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Re: Riddles
« Reply #495 on: September 14, 2005, 06:56:02 PM »
OK I think I can post my riddle now...I hopefully worked out anything that might have been wrong with it but we will see....Since most of you are fantasy adventurers I will tailor it to you guys.....

You and your party are found in the dungeon and need to proceed through this locked door.  The door can only be opened when you figure out the riddle.  Inscribed on the door is the following passage

"This door will only open under the correct weight." Under this passage you see that 41.5 kilograms in written in the door also.  Next to the door is a platform, that you assume is the scale, 3 jugs, and a small pound.  Your party has already figured out that 1 gallon of water is equal to 2.5 kilograms, and that each jar weighs the same (500 grams), but holds different amounts of water.  Jar A can only hold 10 gallons, Jar B can only hold 5, and Jar C can only hold 3 gallons of water.  You must figure out how to get exactly 41.5 kilograms on the scale with using the water and the jars.  Good Luck.
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Re: Riddles
« Reply #496 on: September 14, 2005, 07:23:42 PM »
Dwarfs weigh exactly 41.5 pounds, so we make the dwarf strip down and sit on the scale.
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Re: Riddles
« Reply #497 on: September 14, 2005, 07:27:57 PM »
Fill up C and pour it into B.
Fill up C
Fill up A

C = 7.5
B = 7.5
A = 25
Jars = 1.5

Total = 41.5
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Re: Riddles
« Reply #498 on: September 14, 2005, 07:44:33 PM »
Here's a riddle:

What thread is getting locked before it hits 35 pages?
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Re: Riddles
« Reply #499 on: September 15, 2005, 09:05:23 AM »
I'm countermanding that, because I think it's dumb to lock a thread in the middle of a riddle. Next riddle goes on another thread, folks.

so, legion a) is he right, b) why are you mixing measurement systems? kg is metric, gallons are english.

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Re: Riddles
« Reply #500 on: September 15, 2005, 09:22:34 AM »
Yeah that works too.  I had a more complecated way of doing it.  Should have looked for easier ways of figuring out.  I was using grams to make the number higher, and forgot to chance the gallons to liters....sorry
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Re: Riddles
« Reply #501 on: September 15, 2005, 01:07:23 PM »
Uh, did I miss something or did FMB have an answer right before I locked it? I did NOT lock it in the middle of a riddle, I checked to make sure.
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Re: Riddles
« Reply #502 on: September 15, 2005, 02:18:26 PM »
unconfirmed answers are like no answers