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How high can you count without using the letter 'A'?
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Riddles don't stay unanswered very long in this thread (unless its that blasted train one
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It was dropped from a hieght greater than 10 feet so after it falls 10 feet it is still falling.
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Yeah, I can tell you have a good idea why. Think of it this way. If you start the game knowing that you are going to swap doors, what are you doing? You are essientiall now choosing the one door you do NOT want. Because if the prize is in either of the two other doors, you will win (since the incorrect one will be opened before you swap). Thus, if you keep the original door, you have a 1/3 chance of winning. If you swap, you have a 2/3 chance of wining.
Gotta come up with some better ones.
Thanks, now I get it. And I guess you could also think of it like this: When you choose a door, you have a 1/3 chance of winning. The chance of one of the other two doors winning is 2/3. When one of those doors is removed, the total is still 2/3 (after all, nothing really changed), so the door that you didn't pick has a 2/3 chance.
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What was the biggest island in the world before the discovery of Australia by Captain Cook?
An archeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
An archeologist finds a coin dated 48 B.C. How did he know it was a fake?
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
How did they know Christ was to be born in 48 years?
Take the third room. They lions should be dead, as they haven't eaten in three years.
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The Great Head.
1 Greenland, Australlia's a continent silly
2 It's BC
3 They room full of dead lions
2 It's BC
3 They room full of dead lions
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Originally posted by WillJ
Now you got it
Many people think the odds of winning change to 1/2 because there are only two doors, but they don't change at all.
1) I guess it depends on your definition of an island. If it's just a body of land surrounded by water, then the largest island was the landmass of Europe, Asia, and Africa. If it's a body of land smaller than a continent, I don't know.
2) The person(s) who made the coin wouldn't have known that it was made before the birth of Christ.
3) The one with lions, since they would have to be dead, since they can't survive without eating for three years.
Edit: Man, this thread is popular! I'll have to be quicker next time...
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Turner, Perfection, WillJ on 2 & 3
As for #1, I thought that also Perfection, and you have a point so I will give you credit. But assume that it is an island. Then what would the answer be?
on 2 & 3As for #1, I thought that also Perfection, and you have a point so I will give you credit. But assume that it is an island. Then what would the answer be?
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The Great Head.
Austriallia, although technically all islands are on the surface of the world not in it
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I have 10 red socks and 10 blue socks in a drawer. How many socks must I take out to ensure that I have at least one matching pair? One how many to ensure I have at least a pair of red and a pair of blue?
Pat Smith gives someone a dollar. Pat is this person's brother, but the person is not Pat's brother. How can that be?
If you toss a die and it comes up with the number one 9 times in a row, what is the probability that it will come up with one on the next throw?
Pat Smith gives someone a dollar. Pat is this person's brother, but the person is not Pat's brother. How can that be?
If you toss a die and it comes up with the number one 9 times in a row, what is the probability that it will come up with one on the next throw?
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Three socks to ensure one pair, and thirteen socks to ensure one pair of each. But probably before thirteen will you have two different colors.
Pat's the sister.
One in six.
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Jeeze, i take a break to play civ 3, and i miss all this...
2. The person is Pat's sister.
3. 1/6
2. The person is Pat's sister.
3. 1/6
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