Aw crap - I missed it again! Stupid time zones. Any old puzzles from the vault left?
It's Friday - annoying puzzle day! Page 22
I'll give it a miss next week. 
You may already know, but Richard Wiseman does a brain-teaser every Friday here: http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/
He's been doing it for months, so there's plenty to have a crack at. Solutions come the following Monday.
Thanks for that, the Wiseman link.
Cheers for the link.
Quote: Kenneth @ February 5 2010, 10:27 PM GMTAw crap - I missed it again! Stupid time zones. Any old puzzles from the vault left?
I keep them all at work
& I may have plundered all the archives.
Stil after NewsJack finishes, you never know Kev may do another crossword.
Quote: Steve Sunshine @ February 5 2010, 10:59 PM GMTStil after NewsJack finishes, you never know Kev may do another crossword.
Believe it or not, nobody finished the last one yet. iirc, anyway.
We need a link
No obscure clues are too hard for this forum.
& I'd stake my non existent reputation on that.
I'll be damned if I get this one.
http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/its-the-friday-puzzle-46/
John is sent out to complete a census. He knocks on the door of house number 56 and Jane answers.
Here is the conversation:
John: How many children do you have?
Jane: Three
John: What are their ages?
Jane: I am part of Richard Wiseman's Friday puzzle and so cannot tell you directly.
John: Oh
Jane: However, I am allowed to tell you that when you multiply their ages together you get 36
John: Oh
Jane: Not only that, see that house directly across the street? Well, the sum of their ages is equal to the number of windows in that house.
John: Oh
Jane: And my oldest really likes bears.
John: Oh
At that point John knows the ages of the three children. What are their ages?
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ February 12 2010, 1:31 PM GMTJane: I am part of Richard Wiseman's Friday puzzle and so cannot tell you directly.
John: Oh
It's like those two trains questions - one leaves Newcastle at 5pm travelling at 60 MPH and one leaves Brighton at 5.10pm but travels at 75 MPH, what time do both trains reach Birmingham?
Why not just check the train company website for live travel information?
Easy. They never meet.
There's no line between Brighton and Birmingham.
Quote: Kevin Murphy @ February 12 2010, 1:31 PM GMTI'll be damned if I get this one.
He needs the last bit of information to solve it.
Edit:
He's narrowed to 9 2 2 or 6 6 1 and now 'oldest' lets him know.
Quote: JohnnyD @ February 12 2010, 5:22 PM GMTHe needs the last bit of information to solve it.
Edit:
He's narrowed to 9 2 2 or 6 6 1 and now 'oldest' lets him know.
Has he? How?
I get that there are a limited number of ways to get to 36 by multiplying 3 numbers, and I get that the "oldest" comment means that there's one number bigger than the other two, but I don't get how to narrow it down.
(I've had a drink, but I think) there are eight ways to get to 36 by multiplying 3 numbers.
These sum to 38 16 21 13 14 11 13 10
He can count the windows but still does not have enough information to choose from the sums above. So there must be 13 windows and their ages sum to 13.
Quote: JohnnyD @ February 12 2010, 7:14 PM GMTHe can count the windows but still does not have enough information to choose from the sums above. So there must be 13 windows and their ages sum to 13.
I've no idea what this means. How do you arrive at 13?
EDIT: Oh, I get it. We have to put ourself in John's head, and assume he's able to count the all the windows in the other house (which probably should have been stated in the puzzle somewhere. I mean, what if there's a vicious dog, or the owners don't like people going into their back garden or something? John's f**ked.)
Well done JohnnyD
I was close but I couldn't make the last leap.
Here were todays neighbours anyway.
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