I am agog!
Yes the three-toed sloth is correct.
Fair warning: If no one posts something else, I've loads of these, and am not afraid to use them!
I am agog!
Yes the three-toed sloth is correct.
Fair warning: If no one posts something else, I've loads of these, and am not afraid to use them!
Some more then:
1. 64 S on a CB
2. 1 P for a FT
3. 11 P on a FT
4. 90 D in a R A
5. 7 W of the W
6. 32 D F at which W F
7. 1 H on a U
8. 3 B M (SHTR)
9. 18 H on a G C
10. 88 K on a P
11. 26 L in the A
12. 12 S of the Z
13. 24 H in a D
14. 1000 W (what a P is W)
15. 54 C in a D (with the J's)
16. 1001 T of the A N
17. 29 D in F in a L Y
18. 57 H V
19. 9 P in the S S
20. For Americans only: 200 D for P G in M
21. For everyone but Americans: 14 D in a F
22. 13 S on the A F (also for Americans)
23. 40 D and N of the G F
24. 1 W on a U
Still puzzling over 2, 14 and 20.Originally Posted by jajdude
2. 1 point for a free throw
200 dollars for passing Go in Monopoly.
A thousand words (what a picture is worth) I'll admit, my son got that one.
This is like the end of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Can I be Clint?
Are you mean, moody and mysterious with chiselled good looks? Oh, and you'll have to change your wellies - wrong style for the rough, tough West.
I'll be the Ugly one's donkey then.
Hey, Mick!You know what you are? Just a--actually, let this be a segue:
NOTE: I have altered the puzzle, please check the next post. I'll keep the old version here as a Quote, for the benefit of anyone who had been struggling with it and wanted to check what has been changed (a couple of phrases in the fourth paragraph of the story). Sorry!
Puppies and Kittens and The Overcrowded Academy
There was a very busy animal shelter that had many puppies and kittens. At night, when the staff was gone, some of the older dogs and cats were in the habit of teaching special classes to the younger animals. They created a school called The Night-Time Animal Academy. There were courses in Human Behavior, Door Opening, Traffic, Cat-Dog Relations, etc. There was, in fact, a very determined effort to focus on a common agenda, and common topics, and to have kittens and puppies studying side-by-side in the same classes. It was an enlightened vision of a future in which cats and dogs would be treated equally.
However, there were too many puppies and kittens, and not enough wise old teachers among the pets in the shelter. Unfortunately, the classes were all full, and the puppies and kittens had to submit applications and take entrance exams.
At the start of one session, one rather proud little puppy that had not been accepted into the The Night-Time Animal Academy noticed something: kittens were being admitted to classes in the school much more often than the puppies were. There was quite a controversy, and kittens and puppies felt a little tense towards each other in the classes, not to mention outside of class. Were the cat teachers showing a preference towards kittens?
There was an investigation, and it turned out (rather surprisingly) that in each class, puppies were actually being admitted a little more frequently than kittens, although the discrepancy was slight and attributable to random variation. It didn't matter if the teacher was a cat or a dog, the puppies were never turned away any more frequently than the kittens applying for the class. The teachers were relieved at the news, but also realized that something still had to be done to get more puppies into classes.
What was the real explanation behind the controversy? What sort of solution would the teachers most likely come up with?
Last edited by billl; 01-23-2011 at 11:15 PM.
Sorry, I should have worded that little puzzle a little differently...
Here's a corrected version (I was using the word 'frequently' in a misleading way):
Puppies and Kittens and The Overcrowded Academy
There was a very busy animal shelter that had many puppies and kittens. At night, when the staff was gone, some of the older dogs and cats were in the habit of teaching special classes to the younger animals. They created a school called The Night-Time Animal Academy. There were courses in Human Behavior, Door Opening, Traffic, Cat-Dog Relations, etc. There was, in fact, a very determined effort to focus on a common agenda, and common topics, and to have kittens and puppies studying side-by-side in the same classes. It was an enlightened vision of a future in which cats and dogs would be treated equally.
However, there were too many puppies and kittens, and not enough wise old teachers among the pets in the shelter. Unfortunately, the classes were all full, and the puppies and kittens had to submit applications and take entrance exams.
At the start of one session, one rather proud little puppy that had not been accepted into the The Night-Time Animal Academy noticed something: kittens were being admitted to classes in the school much more often than the puppies were. There was quite a controversy, and kittens and puppies felt a little tense towards each other in the classes, not to mention outside of class. Were the cat teachers showing a preference towards kittens?
There was an investigation, and it turned out (rather surprisingly) that in each class, the puppies were actually more likely to be admitted than the kittens were, although the discrepancy was slight and attributable to random variation. It didn't matter if the teacher was a cat or a dog, puppies were never more likely to be turned away than kittens applying for the class. The teachers were relieved at the news, but also realized that something still had to be done to get more puppies into classes.
What was the real explanation behind the controversy? What sort of solution would the teachers most likely come up with?
Last edited by billl; 01-23-2011 at 11:10 PM.
Well done above posters. Did not know the answers myself, just copied the Qs from somewhere.
Billl. It seems a direct contradiction to me, but there is a slight difference in the words chosen. "Puppies were more likely to be admitted." "Kittens were being admitted."
Perhaps the Puppies had a high drop out rate.
Perhaps, I'm barking up the wrong tree.
This one is admittedly sort of a stumper, and I gradually realized that one's way of describing the situation might inadvertently mask the subtle, underlying nuance. (I have based the puzzle on an actual problem that happened in an actual college.) And, yes, stick with that particular tree...
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Just to clarify (sort of a hint, but just as much a leg-up to the English language), let me mention the following...
Total enrollment in the Academy:
70% kittens, 30% puppies
Enrollment in particular classes:
"Human Behavior": 35% kittens that applied were accepted, 41% puppies were accepted
"Traffic": 40% kittens that applied were accepted, 45% of puppies that applied were accepted
etc.
Another class not mentioned in the original presentation(s):
"Tail-Smelling: Etiquette and Appreciation"
Last edited by billl; 01-25-2011 at 07:44 AM.
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