Riddles II

Originally posted by Bose
A bit of a logical thinking one for you's...

Why is it better to have round manhole covers than square ones?
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:hmm: I'll be thinking of this one all night at work.:(

Here is a fairly easy one.:)
Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed's sister is engaged to the second baseman. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the outfielders play poker during their free time. The pitcher's wife is the third baseman's sister. The pitcher, catcher, and infielders except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the shortstop lost $50 each at the racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill. Each of them is heavier than the third baseman. Using these facts, name the position that each man plays.
 
Originally posted by mayakovsky

:hmm: I'll be thinking of this one all night at work.:(

Here is a fairly easy one.:)
Andy dislikes the catcher. Ed's sister is engaged to the second baseman. The center fielder is taller than the right fielder. Harry and the third baseman live in the same building. Paul and Allen each won $20 from the pitcher at pinochle. Ed and the outfielders play poker during their free time. The pitcher's wife is the third baseman's sister. The pitcher, catcher, and infielders except Allen, Harry, and Andy, are shorter than Sam. Paul, Andy, and the shortstop lost $50 each at the racetrack. Paul, Harry, Bill, and the catcher took a trouncing from the second baseman at pool. Sam is involved in a divorce suit. The catcher and the third baseman each have two children. Ed, Paul, Jerry, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors. The others are married. The shortstop, the third baseman, and Bill each cleaned up $100 betting on the fight. One of the outfielders is either Mike or Andy. Jerry is taller than Bill. Mike is shorter than Bill. Each of them is heavier than the third baseman. Using these facts, name the position that each man plays.
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Too... much... thinking...
 
god damn it.........

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LOL! I said it was fairly easy.;) I'm going to leave that one unanswered and wait until someone is man enough to answer it.:p

Here is an easier one:


If you have six men and they each had six baskets. Each basket has six cats inside and each cat has six kittens. Assuming all are whole and healthy, how many legs are there?
 
Originally posted by mayakovsky
LOL! I said it was fairly easy.;) I'm going to leave that one unanswered and wait until someone is man enough to answer it.:p

Here is an easier one:


If you have six men and they each had six baskets. Each basket has six cats inside and each cat has six kittens. Assuming all are whole and healthy, how many legs are there?
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE PAIN!!!
 
6 men = 12 legs
36 baskets
216 cats = 864 legs
1296 kittens = 5184 legs

In total: 6060 legs.

BTW don't use red, that's a mods color
 
Here is another:

There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters." What is the word?

Hint: The word itself is counted as one of the ten words. So, the word itself and nine more.:)
 
mayakovsky:

Ok I worked it out using a matrix, and here is what I got:

Andy is the third baseman
Ed is the shortstop
Sam is the left fielder
Mike is the right fielder
Bill is the center fielder
and Allen is the catcher!

and your second one: Therein (therein, there, he, in, her, ere, here, here, herein)
 
Originally posted by Penguin Glory
mayakovsky:

Ok I worked it out using a matrix, and here is what I got:

Andy is the third baseman
Ed is the shortstop
Sam is the left fielder
Mike is the right fielder
Bill is the center fielder
and Allen is the catcher!

and your second one: Therein (therein, there, he, in, her, ere, here, here, herein)
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Yesssssssssss!:goodjob: You forgot, Harry is the pitcher, Paul is the firstbaseman, and Jerry is the second baseman. But I assume you just forgot to add them. And if you didn't you were sure to get them anyway.:goodjob: :goodjob: :goodjob:

And yes "Therein" is correct as well.:)
 
@ Penguin Glory: Stupid question -- What is a matrix?:crazyeye:

And have a go at this one as well:

1. There are 5 houses in five different colors. 2. In each house lives a person with a different nationality.
3. These five owners drink a certain drink, smoke a certain band of cigar and keep a certain pet.
4. no owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar nor drink the same drink.

THE QUESTION IS - WHO OWNS THE FISH?

The Britt lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Paul Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in centre drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.

 
Is the first house the one on the extreme left or the extreme right?
 
@mayakovsky-just use bold for the questions

and BTW the question he just asked was originally made by Einstien
 
mayakovsky - the German has the fish.

Counting from the left:
First house - yellow house, Norwegian, drinks water, smokes Dunhill, keeps cats
Second house - blue house, Dane, drinks tea, smokes blends, keeps horses
Third house - red house, Brit, drinks milk, smokes Pall Malls, keeps birds
Fourth house - green house, German, drinks coffee, smokes Prince, keeps a fish
Fifth house - white house, Swede, drinks beer, smokes Bluemaster, keeps dogs

Edited to contain the descriptions of the houses and their occupants. I also used a matrix to solve this problem. A matrix is where you set up a chart that has all possible combinations and you cross out the ones that don't fit the clues. For example, since you know the German smokes Prince, you can cross out the Prince square on the chart for the other four nationalities. Unfortunately, this would be a five-dimensional chart in its full form, so you have to just do the best you can with 2-D ones and fill in a diagram with the houses and slots for colors, nationalities, etc.
 
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