cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 3 ducks walking in one line. Yes that's right!! Ken makes a good point too - Duncan could have a million ducks and the question could still be valid (especially since it's supposed be a lateral thinking game). Anyway, here we go: Dave worked for a packaging company. One day, Dave received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Dave worked for a packaging company. One day, Dave received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 so I can only guess I can't even do that Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Probability! My most hated subject. I aim to please! It's not 1/24. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 I aim to please! It's not 1/24. Hmmm. Something is not right. This got to be a trick question. Reread the question again, then I will have to say zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Hey yeah it has to be Zero, you can get 1, 2 or 4 right but you can't get only 3 right. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Reread the question again, then I will have to say zero. Hey yeah it has to be Zero, you can get 1, 2 or 4 right but you can't get only 3 right. Ken WINNER! Couldn't have put it better myself! Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Ok now this is hard One eight letter word that has those 3 letters 3 times, so you already need to lose a letter and you are nowhere near having a valid word Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end? jearle@debaser$ grep kst /usr/share/dict/words | egrep ^........$ | egrep and$ inkstand That'd be Inkstand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 If I were to have posted it, I'd have done it like so: Name one eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in in the beginning, and at the end? That way, you can say "in in the beginning" and no-one would notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 WINNER @ Pugwash!! Another prize?! Okay - here! This is certain to annoy! You are in a concrete room. There is a steel pipe 25 cm in length cemented into the centre of the concrete floor. The pipe protrudes about 15 cm. A ping pong ball is dropped down the pipe. There is a fraction of a cm clearance around the ping pong ball and the pipe. Your task is to get the ping pong ball out of the steel pipe undamaged. The only items that are available are a wooden ruler, a ball of string, a pocket mirror, a paper clip and a small magnet. Since nothing else is in the room, how could you get the plastic ping pong ball out of the steel pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 How about suck it out Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 How about suck it out Ken That's not the answer it gives - to be honest I don't know if that would work on not. Thoughts anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Ok push the paper clip past the ball, tie the string to the magnet, lower the magnet so it rest's on top of the ball and attracts the paper clip to the bottom of the ball then slowly lift out. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 You are in a concrete room. There is a steel pipe 25 cm in length cemented into the centre of the concrete floor. The pipe protrudes about 15 cm. A ping pong ball is dropped down the pipe. There is a fraction of a cm clearance around the ping pong ball and the pipe. Your task is to get the ping pong ball out of the steel pipe undamaged. The only items that are available are a wooden ruler, a ball of string, a pocket mirror, a paper clip and a small magnet. Since nothing else is in the room, how could you get the plastic ping pong ball out of the steel pipe? I wonder how much [censored] it takes to fill a 25cm pipe ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 I wonder how much piss it takes to fill a 25cm pipe ... Are you taking the piss? WINNER! As I said, I don't know if sucking would work or not, but I'm not game to try now that Puggy has had his way with it! Two identical tanks of water are being drained at the same time. One of the tanks has one two cm circular drain outlet and the other has two one cm circular drain outlets. Will one of the tanks empty faster than the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 The one with the two small plugs get more air pressure and so will empty quicker. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Two identical tanks of water are being drained at the same time. One of the tanks has one two cm circular drain outlet and the other has two one cm circular drain outlets. Will one of the tanks empty faster than the other? 2(3.14x.5^2) > 3.14x1 The larger hole will allow more out, if that is the only bottleneck. WINNER! Was that seriously the right answer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted August 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 2(3.14x.5^2) > 3.14x1 The larger hole will allow more out, if that is the only bottleneck. Was that seriously the right answer? You're on fire!! Yes, it's the one hole that works better - it's bigger than even two one cm holes. And yes, pee was the answer on the card for the other one. Sam and Sid were trying to snitch a few oranges from an orange grove but found them to be out of reach. Since Sam stands six feet and Sid stands five feet, Sam invited Sid to stand on his shoulders in order to reach the fruit. Sid climbed on Sam's shoulders but even then the fruit was beyond Sid's grasp. Would it make any difference in reach if Sam was to stand on Sid's shoulders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Sam and Sid were trying to snitch a few oranges from an orange grove but found them to be out of reach. Since Sam stands six feet and Sid stands five feet, Sam invited Sid to stand on his shoulders in order to reach the fruit. Sid climbed on Sam's shoulders but even then the fruit was beyond Sid's grasp. Would it make any difference in reach if Sam was to stand on Sid's shoulders? Depends on the size of their heads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Depends on the size of their heads. And length of their arms. Usually taller guys have longer arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Yeah Sam would have longer arms than Sid, but let's back up a little here. With Sid standing on Sams shoulder's they would have a reach of over 12', now you want us to believe that in the whole orange grove all the tree's friut was more than 12' off the ground...........c'mon Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 With Sid standing on Sams shoulder's they would have a reach of over 12', now you want us to believe that in the whole orange grove all the tree's friut was more than 12' off the ground...........c'mon Brian and Bert, with a combined height of the same as Sid and Sam, were there the week before and got all the good oranges. They only left what they couldn't reach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Brian and Bert are quite obviously bastards Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted August 6, 2006 Report Share Posted August 6, 2006 Brian and Bert are quite obviously bastards Ken Well give it a little twist. Sam and Sid are standing outside of the fence in which the orange grove are. So it is not the problem to reach up but to reach over the fence. In this case, it will not any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.