Puzzle !

[nk123]

Originally Posted by luckynawabs

Another one
Trouble with Sons: A woman had two sons who were born on the same
hour of the same day of the same year. But they were not twins. How
could this be so?

solution no.:1
the two boys are half-brothers i.e. born to two different wives of the same man

solution no.:2
you have specified the same day of the year and not the same day of the same month of the same year.this may be interprated as being two different mondays of say,january and december properly separated by the gestation period of 270 days for human beings.


regards
nitin

[Francesco CATtie]

now my turn to post a puzzle ppl ,
courtesy: some website not to be told, as ppl r very clever but i shall copy and paste the puzzles from there.
MODERATORS, tell me if therez any prob if i copy and paste here from an anonymous site

here goes the puzzle:
The director of a circus has decided to add a new performance, the monkey dance, to his show.
The monkey dance is danced simultaneously by 21 monkeys.
There are 21 circles drawn on the ground, and in the beginning, each monkey sits on a different circle.
There are 21 arrows drawn from circle to circle in such a way that exactly one arrow starts and exactly one arrow ends in each circle. No arrow can both begin and end at the same circle.

When the show begins, the monkeys dance in their circles until the ringmaster blows his whistle. At each whistle blow, the monkeys simultaneously jump from their circles to the next, following the arrows. The dance ends when all the monkeys have returned to the circles where they initially started.

The director wishes the dance to last as long as possible. What is the maximum number of whistle blows he can make before the dance ends?

[Hobbes]

Originally Posted by luckynawabs

Junta can post puzzle in this section, here is from my side.

You are in a room with 2 doors leading out. Behind 1 door is a coffer
overflowing with jewels and gold, along with an exit. Behind the
other door is an enormous, hungry lion that will pounce on anyone
opening the door. You do not know which door leads to the treasure
and exit, and which door leads to the lion. In the room you are in
are 2 individuals. The first is a knight, who always tells the truth,
and a knave, who always lies. Both of these individuals know what is
behind each door. You do not know which individual is the knight, or
which one is the knave. You may ask one of the individuals exactly 1
question. What should you ask in order to be certain that you will
open the door with the coffer behind it, instead of the hungry lion?

Ask one of them whats ur gender?

And then ask the other one abt the door.



Uday

[Francesco CATtie]

one more puzzle ppl
BUT WITH A PRIZE THIS TIME
"You've been placed on a course of expensive medication in which you are to take one tablet of medicine A and one tablet of medicine B daily.
You must be careful that you take just one of each because taking more of either can have serious side effects. Taking an A without taking a B, or vice versa, can also be very serious, because they must be taken together in order to be effective. In summary, you must take exactly one of the A pills and one of the B pills at one time.

Therefore, you open up the A bottle, and you tap one A pill into your hand. You put that bottle aside and you open the B bottle. You do the same, but by mistake, two Bs fall into your hand with the A pill.

Now, here's the problem. You weren't watching your hand as the pills fell into it, so you can't tell the A pill apart from the two B pills. The pills look identical. They are the same size, same weight, same color, same everything, and they are not marked differently in any way. What are you going to do? You cannot tell which pill is which, and you cannot afford to throw them away and start over again.

How do you get your daily dose of exactly one A and exactly one B without wasting any of the pills?"

THIS PUZZLE HAS A PRIZE OF 2000 POINTS USING THOSE U CAN CHANGE U'R USER NAME IF U WANT

[Rajagopal]

The director of a circus has decided to add a new performance, the monkey dance, to his show.
The monkey dance is danced simultaneously by 21 monkeys.
There are 21 circles drawn on the ground, and in the beginning, each monkey sits on a different circle.
There are 21 arrows drawn from circle to circle in such a way that exactly one arrow starts and exactly one arrow ends in each circle. No arrow can both begin and end at the same circle.

When the show begins, the monkeys dance in their circles until the ringmaster blows his whistle. At each whistle blow, the monkeys simultaneously jump from their circles to the next, following the arrows. The dance ends when all the monkeys have returned to the circles where they initially started.

The director wishes the dance to last as long as possible. What is the maximum number of whistle blows he can make before the dance ends?

ans 20! do i get the points

[Francesco CATtie]

hey rajagopal,
the prize money was for the second puzzle
i dunno the answer for the first one...
plz give proper reasoning for the answer and there u go....
U WILL GET 2000 POINTS and some BONUS TOO...

[Francesco CATtie]

hey ppl,
one more This time a little quant in it
PRIZE MONEY == "2000 pts"

here u go........

"Using each of the digits 2, 3, 4 and 5 only ONCE, plus one "+" sign, and one "=" sign, can you write a correct equation?"

the first to reply with correct answer will get the PRIZE

[Hobbes]

2 + 5 = 3 + 4


edited - but there 2 '+' here.

[Francesco CATtie]

Originally Posted by cool_astronomer

2 + 5 = 3 + 4


edited - but there 2 '+' here.

oops!! wrong buddy there r 2 '+''s

[Hobbes]

oh kay got it!

3 to the power 2 = 5 + 4

hope this one's right!