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The Riddle Game

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Lost Meme, Nov 6, 2005.

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    ok. Here's another logic puzzle since I don't have a riddle handy.

    Four guys need to cross a bridge in the dark. They have only one flashlight, and the bridge will only support the weight of two of them at a time. So two will cross at a time, one guy brings back the flashlight, and repeat until everybody ends up on the other side.

    Now the four guys take a different amount of time to cross the bridge: 1 min, 2 min, 5 min and 10 min. As a pair, they always travel at the pace of the slower guy.

    What's the fastest way to get everybody across?
     
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    19 minutes - have the 1 min and 2 min guys cross, send the 1 min guy back, rinse, repeat with the other two. Total = 2 min + 5 min + 10 min + 2 crossings back alone by the 1 min guy.
     
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    The 1 minute guy crosses first with the flashlight. Since the other 3 can't see, they fall into the river and swim across. :hahaerr: Man, I hate word problems.
     
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    You can shave 2 minutes off of dmc's 19 minutes by reordering.
     
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    BTA - not going to post the solution?
    He has given everyone a hint anyhow. ;)
     
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    Obviously you want to get 5 and 10 crossing at the same time in order to eliminate the 5 minute crossing time. You also want neither to make a return trip so you would want to do something like this.

    1 Min and 2 min cross - 1 Min returns (3 Minutes total)
    5 min and 10 min cross - 2 min returns (12 minutes total)
    1 min and 2 min cross (2 minutes total)

    Total 17 minutes.
     
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    You got it JSBB!
     
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    This one is really bad. Bonus points are available for anyone who identifies where I found this one.

    There are three men in a boat with four cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
     
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    They throw one of the cigarettes overboard so that they are now a cigarette 'lighter'

    [cue mass groans]

    This riddle is in the ever popular Stu's Book of Riddles but I suspect that is not where you got it from.
     
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    They use a lighter. Who said it's law that you use matches when starting a fire or lighting up a cigarette? :p
     
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    Harbourboy has got it. The Riddler used that one in one of the Adam West Batman episodes.
     
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    Oh man, that means I have to come up with another one from my memory of Stu's Book of Riddles.....

    What is open when it is shut and shut when it is open?
     
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    a light switch. you open the connection to shut off the light. then you shut the connetion to turn on the light.
     
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    Not quite. That would be what is On when it shut and Off when it is open.
     
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    well I can't really think of any way to explain an electrical circuit.
     
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    This riddle is realy hard! Give us a clue!
     
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    A drawbridge if memory serves
     
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    DarkStrider is close enough. The answer is supposed to be the Tower Bridge in London but as that is a drawbridge - it's your turn.
     
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    I am the one who brought the corn to the Wampanoag thousands of years ago. I am black with wings, and I also hop on the ground; Who am I?

    Softball time
     
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    Crow
     
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