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"Think you're smart huh?"

all this talk of results has triggered a memory of what my evil english teacher told us.....ok this was a genuine A-level or degree question...on philosophy i think...
i have an answer to the question that got the guy an A*
ok
>
>
Q.Is this a question?

good ali, well done

what can first the chicken or the egg?

mcg_highlander wrote:


Three
> switches outside a windowless room are connected to three light
> bulbs inside the room. How can you determine which switch is
> connected to which bulb if you may enter the room only once?


Turn on 2 switches then after about 5 minutes turn one off, enter the room and the switch that is on is the bulb thats lit. Feel the bulbs and the hot one is the one you switched on then off and the cold one is the one you didn't switch on at all.

That question is a myth, no-one would ever receive that as an exam question. Everyone knows what the 'answer' is anyway.

Myst1que wrote:
> all this talk of results has triggered a memory of what my evil
> english teacher told us.....ok this was a genuine A-level or degree
> question...on philosophy i think...
i have an answer to the
> question that got the guy an A*
ok
>
>
Q.Is this a
> question?



Only if this is an answer.

i'm off to bed here is a last brain-teaser for you....

Three switches outside a windowless room are connected to three light bulbs inside the room. How can you determine which switch is connected to which bulb if you may enter the room only once?

the 2 survivors were married

they missed the flight

There was an airplane crash, every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

mcg_highlander wrote:
> I'm about to go to bed
i'll leave you guys with a few brain
> teasers
Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?

too easy:

1968 pennies is £19.68
but
1967 pennies is £19.67

so 1968 pennies are with more

because there is a penny more in 1968 than 1967