| Author | Message | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 124 Registered: 4-2007 |
More of a joke than a puzzle, it is said to be solved by 5- and 6-year-olds in a matter of seconds, but to present a real challenge for grownups. As title suggests, it consists of three parts, introduced one at a time, after the previous one is solved. Only complete answers count. Enjoy! Part 1. How do you put an elephant into refrigerator in 3 steps? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 376 Registered: 1-2007 |
1. Open the fridge door 2. Put the elephant in 3. Close the fridge door | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1026 Registered: 8-2006 |
I know this whole one, considering I am not even a teenager:P Can I be a sub mod? :-) | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 126 Registered: 4-2007 |
1. Open the fridge door 2. Put the elephant in 3. Close the fridge door Correct This was too easy. Is this a classic? Should we move it there? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 356 Registered: 4-2007 |
I don't think it's a classic, but it's not really a puzzle that can be solved by yes/no answers-you either know it or you don't. It's a good one, though...why not post the other parts and leave it to those who haven't heard it before and see if they can work it out? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 127 Registered: 4-2007 |
I know this whole one, considering I am not even a teenager:P Can I be a sub mod? :-) What's a "sub mod"? | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 128 Registered: 4-2007 |
Part 2. Now, how do you put a giraffe into refrigerator in 4 steps? | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 485 Registered: 11-2003 |
1. Open the fridge door 2. Take the elephant out 3. Put the giraffe in 4. Close the fridge door | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 130 Registered: 4-2007 |
1. Open the fridge door 2. Take the elephant out 3. Put the giraffe in 4. Close the fridge door Correct again | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 131 Registered: 4-2007 |
Part 3. Now, a hunter went out and killed all the animals except for one. Which one and why? | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 359 Registered: 4-2007 |
The giraffe...it's still in the fridge | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 132 Registered: 4-2007 |
The giraffe...it's still in the fridge Oh! You knew! And this makes a *************** SPOILER *************** I usually get a lot of hilarious questions for the last part. By the way, have anyone tried this on a 5-year-old? Thanks everybody! Now, to find some "real" puzzles... | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 367 Registered: 4-2007 |
Ther's one last part which will probably go in the first post, but i though I might as well add it if you don't mind me hijacking your puzzle! Two children are walking in the forest. They must cross the river to fetch apples, but there is no bridge or boat and the river is infested with crocodiles and piranhas. How do they get across safely? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 881 Registered: 3-2006 |
They wait for the piranhas to eat the crocodiles, but the crocodiles are poisonous, so the piranhas all die horribly, and the children wade across? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 404 Registered: 1-2007 |
I actually hadn't heard this before and my first post was in jest more than anything. But having followed the logic of the questions i suppose the last answer is that there is no crocodiles because the hunter killed them all. Either that or they went to the elephant's funeral. I asked my 7 year old daughter the first question and she got it right without a moments hesitation. Oh to be young again. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 133 Registered: 4-2007 |
These particular crocodiles and piranhas turned vegetarian because there were no children to eat before those two came along and the animals had to survive on apples. | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 376 Registered: 4-2007 |
Peter got it right...the hunter killed the crocodiles and piranhas in part 3 so they just swam across. Points go to Woddworm and Emeraldink for originality though! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 377 Registered: 4-2007 |
Peter got it right...the hunter killed all the animals in part 3, so they can just swin across. Points go to Woodworm and Emeraldink for imagination though! | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 388 Registered: 4-2007 |
Woops...I thought it didn't post so I typed it again, and then it appeared | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1053 Registered: 8-2006 |
Hm... I wonder why THIS puzzle wasn't cleared into recently solved puzzles yet? It was already SPOILED | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 187 Registered: 4-2007 |
so, what did the children have for lunch that day (other than their apples)? this is my own made up question...hope that's ok for me to add a question, emeraldink | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 406 Registered: 4-2007 |
I would imagine nothing that is kept in the fridge, since the giraffe would get in the way... :-) | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 195 Registered: 4-2007 |
I have heard, though, that giraffes can be a pretty tasty treat! :o ) | ||
| Enjay (Enjay)
New member Username: Enjay Post Number: 430 Registered: 4-2007 |
Is giraffe meat the answer, then? | ||
| Crazypalpig (Crazypalpig)
New member Username: Crazypalpig Post Number: 1058 Registered: 8-2006 |
Or crocodile and Pirahna meat! Actually, if the children are the hunters, they have a feast of meat! | ||
| Booklover (Booklover)
New member Username: Booklover Post Number: 196 Registered: 4-2007 |
Enjay: I was thinking about the giraffe meat that was in the fridge... Could you imagine people squabbling over who would get the neck (or the legs)! | ||
| Woubit (Woubit)
New member Username: Woubit Post Number: 2522 Registered: 1-2003 |
You have an empty (but functional) electric kettle, an empty cup, a teabag, and a tap (faucet for USian readers) that dispenses cold water. In four steps (or fewer) describe how you would make a cup of tea. Next: you have a kettle full of cold water, an empty cup, a teabag, and a tap that dispenses cold water, In two steps (or fewer) describe how you would make a cup of tea. If your five-year-olds can do this, send them to CalTech as soon as they turn six. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 137 Registered: 4-2007 |
Procedure Tea_A Parameters: Electric_Kettle, Electric_Kettle.fill ( Water ); While NOT Water.boil = TRUE Electric_Kettle.heat; Cup.fill ( Teabag ); Cup.fill ( Electric_Kettle.contents ( Cup.size_of ) ); END Tea_A Procedure Tea_B Parameters: Electric_Kettle, If Electric_Kettle.contents <> 0 Electric_Kettle.empty(); CALL Tea_A ( Electric_Kettle, Cup, Teabag, Water ); END Tea_B The step ( or "statement" in computerese ) in this made-up language is a line that ends with a semi-colon; BTW, I thought both elephant and giraffe were placed into fridge alive ( there was no "kill" step ) and survived prolonged refrigeration quiet nicely ;-) And, of course, everybody is welcome to join the party! |
