| Author | Message | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 704 Registered: 7-2006 |
Here is one taken from Cunning Lateral Thinking Puzzles Why did a woman put two cubes into a glass of water? | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 737 Registered: 12-2007 |
To cool down the glass of water? Two cubes of ice? If so, ice = frozen water? Did the water in the glass contain any other substance? Did the water in the ice? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 705 Registered: 7-2006 |
Arek, To cool down the glass of water? NO Two cubes of ice? NO If so, ice = frozen water? Did the water in the glass contain any other substance? NO Did the water in the ice? | ||
| Absinthe (Absinthe)
New member Username: Absinthe Post Number: 169 Registered: 3-2009 |
Did the cubes look like ice? Were they made of: Plastic? Wood? Metal? Flesh? Stone? Cloth or paper? A single chemical (such as water)? Were they made from a combination of materals? Were both cubes made of the same material? Were both cubes the same size? Were they intended to be placed in a glass of water? Was the woman performing an experiment? Cooking? Did she place them in the water intentionally? Was the glass an ordinary drinking glass? Was there anything unusual about the water in the glass? | ||
| Bolapara (Bolapara)
New member Username: Bolapara Post Number: 625 Registered: 12-2008 |
Are the cubes the root of a plant? some other edible object? something that isn't edible but is added to food for seasoning/spice/flavor and then removed? | ||
| Sunshine (Sunshine)
New member Username: Sunshine Post Number: 803 Registered: 1-2001 |
Cubes as in square 3D objects? Sugar cubes? Dice? Is the water cold? lukewarm? hot? boiling? Would she have achieved the same? similar? result with one cube? 3? 20? Is she trying to give up coffee? Did she drink the water? did anyone? did the cubes make it taste bad? poisonous? Did she add anything else to the water? Did she subsequently remove the cubes? use them? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 706 Registered: 7-2006 |
Absinthe, Did the cubes look like ice? NO Were they made of: Plastic? YES Were both cubes made of the same material? YES Were both cubes the same size? YES Were they intended to be placed in a glass of water? NOT REALLY Was the woman performing an experiment? YES Cooking? NO Did she place them in the water intentionally? YES Was the glass an ordinary drinking glass? YES Was there anything unusual about the water in the glass? NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 707 Registered: 7-2006 |
BOLAPARA, Are the cubes the root of a plant? some other edible object? something that isn't edible but is added to food for seasoning/spice/flavor and then removed? NO | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 708 Registered: 7-2006 |
SUNSHINE, Cubes as in square 3D objects? Sugar cubes? Dice? YES, NO, YES Is the water cold? lukewarm? hot? boiling? COLD Would she have achieved the same? similar? result with one cube? 3? 20? NOT REALLY Is she trying to give up coffee? Did she drink the water? did anyone? did the cubes make it taste bad? poisonous? Did she add anything else to the water? NO TO THOSE Did she subsequently remove the cubes? use them? YES | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 739 Registered: 12-2007 |
Was she checking if one or both dice were loaded? | ||
| Admin (Admin)
Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 709 Registered: 7-2006 |
Arek * * * SPOILER * * * Was she checking if one or both dice were loaded? Correct. She was playing a game (e.g. craps) and was testing to see if the dice were loaded. They will descend with the heavy side down. Well done. Paul |
