Can you figure out these?

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between
three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5
minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later, they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when
you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find
out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think
nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is
unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find
anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do
so without any coaching!

These are fun! I'll take a few guesses:

#2 - wife shoots a picture of husband??
#3 - charcoal
#4 - yesterday, today, tomorrow??

#1 and #5 I will have to think some more about...

Dena

oh my goodness

Wouldn't lions that haven't eaten in 3 years be dead? So I'd guess room 3. :)

Masaki

Okay all correct just one left....

O.K. #5 ~ is it that the word

Betty

#5 - there is no word containing the letter "e".

You guys are all so smart!!! The ONLY one that I got was the lions who hadn't eaten for 3 years. Maybe I need to go on more cruises with you guys so some of your brain power rubs off!

Duh! I should have noticed that the lions hadn't eaten for three years. My logic didn't kick in on that one - and I didn't read it closely enough. These are interesting examples of how the mind can get locked on one thing (I wouldn't want to be in a room full of lions...) without paying attention to the details and missing the "obvious".

Not sure I would have gotten #5 - I was playing with the letters of the alphabet but didn't notice the lack of "e". Well done!

Thanks Kathy - I enjoyed the mental gymnastics.

Dena

I thought since it was quiet we could all use a little puzzle to keep our minds sharp for trivia !

This is assuming they were sharp to begin with!

Marcie, I know your mind is sharp because you are always winning those poker games! Speaking of which, I am clueless when it comes to poker - I may need some lessons from you on MUSH.

Dena

Somehow, I passed the obvious on #4, I thought Christmas Eve, Christmas day, and the day after Christmas, same with New Year's, Thanksgiving, and others.

Didn't do well on 2 or 5.

Too mentally taxing for me - reminded me of 5th grade problem solving - if the train left the station at 4 PM on 12/12 and stopped 11 times for 44 minutes, conductor visited his mother in Mobile for 2 days, what time and day did it arrive in Reno? Not a clue - then or now - logic... me???

Dena,

I'm in on the Texas hold'em lessons. All I know of Poker is Video or 5 card draw - maybe jokers or deuces wild!!

LOL Joanna! I agree....always did HATE those problems. I was clueless so I'd just spend the time writing notes to my girlfriends or eyeing the geeky guys in my class.

Dena, watch our for Texas Hold'em...such fun but it can be very addicting (like LCT)

I never tested well in school because of these type of questions, and still don't do too well with them. :( All I ever wanted to do in school was have fun :) Sorry but this quiz is just not for me!! much too taxing......

Doris

Doris, you're my kind of gal!

Doris: Thank goodness for other females who struggled with math and logic - I still balance my check book by rounding off the amount of the check - drives Tony nuts - not me - have several dollars left at end of year - that's my logic -

Kathy - I would love to learn! Maybe we can find some others for lessons and a beginners' game or two. Then we can give Marcie, Ngaire and the other "pros" a run for their money!

Dena

You know what they say about beginner's luck! :cool:

Masaki I thought the same!! Either dead or they ate each other....

but here is what I don't get...they guy has been sentenced to die...is he choosing the room that would offer the quickest death or what???

AL - never thought about it that way - but yeah, death by boredom locked in a room with dead lions doesn't sound like it's a lot of fun. :)

Masaki