Can a monkey outrun a bullet and still save her litter?

[TheStatutoryApe]

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/455316/the_cork_out_of_the_bottle_trick/

Ah... nice.
I was thinking the same sort of idea but...

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using a napkin

I'm not sure my idea would work so well.

 

[DaveC426913]

Awe inspiring physics/bar trick:

There are a number of ways this could be asked, but the principle is the same. I traded this puzzle/answer for the wine bottle/cork puzzle many years ago!

This is a practical puzzle that can be performed for visual effect - much the same as the wine bottle puzzle.

There is a plate - say 8" to 10" in diameter. It has a slightly curved edge so you could poor perhaps a couple of cups of water into it and the water would measure about 1/4" deep in the middle. The plate is "filled" with water so that it is about 1/2" from the rim all the way around.

The plate is set on a level table or desktop. Approximately 2" from the inside edge of the plate is a quarter. It is thus submerged. You have a "rock glass" or similar - not too thick of a rim and about 2" in diameter at the entrance. The glass is around 5" tall. You have a seedless - Maraschino cherry. You have a pack of matches.

You cannot move the plate. You cannot tip it or slide it etc. You can use any of - and only - the items given. You cannot push or splash - or the likes - the water from the plate. You must get access to the quarter and get it off of the plate with ONLY your finger without putting your finger into the water - basically without getting your finger wet - other than for the fact that the quarter may be a little damp or have a few drops of water on it.

How can you do this? I know of only one way and it is demostratable, not in any way a bizarre notion like waiting for a hurricane etc. etc. etc.

Presumably, there are some conditions missing. Either that, or you're going to get your butt kicked if there's any money riding on this.

At it stands, there is nothing preventing me from using glass, match or cherry to simply push the quarter to the edge of the plate and off into my hand.


Anyway, here's my solution:

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Light match, stick in cherry.
Put cherry and match on plate next to quarter.
Drop glass over top of match/cherry and quarter.
Heated air will force water out from under glass, till quarter is dry.
Pull glass/quarter over to edge of plate. Quarter will fall off into your hand.

 

[gtatix]

Ah... nice.
I was thinking the same sort of idea but...

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using a napkin

I'm not sure my idea would work so well.

Your idea is the way I was taught. It is tough because it has to be thin but tough.

 

[gtatix]

Presumably, there are some conditions missing. Either that, or you're going to get your butt kicked if there's any money riding on this.

At it stands, there is nothing preventing me from using glass, match or cherry to simply push the quarter to the edge of the plate and off into my hand.


Anyway, here's my solution:

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Light match, stick in cherry.
Put cherry and match on plate next to quarter.
Drop glass over top of match/cherry and quarter.
Heated air will force water out from under glass, till quarter is dry.
Pull glass/quarter over to edge of plate. Quarter will fall off into your hand.

Dave, I did include this: "You must get access to the quarter and get it off of the plate with ONLY your finger without putting your finger into the water." Maybe the wording is a bit ambiguous but I meant that accessing - basically touching the quarter at all - can only be done with the finger.

That said, you basically have solved it except that what will happen is

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you need to put the cherry in the centre of the plate so the glass can go over the cherry and burning match but leaving the quarter on the outside of the apparatus where it is - away from the centre near the edge. The water will actually rise inside the glass due to the fact that the air inside will be used up to fuel the fire creating a vacuum causing the water to be sucked up and inside! The water rises and uncovers the quarter thus allowing access. You should try this because the visual - especially to non-science folk - is virtually magical!

 

[DaveC426913]

Dave, I did include this: "You must get access to the quarter and get it off of the plate with ONLY your finger without putting your finger into the water." Maybe the wording is a bit ambiguous but I meant that accessing - basically touching the quarter at all - can only be done with the finger.

That said, you basically have solved it except that what will happen is

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you need to put the cherry in the centre of the plate so the glass can go over the cherry and burning match but leaving the quarter on the outside of the apparatus where it is - away from the centre near the edge. The water will actually rise inside the glass due to the fact that the air inside will be used up to fuel the fire creating a vacuum causing the water to be sucked up and inside! The water rises and uncovers the quarter thus allowing access. You should try this because the visual - especially to non-science folk - is virtually magical!

Right. Cool.

 

[Capt. McCoy]

verty's right...it just said there are no doors...not no doorways...

 

[Capt. McCoy]

The judge is the father of the son of the criminal...How is the judge and the criminal related?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

The judge is the father of the son of the criminal...How is the judge and the criminal related?

Poor brain teaser.

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If the criminal is a man, then the judge is the criminal. Otherwise, the criminal could be any woman, relative or not.

 

[seshuprakash]

NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) 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?

the 3rd room is safest room , becoz of the lions were dead due to they doesn't eaten ny thing since 3 yrs.

 

[seshuprakash]

3)(in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
pls sincerely add it in mind...

4100 hahahalol

 

[cherryanoeh]

It's far simpler than that: through the doorway (there's no door).

nooo there meant to be a table there as well && he rubs his hands until they get sore saw's the table in half... two halfs make a whole climbs through the hole shouts until his voice is hoarse jumps on his horse and rides away... easy :D

 

[cherryanoeh]

It's far simpler than that: through the doorway (there's no door).

nooo there meant to be a table there as well && he rubs his hands until they get sore saw's the table in half... two halfs make a whole climbs through the hole shouts until his voice is hoarse jumps on his horse and rides away... easy :D

 

[DaveC426913]

... he rubs his hands until they get sore saw's the table in half...

I think you missed a step in there.

 

[sandy85]

Oh its nice 1 but i am thinking some other way. I have one resources for puzzle. Play free online brain games and puzzels. Free puzzle games and brain games that make you smarter. For more information about, http://www.proprofs.com/games/" .

 

[Alsdfj12]

3)(in your head!) Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
pls sincerely add it in mind...

5000. I've done it before.

Heres one for you guys: write eleven thousand, eleven hundred and eleven in numbers.

 

[Inuyasha8575]

NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) 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?

Well, surely it would be the room with the lions because if they have not eaten in 3 years they'd surely be dead.

 

[Inuyasha8575]

5000. I've done it before.

Heres one for you guys: write eleven thousand, eleven hundred and eleven in numbers.

No you are wrong.
Many people THINK it is that, but it's not.
It's 4,100.
Check your calculator.

 

[DaveC426913]

heres one for you guys: Write eleven thousand, eleven hundred and eleven in numbers.

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12,111.

 

[tjboy]

Let me ask the Ist Quest:'n.
"1) How much soil is there in a hole measuring one metre by one metre by one metre?"

no soil! it's a hole

 

[tjboy]

NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) 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?

ofcoarse the 3rd room ,cus lions are dead by now!

 

[tjboy]

3)(in your head!) take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
Pls sincerely add it in mind...

4100

 

[tjboy]

:::>A man dressed all in black is walking down a country lane. Suddenly a large black car without any lights on comes round the corner and screeches to a halt.

How did the driver know there was a man in the road?

it was daytime

 

[atthepointe]

2 daughters and 2 mothers went to a mall and each bought a pair of shoes. In the end, they had 3 pairs of shoes. How?

 

[DaveC426913]

2 daughters and 2 mothers went to a mall and each bought a pair of shoes. In the end, they had 3 pairs of shoes. How?

They were pirates. Two of them had pegs.

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Grandmother, mother, daughter.

 

[DaveC426913]

A man and his son are off to a baseball game. They drive into town headed for the stadium, but when crossing the railroad tracks the car stalls. A train hits the car, the father is killed but the son is sent to the hospital. He is wheeled into the operating room whereupon the surgeon comes in and says "I can't operate on this child, he's my son."

How is this possible?

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

A man and his son are off to a baseball game. They drive into town headed for the stadium, but when crossing the railroad tracks the car stalls. A train hits the car, the father is killed but the son is sent to the hospital. He is wheeled into the operating room whereupon the doctor comes in and says "I can't operate on this child, he's my son."

How is this possible?

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The doctor is his other father. A man had the child by his wife before they divorced. Then he married a doctor. The new husband(?), the doctor, adopted the child. Then the man died in the car crash and his PSSWUSLQ (person of the same sex who used to share living quarters), the doctor, came up with this phoney baloney reason why he couldn't operate. So the son died too and the doctor collected insurance from both deaths and with double indemnity to boot. Now he's taken early retirement and relaxes on the beaches of the Caribbean with his trophy husband.

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[DaveC426913]

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The doctor is his other father. A man had the child by his wife before they divorced. Then he married a doctor. The new husband(?), the doctor, adopted the child. Then the man died in the car crash and his PSSWUSLQ (person of the same sex who used to share living quarters), the doctor, came up with this phoney baloney reason why he couldn't operate. So the son died too and the doctor collected insurance from both deaths and with double indemnity to boot. Now he's taken early retirement and relaxes on the beaches of the Caribbean with his trophy husband.

.

Why yes. That is exactly correct. Most people miss the double indemnity aspect in their answer but you nailed it.

 

[Sartradjm]

A man and his son are off to a baseball game. They drive into town headed for the stadium, but when crossing the railroad tracks the car stalls. A train hits the car, the father is killed but the son is sent to the hospital. He is wheeled into the operating room whereupon the surgeon comes in and says "I can't operate on this child, he's my son."

How is this possible?

It's easier to assume that doctor is his mother.

 

[MotoH]

It is a homosexual couple, and the boy is adopted.

 

[pinkpenelopy]

NOt right;
Can anyone answer this?
2) 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?

third room. if a lion have'nt eaten in 3 years,is dead!