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"A puzzle for yous all..."

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

Hmm, that sheep one aint that hard, is anyone trying it?

Unbeliever wrote:
> Well, at least I'm honest.

An honest cheat? Well, thats new
;-P

Heh, I know what you meant.

*shakes fist at Ros*

Well, at least I'm honest.

Rosalind wrote:
> Sorry I was a bit late with the explanation

Twas 'bang on' though!

Sorry I was a bit late with the explanation

If you take two blacks out of the box then your number of blacks goes down by 1 and the number of whites stays the same

If you take a black and a white out of the box, then your number of whites also stays the same and you remove one black

If you take two whites out of the box then you lose two whites and replace with one black.

If you carry on pulling two whites out you will eventually be left with one white, and lots of blacks, so the next pull, must be one white and one black, in which case the white goes back in the box, and the black is removed.

You can never remove the last white marble, so eventually this will be what you are left with.

Rosalind wrote:
> The answer is indeed white :D

Tis indeed.
And you can have it Ros as Unbeliever not only admitted he'd guessed it, but also said he'd seen it before
:-P

There is an island filled with grass and trees and plants. The only inhabitants are 100 lions and 1 sheep.
The lions are special:
1) They are infinitely logical, smart, and completely aware of their surroundings.
2) They can survive by just eating grass (and there is an infinite amount of grass on the island).
3) They prefer of course to eat sheep.
4) Their only food options are grass or sheep.

Now, here's the kicker:

5) If a Lion eats a sheep he TURNS into a Sheep (and could then be eaten by other lions).
6) A lion would rather eat grass all his life than be eaten by another lion (after he turned into a sheep).

Assumptions:
1) Assume that one lion is closest to the sheep and will get to it before all others. Assume that there is never an issue with who gets to the sheep first. The issue is whether the first lion will get eaten by other lions afterwards or not.
2) The sheep cannot get away from the lion if the lion decides to eat it.
3) Do not assume anything that hasn't been stated above.

So now the question:
Will that one sheep get eaten or not and why?

Give me that!

he heh!

ok, it was cheating a bit but I suspected it was white as I've seen the puzzle before...

The answer is indeed white :D