Creativity test

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 13:23

those are both viable solutions given the paramaters I've set. Now let's make it a little more difficult.

The switches are simple switches (on/off only) and not only does the door close itself when you leave it alone, but the light bulbs are not visible from anywhere in the room you start in. Even with the door open.

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 13:28

Solve the riddle with those conditions added.

Aghannor · Post by **Aghannor** » 19-07-2005 13:28

Flip one switch. Wait a while. Turn it off.
Flip another switch.
Go into the next room.
The bulb that is on is the second switch.
The bulb that is off, but warm is the first switch.
The bulb that is off, but cold is the third switch.

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 13:37

yes! That is correct, Aghannor! You get a prize!

Post by **Kisa** » 19-07-2005 13:40

And burnt fingers

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 13:43

he never said you had to touch the blub to be able to tell :-p

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 14:03

Anyway, the prize is to have me turn your name into a word.

Aghannor - n. One who aghans.

(I never said it was a good prize.)

Aghannor · Post by **Aghannor** » 19-07-2005 14:27

Okay, here's one.

You're trapped in a room. The room has a single door with a weight scale wired to it. Sitting near the middle of the room is another weight scale. Both scales are high-precision and will work only once and long enough for a single measurement.

There are 51 bags in the room. 1 bag is empty (for your use). The remaining bags contain 100 marbles each. 49 of the bags have marbles that weigh 1.000g, while 1 bag has marbles that weigh 1.001g. Neither the bags nor the marbles indicate which is which.

You must place exactly 10 marbles that weigh 1.001 g on the scale at the door to be released. There is no other way to open the door.

How should you go about this?

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 14:30

Aghannor wrote: The room has a single with a weight scale wired to it.

I don't understand this sentence. What's a single?

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 14:32

or did you accidentally type "with a" in there?

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 14:33

I think it's meant to say a single door.
I'll climb out the window, thanks

Sounds like The Crystal Maze to me

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 14:37

The Crystal Maze?

Aghannor · Post by **Aghannor** » 19-07-2005 14:42

Yeah, a single door.
There are no windows -_- That's why you are TRAPPED in the room and not just sitting there trying to decide whether you feel like climbing out the window.

jooly · Post by **jooly** » 19-07-2005 14:52

It's a TV show from the late eighties hosted by Richard O'Brien (the guy who wrote the Rocky Horror Picture Show). Featured lots of puzzles like this

TheAssimilationist · Post by **TheAssimilationist** » 19-07-2005 14:53

when you say single measurement. Do you mean to imply that you place a certain weight on the scale it shows the weight for a moment and then shuts off? Or do you mean that once you remove all of the wieght the scale no longer operates?