The Riddle Thread

[RandomPscho]

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That was a clever one.

12186582376558

Correct. Simple if you see the pattern.

[Reach]

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2 4 8 61 221 244 884 ?

[Ice wolf]

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Ok, here's some more:

Using five potatoes, how can you feed six children an equal amount of potatoes, without resorting to fractions?

Cen yee rell wrer er wreng werr rrer peregrepr. Er ferrr glence yee mey rrenk rrer jerr rre vewelr reve preblemr, ber ne! Rrree cenrenenrr elre reve preblemr, rrey reve been repleced werr rre lerrer R, ber wrecr ener ere rrey?

[RandomPscho]

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2 4 8 61 221 244 884 ?

I think that is the original of mine. I couldn't remember the original, so I made the other one up.

I have the answer but for the sake of the riddle I will not post.

[Fox tails]

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Cen yee rell wrer er wreng werr rrer peregrepr. Er ferrr glence yee mey rrenk rrer jerr rre vewelr reve preblemr, ber ne! Rrree cenrenenrr elre reve preblemr, rrey reve been repleced werr rre lerrer R, ber wrecr ener ere rrey?

You replaced all vowels with "E" and the consonants "S", "T", and "H" with the letter "R".

It reads: Can you tell what is wrong with this paragraph? At first glance you may think that just the vowels have problems, but no! Three consonants also have problems, they have been replaced with the letter R, but which ones are they?

[Fractal_Monkey]

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2 4 8 61 221 244 884 ?

8671.

Using five potatoes, how can you feed six children an equal amount of potatoes, without resorting to fractions?

Mash them.
That is, mash the potatoes, not the children.

[xjohnieboyx]

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haha Reach i see it. Fractal beat me to the answer tho.

EDIT:
4, 9, 24, 77, 294, ____

and

0, 2, 3, 6, 7, 1, 9, 4, 5, 8, ____

the second one is easier, the first one i didn't get until i was told the answer :/

[Reach]

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Another test...since I like tests. I found this while looking around the net earlier for puzzles/brain food. So instead of working on my stats work and psychology assignment I did this.

http://www.forms.ge/iq1.htm

Based on the culture fair military test...which is based on primarily the catell culture fair and ravens APM tests. Tests fluid intelligence.

Scores are reported in standard deviation 24, though, so scores seem higher than they really are. 150 on this test is approimately a mensa qualifying score, or the 98th percentile (mensa uses a similar test, except with 36 questions and no colors). There's also a 60 minute time limit on the mensa test, so spending more than 25 minutes on this is probably hax ;D

[Ice wolf]

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Wow, that was hard. I had to guess on some of the hard ones. IQ:130

[simulater10]

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ya, i got the same IQ, lol

--simulater

[Reach]

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130 is the 89th percentile. You scored higher than 89% of the population.


Let's not turn this into a 'I got such and such' score thread, though :P Don't post your scores here.

But if you want some information on your score...


100 - 50th percentile
115 - 73rd percentile
130 - 89th percentile
145 - 97th percentile
160 - 99.4th percentile
175 - 99.9th percentile

Keep in mind the actual test is timed. You have to move very quickly, and as such most people score higher on this because they can relax and take their time.


edit: http://nicologic.free.fr/

Tons of tests here. These tests use a standard deviation of 15 to report scores. (130 on one is equal to about 150 on the other test.). Make sure to run the time limits.

[DiscoBobbyPARANOiA]

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I got 160, in approximately 15 minutes (during class).

I wish there was a way to see why certain questions were wrong/see the pattern for the answer. I'm really stumped on the three I missed.

Edit: If someone could explain 11, 12, and 15 to me that would be awesome.

[hisue]

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[QUOTE=Reach;1126847]



3) Extreme

Using only two 2's and any combination of mathematical signs, symbols and functions can you make 5?



omg 2 over 2 added to 2times 2 dur my brain hurts

[FoJaR]

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(2+2+2+2+2) / 2

2 + 2 + 2/2

2*2 +2/2 (hisue)

[MetsPenguin31]

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Read the question

Using only two 2's

Plus it was answered a bunch of pages back.