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John Hale
John Hale
Yarn Weaver

Dec-8-2004 01:45

Hello all.
I'm fairly new to Sleuth and I thought I might share a little hobby of mine with you all. Here's something for that sad moment when the mysteries of the day are all done.

Thousands lay up gold within this house,
but no man made it.
Spears past counting guard this house,
but no man wards it.
What is it?

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 04:31

Bryola is right!!!!

Just to explain:
Since four of the bags averaged 21 sweets, we know that the 5th bag contain at least 4 less, or approximately 17. If the total of the 5 bags, based on the 5th containing 17, we have a total of a 101. The only way the equation works is if the grand total equals 100. 100 divided by 5, equals 20 (the average of all 5) and 20-4=16.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 04:37

Which one of the following words does not belong with the others and why?

Father
Aunt
Sister
Cousin
Mother
Uncle

mr mason
mr mason

Jan-3-2005 05:53

Fogot to subtract the 4 after solving for x! Good Job Bryola.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 06:32

not sure if its the same in english but i would vote for cousin. If Im not mistaken cousin can be both male or female and the rest is depends on gender.

Comrade Zhalya
Comrade Zhalya

Jan-3-2005 16:01

Mad One. I think the answer to Cyrills NET is because net in russian means NO. Is right yes?

Bryola
Bryola
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 16:10

Yay! Algebra really is useful

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

Jan-3-2005 16:13

I say the same as reda for jstkdn's thing.

Bryola
Bryola
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 17:58

Rutiger went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the same punch were poisoned by the punch and became very sick. No poison was added to the punch after Rutiger got his drink. Why did Rutiger not get sick?

The Mad One
The Mad One
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 18:30

Rutiger was already sick and contaminated the punch?

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Jan-3-2005 18:35

Well, finally something I can relate to. :) The punch was heavily spiked. As Rutiger only drank some of the punch, as the others partied too hard....they got alchohol poisoning.

Reda you are right!!!!!

Another one:
"Mr Shady?" inquired Shadow. "I am afraid I have some bad news for you. Your brother in law is dead and I have reason to believe he was murdered." "Oh no!" replied Shady. "I just saw Sam a couple of days ago. To tell you the truth though, I am not surprised. Sam did have a big mouth and quite a few enemies. As a matter of fact both of my sisters'husbands and Sam had a big fight over a business deal that turned sour. Then there was a friend of my brother's who loaned Sam a lot of money and never got it back. Another person is my wife's brother who just got out of jail. He accused Sam of framing him. He swore he would get even." As Shady rambled on about Sam's enemies, Shadow read him his rights and arrested him under the suspicion of murder. Why?

THis one is easy.

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