This puzzle came from a book.
For each word in group I, find its mate from group II. What is the connection? (Hint: Try thinking about other languages.)
I) BASTION, BURN, CRIPPLED, DEPRESSION,...
Jim Gollogly has numbers 1 through 5 correct. (There were, of course, several other correct occupations for number 3.)
Correct - Well Done! (Sorry about missing the T from Group 1 - that wasn't fair). And Why?
(The reason you are correct will show why it is GtG)
One easy and popular way:
Move 1 to correct place Move 2 to correct place Move 3 & 4 (together) to correct place. It will be helpful if you move 3 to 4's place, and then bring 4 to 8'...
...at question was present in the computer several million years before the program had finished.
That is correct.
Also correct. Anyone interested can read more on http://www.faqs.org/faqs/dougl...
Hello Jonathan,
You're completely correct; I hadn't thought of this interpretation. (Although looking back at my old notes, I had noticed that the word 'alone' was superfluous....
...2. In the archive, it says that this can be done if there is one auxillary coin which is known to have the correct weight. Presumably it is impossible without the auxillary coin, but I don't know...
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by Transhumanist
... Duncan are both right.
Duncan calculated that there are 1954 ways to get *all* of the letters in an incorrect envelopes, riverman calculated there are 5040 ways to get *at least one* letter in th...
Hi,
This seems good enough to make me wonder if this is the correct line of thought.
Kev
Is that what the Wise man advises? Sounds correct though. -Pr
One of these solutions is correct, but the other is wrong. Hint: age has a dimension.
... answer, or Dutch, or Italian: it only says that the one source *I* checked doesn't say that they are correct. But I would like to know what source(s) were used to check the answers. It seems biz...
...the words from group A?
A. blast, paper, box, bank B. juice, bag, cradle, carpet
The traditionally correct answer is 'bag', because, like all the words in group A, it forms a valid E...
...ia is a bit like Somaliland, just a white spot on the map. (Incidently, had Somaliland been counted, the incorrect answer of Ethiopia would have been correct.)
In question 6 you approved Montenegr...
Correct on both words. After checking in some dictionaries, both words are listed in Chambers and the first is also in the OED.
Not quite correct:
I searched case-sensitive and replaced an uppercase letter by a lowercase letter: ' X' -> ' y' ...
/ '/ ' ' '' \' '...
...ld' ... Then of course, it was not admitted as the right answer, since the card clearly said that the correct answer was 'an idiot' ... Hmmm, I wonder if it was not referring to the ans...
...39;s husband is not one's brother-in-law. However you got J.A.H. Hunter's answer. Anyone want to correct the explanation here and show that three is really the minimum....
I heard this many years ago. I may have gotten some bits wrong, please correct, if so. Someone I know figured it out after three years. The answer is his surname.
Here it is:
A little word o...
I apologize for the typo which is mine. However Dennis Yelle did not correct it to what it originally is. I typed 'he' when I should have typed 'you'. That is the sentence is '...
correct me if i'm wrong
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jack jill mom dad total (1) + (1/4x + 1/4) + (1/4x + 1/4) + (1/4x + 1/4) = x
1 1/3 + 3/4x = x 1 1/3 = 1/4x 4(1 1/3) = 4(1/4x) 7 = x
T...
... creative solution! What I have in mind for all the problems is that all numbers and symbols should be the correct size. I should of put this in my original rules! So writing 11 as you did would be ou...
...it suitable twists (leaving it in cube shape) that you can get three of the corner pieces of the top layer correct.
To put the last corner piece from the bottom right position to the top right pos...
A grocer discovered, to his horror, that his scales were faulty. In an effort to correct the situation, and to be fair to his customers (or to himself), he resolved in future to wiegh all of his custo...
...=80 balls. The state chooses p=11 balls You choose r=7 balls. What is the probability of getting k=5 balls correct? I.e. 5 of your seven balls are among the 11 chosen by the state.
The formula (I)...
... variance : estimator]
: ObPuzzle: : For the statistically inclined... suppose you have a
<snip correct answer>
I think you (r.e.s.) may be a bit too statistically inclined for that ...
...solution given.
Despite all of your objections, I still believe that the solution given is essentially correct.
Derek Holt....
During a relay race, all athletes are active, as far as they are on the field, in their correct position. Active means having an active part in the event, if the athlete was in the changing room, then...
Well, I think you mean that the probability is 1, but, yes, correct...
A round trip conversion from unit A to unit B and back will always yield the same number as long as unit B is smaller than un...
...in your count the chance that you could get blue first, then red, which kills you.
This is clearly the correct answer. I will try to explain it simply.
By adding the constraint that there is a...
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