Current Year 12 Thread Mark VI
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIDecision tree? I mean one of the algorithm flow charts.(Original post by Llewellyn)
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIA Binary Tree(Original post by Llewellyn)
What tree grows from the top down?
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VII should have thought of those(Original post by wcp100)
Decision tree? I mean one of the algorithm flow charts.
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIOff the mark? That was off the planet!(Original post by Maths_Lover)
The second riddle: a sugar bowl?
It reminded me of the saying I often heard when I was little: don't break the sugar bowl! The way to break it was by speaking... I could be totally off the mark here...
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIGee. Thanks.(Original post by wcp100)
Off the mark? That was off the planet!
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIOh, OK. I guess it would seem strange then.
It was a little fun game. Someone would say, "whoever speaks next breaks the sugar bowl" or something to that effect and then we would all try to be quiet for ages and whoever spoke first broke the sugar bowl.
Maybe I just have a really strange way of thinking...Last edited by Maths_Lover; 18-05-2012 at 14:49. -
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIOk time for hints. Wcp was very close. I'll post the solution in an hour or I will quote someone if they get it right.
hint 1: What were they doing?3 men are all found dead outside of an igloo. There are no visible marks on any of them. Explain.
Spoiler:Showthe 3 men were having a picnic
Hint 2: Where were they?
Spoiler:ShowThey were in a cave
Hint 3: (lateral)
Spoiler:ShowThe igloo was not an igloo made of ice or snow.
Hint 4: ....
Spoiler:ShowThe men were not scientists (in particular chemists) - if they were, they would not have died. -
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIStop! I need to revise!(Original post by Llewellyn)
Ok time for hints. Wcp was very close. I'll post the solution in an hour or I will quote someone if they get it right.
hint 1: What were they doing?
Spoiler:Showthe 3 men were having a picnic
Hint 2: Where were they?
Spoiler:ShowThey were in a cave
Hint 3: (lateral)
Spoiler:ShowThe igloo was not an igloo made of ice or snow.
Hint 4: ....
Spoiler:ShowThe men were not scientists (in particular chemists) - if they were, they would not have died. -
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VI
A man walks into a pub. He asks the bartender for a glass of cold water. The bartender immediately pulls a pistol out, pointing the barrel directly at the man. The man and the bartender look at each other for 30 seconds, then the man thanks the bartender and leaves without his water. -
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIAsking for water was code speak?(Original post by Llewellyn)
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIBoth the man and the bartender were normal people.(Original post by Maths_Lover)
Asking for water was code speak?
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VII've heard this one before...(Original post by Llewellyn)
A man walks into a pub. He asks the bartender for a glass of cold water. The bartender immediately pulls a pistol out, pointing the barrel directly at the man. The man and the bartender look at each other for 30 seconds, then the man thanks the bartender and leaves without his water.
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIA mix of strong coffee and being used to being a zombie(Original post by Mollymod)
I don't understand how you don't collapse at school, with your sleeping pattern, D
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIThey don't need to be having a picnic, that was a hint. They could be stopping for lunch or dinner or even breakfast. Is having a meal that unusual? No. People don't think of that because they leap to conclusions without considering enough possibilities.(Original post by VictorDeLost)
Llewellyn, I honestly don't think anyone would have thought that the men were having a picnic.
I didn't expect anyone to get it right straight off because the question requires both logic, lateral thinking, and creativity. From what I gather it's rare for those qualities to not be mutually exclusive. It's interesting because everyone either takes the problem too literally or cannot reason with what leads they do think up.Last edited by Llewellyn; 18-05-2012 at 16:32. -
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Re: Current Year 12 Thread Mark VIThey choked on their sandwiches or whatever they were eating? Their drinks were poisoned?(Original post by Llewellyn)
They don't need to be having a picnic, that was a hint. They could be stopping for lunch or dinner or even breakfast.
I didn't expect anyone to get it right straight off because the question requires both logic, lateral thinking, and creativity. From what I gather it's rare for those qualities to not be mutually exclusive. It's interesting because everyone either takes the problem too literally or cannot reason with what leads they do think up.
Who the heck has a picnic outside an igloo... unless it's not one in the middle of a snowy place.
Unless they were there before the snow/igloo. Or were eskimos.Last edited by Maths_Lover; 18-05-2012 at 16:35.
