Are you in the top 2% of intelligent people?

[2020hindsight]

ok - here's a good one (IMO) - anyone played Cluedo ?
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/lp9804.htm

yep, easy, the artist killed the butler with the dentist,
ahh shinbone, maybe I'll try again in the morning

 

[Flying Fish]

Maybe we should rename the thread to:Are you in the top 2% of dumbest people?

Because if you even bothered trying to find the answer or waste your life looking for it then you would be categorised as one ROFLMAO

 

[2020hindsight]

ok FF lol - maybe you'd like one more stock-specific ?

A bloke gets advice each day of the week (Monday through Friday) from people he meets.( bank manager, priest, girlfriend, drunk mate, sober mate).
Each suggests he invests in something different, (bank, BHP, MBL, jewellery, fishfarm) - and each suggests a different amount. (Nil, $10K, 20K, 30K, 50K)

1. His Bank Manager told him to do nothing because his bank account was so low that he couldn't afford the brokerage.:nosympath
2. The day he met the bank manager wasn't Tuesday, because he remembers he enjoyed Tuesday.
3. His Priest told him on Friday to invest in Fish Farms.
4. His girlfriend told him to invest $20K more than his sober friend; :bunny: and ..
5. his drunk friend told him to invest $20K more than his girlfriend.:alcohol:
6. In fact his sober friend was the same as his drunk friend, just that he'd had three days to sober up. (i.e. he met him again 3 days later if you get the drift)
7. He bought $50K worth of jewellery.
8. He spent less on BHP than he did on MBL.

Question is :-
When did he buy BHP?

PS another question is
does anyone know a good pawnshop for jewellery?
also why didn't he SELL BHP just after the euphoria of the announcement lol.

 

[2020hindsight]

Question is :-
When did he buy BHP?

Here's the answer - (since this has had such a fantastic response lol. )

Day = who = what = how much
Friday = Priest = fishfarm = $??

three days between drunk and sober , therefore
Monday = drunk friend
Thursday = sober friend

bank manager not Tuesday, therefore
Wednesday = bank manager, and
Tuesday = girlfriend

filling in more clues :-

Monday = drunk friend = ABC = $V
Tuesday = girlfriend = DEF = $W
Wednesday = bank manager = bank account = nil
Thursday = sober friend = $X
Friday = Priest = fishfarm = $Y

now $(W - X) = $20K
and $(V - W) = $20;
..... therefore
$X = $10K
$W = $30K
$V = $50K

Monday = drunk friend = ABC = $50K
Tuesday = girlfriend = DEF = $30K
Wednesday = bank manager = bank account = $nil
Thursday = sober friend = GHI = $10K
Friday = Priest = fishfarm = $20K

$50K = jewellery, hence ABC = jewellery

BHP less than MBL, hence
DEF = MBL
GHI = BHP

Monday = drunk friend = jewellery = $50K
Tuesday = girlfriend = MBL = $30K
Wednesday = bank manager = bank account = $nil
Thursday = sober friend = BHP = $10K
Friday = Priest = fishfarm = $20K

Hence when did he buy BHP? = Thursday

 

[2020hindsight]

ok - here's a good one (IMO) - anyone played Cluedo ?
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4484/lp9804.htm

This is post #39
maybe a few of you are unfamiliar with the multiple matrix method ..

step 1 = all the clues given
step 2 = add circles at
a) Dentist = Blackmail , and
b) Halifax = Blackmail
why? because it's the only way you can make a "triangle" , i.e.
Dentist = Blackmail = Halifax.

I'll let anyone who's interested "read more detail" on that website.

IMO, It's much less fun using this multi-matrix method, (than the matrix in lower right corner) - because there's less reasoning involved ( just my opinion) - I mean, you just follow the rules, and add noughts and crosses until it's filled in

 

[2020hindsight]

Step 4 = you can complete the "rectangle" formed by
Dentist = Cousin = Blackmail = Halifax

Step 5 = you can complete the "triangle" formed by
Halifax = Blackmail = Halifax

(By triangle, I really mean that there's a 45 degree slope on the end) .
I won't do any more here, let anyone who's interested check it out themselves.

 

[2020hindsight]

Another logic problem
(assuming anyone else likes these - or maybe you're all dedicated to arguing politics for 5 more weeks ) :-

 

[hangseng]

ALBERT EINSTEIN'S RIDDLE

ARE YOU IN THE TOP 2% OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? SOLVE THE RIDDLE AND FIND OUT.

There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.

1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality 3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE THIS RIDDLE EARLY DURING THE 19th CENTURY. HE SAID THAT 98% OF THE WORLD POPULATION WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE
IT.

13. The German smokes Prince

 

[2020hindsight]

ok, pretend this is about ben cousins...

 

[2020hindsight]

well , seems no one else is hooked on these things (as I am ) so I'll post the answer...

from the clues you get ...

1.
From cotterham $ < svensson $ < striker$, we get …

a) svensson NOT= cottenham
b) svensson NOT= striker
c) striker NOT= cottenham

d) svensson NOT= $15mill
e) svensson NOT= $25mill

f) cottenham NOT= $25mill (must be less than svensson)
g) NB: cottenham NOT= $22mill (must be less than both svensson and striker)

h) striker NOT= $15mill (must be more than svensson)
j) NB: striker NOT= $18mill (must be more than both svensson and cotterham)

From (striker’s day < svensson’s day < cotterham’s day), we get …..

k) svensson’s day = cottenham’s day -1
L) svensson’s day = striker’s day +1

m) svensson’s day NOT= 30may
n) svensson’s day NOT= 2june
p) cottenham’s day NOT= 30may
q) NB: cottenham’s day NOT= 31may (must be more than both svensson and striker)

r) striker’s day NOT= 2june
s) NB: striker’s day NOT= 1june (must be less than both svensson and cotterham)

2 a) bauer = netherlands
b) bauer NOT= italy
c) bauer NOT= germany
d) bauer NOT= spain
e) netherlands NOT= Andersen
f) netherlands NOT= Schmidt
g) netherlands NOT= Svensson

3. spain NOT= 30may

4a) goalkeeper NOT= chelton
b) goalkeeper NOT= $18mill
c) goalkeeper NOT= $22mill
d) chelton NOT= $18mill
e) chelton NOT= $22mill

5. Schmidt NOT= $25mill

6a) 2June NOT= $15mill
b) Neverpool NOT= $25mill
c) 2June NOT= Neverpool
d) 2June is greater than Neverpool

7a) midfield = Italy
b) midfield NOT= netherlands
c) midfield NOT= germany
d) midfield NOT= spain

e) italy NOT= centdefender
f) italy NOT= goalkeeper
g) italy NOT= striker

h) midfield NOT= Andersen
j) italy NOT= Andersen
k) italy NOT= 2June
L) midfield NOT= 30may
m) midfield day = andersen day +1

8. belch NOT= $22mill

then yuo fill out the noughts and crosses in the matrix.
Note that the tricky ones are 1k, 1L, 6d, 7m etc - you have to keep coming back to check these.

Anyway pretty much follows the answer they give.. (note the "triangle" - if one corner of such a triangle has a naught, then the other two corners will be the same, either naughts or crosses )

 

[2020hindsight]

following on from the extremely enthusiastic response to the previous 5 problems lol, here's another one.....

 

[2020hindsight]

and one to herald in the cricket season ..

 

[barnz2k]

glad this thread has been bumped - read the fist post aaages ago but never had time to write it down and actually do it.. now I can! as well as the others hehe

 

[Timmy]

You can't OWN a fish, man :

Worth repeating!

 

[2020hindsight]

Required.... to fill in the answers, "Girl", "Current" and "Ex boyfriend"...

position (.......... 1.......) (.......... 2.......) (.......... 3.......) (.......... 4.......)

Girl's name (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......)

Current
Boyfriend (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......)

Ex
boyfriend (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......)

Four girls are sitting in an office in the positions in sequence as above.
THey are all going out with young men who work in the same company.
Nothing unusual in that you may say.
However the young man each is dating was currently dating one of the other three.
From the clues can youname each of the girls 1 to 4, and match he with her current and ex boyfriend.

Girls :- Angie Delia Tina Vanessa
Boys:- Andy Daniel Hugo Mike

Clues.
1. Andy, who is now with Tina, used to go out with the girl in position 3, who is not currently dating Mike.

2. Daniel's present girlfriend is working somewhere further to the left than Venessa.

3. Angie, in position 2, either is or was going out with Mike.

4. Daniel's ex is now the regular companion of Hugo, who was not formerly going out with the girl in position 1.

 

[Tysonboss1]

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

.

The german owns the fish,


he lives in the green house second from the end,.... he also drinks coffe and smokes prince,...

I honestly don't think it takes inteligence to solve this riddle just determination,...

took me 30mins,.... I must have no life,..

 

[2020hindsight]

Required.... to fill in the answers, "Girl", "Current" and "Ex boyfriend"...

position (.......... 1.......) (.......... 2.......) (.......... 3.......) (.......... 4.......)

Girl's name (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......)

Current
Boyfriend (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......)

Ex
boyfriend (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......) (.......... .......)

clue :- start by naming the current boyfriend of girl #3
another clue :- do these puzzles during the political ads

 

[2020hindsight]

copied (in part) from "the answer in the back of the book"

From clue 1, girl 3, whose ex is Andy, is not currently dating either him or Mike,
while Hugo is now with Daniel's ex (clue 4)
so he is not with girl 3 either.
Therefore Daniel must be!
.... etc (more to follow)

 

[2020hindsight]

... who knows - someone might have a go at this one
even if you're too shy to admit it took 20 minutes