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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 0:50:58 GMT -5
Virgil SyonidMessage #229 - 05/21/10 12:54 AMFirst move is RH8+ Sunuvagun. OK. Rh8. Check. Black: Kh8. Rh1. Check. Black: Kg8. Rh8. Check. Black: Kh8. Qh1. Check. Black: Kg8. Qh7. Checkmate. Virgil SyonidMessage #231 - 05/21/10 01:10 AMProblem 22 - Double-Header: To Number or Not to Number What is the next number in this sequence? 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ? Can you guess what the next letter in the series is? c y g w t n l i t s ... Virgil SyonidMessage #232 - 05/21/10 01:14 AMSo the sloped line isn't straight? In one it is concave, the other convex? Just noticed this on page one by laterbloomer. Not bad for a 'layperson'. Or was laterbloomer the fellow engineer? GeenaMercileMessage #233 - 05/21/10 01:35 AMSpoiler 111221, it would be broken down into 3 ones, 2 twos, and 1 one so the next number would be 312211. Does it count that I have see it before Not sure about the other one.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 0:51:27 GMT -5
unrepentant spendthriftMessage #234 - 05/21/10 01:51 AM Uh oh....you forgot to give the spoiler alert.... GeenaMercileMessage #235 - 05/21/10 02:06 AMSorry Faustin tall_guyMessage #236 - 05/21/10 07:52 AMI've gotta come by and hang out more often. You guys have the funny.
Unfortunately, they often don't have the judgment. That's why posts get deleted. Tall_guy - MSN Money Board Moderator whiskmavMessage #237 - 05/21/10 01:31 PMWhite to play and mate in 5 moves...easy ones next week
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 0:51:55 GMT -5
Candy Cane ColleenzMessage #238 - 05/21/10 02:57 PMSpoiler alert... I agree with Geena for #1 #2 is i Virgil SyonidMessage #239 - 05/21/10 04:59 PMLooks like the rebus solution was too risqu·, Queen. We'll always have the memories. (Right and Proper Solution to #21)1. Up to a Point 2. A Cut Above the Rest 3. Painless Operation 4. Beaten Black and Blue 5. Robin Hood 6. For Once in my Life 7. Go Up in Smoke 8. Hijacking 9. H2O Still working on #237... Virgil SyonidMessage #240 - 05/22/10 12:18 AMFirst move hint for #237?
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Virgil Syonid Message #241 - 05/22/10 12:21 AM
(Solution to Problem 22)
The correct solution to the first part is given by GeenaMercile in #233.
The correct solution to the second part is given by colleenz in #238. (The letters in the sequence are the same as the first letters of the words in the question.)
Virgil Syonid Message #242 - 05/22/10 12:25 AM
Problem 23 - Nuts and Bolts
You have three boxes in your garage, one is labeled 'nuts', one is labeled 'bolts' and one is labeled 'nuts and bolts'. The boxes are closed and you can't see their contents.
You know that one box contains nuts, one contains bolts, and one contains both. However, all of the three boxes are labeled incorrectly.
You can open just one box, pull out one item (a nut or a bolt, at random), and examine it. By doing this, how can you correctly label all three boxes?
[Apologies to those who attempted the problem before it was corrected.]
GeenaMercile Message #243 - 05/22/10 12:59 AM
Spoiler.........
Okay so you have boxes N, B and NB. First one you open is the NB... And lets just say you pull out a NUT, because nuts are funner the bolts. Now you know that this is the BOX OF NUTs. You take the NUTs lable off the box that is lable NUts and put it on the box you just opened (this box is not correct and you can move it to the side. Now you have two boxes, one with a BOLTS lable on it, one without a lable on it and the NUTS and BOLTS lable that was on box you opened. Since you know that BOLTS are not in the one labeled BOLTS it can only be the NUTS and BOLTS in the box, so you yank that off that BOLT lable and put the NUTS and BOLTs lable on the box. Now you have the BOLTS label and the BOX that was original had the NUTS label on it that is now naked, to make it feel not so expose you go ahead and put the BOLTS label on it. Now are you boxes are correctly dressed up in the correct labels.
unrepentant spendthrift Message #244 - 05/22/10 06:44 AM
Huh???
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tall_guyMessage #245 - 05/22/10 08:04 AMBy opening and examining the contents of just one box, how can you correctly label all three boxes?
You know it is a better question if you are only allowed to pull out one piece from one box.... Just sayin'.... Virgil SyonidMessage #246 - 05/23/10 03:47 PMYou know it is a better question if you are only allowed to pull one piece from one box. You're right. I goofed in the presentation of the problem. It's been corrected now. tall_guyMessage #247 - 05/23/10 09:11 PMYou're right. I goofed in the presentation of the problem. Thought so. I had a post all ready which critiqued the initial solution, then happened to re-read the problem itself.... Had to cancel my post. laterbloomerMessage #248 - 05/23/10 10:35 PMSpoiler Take an item out of the box marked Nuts & Bolts. Since it is labelled incorrectly it can not contain both and must contain whatever you pull out. For example you pull out a bolt. Then the box labelled bolts must contain nuts because the box labelled nuts can not contain nuts. So finally the box labelled nuts must contain nuts and bolts.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 0:53:42 GMT -5
unrepentant spendthriftMessage #249 - 05/24/10 04:54 AM All this talk of boxes and nuts.....where are the moderators when you need them?? Virgil SyonidMessage #250 - 05/24/10 05:49 AMAll this talk of boxes and nuts.....where are the moderators when you need them?? They're used to it. After all, isn't EE just a box full of nuts? tall_guyMessage #251 - 05/24/10 07:04 AMThey're used to it. After all, isn't EE just a box full of nuts?
VERY full. whiskmavMessage #252 - 05/24/10 06:33 PMFirst move hint for #237? Bf8
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 0:54:31 GMT -5
Virgil SyonidMessage #253 - 05/24/10 07:40 PMBf8 Oy. This one's harder than real banking reform. OK. Bf8. Black is 'trapped' in h7 and h8. Suppose he stays in h7. Kf6. Black still 'trapped'. Kf7. Still trapped. Bf5 Check. Black must move to h8. Bg7 Checkmate. whiskmavMessage #254 - 05/24/10 07:44 PMOy. This one's harder than real banking reform. HA! I laughed and I think I scared one of my coworkers! Good job. whiskmavMessage #255 - 05/24/10 07:46 PMHard week! White to play and mate in 4 moves. Hint:Assume black makes the right move and extends the game a couple of moves. Otherwise, its mate in 2. Virgil SyonidMessage #256 - 05/24/10 08:03 PM(Solution for #255)Nf7 Check. Black must move Qf7. Qd8 Check. Black must sacrifice Q: Qe8 Qe8 Check. Black must sacrifice R: Rf8. Qf8 Checkmate.
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Virgil SyonidMessage #257 - 05/25/10 01:54 AM(Solution to Problem 23)GeenaMercile gives the correct solution in post #243. Virgil SyonidMessage #258 - 05/25/10 01:56 AMProblem 24 - Line Em' UpHow do you position 11 tacks on a corkboard so that you have 6 straight lines of 4 tacks each? laterbloomerMessage #259 - 05/25/10 02:01 AMSpoiler * * * * * * * * * * * Actually I get 8 straight lines of 4 tacks each. laterbloomerMessage #261 - 05/25/10 03:06 AMwhat about this way, later?
Well, I guess that could work. If you want to just do exactly what he said
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 0:55:29 GMT -5
Virgil SyonidMessage #264 - 05/25/10 06:19 AMActually I get 8 straight lines of 4 tacks each. Since any four points on your line make a straight line, you actually have 330 straight lines. I should clarify the problem: you need to make exactly 6 straight lines of 4 tacks each. And no more than 4 tacks are allowed in any line (otherwise the solution is trivial ). what about this way, later? It has twelve tacks and 40 lines of 4.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:00:15 GMT -5
Candy Cane ColleenzMessage #265 - 05/25/10 02:24 PMHow about: * * ***** * * ** Virgil SyonidMessage #266 - 05/25/10 02:38 PMRe #265: I see 10 lines of four. Candy Cane ColleenzMessage #267 - 05/25/10 05:21 PMHow about: X*** ***** X** X* (The X's just mark the spots without pegs so the columns line up) Virgil SyonidMessage #268 - 05/25/10 06:54 PM(The X's just mark the spots without pegs so the columns line up) It's a good solution. However..... . . . . . . It does not meet all the criteria of post #264. No solution for you!
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:00:47 GMT -5
whiskmavMessage #270 - 05/25/10 07:48 PMNo solution for you!
Virgil is the 'Solution Nazi'! whiskmavMessage #271 - 05/25/10 07:57 PM(Solution for #255)
Nf7 Check. Black must move Qf7. Qd8 Check. Black must sacrifice Q: Qe8 Qe8 Check. Black must sacrifice R: Rf8. Qf8 Checkmate. Well, if the rook takes the knight like you note (I'm assuming you meant Rf7 since the queen would not be able to make it) then... White moves Qf7. Then no matter what move black makes the next move white will win (unless black goes Qf5 but that's semantics at that point). Solution: Nf7 Kg8 Nh5 Kh8 Qg8 Rg8 Nf7++ Virgil SyonidMessage #272 - 05/25/10 08:11 PMI'm assuming you meant Rf7 since the queen would not be able to make it I did. Although I'm fairly sure my solution is also mate in 4. whiskmavMessage #273 - 05/25/10 08:13 PMWhite to play and mate in 5 moves
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:01:13 GMT -5
Virgil SyonidMessage #274 - 05/25/10 09:28 PM(Long Solution to #273.)White Black Nf4. Kf6. Bf8. Kh7. Kf7. Nh5. Nf6. Kh8. Bg7 Checkmate. Best I can do is seven moves. I thought these were supposed to be easy ones again. whiskmavMessage #275 - 05/25/10 10:20 PMI thought these were supposed to be easy ones again. This week is hard ones. I'll bring back easy ones next week. Virgil SyonidMessage #276 - 05/26/10 02:12 AM(Solution to Problem 24)Some noble attempts by colleenz, laterbloomer, and moonbeam. To their credit, they solved the problem minus the restrictions added in post #264. The 'correct' solution is shown in the figure below. Place two tacks (in green) on the board, and then draw three imaginary lines fanning out from each. These lines will intersect in nine places. Put a tack (in black) on each intersection and presto: eleven tacks making six lines of four tacks each, with no more than four tacks in a line.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:02:02 GMT -5
Virgil SyonidMessage #277 - 05/26/10 02:13 AMProblem 25 - Rabid Rebus ReduxAnother set of rebus puzzles (since the first ones seemed to be well-received). Note that I've done these ones up in the same style as the rebus puzzles posted from fun-with-words.com (see problem 21 at post #221), but this new batch was collected from a variety of sites. A few of them I made up myself. What is the literal meaning of these odd rebuses? GeenaMercileMessage #280 - 05/26/10 02:22 AMSpoiler... 3. Poor between rich. (or better known as going back to school) 4. Tunafish 8. See him Pee 9. Syrup beerwench over 29000 bits of drivel postedMessage #281 - 05/26/10 02:47 PM**partial spoiler** 2. Overstatement 5. Backwards? Virgil SyonidMessage #282 - 05/26/10 03:21 PMSo far we have correct solutions for 1, 2 (almost), 4, 7, and 9. Good on beerwench for solving 2. That's a toughie.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:02:31 GMT -5
beerwench over 29000 bits of drivel postedMessage #283 - 05/26/10 03:37 PMThanks for the partial credit Virgil. All I can think is sunny overstatement? Retired overstatement? Peninsula overstatement?!?!? Help a girl out!!! Virgil SyonidMessage #285 - 05/26/10 04:47 PMThe 'statement' part is correct. The direction needs an update. Virgil SyonidMessage #286 - 05/26/10 04:50 PM# 6 isn't correct? dang... The colour is important. GeenaMercileMessage #287 - 05/26/10 04:50 PMI'm wondering why 8 isn't on his lost of correct I thought it was a pretty good answer myself. 3. take from rich give to poor (have I been hanging out on YM too much?)
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:02:59 GMT -5
beerwench over 29000 bits of drivel postedMessage #288 - 05/26/10 04:52 PM understatement, of course!!! (yup, you have to lead this girl to water and then TELL her to drink ).
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:03:49 GMT -5
IHearYou2Message #290 - 05/26/10 04:55 PM*spoiler* 6. Mandarin Orange GeenaMercileMessage #291 - 05/26/10 04:57 PMSpoiler 6- red see through blouse Guess we know virgil's favorite color. GeenaMercileMessage #292 - 05/26/10 04:59 PMOkay I'm not getting the Mandarin Orange connection at all beerwench over 29000 bits of drivel postedMessage #293 - 05/26/10 05:02 PMMand-R-N orange (it is the color orange)
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GeenaMercileMessage #294 - 05/26/10 05:04 PMI was getting 6 and 7 mixed up Virgil SyonidMessage #296 - 05/26/10 05:07 PMI'm wondering why 8 isn't on his lost of correct I thought it was a pretty good answer myself. Geena, if "See him pee." is a most cherished idiom from whence you hail, I offer my deepest and most sincere sympathy. At present, I cannot in good conscience accept "See him pee." as a correct answer to #8. Guess we know virgil's favorite color. This one wasn't my clue. Moonbeam and IHY2 nailed #6. [HINT for #8]: Think of an animal close to the one in the clue. [HINT for #5]: Hut! IHearYou2Message #297 - 05/26/10 05:12 PM*spoiler* #5 Quarterback GeenaMercileMessage #299 - 05/26/10 05:21 PMI was thinking chimp was a bit simplistic as well.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:04:46 GMT -5
whiskmavMessage #300 - 05/26/10 06:14 PMBest I can do is seven moves. Nf4 Kh7 Bg5 Kh8 Ng6+ Kh7 Nf8+ Kh8 Bf6++
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:05:35 GMT -5
whiskmavMessage #301 - 05/26/10 06:14 PMWhite to play and mate in 3 moves IHearYou2Message #302 - 05/26/10 06:19 PMWhite Queen jump Knight Check Pawn jump Queen Bishop to Knight spot check King moves to only spot available Knight down to checkmate You can see that I know my chessboard numbers.. whiskmavMessage #303 - 05/26/10 06:30 PMHA! IHY2...that's good enough for me! Candy Cane ColleenzMessage #304 - 05/26/10 07:19 PMSpolier Alert Does the chimp one have something to do with a man in a monkey? Can't take the monkey out of the man?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:06:04 GMT -5
GeenaMercileMessage #305 - 05/26/10 07:40 PMspoiler............ Man in the middle... still like see him pee better IHearYou2Message #306 - 05/26/10 08:32 PM*Spolier* #3 its something like "gap between rich and poor" Virgil SyonidMessage #307 - 05/26/10 08:52 PMDoes the chimp one have something to do with a man in a monkey? Can't take the monkey out of the man? Very close. What do you call it when you make somebody look foolish? IHearYou2Message #308 - 05/26/10 09:12 PMSpoiler Make a Monkey out of him
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Virgil SyonidMessage #309 - 05/27/10 12:20 AM(Solution to Problem 25)The various puzzlers solved them all. Most impressive! To summarize: 1. Foreign Language 2. Understatement (this was mine) 3. Take from the Rich and Give to the Poor 4. Tunafish 5. Quarterback, Halfback, Fullback 6. Mandarin Orange 7. Red See-through Blouse 8. Make a Monkey Out of Him* 9. Syrup ( *Chimps are not monkeys, and so I can understand the difficulty with this one.) Virgil SyonidMessage #310 - 05/27/10 12:21 AMProblem 26 - Define 'Tough'Choose one of the following four brainteasers depending on how tough you are: - Tough - Draw figure A without lifting your pencil (or pen, etc.) off the paper or retracing any lines.
- Extremely Tough - Draw figure A without lifting your P/P off the paper or retracing any lines. Also you cannot 'cross over' lines you've already drawn.
- GeenaMercile Tough (Fearfully Tough) - Draw figure B without lifting your P/P off the paper or retracing any lines. Also you cannot 'cross over' lines you've already drawn.
- colleenz Tough (Thermonuclearly Tough) - Draw Figure A without lifting your P/P off the paper or retracing any lines. Also, wherever an intersection occurs, the trace must cross over any existing line through that intersection.
How tough are you? [Edit: Now with accessible graphics and a grid system for solution declaration!] GeenaMercileMessage #311 - 05/27/10 03:28 PMNo idea on how to give instructions to these..... And I'm not spending the day scanning.... beerwench over 29000 bits of drivel postedMessage #312 - 05/27/10 04:13 PM** spoiler for figure A (Since I can't see B)** Well, you start at the bottom right corner (f4) and start drawing the outside going left towards f3. When you get to the right corner of the 2nd last row (e5), you cut straight across and start drawing the "cross" inside (go up at e3, over to d2, etc). Stop on the right hand side of the longest row (d4) then draw the inner square (d3, c3, c4) then draw the straight line down to finish the last of the squares (d4, e4, f4). Hope that makes sense.
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synergyo1Message #313 - 05/27/10 04:41 PMoldie but goodie.... What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die? Scottish_LassieMessage #314 - 05/27/10 05:17 PMAnswer to #313 [depending on your beliefs]: NOTHING Candy Cane ColleenzMessage #315 - 05/27/10 05:18 PMThanks for the mention, but I can't see the figures. whiskmavMessage #316 - 05/27/10 06:25 PMThis is devious. White to play and mate in 7 moves.
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Virgil SyonidMessage #317 - 05/28/10 01:19 AM(Solution to Problem 26... Coming Soon)Not quite yet. It seems the tougher parts of the problem were hidden for the puny screen-havers among us. Problem 26 (post #310) has been updated with new puny-screen-friendly graphics and a coordinate system for easy declaration of answers. Are you colleenz tough? You'll just have to find out. Virgil SyonidMessage #318 - 05/28/10 01:26 AMProblem 27 - May Our Paths Never Cross Can you find a way to connect the dots of like colour by drawing paths between them? The paths cannot cross any of the black lines, and two paths cannot intersect. To assist you in declaring a solution, you can provide a list of the gray lines that each path crosses. So for instance: Green-B-E-G-Green Virgil SyonidMessage #319 - 05/28/10 01:27 AMMeanwhile, whiskmav is trying to kill us all with #316... Candy Cane ColleenzMessage #320 - 05/28/10 12:05 PMI still cannot see 310. Virgil - you know I am going to do this on #318 because you did not constrain me. Just connect the dots in various three dimensional arches and endless soluions are possible.
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IowaSwirlMessage #321 - 05/28/10 03:13 PMSPOILER ALERT! . . . . . . From left to right: Red-G-H-F-Red Green-A-G-H-F-D-H-Green (follows inside the red line, then loops back to green) Blue-C-B-A-E-Blue (goes to the right of the green line) Yellow-D-C-Yellow whiskmavMessage #322 - 05/28/10 05:14 PMMeanwhile, whiskmav is trying to kill us all with #316... It is colleenzSwirl tough! IowaSwirlMessage #323 - 05/28/10 06:27 PMIt is colleenzSwirl tough! Swirl's a wuss who never learned how to play chess. whiskmavMessage #324 - 05/28/10 07:45 PM
Swirl's a wuss who never learned how to play chess.
That might be so, but you're still whip smart.
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Virgil SyonidMessage #325 - 05/30/10 07:26 PM(Solution to Problem 27)As shown. IowaSwirl gives another correct solution in #321, only with a 'C' missing on the green chain. collenz unfortunately gets no credit for #320, since 'crossing' of one-dimensional entities is only defined on two-dimensional spaces (crosses between lines in higher-dimensional manifolds are called 'collocations'). Viewing the problem as a projection of any higher-dimensional Euclidean space does not render the problem trivial. Virgil SyonidMessage #326 - 05/30/10 07:27 PMProblem 28 - Avoiding WorkAs most of us know, there's nothing the average EE'er does better than avoiding work. In the figure below, we see the typical EE'er, leaving his/her townhouse at E5. We'll call this EE'er 'Tam'. Tam moves in a straight line from intersection to intersection (i.e. no doubling back halfway). It takes Tam one minute to walk one block. Also, Tam is a w-e-e-e-e bit tipshy, and flirts with the traffic cops at every intersection. Since these cops are less than enamored of Tam's flirting, they warn Tam not to come back to their intersections. Hence, Tam can visit each intersection once at most. Tam needs to walk one block every minute (since the alternative is dozing off in the middle of the street somewhere), but Tam naturally wants to avoid getting to work (at A1) for as long as possible. What is the longest route that Tam can take to work? Or equivalently (but more importantly), what is the longest amount of time Tam can avoid getting to work? unrepentant spendthriftMessage #327 - 05/31/10 05:32 PM Well. this a toughie.... GeenaMercileMessage #328 - 05/31/10 06:05 PMSpoiler-- for now I'll look at it again later, E5,E4,D4,D5,A5,A4,C4,C2,D2,D3,E3,E1,B1,B3,A3,A1 =24 blocks
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:11:22 GMT -5
GeenaMercileMessage #330 - 05/31/10 11:44 PMStill trying to figure out why she wants the longest way... longest way equals more walking and I'm not sure I would count that as slacking, one would think she wants the shortest way so it takes the less amount of time so she could sleep in longer and leave the house later. Of course if you said there was a bar on each block and she gets on drink free at each bar Virgil SyonidMessage #331 - 06/01/10 02:07 AM(Solution to Problem 28)GeenaMercile gives the correct solution in post #328. (It's correct because Tam visits every intersection.) one would think she wants the shortest way so it takes the less amount of time so she could sleep in longer and leave the house later Tsk tsk. We must not question the wisdom of the puzzle. Virgil SyonidMessage #332 - 06/01/10 02:10 AMProblem 29 - No Getting WetA simple puzzle from a fellow at the [ www.uwa.edu.au/] University of Western Australia (this was my thesis supervisor's alma mater ): You need to enter a castle which is surrounded by a 5 meter wide trench filled with water. You have an aversion for getting wet and only have two 4.8 meter long planks, no nails, rope, etc. How do you get across the water? GeenaMercileMessage #333 - 06/01/10 02:15 AMSpoiler...... You put on going across an outside corner, then you place the second board from the middle of the first board and two an inside corner, so it looks like a diagonal T..... Come on you can do better then that one
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:11:52 GMT -5
unrepentant spendthriftMessage #334 - 06/01/10 03:43 AM Come on Geena, you are supposed to leave the easy ones to the slow pokes like me... Virgil SyonidMessage #335 - 06/01/10 08:08 AMCome on you can do better then that one Very well, Ms. Mercile. Since you've taken it upon yourself to pooh-pooh our simple-minded puzzles: Assuming both boards must be the same length, what is the shortest length of board for which your suggested 'T' solution will work? IowaSwirlMessage #336 - 06/01/10 01:10 PMWe'll call this EE'er 'Tam'.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:12:42 GMT -5
whiskmavMessage #337 - 06/01/10 04:33 PMAnswer to 316 1. Rc7+ Kh8 2. Bh6 a1/Q+ 3. Kg2 Rg3+ 4. hxg3 Qh1+ 5. Kxh1 Rg8 6. b8/Q fxg4 7. Bg7++ whiskmavMessage #338 - 06/01/10 04:34 PMAfter that last chess puzzle....here's an easy one Black to play and mate in 2 moves GameshowMessage #339 - 06/01/10 05:20 PMChess answer Black knight closest to Black Queen moves forward to spot between white knights and black queen. (Check) Since the pawn can't take down the knight (due to the black rook) the white king would have to move one space to the white. Then the black queen would take the pawn directly in front of the white king (check mate) Sorry, I'm not good with chess lingo. -Ben Virgil SyonidMessage #340 - 06/01/10 08:00 PM1. Rc7+ Kh8 This is where I got stuck. What prevents black from moving Kf8?
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:13:11 GMT -5
Virgil SyonidMessage #341 - 06/01/10 08:03 PMSorry, I'm not good with chess lingo. We have (P)awn, (R)ook, K(n)ight, (B)ishop, (K)ing, (Q)ueen. The tiles run from a to f, left to right, and from 1 to 8, bottom to top. + means 'check'. ++ means 'checkmate'. Hence, Nd3+ Kf1 Qf4++ GameshowMessage #342 - 06/01/10 08:42 PMThanks Virgil, that helps whiskmavMessage #343 - 06/01/10 09:03 PMThis is where I got stuck. What prevents black from moving Kf8? I believe that shortens the game. I had trouble with this one as well. whiskmavMessage #344 - 06/01/10 09:07 PMSorry, I'm not good with chess lingo. The only lingo you need to know is 'winner'! For all of you chess-o-philes.... 1. Nd3+ Kf1 2. Qxf2++
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Dec 23, 2010 1:13:41 GMT -5
GeenaMercileMessage #345 - 06/02/10 01:01 AMSince you've taken it upon yourself to pooh-pooh our simple-minded puzzles: Assuming both boards must be the same length, what is the shortest length of board for which your suggested 'T' solution will work? Is simple having the boards touch the bank and each other enough for them to support a bridge or do there needs to be so many inches on the bank and overlap where the two boards touch? Also what is the width of the boards since that could make possible make a difference as well.... and to what decimal place do you want... I mean .0001 is larger then .00001 Virgil SyonidMessage #346 - 06/02/10 06:05 AMAlso what is the width of the boards since that could make possible make a difference as well.... The usual assumptions. The boards have ~0 width, require ~0 overlap. Answer should be accurate to the centimeter. Virgil SyonidMessage #347 - 06/02/10 07:05 PM(Solution to Problem 29)GeenaMercile (a.k.a. Ms. Smartypants) gives the solution to the too-simple problem 29 in post #333. But will she be able to solve... Virgil SyonidMessage #348 - 06/02/10 07:06 PMProblem 30 - SPECIAL PRIZE PROBLEM - Ch EE'rs!Every day, after a hard day of praising the mods, discussing hotdogs, and teasing Dr. Pig, the EE'ers unwind at their favourite bar: Ch EE'rs! Every EE'er has a normal stool at the bar at which they always sit. There are 20 stools in the bar. On one particular day, however, Beerwench the Queen of the EE'ers is a bit under the weather. She shows up first (as she usually does) but can't remember which stool is hers. So she plunks herself down in somebody else's stool. The remaining 19 EE'ers show up one at a time. If an EE'er shows up and his/her normal stool isn't taken, then he/she will sit on it. But if somebody is already sitting in their spot (they're an easygoing lot) they'll just find an unoccupied stool completely at random and sit on that. You are the last (20th) EE'er to show up. Hence, there is only one stool left to sit in. Assuming that Queen Beerwench didn't sit on your stool to begin with, what is the probability that the remaining stool is 'your' stool (i.e. the stool that you usually sit on)? ---=== SPECIAL PRIZE PROBLEM ===--- Since this problem requires some good thinking, I pledge (on my honor) to donate $100 to the (registered) charity of choice of the first person to post the correct solution. The caveat is that you cannot search for the solution on the Internet (or get somebody else to solve it, or know the solution in advance, etc.). You MUST use your OWN beautiful God-given brain to figure it out.
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