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Brainteaser, anyone?

         

Mike12345

12:49 pm on Dec 24, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hello, im bored its christmas eve im at work, and im work again on boxing day, so i thought id post this, although no-one will answer it because yopu have better things to do... like... enjoy christmas.

Two guys are playing chess they both play ten games, and win 10 each, they do not draw, tie or whatever. how is this possible?

Any thoughts.....

Mike12345

2:35 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Good one blobfisk, you got it. Although i think you had help with that one. :) I won a £100 for getting this one, once.. :)

BlobFisk

2:38 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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My brain helped.... does that count? :)

OK, here's one for you all: A man's car stops outside a hotel and he knows he's broke. How?

Mike12345

2:39 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Cos he looks in his wallet and finds he has no money..? :)

BlobFisk

2:40 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Nope, he has loads of money in his wallet!

Mike12345

2:41 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Is it the man or the car that knows he's broke?

BlobFisk

2:43 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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The man knows that he's broke when his car stops outside a hotel.

Jon_King

2:46 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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He crashed (stopped) into the car in front of him and it's his leg that's broke.

Mike12345

2:46 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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cos he cant re-start the engine

BlobFisk

2:47 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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It's broke in the financial sense!

There's no engine in his car to re-start...

;)

Mike12345

2:48 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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So is that the asnwer then? or what? :) Is he bankrupt?

[edited by: Mike12345 at 2:50 pm (utc) on Dec. 30, 2002]

Jon_King

2:49 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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He's out of gas.

Jon_King

2:52 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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He can't pay the taxi bill.

Jon_King

2:57 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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He can't afford the towing charges.

BlobFisk

2:58 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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No the man has lots of money in his State bank and lots of money in the wallet in his back pocket.

There is no engine or gas-tank in the car belonging to him that stops outside the hotel and there is no taxi.

Clue: Information about the car is vital to getting the solution.

Mike12345

3:03 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Is it a remote control car, and it is broken, am i thick or what?

BlobFisk

3:05 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Nope, it's not a remote control car and it's not broken... but you're on the right track with thinking small...

And, no, you're not think! This puzzle takes a while to get, lateral thinking and asking questions is the way to go!

Mike12345

3:07 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Is the car actually a micro-machine and when it stopped he stepped on it and broke it, thanks for the vote of confidence BTW :)

BlobFisk

3:09 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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About the same size as a micro-machine, but not a micro-machine. He didn't step on the car.

"A man's car stops outside a hotel and he knows he's broke."

We know that it's a small car without an engine etc. And we know that the man has lots of money.... so how does he know that he's broke when his (small) car stops outside a hotel?

edit_g

3:10 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Monopoly?

<edit>exclamation mark changed to question mark...</edit>

BlobFisk

3:13 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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edit_g has it.... it is indeed Monopoly!

Mike12345

3:14 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Thats a good one, its gotta be it, nice one Edit_g :) All that hard work :(

edit_g

3:16 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Wouldn't have got it without your last question. ;) I don't know any riddles though...

Mike12345

3:17 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Ok this ones got a bit of a daft answer but knowing that you should be able to get it.

Two Frogs fall into a clylindrical vat of liquid, the sink to the bottom. After a struggle one dies but one escapes. The sides are slippy so they cannot climb out and they cannot jump out because the vat is too deep. How does the frog escape.

BlobFisk

3:22 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Does the dead frog float to the top of the liquid and the remaining frog use him as a platform to jump from?

Mike12345

3:23 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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At this point i shall mention that it could be any liquid, due to thickness of the liquid, the frog does not float to the top it stays at the bottom. :)

BlobFisk

3:25 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Is it anything to do with using the tongue of the dead frog?

[me]clutches at straws![/me]

Mike12345

3:26 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Nope, think on the liquid track

BlobFisk

4:13 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Does the liquid get sprayed on the sides during the struggle?

Mike12345

4:16 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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No.. :)

defanjos

4:18 pm on Dec 30, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Does it have anything to do with liquid surface tension?
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