Trick of Mind

Sports Anyone?

2010-02-08T17:10:00.000-08:00

These sports are listed in what order?:

golf
tennis
baseball
softball
bowling
soccer
basketball

Superstitious?

2010-02-08T16:55:00.000-08:00

Indentify these superstitious expressions:

1. causing the fracture of a brittle reflective surface

2. taking the extremity of an appendage of a burrowing animal with you

3. to move on foot beneath a climbing device

4. displaying a quadraped's hoofwear on a vertical surface

5. your intended walkway being traversed by a feline of the darkest color

6. to come upon a plant with foilage that is abnormal

It Means ...

2010-02-08T16:33:00.000-08:00

Identify these popular sayings:

1. It is impossible to evaluate published matter by recognition of the material enclosing such matter.

2. That quality appealing to the senses extends as far as the epidermis layer.

3. The commodity used as a medium of exchange is to be positioned at one's oral orifice.

4. Performed activity verbally communicates at an audible level substantially more intense than the individual sounds of a language.

(easy, but fun)

Occupations

2010-02-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

Somtimes a name or nickname sounds like a word whose meaning is associated with an occupation. Example: Banker -------> Bill

1. lawyer ---------------> ?
2. illustrator ----------> ?
3. thief -----------------> ?
4. disk jockey ---------> ?
5. athletic teacher ---> ?
6. barber --------------> ?
7. fisherman ----------> ?
8. baseball player ----> ?
9. nun ------------------> ?
10. meteorologist -----> ?

A Ragnot Special

2010-02-08T07:38:00.000-08:00

A H H A A H / J O K E = H A

What is the arithmetic division?

(for this one, I have a solution, but no method)

Intersecting Circles

2010-02-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

In the diagram below, the radius of the larger circle is 20 and the radius of the smaller circle is 15 (not drawn to scale). The illustrated radii are at right angles.

What is the difference of the areas of the non-overlapping portions?

Remove the Coin

2010-02-08T05:37:00.000-08:00

Chris and Knightmare are enjoying a bottle of red wine from the StanLake Park Wine Estate. As the last glass is poured, Knightmare stands from the COUCH, reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a small coin. He drops the coin into the bottle and re-installs the cork.

Knightmare says, "Chris, I bet you another bottle of wine, that I can remove the coin from the bottle without removing the cork."

Chris exclaims, "Certainly, you can ... simply break the bottle."

"I can do it without breaking the bottle," Knightmare boasts.

"You've got a bet."

Could Knightmare actually remove the coin without compromising the structural integrity of the bottle? If so, how?

Window Cleaning Squeegies

2010-02-07T22:28:00.000-08:00

You become employed with a large window cleaning company. The boss gives you $100, the address of the supply house, and instructs you to buy exactly 100 squeegies ... and you must spend all the money. He gives you the company tax number so that sales tax will not be charged.

When you arrive at the supply house, you are perplexed. There are three different squeegie types ... the supply house manager tells you the company you are representing ususally buys some of each type. The red ones cost $6.00 each ... the yellow ones cost $3.00 each ... and the blue ones are $0.10 each.

How many of each squeegie should you buy? ... remembering that the entire $100 must be spent ... and that you must buy some of each type.

A Tombstone

2010-02-07T22:18:00.000-08:00

On a tombstone:

One sixth of his life was spent in childhood
One twelfth as a teenager
One seventh of his life passed from becoming an adult 'til marriage
A son was born in five years
His son died four years before him
He lived twice as many years as his son

At what age did he die?

1000 Lockers

2010-02-07T21:25:00.000-08:00

A new princial arrived at the school to which he had been asigned. In a seemingly senseless act, he came up with a plan to begin to exert his authority. The school had 1000 students and 1000 lockers, which were in a single long hallway. After gathering all the students in the school auditorium, he presented his exercise in control.

He instructed the students to leave the auditorium in single file and head to the locker hallway. The first student was instructed to begin with the first locker and open every locker door. The second student was instructed to close every second locker. The third student was told that upon approaching the third locker, if it is open, close it ... and if it is closed, open it ... and then continue. The fourth was given the same instructions as the third student, except he was to begin with the fourth door. Each successive student was given the same instructions, which were obviously dependent upon his position in the line of students.

After the last student opened or closed the appropriate locker doors, how many remained open?

Unusual Dice Game

2010-02-07T19:39:00.000-08:00

During a game of dice, a spectator decided to keep track of the rolls. He decided to track the product of the rolls. For example: a roll of 4 and 5 is scored as 20.

1st roll score - (we do not know)
2nd roll score - 5 more than the 1st roll score
3rd roll score - 6 less than the 2nd roll score
4th roll score - 11 more than the 3rd roll score
5th roll score - 8 less than the 4th roll score

Can you provide the numbers rolled on each of the five rolls?

Easy one

2010-02-07T19:19:00.000-08:00

What's the next letter?

o-t-t-f-f-?

(just for fun)

Another Clock

2010-02-07T15:39:00.000-08:00

Fred has a clock that chimes the appropriate number of times to indicate the hour,as well as chiming once at the half hour.As Fred walked into his house one day,he heard the clock chime once.A half hour later it chimed once.Still,a half hour later it chimed once,and a half hour later it chimed once again.What time was it when Fred got home?

Sam's Birthday

2010-02-07T12:31:00.000-08:00

Little Sammy was 8 years old, two days ago. He will be 11 years old next year.

How is this possible?

Burn the Bridge

2010-02-07T09:09:00.000-08:00

Four adventureres are being chased by a tribe of savages. They come to a very old rope bridge which crosses a ravine. They determine they have a 17 minute advantage over their pursuers. The rope bridge is weak and will only support 2 people at a time. To further complicate matters, it is dark and each crossing will require use of their only flashlight, to insure good footing. The bridge is too wide to allow the flashlight to be thrown across. The 4 adventurers, being of different age and levels of fitness, move at different speeds.

Adventurer A can cross the bridge in 10 minutes
Adventurer B can cross the bridge in 5 minutes
Adventurer C can cross the bridge in 2 minutes
Adventurer D can cross the bridge in 1 minute

How do all 4 adventurers get across the bridge in 17 minutes? ... so they can set fire to the bridge and assure their safety from the savages.

(amendment: when 2 adventurers are crossing together, they can move only as fast as the slower one)

Another Fork in the Road

2010-02-07T05:55:00.000-08:00

Continuing on your journey to see the wizard, you come to another fork in the road. At this juncture, stand 3 men ... all looking wise and wizardly. Again, there is a sign ... it reads:

ONE OF US TELLS THE TRUTH, ONE OF US LIES, AND ONE OF US MAY
DO EITHER
(each of us knows which one is truthful, which one is the liar, and which one waffles between the truth and a lie .......... travelers may ask one of us, and only one of us, one question whose answer is either "yes" or "no")

What question would you ask to determine which of the roads you select, to continue your journey?

How Many Flowers?

2010-02-07T05:40:00.000-08:00

All of Sally's flowers, except two, are roses.

All of her flowers, except two, are tulips.

All of her flowers, except two, are daisies.

How many flowers does Sally own?

(there are 2 possible solutions)

Who is the tallest?

2010-02-06T21:50:00.000-08:00

(guys, this one drives me crazy ... and it was a fairly short trip ... :) )

In a rectangular array of people, who is taller?

* the tallest of the shortest people in each column

or

* the shortest of the tallest people in each row

Buses

2010-02-06T19:09:00.000-08:00

Five buses are traveling along a road.The two in the front and the two in the rear are holding a total of 84 people.The middle bus has four people less than the average of all five.How many passengers are in the middle bus?

Which Way?

2010-02-06T16:22:00.000-08:00

You're off to see the wizard ... the wonderful wizard of ... uh ...ok ... forget that. You are on a journey and come to a fork in the road. Standing there at the fork are two wizardly looking gentlemen ... ok .. they may not be gentlemen, but they are standing there. A truthful sign is on a post mounted in the ground next to the two men. The sign reads:

ONE OF US IS A TRUTH TELLER ... THE OTHER IS A LIAR
-------- Travelers may ask one of us ... one question ---------

What question do you ask, to obtain the correct information concerning the correct road upon which to continue your journey?

Game Show

2010-02-05T21:30:00.000-08:00

You are on a game show and have the option of selecting 1 of 3 doors ... behind one of the doors is a fabulous prize ... behind the other 2 doors are gag gifts. The show host knows which door conceals the good prize.

You select a door. The host opens one of the other doors and shows you a gag gift. He now inquires if you would like to keep the first door you picked, or change to the other unopened door.

Should you keep the door you picked ... or change doors ... or does it matter?

(guys, I searched and did not find this puzzle ... If one of you recognizes it as having been a previous post, please advise and I will delete ... thanks)

Back to your roots

2010-02-05T19:50:00.000-08:00

Evaluate rt(1 + rt(7 + rt( 1 + rt(7+......)))), where rt means square root. I have designed this so that the answer is an integer.

The Pop Bottle

2010-02-05T17:23:00.000-08:00

The bottom 3/4 of a pop bottle's total height is cylindrical in shape.

The upper 1/4 of the bottle's total height is irregular in shape and glass thickness.

The bottle is filled with rum up to (approximately) the halfway point of it's height.Keeping the lid on and using nothing but a ruler,how can you tell what percentage of the total volume of the bottle is filled with rum?

Simplify

2010-02-05T16:41:00.000-08:00

Simplify:

(27+8i)/(3+2i^8)

Submerge The Ball

2010-02-05T16:15:00.000-08:00

Suppose you have a very large steel box that is open topped.It measures 50 feet x 50 feet x 50 feet.Inside this box is a steel ball-bearing that has a diameter of 42 feet.If you started filling this box with mercury,how many cubic feet would you have to pour in, in order to completely submerge the ball?