You are stuck in a room with two doors. The first door leads to a room with a magnifying glass that will use the suns rays to fry you into cinders the moment you walk into it. The second door has a dragon who will flame you to death the moment you open the door.
How do you escape?
And more importantly, how did you get stuck in a room like that anyways? :-)
I'm posting one puzzle, riddle, math, or statistical problem a day. Try to answer each one and post your answers in the comments section. I'll post the answer the next day. Even if you have the same answer as someone else, feel free to put up your answer, too!
Friday, July 06, 2007
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A sun clock would have the last. It is just a chunk of metal with a stationary pin in the middle to cast a shadow over a number.
ReplyDeleteI would say either a water clock or an hourglass would have the most. (each individual grain or molecule if that counts.)
Since the riddle changed...
ReplyDeleteSimple... Walk out at night (Since I walked in at night)
You caught that, huh? I had hoped I got it fixed quickly enough that it wouldn't be picked up.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you who didn't catch it, I had posted an old riddle asking which time piece has the fewest and the most moving parts. I have posted that riddle before and had accidentally posted it again this morning.
I attempted to fix it immediately. Apparently, I wasn't fast enough.
Sorry about that.
My explanation was longer than the puzzle. :-)
ReplyDeleteAnyways, karnov got it right. Walk out at night after the sun has set through the doorway with the lens.
You were also right about the time pieces. A sundial has the least and an hourglass can have the most.