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Riddle contest! It's been a while...

#31 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Ratty {lang:icon}

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 11:27 AM

MEGAHINT:

So if you're looking at it upside down, last letter is L and it's six letters. You should all know what it is.

Why don't you google some large numbers?
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 11:39 AM

QUOTE(Bigrat2 @ Jan 6 2008, 05:27 AM) {lang:macro__view_post}
Why don't you google some large numbers?


Googol? bluetongue.gif

You'd move the sticks so they spell out googol upside down, I don't have the picture you said on me ATM, so meh _sure.gif

EDIT: Having it rightside-up, you'd go to the 3rd 0, move take the top-right stick, and turn in so that the....fire part of the match is perpendicular to the other side of the 0, then you'd do the same with the last 0.

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 12:01 PM

Woo!

Yes. Googol. xD (10^100). [Initial, Final]

Scoreboard:
Darkness - 1
Phalanx - 1
UnrealBlight - 1

Seeing as this was a toughie, i'm going to stick with matchstick questions for a little while. Seemed fun to do. bluetongue.gif and also, i'm evil.

Oh. My. GOD. I love this one!

Riddle 4:
You will need eight matchsticks for this teaser.

Take six matchsticks and arrange them into a 2x1 rectangle. Next, take another matchstick and add it to one of the long sides of the matchsticks. Finally, take the last matchstick and add it to the other long side, in the same direction as the last matchstick you have laid. You should now have what looks like a glass of water.

Now, how can you increase the volume of the water by moving only two matchsticks?

You cannot:
Move the uppermost horizontal matchstick.
Submerge the matchsticks in the water.
Bend, break, or stack the matchsticks.

(Originally, they look like this)
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 12:25 PM

Meh, picture looks differnt then what I was thinking, but yay me biglaugh.gif

This one's annoying, I only came up with moving the top 2 sticks to the side, but that's only making the glass wider, not increasing the volume <_<

Does increasing the volume of the cup count? _sure.gif

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 01:07 PM

All you need to do is 'increase the volume of the water'. =P

Mind you, this is another trick question, which I why I love it so much. It's quite clever. Think outside the box. =P
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Posted 06 January 2008 - 01:40 PM

Well... to increase the volume of water, I guess you'd change it to ice.

Looking at it sideways... Ugh. I'll need paint for this. Well, look at the original picture sideways, then like move the middle sticks to... *uses paint* I hate explaining things. bluetongue.gif

Well, I hope this is right. Otherwise I'll feel stupid. bluetongue.gif

http://img80.imagesh...5268/icedv2.jpg



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Posted 07 January 2008 - 01:49 AM

Muahaha, yep! bluetongue.gif

You increase the volume of water by freezing it! Into ice! xD (Initial, Final)

Scoreboard:
Tanny - 1 (You'd normally go third in the list, but you're special. xD)
Darkness - 1
Phalanx - 1
UnrealBlight - 1

Question 5:
You will need thirteen matchsticks for this teaser. Using all of the matchsticks, make the number 631, as the number would appear digitally.

Now, as the fifth Menacing Matchsticks teaser, try to move only two matchsticks to make exactly 5!

You cannot:
Bend or break the matchsticks.
Stack the matchsticks.
Remove the matchsticks.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:21 AM

the bottom matchstick and the right side matchstick make the letter v, with the remaining matchsticks producing an F, rearrange and you have the word FIvE or five




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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:23 AM

Eh, what? Moving only two matchsticks?
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:30 AM

ok it works, if you cant spell




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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:38 AM

http://img228.images.../4804/61yk1.png

I hate you for making me interested in something outside of LOTPW, Ratty. bluetongue.gif

Edit: Oh, I really should say what that is, since my paint skills are teh sux. 6 + -1 TheSmile.gif



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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:40 AM

Take the top part of the 1, and form a 8 with the 6, then shimmy in the bottom part of the one between the 8 and 3

(8-3)

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:44 AM

... Wow. You both technically have answers that work. But only if the matchsticks were spaced out enough...

Hmm. It's not the answer I have, but I'm going to give you each half of a point each. xD

Keep thinking!
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 02:52 AM

120... {expletive Chuck Norris'd by Cspace}. I re-read the question, then wondered why it was 5!... Five factorial, duh.

Turn it upside down, turn the "E" into a 2 and then the "9" into a 0.

5! = 120.



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Posted 07 January 2008 - 03:07 AM

... Tanny, you're too good at these. xD

Scoreboard:
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UnrealBlight - 1.5
Darkness - 1
Phalanx - 1

Question 6:

Take 1 match away, and move 2, to leave nothing.
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