The Teak Door Brain Teaser thread

[nidhogg]

I have never heard this one before, so this is a guess. Thinking laterally, I'd say an atomic clock.

To be honest, I would strongly doubt that an atomic clock has even a single "moving part"......except foe the vibration of the atoms they are measuring.

[Joe 90]

What's the capital of Spain, Joe?

Ibiza

[Edmond]

When they completed the journey, the Nigerian lady and Thai elephant were drenched through but not a hair on the Irishman's head got wet

He's balder than Jeff Bezos?

What has thirteen internal organs but no heart?

Tick tock, you inside the box thinking perverts and delinquents.

[Joe 90]

How was this possible?

Coz the Irishman was a Leprechaun and could easily walk underneath the shelter of the elephant.

[Mendip]

If you'be ever studied an elephant in the rain you would have seen that the water runs down it's sides, under the belly and drips from the centre of it's gut. Even a Leprechan would still get wet.

^^ Yes, green owed. The Irishman was as bald as a coot.

^^ 13 steak and kidney pies?

[Edmond]

What has thirteen internal organs but no heart?

Tick tock, you inside the box thinking perverts and delinquents.

13 steak and kidney pies?

Incorrectomomdo.

And no point googling it (looking at you Ootai the Cheater), I only thought of it as I read Bendy-Mendy's post.

[Mendip]

^ The 13 members of the Tory Cabinet?

[Edmond]

Negativo my good man.

[Mendip]

To be honest this is a bit nonsensical.

What do you class as an internal organ? In some classifications mammals are listed as having 17 internal organs, including the gall bladder would you believe.

[Edmond]

Anyone other than Mendo The Simpo able to give it a shot?

[Mendip]

^ Ha, I've got it.

Easy really.

[Edmond]

Do share.

[Joe 90]

Eight

8
∞
0

Congratulations

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Correct, but everyone says 10.

What did I miss?
why is it either five or ten?
The question states how much you had before the purchase 10 pence and a pound. (I assume these are monetary denominations?)
and one pound was spend for the horse, so there remain 10 pence.
But nowhere does it states how much you had left after the purchase
so the hound could have cost anything from nothing to 10 pence

[Iceman123]

Ok let’s ramp it up a little

Your doctor tells you that you have a tested positive for a fatal disease that has a prevalence of 1 in 1000 of the general population.The test to determine if you have disease is 95% accurate. You have tested positive for the disease. What are the odds you actually have the disease?

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Ok let’s ramp it up a little

Your doctor tells you that you have a tested positive for a fatal disease that has a prevalence of 1 in 1000 of the general population.The test to determine if you have disease is 95% accurate. You have tested positive for the disease. What are the odds you actually have the disease?

I would say 95%

[Iceman123]

No bb the horse cost £1.00 more than the hound. From a total of £1.10 the only possible answer is horse cost £1.05 and the hound $0.05

I would appreciate if you did not attempt my brain teaser above.

[Iceman123]

I would say 95%

Well wrong, you never read my memo above

[Buckaroo Banzai]

No bb the horse cost £1.00 more than the hound. From a total of £1.10 the only possible answer is horse cost £1.05 and the hound $0.05

I would appreciate if you did not attempt my brain teaser above.

"I had 10 pence and a pound, I bought a horse and a hound; the horse cost a pound more than the hound, how much did I pay for the hound? "
Why couldn't the horse cost 1 pound , the hound 1 pence and you had 9 pence remaining? In the question you state how much you had , nowhere does it say that you now have zero

[Iceman123]

"I had 10 pence and a pound, I bought a horse and a hound; the horse cost a pound more than the hound, how much did I pay for the hound? "
Why couldn't the horse cost 1 pound , the hound 1 pence and you had 9 pence remaining? In the question you state how much you had , nowhere does it say that you now have zero

I get your logic BB however the answer you have given would have meant the horse was only 99 pence more than the hound therefore you are still wrong.

let me rephrase the problem to make it easier.

A horse and a hound cost $1.10 the horse cost $1.00 more than the hound. What did the hound cost?
the reason most people get this wrong is we think in 10’s not parts or fractions.

[Edmond]

What has thirteen internal organs but no heart?

Thirteen cathedrals.

Obviously.


Geez, me genius is wasted here.

[Iceman123]

^
Ed, answer my brain teaser or just get back to the wordle thread, you’ll be much more comfortable there.

[Edmond]

my brain teaser

You think a rudimentary example of Bayes' Theorem is a brain teaser??


Awww.

Isn't he adorable.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

A horse and a hound cost $1.10 the horse cost $1.00 more than the hound.

I see the problem if we were working with a base 10 system where the hound cost 5 pence and the horse cost a pound more 1.5 +.5 for the hound = 1.10 . I understand that
the problem is I am not familiar with British currency.
After I read your puzzle, I google it and I read that a pound is 240 pence , then after your second reply I thought I would ask the question "what is one 10th of a British pound " and the answer is " One tenth of a current British Pound is 10 Pence" which would make the pound 100 pence
Now I am really confused and my head is POUNDing... or is a pence 24 of something else?
No wonder you guys lost your empire and most of your horse and hounds LOL

[Buckaroo Banzai]

so I guess it does not make any difference how many pence are in the pound, the important part is the 10 pence remaining which can only be a maximum of 5 so that the total is 250
But it can also be less than 5 and remain with in the budget of 250 pence Am I not correct about that?