Conundrums VII

181. "Is Ilan Mayer one and the same as Alessandro Biachi?" A puzzler asked. No, I think not. They show totally different characters when at the NG, at least in my view. Alessandro, open and outspoken, always giving clues. Ilan, more reserved and keeping to the point. However, I can swear that Mr. Mayer is to Mr. Bianchi as 7 is to 11. Why?	Answer 19
182. A partially convicted communist infiltrator, a dictator's private secretary with a tendency to abscond, and a religious reformer from Eastern Europe all share the same surname with the exception of a single vowel in each case. Who are we?	Answer 19
183. A length of string is tied all the way round the Earth's equator, such that it is tight, hugging the surface all the way round. If the length of the string is now increased by 6 feet, approximately how far off the Earths surface would the string now 'levitate'.	Answer 19
184. A variation on the above puzzle is: A length of string is tied all the way round the Earth's equator, such that it is tight, hugging the surface all the way round. If the length of the string is now increased by 1 meter, so that it levitates. Can you step over the string or walk underneath it?	Answer 19
185. Although the weather is getting colder we - my wife and I - went on a picnic with three other couples. It was a nice October day and it was warm and dry, and we had brought a large supply of lemonade, thirty-two small bottles in total. Marie drank one bottle empty, Anna had two, Jeanne swilled three down, and Lisa even four. We men, we were even more thirsty, except for Paul who drank the same amount as his wife did. Ron, however, drank twice as much as his wife, Michael three times as much as his, and I - I am ashamed to tell - poured four times as much lemonade down my gullet as my wife. Needless to say, all of the bottles were drunk up. Would you be so kind as to figure out what my wife's name is?	Answer 19
186. A car company, Scopal had just created a prototype of a water-powered car. They have to send it to their production center which is miles away from their technology center. Now they know that whatever number of trucks they send, at most two of these will be stolen by their opponent, Otilde. So they decided to send 5 trucks, each truck will hold some parts of the prototype (they have many examples of this prototype). How should they divide it such that if Otilde gets 2 trucks, they will not be able to completely assemble the prototype, and such that their production center will be able to completely assemble it (with at least 3 trucks).	Answer 19
187. Many years ago, a Russian man had three sons. The first son was named Rab, and he became a lawyer. The second son was named Ymra, and he became a soldier. If the third son became a sailor, what was his name?	Answer 19
188. A guy starts with $121. Then he : Buys dinner and a round of drinks for $61, leaving $60 Goes to the show, spends . . . . . . . . . $30, leaving $30 Fills up the gas tank, spends . . . . . . . .$14, leaving $16 Picks up a bottle of booze . . . . . . . . . $9, leaving $7 Gets a couple of candy bars . . . . . . . .$3, leaving $4 Buys a Sunday newspaper . . . . . . . . .$2, leaving $2 And a couple packs of chewing gum . .$1, leaving $1 And a pez dispenser at the checkout . .$1, leaving $0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- So now we check our arithmetic: $121 $120 Why don't the columns balance?	Answer 19
189. Imagine a very large duck inside a bottle. The bottle is big enough to hold the duck, but has a narrow neck, too thin for the duck to pass through. How do you get the duck out of the bottle? You must not break or damage the bottle, or cause the duck any pain or suffering.	Answer 19
190. A guy walks into a 7-11 store and selects four items to buy. The clerk at the counter informs the gentleman that the total cost of the four items is $7.11. He was completely surprised that the cost was the same as the name of the store. The clerk informed the man that he simply multiplied the cost of each item and arrived at the total. The customer calmly informed the clerk that the items should be added and not multiplied. The clerk then added the items together and informed the customer that the total was still exactly $7.11. What are the exact costs of each item?	Answer 19
191. According to reliable sources, which is regarded by many people around the world as authoritative, around 42,000 people died because they could not say a particular word. What was the word?	Answer 19
192. Two climbers start climbing a huge mountain. On there way up they see a couple of Eagles flying around the mountains. They approach the summit, but less than one hundred metres from the top, they slip and fall to their deaths.... Next thing, their souls are rising from where their bodies lay, and as they rise to heaven, they see the Eagles (who, believe it or not, can also see and hear the souls). The climbers say "Ahhhh, Eagles", but the Eagles, being polite, say nothing. Why not?	Answer 19
193. Jacky and Jilly each received a sum of money from their mother. The total of the amount was $100. If one third of Lucy's money was taken from one-fourth of Andy's money, the remaining amount would be $11.00. What was the amount each child received?	Answer 19
194. Four men, one of whom was known to have committed a certain crime, made the following statements when questioned by the police: 1. Kees: Joe did it. 2. Joe: Jim did it. 3. Ashley: I didn't do it. 4. Jim: Joe lied when he said I did it. If only one of these statements is true, who was the guilty man?	Answer 19
195. Two hitchhikers, bald Bill and blind Ted, are standing by a road, facing in opposite directions so as not to miss any potential lifts. "Why are you smiling?" asks bald Bill. "....how do you know I'm smiling?" replies blind Ted.	Answer 19
196. The caddys (carts) at IKEA are locked in a row where the last one is locked to a wall. You usually borrow the first in the row if you insert a coin in the last caddy's lock. If you lock the caddy to the row, you can get your coin back. Alas, the lock of the last caddy is broken. You only have one coin. Another client arrives, having also one coin. How do you do to solve this problem ?	Answer 19
197. The words "wens", "sewn", and "news" have something in common. Each letter of the word has the first letter of the four directions. (north, south, east and west). There is a very common word (and possibly more) which have these same letters in the middle of the word. Can you name a word or name that has these four letters in the middle of the word?	Answer 19
198. At the company I work for, I regularly have to use hire cars for company business (as dictated by company rules). Nearly every time I use such a vehicle, as I am on the return journey and about a mile from my home site, I stop the vehicle to look at the back of it before driving on. I am not checking for damage to the vehicle and I am not looking for anything missing or for the registration mark. Why am I doing it?	Answer 19
199. Long Long ago there was once a great King. He conqured four lands and ruled a great empire with absolute power. Having experienced everything, the king became tired of life. He felt empty and hollow. One day the king dreamt a strange dream. In his dream an angel whispered a sentence to him. Whenever he was sad, after reading it he became happy. Whenever he was angry, reading it made him calm. Whenever he was pround, reading it made him humble. The King woke up but forgot the sentence. Do you know what it was?	Answer 19
200. Take five letters, rearrange them so you get a meal, add one letter, rearrange them so you get another meal, add one letter, rearrange them so you get another meal, add one letter, rearrange them so you get another meal.	Answer 19
201. Three men, Dix Ieland, Vic Arage and Idi Omatic, were arrested by the police. They were seen running from the scene of a crime - a bank robbery. The three said they did not know each other, and all three said that they started running after they heard pistol fire. The Guard shot one robber in the bank and the other one managed to get away. The guard immediately walked up to the robber, pulled off his balaclava and asked the bleeding robber who his partner was. And although the wounded man was dying, he managed to write in blood on the floor "two to six times for - X". The police's Sherlock found the case elementary and soon knew what the message meant and arrested the poor sap's partner! Who was the culprit?	Answer 19
202. How many flowers do you have if all but two are roses, all but two are dahlias and all but two are lilacs?	Answer 19
203. Many products on the market these days make some sort of reference to Y2K, 2000, the new millennium, etc. There is something, however, that has been on the market for many years that most people have in their possession that would seem very appropriate for the occasion. Can you figure out what it is?	Answer 19
204. A man goes up to the counter, says "How much for this one?" "Sixty cents." "Okay, how much for three, then?" he said. "Ninety cents, the discount included." He put the three with the one on the counter. "OK, what about nine?" he asked. "Seventy cents, discount included" "OK, I'll take the whole batch." "Right, that'll be one-ninety." What's the price per item, and how does the discount work?	Answer 19
205. The cashier of a bank pays out $1500, using a certain number of $1 bills, ten times as many $5 bills, a certain number of $10 bills, and twice as many $50 bills. How many bills of each kind does the cashier pay out?	Answer 19
206. Here in the U.S. most people know what their ethnic background is, i.e. my Dad is Finnish, and my Mom is 1/2 Swedish and 1/2 Yugoslavian. That makes me 1/2 Finn, a 1/4 Swede, and a 1/4 Yugo. My kids are a 1/4 Finn, an 1/8 Swede, an 1/8 Yugo, and half of whatever my wife is. Now my wife has about 12 different ethnic backgrounds. Some of that is Swedish. If she is 1/4 Swede, that makes my kids 3/8 Swedish. The question: Is it possible to be a third of some ethnic background?	Answer 19
207. There are 365.25 days in a year. There are 52 weeks in a year. There are 12 months in a year. How many seconds are there in a year? (hint: not the obvious answer)	Answer 19
208. Four black cows and three brown cows give as much milk in five days as three black cows and five brown cows give in four days. Which kind of cow is the better milk producer, black or brown?	Answer 19
209. We are a dozen strong gang, laden with jewels, weapons, internal organs and gardening implements. Some of us are visually impaired, yet we have been sighted all over the place. Who or what are we?	Answer 19
210. A cow was grazing grass on this one field when he looked over another field and saw another cow and her baby cow grazing grass as well. He counted 1,2,3,4 and said there are four total. How come? Including him, there were only three cows on the fields.	Answer 19

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