Riddles and Astronomy
1. Which weighs more, a ton of anvils, or a ton of feathers?
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2. I have a head(s), a tail(s), no body and no ridges. I am not an animal. What am I?
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3. If a tree falls down, but no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?
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4. How many constellations are listed below?
Mizar, Lyra, Altair, Cygnus , Deneb, Arcturus, Aquila, Cassiopeia, Coroni, Corona Borealis, Bootes, Buttes, Enif, Auriga
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5. Sometimes when you see a crescent moon, you can also see a faint black outline of the rest of the moon. What is that called?
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Question #6: Which statement is correct?
The statement below is true.
The statement above is false.
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Question #7: The goal is to get from the top word to the bottom word. On every line you are only allowed to change one letter; you cannot add letters or take them off.
Start: BALL
1) _ _ _ _
2) _ _ _ _
3) _ _ _ _
Finish: MEAT
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Question #8: You are on a simple game show. There are three doors in front of you; two of them hide goats, and one of them hides a car.
The host says, “Annoying contestant, Which door do you want to choose?”
You reply, “Door #1!”
The host says, “Please show the dumb contestant what is behind Door #2.” Behind Door #2 is a goat. The host continues, “As totally obvious that this lame guy should know, Now we know that there is just a goat and a car left behind the two doors. Here comes a critical decision for our loser: Do you want to switch your door to Door #3?”
You mutter, “Uhh…”
The host says, “I am so totally not sorry about your problems. Please hurry up before I start to lose my mind.
What is the percentage that you will win the car if you switch?
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David said,
September 19, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
1 same
2 a dime?
3 yes
4cassiopeia,coronaborealis. cygnus?
5dunno
Poogue Master said,
September 24, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
Hello David, you’ve finally posted! Oh, and why couldn’t the blog be displayed for a couple of days now?
Poogue Master said,
September 25, 2007 @ 7:25 pm
Did you go to Picture Day today at swimming? I don’t think I saw you, but…
Anyways, the T-shirt we got was completely purple with the white bear logo on the front and the white words “Aquabear 07″ on the back. We also got a cap (same design as last year) and a pen (that’s new!).
David said,
October 4, 2007 @ 3:24 pm
was I correct??
Poogue Master said,
October 13, 2007 @ 10:08 am
Whoops, sorry, I forgot to correct your answers!?
1) Correct
2) Close, but no cigar
3) You can figure this one out by yourself…
4) Yes, the three you mentioned are constellations, but that is not the correct answer (please type in the number you think are constellations)
5) Incorrect ^_^
David said,
November 2, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
1) same
2) nickel
3) YES!
4) 3
5) What is it???????????
Poogue Master said,
November 4, 2007 @ 4:16 pm
1) Correct
2) Correct
3) Correct, I guess, …(arguable)
4) There is more than three, so that probably means Incorrect
5) It is called… EARTHSHINE
Poogue Master said,
November 4, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Hehe…
Ivan’s birthday party was so much fun! Especially 4 strikes in a row! But some people are saying that the pins in our lane were too weak, and that we were just lucky that we got that lane. However, I personally think we were lucky in hitting all of the pins! Anyways, we ended beating Ivan’s team (who had one more player than us, I might add) by 60 points (but Grant says that the computer didn’t count our strikes, so we should have had at least 100 more points).
David said,
November 11, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
EARTHSHINE??
Poogue Master said,
November 11, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
Yes, earthshine. Have you ever heard of it?
Poogue Master said,
November 14, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
Question #6: Which statement is correct?
The statement below is true.
The statement above is false.
X-Ray Yuhua said,
November 21, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
Sigh…
It’s a paradox…
:)
:P
Poogue Master said,
November 22, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Question #7: The goal is to get from the top word to the bottom word. On every line you are only allowed to change one letter; you cannot add letters or take them off.
Start: BALL
1) _ _ _ _
2) _ _ _ _
3) _ _ _ _
Finish: MEAT
Poogue Master said,
December 25, 2007 @ 1:24 am
Question #8: You are on a simple game show. There are three doors in front of you; two of them hide goats, and one of them hides a car.
The host says, “
Annoying contestant,Which door do you want to choose?”You reply, “Door #1!”
The host says, “Please show the
dumbcontestant what is behind Door #2.” Behind Door #2 is a goat. The host continues, “As totally obvious that this lame guy should know,Now we know that there is just a goat and a car left behind the two doors. Here comes a critical decisionfor our loser: Do you want to switch your door to Door #3?”You mutter, “Uhh…”
The host says, “I am so
totally notsorry about your problems. Please hurry upbefore I start to lose my mind.What is the percentage that you will win the car if you switch?
David said,
December 26, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
#6 Yeah, yeah, A PARADOX!
#7
Ball
Mall
Malt
Melt
Meat
#8 The percentage will be , say, 2/3?
Poogue Master said,
December 26, 2007 @ 10:35 pm
6) Hehe… Paradoxes are
notfun…7) Correct! (the other method uses BELL)
8) Correct! (e.g. Monty Hall Problem [I was going to add a link, but wiki couldn’t connect at the time])
Poogue Master said,
December 26, 2007 @ 10:52 pm
The other answer to Question #7 was:
BALL
BELL
BELT
MELT
MEAT
Oh, and can you open the comments to “Itza More Riddles” and “More Monsters”? Thanks.
PoogueWee said,
February 5, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
How do I make an account Poogue Master???
PoogueWee said,
February 5, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
Or I mean Poogue Master?
Poogue #21 said,
February 7, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
This is for Poogue Master
I’m not sure if I should be answering these but I think I know the answers to the astronomy and riddle section. Here are my answers:
1.Probably the same weight
2.A penny
3.Positively Yes!
4.Four. (casseopia, corona borealis, cygnus, and lyra)
5.I just learned this a couple weeks ago. Earthshine.
Poogue Master said,
February 8, 2008 @ 3:51 pm
PoogueWee: I’ll try to contact the administrators about that.
Kelly:
1) Correct
2) Nope, it contradicts to the “no ridges” as a penny has ridges on its edges.
3) Sure… (*_*)
4) More than that.
5) Correct. Who is your science teacher?
Kelly Murrell said,
February 22, 2008 @ 4:26 pm
Thanks for correcting my answers Poogue Master.
My science teacher is Mr. Childers.
For number two I would second guess a dime. I have no idea how many constellations there are in the list. Can you tell me how to officially be a part of poogle? Thanks.
Kelly Murrell said,
February 22, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
Here are two riddles for you if you want to post it on the blog, Poogue Master.
How do basketball players stay cool during the game?
This is actually a trivia question:
What is the largest creature in the world?
Hint: This is a real thing
Poogue Master said,
February 23, 2008 @ 4:30 pm
Mr. Childers, eh? What topic are you covering now?
2) No, once again. If you look at the side of a dime you can also see bumps/ridges.
And erm…my answers to your questions:
1) They use ice packs (WAY too literal; but, I would have no idea anyways…)
2) Is it a blue whale? (Maybe…)
Oh, and check here.
Poogue Master said,
March 1, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
Some word questions:
1) What’s the shortest word you can find that contains all of the five vowels (a, e, i, o, u)? Hint (maybe): It contains 7 letters.
2) Also, there is a name of an African-American slave during the 1790’s whose name also ties with the answer to question 1. Fill in his name.
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3) What is the longest word you can find that contains none of the five vowels (a, e, i, o, u)? Hint: The word is allowed to contain the letter y.