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My first is in biscuit but never in cake
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late
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I was stumped by the hat one. Good one Si.
Rosalind wrote:
> 1. Paracute
> 2. He was bald
Bravo *impressed*
> 1. Paracute
> 2. He was bald
Bravo *impressed*
1. Paracute
2. He was bald
2. He was bald
A man was outside taking a walk when it began to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?
there's another.
there's another.
Two men are in a desert. They both have packs on. One of the guys is dead. The guy who is alive has his pack open, the guy who is dead has his pack closed. What is in the pack?
Huh huh huh!
Huh huh huh!
Unbeliever wrote:
> This is fairly difficult, but I have faith in Ros:
>
> The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see
> which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing
> many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each
> other in a final battle of the wits.
>
> Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a
> small wooden table as the king described the test for them.
>
> "Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either
> wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at
> least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat
> and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or
> there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are
> not three white hats."
>
> "I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin.
> The first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be my
> advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded.
> If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I
> will seek elsewhere for wisdom."
>
> With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner
> and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each
> were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their
> thoughts were the same as his, "What is the color of my
> hat?"
>
> For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and
> correctly named the hat on his head. What colour was it, and how did
> he know ?
it's Blue.
If one sage opened his eyes and saw two white hats then he would know his hat was blue, so this option can be discounted assuming the test is meant to be fair.
If a sage opened his eyes and saw a white and a blue hat then his hat must also be blue, else there are two white hats and the test would not be fair.
If you continue with this logic you eventually realise all hats must be blue.
Do I still have a head?
> This is fairly difficult, but I have faith in Ros:
>
> The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see
> which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing
> many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each
> other in a final battle of the wits.
>
> Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a
> small wooden table as the king described the test for them.
>
> "Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either
> wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at
> least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat
> and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or
> there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are
> not three white hats."
>
> "I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin.
> The first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be my
> advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded.
> If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I
> will seek elsewhere for wisdom."
>
> With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner
> and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each
> were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their
> thoughts were the same as his, "What is the color of my
> hat?"
>
> For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and
> correctly named the hat on his head. What colour was it, and how did
> he know ?
it's Blue.
If one sage opened his eyes and saw two white hats then he would know his hat was blue, so this option can be discounted assuming the test is meant to be fair.
If a sage opened his eyes and saw a white and a blue hat then his hat must also be blue, else there are two white hats and the test would not be fair.
If you continue with this logic you eventually realise all hats must be blue.
Do I still have a head?
Unbeliever wrote:
> No, 3 correct answers.
Let me revoke that statement!
> No, 3 correct answers.
Let me revoke that statement!
Ineedsleep wrote:
> In relation to the 3 children:-
>
> Does this mean without being told the house number that there are 2
> correct answers? Jeez my brain is starting to boil.
You can only work the puzzle out if you know that guy who does no the number still can't work out the answer through knowing it. Then because you know there has to be 1 eldest daughter you can work out which one of the two possibilties is correct
> In relation to the 3 children:-
>
> Does this mean without being told the house number that there are 2
> correct answers? Jeez my brain is starting to boil.
You can only work the puzzle out if you know that guy who does no the number still can't work out the answer through knowing it. Then because you know there has to be 1 eldest daughter you can work out which one of the two possibilties is correct
Ineedsleep wrote:
> In relation to the 3 children:-
>
> Does this mean without being told the house number that there are 2
> correct answers? Jeez my brain is starting to boil.
yeah, Ros broke it down pretty well below.
You know that knowing the house number alone is not enough.
There is only one way to make the same number and have products mutliply to 36, and you know that there is an eldest daughter, so the two options become one
> In relation to the 3 children:-
>
> Does this mean without being told the house number that there are 2
> correct answers? Jeez my brain is starting to boil.
yeah, Ros broke it down pretty well below.
You know that knowing the house number alone is not enough.
There is only one way to make the same number and have products mutliply to 36, and you know that there is an eldest daughter, so the two options become one
This is fairly difficult, but I have faith in Ros:
The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.
Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.
"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."
"I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom."
With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, "What is the color of my hat?"
For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and correctly named the hat on his head. What colour was it, and how did he know ?
The three wisest sages in the land were brought before the king to see which of them were worthy to become the king's advisor. After passing many tests of cunning and invention, they were pitted against each other in a final battle of the wits.
Led blind-folded into a small room, the sages were seated around a small wooden table as the king described the test for them.
"Upon each of your heads I have placed a hat. Now you are either wearing a blue hat or a white hat. All I will tell you is this- at least one of you is wearing a blue hat. There may be only one blue hat and two white hats, there may be two blue hats and one white hat, or there may be three blue hats. But you may be certain that there are not three white hats."
"I will shortly remove your blind folds, and the test will begin. The first to correctly announce the color of his hat shall be my advisor. Be warned however, he who guesses wrongly shall be beheaded. If not one of you answers within the hour, you will be sent home and I will seek elsewhere for wisdom."
With that, the king uncovered the sages' eyes and sat in the corner and waited. One sage looked around and saw that his competitors each were wearing blue hats. From the look in their eyes he could see their thoughts were the same as his, "What is the color of my hat?"
For what seemed like hours no one spoke. Finally he stood up and correctly named the hat on his head. What colour was it, and how did he know ?
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