towards Miami. The night before the incident the crew was relaxing, on the fore deck playing cards, smoking or looking at the Florida coast. The captain was quietly filling his log book in his cabin when he noticed the beams of the lighthouse. But "Mulan" never reached her destination and nobody heard any more from the ship or her crew. Surprisingly no evidence was found until now which could have explained this sudden disappearance.

"Something is not right here, Dr. Watson" said Sherlock Holmes, "Think !"

Mysterious Six

In mathematics the number six can be achieved by using any number three times with mathematical expressions.

1 1 1 = 6
2 2 2 = 6
3 3 3 = 6
4 4 4 = 6
5 5 5 = 6
6 6 6 = 6
7 7 7 = 6
8 8 8 = 6
9 9 9 = 6

Let me do one for you , 2 + 2 + 2 = 6. Now can you try the rest ?

WHAT AM I?

Upon a tree thats not a tree
with many siblings shall i be
yet you will grab as i grow old
and rob me of my coat of gold.

"sharedpuzzle"

Squeeky

ToM Contest

If ToM would be a guy, How would he look like ? After a year with ToM, we all have idea about ToM, but how would he look like in paper? Here is the CONTEST for the creative in You.
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Congratulations Deenen Jardstam for First Prize in the Draw Tom Contest.

Deenen gets a $50 Amazon Gift Card for her amazing illustration which makes Tom truly out of the world.

Here is the entry.



Tell me : What emotions Tom(above) creates in you or What is Tom thinking ?
Join the discussion here

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What You Can Win !
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$ 50 Amazon Gift Card
Hurry ! Contest End on 2nd Feb 2009

What You Need !
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1. White Paper
2. Pencil
3. Creativity (Be Wild)
4. A way to scan and email me your drawing

Judging Criterion
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1. Awesomeness
2. Uniqueness
3. Original
4. Fun

Email your ToM drawing to trickofmind[AT]gmail.com. Your entry will apear in this post and members of TrickofMind will be able to vote them. Judging will be done based on votes and other given criterion.

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If you are not a drawing type of person, here is a chance to get heard by all those who are.



So what are you waiting for ? Send your TOM before FEB 2009

Kinematics

A dirt-biker rode the first half distance of the race with the speed of 200 miles per hour. For the remaining part he was a bit distracted and covered half the time with the velocity 150 miles per hour and rest of the time, speed up to 250 miles per hour.

If he came second and was beaten by 20 seconds. What was the average velocity of the guy, who came first ?

Irish Bulls

I got an email from my network administrator saying "If you don't recieve this email, please let me know." An amusingly absurd statement, that almost made sense. Such statements, that makes no sense and often contradicts itself, are Irish Bulls. We hear then almost everyday.

• We are overpaying him, but he is worth it.
  
• It would be a lovely day if it wasn't for the weather
  
• Back to back, they faced each other.

Can you think of one ?

Incomplete Equation

A^x = A⁵

then x = 5. This is incomplete ?

Not for the Queen

In chess, there is one specific type of move, the Queen is unable to make but all the other pieces can.

And you thought you know chess, huh !

Silverfish on Diet

Silverfish found a wooden cube this time*. He starts crawling from one corner of the cube, and,  confining himself to its edges, which are all exactly one cm long, crawls as far as he can without retracting any part of his path.

How far does he crawls?

* Silverfish old adventure

The Missing Link

Party (----) Sphere

The missing link is a word which somehow links both side words. Can you think of the missing link above ?

I Told You I Was Ill

A hypochondriac drinks his medicine until there is only one third left in the bottle. He then dilutes the rest with water until the bottle is two thirds full.

"This would be too light" he said to himself and tops the bottle with a mixture twice as strong as the original medicine.

He is still not sure if the resultant mixture is stronger or weaker than the original one, and by how much. Are you ?

Question Island

In the weird Question Island, people are as weird as the members of trick of mind.

Answers are not allowed. If the first person begins with a question, the other(s) reply with another question, the first person puts a third question, the opponent responds with a fourth. If you cannot ask the question, you don't speak. Repeated questions not allowed. No multiple questions. If you are wondering how the conversation goes, here is the first ever talk between Adam and Eve of Question Island.

Adam: What time is it?
Eve: Why do you want to know?
Adam: Why do you ask that?
Eve: Why can't you answer a civil question?
Adam: Why can't you look at your watch and tell?
Eve: When are you going to get yourself a watch?
Adam: What's that got to do with it?
Eve: Who do you think you are talking to me like that?
Adam: Where can i find someone who will tell me the time?
... so on. Know, what I mean ! So...

What is the Question ?

Which Room to Choose ?

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?


By:Ripper2nite

Last Year

What was the last year in which someone could have been born, in order to live in a year which was the square of their age ?

Fair Enough

Two brothers had a flock of sheep which they sold getting as many dollars, for every sheep as there were sheep in the flock. Intending to share the amount equally, the older brother and then the younger brother, took from it $ 10 each, alternately in succession.

At the last stage, when it was the turn of the younger brother, there remain less than $ 10. the younger brother took this amount and the elder one gave him his new knife for the sharing to be fair.

Now ! YOU tell me, What's the question to be asked, and what is the Answer?

SCUTA

Remember the Self Contained Underwater Talking Apparatus SCUTA which create a balloon of text, of what you speak. A scientist when trying the apparatus, the following bubble showed up:

Oyo is an imyant y in Yugal which exys y

Whats wrong ?

Wot's my Spot?

Three blondes apply for a job but the manager can't decide between them which one should get the job so he gives them one final test:

He takes each of them in to a room and tells them that he is going to put a spot on their forehead. He says "It is going to be either a black spot or a white spot and you are not allowed to ask anyone what colour it is". After administering these instructions and placing a white spot on each of them, he asks them to sit down in the interview room together so they can each see the other two candidates. He says to them "If you can see at least one white spot, please raise your hand". They all raise their hand. "ok, now put down your hands and no talking. The next one who can raise their hand and tell me for definate what colour spot they have on their head will get the job. After a short pause, one woman raises her hand and declares "I definately have a white spot". She got the job, but how did she know?....

Submitted by h (sky goddess) - blonde, but out of a box ;)

Square in Rubik's Cube

How many squares can you perceive in a Rubik's Cube and how many of them are visible ?

By perceive, I mean you can assume a square, if you can join four co-ordinates to form a square.

A.B. and C.

AABB = CC²

???

* No marks without explanation

The driver and the C.E.O.

Every day, a driver leaves the office, drives to the house of the C.E.O to pick her up and drives back to the office. One day, the C.E.O. decides to leave 1 hour early and walks along the same route that the driver takes. When the driver sees the C.E.O. walking, he picks her up and returns directly to the office. The C.E.O. notes that she has arrived 20 minutes earlier than normal. How long did she walk?

-posted by Euclid's Brother

Einstein's Sphere

An Incredible Sphere was found in the laboratory of Einstein. A cylindrical hole, 6 inches long has been drilled through the center of the solid sphere. Remaining volume of the sphere was needed to solve the puzzling equation, written on the black board.

Can you help?

Woman on an elevator

A woman goes to work each day from a hotel. She lives on the 12th floor. Every day she takes the elevator to the lobby and to work. After work, she takes the elevator to the 8th floor and walks up 4 flights of stairs. Why does she?

Do Something

What do creating robots, flying rockets and crime scene investigation have in common ?

Cosmic Addition

If (Venus + Earth) x Neptune = 40 ,

How much is (Jupiter - Mercury) x Pluto ?

Punctuate

Can you make some meaningful statements from the following

• It was and I said not but
• Time flies you cannot they pass by at such irregular intervals

The Magic Trick !

I was in Disneyland last weekend, and came across this Magician.

"I had on the stage," the magician's story went, "a small iron box with a handle on top. I invite a strong man to step forth. In response an Arab of medium height but sturdily built, a sort of local Hercules, came up. He walked up cheer-fully, grinning slyly the while, and stopped opposite me.

"Are you strong? " I asked, looking at him from tip to toe.
"Yes," said he.
"Are you sure you will always be strong?"
"Certainly," came the answer.
"You are Wrong" I said "In the twinkling of an eye I can rob you of your strength and you will grow as weak as a child"
"The Arab gave a disbelieving grin"
"Come here," I said, "and lift up this box."
The Arab bent over, lifted it up and then inquired: "Is that all?"
"You just wait a moment" said I. "Assuming a serious mein, I made a commanding gesture and solemnly uttered:
"You are now weaker than a woman. Lift that once again"

This time the Arab failed to pick it up, no matter how hard he tried. What happened ?

Hot

Is boiling water always hot ? If not, why not ?