75Lockwood's Critical Thinking Zone!

[75lockwood]

Hey All,

So i thought it was about time to see how smart all of you are :D

Every day i will Post a new set of brain teasers here for everyone to figure out, to answer enter the contest date, the question number then the answer.

Score keeping:
First person to give a correct answer for each puzzle will get 1 point, top 10 scorer's will be put on the leader board's! (see post 2)

Today's Puzzle(s): *NOTE* while i'm sure Google will find you the answer's there is no fun in that and it's just plain cheating, if you choose to do this you are missing the point of the game...

Explain your reasoning for all answers!

Tuesday December 11th:

1. A light bulb is hanging in a room behind a closed door. There are three switches in the hallway outside the room. One of these switches belongs to that light bulb. The light bulb is not lit and the switches are in off state. There is only one chance to visit the room. How can it be determined which of these switch is connected to the light bulb? Solved

2. Two fathers took their sons to a fruit stall. Each man and son bought an apple, But when they returned home, they had only 3 apples. They did not eat, lost, or thrown. How could this be possible? Solved

3.There are three boxes in a table. One of the box contains Gold and the other two are empty. A printed message contains in each box. One of the message is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Second box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Third box says 'The Gold is in the Second box'.
Which box has the Gold? Solved

4. To be released...

5. To be released...

6. To be released...

7. To be released...

8. To be released...

9. To be released...

[75lockwood]

All Time Point Leaders:
1. AZBowla (2 points)
2. martinezsam2495 (2 point)
3.The German Shepherd (2 point)
4. noeymc (2 point)
5. Bowling Wonder (1 point)
6. Striker12 (1 point)
7. Perrin (1 point)
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10.

December 2012:
1. AZBowla (2 points)
2. martinezsam2495 (2 point)
3.The German Shepherd (2 point)
4. noeymc (2 point)
5. Bowling Wonder (1 point)
6. Striker12 (1 point)
7. Perrin (1 point)
8.
9.
10.

[75lockwood]

Question Archive: Highlight to see answers

1.What is special about the following sequence of numbers? 8 5 4 9 1 7 6 10 3 2 0
Answer:The Numbers are in Alphabetical Order
2. What came first, the chicken or the egg?
Answer: The Egg (Certain Dinosaurs laid eggs)
3. It will take 10 men 10 days to dig 10 holes, how long will it take a single man to dig half a hole?
Answer: There is no such thing as half a hole, a hole is a hole
4. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
Answer: The Letter M
5. A man lives on the tenth floor of his apartment building, he takes the elevator down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back; on a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment.
Can you explain why?
Answer: The man is not tall enough to reach the 10th floor button without help or his umbrella
6.34, 58, 56, 60 ..?
Answer: 42 (FIVE (6+9+22+5))
7.A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
Answer: Meat

[noeymc]

first one is missing the #4

# 2 the egg cuz the chicken evolved from a dinosaur

and 12 hours

[75lockwood]

first one is missing the #4

# 2 the egg cuz the chicken evolved from a dinosaur

and 12 hours

2 you got, for the others, try again ;)

[scottymoney]

1. They are not in order.

2. It doesn't matter, in both cases I will enjoy them for breakfast or dinner depending on form, time of day and what I want to eat.

3. 5 days.

we get points for originality correct?

[AZBowla]

You're seriously asking us to think? On a Monday?

My answers:

#1 They are in alphabetical order.

#2 was already answered by Noeymc.

#3 There's no such thing as half a hole.

[75lockwood]

@scotty, sorry no points for creativity at this time :(


You're seriously asking us to think? On a Monday?

My answers:

#1 They are in alphabetical order.

#2 was already answered by Noeymc.

#3 There's no such thing as half a hole.

Well done good sir, not bad for a monday LOL

i will need to post some harder ones.....

[scottymoney]

There is such a thing as half a hole. It all depends on specifications. If you need a hole 4 feet deep a 2 foot deep hole would be half of the intended hole. And I got number 1 correct...... they are not in order, that is what is special about them. My answer is not incorrect in my eyes.

[75lockwood]

There is such a thing as half a hole. It all depends on specifications. If you need a hole 4 feet deep a 2 foot deep hole would be half of the intended hole. And I got number 1 correct...... they are not in order, that is what is special about them. My answer is not incorrect in my eyes.


Did i define the size of each hole in the original question? :D

how did you get 5 days anyway?

Edit: More questions coming soon, i'm compiling a list.. LOL

[The German Shepherd]

The answer to question #1 is that the numbers are all in alphabetical order.
The answer to #2 is the chicken because God created the chicken first
The answer to #3 is a nonsense question because there is no such thing as 1/2 half of a hole unless you are looking for a crrect depth.

[scottymoney]

Did i define the size of each hole in the original question? :D

how did you get 5 days anyway?

Edit: More questions coming soon, i'm compiling a list.. LOL

If you figure 10holes, 10 guys 10 days, I see that as each guy is digging a hole and it is completed in 10 days. Which means for one guy to dig half a hole it will take 5 days.

You did not define the size of the hole but that does not matter as you defined that it takes a 10 guys 10 days to get their 10 holes. So sticking to the uniformity of your question of 10 10 10 I would say each hole has to be the same depth.


Get ready I will try to pick apart each question you post.

[75lockwood]

The answer to #2 is the chicken because God created the chicken first

:D

regardless of your belief, there is no denying that dinosaurs once roamed the earth (bones/fossilized EGGS)

by that logic there were egg's on the earth before the modern day chicken

Disclaimer: all questions will be answerable using modern logic and math

[75lockwood]

If you figure 10holes, 10 guys 10 days, I see that as each guy is digging a hole and it is completed in 10 days. Which means for one guy to dig half a hole it will take 5 days.

You did not define the size of the hole but that does not matter as you defined that it takes a 10 guys 10 days to get their 10 holes. So sticking to the uniformity of your question of 10 10 10 I would say each hole has to be the same depth.


Get ready I will try to pick apart each question you post.

I'm ok with that, its all about thought provoking :D


however..... who said i was being uniform? for all you know, on day one they could spend 5 minutes and on day 2 they spend 24 hours, all i stated was it took a total of 10 days for 10 men to dig 10 holes, nowhere in there did i state that each hole took the same amount of time to dig. :eek:


Edit: will post more when i get home :D

[striker12]

#1- there in alphabetical order.
#2-the egg
#3-never it would suck to dig by your self

[AZBowla]

Here's one for Lockwood.

You have 4 shotglasses. Two are empty and two have liquid in them. For the purposes of this thread, a full glass will be represented by this: |*| and an empty one will be represented by this: |_|. They are currently arranged as follows:

|*| |*| |_| |_|

Touching ONLY ONE SHOTGLASS, arrange the shotglasses like so:
|*| |_| |*| |_|

And yes, this can be done.

[scottymoney]

I'm ok with that, its all about thought provoking :D


however..... who said i was being uniform? for all you know, on day one they could spend 5 minutes and on day 2 they spend 24 hours, all i stated was it took a total of 10 days for 10 men to dig 10 holes, nowhere in there did i state that each hole took the same amount of time to dig. :eek:


Edit: will post more when i get home :D

Well you didn't mention that the holes were differing in size, so I take that as they are all the same. You also didn't mention the time they worked in the ten days. And if it took 10 days to dig 10 holes by 10 men, then I am assuming 10 days worth of work. So assuming 8 hours (average hours worked by people per day) of work a day, and 10 days for 80 total hours....... What I am trying to get here is that people assume things when they are not told exacts.

Be ready to be very exact in the real world.

[scottymoney]

Here's one for Lockwood.

You have 4 shotglasses. Two are empty and two have liquid in them. For the purposes of this thread, a full glass will be represented by this: |*| and an empty one will be represented by this: |_|. They are currently arranged as follows:

|*| |*| |_| |_|

Touching ONLY ONE SHOTGLASS, arrange the shotglasses like so:
|*| |_| |*| |_|

And yes, this can be done.

Very easy AZ but I will let Lockwood figure it out. I also would rather make them all |_| instead.

[AZBowla]

Very easy AZ but I will let Lockwood figure it out. I also would rather make them all |_| instead.

Easy yes, but hard to Google for the answer. :D

[striker12]

Here's one for Lockwood.

You have 4 shotglasses. Two are empty and two have liquid in them. For the purposes of this thread, a full glass will be represented by this: |*| and an empty one will be represented by this: |_|. They are currently arranged as follows:

|*| |*| |_| |_|

Touching ONLY ONE SHOTGLASS, arrange the shotglasses like so:
|*| |_| |*| |_|

And yes, this can be done.

took me a few minutes to figure this one out lol

[75lockwood]

OK i'm back, @AZBowla, i would simply pour glass 2's content into glass 3....

anyway, i'm going to update the first post with a few more riddles for today.....

@scotty, the whole point of that riddle is to not assume things, by doing so you are missing the point, just saying lol

[75lockwood]

New Questions for today! (also found on first post)

4. 34, 58, 56, 60 ..?

5. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

6. A man lives on the tenth floor of his apartment building, he takes the elevator down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back; on a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment.
Can you explain why?

7. What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?

[martinezsam2495]

Here's one for Lockwood.

You have 4 shotglasses. Two are empty and two have liquid in them. For the purposes of this thread, a full glass will be represented by this: |*| and an empty one will be represented by this: |_|. They are currently arranged as follows:

|*| |*| |_| |_|

Touching ONLY ONE SHOTGLASS, arrange the shotglasses like so:
|*| |_| |*| |_|

And yes, this can be done.
just move the first one to the last one,

lol in all kidding aside,
just switch the 2nd one with the 3rd one and woolah

[martinezsam2495]

7
the letter M
:)

[75lockwood]

7
the letter M
:)

Well done :D

[martinezsam2495]

6. I'm guessing the man is not very tall?
o.O

[75lockwood]

6. I'm guessing the man is not very tall?
o.O

Haha, yea that one is out of an old book of riddles i have.... well done again :D

[scottymoney]

Well without all the details you have to assume. The point I am getting at is without the correct details there are multiple answers.

Can you guess I work with a bunch of engineers?

[75lockwood]

Can you guess I work with a bunch of engineers?

not at all lol!

an engineer should NEVER assume anything! "o this beam will hold" Breaking news: beam breaks killing millions......

don't ever make assumptions, if you don't know something for certain ask questions and test to figure it out.;)

[Bowling Wonder]

5. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

)

Meat.

[striker12]

my answers.

#4-it goes low-high-low-high lol.
#5-300 lbs.
#6-hes got personal space issues.
#7-life

[JaMau24]

4. 34, 58, 56, 60 ..?


#4. 34, 58, 56, 60, 84, 82, 86, 100, 98, 102, 126, 124, 128... (Assuming I'm correct, I'm proud of myself for figuring that out in 30 seconds lol)

[75lockwood]

#4. 34, 58, 56, 60, 84, 82, 86, 100, 98, 102, 126, 124, 128... (Assuming I'm correct, I'm proud of myself for figuring that out in 30 seconds lol)

Not what i was going for, but explain your formula... i will admit there may be other possible answers to number sequences... :D

[75lockwood]

my answers.

#4-it goes low-high-low-high lol.
#5-300 lbs.
#6-hes got personal space issues.
#7-life

sorry striker :P

[75lockwood]

Meat.

well done :D

[JaMau24]

Not what i was going for, but explain your formula... i will admit there may be other possible answers to number sequences... :D

34 to 58 was +24. Using "24", you use the 2 from that to subtract from 58, then the 4 to add, then you're at 60. Then repeated that again. (+24, -2, +4)

[75lockwood]

That's rather elegant, i hadn't noticed it... i still think my way is a lot cooler..... come on you can do it!

[striker12]

new awnser for #4 took awhile to figure out hope i'm close or right.

#4-34,58,56,60.

ok the way i did mine took time and alot of writing and thinking soo i got a pieace of paper and wrote down your numbers 34,58,56,60 so then i also wrote down in a line numbers from 1-26 for every letter in the alphabet so as you now 1=a 2=b and so on then i tryed to make words with by adding letters to get with the number with out it going over the number you gave the first one took me no time but then trying to figure out the others was harder because i was trying to make a sentence but then thought of the first one and went from there.

one= 15+14+5= 34
two= 20+23+15= 58
three= 20+8+18+5+5= 56
four= 6+15+21+18= 60
five= 6+9+22+5= 42
six= 19+9+24= 52
seven 19+5+22+5+14= 65
eight= 5+9+7+8+20= 49
nine= 14+9+14+5= 42
ten= 20+5+14= 39

[scottymoney]

not at all lol!

an engineer should NEVER assume anything! "o this beam will hold" Breaking news: beam breaks killing millions......

don't ever make assumptions, if you don't know something for certain ask questions and test to figure it out.;)

Lockwood you are making me assume! Do you not understand that since you did not give me details I must come up with the rest. There is no right answer to your question because you leave the details so wide open. The answer to your question could easily be that the holes can't be dug because the men went on strike. Or Lockwood did not give enough detail about where the holes are to be dug and how deep to dig them.

I will now just argue questions for the sake of arguing because I refuse to think without all the details.

[75lockwood]

new awnser for #4 took awhile to figure out hope i'm close or right.

#4-34,58,56,60.

Ok the way i did mine took time and alot of writing and thinking soo i got a pieace of paper and wrote down your numbers 34,58,56,60 so then i also wrote down in a line numbers from 1-26 for every letter in the alphabet so as you now 1=a 2=b and so on then i tryed to make words with by adding letters to get with the number with out it going over the number you gave the first one took me no time but then trying to figure out the others was harder because i was trying to make a sentence but then thought of the first one and went from there.

One= 15+14+5= 34
two= 20+23+15= 58
three= 20+8+18+5+5= 56
four= 6+15+21+18= 60
five= 6+9+22+5= 42
six= 19+9+24= 52
seven 19+5+22+5+14= 65
eight= 5+9+7+8+20= 49
nine= 14+9+14+5= 42
ten= 20+5+14= 39

well done striker!!!!!!

+1

[75lockwood]

Lockwood you are making me assume! Do you not understand that since you did not give me details I must come up with the rest. There is no right answer to your question because you leave the details so wide open. The answer to your question could easily be that the holes can't be dug because the men went on strike. Or Lockwood did not give enough detail about where the holes are to be dug and how deep to dig them.

I will now just argue questions for the sake of arguing because I refuse to think without all the details.


The hole point is that the answer: that the hole size is not defined, and as such a hole is a hole is the only answer that you can give without assuming information....

anyway, on to day 2!

[striker12]

well done striker!!!!!!

+1

yay doing that took me awhile to do not giving full time because i did 4 other methods apart from this one but this one looked better

[scottymoney]

I am protesting your stupid thread until questions are asked that have all needed information to make a educated answer.

I stand by my opinion that you can have half a hole. I also stand by my opinion that this is stupid and we should be discussing bowling.

Now please veryone stop the flashing avatars! They are getting old.

[75lockwood]

First 3 questions for today released (also found on first post)

1. A light bulb is hanging in a room behind a closed door. There are three switches in the hallway outside the room. One of these switches belongs to that light bulb. The light bulb is not lit and the switches are in off state. There is only one chance to visit the room. How can it be determined which of these switch is connected to the light bulb?

2. Two fathers took their sons to a fruit stall. Each man and son bought an apple, But when they returned home, they had only 3 apples. They did not eat, lost, or thrown. How could this be possible?

3.There are three boxes in a table. One of the box contains Gold and the other two are empty. A printed message contains in each box. One of the message is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Second box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Third box says 'The Gold is in the Second box'.
Which box has the Gold?

[The German Shepherd]

I don't think I would call the theory of evolution modern logic....

[75lockwood]

I don't think I would call the theory of evolution modern logic....


i didn't say evolution, i simply stated there are currently skeletons of dinosaurs in museums, whether created by god or a product of evolution, they did exist

[noeymc]

#1 turn all the switch on and off till u find it...

#2 2 dads one son

#3 box #1

[The German Shepherd]

#5 - the man is very short and reaches the top floor buttons with an umbrella on rainy days...

Jay

[The German Shepherd]

Answer to question #2 for today - There are three people total = thrtee generations of males. In other words, a grandfather, a father and a son.

Jay

[75lockwood]

#1 turn all the switch on and off till u find it...

#2 2 dads one son

#3 box #1

#2 explain, it said 2 fathers each took their son's

#3 explain your answer


#5 - the man is very short and reaches the top floor buttons with an umbrella on rainy days...

Jay

you are correct, but this question was already answered, new questions are up today :D

[75lockwood]

Answer to question #2 for today - There are three people total = thrtee generations of males. In other words, a grandfather, a father and a son.

Jay

Well done :D

[The German Shepherd]

"A light bulb is hanging in a room behind a closed door. There are three switches in the hallway outside the room. One of these switches belongs to that light bulb. The light bulb is not lit and the switches are in off state. There is only one chance to visit the room. How can it be determined which of these switch is connected to the light bulb?"

Assuming that these are incandescent light bulbs, turn on 1st switcch for few minutes and then turn it off. Then turn on second switch & enter the room. If the bulb is lit then the second switch is the answer - if not then touch the bulb with your finger to see if it is warm. If so, then the switch is first one you tried. If neither is the case, then your answer is switch #3.

Jay

[75lockwood]

"A light bulb is hanging in a room behind a closed door. There are three switches in the hallway outside the room. One of these switches belongs to that light bulb. The light bulb is not lit and the switches are in off state. There is only one chance to visit the room. How can it be determined which of these switch is connected to the light bulb?"

Assuming that these are incandescent light bulbs, turn on 1st switcch for few minutes and then turn it off. Then turn on second switch & enter the room. If the bulb is lit then the second switch is the answer - if not then touch the bulb with your finger to see if it is warm. If so, then the switch is first one you tried. If neither is the case, then your answer is switch #3.

Jay

Well done again :D and the bulb doesn't need to be incandescent, no light bulb's are 100% efficient at this point in time

[Perrin]

The gold is in the first box making the first message False, the second True, and the third False.

The gold being in either the second or third boxes would make 2 true and only 1 false.

[The German Shepherd]

3.There are three boxes in a table. One of the box contains Gold and the other two are empty. A printed message contains in each box. One of the message is true and the other two are lies.
The first box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Second box says 'The Gold is not here'.
The Third box says 'The Gold is in the Second box'.
Which box has the Gold?

It has to be box #1.

[75lockwood]

Dang sorry Jay, perrin rang in seconds before you by the look of it lol

[75lockwood]

Well done guys, to give others who don't log in during the day a chance, i will post the rest latter today :D

[75lockwood]

I am protesting your stupid thread until questions are asked that have all needed information to make a educated answer.

I stand by my opinion that you can have half a hole. I also stand by my opinion that this is stupid and we should be discussing bowling.

Now please veryone stop the flashing avatars! They are getting old.


Few things, first this is the everything talk section, if you wanted bowling, go to the bowling sections. second, thank you for calling my thread stupid, not once did i say your opinion was incorrect, i simply stated that without making assumptions on the size of each hole there is no way to answer this question, and that is the point, the whole idea of this was to make you think outside of the box and look at different perspectives, i see your perspective but you call mine stupid, thanks.

Definition of a hole: "A hollow place in a solid body or surface."

by that definition, regardless of its dimensions, it would still be considered a hole, saying "half a hole" is incorrect english, to properly state this you would say "a hole of half the size"

[scottymoney]

I am done arguing with you. I did think outside the box, but you are still saying there is no such thing as half a hole. Which I say there is, no matter the depth there can still be half. You are right this is the everything talk section and I will stay out.

Sorry for ranting I just find these kind of questions useless.
No need to comment I am done.

[noeymc]

2 dads thought that would cover dad his son his son obvsily one kid isnt a dad yet -_-

explain what i am right its in box 1 i know i am right lol

[J Anderson]

Hey Lockwood, Did the Grinch steal your secret stash of brain teasers?