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Post by billy bob » Sat May 29, 2010 4:10 pm

Nothing is on the plate.
Edit: Oh wait, did you just say the answer?
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Post by dlcs18 » Sat May 29, 2010 4:24 pm

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. :lol: *slaps face*
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:27 pm

A man had is eyes closed. He was told that the test had begun. A second later, he opened his eyes. All he could see in his left eye was red. And all he could see in his right eye was yellow. Just over a second later, he was told that the test was finished.

During the test, which colour did he see the most?
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Post by Muzozavr » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:41 pm

Whatever colour he saw when his eyes were closed. Probably black, but possibly an orange-yellowish hue or a light gray shade if the light was really bright.
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:46 pm

Correct.
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:34 pm

A guy goes up in a balloon and hits his head and is knocked unconscious, why?
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:36 pm

The sky fell on his head.
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:46 pm

That sounds plausible enough. I also would have taken 'WHO CARES?'
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:28 pm

How many of these is not in Wonderland (or we're not sure of being in Wonderland):

A. Numbers.
B. Cacti.
C. Fish.
D. Gloves.
E. Ducks.
F. Fungi.
G. Clocks.
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:42 pm

3.
Cacti, Fungi, Clocks.
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:58 pm

Actually,
Clocks are in Wonderland: Remember those 30 second adding clocks from RTW?
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Post by Muzozavr » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:59 pm

DAMMIT MyNameIsKooky beat me to it. Oh well.
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:22 pm

Incorrect. Try again...
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:29 pm

Numbers: Timer, 41 in WA test level, things like two and stuff in dialogs, numbers of scritters, Wee Stinkers, Gems, ect. needed to beat level.

Cacti: If there are some, I haven't encountered them yet in any game. Am I bad at them?

Fish: In the Original Trilogy as underwater decorations.

Gloves: Worn. All the time. Some are magic.

Ducks: WA water decoration instead of fish.

Fungi: ...oh. Mushrooms. Clever clever you.

Clocks: What MyNameIsKooky said.
The answer is one. *slaps face*
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:36 pm

No.
(Also, in RTW and WSW (I think) if you are running low on time the Stinker's will start to say numbers.)
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:37 pm

Zero.
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:37 pm

WHERE are the cacti again?
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:38 pm

Correct!

Nobody: Cacti are in the wasteland of WSW.
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:40 pm

THEY ARE? I don't remember seeing any.

Proof?
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:40 pm

One minute or so, I'll get a picture.
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:52 pm

The picture is above (only posting this encase anyone is waiting for the picture and didn't know I edited the previous message).
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Post by MyNameIsKooky » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:54 pm

Oh yeah, I completely forgot about those. :shock:
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:55 pm

They... Wha...?

I don't like trick questions. :lol:
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:57 pm

How was it a trick question?
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Post by Nobody » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:58 pm

'How many' implies that the answer is more than none.
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Post by billy bob » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:59 pm

Does it? It doesn't to me.
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Post by Muzozavr » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:52 am

Fungi? ...oh dammit.
And numbers... yes, indeed.
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Post by TheoX » Sat Jun 12, 2010 10:55 pm

Nobody wrote:'How many' implies that the answer is more than none.
billy bob wrote:Does it? It doesn't to me.
Yes it does, I believe. :lol:

Well, listing a whole long list and then making the answer "none" definitely makes it a trick question, at least. :P
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Post by billy bob » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:24 pm

Chess puzzle:

There are two kings of different shades.

There are also two knights of different shades.

There are no other chessmen.

Is checkmate possible?
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Post by Muzozavr » Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:37 pm

Well... you can construct a checkmate, but the only way it can occur in real play is if one player sacrifices a rook/queen and the other has to take it and then the checkmate position occurs. Otherwise, if the kings/knights are free to roam around the board, you'd have to be amazingly dumb to get yourself in a checkmate. Or you'd have to play cooperatively. Whatever.

Here's a possible checkmate position: (K=king, N=knight)

White: Kc1, Nc2
Black: Ka1, Na2

Black is checkmated.

And here's a way it could occur in an actual play, if Black is careless enough to get into such a position: (R=rook)

White: Kc1, Nb4, Re2
Black: Ka1, Nc3.

Black's last move was to put his knight on c3, threatening white's rook. Unfortunately for Black, White can easily end the game in two moves:

1. Ra2+ N:a2 2. Nc2

Unless something like that happens, you'd have to play cooperatively to get yourself into such a position.
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