Brain Teasers

[BringBackFergy]

7 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

Mike and Pat are in a desert. They both have packs on. Pat is dead. Mike, who is alive, has his pack open. Pat has his pack closed. What is in the packs? 

Any updates on this?

[GoBills808]

46 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

Any updates on this?

parachutes

[GoBills808]

@BringBackFergyi have one for you similar to the cow

 

three guests check into a hotel room. the guy at the counter says the room is $30 so they each pull out a ten and head up. Couple minutes later the guy realizes the room is at discount for only $25 so he gives one of the room cleaners 5 $1 bills and tells him to go up and reimburse them. On the way up the room cleaner decides to keep $2 and when he gets up to the room gives each guest a dollar back. So he steals $2 but each of the guests is happy for the discount.

 

now they each get a $1 discount on their $10 for $9. There are 3 guests for $27 and the room cleaner pocketed $2. where did the last dollar go

 

[BringBackFergy]

25 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

@BringBackFergyi have one for you similar to the cow

 

three guests check into a hotel room. the guy at the counter says the room is $30 so they each pull out a ten and head up. Couple minutes later the guy realizes the room is at discount for only $25 so he gives one of the room cleaners 5 $1 bills and tells him to go up and reimburse them. On the way up the room cleaner decides to keep $2 and when he gets up to the room gives each guest a dollar back. So he steals $2 but each of the guests is happy for the discount.

 

now they each get a $1 discount on their $10 for $9. There are 3 guests for $27 and the room cleaner pocketed $2. where did the last dollar go

 

Hold tight. I have to diagram this out. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

56 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

@BringBackFergyi have one for you similar to the cow

 

three guests check into a hotel room. the guy at the counter says the room is $30 so they each pull out a ten and head up. Couple minutes later the guy realizes the room is at discount for only $25 so he gives one of the room cleaners 5 $1 bills and tells him to go up and reimburse them. On the way up the room cleaner decides to keep $2 and when he gets up to the room gives each guest a dollar back. So he steals $2 but each of the guests is happy for the discount.

 

now they each get a $1 discount on their $10 for $9. There are 3 guests for $27 and the room cleaner pocketed $2. where did the last dollar go

 

Don't know the official reason... But it's a one-way mathematical equation.  33.33 gets buried... Kinda like the extra $10 above.

 

33.33 is split between them.

Edited July 11 by ExiledInIllinois

[Just Jack]

2 hours ago, GoBills808 said:

@BringBackFergyi have one for you similar to the cow

 

three guests check into a hotel room. the guy at the counter says the room is $30 so they each pull out a ten and head up. Couple minutes later the guy realizes the room is at discount for only $25 so he gives one of the room cleaners 5 $1 bills and tells him to go up and reimburse them. On the way up the room cleaner decides to keep $2 and when he gets up to the room gives each guest a dollar back. So he steals $2 but each of the guests is happy for the discount.

 

now they each get a $1 discount on their $10 for $9. There are 3 guests for $27 and the room cleaner pocketed $2. where did the last dollar go

 

 

It's in the front desk register. 

 

$25 in the register

$3 for the guests ($1+$1+$1)

$2 stolen tip 

=$30

 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

I figure $30.  Broke even on the first few trades.  At that point he has an animal he has  $60 invested in.  Then he sells it for $90.

Edited July 12 by Joe Ferguson forever

[Joe Ferguson forever]

NPR's quiz.  Last weekend.  Solution to come next Sunday I think.  The tree has got to be beach (beech).  The beginning is more difficult.

 

Q: This is a phonetic challenge in four parts. First, say a letter of the alphabet out loud -- like B, C, or L. Then name something you might carry around in your pocket. Say it twice. Finally, name a variety of tree. Say these four things in order, and phonetically they'll name a nice place in the United States to vacation. What is it?

[ExiledInIllinois]

1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

NPR's quiz.  Last weekend.  Solution to come next Sunday I think.  The tree has got to be beach (beech).  The beginning is more difficult.

 

Q: This is a phonetic challenge in four parts. First, say a letter of the alphabet out loud -- like B, C, or L. Then name something you might carry around in your pocket. Say it twice. Finally, name a variety of tree. Say these four things in order, and phonetically they'll name a nice place in the United States to vacation. What is it?

Easy.  Popped right into my head.

 

Waikiki Beach

 

"Y" "Key Key" "Beach"

 

??

Johnny, tell me what I just won.🤣 

 

 

[BringBackFergy]

6 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Easy.  Popped right into my head.

 

Waikiki Beach

 

"Y" "Key Key" "Beach"

 

??

Johnny, tell me what I just won.🤣 

 

 

Oh damn. Nice job. Been pondering this for a couple hours. 
 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

13 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Easy.  Popped right into my head.

 

Waikiki Beach

 

"Y" "Key Key" "Beach"

 

??

Johnny, tell me what I just won.🤣 

 

 

send it to npr.  you might win their Don Pardo voice on your answering machine or some NPR branded wine.

[Special K]

[Doc Brown]

8 minutes ago, Special K said:

[BringBackFergy]

A man was found dead next to a 13 story building. The police say it was a suicide, but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to each floor on the building, open the window, and toss a penny out. You do this to each floor until you reach the 13th floor, open the window, and toss a penny out. How does this prove it wasn't a suicide?

[4merper4mer]

3 hours ago, Special K said:

Chiefs fans think the answer is meth.

18 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

A man was found dead next to a 13 story building. The police say it was a suicide, but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to each floor on the building, open the window, and toss a penny out. You do this to each floor until you reach the 13th floor, open the window, and toss a penny out. How does this prove it wasn't a suicide?

It just makes cents.

[Mike in Horseheads]

20 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

A man was found dead next to a 13 story building. The police say it was a suicide, but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to each floor on the building, open the window, and toss a penny out. You do this to each floor until you reach the 13th floor, open the window, and toss a penny out. How does this prove it wasn't a suicide?

Is this in Russia?

[BringBackFergy]

5 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:

It just makes cents.

Good one! But no. 

5 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Is this in Russia?

No. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

6 hours ago, BringBackFergy said:

A man was found dead next to a 13 story building. The police say it was a suicide, but you say it was a homicide (someone killed him). To prove this, you go to each floor on the building, open the window, and toss a penny out. You do this to each floor until you reach the 13th floor, open the window, and toss a penny out. How does this prove it wasn't a suicide?

there are patios oficreasing size on each lower floor.  the penny lands and stops on the patio below with each drop.  he couldn't have jumped far enough.  So he must have been killed on the 2nd floor?

[BringBackFergy]

1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

there are patios oficreasing size on each lower floor.  the penny lands and stops on the patio below with each drop.  he couldn't have jumped far enough.  So he must have been killed on the 2nd floor?

No. Read it again and picture yourself doing what is described. 

[Joe Ferguson forever]

41 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

No. Read it again and picture yourself doing what is described. 

maybe more than 1 solution?  If something obstructs the fall of the penny from each floor and the obstruction is large enough to stop a jumping human, he would not likely die from a 1 story jump.  But I await the accepted solution

Edited July 12 by Joe Ferguson forever