Codebreakers II Quiz

[gandalf the untidy]

Is Lateral thinking your thing..... we shall see ::)

1 In our calender some months have 30 days some months have 31, how many have 28?

2 When can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?

3 What would Einstein say was between Heaven and Earth?

4 Can you rearrange the letters of NEW DOOR to make one word?

5 A skier has fallen into a cravass 40m deep he manages to climb up 4m every minute before he slips back 3m every time how long before he escapes?

6 What weighs more in its liquid state than in its solid state?

7 Sparky was sitting on his seat fishing he saw 3 bears in the distance which were separated by angles of approx 120 degrees from each other, Sparky got his rifle from his tent and shot 3 times facing due south and killed all 3 bears, what colour are the bears?

8 A eighteen year old girl was in a prison cell situated over a damaged drain, the cell had become completely filled with methane gas, she lit a match to light a cigarette, what happened next?

9 The timber post is 2m high and weighs 8kg you cut it into 6 equal parts with a saw how much does each segment weigh?

10 You are standing behind your girlfiend and at the same time she is standing behind you is this a reasonable statement?

Marking............Gerry T 5pts, Sav 4pts, tommo 1pt.

[Gerry T (R.I.P.)]

1. All 12 months have 28 days
2. On a clock
4. Yes. NEW DOOR and ONE WORD have the same letters
6. Water otherwise ice would sink
10. Yes by standing back to back

[gandalf the untidy]

Hi Gerry T

All correct 5/5

[Chris_Sav]

3) and
5) 37 mins assuming you need to climb 41 metres to escape
7) White as you are at the North Pole
8) The match would not have lit as no oxygen and she died of asphyxiation.

I'll think about the last one

Sav

[gandalf the untidy]

hi sav

all correct 4/4

[gandalf the untidy]

Lateral thinking 2

11 A man lives on the 10th floor of an appartment block when he leaves for work in the morning he enters the lift and presses G for ground floor, when he returns in the evening he passes 8 for the 8th floor and walks the rest of the way up the stairs to the 10th floor and his appartment. When there are other people in the lift he goes straight to the 10th floor...Why?

12 A man with a package lies dead in the middle of a muddy field there are no footprints of any kind leading to the body... How did he die?

13 A woman hanging with a noose round her neck has been dead for some time, she is suspended from the ceiling 2 feet above the floor, the doors and windows were locked from the inside and the room is completely empty apart from a damp area directly under the woman, Inspector McHampton asks where is the suiside note?...Why does he believe it a suiside and not murder and how was it achieved?

14  The Brother of a begger sitting under the archway of a church door is dead 12 feet away but the begger is not his brother, how can this be?

15 what is the next letter of the sequence 0,T,T,F,F,S,S.....?

16 On a dead calm day a rope ladder hangs over the side of an old galleon at low tide there are exactly 11 rungs above the water line including a rung touching the water and the rungs are spaced 1.5 feet apart, the tide then rises for 5 hours at a rate of 0.5m per hour, how many rungs remain above the water line?

17 A Cowboy rides into town on Friday he stays 4 nights and leaves on Friday, how can this be?

18 A man went for a walk outside without a coat, hat or umbrella but did not get wet...Why?

19 A mother had 2 sons born on the same hour of the same day and year but they are not twins, why?

20 A psychotic women went to the funeral of the father of her best friend Jane and met a man who was related to him who she fell in love with, after the wake she realised that she didn't know his name or address
or telephone no. how did she plan to meet him again?


Marking..............Dunplaying 7pts, Gerry T 1pt, Sav 1pt, H&J 1pt

[Dunplaying]

11. He's vertically challenged and can't reach the button for the 10th floor.
13. She was standing on a block of ice.
14. The beggar is his sister.
15. ...E,N,T....
16. 11, including the one touching the water.
17. His horse's name is Friday.
18. Cos it wasn't raining

[gandalf the untidy]

Hi Dun

You're a bit good at these, all correct, see you've left the more interesting ones though.

I'll have to be more abstract next time, perhaps i'll put in a sine wave or too ;D

or start on the solar system!! 8-)

regs cs

[Gerry T (R.I.P.)]

12. He fell from a plane and his parachute never opened
20. She got his phone number

[Chris_Sav]

Picking up the scraps

19) Cos there was a sister(s) as well and they are triplets or more

Sav

[gandalf the untidy]

Hi Gerry T

12 correct
20 incorrect (my fault) she didn't get his phone no either( main text edited )

Hi sav

19 correct

[gandalf the untidy]

Lateral thinking 3

21 A boy and his father are driving to a football stadium but have a road accident which leaves his father dead and the boy severely injured, the surgeon at the hospital says "i cant operate on this boy he is my son" how can this be true?

22 A man drives down a motorway at 60mph he passes three cars driving at 80mph, but the man is stopped by the police and given a ticket. Why?

23 There are 4 pieces of coal, a carrot and a scarf in a neat pile in the garden. why?

24 A man marries 3 different women in the village in three weeks but is not charged with polygamy.Why?

25 A baby fell out of a twenty story apartment block and survived. How can this have occurred?

26 There are six eggs in a basket and six people take an egg but there is still 1 egg in the basket.Why?

27 A man gave his wife 2 diamonds one was large and one was not, together the diamonds cost £1100 the larger diamond cost £1000 more than the small diamond, what were the values of each diamond?

28 Inspector McHampton was examining an angle of 14.5 degrees with a magnifying glass which increases size by 100%, looking through the glass what angle did he measure?

29 a fox was being chased by hounds and ran into a wood, how far could the fox run into the wood?

30 On a cold and frosty night a boy scout was in a cabin trying to keep warm, he has some Newspaper, kindling and an oil lamp, he has only 1 match. What should he light first?

Marking..................H&J  6pts, tommo 4pts

[H&J]

21. the surgeon was the boys mother
23. the snowman had melted
24. he's  the priest
25. ground floor window.
30. the match

[H&J]

20. She killed Jane

[gandalf the untidy]

Hi H&J

All Correct, though to get item 20 right you exhibit signs of pre-psychotic behavour, so keep an eye on H&J BB fans. ;D

PS i got it right as well... so dont upset me anymore >:(

"I used to be indecisive but now i'm not sure"

26. The last person took the basket with the last egg still in it.
27. The larger diamond = £1050, the smaller diamond £50.
28. Still 14.5 degrees.
29. Half-way: After that he'd be running out of the woods!

[H&J]

22. he was driving the wrong way

[gandalf the untidy]

Hi Tommo & H&J

Top marks again all correct

Report to CO for promotion to the warped mind dept. Horsham Division SCBBA. Tommo put the tea on!

regs cs

In true Alan Davies style I'll have a go at the remaining one, Question 9.
My answer is 1.3333333 kg each, less the sawdust, and the sixth segment will weigh a lot more than the rest if it has a concrete block attached! ;D ;D ;D

[gandalf the untidy]

hi tommo

sawdust is the key, well done