| Author | Message | ||
| Squire_of_saskatoon (Squire_of_saskatoon)
New member Username: Squire_of_saskatoon Post Number: 1 Registered: 3-2008 |
I drive down the highway and pass six signs. Five of them are as follows: Speed Limit: 50 Speed Limit: 40 Speed Limit: 30 Speed Limit: 20 Speed Limit: 10 What does the sixth sign say? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 61 Registered: 5-2003 |
Stop? | ||
| Squire_of_saskatoon (Squire_of_saskatoon)
New member Username: Squire_of_saskatoon Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2008 |
Jenburdoo wrote: Stop? No | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 63 Registered: 5-2003 |
Eh. It was worth a shot! Are the sign numbers measured in miles per hour? Kilometers per hour? Something else? Is this an urban, suburban or rural area? A parking lot? Are there any other signs? Are any of these questions relevant, and if so, which? Does the puzzle depend on location, speed, type of vehicle, driver, historical era, time of day, time of year, weather? Is this on Earth? Is this a true story, or something you made up? If the latter, could it really happen? Are the signs you listed in the same order that you passed them in? Is this a modern sort of highway, or does it refer to a different kind of road? Are the signs less than 100 feet apart? More than a thousand feet? More than a mile? Are some closer to each other than others? Are any of these relevant? Are you driving? Flying? Riding? Walking? Are these relevant? If you go the other direction, do you meet signs reading 10 20 30 40 50? | ||
| Squire_of_saskatoon (Squire_of_saskatoon)
New member Username: Squire_of_saskatoon Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2008 |
Jenburdoo wrote: Eh. It was worth a shot! Are the sign numbers measured in miles per hour? No Kilometers per hour? No Something else? Yes Is this an urban, suburban or rural area? Largely irrelevant, but urban is unlikely A parking lot? No Are there any other signs? Irrelevant Are any of these questions relevant, and if so, which? Yes, the unit of measurement is relevant Does the puzzle depend on location, Yes speed, No type of vehicle, No driver, No historical era, No time of day, No time of year, No weather? No Is this on Earth? Yesish Is this a true story, or something you made up? Loosely based on a personal story, but it's made up. If the latter, could it really happen? Yes, theoretically... Are the signs you listed in the same order that you passed them in? Yes Is this a modern sort of highway, Yes or does it refer to a different kind of road? No Are the signs less than 100 feet apart? No More than a thousand feet? Yes More than a mile? Yes Are some closer to each other than others? No Are any of these relevant? Yes Are you driving? Yes Flying? No Riding? Possibly this too Walking? Again, possibly this as well Are these relevant? A little If you go the other direction, do you meet signs reading 10 20 30 40 50? No | ||
| Adryghi (Adryghi)
New member Username: Adryghi Post Number: 123 Registered: 1-2008 |
Are the sign numbers measured in miles? km? other measuring unit that refers to distance? | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 291 Registered: 12-2007 |
Check e-mail for early spoiler... | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 1045 Registered: 1-2007 |
Are you playing a video game? Is the measurement parsecs? some other astonomical speed? | ||
| Squire_of_saskatoon (Squire_of_saskatoon)
New member Username: Squire_of_saskatoon Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2008 |
Adryghi wrote: Are the sign numbers measured in miles? Yes km? other measuring unit that refers to distance? It could work for non-Imperial units as well Peter365 wrote: Are you playing a video game? Is the measurement parsecs? some other astonomical speed? No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1186 Registered: 3-2006 |
So the numbers refer to miles, but not miles per hour, right? Miles per second? Miles per minute? Miles per [some other unit of time]? Does the sixth sign mention an integer? Does it bear the name of a town? Do you actually obey the speed limit signs? Does 'yesish' to the Earth question simply indicate a fictional scenario? Or should we be guessing something extraterrestrial? Are the speed limits enforced? Could they conceivably be enforced by human beings? Do you cross any time zones? National frontiers? | ||
| Squire_of_saskatoon (Squire_of_saskatoon)
New member Username: Squire_of_saskatoon Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2008 |
Woodworm wrote: So the numbers refer to miles, but not miles per hour, right? Correct Miles per second? Miles per minute? Miles per [some other unit of time]? None of these Does the sixth sign mention an integer? No Does it bear the name of a town? Yes Do you actually obey the speed limit signs? Irrelevant Does 'yesish' to the Earth question simply indicate a fictional scenario? Yes Or should we be guessing something extraterrestrial? No Are the speed limits enforced? No Could they conceivably be enforced by human beings? No Do you cross any time zones? No National frontiers? No | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 1187 Registered: 3-2006 |
Does the sixth sign say "Welcome to Speed Limit"? | ||
| Squire_of_saskatoon (Squire_of_saskatoon)
New member Username: Squire_of_saskatoon Post Number: 6 Registered: 3-2008 |
Woodworm wrote: Does the sixth sign say "Welcome to Speed Limit"? Yep, you solved it | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 66 Registered: 5-2003 |
Good and simple! | ||
| Beroean (Beroean)
Moderator Username: Beroean Post Number: 1480 Registered: 10-2001 |
I like it! | ||
| Gourami (Gourami)
New member Username: Gourami Post Number: 81 Registered: 2-2008 |
Hah, I need to try that on someone. Nice one! |
