I have been liking all the contests going on and decided to get in on it. Since my daughter starts Kindergaten tomorrow I thought some brain teasers would be fun. First person to get the three questions correct gets some smokes from the box.
1. Said a certain young lady named Gwen Of her tally of smitten young men "one less and three more Divided by four Together give one more than ten" How many boyfriends had she?
2. How could the 22nd and 24th U.S. Presidents have the same parents, but weren’t brothers
3. A Hobo collects cigar butts. For every five cigar butts he collects he can make a cigar to smoke. If the Hobo collects 25 butts today, How many cigars did he smoke?
Posts: 234 | Location: bangor, wa | Registered: July 31, 2008
Originally posted by subiker: I have been liking all the contests going on and decided to get in on it. Since my daughter starts Kindergaten tomorrow I thought some brain teasers would be fun. First person to get the three questions correct gets some smokes from the box.
1. Said a certain young lady named Gwen Of her tally of smitten young men "one less and three more Divided by four Together give one more than ten" How many boyfriends had she?
2. How could the 22nd and 24th U.S. Presidents have the same parents, but weren’t brothers
3. A Hobo collects cigar butts. For every five cigar butts he collects he can make a cigar to smoke. If the Hobo collects 25 butts today, How many cigars did he smoke?
1. 42
2. Same Person
3. 0
How'd I do?
Posts: 1103 | Location: Arizona | Registered: September 13, 2007
42 Grover Cleveland=same guy smoked only 4, and has 5 butts now enough to make another but if he smokes it then he would have collected 26, if he discards it then he smoked 5...hmmmm if I get this right then I need more homebrew, haha
"Baseball? It's just a game. As simple as a ball and a bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It's a sport, a business, and sometimes even a religion." -Ernie Harwell
1. 42 2. Same Person 3. He can make 6 cigars, assuming he made five from the original and smoked them and then made one from those remainders. The question, however, doesn't allude to his smoking habits. Therefore, it is impossible to know how many he actually smoked.
lol.....all good answers....esp selling the cigars.
apperiently though i need to make harder questions. YH almost nailed it right after i posted. Maybe next time ill ask you my dogs name, or the make model of my bike, or better yet the Theory of Quantum Pyhisics.............
.......but in the end JustinK2 had the answers i was looking for. Shoot me an email ill get a box of sticks out tomorrow.
Posts: 234 | Location: bangor, wa | Registered: July 31, 2008
Originally posted by subiker: lol.....all good answers....esp selling the cigars.
apperiently though i need to make harder questions. YH almost nailed it right after i posted. Maybe next time ill ask you my dogs name, or the make model of my bike, or better yet the Theory of Quantum Pyhisics.............
.......but in the end JustinK2 had the answers i was looking for. Shoot me an email ill get a box of sticks out tomorrow.
Thanks Subiker!! I'll be sure to keep this going with my own game soon
Posts: 200 | Location: California | Registered: June 25, 2008
