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Scorpion0x17 wrote:

15 - D'uh! 1 - the dead one!

bennisboy wrote:

21 - A woman was born in the Summer of 40BC, and died two months after her 60th birthday. What year did she die in? - 0

The Sheriff wrote:

I'm gonna post up some lateral thinking puzzles, I'll do five for now, more later, feel free to share your own, karma to whoever gets the right answer.

1 - Jenny works in a greengrocers. She only weighed 6 pounds when she was born, but now, aged 18, she is 5 foot 10 inches tall and her measurements are 38-24-36. What does she weigh? Solved by Scorpion

2 - How many famous men and women have been born in New Orleans? Solved by bennisboiz

3 - If you buy 5 pounds of apples, averaging three to the pound, how many apples can you put into an empty paper bag, which will only carry 2 and a third pounds without bursting? Solved by Liquidat0r

4 - Mount Everest was first climbed in 1953, although it's location and height had been recorded long before that, in 1841. What was the highest mountain before that? Solved by mek

5 - Two of the nearest stars to the Earth are Sirius, 8.7 light years away and Wolf, 7.7 light years away. Sirius is moving towards us at 8km per second and Wolf is moving away at 13km per second. When Wolf has travelled one light year what will be the nearest star to the Earth? Solved by Scorpion

6 - If you multiply 2 by itself a thousand times, what will you get? Solved by Liquidat0r

7 - What will you find in the centre of Paris that you won't find in London or Milan? Solved by Scorpion

8 - What form of transport has eight wheels but only carries one passenger? Solved by Liquidat0r

9 - Who played for both England and France on the same afternoon at Wembley Stadium? Solved by Scorpion

10 - Most English words are quite short, although words of 15 letters or more aren't impossible. What is the longest word in the English language? Solved by Alone+EasyTarget

11 - Old coins are usually worth a lot more than their face value, but why are 1989 cents worth almost twenty dollars? Solved by Liquidat0r

12 - If it takes three minutes to boil one egg in a 2-litre saucepan of salted water, how long will it take to boil three eggs in the saucepan?

13 - How many new uncreased US $10 bills measuring 5 inches by 2 inches, could you fit without any overlap between pages 33 and 34 of a hardback book measuring 10 inches by 6 inches? Solved by Scorpion

14 - There are four pairs of blue socks and three pairs of red socks in a drawer. in the dark, how many socks must you take out of the drawer to be sure of getting a matching pair? Solved by Scorpion

15 - If there were eight crows, on a wall near a sheep pen, and the farmer shot one, how many crows would be left?

16 - The number of bacteria in a large sealed jar doubles every minute. An hour after the first bacterium was placed inside the jar and sealed in, the jar was full, when was it half full?

17 - A triangle has three sides, a rectangle has four, a hexagon has six, and so on. How many sides has a circle?

18 - "Two's company and three's a crowd". What are four and five?

19 - Why are so many famous artists Dutch?

20 - What game begins with a T, has four letters in its name, and is played all over the world?

21 - A woman was born in the Summer of 40BC, and died two months after her 60th birthday. What year did she die in?

The Sheriff wrote:

1927 wrote:

17. Two - Inside and Outside (Circle)

Alone+EasyTarget wrote:

12 - 3 minutes

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

15 - D'uh! 1 - the dead one!

bennisboy wrote:

16 - The number of bacteria in a large sealed jar doubles every minute. An hour after the first bacterium was placed inside the jar and sealed in, the jar was full, when was it half full? - 59 minutes
20 - What game begins with a T, has four letters in its name, and is played all over the world? Golf

1927 wrote:

18. 9  (4+5 = 9)

All right.

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

What's the answer to the Jesus one and the Dutch one

liquidat0r wrote:

The Sheriff wrote:

1927 wrote:

20 - What game begins with a T, has four letters in its name, and is played all over the world? Golf

All right.

wut?

I think you'll find I answered that one first: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 7#p2068447

liquidat0r wrote:

The Sheriff wrote:

1927 wrote:

20 - What game begins with a T, has four letters in its name, and is played all over the world? Golf

All right.

wut?

I think you'll find I answered that one first: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 7#p2068447