Island On Fire
The man breaks off a branch from one of the trees and uses the fire to set it alight. He then takes it close to the Western most side of the island and starts a new fire. This fire burns from where he started it to the Western most point of the island. During this time, the man stands in the space between the two fires. The second fire is started so that its area is far smaller than the main fire and so this burns out first. The man then stands in the space where the second fire burnt and when the first fire reaches it, it cannot go any further. The man survives, but the whole island is burnt.
Well done to Joao Pedro Afonso who got it spot on!
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One of the oldest and best illusions. Which do you see first, a beautiful lady looking away or an old hag side on?
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His hands were suddenly clammy and felt tingly cold. He could feel the sweat oozing from every pore on his body. There was a very irritating twitch that had developed in his left eye, which was now keeping a beat of which M. C. Hammer would be proud. He did not know how he was going to get through the next few seconds of his life without passing out. The world seemed to swim in and out of focus as he swayed unsteadily on his feet. People he knew and some he did not, although he was sure he should have, were staring at him in anticipation. He knew he should at least make the attempt, but he did not think he would make it.
“This is it.” He thought. “This is the moment I have dreaded all my life. The end is finally here.” He tried to speak but his saliva had dried up and all he could manage was a croaking sound. As he glanced around him, he could see the concern in everyone’s eyes. Some even registered alarm. He knew he had to try. Even if it killed him, and he thought that it actually might but he had to try. “I absolutely, unequivocally must find a way to miraculously survive this,” he thought, “Everything is hanging on what I do now. They are counting on me which means it’s all riding on this one moment.”
“One,” a sudden stabbing sensation pierced his chest. He could feel his pulse start to palpitate. For a brief moment, he thought he might actually pass out. “Two,” the pressure in his chest increased. He realized he had not taken a breath in quite some time and all the blood had rushed to his head, which felt the size of an enormous, hot air balloon. “Three!” He drew in a deep lungful of air and steeled himself. At first, absolutely nothing at all happened. He was sure his throat had seized and he would be completely immobilized like this forever. Then, at last and with great relief, he heard his voice boom through the room. It reverberated violently off the walls. An infant, somewhere in the large crowd started crying, startled.
“I DO!”
Music started playing and the preacher, looking very relieved, pronounced them man and wife. He kissed his new bride hello, and his old life goodbye. The guests, also relieved, crowded forward to congratulate the happy couple. He realized then that he had made the right decision and after all was said and done and the newlyweds had departed in their white limousine as the guests lingered, but only long enough to comment to each other what a lovely ceremony they had witnessed. They slowly left the chapel with their spring wedding favors and their garden wedding favors in their gaily-decorated packages and they all went home.
The pastor and his wife stood in the empty chapel surveying the left over decorations and little white specks of rice on the carpet. “For a moment, I thought he was going to bolt and I wondered,” the pastor’s wife commented as she put paper plates into a plastic trash bag. “Why do men have such a hard time with commitment?”
The Elderly pastor stopped trying to untangle the vacuum cleaner cord and sat down in the first pew. “My dear,” the elderly pastor began, “I thought you would have figured that out by now. I’ll explain it to you but you might not have the right genes to get it. I believe you have to have a certain level of testosterone to understand.” He reached up and loosed his tie before continuing. “You see, men can comprehend what is wrong and what is right, but unlike women, we can’t figure both, at least, not at the same time. I guess you could say we are like the moon, sometimes we are full of light, and we shine brightly. During that phase, we see the good in everything. Sometimes we have no idea what we want and that is the phase in which we are more like the new moon. You cannot see the new moon because the earth blocks the sunlight. So you could say that when a man is like the new moon he is there, he is just not too bright. Our young groom today was like the crescent moon. Half of his soul could see his lovely bride before him; the other half was not very bright. Fortunately, his bright side kicked in and it turned out okay.” The pastor’s wife slowly shook her head from side to side. “You must be a new moon tonight because you’re making no sense at all.
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Lateral thinking…
Island On Fire
A man is stranded on an island 200m high surrounded by shark-infested waters. The wind is blowing from East to West. A fire begins in the Eastern most part of the island and is spreading rapidly through the bushes, trees and shrub towards the man who is standing on the Western most side of the island. The man does not have any water to put out the fire, faces certain death if he jumps off the island, and cannot dig a hole into the hard surface. How does he survive ?
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Handshakes
Your spouse shook hands with Pat, but not Chris.
We begin with what we know: since nobody shook hands with more than six persons, and the seven people other than yourself all shook hands with a different number of people, the numbers must have been:
0,1,2,3,4,5,6, respectively.
Let us begin with “0″–whom we shall call the introvert, because this person shook nobody’s hand. At the other extreme was “6″–whom we shall call the extrovert for obvious reasons. The extrovert shook everybody’s hand, except his/her own spouse. Since the extrovert and the introvert did not shake hands, the introvert must be the extrovert’s spouse.
0&6 are a couple, leaving 1,2,3,4,5 and yourself
Consider the remaining five people other than yourself. Each of these shook hands with the extrovert, and none with the introvert.
One of these five people– “1″, the quasi-introvert–only shook hands with one other person, the extrovert. Another– “5″, the quasi-extrovert–shook hands with five people, everyone except his/her own spouse and the introvert (“0″). Therefore, the quasi-introvert and the quasi-extrovert form a couple.
0&6, 1&5 are couples, leaving 2,3,4 and yourself.
In the same way, “2″ and “4″ form a couple–we’ll call them the pseudo-introvert and pseudo-extrovert, respectively.
0&6, 1&5, 2&4 are couples, leaving 3 and yourself.
Therefore, your spouse is the one who shook hands with three other persons. Furthermore, you and your spouse shook hands with the same people: the extrovert (“6″), the quasi-extrovert (“5″), and the pseudo-extrovert (“4″). This gregarious group includes Pat (one of our givens: you shook hands with Pat), and therefore must exclude Chris.
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Old but still great…
Stare at the four black dots in the center of the image for 30 – 60 seconds. Then quickly close your eyes and look at something bright (like a lamp or a window with sunlight coming through it). You should see a white circle with an image inside it.
Click on image to enlarge
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Handshakes
Four couples attended a party. One couple was you and your spouse; another was Pat and Chris. Some people shook hands with one another, but nobody shook hands with oneself or with one’s own spouse.
After the party, you asked each person (except yourself) how many different people the person had shaken hands with. Each person replied with a different number–and each person’s reply was truthful.
You shook hands with Pat. Did your spouse shake hands with Pat? With Chris? How did you reach that conclusion ?
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Clever Lawyer Solution
The clever lawyer was able to deduce that the probability that the witness identified the murderer is not the same as the probability he identifies the colour correctly.
There are also two possibilities – the colour was green and correctly identified, or the colour was red and incorrectly identified.
The probability that a Green gang member committed the murder given that the witness identified green is
(0.8 X 0.85)/ (0.8*0.85+0.2*0.15) = 0.9577…
This exceeds the 95% minimum certainty required by law.
As it turns out, the witness needs to be 82.6% effective to achieve the conviction.
This puzzle has real life connotations. Next time you check the weather forecast and the forecaster says it will rain, and it’s dry, think of this problem as it explains why they are usually wrong. Given that the weather forecasters are 85% accurate and that is dry 95% of the time, it turns out the probability of it raining when they predict it is only 23%, whilst the probability of being dry if predicted is 99%.
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Everybody wants to look back on their wedding day with fond memories. The wedding day is one of the most memorable days of their life, and one that you want to live in style. One aspect of the day which is often over looked is the bridal transport.
But should I hire a classic wedding car? The answer to this question begins by defining a classic car, the classic car is a wedding car favourite and the term ‘classic car’ is any motor vehicle no longer in production, that were highly-priced when new, have marque loyalty, and are still popular today and made between the 1950s and the 1970s. Their workmanship is of a higher quality which usually means they have a nicer more comfortable ride. These cars were built in limited quantities with custom coachwork and luxury accessories, they have style, great charm and character.
Classic wedding car hire comes in various styles and can be a great photo opportunity for your wedding album and video as well for your guests photos. Some guests may wait outside the church to see you arrive, and then everybody will see you and your groom leave for, and arrive at your reception. So you want your wedding transport to be something special and maybe tie in with your wedding theme or venue.
Classic cars are a favourite choice of bridal car and selecting the right wedding transport is largely a matter of personal choice. There are a large number of alternative vehicles available from a Daimler Limousine, which is a vehicle with a glass partition behind the driver, to the traditional classic chauffeur driven saloons such as a 1970s Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. These are splendidly grand and spacious wedding cars, expensive to buy and maintain, they are usually more expensive to hire than modern vehicles, but are glorious wedding vehicles.
No matter what car model is decided upon for the wedding day, make sure the car will stand out from the crowd, because this is the day when you want to be noticed by everybody. Consider using the wedding car in several of the wedding photographs to make the experience last a life time. With such a wide wedding car selection, it is important to decide on the wedding car model that best suits your needs and wishes.
With this information you can start looking for a wedding car transport company with these models of cars, many wedding car websites have pictures of the the bridal cars and offer advise on the limitations of distance and their seating capacity etc. The more information you provide when contacting them, the more accurate the quotation that is offered.
It is always recommended to arrange to view older cars to check the cars condition before booking, and reputable companies will always agree to this. It will also identify whether the company is an agent or the actual wedding car owner.
Learn more about wedding cars sussex. Stop by www.cars4weddings.co.uk site where you can find out all about classic wedding cars and what they can do for you.
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This is not just an optical illusion, it has a very strange property in that not everyone actually sees the illusion! If you do, you’ll notice that the centre square is visibly moving despite this being a static image. For others, I’m unsure of the percentage, the image will look static – as it should be! So, do you see the image move? Please post a yes or no so we can get an idea of the ratios.
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Clever Lawyer
In Puzzleville’s trial of the century, Greg Green stands accused of murder. He is the leader of the ruthless Green gang, a gang that comprises 80% of Puzzleville’s gang population. The other 20% are from the notorious Red gang run by Ricky Red. Each gang is distinctive by their clothing; all red or all green.
The prosecution has found a witness to the murder who is convinced that the killer, who we know for certain was a gang member, was a member of the Green gang. However, under heavy cross-examination, the defense lawyer discovers that the prosecution’s star witness is a little colour blind. He orders a test to see how often the witness can correctly identify the colour red or green. He knows that under Puzzleville law, the prosecution has to show a 95% certainty that the crime was committed by the Green gang to get a conviction. Perhaps this could be his client’s way out …
As the trial climaxes, the results of the colour blindness test are read out. The witness can correctly identify the colour only 85% of the time.
The defense, and the Green gang let out a huge cheer as it seems that the case against them has just collapsed. However, our very clever prosecution lawyer then produces an argument that sends Greg Green to prison for life.
What argument did the clever lawyer use ?
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Another great illusion, this is a still image – honest. Works best full screen.
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Deadly Party
The poison in the punch came from the ice cubes. When the man drank the punch the ice was fully frozen. Gradually it melted, poisoning the punch.
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This is my number one greatest stage illusion of all time. David Copperfield was the one person who inspired me to take up magic 16 years ago. I have seen this illusion live in a theatre in Denmark and it truly blew me away and moved me to tears. The vanish on the platform is so unique it has had magicians all over the world scratching their heads for the past 15 years. Beautiful music too.
Do you agree with my top 5?
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I’ve decided to take a break from the taxing logic puzzles of late and treat you all to this head scratching lateral thinking puzzle.
Deadly Party
A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?
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