Mental Stretch

[100lbStriper]

LOL !!! Join the club !

[coloradotransplant]

Hey I got 100% and it said I am a master, woo hoo!

[100lbStriper]

Wake up and test your old brain..........

http://www.humorsphere.com/fun/8787/colortest.swf

[coloradotransplant]

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

[coloradotransplant]

Yeah but a plate is usually concave so the water would cover the plate but not come all the way to the edge of the rim, maybe?

When I try this experiment I'll video tape it and post it on youtube for everyone to see.

[lentinman]

Colorado:

I assumed from your statement "The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it." that it meant the water "completely" covered it - which the only way that could be possible is if it went to the very top. If it did, you could not put the glass upside down on it without spilling it.

Even if you tilted it slightly, you could never displace the exact abount of air as water. And, besides, the mass of the portion of the glass submerged would displace the water as well.

Len

[coloradotransplant]

Correct, you stick the match in the lemon wedge so it will stand up. Put in on the plate of water gently not spilling the water. Light the match and place the cup upside down over the wedge and match. As the match burns out the oxygen in the glass a vacuum is created and the water is sucked into the glass.

I haven't tried it myslef yet, but I will do it with the kids soon.

[woofer]

Geeeez, though, in the second solution, if the waiter borrows the straw from another diner and he forgets to give the diner another one to replace it, he might be out the tip from that table. lol

[woofer]

Question, when you say that the plate can't be touched, does that mean that you can't put the glass on the plate?

"If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate....

My guess is that if you can do that, and turn the glass upside down......with heat from the match (inside the glass), that the water will be sucked in by a vacuum effect. I suppose the lemon could be used to hold the match. And it would only work if the match's flame didn't die from oxygen starvation.

Or I'd borrow a straw from another diner's drink and suck up the water, and drop the water via the straw into the glass.

[lentinman]

Colorado:

I hope this isn't a trick question, but either way I suspect it has something to do with putting the glass upside down in the center of the plate - although I don't know what prevents the water from being displaced over the edge.

Len

[100lbStriper]

after taking the juice out of the lemon wedge and drying it up a bit with the match. he then used the lemon wedge as a sponge and soaked up the water then squeezing it into the glass.

[cosmoworld7]

he could hold the glass on an angle next to the plate so the rim of the glass was just below the plate. he could use the lemon wedge to swish the water out of the glass and into the plate. although this was technically not the answer you were looking for, it would work.

[coloradotransplant]

A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a juice glass, a dinner plate, water, a match, and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate to cover it.
"If you can get the water on the plate into this glass without touching or moving this plate, I will give you $100," the man said. "You can use the match and lemon to do this."
A few minutes later, the waiter walked away with $100 in his pocket. How did the waiter get the water into the glass?

[100lbStriper]

lol !! it only got one right !!!

[cosmoworld7]

LOL, it worked about 50% for me!

[coloradotransplant]

That didn't work out right at all - LOL

[cosmoworld7]

it is, but all in good fun. besides chinese people like it, LOL!

[lentinman]

Cosmo:

Ok, that's nearly the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

Len

[cosmoworld7]

CHINESE HOROSCOPE GAME:

THE YEAR OF THE IRON DRAGON, WISHING YOU PROSPERITY AND GOOD FORTUNE IN THE CHINESE NEW YEAR

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS -
DO NOT CHEAT
OR IT WON'T WORK AND
YOU WILL WISH YOU HADN`T.

TAKE 3 MINUTES
TRY THIS - IT WILL FREAK YOU OUT.



THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO ME SAID
HER WISH CAME TRUE 10 MINUTES AFTER SHE FORWARDED THE EMAIL

NO CHEATING !!!!

THIS GAME HAS A FUNNY / CREEPY OUTCOME.





DO NOT READ AHEAD, JUST DO IT.




IT TAKES ABOUT 3 MINUTES - WORTH A TRY



1st. Get PEN and PAPER

2nd. WHEN CHOOSING NAMES, MAKE SURE THEY ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT YOU ACTUALLY KNOW

3rd. GO WITH YOUR FIRST INSTINCTS !!!!! Very important for good results.

4th. SCROLL DOWN

ONE LINE AT THE TIME DON`T READ AHEAD otherwise YOU WILL RUIN THE FUN.









1. On a blank sheet of paper, WRITE NUMBERS 1 through 11 in a COLUMN on the LEFT.












2. BESIDE the NUMBERS 1 & 2,

WRITE DOWN ANY
2 NUMBERS YOU WANT.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE NUMBER?














3. BESIDE the NUMBERS 3 & 7,

WRITE DOWN THE NAMES OF TWO MEMBERS
OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.











CAUTION: DO NOT LOOK AHEAD or IT WILL NOT TURN OUT RIGHT














4. WRITE ANYONES NAME

(like FRIENDS or FAMILY...)
next to 4, 5, & 6..













DON`T CHEAT OR YOU`LL BE UPSET THAT YOU DID













5. WRITE down FOUR SONG TITLES in 8, 9, 10, & 11
















6. Finally,

MAKE A WISH

















ARE YOU READY?
HERE IS THE

KEY TO THE GAME















1. THE NUMBER of PEOPLE YOU MUST TELL ABOUT THIS GAME is found in

SPACE 2





2. THE PERSON IN SPACE 3 IS THE ONE YOU LOVE






3. THE PERSON YOU LIKE but your relationship CANNOT WORK is in
SPACE 7






4. YOU CARE MOST about the PERSON you put in SPACE 4







5. THE PERSON YOU NAME IN NUMBER 5 IS THE ONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL.







6. THE PERSON YOU NAMED IN 6 IS THE YOUR LUCKY STAR







7. THE SONG IN 8 IS THE SONG THAT MATCHES WITH THE PERSON IN NUMBER 3






8. THE TITLE IN 9 IS THE SONG FOR THE PERSON IN 7







9. THE 10TH SPACE IS THE SONG THAT TELLS YOU MOST ABOUT YOUR MIND






10. AND 11 IS THE SONG TELLING HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT LIFE






11. NUMBER 1 IS YOUR LUCKY NUMBER








SEND THIS TO A MINIMUM OF 10 PEOPLE WITHIN AN HOUR OF READING THIS.



IF YOU DO, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.


IF YOU FAIL TO, IT WILL BECOME THE OPPOSITE




STRANGE HOW IT SEEMS TO WORK.

[cosmoworld7]

Some popular top 10 lists:

Highest Obesity Rates:
1 United States 30.6 %
2 Mexico 24.2
3 United Kingdom 23.0
4 Slovakia 22.4
5 Greece 21.9
6 Australia 21.7
7 New Zealand 20.9
8 Hungary 18.8
9 Luxembourg 18.4
10 Czech Republic 14.8


Rank Country Life expectancy at birth(years):
1 Andorra 83.50 years
2 San Marino 81.53
3 Singapore 81.53
4 Japan 81.04
5 Switzerland 80.31
6 Sweden 80.30
7 Australia 80.26
8 Iceland 80.18
9 Canada 79.96
10 Italy 79.54


Most Populated Countries in the World
1 China 1,298,847,624
2 India 1,065,070,607
3 United States 293,027,571
4 Indonesia 238,452,952
5 Brazil 184,101,109
6 Pakistan 159,196,336
7 Russia 143,974,059
8 Bangladesh 141,340,476
9 Japan 127,333,002
10 Nigeria 125,750,356


Countries with the Highest Quality of Life
1 Norway
2 Sweden
3 Canada
4 Belgium
5 Australia
6 United States
7 Iceland
8 Netherlands
9 Japan
10 Finland

Most Visited Countries
1 France 75,500,000
2 United States 50,900,000
3 Spain 48,200,000
4 Italy 41,200,000
5 China 31,200,000
6 United Kingdom 25,200,000
7 Russia 21,200,000
8 Mexico 20,600,000
9 Canada 20,400,000
10 Germany 19,000,000


Most Commonly Spoken Languages
1 Chinese (Mandarin) 1,000,000,000 +
2 English 508,000,000
3 Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) 497,000,000
4 Spanish 392,000,000
5 Russian 277,000,000
6 Arabic 246,000,000
7 Bengali 211,000,000
8 Portuguese 191,000,000
9 Malay-Indonesian 159,000,000
10 French 129,000,000

[lentinman]

JSIM:

Ok, I got 100%, 51/51, 0 miles, 504 seconds. No reason to ever do it again. Good exercise for people who have limited geographical sense. But, of course, they won't do it because the reason they have little geographical sense is because they aren't interested.

It's amazing how many people "aren't interested". One day I was talking to a female employee and, on a lark, I asked her which direction the Sun rose. Incredibly (and she had a college degree) she didn't know. Her excuse was that she never had a reason to wonder or to care. Amazing.

Len

[lentinman]

US Geography:

I was off an average of 0 miles - which can't be correct because I did miss one slightly. The third or fourth one was Montana. Try putting that on a blank map!!! I don't recall exactly how many miles I was off - not much. But, as I went through it, the average miles kept getting smaller and smaller. I wasn't doing the math to see if it was accurate, but when it dropped to 0, I knew it wasn't. I suppose what happened is that it dropped to an average of under 1 mile per state and so they just round it to 0.

My score was 50 out of 51 and 98.03 in 888 seconds.

Geography was my first love even before statistics.

Edit: I started it again, but don't have time to do it. I see it starts (randomly?) with different states. That could make a big difference what order they were in. Some landlocked states in the west are almost impossible to do first - ie Kansas, Nebraska, S. Dakota, N. Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona.

If the map was bigger - or able to be zoomed in - so that you could see smaller rivers, that would make some of those possible on the first try. But, nothing would make Colorado or Wyoming or Utah possible on the first try except luck.

Len

[J Sim]

A nice little US state placement test. Harder than you might think without borders. Thanks to NH I was off an average of 9 miles.
http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/fiftystates2.jsp#

[J Sim]

Actually zero is a multiple of 9
9*0=0

Why it works
All numbers can be represented as 10*x + y from step one
Subtract x+y in the second step gives
[10*x+y] - [x+y] = 9*x + 0
So as long as they put the same symbol in 0 and all multiples of 9 in the table the correct symbol is always the same.

You might also notice in the table that once the numbers exceed 81 there is no need to have the 9 multiplier symbol in the 90th and 99th slot since the maximum result in step two is 81. They actually put the 9 multiplier symbol in the 86th slot.

[lentinman]

Baga:

Another good point.

Len

[bagwa-john]

It does follow your finding though, any of the 01-09, otherwise why would they list the symbols from 0-9? Just in case?

[lentinman]

baga:

Good point. I immediately went to 01 to try to find a screw up in the system, but I suppose 01 doesn't technically qualify as a two digit number.

Len

[bagwa-john]

True, an oversight. Thanks. They did specify a two digit number though.

[lentinman]

baga:

They aren't ALL multiples of 9. If your original pick was under 10, then they all come out to zero. So, they have to make sure that zero - as well as all multiples of 9 - are the same symbol.

Len

[bagwa-john]

That's clever. You always end up with a result that is a multiple of 9, and they change the symbol every time you give it a try, so it always looks like they're guessing properly!

[100lbStriper]

go ahead and give it a try...........
http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/magic-gopher-central.swf

[bagwa-john]

Addendum, if I may.

It would appear that in a problem such as this, for any two concentric circles with a connecting chord where the chord of the outer circle is tangent to the inner circle; and we want to find the area of the outer circle minus the inner circle;
Going to the minimum side of the limit as we found in the previous problem, we can treat the chord length as the diameter of a circle with the same area.

It seems so easy after the fact! I'd been looking for a general formula for this, and thought I'd post it.

I'm a three dimensional geometry nut. Finding lengths of edges within a given structure based on little information is what I have to do to build the sculptures I do.

Cheers!

[woofer]

Len, how on earth did I miss your two posts? I feel much better knowing that you didn't mean what you said about J_Sims.
I just PMd someone from this board saying that I was going to sleep....and now he'll know that I lied. LOL! I've been beat up for less.

Goodnight, or Good morning as the case may be.

[woofer]

That makes absolutely no sense at all. Weren't the Borrowers known for borrowing? What paint store are you aware of that lends out a perfectly good can of deck paint?

If you know of one, please let me know. I'm thinking about building a merry-go-round now that I know I can get away with using only one gallon can of deck paint.

back at you.

[J Sim]

The "Borrowers"???

[woofer]

I would beg to differ on one thing you said. Who in their right mind would be painting a merry-go-round that was an inch wide along its perimeter?

The amazing part is that it doesn't matter how big the circles are...

A man comes into a paint store wanting to know if a gallon of deck paint (400 sq ft of coverage) would paint the floor of his merry-go-round.
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=20314096

[J Sim]

"Merry-go-round" area solution
As Bagwa pointed out this is a limit problem and the area of the "merry-go-round" deck is 100 pi regardless of the size of the circles given the 20 foot chord.

Trigonometry proof follows:


The radius of the small circle is r2.
The radius of the large circle is d1 which is also equal to r1+r2.
Since the radius of the large circle serves as the hypotenuse of a right triangle
formed by the sides r2 and the 10 ft measurement, the square of the hypotenuse (d1)
is equal to the sum of the squared leg lengths. (d1) squared = (r2) squared + (10 ft) squared.
Pythagorean theorem - If a and b are the legs of a right triangle and c is its hypotenuse, then a2+b2=c2.

Area of a circle equals pi*(radius) squared.
The area of the large circle is pi * (d1) squared also equal to pi * [(r2) squared + (10 ft) squared]
by the substiution above. This is equal to pi*100 + pi*(r2) squared.

The area of the little circle is pi* (r2) squared.

Subtracting the area of the little circle from the area of the large circle is:
[pi*100 + pi*(r2) squared] - pi*(r2) squared = pi*100 or about 314 square feet.
So yes, one gallon of paint covers that area.

The amazing part is that it doesn't matter how big the circles are its just half of the bisecting segment length squared * pi.
If that holds true the really easy approach [as Bagwa proposed] is that the inner circle has a radius of zero (a point), then the bisecting
segment is actually the diameter. (1/2*20ft) squared * pi = 100 * pi

[woofer]

Dan, that was a really fun TEST to do, and I hope there are others like that in the future. I'm going to have to find some neat ones to put on the board myself. And thanks for posting a test that you knew I would get at least one answer correct on. LOL! If I didn't know how many Fs were there, I should ban myself from this board. LOL

[woofer]

You're funny, Len. I got all those right except #20 (the PHD ones). I must have, at a minimum, an undergraduate degree in Chemistry. Well, maybe an A in Chemistry in high school did it. LOL! I know exactly what you are saying though. Those particular questions DO NOT test a person's senses.

One of the ones you mentioned, #10 is one where I would have picked pineapple and mayonnaise because I love that combination with canned tuna, but I chose the right one (pineapple and soy sauce) because I know that it's a combination that Chinese restaurants use.

However, as far as I'm concerned, #10, #11, #12, #13, #19 and #20 are ridiculous questions and measure NOTHING EXCEPT whether you have an education in that field. Who on earth would know that crap except maybe some bozo with a PHD in (oh, I don't know) Chemistry?

I got 16 out of 20. My wrong ones were:

#7 "the the"
#8 the colored words with the wrong color names (2 wrong)
#15 Sound intensities- The baby crying was a surprise. It shoulda' been the most intense noise- LOL!
#20 Limbic-memory? GEEEEEZ

[coloradotransplant]

20 out of 25, can't believe I missed the ones I did, d'oh!

[lentinman]

Dan:

I have seen that test before. I get more enjoyment out of ripping tests than I do taking them.

Some of the 20 questions are really good and evaluate your intuition, visual acuity or perceptiveness. However, as far as I'm concerned, #10, #11, #12, #13, #19 and #20 are ridiculous questions and measure NOTHING EXCEPT whether you have an education in that field. Who on earth would know that crap except maybe some bozo with a PHD in (oh, I don't know) Chemistry?

#10 is impossible to answer if you don't either have a PHD in Chemistry, food preparation, or at least some idea what Pineapples taste like. I loath pineapples, so why would I know what they go with?

As far as I'm concerned, the test should have been questions #1-9 and throw in #16 (which is clever) for a round ten. But, if it were only five questions, #1-5 would do it.

Len

[coloradotransplant]

I'm at work now, I'll see if it works later today. :)

[99Dan]

Count the number of "F"s in the following sentence.

I'm sure you will get question six correct when you try this Senses Test.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/senses.swf

[99Dan]

Now it's time for the "Senses Challenge".


http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/senseschallenge/senses.swf

[lentinman]

Woof:

I figured you would jump on me one more time about JSim, so I was just yanking your chain. I'll bet that sneak told you via PM that we know each other and are in the same poker group. That bastage!

Anyway, I agree, he's no bozo. Come to think of it, I think he actually has a PHD ....................... in basket weaving or orange pealing or something... Oh, wait.... It's something that ends in "istry". That's it! I forget exactly since I take his money on a regular basis.

Len

[woofer]

Here are some fun ones that aren't really puzzles, but..........
like I said, they're fun.

Count the number of "F"s in the following sentence.



FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.






Scroll down once you have completed counting.

























How many did you count? Three ? Four?

The answer is Six.

One reason you may have missed counting all Six is your brain does not process the "F" in "OF". The word is pronounced "OV".

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.


Try this exercise. It will really make you wonder how your brain works: While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction and there's nothing you can do about it.

[bagwa-john]

Yes. I just woke up with that answer going through my head. The inner circle and the outer circle will ALWAYS have a 20 foot chord relationship at infinity both diections. DOH!
Nice puzzle. It teaches alot.
I discovered a three dimensional series which starts with a Dodecahedron and expands toward infinity outward toward but never actually becoming the Icosadodecahedron, because of the distace defined by the distance defined by the opposite faces of the dodecahedron.
I should have seen that in the puzzle.

[J Sim]

Nice limit determination on the short side.

Actually there is no limitation on the maximum size for the inner and outer circles as indicated. The outer circle could be 500 feet diameter and a 20ft chord could be drawn with a very small arc. Of course, the inner circle would have to be very big to get the small chord tangent to it (Over ~495 ft).

J Sim

[bagwa-john]

Find the largest the inner circle can be, defined by the 20 foot chord, which is inside a 20x20 square. That defines the largest the outer circle can be. 100pi is the difference between them.
The smallest the inner circle can be is the center of a circle with a 20 foot diameter, which has a 314 square foot area, or 100pi. All circles in between have the same ratio in their differences of area.

[lentinman]

Woof:

He just THINKS he's not a bozo.

Len