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A thinking puzzle

Shamrocker

Shamrocker

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Two grandmasters played five games of chess. Each won the same number of games and lost the same number of games. There were no draws in any of the games. How could this be so?
 
csaclint said:
Shamrocker said:
Two grandmasters played five games of chess. Each won the same number of games and lost the same number of games. There were no draws in any of the games. How could this be so?
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They played different people.
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Good job. Here's another:

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day, he takes the elevator ro the first floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns, he always takes the elevator to the seventh floor and then walks the remaining flights of stairs to his apartment on the tenth floor. Why does he do this?
 
Shamrocker said:
csaclint said:
Shamrocker said:
Two grandmasters played five games of chess. Each won the same number of games and lost the same number of games. There were no draws in any of the games. How could this be so?
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They played different people.
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Good job. Here's another:

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every day, he takes the elevator ro the first floor to go to work or to go shopping. When he returns, he always takes the elevator to the seventh floor and then walks the remaining flights of stairs to his apartment on the tenth floor. Why does he do this?
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The elevator only goes to the 7th floor?
 
He's a dwarf, and he's too short to reach the 10 button.
 
Let's try another one... a little more difficult.

The day before yesterday, Freida was 17. Next year she will be 20. How can this be so?
 
She's an infant and today's Dec 31st. Day before yesterday she was 17 days old. Yesterday she was 18 days old, today she's 19 days old and tomorrow (a new year) she'll be 20 days old.
 
b.dawson said:
She's an infant and today's Dec 31st. Day before yesterday she was 17 days old. Yesterday she was 18 days old, today she's 19 days old and tomorrow (a new year) she'll be 20 days old.
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Very close! The statement was made on January 1st. Freda's birthday is on December 31st. She was 17 years old the day before yesterday. She was 18 yesterday. She will be 19 this year and 20 next year.

Time for one a little tougher.

An explorer was captured by a tribe whose chief decided that the man should die. The chief was a very logical man and gave the explorer a choice. The explorer was to make a single statement. If it was true, he would be thrown over a high cliff. If it was false, he would be eaten by lions.

What statement did the clever explorer make that forced the chief to let him go?

edit: for typo
 
cbd said:
"I will be eaten by lions"?
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Logic prevails!

Four men met every Thursday lunchtime at the Turkish Baths. Joe, a musician always brought an MP3 player so that he could listen to music. Jack, a banker, brought a thermos containing a drink. Jim and John were both lawyers and brought paperback books to read.

One Day in the mist-filled room, John was found dead from a deep wound through his heart. The police were called immediately. They questioned all three suspects, but no one said they had seen anything happen. A through search was carried out, but no murder weapon could be found. What happened?
 
cbd said:
"I will be eaten by lions"?
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Logical, but I like, "You'll like this Cohiba Robusto!" :p

The chief will like it so much they'll be smoking buddies from then on. :D
 
Shamrocker said:
cbd said:
"I will be eaten by lions"?
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Logic prevails!

Four men met every Thursday lunchtime at the Turkish Baths. Joe, a musician always brought an MP3 player so that he could listen to music. Jack, a banker, brought a thermos containing a drink. Jim and John were both lawyers and brought paperback books to read.

One Day in the mist-filled room, John was found dead from a deep wound through his heart. The police were called immediately. They questioned all three suspects, but no one said they had seen anything happen. A through search was carried out, but no murder weapon could be found. What happened?
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Jack brought an icicle in the thermos, which would insulate it from the heat until opened. He waits until the steam in the baths is too thick to see through and strikes. Joe is distracted by his mp3 player and is blind, Jim is busy reading and is deaf, so neither notice John isn't responding until the icicle (murder weapon) is melted.
 
drunkfish3 said:
Shamrocker said:
Logic prevails!

Four men met every Thursday lunchtime at the Turkish Baths. Joe, a musician always brought an MP3 player so that he could listen to music. Jack, a banker, brought a thermos containing a drink. Jim and John were both lawyers and brought paperback books to read.

One Day in the mist-filled room, John was found dead from a deep wound through his heart. The police were called immediately. They questioned all three suspects, but no one said they had seen anything happen. A through search was carried out, but no murder weapon could be found. What happened?
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Jack brought an icicle in the thermos, which would insulate it from the heat until opened. He waits until the steam in the baths is too thick to see through and strikes. Joe is distracted by his mp3 player and is blind, Jim is busy reading and is deaf, so neither notice John isn't responding until the icicle (murder weapon) is melted.
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Case closed.

And another case of murder:

A detective was walking in the corridor of a large hotel one day. Suddenly, he heard a woman cry out "For God's sake, don't shoot me John!" Then there was a shot. He ran to the room where the shot came from and burst in. In the corner of the room, lay a woman who had been shot through the heart. In the middle of the room lay the gun used to shoot her. On the other side of the room stood a postman, a lawyer, and an accountant. The detective looked at them for a moment and then went up to the postman, grabbed him, and said "I am arresting you for the murder of that woman."

It was, in fact, the postman who had murdered the woman, but how did the detective know? Never before had he seen any of the people in the room.
 
Shamrocker said:
drunkfish3 said:
Shamrocker said:
Logic prevails!

Four men met every Thursday lunchtime at the Turkish Baths. Joe, a musician always brought an MP3 player so that he could listen to music. Jack, a banker, brought a thermos containing a drink. Jim and John were both lawyers and brought paperback books to read.

One Day in the mist-filled room, John was found dead from a deep wound through his heart. The police were called immediately. They questioned all three suspects, but no one said they had seen anything happen. A through search was carried out, but no murder weapon could be found. What happened?
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Jack brought an icicle in the thermos, which would insulate it from the heat until opened. He waits until the steam in the baths is too thick to see through and strikes. Joe is distracted by his mp3 player and is blind, Jim is busy reading and is deaf, so neither notice John isn't responding until the icicle (murder weapon) is melted.
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Case closed.

And another case of murder:

A detective was walking in the corridor of a large hotel one day. Suddenly, he heard a woman cry out "For God's sake, don't shoot me John!" Then there was a shot. He ran to the room where the shot came from and burst in. In the corner of the room, lay a woman who had been shot through the heart. In the middle of the room lay the gun used to shoot her. On the other side of the room stood a postman, a lawyer, and an accountant. The detective looked at them for a moment and then went up to the postman, grabbed him, and said "I am arresting you for the murder of that woman."

It was, in fact, the postman who had murdered the woman, but how did the detective know? Never before had he seen any of the people in the room.
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The detective read his name tag.
 
The lawyer and the accountant had their pants around their ankles. Postman was her husband.
 
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