Largest Number - II

What is the largest number you can create using four 2's ?

What to do?

In our small town, on average once a week
a drunk driver causes an accident. Most of the
time the accident is just a small fender bender,
but sometimes some one gets hurt.

When asked, I gave a simple suggestion that would stop
this. The whole town thought, "YES, that would work for sure,
and it would be easy!!

What was my suggestion?

One Billion Pound Raffle Part 2

For those who haven't read One Billion Pound Raffle Part 1, then please do.
Alright,
from Part 1, we saw that for 50 people participating in the raffle with 50 marbles, 49 black and 1 red, each person had exactly 1/50 chance of winning the raffle.
From there, we can see that for n people participating in the raffle with n marbles, n-1 black and 1 red, each person had exactly 1/n chance of winning the raffle.

Now, your second challenge -
When the raffle rules are the same prove that when there's n people participating in the raffle, with n marbles, n-1 black and 1 red, and you are the k-th person in line, you have 1/n chance of winning the One Billion Pound Raffle.

***Alright, for those who thought you can actually look at the marbles when you are drawing one from the bag, you can't (and yes, I actually look at the replies)***

***Part 3 will be posted soon***

Snow and Bang

A man is looking out the windows of his home he see's that everything outside is covered with snow. He goes out of the room to tend to something more important. After a while he hears a loud bang, runs to the window and see's that all the snow has melted. What happened?

- Edward Novyk

Your Odds?

Suppose there's fifty people in the room, and each gets to draw from a bag with 100 marbles. 99 are black, one is red. The one that draws the red marble will be the winner. Everyone gets to draw three marbles, examine them and put back two marbles. You are assigned to be the 10th to draw.

What are your odds of being the winner?

One Billion Pound Raffle Part 1

There's going to be a raffle for one billion pounds (UK currency for those who don't know ^^) in a giant room.
There's a bag filled with 50 marbles, one for each person in the room, 49 black, and only one red.
As you might have already guessed, the person that picks the red marble out of the bag will get one billion pounds.

Now, you are among the 50 people in the room.
There will be a line of people drawing a marble out of the bag (no replacements).
Which place in line (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc., to draw a marble) is most likely to win the prize of one billion pounds?

***Remember your answers for Part 2***

Murder Mystery

There was a bang at the front door, a man opens it but no one is there, he closes the door.
There was another bang after he closed it, he opened the door again but before he did, he noticed two holes in the door, he opens the door and dies, how did he die?

- matthew hinds

Five 2's

By using five 2's can you create all the digits from 0-9

- Kevin Caron

Largest Number

What is the largest number formed by four 1's ?

Ten Letter Word

What ten letter word starts with G-A-S?

- Cris Azarian

Magic and luck

What number is magic times luck?

- matthew hinds

Devoid

DEVOID OF WATER, A STAR IN THE SKY.

DIVERSE, VARIOUS. WHAT'S THE WORD - TRY

Sides

This Side or That Side, Half of this is a Bird
There comes the day break light, its not so hard

What's the eight letter word ?

Gates Foundation

If Gates have 5 billion dollars spare cash and he start giving away $ 500 every minute, how long would it take him to give away all the spare ?

Straight Time

There is a time between seven and eight when the two hands of the clock makes a straight line. Would you know ?

Line Name

What is the name of the line referred to when you say "Cut a circle in two points" ?