Einstein's Riddle

Chipper Q
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RE: There are four kids A B

Message 64380 in response to message 64378

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There are four kids A B C and D playing soccer in the garden...


If what A said is true, then what B said is true too, so what A said can't be true (if only one told the truth)
If what C said is true, then B broke the window (since what B said isn't true)
If what B said is true, then what either A or C said must be also true, so what B said can't be true
If what D said is true, then what B said is also true, so what D said can't be true

So it looks like C told the truth (if only one of them did), which means that B broke the window.

Zhang Chi
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Well done,Ziran and Chipper

Well done,Ziran and Chipper Q.
I am now trying to find some diffcult logics to post.

Hello everyone!I'm Zhang Chi from China.I am 16 and I am a middle school student.And I love science. I want to be a scientist in the future!

Chipper Q
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Here are some riddles a

Here are some riddles a little less logic-intensive while waiting for some more of the good ones. The riddle for each of the pictures is to identify the item as specifically as you can. Not sure how to do scoring, but more points for specificity/accuracy. There are 6 items, 7 riddles, and the 7th riddle is this: 2 of the pictures are of the same item, which 2? (pls click on the thumbnails for the full size pics, small-size your answers, thx!)


Item 1


Item 2


Item 3


Item 4


Item 5


Item 6

Rod
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I will post these in normal

I will post these in normal font in he hope maybe on getting a discussion going.

This to me looks like:

1. Crystal formation.

2. A nebula which I am unable to identify

3. (Resolution is poor) A bad solder joint (Maybe)

4. A thin slice of Mica

5.A underwater formation of corral.

6.Maybe a bundle up bunch of aluminum foil :-)

I gave it a shot anybody else???

There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. - Aldo Leopold

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RE: 1. Crystal

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1. Crystal formation.


Good enough, it's a metal ore, but not the same type as #6

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2. A nebula which I am unable to identify


Good try but nope, see answer to #7

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3. (Resolution is poor) A bad solder joint (Maybe)


Hmm, it is solder... the joint was okay, this was a molten blob during the soldering that dropped off, splotched and solidified in that shape...

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4. A thin slice of Mica


Well, I'm not a geologist and I'm sure there's some mica in there, along with mostly quartz and feldspar; it's just small granite rock. See also answer to #7

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5.A underwater formation of corral.


Wow, that's an amazing answer, it does kinda look like that; it's actually a closeup of the end-grain of a 2x6 pine board.

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6.Maybe a bundle up bunch of aluminum foil :-)


Nope, this is also a metal ore, but not the same type as #1

7. [Which two are pictures of the same item?]
#2 is the same item as #4; used some backlighting...

You won that one Rod, fine effort despite the cam's not-very-good resolution, hopefully someone will post some more regular riddles, I will if I run across any good ones...

Harvey
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RE: I came across a riddle

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I came across a riddle that supposedly Albert Einstein wrote early in the last century and claimed that 98% of the world population would not be able to solve it.

It doesn't use word play, just logic. If you believe you have the answer, post your answer in BBCode tagged to size 2 so it won't spoil it for others.
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1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of a different nationality.
3. Each homeowner drinks a different kind of beverage, smoke different brands of cigarettes and keeps a different pet.
4. The Brit lives in a red house.
5. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
6. The Dane drinks tea.
7. The green house is next to, and on the left of the white house.
8. The owner of the green house drinks coffee.
9. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
10. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
11. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
12. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
13. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
14. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
15. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
16. The German smokes Prince.
17. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
18. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

Who owns the fish?


Here is the matrix:
Norwegian Yellow Cats water Dunhill
Dane Blue Horses Tea Blends
Brit Red Birds Milk Pall Mall
German Green Fish Coffee Prince
Swede White Dogs Beer Blue Master

Cheers :)

Harvey

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