Well fellow sufferers.  How many of you remember the Saturday night quiz
of past years?  I thought I might revive it with a small Sunday
afternoon quiz.  I must confess that a friend sent me the following, so
I thought it might be fun to try this and get the old brain working.

First prize is a figment of my imagination.

SHARPENS THOSE GENES IN YOUR BRAIN AND STALLS
ALZHEIMER'S FOR YEARS!!

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 Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual
about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you
would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
nothing is wrong with it! It is highly 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!

It took a friend's wife about two hours to get the answers to this.
anyone want to try for the "Gold".  This posting timed at 16.25 p.m.

Peter
-- 
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I 
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975

When do you give us the answers?
Gwen

-- 
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
"Peter James"  wrote in message 
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Well fellow sufferers.  How many of you remember the Saturday night quiz
of past years?  I thought I might revive it with a small Sunday
afternoon quiz.  I must confess that a friend sent me the following, so
I thought it might be fun to try this and get the old brain working.

First prize is a figment of my imagination.

SHARPENS THOSE GENES IN YOUR BRAIN AND STALLS
ALZHEIMER'S FOR YEARS!!

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 Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual
about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you
would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
nothing is wrong with it! It is highly 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!

It took a friend's wife about two hours to get the answers to this.
anyone want to try for the "Gold".  This posting timed at 16.25 p.m.

Peter
-- 
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:24:15 +0100, pfjames2000@googlemail.com (Peter
James) wrote:

>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?

The third room.

>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?

There's an image forming in my mind.

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

... and I'm told females crave it in one condition or another.

>4. Can you name three consecutive days without using
>the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

Yes, relatively speaking.

>5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
>just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual
>about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you
>would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
>nothing is wrong with it! It is highly 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!

Eee, that's a tough one.

Darren J Longhorn  wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:24:15 +0100, pfjames2000@googlemail.com (Peter
> James) wrote:
> 
> >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?
> 
> The third room.
> 
> >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?
> 
> There's an image forming in my mind.
> 
> >3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it,
> >and gray when you throw it away ?
> 
> ... and I'm told females crave it in one condition or another.
> 
> >4. Can you name three consecutive days without using
> >the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
> 
> Yes, relatively speaking.
> 
> >5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
> >just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual
> >about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you
> >would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
> >nothing is wrong with it! It is highly 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!
> 
> Eee, that's a tough one.

You look like you're the leader in the Club House subject to showing
your workings!

Peter
-- 
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I 
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975

> You look like you're the leader in the Club House subject to showing
> your workings!
>
> Peter
> -- 
> He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I
> could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
> from being gruntled.
> P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975

Aaargh - my hair is tender from me trying to tear it out!  I hate these 
puzzles!

Jayne

On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:04:47 +0100, pfjames2000@googlemail.com (Peter
James) wrote:

>You look like you're the leader in the Club House subject to showing
>your workings!

:) I tried to give answers that would be recognisably correct to anyone that already knew them, but act as a clue for those that hadn't worked it out yet. Didn't want to spoil it for anyone!

Darren J Longhorn  wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:04:47 +0100, pfjames2000@googlemail.com (Peter
> James) wrote:
> 
> >You look like you're the leader in the Club House subject to showing your
> >workings!
> 
> :) I tried to give answers that would be recognisably correct to anyone
> that already knew them, but act as a clue for those that hadn't worked it
> out yet. Didn't want to spoil it for anyone!

And the answers are:

1. The lions since they would be dead of starvation.

2. Developing a photograph

3.Charcoal (I didn't think this was very good)

4. Anything like yesterday,today,tomorrow

5. You guessed it no 'e' anywhere in paragraph.  Unusual as the letter
"e" is the most common used letter in English.

They drove me mad as well.

Peter

-- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see
that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G.
Wodehouse 1881 -1975

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:16:36 +0100, pfjames2000@googlemail.com (Peter
James) wrote:

>3.Charcoal (I didn't think this was very good)

Ah, I actually thought this one was coal.

"Darren J Longhorn"  wrote in message 
news:mc0t54t36kvke9cbgihsthqoc7pscfc5gg@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:24:15 +0100, pfjames2000@googlemail.com (Peter
> James) wrote:
>
>>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?
>
> The third room.
>
>>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?
>
> There's an image forming in my mind.
>
>>3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it,
>>and gray when you throw it away ?
>
> ... and I'm told females crave it in one condition or another.
>
>>4. Can you name three consecutive days without using
>>the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
>
> Yes, relatively speaking.
>
>>5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to
>>just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual
>>about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you
>>would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact,
>>nothing is wrong with it! It is highly 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!
>
> Eee, that's a tough one.

Funny, but I caught this one before I finished reading the first 
sentence....the letter "e" doesn't appear in it.

Lord Vetinari  wrote:

>snipped 
> Funny, but I caught this one before I finished reading the first 
> sentence....the letter "e" doesn't appear in it. 

This is an old chestnut.  It seems to appear in just about every quiz of
this tpe I've ever seen.  I am surprised just how often it fools people.
-- 
He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I 
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975