FORUM FUN FEATURE!! Tough Test 4

[Bumper]

Tough Test 4

1. What time zone is found directly East of the Eastern Time Zone?

2. How much does a fish weigh if it weighs 1 pound plus half its own weight?

3. How many revolutions does a standard LP record make in 3 minutes?

4. Best West Pet Food packages its dog biscuits in boxes containing 16, 17, 23, 24, 39, and 40 pounds. They will not sell them in any other way, or break into a box. A customer asks to be supplied with 100 pounds of dog biscuits. Can the order be filled? If not, how close can they come to supplying the requested quantity? Best West, of course, has an ample supply of boxes of all sizes.

5. What US state ends in the letter “G”?

6. A man went into a shop and asked: “How much is 1?” “$1.20" replied the shopkeeper. “How much are 10?” asked the customer. “$2.40" responded the shopkeeper. “I’ll have 100" said the customer. The shopkeeper charged him $3.60. What was the man buying?

7. Does Whistler’s mother sit in a rocking chair in the well-known painting?

8. Name 5 musical instruments, all to be found in an orchestra, and all beginning with the letter “T”.

9. What toy company is the worlds’s No.1 Maker of female apparel?

10. What are the next 4 letters in this series?
Y Y H L Y E Y T ? ? ? ?

[SunKneeMarie]

Man... that's a TOUGH ONE! I hardly know any of these... not that it takes a tough one to cause that to happen....

1) Atlantic
2) I think this one is a trick question and can't mathematically be done (by me, anyway); how can you add half your own weight to your weight, and still end up with your original weight? A 1lb fish, for example, according to the instructions in the riddle, would now weigh 1.5 lbs [adding (1.0 lb) + (1/2 his weight of 1.0 lb) = 1.5 lbs]... am I making this more complicated than the question warranted--I do that sometimes....
3) 100 (if a "standard" record is a 33-1/3 rpm)
4) I can get to 101... then they can ask for a 1 lb box (since they have all those boxes) and return the last 1 lb... no? okay....
5) Wyoming
6) nothing comes to mind... hmmmm...
7) no, it just looks like she does
8) tuba, trumpet, trombone... uh... ummm... tambourine? triangle? tympany drum?
9) "slinky"... ha, get it?? (okay, no idea)
10) R, R, R, R

[Critter]

6 - the man is buying the numbers "1", "0", and "0" or 100.
9 - Mattel, makers of Barbie dolls and her clothing line

[Jesus]

2- The fish still weights 1 pound, doesn't it?
8- timpani (or kettledrums), yes, the triangule,

[Bumper]

Okay, okay, okay. Here's the answers.

Tough Test 4 - Answers
1. Atlantic Time

2. The fish weighs 2 pounds. Two halves make a whole, so if the fish’s total weight is the sum of 1 pound and a half the total weight, the other half must also be 1 pound.

3. 100 (3 X 33 1/3)

4. Best West will supply 4 boxes of 17 pounds each, and two boxes of 16 pounds each.

5. Wyoming

6. Numbers for his house.

7. No

8. Trumpet, trombone, tuba, timpani, triangle, tambourine, tubular bells

9. Mattel (Barbie clothes)

10. R R R R (Last letters of the names of the months)

[Critter]

So combined we got everything but the fish, and dog bisquits.

But I do think it is a stretch to get from:

2. How much does a fish weigh if it weighs 1 pound plus half its own weight?

to:

2. The fish weighs 2 pounds. Two halves make a whole, so if the fish’s total weight is the sum of 1 pound and a half the total weight, the other half must also be 1 pound.

On the original information.

[SunKneeMarie]

Man, I guess I really overthought that fish question.... Made it too MUCH of a math question. I always think these quizzes are trying to trick me... must be my paranoia kicking in again.... Must be time to up my meds....

Thanks for the quiz, Bump....

[Critter]

Duh, I just got it

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by Critter

Duh, I just got it

Welcome aboard, Crit. And how has your trip been so far?

[Nerak936]

Just found my blue crayon <img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_10_4.gif' alt='Blue' border=0></a>, but alas, I already looked at the answers. Aw, shucks!!



Awaiting the next test........<img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_6_109.gif' alt='Waiting' border=0></a>

[roni]

Huh?

[Critter]

Confusing bumper confusing.

[BarbC]

I got the fish right and even Wyoming and Barbie, Atlantic of course, but not the store or the last one. Good work, Bump.
I got the fish this way: Let x be the weight of the fish (it would have been easier to let x be one half the fish's weight, maybe). Then 1+x/2=x or 1=x-x/2 . Then 1 = x(1-1/2), i.e., 1= x/2 and so, voilà, x=2 Boy my algebra is rusty!

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by Critter

Confusing bumper confusing.

Confusion is one of my specialties, Critter. I thought a clever chap like you would have figured that out by now. Guess I better get started on putting another test together, eh? How tough should I make this one?

[TAPPY]

Originally Posted by Critter

Confusing bumper confusing.

Critter - I going to have to find some one else to cheat off of......