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The Riddle Game 2

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by dmc, Feb 17, 2006.

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    Good job mate. Had me guessing for ages a few years ago. Next one is all you mate.
     
    TrueBlueAussie, Sep 28, 2006
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    Okay, here's a little mathematical mayhem for you all.

    110

    2110

    3210

    412110

    51112210

    63122110

    7131122210

    What's next?
     
    Ziggyveld, Sep 28, 2006
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    EDIT: Nevermind.
     
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  4. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    How is that any different than the other couple of times this has been used? All you've done is label the line (so the first number is going to be sequential increasing by 1) and require a "0" to be the end of the line.

    So it's going to be:

    811132132110
     
    dmc, Sep 29, 2006
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    Congratulations, DMC. A classic with a twist -- you simply had to count the number of numbers in the line. The only slight catch is that the first and last are dummy numbers; the first is the line number, the last is always a zero.

    ::hands over mantle::
     
    Ziggyveld, Sep 29, 2006
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    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

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    Errr, yeah, I think that's what I said. Anyway:

    A man lies dead in a room with 53 bicycles all around him. Why did he die?
     
    dmc, Oct 1, 2006
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    Because bicycles aren't edible.
     
    Ziggyveld, Oct 1, 2006
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    Because he was a cheat, and someone felt that was a killin' offense.
     
    Blackthorne TA, Oct 1, 2006
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    I was going to say what Ziggyveld said. But if not, hum.. Because he was scared of bicycles? :p
     
    Triactus, Oct 1, 2006
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    He died of a heart attack after trying to fix 106 flat tyres with power of his lungs alone.
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 1, 2006
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    BTA has it. "Bicycles" is another name for cards. As there are only 52 in the standard deck, the dead man had an ace up his sleeve -- and died for it.
     
    dmc, Oct 2, 2006
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    What? :confused: I don't understand any of that. How is a bicycle a card? And what does that have to do with being dead?
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 2, 2006
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    Bicycle is a type of card. It is the generic one you see in all the movies (usually in poker/gambling). There are 52 cards in a deck, so he had one up his sleeve, was caught, and got killed.
     
    Saber, Oct 2, 2006
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    Ooooook... I really didn't expect that answer.. I thought BTA who joking.. lol
     
    Triactus, Oct 2, 2006
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    Since when?
     
    Harbourboy, Oct 2, 2006
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    Well, Bicycle is the best known card making company, like Kleenex for tissues to sneeze in (So much that over here, we call tissues kleenexes).
     
    Triactus, Oct 2, 2006
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    I'm with Harbs on this one Bicycle is unheard of in the UK as a playing card, never heard of them.
     
    DarkStrider, Oct 2, 2006
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    Hmmm... Not really a riddlemaster, but let's try this:

    Trains travel between two points all day every day using the same track, nonstop, and travelling at the same speed.

    The morning train took 80 minutes, but the afternoon train an hour and twenty minutes. Why?

    BTW: Here's a picture of the Bicycle card design. But I think it's a US company, so it may not be that well known outside the US. http://www.kardwell.com/bicycle.htm
     
    Blackthorne TA, Oct 2, 2006
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    they're the same time one expressed in minutes and the other in hours and minutes
     
    DarkStrider, Oct 2, 2006
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    Hmph. Too easy I see :) Your go.
     
    Blackthorne TA, Oct 2, 2006
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