HACKMAN'S BRAIN TEASERS!
See if you can solve these problems:
Hotel Key Fiasco!
Mystery Word #1
Cold!
Picture Questions #1
Numbers Game (NEW!)
Hotel Key Fiasco!
Ten guests at Hackman's Hotel went on a tour together. Before
leaving, they left their unmarked keys with the hotel's manager.
When they returned, their keys were mixed up! What is the maximium
number of tries needed to sort out the keys to their correct owners?
Solution to Hotel Key Fiasco!
Mystery Word #1
This word is a common English word. It describes a person
or thing that is not here, there, or anywhere! But if you add a space
to it, it will be right here at this moment. What is the word?
Solution to Mystery Word #1
Cold!
One cold winter day, Steve went hunting. He came back after
dark, cold and hungry. In his cabin he had a pipe, a stove, and an
oil lamp. What should he light first?
Solution to Cold!
Picture Questions
#1
Answer these questions about the picture in the following link:
PICQUES1
1. How do you know that he's not young?
2. How do you know that he's a scholar?
3. How do you know that he's smarter than his fellow students?
Solution to Picture Questions 1
Numbers Game
Here is a conversation between my brother, Steve, and I:
Steve: Pick a number between one and nine.
Me: Six
Steve: Another number.
Me: Four.
Steve: Another number.
Me: Four!
Steve: A different number
Me: Seven.
Steve: OK, another number.
Me: Two.
Steve: I win!
What did Steve win at?
Solution to Numbers Game
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SOLUTION TO HOTEL KEY FIASCO
The answer is 54:
10 tries to get first key, 9 for second key, etc.
until 2 tries for ninth key - one key left after!
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SOLUTION TO MYSTERY WORD
#1
The answer is NOWHERE:
Add a space and it becomes NOW HERE!
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SOLUTION TO COLD!
Steve should light a match.
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SOLUTION TO PICTURE QUESTIONS
#1
1. He is over forty! (XL =
40)
2. He is in-tent on his letters!
3. He is bound to XL! (excel)
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SOLUTION TO NUMBERS GAME
Steve won at Tic-Tac-Toe!
When Steve asked me for a number, the number I gave was a number
on the board:
1|2|3
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4|5|6
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7|8|9
I was X and Steve was O.
This is what the board looked like:
O|X|O
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X|O|X
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X| |O
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