Twisters Fact Of The Day and Riddle Thread !

[Twisteruk]

Apollo space missions

Is the correct answer  !

[Bayes]

Twister, hope you don't mind me posting one:

    As I was going to St Ives
    I met a man with seven wives
    Each wife had seven sacks
    Each sack had seven cats
    Each cat had seven kits
    Kits, cats, sacks, wives
    How many were going to St Ives?

I haven't read through the whole thread, so apologies if it's already been posted. 

[Twisteruk]

Twister, hope you don't mind me posting one:

    As I was going to St Ives
    I met a man with seven wives
    Each wife had seven sacks
    Each sack had seven cats
    Each cat had seven kits
    Kits, cats, sacks, wives
    How many were going to St Ives?

I haven't read through the whole thread, so apologies if it's already been posted. 

Of course not Bayes, your always welcome to come join in as is anyone 


Answer: One

[chrisbis]

None. Just U Bayes !!

[Bayes]

It's a bit ambiguous, I would tend to agree with Twister and say 1, but it could be zero because it says "kits, cats, sacks, wives", which doesn't include the narrator. Also, we don't KNOW that they weren't going to St. Ives, maybe I (or the narrator) happened to pass them going in the same direction (instead of them going the opposite way as we assume when we say the answer is 1), after all, with all those sacks and cats, they're probably moving more slowly than me!

And another thing - which St. Ives are we talking about? as far as I know there are 2 (one in Cornwall and one in Cambridgeshire), so maybe I'm going to the one in Cornwall and they're going to Cambridgeshire (or vice-versa), which case the answer would be 7x7.... + 1.

So I would say - more information is needed, we don't know the answer. 

[Twisteruk]

Next Riddle !



There are two coins in an opaque bag. They are identical except one is a heads and a tail; the other has two heads. What are your odds of getting two heads if you withdraw one coin at random, place it face down on the desk, and continue by doing the same with the second coin?

[Twisteruk]

Athens is the only city in Europe where the air is cleaner inside than outside

[Twisteruk]

The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonnades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves. PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973)

 

[chrisbis]

It's a bit ambiguous, I would tend to agree with Twister and say 1, but it could be zero because it says "kits, cats, sacks, wives", which doesn't include the narrator. Also, we don't KNOW that they weren't going to St. Ives, maybe I (or the narrator) happened to pass them going in the same direction (instead of them going the opposite way as we assume when we say the answer is 1), after all, with all those sacks and cats, they're probably moving more slowly than me!

And another thing - which St. Ives are we talking about? as far as I know there are 2 (one in Cornwall and one in Cambridgeshire), so maybe I'm going to the one in Cornwall and they're going to Cambridgeshire (or vice-versa), which case the answer would be 7x7.... + 1.



So I would say - more information is needed, we don't know the answer. 

I like the complexity of Ur thinking Bayes..... but consider this also, which I NEARLY posted as my answer>>>>>>>>>

The last line in Ur riddle is; How many were going to ST.Ives.

Begs the Q. How many what? People/Persons/Cats/Kits/Sacks/Wives.

If people in the First person intended, then yes its one, cause its the person asking the question, You.
If persons in the second tense, then the answer in None, since its just You, (as in 'AS I WAS Going To St. Ives)
If the variant/array from either Wives/and/Cats/and/Sacks/and/Kits then its None too as as u correctly state, neither of them have stated their exact destination!!

Brilliant- love this world don't U?

[chrisbis]

! in 5 i think Twist.

Or 20% chance.

[Twisteruk]

! in 5 I think Twist.

Or 20% chance.

Is Incorrect Chris 


I will leave it a while longer 

[chrisbis]

His mouth is a no-go area. It's like kissing the Berlin Wall
- Helena Bonhem Carter on Woody Allen

[Bayes]

Hmm... these probability problems can be tricky. Intuitively, the answer would seem to be 0.5. You are guaranteed at least one head (because of the 2 headed coin) and the other coin has a 50% chance of heads coming up.

[chrisbis]

In situations like this, one has to list all the possible outcomes.

What do we know- 2 coins. Coin A has Heads/Heads faces, .....Coin B has Heads/Tails faces

The share of the coins face is>

Coin A...........Heads
Coin B...........Heads

Or Coin A......Heads
     Coin B......Tails

Or Coin B.....Heads
     Coin A.....Heads

Or Coin B.....Tails
    Coin A..... Heads


Total number of possible outcomes is 4
Number of double head chances      is 2

Therefore a 2 in 4 chance, which is 1 in 2 chance, 50% or is it 33 %

[Twisteruk]

In situations like this, one has to list all the possible outcomes.

What do we know- 2 coins. Coin A has Heads/Heads faces, .....Coin B has Heads/Tails faces

The share of the coins face is>

Coin A...........Heads
Coin B...........Heads

Or Coin A......Heads
    Coin B......Tails

Or Coin B.....Heads
    Coin A.....Heads

Or Coin B.....Tails
   Coin A..... Heads


Total number of possible outcomes is 4
Number of double head chances      is 2

Therefore a 2 in 4 chance, which is 1 in 2 chance, 50% or is it 33 %

Hmm... these probability problems can be tricky. Intuitively, the answer would seem to be 0.5. You are guaranteed at least one head (because of the 2 headed coin) and the other coin has a 50% chance of heads coming up.

There are two coins in an opaque bag. They are identical except one is a heads and a tail; the other has two heads. What are your odds of getting two heads if you withdraw one coin at random, place it face down on the desk, and continue by doing the same with the second coin?

don't forget these are Riddles !


The correct answer is 0%


because if you place them both face down, you'll have 1 tail up and 1 head up