Answers to yesterdays puzzles 1. The Pluto puzzle Saffa, this is a nice piece of graphic work, but its fake. First and foremost, impact craters are round. Regardless of the angle or speed of impact, anything going that fast leaves a circular crater. No way! Yes way! Try it with marbles or candy in a tray of flour, or a sandbox, whatever you like. Thats why lunar craters are circular. But hes getting a PhD. in astronomy! His web site says that, but I doubt it. The Lowell Observatory is in Flagstaff ... which is in Arizona, not New Mexico. But what about my $10? I leave that as an exercise for the student. 2. The singing puzzle In this true story, the man was the great tenor Caruso. He attempted to cash a check in a New York bank but had no identification with him. A strong blast of an aria was enough to convince the teller who he was. 3. The word puzzle 1. You cannot BEGIN to imagine what a START you gave me. 2. Service is my MIDDLE name, you will always find me in the community CENTER. 3. The cook used the largest VESSEL to make a stew for the full compliment of the SHIP. 4. They agreed to meet outside the COURT of justice for their DATE. 5. I know you will CHARGE me for this purchase, I cannot BLAME you. 6. The NUMBER of bids for the FIGURE of Eros was unparalleled. 4. The sharks puzzle 7 sharks were killed. Since there were 4 times as many cadets, there were 28 cadets. The number of cadet legs is equal to the square of the number of sharks, which would be 49 legs. 49 legs is 14 more than the number of cadet and shark heads: 7 sharks plus 28 cadets equals 35 heads. Note that although all of the cadets survived, nothing was said about possible injuries. In fact, each shark had bitten off one leg from each of 7 cadets. This explains the shortage of legs, since 28 cadets should have had 56 legs, not 49. Also note the statement of the second cadet, who said the number of legs they NOW had ....
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 07:06:09 +0000
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