Yet more puzzles and riddles
P. D. Oten
If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
you light first?
Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
correctly?
Have fun.
Pete
Larry Fishbach
>
> If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
> kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
> you light first?
>
>
> Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
>
>
> I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
> a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
>
> Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
> the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
>
> Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
>
>
> A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
> only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
from 5 into 3, fill 5, pour 1 into 3 filling it leaving 4 in 5.
>
> Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
> Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
> (No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
> correctly?
is o then O must be a and A must be a+o. If it is a, then A must be
o and O must be a+o
> Have fun.
>
> Pete
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: If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
: kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
: you light first?
Well, if I had to light one, I would light the match first..but why should
I..you didn't say it was dark or cold.
: Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
Well, all the months I know of have at least 28 days.
: I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
: a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
One is a half-dollar(this is the coin that is not a nickle),
the other coin is a nickle.
: Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
: the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
Is a draw another term for a stalemate?
: Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
Yes, as long as she doesn't mind marrying a corpse.
: A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
: only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
Fill the 5oz container...use it to fill the 3oz container, leaving 2oz in
the 5oz container...do again to get another 2oz.
: Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
: Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
: (No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
: correctly?
Well, since you didn't rule out the olfactory sense this will be easy. :)
Take one from the Apples and Oranges box.
Since we know it is mislabelled, it can't be apples and oranges, so
whatever we pick out is what is in that box. Move the appropriate label to
the box. Move the other single fruit label to the box who's label was
moved to the apples and oranges box and put the apples and oranges label
on the box whos label you moved to the box that had the other single fruit
label. (I know this answer is hard to follow but you didn't say the answer
had to be easy to understand :)
No here's my riddle:.................
Is this rec.humor or rec.puzzles.riddles ???
Mark Hargrove
(Larry Fishbach) writes:
|> > A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
|> > only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
|>
|> Fill the 5, fill 3 from 5 leaving 2 in 5, pour 3 back into jug, put 2
|> from 5 into 3, fill 5, pour 1 into 3 filling it leaving 4 in 5.
There's another answer: Fill the 3, then pour it into the 5. Fill
the three again and fill the 5 to the top, leaving 1 in the 3 container.
Use the 1, then fill the 3 from from the 5 to get 4 total. You still
have 2 left in the 5 which can be poured back into the jug.
-M
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Chipmunk
ot...@ixcim.att.com (P. D. Oten) writes:
>
> If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
> kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
> you light first?
The match
> Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
All of them
> I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
> a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
A half-dollar and a nickel
> Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
> the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
They weren't playing each other
> Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
I wouldn't think so... Necrophilia?
> A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
> only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
Fill the 3-oz
Pour the 3-oz into the 5-oz
Fill the 3-oz
Pour as much of the 3-oz as possible (2 ounces) into the 5-oz
Empty the 5-oz
Pour the 3-oz (containing 1 ounce) into the 5-oz
Fill the 3-oz
Pour the 3-oz into the 5-oz
Voila!
> Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
> Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
> (No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
> correctly?
(Aw, rather than "You may select only one fruit from one box." it
should be "What is the minimum number of draws necessary to label each
box correctly?" That makes it trickier.)
Draw a fruit from the A&O. Since each label is incorrect, A&O contains
only A or O. (Assume it's A)
A&O -> A
Now, for the box labeled O, since O is wrong, and A is already taken:
O -> A&O
That means:
A -> O
(If you drew O instead of A, just switch A & O.)
Ronald
Chipmunk
sau...@kaiwan.com (Southern California) writes:
> : A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
> : only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
> Fill the 5oz container...use it to fill the 3oz container, leaving 2oz in
> the 5oz container...do again to get another 2oz.
Nope... If you fill the 5-ounce container, you do have 2 ounces.
However, if you want to repeat that, where do you put those 2 ounces,
hmm?
Ronald
ALAN WRIGHT VEROSTICK
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
>
>
>
>
>
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
>
>All of them
>
>
>
>
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
nickel.
>
>
>
>
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
other. Therefore, they can both win the same number of games without any
draws.
>
>
>
>
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
>
>
>
>
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>
>
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
>
>
>
>Have fun.
>
>Pete
>
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Alexander Chen
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
>
>
The match!
>
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
>
>
All of them!
>
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
>
A 50 and a 5 cent coin ( I don't know the American slang for them )
One isn't a nickel, but the other one is!
>
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
>
They weren't playing each other!
>
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
>
>
Probably, as there isn't anything in the law about _dead_ people not
being allowed to marry... If he's got a widow, then he must be dead!
>
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>
>
Fill the 5 ounce container and pour it into the 3 ounce one. This will
leave 2 ounces in the 5 ounce container.
If you do this twice, you'll have 2 * 2 ounces, ie 4 ounces.
>
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
>
>
Hmmm, not sure about this one...
Can anyone help?
>
>Have fun.
>
>Pete
Anyway, I haven't done too badly, anything more challenging? :)
E-mails welcomed!
b...@george.uh.edu
(Alexander Chen) writes:
>In article <CH9p4...@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> ot...@ixcim.att.com
(P. D. Oten) writes:
>>
>>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>>correctly?
>>
>Hmmm, not sure about this one...
>Can anyone help?
Take a fruit from the box label "Apples and Oranges".
Since all boxes are labeled incorrectly, the "A & O" box
must contain all of the fruit you just took out of it.
This means that the box labeled with opposite fruit must
be the one that has both kind in it, and the box labeled
with the fruit you pulled out of the "A & O box
must contain the opposite fruit.
ie. If you take an apple from the "A & O" box,
this box contains all apples.
The "Orange" box has both fruits; the "Apple" box has oranges.
Conversely, if you take an orange from the "A & O" box,
it contains all oranges.
The "Apple" box has both fruits; the "Orange" box has apples.
Brian
TIMOTHY EUGENE BAKER
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
>
>
>
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
>
>
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
>
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
>
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
>
>
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>
5oz. --> 3oz.
3oz. --> jug
5oz. --> 3oz.
jug --> 5oz.
5oz. --> 3oz.
4oz. remain in 5oz. container
>
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
>
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| __________________ ________________ |
| \|/ | / | |\|/
A & O O ---| A <--If orange
A & O A O <--If apple
>Have fun.
>
>Pete
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> >
> >Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
> >Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
> >(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
> >correctly?
> >
> Hmmm, not sure about this one...
> Can anyone help?
>
> >Have fun.
> >Pete
>
> Anyway, I haven't done too badly, anything more challenging? :)
>
No one will be able to tell if they are wrongly labelled by the time
they reaah their destination.
B.
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> > : only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
> > Fill the 5oz container...use it to fill the 3oz container, leaving 2oz in
> > the 5oz container...do again to get another 2oz.
> >
> Nope... If you fill the 5-ounce container, you do have 2 ounces.
> However, if you want to repeat that, where do you put those 2 ounces,
> hmm?
Will all you fools stop writing all these here ?
John W. Cummings
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
The match.
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
All of them.
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
Half dollar and a nickel.
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
I'm stumped.
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
I suppose - anyone know of a law against marrying dead people?
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
Fill the three ounce. Pour it into the five ounce. Fill the three
ounce again, pour as much as you can (2 ounces) into the five ounce.
Pour the five ounce back into the jug. Pour the one ounce left in the
three ouncer into the five ounce. Refill the three ounce. Pour it
into the five ounce. the fivew ounce now has 4 ounces.
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
Pull one out of "Apples and Oranges"
Peel the sticker off the box whose fruit you just grabbed and stick it
on the box you pulled the fruit from.
Peel the sticker off the third box and put it on the second.
Peel the sticker off the firts box and put it on the third.
- John
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Stephan Zielinski
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
>
A cigarette, whilst I ponder what to do.
>
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
>
Actually, there are 14 months of approximately 26 days each-- January,
February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October,
Meepsmonth, November, Floogleslop, and December. This is why the
holiday season seems interminable.
>
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
$.55 in *value*? That'd be a penny and a dime.
>
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
You've heard of speed chess? These two were playing LSD chess.
>
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
>
It's legal, but the wedding pictures are disGUSting.
>
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>
By eye. Don't try to tell be a camp cook is doing to stress over an
ounce plus or minus of vinegar. Hell, he'll probably pour in the
whole bottle and be done with it.
>
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
>
"Fruit", "Fruit", and "Fruit."
Hey, those were fun. Let's make a newsgroup for 'em! We could call
it rec.puzzles!
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>
>
>: A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>: only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>Fill the 5oz container...use it to fill the 3oz container, leaving 2oz in
>the 5oz container...do again to get another 2oz.
>
2 oz you measured.
If you take this into consideration, I believe the shortest route to 4 oz is
to do the following: (container A holds 5 ounces & container B holds 3 ounces)
A B
fill B 0 3
empty B into A 3 0
fill B 3 3
fill A from B 5 1
empty A 0 1
pour contents of B into A 1 0
fill B 1 3
Ciao,
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Jeffrey C. Isherwood
> kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
> you light first?
>
>
>#3. I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
> a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
> the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
>
>#6. A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
> only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>
> Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
> (No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
> correctly?
I answered these this way incase you don't all want to see the answers ...
kind of a spoiler thing....
#1. I'd light the match first...
#2. Every month has 28 days...
#3. the two coins are a half dollar and a nickel (just because one isn't
a nickel doesn't mean the other isn't :)
#4. Each person won 5 games... (just becaus they were both playing chess...
doesn't mean they were playing each other [5 games? the only answer])
#5. No, if your widow's sister wants to marry you, she's in-love with a
corpse (It'd be Bigamatic-necrophilia) if your wife is a widow... You're
pushing up daiseys pal!
#6. Fill each container exactly 1/2 full.... (.5 x 5) + (.5 x 3) = 4.0
#7. I take a fruit out of the one marked
apples... if they are all mislabeled
_______ _______ _______ and it is an apple, then I know this
| | | | |apples | is the mixed one, the `orange' one
|apples | |oranges| | and | is the apples, and the `mixed' is the
| | | | |oranges| oranges... if they are all labeled
|_______| |_______| |_______| wrong... the `mixed' can't be mixed...
the `mixed'one has to be one of the other two... if you pull the right fruit
form either of the `solo' ones then that one is the `mixed'... and the other
`solo' one being mislabeled is the opposite of it's label, making the `mixed'
one what ever is left...
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leaving 2 oz, twice.
>>#6. A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>> only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>>
A wandering maniac...
>If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
The match.
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
One (Feburary).
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
I have no idea.
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
Ditto.
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
Yes.
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
ARRGGGHH!! I SHOULD KNOW THIS ONE!!!!
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
What?
>Have fun.
I did.
>Pete
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3 0 fill 3
0 3 pour into 5
3 3 fill 3 again
1 5 fill 5 from 3
1 0 empty 5 into jug (or dump on floor)
0 1 empty 3 into 5
3 1 fill 3 again
0 4 !!! empty into 5
-- Mike
Steven Chai
Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
How many pairs of animals did Moses take on the arc?
Which would you prefer, a huge ferious lion eat you or a tiger?
John E. Norlin
: Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
because 1974 nickels are worth $493.50 and 1965 nickels are only worth
$491.25.
: How many pairs of animals did Moses take on the arc?
None.
: Which would you prefer, a huge ferious lion eat you or a tiger?
I'd prefer the latter; that is, I'd prefer that the lion eat the tiger.
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Franz
writes:
|> How about these?
|>
|> Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
|>
|> How many pairs of animals did Moses take on the arc?
|>
It was Noah's "arc". Biblical sources state that it measured about 270 degrees.
|> Which would you prefer, a huge ferious lion eat you or a tiger?
|>
I, personally, would prefer that the lion ate the tiger.
(And all lions ARE ferious because they all have lots of fer on their manes!)
Michael Franz
y000...@rzab0.rz.tu-bs.de
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John E. Norlin
: because 1974 nickels are worth $493.50 and 1965 nickels are only worth
: $491.25.
Oops, I was thinking of quarters... (divide by 5 to get amounts for
nickels)
Nick Seidenman
|> ot...@ixcim.att.com (P. D. Oten) writes:
|> >Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
|>
|> One (Feburary).
WRONG! All of them have 28 days.
|> >Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
|> >the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
The two people were not playing with one another.
|> >A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
|> >only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
Fill the 5 oz container. Poor three oz from the 5 oz container into
the 3 oz container. There will be 2 oz left on the 5 oz container.
Poor remaining 2 oz into mixture. Repeat once.
DAN
|> Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
Err, I don't know, let's do some calculations:
1974 nickels = $98.70 > 1965 nickels = $98.25
Ahhh, that's why...
|> How many pairs of animals did Moses take on the arc?
WHAT? Moses built an arc too?? I never knew....
|> Which would you prefer, a huge ferious lion eat you or a tiger?
Tough decision, even though I love tigers, I'll probably let the lion
eat the tiger instead of me.....
Larry Fishbach
>
> Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
>
in a 74 are worth more than 65. Both however are worth 5 cents for
spending purposes.
> How many pairs of animals did Moses take on the arc?
>
from Mt. Sinai
> Which would you prefer, a huge ferious lion eat you or a tiger?
>
Chipmunk
zch...@ucl.ac.uk (Alexander Chen) writes:
> Fill the 5 ounce container and pour it into the 3 ounce one. This will
> leave 2 ounces in the 5 ounce container.
> If you do this twice, you'll have 2 * 2 ounces, ie 4 ounces.
No, if you do this again, you'll start out with 2 ounces already in the
5 ounce container, so you'll end up with 2 ounces.
Ronald
Chipmunk
harg...@bee.corp.sgi.com (Mark Hargrove) writes:
> |> > A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
> |> > only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
> |>
> |> Fill the 5, fill 3 from 5 leaving 2 in 5, pour 3 back into jug, put 2
> |> from 5 into 3, fill 5, pour 1 into 3 filling it leaving 4 in 5.
>
> There's another answer: Fill the 3, then pour it into the 5. Fill
> the three again and fill the 5 to the top, leaving 1 in the 3 container.
> Use the 1, then fill the 3 from from the 5 to get 4 total. You still
^^^^^^^^^
> have 2 left in the 5 which can be poured back into the jug.
Who said anything about using the vinegar? Maybe he *just* wants to
measure it out, ending up with 4 ounces in the 5 ounce jug.
Ronald
Chipmunk
je...@lonexa.admin.rl.af.mil (Jeffrey C. Isherwood) writes:
> #7. I take a fruit out of the one marked
> apples... if they are all mislabeled
> _______ _______ _______ and it is an apple, then I know this
> | | | | |apples | is the mixed one, the `orange' one
> |apples | |oranges| | and | is the apples, and the `mixed' is the
> | | | | |oranges| oranges... if they are all labeled
> |_______| |_______| |_______| wrong... the `mixed' can't be mixed...
> the `mixed'one has to be one of the other two... if you pull the right fruit
> form either of the `solo' ones then that one is the `mixed'... and the other
> `solo' one being mislabeled is the opposite of it's label, making the `mixed'
> one what ever is left...
Sorry, that won't work. What happens if you drew an orange out of the
box label Apples? You wouldn't know if it was Apples & Oranges or just
Oranges.
Ronald
Nick Seidenman
|> >> : A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
|> >> : only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
|> >> Fill the 5oz container...use it to fill the 3oz container, leaving 2oz in
|> >> the 5oz container...do again to get another 2oz.
|> >
|> > Nope... If you fill the 5-ounce container, you do have 2 ounces.
|> > However, if you want to repeat that, where do you put those 2 ounces,
|> > hmm?
You put it into whatever you are going to cook that called for the vinegar.
You did say this was a camp cook, right? You think they get fancy about
measuring out all the necesary ingredients first? Furthermore, they're
short on measuring paraphenalia, they aren't going to waste the only two
they have to hold a lousy four oz of vinegar. And just what were they
cooking anyway? And how many kids do you know who would eat anything
prepared with vinegar. Kids at camp wanna eat candy bars, popcorn, and
fruitloops (outta the box) and drink soda (or beer).
Nick Seidenman
$98.70 > $98.25
(1974 x 0.05) (1965 x 0.05)
|> How many pairs of animals did Moses take on the arc?
Moses was not allowed to bring any animals along as he had already
exceeded his allowable luggage limit. Oh, and he wasn't born yet,
there was that too.
Jeffrey Sue
or, simpler than that...
0 5 fill 5
3 2 pour as much of 5 into 3
0 2 empty 3
2 0 pour rest of 5 into 3
2 5 fill 5 again
3 4 <--- pour as much of 5 into 3
Christopher M. Palmer
>ot...@ixcim.att.com (P. D. Oten) writes:
>
>
>>If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
>>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>>you light first?
>
> The match.
>>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
>
> One (Feburary).
Bzzt. All of them...
>>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
>
>
> I have no idea.
fifty-cent piece and a nickel...
>>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
>
>
> Ditto.
They weren't playing each other?
>>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
>
>
> Yes.
Only if you allow allow marriages to dead people...
>>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
>
>
> ARRGGGHH!! I SHOULD KNOW THIS ONE!!!!
Fill the 5oz, pour 3oz into the other container. Pour the 2oz in
the recipe. Pour 3oz back into the 5oz, fill the 5oz, pour the 3oz
into the 3oz container, pour the remaining 2oz into the recipe.
>>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>>correctly?
>
>
> What?
Take a fruit from the box marked "Apples and Oranges".
If it is an apple, that box should be labeled "Apples". If it is an
orange, that box should be labeled "Oranges". Swap the other two
labels (all boxes are labeled wrong).
>>Have fun.
>
> I did.
>>Pete
Me too...
Chris
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Carl Laurence Gonsalves
P. D. Oten <ot...@ixcim.att.com> wrote:
>
>If you had only one match and entered a room in which there were a
>kerosene lamp, an oil burner, and a wood burning stove, which would
>you light first?
The match...
>Some months have 30 days, some have 31, how many have 28?
All 12 have 28 days...
>I have in my hand 2 U.S. coins which total $.55 in value. One is not
>a nickel - please bear this in mind. What are the coins?
Arg. The one that isn't a nickel is a 50 cent piece, the other is the
nickel.
>Two people were playing chess. They played five games and each wins
>the same number of games. There were no draws. How can that be?
They weren't playing against each other...
>Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
Not unless it's legal for dead men to marry...
>A camp cook wants to measure 4 ounces of vinegar out of a jug, but has
>only a 5-ounce and a 3-ounce container. How can it be done?
fill the 3-ounce container, and empty it into the 5 ounce container. Fill
the 3-ounce container once again, and fill the 5-ounce container from this.
There will be 1-ounce remaining in the 3-ounce container. Empty the 5-ounce
container back into the jug, and empty the 3-ounce container into the
5-ounce container. There is now 1-ounce in the 5-ounce container, and 0 in
the 3oz container. Finally, fill the 3oz container and then empty it into
the 5oz container. The 5oz container now contains exactly 4oz of vinegar.
>Three boxes are labeled "Apples", "Oranges", and "Apples and Oranges".
>Each label is incorrect. You may select only one fruit from one box.
>(No feeling around or peeking permitted) How can you label each box
>correctly?
Well, I'll assume that the labels are correct, but each is on the wrong
box. (ie: if one box has artichokes, one bananas, and the third contains
mangos, well, you'll have a hard time labeling them based on what you find
in one box).
Okay, remove a fruit from the "Apples and oranges" box.
If it's an orange then label the box oranges. The one that says "Apples" is
apples and oranges, and the one that says "Oranges" is actually Apples. The
alternate case is identical, just swap the names.
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> Steven Chai (Hap...@CMU.EDU) wrote:
> : Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
>
> because 1974 nickels are worth $493.50 and 1965 nickels are only worth
> $491.25.
>
Where the hell did you go to school??
THOMAS EDWIN SCHMIDLIN
Let's see...fill the 5 oz container, and empty three of the oz into the 3 oz
container. Empty the 3 oz container. Put the remaining 2 oz from the 5 oz
container into the 3 oz container. Fill the 5 oz container. Fill the 3 oz
container (which already has two oz in it) from the 5 oz container. This will
leave 4 oz in the 5 oz container:)
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Richard Moeller
|> nor...@sand.cat.com (John E. Norlin) writes:
|> > Steven Chai (Hap...@CMU.EDU) wrote:
|> > : Why are 1974 nickels worth more than 1965 nickels?
|> >
|> > because 1974 nickels are worth $493.50 and 1965 nickels are only worth
|> > $491.25.
|> >
|>
|> Where the hell did you go to school??
|>
His answer would be correct if he was talking about quarters.
1974 * $.25 = $493.50
1965 * $.25 = $491.25