Brainteazers and Riddles

[calmc]

Lets try some riddles, I'll start



The ones I caught I threw away, and the ones I couldn't catch, I kept.



What am I talking about?

[Shayne]

This has been bothering me. What the fuck is it?

[Poison]

You have got me thinking here....

[biffon]

hmm even cheating didnt help me here


knowing callum it will have some dirtynon-PC connotation

[calmc]

Come on boyz. Its not that difficult. If no one gets it by the next time I visit, I'll let you have the answer. In the meantime, I'll have a play around the new forum. Good luck!!!

[calmc]

OK guys. I'm a bit surprised that you couldn't get this as its something you all have. That would be "FLEAS". Hahahahahaha!!!!!!

[sally]

very clever!!

[Poison]

That was a good one Cal...
:smiley14:

[sally]

Cal, when you going to post another?

[calmc]

Why can't you take a picture of a Indian woman with hair curlers?

[biffon]

you are cooked man!!!
where the hell are you getting these?????
$#%$#@%$

[Poison]

Because they don't use hair curlers??????:smiley22:
Ya where the hell are you pulling these from?

[calmc]

Its not that hard people. All it takes is a little concentration. Poison, you're wrong.

[sally]

because they always cover their hair with that cloth?

[calmc]

Sorry Sally, but thats not correct.

[Shayne]

Because they are in India? Hah hahahah

:smiley23:

[sally]

because they already have curly hair?

[Greenballs]

Depends what religion (am I warm??)... and if so, you can't generalise, so you'll have to say "Hindu Indian Women!!"

[calmc]

You're on the wrong track altogether. I think you all need to go over to the bookcase and get another book.

[Poison]

I get it....
You can't take a picture with hair curlers you need a camera!

[chantillylace]

Hey Poison, that sounds like it could be a winner!

[Shayne]

I reckon thats the answer.

[calmc]

Poison, I'm impressed. Where'd you find the answer? Anyways, heres another.


What word is pronounced the same even if you take the last 4 letters of the word off?

Good luck peoples

[Greenballs]

SEXXXXX??

That's a hard one!!

[Poison]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA:072:

Thats a good answer...:10outof10: :072:

[chantillylace]

I know this one! I am cheating coz I've heard it before! But hey, how the hell else does a person win?

Queue

[chantillylace]

Ok here's another.

You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?

[calmc]

Is it a chicken, you skin it, cook it, eat it and then throw the bones away?

Am I correct?

[Poison]

Thats sounds correct to me..:smiley20:

[calmc]

Thats waht I thought poison, then I had the same idea about pretty much every other animal alive. So I think that I could be wrong...!!!!!!!

[chantillylace]

Actually that works for a chicken but it's not the answer I was thinking of! I'll let you have another think!

[chantillylace]

It's a MEALIE! Here's another.

I went out to play and got it. I sat down to seek it. I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it. What is it?

[Shayne]

Is this another Lice or fleas one?

[calmc]

I don't think that Shayne's on the right track. Could it be nothing that you got?

[chantillylace]

No, you definately get something! But not fleas or lice!

[calmc]

Could it be a disease like chicken pox or worse!!!

[chantillylace]

no not a disease! But if it's BIG it could be worse than a disease!

[chantillylace]

A splinter!

[Shayne]

Now that you tell us it seems so obvious :smiley13:

[TiGeR]

The eight of us go forth & back to protect our king from the foes attack...what are we?

[Poison]

"Pawns" on a Chess board??

[TiGeR]

correct!:smiley32: nice easy one to warm up with...

[Greenballs]

The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?

[Shayne]

These things irritate me. Whats the answer?

[calmc]

Who knows????

[Richard]

we are all going to need one, sooner or later people, it is wooden.

[chantillylace]

It's a coffin!

[Richard]

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

[Poison]

I think I know this but I'll give everyone a chance to think..

[Shayne]

If you the answer, say it and save us hours of thinking grief.

[calmc]

Hello Rosco!!!!

Would it be the letter M by any chance?

[Poison]

Ok then its the letter M..

[Poison]

Here's another, I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?

[calmc]

Are you a little bit screwed up in the head????

[Poison]

Do you give up?

[calmc]

Give us a chance matey....!!!!!

[Richard]

an ENGLISH dictionary, cause the shona one's different!

[Richard]

Here we go again!!!!


What fastens two persons yet touches only one?

[calmc]

You don't want to know where my minds going on this one......

[Richard]

Where, you have always had a dirty mind!

[Kirsty]

Hi everyone,

If you are interested I have a brain test for you.

Check this out,

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=15635

Due to the fact that I work in a lab I actually timed myself & I found the man in 3.15 sec.
:) Kirsty

[Poison]

I think the answer to the riddle is a wedding Ring.

And I found the mans head in less than 3 seconds

[Shayne]

WTF? Thats the stupidest riddle i have ever heard.


The only reason you got it in 3 seconds is because YOU HAVE DONE IT BEFORE! :smiley36:

[calmc]

Can you 2 stop arguing!!!! Its as if you're married to each other....!!!! I found the man, but I've always been screwed up (It took some time in other words).

The answer to the riddle could be a seatbelt on a pregnant lady!!!!!

[Poison]

I did the coffee bean one ages ago and I did find it in less than 3 seconds:p So waaaaa:smiley36: :smiley36:

[calmc]

You're a puss Poison!!!!!

[Poison]

you're such a knob Cal!!!!!

[calmc]

So lets get together then!!!!!

[chantillylace]

Huh? Is this a trick question? You'd have to be completely blind NOT to see the guy within 3 secs!

[Poison]

:smiley32: Ya I agree with you there...

[chantillylace]

Let's get you guys thinking.
What colour should the next square be?
http://www.highiqsociety.org/_img/puzzle2.gif


NO CHEATING!!!!

[Poison]

It's Green

[chantillylace]

VERY GOOD! One rep for you! Here's another
What will happen to each weight (A and B) when the right most gear turns in the direction of the right arrow?

http://www.highiqsociety.org/_img/puzzle3.gif

[Poison]

:smiley17: Thank you for the REP:smiley17:

B goes down and A goes up...

[chantillylace]

My my, these are too easy! Time to step things up a bit!

A rowboat is floating in a swimming pool. Which will raise the level of the water in the pool higher?
A. Dropping a penny in the pool
B. Dropping a penny in the rowboat
C. Both will raise the water the same

[Poison]

This seems a little harder but I would say dropping the penny in the boat would raise it more as the boat has more displacement..

So B..

[chantillylace]

Poison you are a bright little button! 1 Rep!

Can you determine the relationships between the figures and the words to find the solutions to the two unknowns?
http://www.highiqsociety.org/_img/puzzle3_2.gif

[chantillylace]

Actually sorry - I have to spred the rep around a little more before I give you anymore! I hope I don't catch any viruses!

[biffon]

small ? = LUF
big ? = three linked circles and three sperate squares

[Poison]

No no, you'll be alright, you won't be getting any viruses..:smiley2: :smiley17:

[chantillylace]

Try again! You'll have to wait for the answer for tomorrow now! Night night!

[biffon]

youre kidding -@@#%$^
r= seperate
l= linked
o= balls
u= squares
x= 3
f= 2

so therefor
2 linked squares is
flu or luf or ulf or ufl

and loxrux is three linked balls and three seperate squares

how am i wrong??

[Poison]

Now I have to start thinking a little..:smiley29:

[Richard]

The riddle site seems to have all kicked off since i was last here!!!!! no idea about the above, but i am wasted and it is late!!! wedding ring was correct for mine, well done poison. it seems this has reached the next level now, as for yours chantillylace (http://www.thechiefbaboon.com/Forums/member.php?u=29), i think the answer is LUF, AND THREE LINKED CIRCLES WITH THREE SEPARATE SQUARES.

[Poison]

youre kidding -@@#%$^
r= seperate
l= linked
o= balls
u= squares
x= 3
f= 2

so therefor
2 linked squares is
flu or luf or ulf or ufl

and loxrux is three linked balls and three seperate squares

Thats a good theory and you might be right.

[Richard]

WE CAN ONLY TRY!!! IT ALL SEEMS TO BE GETTING TOO COMPLEX, for a simple guy like myself!!!

[Poison]

I have a look later on today and see what I can come up with..

[Richard]

do you think it is fair to have to wait?????? have a good day mate, i am going to crash!!!!

[Poison]

I think it is LUF and 3 touching Squares and 3 Circles not touching

[Richard]

how you get that ???? explain yourself poison.

[Poison]

R = not touching
O = Circles
X = 3
L = Touching
U = Squares
F = 2

From there its simple.

[biffon]

your theory is sound except for one thing the request was for LOXRUX not ROXLUF

[Poison]

i was sober when i figured that out..

and now I'm hammered

[chantillylace]

Biffon my most sincere apologies! I read the words small and big and did not realise that you were referring to the question marks! Of course you were right! 1 rep to show how sincerely sorry I am!

The letter O must represent the circles.
The letter F must represent two.
The letter X must represents three.
The letter U must represents squares.
The letter R must represent figures that are seperated.
The letter L must represent figures that are linked.

http://www.highiqsociety.org/_img/puzzle3_2a.gif

[chantillylace]

For all the chess players!
Checkmate

Find the only legal move for white that will not result in an immediate checkmate.http://www.highiqsociety.org/_img/puzzle4_3.gif

[Shayne]

G6 to D6?

[chantillylace]

Try again!

[Shayne]

Damnit, didnt really look at it.

A8 to B7?

[chantillylace]

Nope! I don't play chess so I can't even give you a clue - I have no bloody idea as to what is going on!

[Shayne]

G8 to F8?

[chantillylace]

Nope!

[Shayne]

Omg Ffs Wtf???????????????????????????????

[Poison]

F1 to G3

[Shayne]

Arrrrg! Thats the answer!

[chantillylace]

Still Wrong!

[Poison]

D1 to C3???? As that is puting black into check

[biffon]

i thought it was a8 to b7
but seeing as thats been tried i will shut up and let someone else win this one - my brain hurts

[chantillylace]

Hope this works! Look up the answer when you give up!

Moving the rook from G6 to C6 is the only move that will allow white to avoid checkmating black. The black king is now in check, but black can capture the white bishop with his rook.

[biffon]

well done chants...
rep for you

[Poison]

Ok I don't think I understood the question properly..

[chantillylace]

Travel the path around once. What number belongs in the middle region?
http://www.highiqsociety.org/_img/puzzle4_4.gif

The answer is zero. Imagine that runners are running along the track in the direction indicated by the arrows. If you were to cross the track, walking from one region to another, then runners will either be running from your left to your right as you cross (call this a "positive" perspective) or from your right to your left (the "negative" perspective).
Now imagine standing in the region labeled "2". To leave this region, you must cross the track twice, both in the positive sense � hence the label "2". Escaping from any region labeled "1" requires crossing the track once with the positive sense and escaping from the region labeled Ò-1Ó requires crossing the track once with the negative sense. To answer the puzzle É notice that leaving the region in question requires crossing the track twice, once in the positive sense and once in the negative sense. The total count is: 1 + (-1) = 0. Consequently, this region should be labeled zero!

[Poison]

That's confusing...

[chantillylace]

The explanation is harder than the puzzle! I guessed 0 but for completely different reasons! Which I guess makes it a wrong answer! he he

[Poison]

I agree that explanation was serious..

[Poison]

Who am I? I'M ABOUT 8 INCHES LONG. MY FUNCTIONING IS ENJOYED BY MEMBERS OF BOTH SEXES. I'M USUALLY FOUND HUNG, DANGLING LOOSELY, READY FOR INSTANT ACTION. I BOAST A CLUMP OF LITTLE, HAIRY THINGS AT ONE END AND A SMALL HOLE AT THE OTHER. IN USE, I'M INSERTED, ALMOST ALWAYS WILLINGLY, SOMETIMES SLOWLY, SOMETIMES QUICKLY, INTO A WARM, FLESHY, MOIST OPENING. THERE I'M THRUST IN AND DRAWN OUT AGAIN AND AGAIN MANY TIMES IN SUCCESSION, OFTEN QUICKLY AND ACCOMPANIED BY SQUIRMING BODILY MOVEMENTS. ANYONE FOUND LISTENING IN WILL MOST SURELY RECOGNISE THE RHYTHMIC, PULSING SOUND, RESULTING FROM THE WELL LUBRICATED MOVEMENTS. WHEN FINALLY WITHDRAWN, I LEAVE BEHIND A JUICY, FROTHY, STICKY WHITE SUBSTANCE, SOME OF WHICH WILL NEED CLEANING FROM THE OUTER SURFACES OF THE OPENING AND SOME FROM MY LONG GLISTENING SHAFT. AFTER EVERYTHING IS DONE AND THE FLOWING AND CLEANSING LIQUIDS HAVE CEASED EMANATING, I RETURN TO MY FREELY HANGING STATE OF REST, READY FOR YET ANOTHER BIT OF ACTION. HOPEFULLY, I WILL REACH MY BRISTLING CLIMAX TWICE OR THREE TIMES A DAY, BUT OFTEN IT IS MUCH LESS.

[biffon]

toothbrush - or dick
which ever your personality makes you believe it is.

[chantillylace]

So long as you don't confuse the two!

[Poison]

It's a toothbrush and nothing else..:naughty: :smiley36:

[chantillylace]

A few more riddles!

1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
A towel

2. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
Fire

3. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
Silence

4. I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?
A hole

5. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A river

[chantillylace]

And one to make you think! I'll post the answer tomorrow - bet that annoys the crap out of most of you! hahahaha

At a family reunion were the following people: one grandfather, one grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grandchildren, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. But not as many people attended as it sounds. How many were there, and who were they?

[Richard]

i have got :

Grandfather
grandmother
dude from previous marrige
daughter inlaw (pissed that her husband isnt there)
male child
female child

that is everything except one sister, so this is no ordinary family, who has had the sex change????

[Poison]

HAHAHA nice family...

[Poison]

Is it the mother and father of 3 kids (2 girls and 1 boy) and the father's parents?
There are 7 people.

[Richard]

there are only two grandkids

[biffon]

grandfather(father 1 & father in-law), grandmother (mother & mother in-law)
brother 1 (son 1), brother 2 (son 2 & father 2), brother 2's wife (also the daughter in-law)
grandaughter 1 (sister 1 & daughter 1 of brother 2), grandaughter 2 (sister 2 & daughter 2 of brother 2), grandson (son of brother 2)

i know thats wrong but its the best ive got...
im struggling to explain the "1 brother but two sons and 2 sisters part) it doesnt add up! :(

[sally]

you have lost me on that one?????

[Poison]

To explain the 2 sons, the grand father's son and the father's son. That's why there are 2 sons and well to explain the 2 sisters part well the 2 girls are sisters to the boy and so he has 2 sisters..

[chantillylace]

Is it the mother and father of 3 kids (2 girls and 1 boy) and the father's parents?
There are 7 people.

Well done Poison! That's the answer! :smiley32: :smiley32: :smiley32: 1 rep!

[chantillylace]

Sorry, still not spreading my rep enough! You'll have to settle for the round of applause!

[Shayne]

Well start repping then.

[calmc]

Pick me!!!!:smiley20:

[chantillylace]

Apparently I've spread enough to you too! Think I'm just gonna Rep every member and be done with it!

[Poison]

I'll have to wait as you just gave me some..:smiley19: :smiley13:

But thanks anyway for the rep:smiley17:

[calmc]

Thank you!!!! So Kind. If we ever meet, I'll buy you a drink!!!:smiley20:

[Richard]

yes thank you! i will return the compliment, for the riddle

[sally]

anymore riddles?

[chantillylace]

Three men, members of a safari, are captured by cannibals in the jungle. The men are given one chance to escape with their lives. The men are lined up and bound to stakes such that one man can see the backs of the other two, the middle man can see the back of the front man, and the front man can't see anybody. The men are shown five hats, three of which are black and two of which are white. Then the men are blindfolded, and one of the five hats is placed on each man's head. The remaining two hats are hidden away. The blindfolds are removed. The men are told that if just one of the men can guess what hat he's wearing, they may all go free. Time passes. Finally, the front man, who can't see anyone, correctly guesses the color of his hat. What color was it, and how did he guess correctly?

[Poison]

This is a bit of a toughy.. Good riddle..:smiley32: :smiley20:

[Richard]

he guesses black because he can see the two white hats.?>>>> worth a guess!

[Poison]

But the other 2 hats are hidden so can't see them.

[Richard]

he shouted to the other two behind him, and they told him, to be honest it is more likely to be black than white, i never said i knew the answer!!!

[Poison]

The guy at the back can see either 2 black hats or a black and a white hat and so can't answer correctly.

With that the guy in the middle knows that the guy at the back saw a black hat. So if the guy in the front saw a white hat he could answer, but he couldn't and so he must have seen a black hat as well and he can't answer either.

So with that, the guy in front knows both of the guys behind him saw a black hat because they couldn't answer and so he answers the question with black hat..

[Richard]

that all made sence, poison. UUUUUUUUUUUU MMMMMMMMM NOT.

[Poison]

I tried to explain as best I could

[Richard]

i know mate! i am sure your answer is more correct than mine!

[chantillylace]

Poison you are a LEGEND!:smiley32: :smiley20: :smiley32: :smiley20: 1 rep


The back man can see the hats worn by the two men in front of him. So, if both of those hats were white, he would know that the hat he wore was black. But, since he doesn't answer, he must see at least one black hat ahead of him.
After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can't figure out what he's wearing, he knows that there is at least one black hat worn by himself and the front man. Knowing this, if the middle man saw a white hat in front of him, he'd know that his own hat was black, and could answer the question correctly. But, since he doesn't answer, he must see a black hat on the front man. After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a black hat in front of him. So he says, correctly, "My hat is black."

[chantillylace]

Here's one for all the mathemeticians out there!

There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the school. The principal asks the first student to go to every locker and open it. Then he has the second student go to every second locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if it is closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes it. The fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many lockers are open?

[sally]

they are either all open or they are all closed???

[Richard]

naw, i think the thousandth one is the only one open.

[calmc]

I think its only 2 that are left open!!! The first and I think the 4th.

[Poison]

You will have to give me a bit of time to work this one out as its the weekend now!!!:smiley2: :smiley2: :smiley17:

[Richard]

no no no no! just cause your clocks are wrong, the work day is just starting here:naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: , we want the answer!

[Poison]

You have to give us time because at the mo JDs is talking....

[chantillylace]

Will post the answer on Sunday - giving everyone plenty of time to think about it!

[chantillylace]

The back man can see the hats worn by the two men in front of him. So, if both of those hats were white, he would know that the hat he wore was black. But, since he doesn't answer, he must see at least one black hat ahead of him.

After it becomes apparent to the middle man that the back man can't figure out what he's wearing, he knows that there is at least one black hat worn by himself and the front man. Knowing this, if the middle man saw a white hat in front of him, he'd know that his own hat was black, and could answer the question correctly. But, since he doesn't answer, he must see a black hat on the front man. After it becomes apparent to the front man that neither of the men behind him can answer the question, he realizes the middle man saw a black hat in front of him. So he says, correctly, "My hat is black."

[boomermcleod]

a cold?

[biffon]

well the first one will definitely be left open but i need a thousand lines of paper to work out the rest...

number four also left open
number 5 left open
number 7 left open
err damn!!

[chantillylace]

Let's start a few of these going again....

Four switches can be turned on or off. One is the lightswitch for the incandescent overhead light in the next room, which is initially off, but you don't know which. The other three switches do nothing. From the room with the switches in it, you can't see whether the light in the next room is turned on or off. You may flip the switches as often and as many times as you like, but once you enter the next room to check on the light, you must be able to say which switch controls the light without flipping the switches any further. (And you can't open the door without entering, either!) How can you determine which switch controls the light?

I'll post the answer tomorrow!

[RustyBear]

Chants youhave confused me totally my mind was boggling just reading it.

[RustyBear]

What cant you get rid of by losing it?

[chantillylace]

Oh c'mon guys I'm not gonna post the answer if you don't at least take a shot at it!

Wayne is the answer to yours "your temper"?

[zambezilover]

I am going to post brainteazers here and anyone can have a crack at the answer and look like a complete idiot. Googling the answers is not allowed otherwise there is no point. I will let it run for a week and then post the answers. Feel free to add new brainteazers, but remember to post the answers.

Thinking hurts. However, stupidities come to world without birth pains.

Bulbs


Imagine you are in a room with 3 switches. In adjacent room there are 3 bulbs (all are off at the moment), each switch belongs to some bulb. It is impossible to see from one room to another. How can you find out, which switch belongs to which bulb, if you may enter the room with bulbs only once?

[Poison]

First of all I'd flick 2 switches (e.g. switch 1 and 3) on for awhile to give the bulbs time to heat up a little. Then I'd switch them off. then flick just 1 of the switches on (Switch 1 for instance) and leave it on. Then walk into the room and you will see the light on for switch 1 and the bulb will be warm for switch 3 and the cold bulb will be for switch 2.

[zambezilover]

very good shum, did you get to that answer on your own

[zambezilover]

The Man in the Elevator

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator - or if it was raining that day - he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why it is so?
(This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking logic puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.)

[Poison]

Yup all on my ace..

[Shayne]

Whatever.... copy and paste works wonder in the land of the interweb...

[Poison]

That Light bulb one is simple what are you talking about?

Use a process of elimination..

[Shayne]

The Man in the Elevator

A man lives on the tenth floor of a building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator - or if it was raining that day - he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why it is so?
(This is probably the best known and most celebrated of all lateral thinking logic puzzles. It is a true classic. Although there are many possible solutions which fit the initial conditions, only the canonical answer is truly satisfying.)

Is it because he is a midget and he cant reach the button for floor 10? I am thinking that maybe because its raining he can use his umbrella to press the buuton...?

Dont mind me. I am probably completely off track.

[Shayne]

Riddle / Brainteaser thread merged and moved to "Games and Quizz" Section seeing as its the same thing.

[zambezilover]

Very good Shayne thats correct

[zambezilover]

we need something tough thats not on the web

[Shayne]

I didnt find the answer on the web....

[Poison]

If you say so..

[Shayne]

Jealous that I actually fiugured it out without having to google? Its ok to be jealous you know. You're only human.

[Poison]

Talk it up..

[RustyBear]

Yes chants wel done

[Poison]

Here's one for all the mathemeticians out there!

There are one thousand lockers and one thousand students in the school. The principal asks the first student to go to every locker and open it. Then he has the second student go to every second locker and close it. The third goes to every third locker and, if it is closed, he opens it, and if it is open, he closes it. The fourth student does this to every fourth locker, and so on. After the process is completed with the thousandth student, how many lockers are open?

What ever was the answer to this?

[Bianca]

Hmmmm - well I tried to work this one out and got 31 lockers still open. Not sure if I am right though! Anyone know the correct answer to this one?

[sally]

I have tried to work this one out but gave up soon after, we need the answere its doing my head in!!

[Poison]

Bianca is right, not sure how you worked it out but here is the answer in full detail..
Here is the solution:

The only lockers that remain open are perfect squares (1, 4, 9, 16, etc) because they are the only numbers divisible by an odd number of whole numbers; every factor other than the number's square root is paired up with another. Thus, these lockers will be "changed" an odd number of times, which means they will be left open. All the other numbers are divisible by an even number of factors and will consequently end up closed.
So the number of open lockers is the number of perfect squares less than or equal to one thousand. These numbers are one squared, two squared, three squared, four squared, and so on, up to thirty one squared. (Thirty two squared is greater than one thousand, and therefore out of range.) So the answer is thirty one.

[Shayne]

Right, time for me to add some.

Tell me what the answer to these words are.

Example: MEREPEAT Answer is Repeat after me.

1- M&AR

2- o er t o

3- GR 12" AVE

4 -
k k
c c
u u
t t
s s
word word word word

5-
N N N N N N N
A A A A A A A
C C C C C C C

6- AALLLL

7- eeeeeeeeeec

8- LOV

9- Pot O O O O O O O O

10 -
Beating
Beating Bush Beating
Beating

12-
1234
US

13- LANG4UAGE

14-
gone let gone
gone be gone

15- my own heart a person

16- no ways it ways

17-
r
y
s

18-
gesg
segg
gegs
gges

19- you cont ol r

20- Left out Field

21 - acriml

22- i4i

23- poFISHnd

24- 13579 AZ

25 - ch poorri

26- CUS TOM

27- uPLATm

28- I'M you

29-
B B
A A
R R

30-
knee
light light

[Poison]

12 The 4 of us??


14. Let bygones be bygones

[Bianca]

2- o er t o Over to you

[Poison]

Ok..

3. 1 foot in the grave

10. beating around the bush

[Bianca]

15. my own heart a person - a person after my own heart

[Bianca]

9- Pot O O O O O O O O - Potatoes

[Bianca]

13- LANG4UAGE - foreign language

[Poison]

4 - to stuck up for words

5- 7-Up cans

[Nyala]

5. A can of 7up

6. All along

4. Stuck on words

[Nyala]

1. Miranda?

[Bianca]

1- M&AR - Mandarin

[Nyala]

1- M&AR - Mandarin


Makes more sense..lol

[Bianca]

ooooh - lol I was wondering why the word was orange! D'oh!

[Poison]

19. You are out of control
21. criminal
27 Platinium

[Nyala]

19. In your control

29. Parallel bars

[neilvr]

24 - Eye for an Eye
23- Fish In a pond
28 - I'm bigger that You

[Shayne]

1 Correct - (Orange Mandarin)
3 Correct
4 Correct
5 Correct
9 correct
10 Correct
13 Correct
14 correct
19 Correct
21 Correct
23 Semi Correct
24 Correct
27 Correct
28 Correct
29 Correct

Few more left

[Cez]

my humble attempt!! :smiley5:

16- no ways it ways - no two ways about it

18- four broken eggs
gesg
segg
gegs
gges



20- Left out Field - out in left field

23- poFISHnd - big fish in a small pond


26- CUS TOM - broken custom

[SpaRHawK]

18
Scrambled Eggs... methinks ?

[Shayne]

1 Correct - (Orange Mandarin)
3 Correct
4 Correct
5 Correct
9 Correct
10 Correct
13 Correct
14 Correct
16 Correct
18 Correct (scrambled eggs)
19 Correct
20 Correct
21 Correct
23 Correct
24 Correct
26 Correct
27 Correct
28 Correct
29 Correct

Still a few more to go
1- M&AR

2- o er t o

3- GR 12" AVE

4 -
k k
c c
u u
t t
s s
word word word word

5-
N N N N N N N
A A A A A A A
C C C C C C C

6- AALLLL

7- eeeeeeeeeec

8- LOV

9- Pot O O O O O O O O

10 -
Beating
Beating Bush Beating
Beating

12-
1234
US

13- LANG4UAGE

14-
gone let gone
gone be gone

15- my own heart a person

16- no ways it ways

17-
r
y
s

18-
gesg
segg
gegs
gges

19- you cont ol r

20- Left out Field

21 - acriml

22- i4i

23- poFISHnd

24- 13579 AZ

25 - ch poorri

26- CUS TOM

27- uPLATm

28- I'M you

29-
B B
A A
R R

30-
knee
light light

[FerrariSucks]

ok it tooo late for this, manyana

[sally]

anyone else get these??

[Peas]

1- M&AR - Manderine Orange

3- GR 12" AVE - One foot in the Grave

6- AALLLL - All in One

10 -
Beating
Beating Bush Beating
Beating - Beating around the Bush


13- LANG4UAGE - Foreign Language

14-
gone let gone
gone be gone - Let bygones be bygones

15- my own heart a person - A Person after my own heart

16- no ways it ways - No two ways about it

19- you cont ol r -You are out of control

20- Left out Field - Out in Left Field

22- i4i - Eye for an Eye

23- poFISHnd - Fish in Pond

26- CUS TOM - Breaking a custom

27- uPLATm - Platinum

28- I'M you - I'm Bigger than you

29-
B B
A A
R R - Parrarrel bars

[cujimmy]

OK, so going by the nummbers missing from Shayne's 'correct' list:-


2- o er t o - no clue

6- AALLLL - All in All

7- eeeeeeeeeec - no clue

8- LOV - Endless Love

11- Trick Question?!?

12-
1234
US - no clue

15- my own heart a person - no clue

17-
r
y
s - no clue

24- 13579 AZ - Uneven Roads
(Has this been answered?)

25 - ch poorri - The gap between rich and poor

30-
knee
light light - Footlights