My Neurons Love Me For Exercising Them
Yesterday’s Question:
If you have a rope hanging 20 feet up to a tall ceiling, what can travel up the rope faster than it can go down?
Answer:
Fire
Today’s Problem:
You’re at a restaurant and the table is getting cleared – not much is left. You have a glass of water with one ice cube. How can you prevent the ice cube from touching any part of the glass, without using any props to keep it away from the glass?
Last Problem:
A poor but honest knight wishes to marry a beautiful princess, who is also in love with him. The king isn’t as thrilled about it, but offers the knight a choice. He will draw one of two slips of paper from a golden box – one slip says “Marriage” and the other “Death.” The princess knows that both slips actually read “Death” and whispers this to the knight. But the knight is allowed to marry the princess. How?
Answer:
He picked a paper and quickly swallowed it, then pulled the other out and said since it was marked “Death” he must have first picked the one that said “Marriage” – and the king could not argue or else the whole plot would be made known.
Today’s Problem:
If you have a rope hanging 20 feet up to a tall ceiling, what can travel up the rope faster than it can go down?
Last Problem:
Sally is babysitting 5 kids. She has 5 apples, but they are different sizes and she knows the kids will fight over them. How can she divide the apples equally so everyone is satisfied?
Answer
She made applesauce (or apple pie).
Today’s Problem:
A poor but honest knight wishes to marry a beautiful princess, who is also in love with him. The king isn’t as thrilled about it, but offers the knight a choice. He will draw one of two slips of paper from a golden box – one slip says “Marriage” and the other “Death.” The princess knows that both slips actually read “Death” and whispers this to the knight. But the knight is allowed to marry the princess. How?