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Post by Egbert » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:12 pm

Incorrect. You can do it with less marbles.
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Post by Lord Fredo » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:25 pm

Well, luck or no luck you would still need to pick up 4 marbles to be able to be sure. Either by emptying two boxes or by picking one from each and then pick one more from one of the the two boxes that has given you the same color.

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Post by Egbert » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:35 pm

No, you can do it with less marbles. You just have to figure out how. Hah, I finally got you guys!

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Here's a hint --- read the question carefully, especially the part about what you know about the signs.
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Post by Saladin » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:45 pm

Validon wrote:OR Saladin has a night light because he is afraid of the dark. :lol:
OR Saladin has a window in his bedroom and it was still daytime outside when he went to bed.
Actually my room is completely dark when i turn off the light as it has no windows and i turn of any and all electrical stuff that has a standby light, because i can't sleep when there's even the tiniest bit of light.
Validon wrote:Saladin owns a clapper?
I do have a clapper, though it's a very old fashioned one. It's called Annemarie and when i clap my hands and tell her to turn of the lights, the lights magically turn off. After which i usually get punched in the kidneys by an unseen force. :roll:
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Post by Saladin » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:54 pm

the answer is 2.

Suppose you take the box with BB on it and your marble is white (if it's black you're already ready).

Then you take the second box with WW on it and the marble in there is white that means that the box with BB on it has 2 whites. WW has black and white and BW has two blacks.

So 2 marbles max.
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Post by Raw » Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:58 pm

You don't need to pick any marbles, just open the box and look in.
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Post by Validon » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:06 pm

I went to lunch right after I answered the question and it hit me. You only need to take out 1 marble. Duh!!!!!! I answered too quickly.

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Post by Validon » Thu Dec 16, 2004 5:09 pm

In explanation, if all the signs are wrong then you could pick one marble out of the WW or the BB box and determine from there what all of the boxes contain.

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Post by korexus » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:15 pm

I agree thatyou can do it in 1 marble, but I think it has to be from the BW box.

If the marble is white then both marbles in that box are white.
Therefore the box marked BB cannot be BB or WW so must be BW
Therefore the box marked WW has both black marbles.

if the marble is black then it works the other way.

If you pick from the BB box and get a white marble then you don't know if it is WW or BW so I don't think your way works...
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Post by Validon » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:36 pm

Your right korexus I wrote it backwards.
I'm at work and sometimes try to get in my posts too quickly and lose my train of thought.

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Post by Egbert » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:19 pm

Nice job, Korexus!

For the metrically-challenged out there:

A 100-meter long train moving 100 meters per minute must pass through a tunnel of 100 meters in length. How long will it take?

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Post by Allister Fiend » Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:56 pm

I minute, 40 seconds
Oh no!!! I'm out of those important papers.......

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Post by Egbert » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:02 pm

That is absolutely............. :o wrong.
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Post by Validon » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:04 pm

2 minutes

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Post by Egbert » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:17 pm

right. :x

Alright, I have to resort to obscure riddles now. If you've heard this one before, please don't give the answer...........

It is more powerful than God,
And more evil than the Devil.
The poor have it.
The rich need it.
And if you eat it, you will die.

What is it?

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Post by Raw » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:31 pm

How about this:

OMGHI2UWTFBBQ!
It's not fast unless its got a fart can.

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Post by Egbert » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:42 pm

Raw wrote:How about this:

OMGHI2UWTFBBQ!
:D Oh my god, hi to you. What the f---, barbeque!
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Post by Raw » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:44 pm

Nice!
It's not fast unless its got a fart can.

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Post by Raw » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:48 pm

could also be:

Oh my god, hi to you. Want to f---, barbeque!
It's not fast unless its got a fart can.

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Post by Saladin » Thu Dec 16, 2004 9:13 pm

Can't we ban Korexus from these quizes? No fun having somebody play who knows all the answers. :P

Too dangnabbit good. :?
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