Ask a physicist anything. (2)

[Wiccan_Child]

I you can use something like a space

Spoiler:

Trying Blank Spoiler

After testing it out, you don't have to type anything after the =, although it comes out like this

Spoiler

It just says 'Spoiler for'

So it works but the spoiler title makes no sense.

The OCD in me won't allow that, so I think I'll make do with a title. Awesome find though, 'grats .

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Anyhoo, the answer is:

Spoiler: The answer to that thing what was on up there

Seaman

Next riddle!

There were two cats: one two three cat, and un deux trois cat. They had a swimming race from England to France across the Channel. Which won?

 

[SithDoughnut]

Anyhoo, the answer is:

Spoiler: The answer to that thing what was on up there

Seaman

Next riddle!

There were two cats: one two three cat, and un deux trois cat. They had a swimming race from England to France across the Channel. Which won?

That's a joke, not a riddle . Anyways the answer is:

Spoiler: the answer

It was One Two Three, because Un Deux Trois Quatre Cinq

 

[Assyrian]

Spoiler: catameran

The winner was one two three cat.
Un deux trois cat sank

 

[Wiccan_Child]

That's a joke, not a riddle . Anyways the answer is:

Spoiler: the answer

It was One Two Three, because Un Deux Trois Quatre Cinq

Being a joke and being a riddle are not mutually exclusive: the former are humorous, and the latter are puzzles whose double-meanings form the solution. Thus, it's both a joke (because it's amuses me) and it's a riddle (because it puzzles me). Pfft, I've talked to AV for far too long to get bogged down in semantics .

Anyhow, you're right. I'll come up with a new riddle in the 'morrow... not that these riddles have been mine thus far! Feel free to post your own, keep this thread alive and kicking

 

[SithDoughnut]

It's interesting how this thread turned from a physics thread to a riddles thread

I've got one though, it's even vaguely physics related (well, it's got maths in it, and physics is just applied maths isn't it? ):

The rungs of a ladder attached to a sailing ship are spaced 1 foot apart from each other, and the ladder itself is 12 feet long. The ship is drifting in a body of water that is rising at a speed of 1 foot every two hours. However, there is a dam at the end of the body of water that is releasing water at a speed of one foot every 3 hours. How long will it be until the water covers the ladder completely?

 

[Assyrian]

Spoiler: clever title

Is there a hole in the ship or something?

 

[pgp_protector]

It's interesting how this thread turned from a physics thread to a riddles thread

I've got one though, it's even vaguely physics related (well, it's got maths in it, and physics is just applied maths isn't it? ):

The rungs of a ladder attached to a sailing ship are spaced 1 foot apart from each other, and the ladder itself is 12 feet long. The ship is drifting in a body of water that is rising at a speed of 1 foot every two hours. However, there is a dam at the end of the body of water that is releasing water at a speed of one foot every 3 hours. How long will it be until the water covers the ladder completely?

Spoiler: My Answer

Never, the Ship is Floating so the latter will stay at the same height relative to the surface of the water

 

[SithDoughnut]

Pgp, you're correct. Assyrian, there is no hole.

I'll give you another one:

'What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.'

I never got this one until I got a long series of clues, so it might come down to a lot of trial and error.

Have fun!

 

[canehdianhotstuff]

Pgp, you're correct. Assyrian, there is no hole.

I'll give you another one:

'What English word is nine letters long, and can remain an English word at each step as you remove one letter at a time, right down to a single letter. List the letter you remove each time and the words that result at each step.'

I never got this one until I got a long series of clues, so it might come down to a lot of trial and error.

Have fun!

Heard it years ago.

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

 

[SithDoughnut]

Heard it years ago.

You couldn't put that in spoiler tags, could you? It's the most difficult riddle I could think of and I hope to stump as many people as possible

I do wonder what other words it could work for though...

 

[canehdianhotstuff]

I got a stats question here that no student has ever solved according to the teacher. I tried for a bit but got too busy with actual class homework that I forgot about it until now. See if anyone can get it.

The following characters may be chosen for license plates: uppercase letters A through Z, !, -, digits 0 through 9, space, and the apostrophe. How many 6 character plates are possible if dash, space, and apostrophe maybe only be used once and only as the second, third, fourth and fifth characters? (unlimited repetition is allowed for the other characters.)

Have fun with that!

 

[canehdianhotstuff]

You couldn't put that in spoiler tags, could you? It's the most difficult riddle I could think of and I hope to stump as many people as possible

I do wonder what other words it could work for though...

Sorry, I'm not familiar with spoiler tags lol. Besides my question is harder lol. Where are spoiler tags anyways? Or what are they typed out?

 

[canehdianhotstuff]

If that gets annoying, try this one. Was a bonus question on a stats test that I was 1 of only 3 people to figure it out in the class. Think simple on this.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]A Ferrari is traveling at 30 miles per hour on a head-on collision course with a Maserati, which is being driven at a leisurely 20 miles per hour. When the two cars are exactly 50 miles apart, a very fast fly leaves the front fender of the Ferrari and travels towards the Maserati at 100 miles per hour. When it reaches the Maserati, it instantly reverses direction and flies back to the Ferrari and continues winging back and forth between the rapidly approaching cars. At the moment the two cars collide, what is the total distance the fly has covered?[/FONT][/FONT]

 

[SithDoughnut]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with spoiler tags lol. Besides my question is harder lol. Where are spoiler tags anyways? Or what are they typed out?

To turn something into a spoiler you put [spoiler =] at the front. Then you put [/ spoiler] at the end, without the spaces.

 

[Wiccan_Child]

Heard it years ago.

Spoiler:

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

Kinda ruined it for us there, canehdianhotstuff :/
Spoiler tags? Making the text white? Or simply saying "Oh, I heard this one before, but I won't spoil it ".

 

[TerranceL]

The 1500+ posts beg to differ. You ask a question, and I attempt to answer it. The premise is one of physics ("Why does ice float?"), but any questions are welcome, as are anyone's attempts at an answer.

Of course, occasionally, my omniscience fails me, and I can't answer a question. There's no need to get in a huff about it, m'dear.

HAH HE JUST SAID SCIENTISTS DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT MEANS EVOLUTION IS WRONG!



....


Or something like that...

 

[TerranceL]

It's interesting how this thread turned from a physics thread to a riddles thread

LOL Actually it's going back to a riddle thread! lol At one point in the last thread we had a few pages of riddles.

 

[Doveaman]

It's interesting how this thread turned from a physics thread to a riddles thread

Can you have a physics riddle?

Or perhaps a physics riddle question?

Such as:

The physicist saw the light was bright, what did he see the light with?

 

[Doveaman]

To turn something into a spoiler you put [spoiler =] at the front. Then you put [/ spoiler] at the end, without the spaces.

Oh, that's how it works!

I should give it a try:

Spoiler: Physics riddle from young Darwin