The Riddle Thread - Page 17

Vishnal · 02-21-2007, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reach

EOHIPPUS is correct. North America did not diverge to give a horse, ass, ect >__>. Also, North america still exists. Two reasons why it is a bad answer.

LOL... I couldn't think of much else.

Also, is #5 "MILANKOVITCH CYCLE?"

**Reach** · 02-21-2007, 10:21 AM

0.5 point answer.

If you google --> define it the answer is in the definition, though

Not very many more left to solve now. Has anyone figured out the spatial problem (Other guy got it wrong)? What a cranium crusher that is.

Vishnal · 02-21-2007, 10:29 AM

5: "CYCLE OF PRECESSION"

Original Brain Pain:

Ten.

The cube can be cut by the tetrahedron so that there are four pieces of the tetra visible: the three corner parts and the apex.

If the tetra is large enough, it can cut deeply enough into the cube so that the cube is sliced into six volumes.

I think.

GuidoHunter · 02-21-2007, 01:52 PM

Tetrahedrons only have four points; pyramids have four bases and an apex.

--Guido

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Vishnal · 02-21-2007, 01:56 PM

Guido- Whoops. Pyramids are pentahedrons, LOL.

Guess changed to ten solids.

Formula: Hopefully a+b
Where a is the number of faces on the first 3-D solid,
And B the number of faces on the second.

~Vishnal~

1M_4_N008 · 02-21-2007, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reach

More Brain Pain: Analogies

Here are some ridiculously hard analogies. You are free to use a dictionary or other resources if you want. Generally there is only one correct answer. I will accept more than one for some. Anyone with an average vocabulary won't get any of these right, so cookies to anyone that can get some of them. Maybe 1/2 points if you're close but not exact.

Oh yea, and if you can help it avoid other peoples answers.

1. FALL : AUTUMNAL :: SPRING : ?

2. ONE : MONO :: FEW : ?

3. LIFE : VITAL :: BIRTH : ?

4. X^2+Y^2=Z^2 : PYTHAGORAS :: X^n+Y^n = Z^n : ?

5. 24 HOURS : ROTATION :: 26,000 YEARS : ?

6. WATER : SWIMMER :: CAVE : ?

7. TAUGHT BY ANOTHER : PUPIL :: TAUGHT BY ONESELF : ?

8. GENERALIZED : LOCALIZED :: ANEMIA : ?

9. TEACHER : MENTOR :: BULLY : ?

10. * : ASTERISK :: 'e'ROTATED180DEGREES :

11. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AFRICA, SOUTH AMERICA, ANTARCTICA : GONDWANALAND :: HORSE, ASS, ZEBRA : ?

12. FEAR OF STRANGERS : XENOPHOBE :: LOVE OF CATS : ?

13. TINTINNABULATION : ONOMATOPOEA :: BITTERSWEET : ?

14. BEND ONE'S KNEE TO : GENUFLECTION :: TURN ONE'S BACK ON : ?

Have any of these not been answered or been incorrectly answered so far? If so, which ones? I'm losing track...

**Reach** · 02-21-2007, 09:29 PM

I don't think these have been correctly answered

2. ONE : MONO :: FEW : ?
7. TAUGHT BY ANOTHER : PUPIL :: TAUGHT BY ONESELF : ?
13. TINTINNABULATION : ONOMATOPOEA :: BITTERSWEET : ?
14. BEND ONE'S KNEE TO : GENUFLECTION :: TURN ONE'S BACK ON : ?

RandomPscho · 02-21-2007, 10:31 PM

2. Poly
7.Autodidact
13.EDIT: Oxymoron?
14...

slipstrike0159 · 02-22-2007, 12:25 AM

2. Its not poly, thats too simple plus i think that means many. So is it pauci? or maybe oligo?

GuidoHunter · 02-22-2007, 12:26 AM

I'm guessing Poly isn't right, since that was posted before.

And I also guess that poly's wrong because many =\= few.

What a prefix for few is I can't think, unless it's tri or something.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

Vishnal · 02-22-2007, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reach

I don't think these have been correctly answered

2. ONE : MONO :: FEW : ?
7. TAUGHT BY ANOTHER : PUPIL :: TAUGHT BY ONESELF : ?
13. TINTINNABULATION : ONOMATOPOEA :: BITTERSWEET : ?
14. BEND ONE'S KNEE TO : GENUFLECTION :: TURN ONE'S BACK ON : ?

I was watching South Park (Episode: Cartmanland) and it hit me:

14. RENOUNCEMENT

Why? Genuflection means staying with your faith. If you renounce your faith, you are casting it aside and basically disowning it.

2. OLIGO

**Reach** · 02-22-2007, 09:10 AM

Oligo is correct. Good job.

So is autodidact.

I will also *gasp* accept oxymoron. Good job.

Renouncement is not the best answer to 14. Close, though.

virtuoussinner · 02-23-2007, 10:53 PM

14. A simple possibility is Forsake.

EI_Tizzy · 02-25-2007, 04:10 PM

14) Is maybe resistance?

1M_4_N008 · 02-25-2007, 10:12 PM

#13 was actually easy for me... Sorry. I poofed away from this thread, and couldn't find it again, lolz. Can anyone post more of these? I like them better than the number ones. I have enough math and Calculus as it is :P

Could #14 be REflection? I think it's a long stretch, but you never know...

Actually, I think it's a realllllly long shot. Scratch that unless it's right:P

Ice wolf · 02-27-2007, 08:10 PM

What happened in the middle of the 20th Century that will not happen again for 4,000 years?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

What won't break if you throw it off the highest building in the world, but will break if you place it in the ocean?

GuidoHunter · 02-27-2007, 08:19 PM

2: ton.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

**Reach** · 02-27-2007, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1M_4_N008

#13 was actually easy for me... Sorry. I poofed away from this thread, and couldn't find it again, lolz. Can anyone post more of these? I like them better than the number ones. I have enough math and Calculus as it is :P

Could #14 be REflection? I think it's a long stretch, but you never know...

Actually, I think it's a realllllly long shot. Scratch that unless it's right:P

No, that's not it.

I'll probably post more when I get some time to make them, or find a site with good ones on it.

virtuoussinner · 02-28-2007, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ice wolf

What happened in the middle of the 20th Century that will not happen again for 4,000 years?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

What won't break if you throw it off the highest building in the world, but will break if you place it in the ocean?

3. a bird?

**Reach** · 02-28-2007, 08:00 PM

Well, it has to be one of two things:

1. Something REALLY hard that dissolves in water...

or

2. Something soft and light that floats and naturally falls too slow to damage itself, but will dissolve or break apart in water.

I think the answer to the first one is 1961

02-21-2007, 10:21 AM	#322
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	Re: The Riddle Thread 0.5 point answer. If you google --> define it the answer is in the definition, though Not very many more left to solve now. Has anyone figured out the spatial problem (Other guy got it wrong)? What a cranium crusher that is. __________________

02-21-2007, 09:29 PM	#327
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	Re: The Riddle Thread I don't think these have been correctly answered 2. ONE : MONO :: FEW : ? 7. TAUGHT BY ANOTHER : PUPIL :: TAUGHT BY ONESELF : ? 13. TINTINNABULATION : ONOMATOPOEA :: BITTERSWEET : ? 14. BEND ONE'S KNEE TO : GENUFLECTION :: TURN ONE'S BACK ON : ? __________________

02-21-2007, 10:31 PM	#328
RandomPscho FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Age: 32 Posts: 504	Re: The Riddle Thread 2. Poly 7.Autodidact 13.EDIT: Oxymoron? 14... Last edited by RandomPscho; 02-22-2007 at 12:28 AM..

02-22-2007, 12:25 AM	#329
slipstrike0159 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: In the shadows behind you with my assassin's blade waiting to strike Posts: 568	Re: The Riddle Thread 2. Its not poly, thats too simple plus i think that means many. So is it pauci? or maybe oligo? __________________

02-22-2007, 09:10 AM	#332
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	Re: The Riddle Thread Oligo is correct. Good job. So is autodidact. I will also gasp accept oxymoron. Good job. Renouncement is not the best answer to 14. Close, though. __________________

02-23-2007, 10:53 PM	#333
virtuoussinner FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Garland, TX Age: 34 Posts: 21	Re: The Riddle Thread 14. A simple possibility is Forsake. __________________ Ha ha. Boredom.

02-25-2007, 10:12 PM	#335
1M_4_N008 FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18	Re: The Riddle Thread #13 was actually easy for me... Sorry. I poofed away from this thread, and couldn't find it again, lolz. Can anyone post more of these? I like them better than the number ones. I have enough math and Calculus as it is :P Could #14 be REflection? I think it's a long stretch, but you never know... Actually, I think it's a realllllly long shot. Scratch that unless it's right:P Last edited by 1M_4_N008; 02-25-2007 at 10:17 PM..

02-27-2007, 08:10 PM	#336
Ice wolf FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The 10th Dimension Posts: 852	Re: The Riddle Thread What happened in the middle of the 20th Century that will not happen again for 4,000 years? Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I? What won't break if you throw it off the highest building in the world, but will break if you place it in the ocean?

02-28-2007, 08:00 PM	#340
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	Re: The Riddle Thread Well, it has to be one of two things: 1. Something REALLY hard that dissolves in water... or 2. Something soft and light that floats and naturally falls too slow to damage itself, but will dissolve or break apart in water. I think the answer to the first one is 1961 __________________

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