Showing posts with label quiz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quiz. Show all posts

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Complex Puzzle

Since next week is Christmas, and most of us will be out and about, and not checking the blogosphere, I decided to post up some trickier riddles or logic problems. I will not put up the answers to the riddles yet, I will do that with the answers to this one.

This first puzzle was told to me by a lady I work with at 5:30 a.m. I figured it out after a few minutes and was running on only a few hours sleep and had just finished working a fun midnight shift. So there is the motivation for you to at least get this one.

1. If you have six men and they each had six baskets. Each basket has six cats inside and each cat has six kittens. Assuming all are whole and healthy, how many legs are there?

2. I know what my job is,
The point has been made.
You say I have a big head,
And you're right, I'm afraid.
Put me in my place,
And then leave me alone.
Is someone to drive me home.

3. There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?

4. How many three cent stamps are in a dozen?

5. If you divide thirty by a half and then add ten , what would your answer be?

6. A wealthy man named Richard Ellis had been counting his money.When he finished, he accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he returned for it a short while later, it was gone. Only two other persons could have seen the bill. One was the maid; the other was the butler.

The maid told him that she had hidden it for safekeeping under a green book that was on the desk. But when they looked the bill was not there.

The butler said he had found the bill where the maid had left it. He had placed it inside the book, where he thought there was less chance that somebody would find it. He had written down the page numbers so that he would not forget them. The bill was between pages 35 and 36, he said. But when they looked, there was no money in the book.

After Mr. Ellis had talked to the maid and the butler, he called the police. He was sure he knew who had taken the money. Who was it, and how did he know?

Good luck.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Riddles Riddles Riddles

Here are the answers to last weeks riddles. Obviously some of you came up with answers that fit as well.

1. Carpet
2. Fire
3. A cold
4. A nose
5. A match
6. Corn
7. A stamp
8. Towel
9. Darkness
10. Stars
11. A mushroom
12. A sponge
13. A mirror
14. A ring
15. Footsteps
16. Breath
17. Glove
18. River
19. Splinter
20. Light
21. A hole
22. Silence
23. Railroad
24. Four men in a dance band
25. Jack and Jill are goldfish.

Results:
Offord-12
Adam-16
Greg-14
Josh-14
Gideon-10
Kern-9

I will give Kern credit for 25, since the wording is not quite how I remember hearing it before when I was in school. If I am not mistaken it should go something like this "Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them, yet the floor is all wet. How is this possible?" No big deal I guess...anyways, on to the second part.

1. Why don't lobsters share?
2. A barrel of water weighs 20 pounds. What must you add to it to make it weigh 12 pounds?
3. Big as a biscuit, deep as a cup, Even a river can't fill it up. What is it?
4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
5. He has married many women but has never married. Who is he?
6. If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
7. If you have it, you want to share it. If you share it, you don't have it. What is it?
8. You can't keep this until you have given it.
9. Take off my skin, I won't cry, but you will. What am I?
10. What book was once owned by only the wealthy, but now everyone can have it? You can't buy it in a bookstore or take it from the library.
11. What can go up and come down without moving?
12. What do you fill with empty hands?
13. What do you serve that you can't eat?
14. What do you throw out when you want to use it but take in when you don't want to use it?
15. What goes up and never comes down?
16. What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
17. What has to be broken before it can be used?
18. What kind of coat can be put on only when wet?
19. What question can you never answer "yes" to?
20. What's the greatest worldwide use of cowhide?
21. Which is correct to say, "The yolk of the egg are white?" or "The yolk of the egg is white?"
22. You answer me, although I never ask you questions. What am I?

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Movie Stills - Quiz 2

It's Thursday, which means another installment of movie stills. Standings and answers to last week's quiz are below.

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11. Bonus point for anyone who can name a movie that was released in the USA the day I was born.

Last Week's Answers: Name of movie along with my top 100 ranking
1. Fargo #76
2. Goodfellas #68
3. The Matrix #3
4. L.A. Confidential #50
5. The Ninth Gate #90
6. Philadelphia #38
7. What Dreams May Come #48
8. Magnolia #34
9. Requiem for a Dream #16
10.A Perfect World #71
11.Agnonized Pirate pitchers: Gorzelanny, Van Benschoten, Snell

Congrats to all, especially those who got A Perfect World. I didn't think it was that well known. Half points to Josh and Ryan on number 11.

Standings
1. Josh 8.5
1. Ryan 8.5
3. Adam 7
3. Gideon 7

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

No Quiz

Since everyone else is hammering out the quizzes for now, I will just post the results to last weeks. I will take a week off from coming up with one.


1. Tyler Durden-Fight Club
2. Allanon-The Shannara Series
3. Vash the Stampede-Trigun
4. Simon Belmont-Castlevania
5. Gordon Freeman-Half-Life
6. Selina Kyle-Catwoman (Batman Returns, variety of comics...)
7. Aunt Beru-Star Wars-Episode IV
8. William Munny-Unforgiven
9. Mr. Darcy-Pride & Prejudice
10. Starscream-Transformers
11. Deedlit-Record of Lodoss Wars
12. Tom Bombadil-Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (also the Adventures of Tom Bombadil)
13. Susie Derkins-Calvin & Hobbes
14. Roran Stronghammer-Eragon (Inheritance Cycle)
15. Rorschach-Watchmen

Greg and Gideon both tied with 8 apiece. I give the tie breaker to Gideon for creativity on guesses.

Alright, I lied. This is not a quiz, but instead a collection of riddles. Do not cheat, use your brain on these.

1. What goes up and down stairs without moving?
2. Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die.
3. What can you catch but not throw?
4. I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
5. Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red.
6. Remove the outside, cook the inside, eat the outside, throw away the inside.
7. What goes around the world and stays in a corner?
8. What gets wetter the more it dries?
9. The more there is, the less you see.
10. They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen.
11. What kind of room has no windows or doors?
12. I have holes on the top and bottom. I have holes on my left and on my right. And I have holes in the middle, yet I still hold water. What am I?
13. I look at you, you look at me, I raise my right, you raise your left. What is this object?
14. It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones, and blood all at the same time. What is this object?
15. The more you take the more you leave behind.
16. Light as a feather, there is nothing in it; the strongest man can't hold it for much more than a minute.
17. As I walked along the path I saw something with four fingers and one thumb, but it was not flesh, fish, bone, or fowl.
18. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
19. I went into the woods and got it, I sat down to seek it, I brought it home with me because I couldn't find it.
20. What can fill a room but takes up no space?
21. It is weightless, you can see it, and if you put it in a barrel it will make the barrel lighter?
22. No sooner spoken than broken. What is it?
23. Only two backbones and thousands of ribs.
24. Four jolly men sat down to play, And played all night till the break of day. They played for cash and not for fun, With a separate score for every one. When it came time to square accounts, They all had made quite fair amounts. Now, not one has lost and all have gained, Tell me, now, this can you explain?
25. Jack and Jill are lying on the floor inside the house, dead. They died from lack of water. There is shattered glass next to them. How did they die?

Also, I saved the page where I stole these from, which has the answers, but I did not look at them yet. So I too will participate in this one.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Movie Stills - Quiz 1

Since quizzes are so fun and I figured you can never have too many, I decided to post stills from my top 100 movies. I will try to do 1 each week for 10 weeks and then tally up who has the most points...assuming some people actually participate. These should be a lot easier than Josh's...


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11. Bonus point to anyone who can name the theme of my profile pics and the name of each three.


STANDINGS

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Character Quiz

Alright, this week's quiz is all about different characters. I will name the character, and you must tell me what he/she/it is from.

1. Tyler Durden
2. Allanon
3. Vash the Stampede
4. Simon Belmont
5. Gordon Freeman
6. Selina Kyle
7. Aunt Beru
8. William Munny
9. Mr. Darcy
10. Starscream
11. Deedlit
12. Tom Bombadil
13. Susie Derkins
14. Roran Stronghammer
15. Rorschach

Good luck to everyone. Here are the answers to last weeks quiz.
1. Joshua James Croyle
2. Brown/Brown
3. Captain & Coke (unfortunately, I get drunk and crazy after too many, so I stick to Miller Lite)
4. Mountain Dew
5. Our Lady Peace
6. Fight Club
7. The Gunslinger (Book 1 of Dark Tower series)
8. baseball, wrestling, golf, basketball
9. Jackson, Justin, and Brian
10. Yes, I broke my hand a few years ago. Did not need a cast, just a small brace because while I was drunk I set the bone myself.
11. Jordan, Egypt, Canada, and Mexico.
12. Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
13. Hey, hows it going? I am Josh, I will be your server tonight (or this afternoon), can I start you off with a refreshing iced-t, tasty pepsi, or how 'bout an exciting caramel latte?
14. I did not count our little fights as small children, so since adulthood, we are 1-1.
15. boxer briefs.

I have to give Kacie the edge in this one, her and Adam were both very close.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Me Quiz

This weeks quiz is a bit different. It is all about myself, what do you guys know about me? Let us begin.

1. Full Name?
2. Hair/Eye Color?
3. Favorite Alcoholic Beverage?
4. Favorite Non-Alcoholic Beverage?
5. Favorite Band?
6. Favorite Movie?
7. Favorite Book?
8. Name all the sports I played from 3rd grade to my senior year.
9. Who lived with me at State College Park apartment 352?
10. Have I ever broken a bone?
11. What foreign countries have I been to?
12. What was my major in college?
13. When I was a server, what was my introduction to tables?
14. What is my record in fights against my brother?
15. What kind of underwear do I wear?

Have fun with this one guys. Here are the answers from last week:
1. Mexico-Mexico City
2. Canada-Ottawa
3. United States-Washington D.C.
4. Panama-Panama City
5. Jamaica-Kingston
6. Jordan-Amman
7. Iraq-Baghdad
8. Egypt-Cairo
9. Albania-Tirana
10. Latveria-Doomstadt
11. Madripoor-Madripoor
The previous two are countries in the Marvel Universe, Latveria is the kingdom where Dr. Doom rules with an iron fist. Madripoor is a tiny island that resembles Singapore and usually is a place where villains tend to live.

12. The Persian Empire-Persepolis
13. Ireland-Dublin
14. Kazakhstan-Astana
15. Earth-haha, Adam got that one, E, that comes from a joke when we were younger, my dad asked him what the capital of Russia was and Adam replied "R." I did not think he would remember that...

I was surprised with how knowledgeable Adam and Offord are at geography. Offord scored 8 right, plus gets a bonus for actually knowing a city in Kazakhstan. Adam also scored 8 and gets the capital of Earth, which gives him 9, but that should not really count since it was an inside joke. So, I will call it a tie and just say that I am very impressed. If you are wondering, the only two I did not know were Albania and Kazakhstan.
This is the flag of Albania, which looks pretty cool to me.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

New Quiz Day

It's new quiz day here at the pancake. What shall the topic be? Since it is vacation week, I will stay with that theme. I will name a country, you gotta name the capital. NO CHEATING JERKS! And by the way some of these countries are fictional comic book cities and some are ancient empires...

1. Mexico
2. Canada
3. United States (that's a freebie)
4. Panama
5. Jamaica
6. Jordan
7. Iraq
8. Egypt
9. Albania
10. Latveria
11. Madripoor
12. The Persian Empire
13. Ireland
14. Kazakhstan
15. Earth

Last weeks answers:
1. Superman-Clark Kent
2. The Flash-Barry Allen/Wally West/and for a brief time Bart Allen (from this picture I would guess this is the Wally version, but I could be wrong.)
3. Green Lantern-Hal Jordan
4. Batman-Bruce Wayne
5. Wonder Woman-Princess Diana (sometimes uses Diana Prince)
6. Booster Gold-Michael John Carter
7. Animal Man-Buddy Baker
8. Batgirl-Barbara Gordon
9. Captain Atom-Nathaniel Adam
10. Blue Beatle-Ted Kord

Greg won the epic battle with 11 points over Ryan's 7 1/2...that is something to brag about.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

DC Comics Quiz

This weeks quiz deals with comic book characters from the DC Universe. To throw out a twist though, you get 1/2 a point for naming the character and 2 points for naming the secret identity. No cheating. Good luck.

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Answers to last week:
1. Iron Man, Tony Stark, Robert Downey Jr.
2. Dazed and Confused, Mike, Adam Goldberg
3. Se7en, David Mills, Brad Pitt
4. 300, King Leonidas, Gerard Butler
5. Sideways, Jack, Thomas Hayden Church
6. Unforgiven, William Munny, Clint Eastwood
7. Knocked Up, Pete, Paul Rudd
8. Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Dennis, Michael Palin
9. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Jay, Jason Mewes
10. Poolhall Junkies, Johnny, Mars Callahan

Congrats to my brother for know almost all of them.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Weekly Quiz

As I said yesterday in Offord's post, I will try to start a weekly quiz. This week it will be movie quotes. We will keep track of who scores the most points. Each quote has three parts: movie title, character, actor. You can guess any of the parts, but please, do not cheat. No IMDB or Google searches.

1. "I mean doesn't it kind of defeat the whole purpose of having your own plane if it departs before you arrive?"

2. "I didn't think drugs and alchohol were such a big deal they had to resort to neo-McCarthyism to get rid of it."

3. "He's a nut-bag! Just because the fucker's got a library card doesn't make him Yoda"

4. "You see, old friend? I brought more soldiers than you did."

5. "Do not drink too much. Do you hear me? I don't want you passing out or going to the dark side. No going to the dark side!"

6. "Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend."

7. "There are five different types of chairs in this hotel room."

8. "And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society."

9. "What the fuck is the Internet?"

10. "Oh, did I stutter? Everybody gone all quiet and shit? About a minute ago it was like an evening at the Apollo up in this motherfucker, now all of a sudden it's quiet as a church. That's all right, Chico, I don't blame you. I've been beatin' this Jimmy Walker lookin' motherfucker all goddamn night, he can't win."

Some are pretty easy, some not so easy. Good luck to all.