Car talk plaza puzzler revisited

returntosender · Mar 15, 2021

Sabertooth said:
I have solved one like this before. Do you want my answer (in a spoiler) right away, or would you like me to wait?

I am not sure anyone else is playing? Lets see if anyone responds to your request to give the answer. If no one does I guess they don't care if they see the answer and then you can post it. As for me I don't read them anymore, lol.

Sabertooth · Mar 15, 2021

alllivesmatter said:
Did you win then?

Yes.

Sabertooth · Mar 15, 2021

alllivesmatter said:
What were the weights of the four individual stones? So if you want to weigh one pound, six pounds, 11 pounds, 22 pounds, 39 pounds -- how would you use the stones, the thing you are weighing, and the balance beam?

The four stones are 1# 3# 9# & 27#, totaling 40#.
The measured feed

is always placed in the left scale pan.
For 2# of feed

, place 1# in the left scale pan & 3# in the right.
1#⚖3#
That gives the right pan a net weight of [3 - 1] 2#.
2# of feed

will bring the scale into balance.

+ 1# = 3#

To measure ??# (left pan⚖right pan)

1#, empty (0#)⚖1#.
Net right = 1 - 0 = 1
6#, 3#⚖9#.
Net right = 9 - 3 = 6
11#, 1#⚖9# 3#.
Net right = 9 + 3 - 1 = 11
22#, 9#⚖27# 3# 1#.
Net right = 27 + 3 + 1 - 9 = 22
39#, empty (0#)⚖27# 9# 3#.
Net right = 27 + 9 + 3 - 0 = 39

(Every weight from 1-40# [in 1# intervals] can be done this way.)

returntosender · Mar 22, 2021

LAST WEEKS ANSWER/15TH
Answer:
RAY: Clearly, one of the pieces has to be one pound. I think we all agree on that.

And I think you guys thought was the next one will be three. Put one on one side and three on the other and that's two. Three pounds is obvious because he's got the three-pound thing. Four pounds is easy: he puts the three and the one together. And now we're in a lot of trouble. I'm going to say one, three, five, and whatever's left, 29 or something.

The way I stumbled upon the answer was that somehow I figured out it had to be powers of three. If it broke into four pieces, there are four powers of three between one and 40 -- three to the zero which is one, three to the one which is three, three squared which is nine, and three cubed which is 27. And that's what they are. One, three, nine, and 27. I think those are the only ones that work.

returntosender · Mar 22, 2021

The Dashboard Definition

RAY: This puzzler was sent in to us by Bob Shea from cyberspace.

Everyone knows that the panel on an airplane is called an instrument panel because it contains all of the flight instruments, which help the pilot and co-pilot know where their plane's going.

Well, a car also has instruments but it's not called an instrument panel. We call it a dashboard. My question, very simply, is, where does the term "dashboard" come from?

Sabertooth · Mar 22, 2021

That's just an etymology question...

dashboard | Origin and meaning of dashboard by Online Etymology Dictionary

returntosender · Mar 29, 2021

returntosender said:
The Dashboard Definition

RAY: This puzzler was sent in to us by Bob Shea from cyberspace.

Everyone knows that the panel on an airplane is called an instrument panel because it contains all of the flight instruments, which help the pilot and co-pilot know where their plane's going.

Well, a car also has instruments but it's not called an instrument panel. We call it a dashboard. My question, very simply, is, where does the term "dashboard" come from?

Answer:
RAY: Before there were cars, people used to get around using horses and buggies. The roads were dirt and when it rained they became muddy. If you were in a buggy and the horse was trotting along, the rear hooves would kick up mud. So carriages or wagons had a board that was fixed at an angle, not unlike the dashboards of cars, and it was called the "dashboard" because it did its job primarily when the horses were dashing along kicking up mud. And when they started building cars, of course, they were really adapting carriages, so the thing that they attached the instruments in the car to was called the "dashboard" because it looked just like the dashboard of a wagon.

returntosender · Mar 29, 2021

The Metal Helmet Mystery

RAY: This puzzler suggestion came from Benjamin Schultz.

At the beginning of the First World War, the uniform of the British soldiers included a brown cloth cap. As the war went on, the Army authorities in the war office became alarmed at the high proportion of men suffering head injuries. They decided to replace the cloth headgear with metal helmets. However, the war office was then amazed to discover that there were more soldiers hospitalized with head injuries than ever before.

It can be assumed that the intensity of fighting was the same before and after the change. So, why should the recorded number of head injuries increase when the men were wearing metal helmets rather than cloth caps?

Sabertooth · Mar 29, 2021

If the helmet rested on the wearer's head without a supporting framework, the energy from an impact would have been transferred directly to the wearer's skull. It is like being hit in the head by your own helmet. A supporting framework acts as a shock-absorber. (In 1980s USMC, that was called a helmet liner.)
The rim of the helmet was somewhat wider than wearing no helmet at all. That means it would have had impacts that the unhelmeted head would have dodged altogether.

returntosender · Apr 6, 2021

Sabertooth
Will you post the answer as it won't get posted otherwise. I am running out of time and it takes close to a half hour to go from one site to another.
Thanks
If you don't want to that's fine.

Sabertooth · Apr 6, 2021

returntosender said:
The Metal Helmet Mystery

RAY: This puzzler suggestion came from Benjamin Schultz.

At the beginning of the First World War, the uniform of the British soldiers included a brown cloth cap. As the war went on, the Army authorities in the war office became alarmed at the high proportion of men suffering head injuries. They decided to replace the cloth headgear with metal helmets. However, the war office was then amazed to discover that there were more soldiers hospitalized with head injuries than ever before.

It can be assumed that the intensity of fighting was the same before and after the change. So, why should the recorded number of head injuries increase when the men were wearing metal helmets rather than cloth caps?

Answer:
RAY: And the reason is rather simple. Before the helmets, anyone that got hit with a piece of shrapnel and wearing a cloth helmet was a goner. Without the helmets, they had many more fatalities, and with the helmets, they had fewer fatalities, but more injuries.

Sabertooth · Apr 6, 2021

Crusty’s Wedding Breakdown
RAY: This puzzler is about Crusty's wedding. He's been married five times and this has to do with his most recent nuptials.

On the occasion of his most recent wedding, he had to take a long trip to meet his bride-to-be. It was quite a distance away to Unadilla, N.Y. So he took his most reliable car, his '65 Falcon, and makes his way through Massachusetts onto Route 7 in New York.

He's cruising along when all of a sudden, the car backfires and dies, and he coasts to the side of the road. He realizes immediately that his points have burnt out. Luckily in his glove box is a brand-new set of ignition points.

As luck would have it, his entire tool kit is in the glove box which consists of a screwdriver, a hammer, and a jackknife. So he opens the hood and takes off the distributor cap and proceeds to remove the little screw that holds the points in. He deftly removes the screw, installs the new points...and drops the screw. Where does it go? Where it always goes! Inside the distributor!

And he can't get it out. He can see it. He can even touch it with his screwdriver, but he can't get it out. He runs to the trunk, and he finds in there the kind of stuff you usually find in the trunk.

A jack, a salami sandwich, a junky old lamp, a gallon of Filippo Berio extra virgin olive oil, and a 50-pound bag of dog food.

Using one or a combination of these things, he manages to extricate the screw from its hiding place inside the distributor within a matter of minutes. And he does not tip the car over on its roof. How does he do it?

Sabertooth · Apr 6, 2021

He turns his screwdriver into an electro-magnet using the car's battery & lamp wires.

Make an Electromagnet

returntosender · Apr 6, 2021

Sabertooth said:
Answer:
RAY: And the reason is rather simple. Before the helmets, anyone that got hit with a piece of shrapnel and wearing a cloth helmet was a goner. Without the helmets, they had many more fatalities, and with the helmets, they had fewer fatalities, but more injuries.

Did you get it right?
Thanks for taking care of it. You can take over anytime you want

Sabertooth · Apr 6, 2021

returntosender said:
Did you get it right?

Nope. Over-thought it... :doh:

returntosender · Apr 7, 2021

Sabertooth said:
Nope. Over-thought it...

It's hard to believe you got one wrong but I understand the over thinking ^_^

Sabertooth · Apr 12, 2021

Sabertooth said:
Crusty’s Wedding Breakdown

Answer:
RAY: Here's what Crusty does to get to his wedding on time. He takes the lamp cord, realizes that this isn't going to be his bride's wedding present after all, and he cuts the cord with the jackknife. He then bares the ends of the cord so that he has a wire with the insulation removed. He then wraps that lamp cord around the screwdriver and, touching the bare ends of the battery, turns his screwdriver into an electromagnet. And in the second he pulls out the screw and before the lamp cord catches fire, he installs the screw, sets the points, making him only two hours late for the wedding.

Of course, his bride-to-be was gone when he got to the church. But he did make it. You know, the moral of the story is that you can make it if you have to, but he was a little late. He'll have to wait until his next wedding.

Sabertooth · Apr 12, 2021

Don't Do It, Frank!
RAY: An off-duty policeman is working as a night watchman in an office building. He's doing his rounds and he comes upon a closed door. Behind the door he hears voices; people are talking and an argument seems to be taking place. He hears someone say, "No, Frank, no; don't do it, you'll regret it." Bang! Bang! Bang!

The night watchman bursts through the door; what does he see? A dead man on the floor. And the proverbial what? Smoking gun.

And in the room, are three living people; a minister, a doctor, and a plumber. He walks over to the minister and says, "You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent."

How does he know that it was the minister that pulled the trigger?

Sabertooth · Apr 13, 2021

First impression, but it seems too simple,...

Frank is the minister's name...?

Sabertooth · Apr 13, 2021

Possibility #2,...

The doctor & plumber are both women.
(If that is the case, my first guess would still be valid.)
It gets more complicated if Frank is either of their surnames... :scratch:

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