Anyone for MENSA
Monday, May 12, 2003 by Stumpy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Twice Four and Twenty blackbirds were sitting in a tree,
I shot one seventh of them with a shotgun
How many blackbirds remained
Answer will be provided on Friday 16th May
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I shot one seventh of them with a shotgun
How many blackbirds remained
Answer will be provided on Friday 16th May
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LS_Boreas
Reply #23 Monday, May 12, 2003 3:37 PM
Reply #23 Monday, May 12, 2003 3:37 PM
Twice 4 and twenty might be twenty-eight.
Is it 2 * 4 + 20, or 2 * (4 + 20)?
Or does it even matter? All of them is all of them.
Is it 2 * 4 + 20, or 2 * (4 + 20)?
Or does it even matter? All of them is all of them.
paxx
Reply #24 Monday, May 12, 2003 3:43 PM
Reply #24 Monday, May 12, 2003 3:43 PM
Well, there is a few problems with the question to start with: How does a blackbird "sit", anyways?
But assuming a bunch of birds were acttually sitting down in a tree, I doubt anyone could shoot 7 of them, as all the other would have flown away from the very first shot.
Apocalypse_67
Reply #29 Monday, May 12, 2003 8:41 PM
Reply #29 Monday, May 12, 2003 8:41 PM
No birds remain. They all got scared by the shot sound 
craeonics
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:17 AM
Reply #30 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:17 AM
Assumption 1) Dead birds fall from trees.
Assumption 2) Birds don't stay put when shot at.
Trouble with questions like these are those assumptions. Since they are implicit, you don't know to what extend they apply.
Assumption 2) Birds don't stay put when shot at.
Trouble with questions like these are those assumptions. Since they are implicit, you don't know to what extend they apply.
craeonics
Reply #31 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:19 AM
Reply #31 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:19 AM
'Sides: "How many blackbirds remained". Implies what? Remained alive? Remained in the tree? Remained Blackbirds?
joetheblow
Reply #32 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:05 AM
Reply #32 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:05 AM
Remained alive could be a valid conclusion
I for one would ask...
what does this have to do with MENSA?
I for one would ask...
what does this have to do with MENSA?
TAAnderson
Reply #33 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:15 AM
Reply #33 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:15 AM
i totally agree w/ Cavanaugh "none of them" in post #7...not assuming but knowing from the begining that you are asking how many remained in the tree. t.a.anderson
t.a.anderson
MadIce
Reply #34 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:29 AM
Reply #34 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:29 AM
Twice Four looks like a name, not a number.
That makes 1+20==21.
1/7th==3
21-3=18.
Looks like 18 remained.
That makes 1+20==21.
1/7th==3
21-3=18.
Looks like 18 remained.
MadIce
Reply #35 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:39 AM
Reply #35 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:39 AM
MENSA has little to do with the question. It is an organization. http://www.mensa.org/
joetheblow
Reply #36 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:53 AM
Reply #36 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:53 AM
ahm but is that part of thr riddle?
could it be that MENSA saved the birds and caused there to be all of them left
it not that far out an idea. I bet I am right.
could it be that MENSA saved the birds and caused there to be all of them left
it not that far out an idea. I bet I am right.
joetheblow
Reply #37 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:56 AM
Reply #37 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:56 AM
maybe if you can answer the question, you get in the organization.
???
???
jarget
Reply #38 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:58 AM
Reply #38 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:58 AM
mensa in spanish means stupid girl. Things that make you go Hmmm.
joetheblow
Reply #39 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:24 AM
Reply #39 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:24 AM
ah... so it doesn't mean round table??
joetheblow goes to join MENSA to find out the answer to the question
I bet someone already posted the answer.
joetheblow goes to join MENSA to find out the answer to the question
I bet someone already posted the answer.
Stumpy
Reply #40 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:54 AM
Reply #40 Tuesday, May 13, 2003 2:54 AM
OK Guys and Gals, I will give you the answer very soon this afternoon after I practise walking, but first.
MENSA is an organisation in which the members have a High IQ (normally an IQ above 150)
The question is correctly laid out, it is up to you to work out what is being said to you, for example certain words will give you the answer, and it is these words that will give you the answer, which is the whole idea of Lateral or Logical thinking.
There could be an exact answer, but the answer is acutally general, to cover the two correct eventualities.
I have said before, there is one or two answers in this thread that could be accepted, but they are not exact and need a slight alteration to be correct. Look for >>
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MENSA is an organisation in which the members have a High IQ (normally an IQ above 150)
The question is correctly laid out, it is up to you to work out what is being said to you, for example certain words will give you the answer, and it is these words that will give you the answer, which is the whole idea of Lateral or Logical thinking.
There could be an exact answer, but the answer is acutally general, to cover the two correct eventualities.
I have said before, there is one or two answers in this thread that could be accepted, but they are not exact and need a slight alteration to be correct. Look for >>
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Reply #21 Monday, May 12, 2003 3:22 PM