Brain Teasers

[Rogue_0009]

I've been posting these on the Mr. know-it-all thread for a while now and think it is worthy of its own thread.

The rules are simple a post a question you answer

8/12 As Sid Shady boarded his flight to Isreal, he noticed an old a aquaintance at the back of the plane. He shouted a greeting to his friend by name, then knocked on the cockpit door to say hello to one of the pilots, who is also an old frind. Several moments later he was arresyed. Why?

May the Force be with you.

[Mann]

Does it have to do with Terrorism?

[Queen 'Onna]

Was he connected with 9/11?
you know 8/12 one month before 9/11.

[BL-17]

He said "Hi, Jack!" and proceeded to the cockpit leaving people to believe he was going to "hijack" the plane.

[Mann]

Good job BL-17, the sad thing is i heard that one before

[RollaFett]

Ok, I'll try one...

Two sisters (we'll call them Amy and Brenda) are at their mother's funeral. At the reception, Amy meets a man (we'll call him Tom) and they become quite smitten with each other, but nothing really develops between the two.
Weeks later, Amy kills Brenda.
Why?

[BlueSaber]

Ok. Brenda thought Tom was available and they went out and ended up shagging eachother. Amy found out and killed Brenda.

Or

Brenda was choking on something and when Amy tried to do the heimlich manouver, she accidently snapped Brenda's ribs that caused massive internal bleeding and killed her.

[JediBendu]

The only way for Amy to see the guy again is if she kills her sister - Tom'll come to the funeral and she can see him again.

loaded question that - I am not a serial killer. ;)

[Rogue_0009]

Bl-17 got it right :roll:

8/13 Suzie is afraid of monsters hiding under her bed. She usually runs from her bedroom door and leaps onto her bed so monsters can't get her. Even though her bed is 12 feet from the door, she manages to switch off her light and jump into bed before the room is dark. Since Suzie doesn't use any special device to flip the switch, how is she able to accomplish this remarkable feat?

[Master Jason]

The switch is above her bed

[tunafishman]

Did you get these from Reader's Digest? Or are you really this clever?

[Tovor]

Either Suzie has the Clapper, or else she is a monster with 12 foot arms, who is afraid of OTHER monsters under her monster bed.

[RollaFett]

Jedibendu- You are absolutely correct. And congrats, you have now offcially passed the test to become a seriel killer! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[Darth Darthy]

This thread appears to require the use of my brain. Therefore, I shall avoid it.

[Tovor]

This thread appears to require the use of my brain. Therefore, I shall avoid it.
Avoid what, the thread, or your brain?

[Darth Darthy]

Well, no matter how hard I try, I just can't avoid my brain. So I'll settle with avoiding this thread instead. Although so far I'm not doing a very good job at it...

[Mara1Jade]

8/13-Suzie is able to jump in her bed before it is dark because she goes to bed before the sun goes down. Therefore, even though the light is off, her room is not yet dark when she jumps into the bed.

[BlueSaber]

OK, I've got one. You have to use logic for this:

A man has with him, a lion, a goat and a cabbage. He comes to a river and realises he has a problem: The boat he has will only take himself and one of the others. He can't leave the lion alone with the goat or the goat will get eaten and he can't leave the goat alone with the cabbage or the cabbage will get eaten. How does the man get all of them to the other side WITHOUT any of them getting eaten.

This isn't as hard as a lot of people think.

-Blue

[STar war spUNK]

the man takes the goat in the boat (haha a rhyme!), and takes him to thee other side. drops off goat, gets in boat, stuff cabbage in mouth along with lion in boat. drops them all off. there done. hahaah sike. sorry it is 3:11 (oh yeah) in the morning. i cannot function properly.

[BlueSaber]

Nope. Wrong. ^_^. e can only take one at a time, remember. And it's 10:30 am here.

[Jedi Master Shaft]

He takes the goat with him.

I don't think the lion would eat the cabbage and I highly doubt the cabbage would eat the lion. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif


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[BlueSaber]

But he has to go back and get the others. He takes the goat across, goes back for the lion, brings the lion, across, bye-bye Goat. If he takes the cabbage across and leaves it with the goat, bye-bye cabbage. Keep trying.

[tunafishman]

You grab the goat, take him (or her) to the other side, and head on back. You then grab the cabbage and take it to the other side. On your way back you grab the goat and take it with you. You leave the goat behind and take the lion. So now you've got the lion and the cabbage on the otherside. All you have to do is row back and grab the goat, and you're off.

This is like a very easy version of the cannibals and missionaries problem.

[Rogue_0009]

Mara1Jade got it right style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pacman.gif

8/14 Two cars made their way along the winding country road and came to an abrubt stop at the park's gate. Seven Men got out of the 2 cars and were walking along the footpath when it began to rain. Six of the men began to walk faster to get out of the rain but the seventh man couldn't be bothered. Ironically it was the seventh man who remained dry the other 6 were completely soaked. Since all 7 men arrived at their destination together, how is this possible?

Oh BTW, in responce to tunafishman's question I am getting these out of an old game my mother's had for about 20 years.

[Luvinna.]

The seventh man had an umbrella.

[Rogue_0009]

Nope :dunce:

[Queen 'Onna]

This takes to much brain power.

[Kafer]

Was the 7th man under the trees?

[Darth Darthy]

So anyway, there I was taking a dump under the tree - oh wait, this isn't Outlook Express!!! Oh SH style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/censored.gif !!!

[jedibrat]

The 7th man was inside a casket, the other 6 men were casket bearers, and the park was a cemetary?

[Rogue_0009]

You're right Jedibrat style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif

8/15 Can you translate the following

Y Y U R Y Y U B I C U R Y Y 4 M E

Just wondering, have you guys heard these somewhere else before?

[Luvinna.]

Wise you are. Wise you be. I see you are wise for me. (?)

I'd heard the one about the lion, goat and lettuce before, but didn't see it until tunafishman had already answered it.

[Luvinna.]

No! Wait! Not quite right.

Wise you are. Wise you be. I see you are two wise for me.

[Luvinna.]

Oops. Bad grammar.

Too wise for me. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif

[Rogue_0009]

C'mon Luv, not quite there, but really close

[STar war spUNK]

too wise you are, too wise you be, i see you are too wise for me.

am i right?????

(daniela laughs evilly at how she got the answer from luvinna)

[Luvinna.]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. *Whatever. *
:dunce: <-- Luvinna
D'oh!

[Javen]

If, having only one match, on a freezing winter day, you entered a room which contained a lamp, a kerosene heater, and a wood burning stove, which should you light first.

[Tovor]

Is the room stocked with wood and kerosene, and what type of fuel does the lamp burn?

[Javen]

Originally posted by Tovor@Aug. 15 2002 - 20:40
Is the room stocked with wood and kerosene, and what type of fuel does the lamp burn?
yes and any type you desire

[Rogue_0009]

You light the match first, duh.
Starwarspunk got the answer right :pacattack:

8/16 Sam was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. While waiting on death row he escaped, got hold of a gun, and managed to board a plane. Just before departure, Sam hijacked the plane, and ordered all the passengers off. His next demand was for $ 500 000 ina heavy bag and a parachute. He then told the pilot to turn his radio off and fly the plane at a low altitude. When Sam saw the area he liked he strapped the 'chute and leapt from the plane. Unfortunately for Sam, in his exitement he forgot the money. When the pilot returned to the airport he reported to Detective Shadow that Sam had made a succesful escape but left the money. Shadow immediately annouced the case was closed. Why would Shadow not search for a convicted murderer?

[Javen]

Rogue was right,pretty simple

[Javen]

cause the murderer is dead

[Rinc]

If the plane was flying at low altitude the parachute wouldn't have worked and so Sam would've been dead. Maybe

[AlanRJ]

OK, try this one:

Whats greater than God
More evil than the Devil
The rich want it and
The poor have it.

[Kafer]

Nothing

[BlueSaber]

Tuna got the goat, lion, cabbage one right! Well done! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif

[Rogue_0009]

Rinc is right style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scatter.gif

8/17 The day before yesterday Suzie[yeah the same one who is afraid of the monsters] was nine years old. Next year she will be 12. How is this possible?

[Rinc]

The day before yesterday was december 30th and Suzie was 9. Suzie was 10 the next day on December 31st. Today it is the new year and at the end of this year she will be 11 (on the 30th). Therefore next year she will be 12.

[Rogue_0009]

Rinc is right :roll:

8/18 Jed lived alone and he preferred it that way. Jed never had any visitors and he never visited anyone. Since Jed never left his house it was necessary to have his supplies delivered every 2 weeks. One dark and stormy night Jed lost control of his senses, turned off all the lights and went to sleep. The next morning it was discovered that Jed's actions resulted in the deaths of dozens of people. Why?

[Mara1Jade]

Unless Jed lived in the local power plant, I have no idea.

[Whuffa]

Because when he lost his senses he killed dozens of people????

I have no idea.. :dunce:

[Rinc]

Is Jed a lighthouse?

[Tovor]

I was going to say he is the lighthouse keeper and lives in the lighthouse.

[Tovor]

Whats greater than God
More evil than the Devil
The rich want it and
The poor have it.


Kafer got the answer correctly, but AlanRJ, that should be "The rich don't want it and the poor have it." :)

[Javen]

Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."

[jedibrat]

In "the English language", language is the third word. *style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/satisfied.gif

Also, "aggry" is a type of prehistoric bead, and "gry" is a small distance (about a tenth of an inch) according to word-detective.com (http://www.word-detective.com/gry.html), but neither of those is a real modern English word, so anyhoo...

[Rogue_0009]

Tovor is right style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scatter.gif

8/19 The gym was generally crowded at lunch hour, and part of the reason was that Sam Slug, Sid Shady, Slip Shod and Art Bragg always attended. Following their workout the 4 would regularly retire to the suana. Sam and Sid read magazines, Slip always brought a thermos with a drink, and Art just talked about his next milllion dollar deal he was working on. One day when they left the suana they realized Art had not come out. When they went back in they found him with a deep stabwound in his heart. Detective Shadow seached the suana for clues and questioned the 3 witnesses but discovered nothing. Even the autopsy failed to reveal the murder weapon. Whivh of the 3 men killed Art and how did he do it?

[Jedi Master Shaft]

Slip killed Art. The knife used to stab Art was hidden in his thermos.


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[STar war spUNK]

slip had an icicle or ice or something sharp made of ice and stabbed it in art's heart and it melted so no one found it. he stored the sharp ice in his thermos, where it was insulated.

RIGHT?

[Javen]

Originally posted by jedibrat@Aug. 19 2002 - 00:21
In "the English language", language is the third word. *style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/satisfied.gif

Also, "aggry" is a type of prehistoric bead, and "gry" is a small distance (about a tenth of an inch) according to word-detective.com (http://www.word-detective.com/gry.html), but neither of those is a real modern English word, so anyhoo...
no not right it says in the English language is the 3rd word

Engli s h lang uage its slang thats the 3rd word and we use it
_ ____


slang

[Mara1Jade]

The English Language one.

Hungary.

[Obidobi]

A FATHER AND SON WAS OUT DRIVING ONE NIGHT. THE FATHER WAS DRIVING AND THE SON WAS SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT NEXT TO HIS FATHER.
THEY CRASHED AND THE FATHER DIED.
THE SON WAS BADLY INJURED AND NEEDED A SURGERY FAST. THE AMBULANCE CAME AND DROVE HIM TO A HOSPITAL. HE WAS PUT TO SURGERY AT ONCE.
THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND SAW THE BOY, AND SAID. THIS IS MY SON I CANNOT DO THIS.

HOW COME?? :dunce:

[Darth Drew]

The father was a priest. Ha you did'nt think anyone was going to get that

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by Darth Drew@Aug. 20 2002 - 05:54
The father was a priest. Ha you did'nt think anyone was going to get that
Priest,plumber,jedi,sith,toilet cleaner or truckdriver, Does´nt matter what he was. He was dead remember!
Sorry Wrong answer. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif

[Tovor]

The doc was his momma. Who says a doctor must be a man?

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by Tovor@Aug. 20 2002 - 06:36
The doc was his momma. *Who says a doctor must be a man?
U got it right!

[jedibrat]

Originally posted by Javen@Aug. 19 2002 - 14:44
no not right it says in the English language is the 3rd word

Engli s h *lang uage *its slang thats the 3rd word and we use it
* * * _ * *____


slang
I dunno, all I know is that I've seen the riddle before, worded the exact same way you put it, and I simply put down the answer that I saw before, but oh well. And I don't understand how slang could be the third word if you were speaking in accordance w/ the literal meaning of the puzzle, because it doesn't end w/ "-gry".

[Rogue_0009]

StarWarsPunk got it right :roll:

8/20 Mel Colly stared through the dirty soot-smeared window on the 26th floor of the office tower. Overcome with depression he slid the window open and jumped through it. It was a sheer drop outside the building to the ground. Miraculously after he landed he was completely unhurt. Since there was nothing to cushion hsfall or slow his descent, how could he have survived?

[tunafishman]

He landed on the fire escape right outside the window.

[Javen]

* * *
[/quote]
I dunno, all I know is that I've seen the riddle before, worded the exact same way you put it, and I simply put down the answer that I saw before, but oh well. *And I don't understand how slang could be the third word if you were speaking in accordance w/ the literal meaning of the puzzle, because it doesn't end w/ "-gry".[/quote]
It has nothing to do with -gry its only there to throw you off
of the puzzle besides all the other words you could look up ending with-gry we never use everyday.[/quote]

[jedibrat]

I dunno, like I said, "language" is the answer that I've heard with that riddle before, so I put it down; but if it's not the answer you heard, oh well, not exactly a matter of galactic importance now is it... :scatter:

[Javen]

uh no I guess not

[Mara1Jade]

I'm still on the English language one.

the

[Tovor]

Another Brain Drain:
A dead body was discovered and ruled as a murder. *The murder occured less than 31 hours ago, but there were no witnesses and no evidence left behind. *Nobody else was around at the time of the killing, and there were no security cameras or image capture devices of any kind. *The police were downcast because no one could tell them or show them what the murderer looked like. *Then the commissioner called in Inspector Tovarenberg and asked him to help them identify the killer. *Tovarenberg promptly left, and 62 hours and 10 minutes later he returned and handed over photographs of the murder in progress, with the killer's face visible. *Photographs never lie, so the cops matched the pics to their mug shots and the killer was arrested and brought to justice.

How in the world did Tovarenberg do it? *How did he find photographs of the killer caught in the act? * style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif

[jedibrat]

Originally posted by Javen@Aug. 18 2002 - 21:39
Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
Mara1Jade: The way I heard the riddle, "language" is the third word, because it says, "There are three words in 'the English language'. What is the third word?" It asks for the third word in the phrase "the English language".

[STar war spUNK]

tovarenberg was the murderer and took pictureso f himself.

i do not know.

[Mara1Jade]

yeah, but you don't necessarily use the word "language" every day. You DO use the word "the" though.

[Tovor]

starwarspunk, nope.

[Padme]

I have to agree with Jedibrat. It asks you what is the third word. Plus it says "if you have listend carefully, I have already told you what it is." Also, I have heard this one before.

[jedibrat]

You don't use the word language every day, but you do speak every day, thus using your language.

[Mara1Jade]

Yeah, but I believe the person who posted this particular riddle already said language wasn't the answer THEY KNEW.

[jedibrat]

Yes, but I have simply stated the answer I know and have heard before, from the exact same wording of the riddle. My answer makes sense to me, yours does to you I guess, either way it's not exactly a vital piece of knowledge worth getting discombobulated over, now is it? :scatter:

[Mara1Jade]

It's just that you've stated it repeatedly. I feel as though you think I'm just ignoring your logic or your answer, when really I just want to know what the answer is that Javen knows. I never said that your answer did not make perfect sense.

[Luvinna.]

Originally posted by Tovor@Aug. 20 2002 - 22: 00
Another Brain Drain:
A dead body was discovered and ruled as a murder. *The murder occured less than 31 hours ago, but there were no witnesses and no evidence left behind. *Nobody else was around at the time of the killing, and there were no security cameras or image capture devices of any kind. *The police were downcast because no one could tell them or show them what the murderer looked like. *Then the commissioner called in Inspector Tovarenberg and asked him to help them identify the killer. *Tovarenberg promptly left, and 62 hours and 10 minutes later he returned and handed over photographs of the murder in progress, with the killer's face visible. *Photographs never lie, so the cops matched the pics to their mug shots and the killer was arrested and brought to justice.

How in the world did Tovarenberg do it? *How did he find photographs of the killer caught in the act? * <!--emo&:scratchchin:
He went back in time and took pictures of the murder (like that guy in Kate & Leopold). * style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[jedibrat]

Javen's answer, I believe, was "slang" - the letters for the word are embedded in the words English and language, at least I think that's how it worked out. I'm not sure.

Sorry for the misunderstanding - another perfect example of how this form of communication never really works quite perfectly... :scratchchin:

[Tovor]

Luvinna, nope, no time travel.
Too bad no one else is trying to solve this one other than 2 people so far. The answer will make the person who guesses it go "D'oh! I knew that but didn't know I knew it!"

[STar war spUNK]

they were on some hunting grounds or something, and the dead body is an animal.

ugh this is hard!

GIVE US A HINT!

[Tovor]

Luvinna is wrong about time travel. *But not about time travel. *Time travel is not the answer, but time travel is the answer from a certain point of view. *So close, yet so far away.

The answer is out there, starwarspunk, you just haven't seen it yet. *:look:

[STar war spUNK]

does it have something to do with time zones?

isn't that time travel? because you're "going back in time" when you go back to different time zones.

HELP ME TOVOR!!!

[Tovor]

I just gave you like 6 hints young padawan ;)

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by Tovor@Aug. 24 2002 - 00:28
Luvinna, nope, no time travel. *
Too bad no one else is trying to solve this one other than 2 people so far. *The answer will make the person who guesses it go "D'oh! I knew that but didn't know I knew it!"
There is not only 2 trying to solve this puzzle. I´m thinking my brains out, but has no clue. No need to rapport anything when nothing to rapport.

[Tovor]

I can see by your avatar how hard you're thinking. Your brain points are sticking through your noggin.

I gave starwarspunk 6 hints. *6 hints in that one 23: 06 post. *Take that message apart and peel off the clues. *Perhaps you have too much space between your ears to think... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif



Do you realize the purpose of that *style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif sarcasm style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hehe.gif was to give you another clue? *Man, I'm liking this. *I hope nobody gets the answer for awhile. *Clues are fun to give.

[jedibrat]

Did he somehow recreate the murder scene and take pictures...? ???

[Tovor]

Nope, it only happened once. No recreation. No forgery. No digital imaging.

It was photographed as it was seen for the first time.

[Tovor]

I have now given 8 clues.
C'mon you all, put the clues together and think it through, if you can deduce which of my statements are clues and what aren't.


It is not actually a scientifically possible action although it is based on science, and it is certainly acceptable to the imaginations of those here.

[Tovor]

This is a puzzle to be put together after all, these clues, 10 of which have been given before this very post was posted.

[Tovor]

Does anybody know? *Does anybody care to know? *IS anybody trying? *Is anybody out there?

I have given 10 clues already. Somebody else said something that was a clue, although unrealized by that person that it was a clue, and thus unintentional. Somebody on this page has an avatar with a clue in it.

12 clues, but where and what are the last 2?
10 clues at least are in my previous posts as stated. Not before I posted the brain drain, only after.

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif people, *style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif !

[Blizzard]

Was it a suicide?

Did he ask the killer who took them for the pix?

Were they the crime scene photos and the killer was still there?

Was the investigator the killer and he just needed time to think?

How many guesses do I get? Am I breaking any rules?

[Blizzard]

Was Tovarenberg an author writing a story about a murder?

[Tovor]

Was it a suicide?
Did he ask the killer who took them for the pix?
Were they the crime scene photos and the killer was still there?
Was the investigator the killer and he just needed time to think?
How many guesses do I get? Am I breaking any rules?

Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope.
Nope. * * *style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif

[STar war spUNK]

oh man you're killing me. i am re reading everything everyone has seeing. DO YOU SEE MY FACE?! (look at the avator) I AM THINKING HARD AS A BUTT. UGH THIS IS HARD!!!

[Tovor]

Was Tovarenberg an author writing a story about a murder?


Nope. You've got author on the brain! :p

[Tovor]

Hard as a butt, starwarspunk? :lol: :lol: :lol:
So the advertisement for "Buns of Steel" actually offers better thinking techniques?

[Blizzard]

Well darn!

And LOL starwarspunk! :lol:

[RedMirax]

Was Tovarenberg the murderer?? :scratchchin:

[Tovor]

Nope. *Blizz asked that. *
Tovarenberg was not the killer, nor was he at the scene of the crime when it happened, nor did he know about it when it happened. He only saw it after the fact.

[Tovor]

He was not a psychic either.
He only photographed the crime when he saw it happening.

[Obidobi]

Was Mr. Tovenberg in the CIA or DEA? Was the pictures taken from a long way above?

[Tovor]

Was Mr. Tovenberg in the CIA or DEA?
No CIA, no DEA. *Perhaps in the future those organizations don't exist any more.

Oops, another clue was given! *style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif

Was the pictures taken from a long way above?
Hmmmmm..... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif

[STar war spUNK]

yes buns of steel is quite well known for making your butt smart and transfering the smartness cells from your butt to your brain. yes yes. hehe.

hm... let me see... the inspector dude had a watch that was set to a different time zone? and so that made him "time travel"? UGH I DONT' KNOW. I AM SO CONFUSED! maybe thinking hard as a butt isn't all that great after all!

[Obidobi]

Has the murder happend yet? Is it like the Tom Cruise movie, The Minority Report?
Or maybe Enemy of the states? Satelite pictures?

[Obidobi]

Tovor?


Was it u that was killed?
Where are u?
Hello?

[Tovor]

the inspector dude had a watch that was set to a different time zone? and so that made him "time travel"?
Nope. I wish you would figure it out so I could say, "It's about time!"


BTW, that was a clue, thought it is not about time travel. But it is. He does not travel through time, other than to travel and taking a certain amount of time to do it in.

[RedMirax]

He stopped time, and went back to take the pics....

[Tovor]

Has the murder happend yet? Is it like the Tom Cruise movie, The Minority Report?
Or maybe Enemy of the states? Satelite pictures?

The murder happened 31 hours ago, and the inspector returns with the pics 62 hours and 10 minutes later.
Enemy of the State. *Nope.
Satelite pictures. *Nope. But you are heading in the right direction, perhaps.

[Tovor]

Redmirax, nope.


Okay, one more hint. *It has nothing to do with AOTC, but look at my avatar.
No, the inspector did not use the Force. He did not see it in a movie either.

[Obidobi]

HMM!
The murder was 31 hours ago.
Tovarenberg was away for 62 hours and 10 minutes.
That is double time + 10 minutes!! HMMM!!

Maybe it take him 31 hours to go there and "shoot" the pictures and 31 hours to go back. What did he do those extra 10 minutes?
Walk up the stairs or did the elevator stop? :banghead:

[STar war spUNK]

he was looking through binoculars from a distance that was 62 hours and 10 minutes away and happened to be taking pictures at that time with a zoom lens.

[RedMirax]

Does it have something to do with mirrors....?

[STar war spUNK]

darn you obidobi, you made my answer look stupid!

[Tovor]

I can see the direction somebody is going in, and perhaps it is the right direction.

[STar war spUNK]

ok hm...

and it took him 10 minutes to develop the pictures??

[Tovor]

Obidobi, that wouldn't make sense, now, would it? If he travelled for 31 hours and five minutes then it would have happened 31 hours and five minutes in the past, wouldn't it?

[Tovor]

People, you are on the verge of a breakthrough!
Why can't you see the light yet?

[RedMirax]

He traveled to a parrellel universe that mirrored this universe and took the pics....

[Tovor]

starwarspunk, no he didn't. obidobi didn't, I mean.

[Tovor]

Redmirax, nope.
However, if everyone's ideas were thought of together, one might deduce the one right one.

[Tovor]

Oh my God! I am sitting here going :crazy: !
Is everybody throwing their minds into a tizzy without going over the clues I handed out? I must have given out 15 clues by now. There are 2 clues in my avatar.

[Tovor]

And somebody recently was only halfway there.

[Obidobi]

DARN!!!!
I´m getting too old for this!!! ( -Obi-Wan Kenobi ANH )
I wish I had the wonderful mind of a child. (- Yoda AOTC.)

I think too much of it now. Everything is blocked! :banghead: :dunce: :skull: :withstupid:

[RedMirax]

I keep going back to mirrors or reflections, but can't piece it together....

[Tovor]

It isn't about pieces, not pieces.
God, Red, and obidobi and punk, all so close.

[STar war spUNK]

i'm thinking of like binoculars and telescopes. and cameras with zoom lenses.

[STar war spUNK]

THE MURDER REFLECTED OFF OF THE WATER AND HE TOOK A PICTURE OF THE WATER.

[Tovor]

31 hours later? :p

[STar war spUNK]

(damn! )

[Tovor]

Don't fret. Just back up a few steps.

[RedMirax]

Good try SWP.... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Tovor]

Oh my goodness. How long will it take these people to see the light? How long?

[Obidobi]

Did he take pictures of reflection in the victims eyes?

[RedMirax]

It has something to do with reflection and light...?

[STar war spUNK]

Originally posted by RedMirax@Aug. 24 2002 - 20:53
Good try SWP.... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif
thanks. you gave me the idea when you talked about mirrors. hehe. wait... THE LIGHT. THE LIGHT??

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by Tovor@Aug. 25 2002 - 02:54
Oh my goodness. *How long will it take these people to see the light? *How long?
No dinner for u today meesa thinks. U are getting skinny?

[Tovor]

:angel:

[Meche]

One word: wormhole.

Or otherwise, he just hopped into a spaceship and flew far enough away so that he could see the planet as it once was when the crime happened. You know how light takes time to travel, like when we look at the sun we see it as it was 8 minutes ago. He flew far enough away to see the crime and take a few pictures through his telescope. Took the same amount of time I guess.

[Tovor]

Whoops.

[Mara1Jade]

The light thing has been niggling at my brain too. You know, how it takes us millions of years to see something that is way up in the sky. So, if you were up way in the sky, it would then take you a while to see what happens, if you had the proper technology.

Dunno bout the wormhole, but I definitely think Meche has it.

[Tovor]

Congratulations, Meche.

[STar war spUNK]

tovor is meche is right, don't tell me so that way when i say the exact same thing i can feel great because i would think that i got it right. haha.

[STar war spUNK]

DAMN IT!!!!!

i will now have to proceed into hurting you!

[Tovor]

Didn't I say somebody was halfway there, and that you all were so close? Obidobi travelled for 31 hours to take the picture, but what he didn't do which the inspector did was go faster than the speed of light for 31 hours and 5 minutes, beating the reflection (a word everybody kept saying but didn't follow through with) of the crime in progress, and then stopping to prepare the pic with the telescope that punk thought of, taking the pic as the light reached him, and then heading back.

[Obidobi]

Was never In my mind!!

Here is another:
A cowboy was riding into a town on Friday! He stayed there for 3 days! Then he was riding out of the town on Friday again!
How??

[RedMirax]

I can honestly say, that I wouldn't have gotten that. wtg, Meche!!

[Tovor]

Each line from this first post was a clue:
Luvinna is wrong about time travel. But not about time travel.
Time travel is not the answer, but time travel is the answer
from a certain point of view.
So close, yet so far away.

The answer is out there, starwarspunk,
you just haven't seen it yet.

[STar war spUNK]

the horse's name was friday!!!!

AT LAST I FEEL SMART!

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by starwarspunk@Aug. 25 2002 - 03:12
the horse's name was friday!!!!

AT LAST I FEEL SMART!
Good Good!!!

A man decided to take a long trip. He walked for a very long time! After som days of walking he got tired and took a rest. He put up his tent. When it was up, all the walls pointed south!
How?

[Meche]

Yeah, Tovor I see you paid attention to the dating methods here (http://www.galacticsenate.com/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=129;st=550). ;o)
I wouldn't have figured out the Friday thing.

[jedibrat]

Originally posted by obidobi@Aug. 24 2002 - 20:17
A man decided to take a long trip. He walked for a very long time! After som days of walking he got tired and took a rest. He put up his tent. When it was up, all the walls pointed south!
How?
He put his tent up at the North Pole.

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by jedibrat@Aug. 25 2002 - 03:21
He put his tent up at the North Pole.
Very clever !

Here is an easy one!

How many penguins can a polar bear eat during a day?

[GaViN28x]

None cause polar bears and pengiuns don't live in the same place. like one on the north pole one on the south or something like that.

[Obidobi]

Originally posted by GaViN28x@Aug. 25 2002 - 03:30
None cause polar bears and pengiuns don't live in the same place. like one on the north pole one on the south or something like that.
You cheated meesa thinks!
I asked this question to mr. Knowitall a while ago also. U read it there ?

[Black Baron]

All out of Brain Teaser's Obidobi? Here's one:

How long can you run into the woods without running out of the woods?

huh...huh...anyone know that one. Gee, I hope it wasn't mentioned before.

[jedibrat]

Halfway, after that you'd be heading out.

[Tovor]

Yeah, Tovor I see you paid attention to the dating methods here. ;o)

Not so, Meche. I couldn't read through that scientific stuff if I tried. And your link only takes me to the page, not the text so I don't know where you were indicating. That's what I said in that PM a couple weeks ago, that I couldn't even follow what you were writing, it was so long and complex. I'm not that smart, you know. :eh:

[Black Baron]

Originally posted by jedibrat@Aug. 25 2002 - 00:08
Halfway, after that you'd be heading out.
Good!

[Meche]

Yeah Tovor... I tried to indicate that I was kidding. And it's the August 2, 0:22 post if you don't wish to search for it.

[Rogue_0009]

I'm back style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif

8/25 It happened in mid town Manhattan during the July 4th celebrations, that a man walked several Km from west 32nd st. all the way to west 63rd st. without being seen by any one. It was a clear sunny day and he could see where he was going he did not use a disguise or any unusual form of transportation. even though Manhattan was swarming with people not one person saw him. How is this possible?

[jedibrat]

Was he travelling in a subway tunnel/sewer?

[Javen]

All of Manhattan was blind?

All of manhattan was in midtown and west 32nd
is not in midtown?

west 32nd through 63rd was a subway or not in mahattan?

[Rogue_0009]

Jedibrat is right style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif

8/26 There was an electrician and a plumber waiting in line for admission to the International Home Show. One was the father of the other one's son. How is this possible?

[Black Baron]

That was sooo easy. There's a mother and a father.

[Rogue_0009]

Good going BB

8/27 Justin Time was on a grueling trip from his hometown Neutro to the town of Proton. Justin and his bicycle were able to hitch a ride to the town of Electron, which is exactly halfway to Proton. The ride lasted an hour and was 10 times faster than if Justin had cycled the same distance. When Justin got out of the car he noticed his tire was flat, which meant he had to walk the rest of the way. walking took him twice as long as cycling. when he finally got to Proton, he repaired his bicycle tire and rode the entire distance back home to Neutron. how much time did each trip take and which was of the 2 was faster?

[Mara1Jade]

I always hated those kinds of questions...

[STar war spUNK]

no i don't know the answer, but i'm just bumping this up so that a smart person will come around and figure it out so i don't have to do the math myself. haha.

[Tovor]

I'M HERE!!!

Oh, you said a smart person. Sorry.

[STar war spUNK]

(groans at how tovor did not answer the brain teaser, therefore making daniela use her smartness skills to answer it herself)

[STar war spUNK]

it took an hour to get to Electron in the car, but would have taken 10 hours if Justin had rode his bike. It took 20 hours to get to Proton since it would have taken 10 hours to get there if he rode his bike, but his bike was stupid and he couldn't ride it. It took him 20 hours to get from Proton to Neutron, back home. The second trip was faster.

AM I RIGHT?!

[Rogue_0009]

Good for you StarWarsPunk :roll:

8/30 Therin lies the key. For you see there is a seven-letter word in the english language that contains 8 words without rearranging the letters. What is this word?

[Black Baron]

I have absolutely no idea.

[Tovor]

Neither do anyone else, apprarently.
========================================

A phrase occured to me one day out of the blue, a brain teaser and biblical word play. I have had it posted in my signature for eons and no one said anything about it. Here it is, for somebody to take a crack at:

Believe God is friendly do you?
I tell you the truth, in the Kingdom of Heaven, God would not give you the time of day.
Debate by faith and you will prove me right, or prove me wrong but deny your faith.

[Rogue_0009]

Yeah, the answer was "Therein"

9/26 shadow was vacationing in the middle east. While along the shore of the Dead Sea, he saw a body wearing a only bathing suit floating face down in the water. The autopsy reported the cause of death was drowning. There were no physical marks or scars on the body. It was this noticeable abscence of damage that lead him to be certain the person had been murdered and dumped in the dead sea. Why would he think that?

[Lara]

Because the body was in an odd place at sea?

[jedibrat]

Tov: would God not give you the time of day because in heaven there is no real passage of "time"?

[Lara]

Hmm...interesting, I wouldn't have thought of that, Jedibrat. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif

[Lara]

I have one: Bob has three roommates, Alice, Gene and Pete. One day Bob has to run out to deliver a painting for an exhibit, when he returns he finds astonished to find this scene: glass and water all over the floor, Alice is laying dead, Gene is gone and Pete is sitting on the sofa looking scared.

What happened?

[Tovor]

I have no clue as yet, but I am sure it has something to do with Bob talking his painting to the exhibet. Maybe the situation in the house when Bob returned was the image in the painting he gave to the exhibet, and life simulated art. Hey, was Art the murderer?

[Tovor]

Tov: would God not give you the time of day because in heaven there is no real passage of "time"?
Jedibrat, that is correct. If God is the beginning and the end, the start and the finish, existing in the past, present, and future at the same time, and life in eternity is eternal, time wouldn't have any significance.

[Lara]

Nope. I never said Alice was murdered.

[nerfer]

Is Gene a cat, and Alice was a fish, and the cat knocked over the bowl Alice was in and scarpered and the other roomate is sitting there scared trying to figure out what to tell Bob when he gets back?

[Lara]

WAY TO GO NERF!!!! yep, yousa got it girl! Actually, Alice is the fish, gene is the bird and Pete is the cat. While Bob was out Pete went for Gene, landed on the fish bowl breaking it, Alice fell on the ground and died, Gene flew out the window and Pete waited for his owner on the sofa.

[nerfer]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! hehe I was close at least. I'm so crap at these things, I can get my brain to think the right way usually.

[Lara]

Someone told me that one a while back. I wonder where I can find more of those they're pretty cool.

[Rogue_0009]

The answer to the last one I posted was pretty tricky, but because the Dead Sea has such a high salt content it is very unlikely that anyone would drown without any foul play involved and since there were no signs of struggle the girl must have been murdered elswere and dumped into the sea.

[Rogue_0009]

10/4 Sid is in prison and is planning to escape. The cell is 3m by 3m by 3m. The walls are made of rienforced concrete and they extend 2m below the dirt floor. The only openings are a locked door and a skylight 1m in diameter. Sid thinks he has found a way to escape by digging a tunnel. He knows he can't tunnel himself out, but digging is crucial to his plan. How does he plan to get out?

[STar war spUNK]

ah a math one.

i shall be back.

[Tovor]

ah a math one.

i shall be back.
Did you forget to come back?

Anybody know any more brain teasers?

[Tovor]

Okay, I have one.
You are in a starship launch pad about to launch into deep space from a space station. You take off and advance to the speed of light, but you notice in your rear window that the launch pad is still behind the ship. You did not feel a thump that would signify that the launch pad had broken free of the space station and was still attached to the back of the ship, yet you can see out the back window that it is indeed right behind your ship. You check your engine output and indeed you are traveling at the speed of light, and the astro-navigation computer signifies that you are without a doubt flying through space, yet the launch pad is still right behind your ship as if the ship were still attached to it.

How can this be?

[Tovor]

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[Rogue_0009]

I got it! Its because your on the spaceship ride in fron of the grocery store.

[Tovor]

I got it! Its because your on the spaceship ride in fron of the grocery store.
Nope. It's a real starship. But thanks for your input.

[Lara]

Because objects are closer than they appear?

[FerrisWiel]

Originally posted by Tovor@Nov 6 2002, 12:13 AM
Okay, I have one.
You are in a starship launch pad about to launch into deep space from a space station. You take off and advance to the speed of light, but you notice in your rear window that the launch pad is still behind the ship. You did not feel a thump that would signify that the launch pad had broken free of the space station and was still attached to the back of the ship, yet you can see out the back window that it is indeed right behind your ship. You check your engine output and indeed you are traveling at the speed of light, and the astro-navigation computer signifies that you are without a doubt flying through space, yet the launch pad is still right behind your ship as if the ship were still attached to it.

How can this be?
Just a guess:

Well, time slows as you approach the speed of light. When you reach the speed of light time stops. If, when you took off, you were taking off at the speed of light then there would be no realization of the passage of time and therefore the launch pad would appear to be there behind you.

It's all irrelevant anyway, because lightspeed travel is impossible.

--FW

[Krogenar]

The space station must also be traveling at the speed of light as well. All objects moving at the speed of light appear to be moving at the same speed - irrespective of their frame of reference.

... right? :look:

[Tovor]

Lara:
Because objects are closer than they appear?
Nope. You're looking out the rear window, not at the side view mirror. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif But thanks for your input.

Ferris:
If, when you took off, you were taking off at the speed of light then there would be no realization of the passage of time and therefore the launch pad would appear to be there behind you.
Your science is true, but that is not the answer. Thanks for your input.
It's all irrelevant anyway, because lightspeed travel is impossible.
Einstein was a boring old fart. If we listen to him, we can't appreciate Star Wars and Star Trek, among many others, style entertainment, can we?

Krogey:
All objects moving at the speed of light appear to be moving at the same speed - irrespective of their frame of reference.
... right?
Except for its possible movement around a moon, planet, star, or the galactic core, the space station is not moving. Thanks for your input.

[Krogenar]

Originally posted by Tovor@Mar 11 2003, 09:13 PM
Krogey:
All objects moving at the speed of light appear to be moving at the same speed - irrespective of their frame of reference.
... right?
Except for its possible movement around a moon, planet, star, or the galactic core, the space station is not moving. Thanks for your input.
Curse you Tovor, your defenses are impenetrable! (shakes fists at Tovor)

[Tovor]

Don't worry Krogenar, the answer is out there. Think hard about it and you'll see the light sooner or later.

[Tovor]

C'mon peeps, don't give up. I have another cool brainteaser on standbye but I can't post it until someone gets the answer to this one!

[Lara]

Change in medium? The speed of light is slows down in certain media, including glass, since it is a glass window...dunno, I'm probably rambling.

[Lara]

Oh, I know, time.

[Tovor]

No, Newsweek.
But time may have something to do with it.

[Lara]

Since what we see, ie the light from the sun or any other star, is how that object looked a while back you still see the launching pad because that's the image you carried from 5 minutes ago. What you're seeing from the window is how the launching pad looked a few minutes ago.

btw, like my bunny? Your PM box is full and that shark is giving me the eye...

[Tovor]

is how that object looked a while back you still see the launching pad because that's the image you carried from 5 minutes ago.
How did you carry the image?

[Lara]

Um, in my lunch box...

The speed of light. Since it travels slower through glass, the image takes longer to, I don't know how to put it, disperse.

Do you like my bunny?

[Kit]

Is it possible that the piolot actually propelled the space station rather than just the rocket ship itself?

[Tovor]

Kit, nope, the station ain't moving.

Lara, so close, but not close enough.
Your bunny is goobly cute!

[Lara]

ACK! Your retina?

Glad ya liked the bunny style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Tovor]

Retina? Uh, no, uh, huh? Thank you for your efforts. =)

[Javen]

Originally posted by Tovor@Oct 3 2002, 11:34 PM
Tov: would God not give you the time of day because in heaven there is no real passage of "time"?
Jedibrat, that is correct. If God is the beginning and the end, the start and the finish, existing in the past, present, and future at the same time, and life in eternity is eternal, time wouldn't have any significance.
God is not the past, he is now.

[Javen]

Originally posted by Tovor@Nov 6 2002, 12:13 AM
Okay, I have one.
You are in a starship launch pad about to launch into deep space from a space station.
The rest of the brain teaser is there to fool us, because if you are in a starship launch pad that means you're behind the ship anyway all the time.And the startship will always be in front of it.

[Lara]

I give up style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

[Tovor]

That is a good observation, Javen, but that was a typo. I should have typed "in a starship on a launch pad", or something like that. The brain teaser still stands as I intended it.

[Lara]

Not even a hint?

[Seanakin]

Somebody superimposed a picture of the launch pad to the back window?

[Lara]

Could it be that the ship got sucked into a black hole, since black holes create enormous curvatures of spacetime and trap light the pilot could still see a trapped image.

[Trilogist]

Originally posted by Tovor@Mar 11 2003, 09:39 PM
Don't worry Krogenar, the answer is out there. Think hard about it and you'll see the light sooner or later.
Thanks for the clue.

The launchpad is not really right behind you. What you are seeing is a "ghost" of sorts: the light bouncing off the launchpad. You are simply travelling with it. So the answer is you are just seeing the light off the image.

[Lara]

Kessel, read my posts, that's what I said.

[Trilogist]

Originally posted by Darth Lara@Mar 12 2003, 11:33 PM
Kessel, read my posts, that's what I said.
Well, sort of. But you didn't quite say it. And Tovor did say you were so close.

[Tovor]

Well, sort of. But you didn't quite say it. And Tovor did say you were so close.

Yes, I said, Lara, that you "were so close" because you didn't quite say it clearly enough. Then when I asked you to clarify by asking you how you "carried the light", you talked about the light's dispersal through the glass, which is something different. You probably meant the same thing Trilo said, but your intended answer didn't see the light. A cigar goes to Trilogist for giving the right answer, and a chocolate chip cookie to Lara for knowing the answer but not saying it completely. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif




It occurs only once a month of once a year of once a century and it only happens once. It also happens 12 times a millenium in a similar pattern yet different. What is it? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif

[Lara]

I'd settle for a bunny kiss style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Tovor]

Not even a whole box, or 2 boxes, of those cookies we polished off in December? They were good and yummy, remember?

[Lara]

Well, I'd rather have who I polished those yummy cookies with....or a kiss from that said person style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Tovor]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[Tovor]

Enough teasing for me. It's time to rest my weary eyes and brain. Gnight. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sleeping.gif

[Javen]

Originally posted by Tovor@Mar 13 2003, 01:24 AM
It occurs only once a month of once a year of once a century and it only happens once. It also happens 12 times a millenium in a similar pattern yet different. What is it? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif
Janurary 1st? or the beginning of a millinieum?

[Lara]

00?

[Javen]

PMS?

[Lara]

No, that happens once a month and I resent that comment. There's nothing funny with feeling as if a sword had been driven through your abdomen. I meant the double digit "00".

[Tovor]

Javen and Lara, nope and nope. But thank you for the effort.

[Javen]

Originally posted by Darth Lara@Mar 13 2003, 11:33 AM
No, that happens once a month and I resent that comment. There's nothing funny with feeling as if a sword had been driven through your abdomen. I meant the double digit "00".
It wasn't even intended toward you anyway. It was suppose to be kinda a funny comment to Tovor's Brain teaser.Because it said once a month.

Man I give up anymore, if it was someone else who said it would have been funny.

[Das_Funked]

Can we have a hint?

[Lara]

Das, already tried that, he won't give any hints.

[Das_Funked]

Damn

[Tovor]

I will agree to give you one hint. It happened recently.

[Das_Funked]

Buggered if I know.

[Tovor]

Don't be Dumya, Das. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif Think it over. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif Look at a calender if you have to.

[Tovor]

BTW, peeps, I don't get the brain teasers I've posted out of a book. The last 3 that I posted I made them up myself.

[Lara]

One of the planets was very close to the earth a few weeks ago, am I warm?

[Tovor]

That would be a good theory, Lara, but it wouldn't be right. I didn't even know that. Which planet was it?

[Darth Vegas]

Originally posted by Tovor@Mar 12 2003, 10:24 PM
It occurs only once a month of once a year of once a century and it only happens once. It also happens 12 times a millenium in a similar pattern yet different. What is it? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif
Oh boy, I remember when it happened, it was the first time I'd ever seen one, the answer Tovor seeks is :a solar eclipse.