Guest Jerika81 Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 I'm going out of town so I can't play for the weekend. Peachy I sent my riddle to your inbox before you posted, and I don't want to type it out again , so I'll let you post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 Jerika's question: A man walks down a long tunnel. At the end of the tunnel are two doors, with a guard in front of each. One door leads to Heaven, the other to Hell. One of the guards always lies, the other always tells the truth. The man wants to go through the Heaven door, but he doesn't know which one that is. He knows one guard always lies and the other always tells the truth, but he doesn't know which one is the liar, and he also doesn't know if the liar is standing in front of the Heaven door or the Hell door. He is allowed to ask one of the guards a single question. What question should he ask to find out which door leads to Heaven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted July 18, 2003 Report Share Posted July 18, 2003 If I asked the other guard if this door leads to Heaven or Hell, what would they say? Say that you are in front of Hell. If the guard is a liar, he will say the truth teller will tell you this is Heaven. If the guard is a truth teller, he will also tell you that the liar will say this is Heaven instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peachy Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 You're the new quizmaster, Lactic Folly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Here's a trivia q: Which US president and his wife both suffered from major mental illness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest monkey Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Lf: for your answer on hell/heaven, did you mean to say hell in the last line instead of heaven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saskmedman Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 I believe the answer is Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter. I don't have a reference because this is mostly a wild guess. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bearman14 Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 I'm going with Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Ron with Alzheimers, and didn't Nancy Reagan battle major depression, or an eating disorder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 monkey: too many pronouns in that last sentence, I know! In the latter situation, the liar is in front of Heaven and you and the truth teller are in front of Hell. So you ask the truth teller what the liar would say this door is; the liar would lie to you that the door is actually Heaven, and the truth teller should tell you this. About the presidents question: I got it off a trivia site (trying to find something less googlable) so I don't know if there is more than one right answer. The couple I had in mind go farther back in history, and aren't too obscure.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kernelhoover Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression throughout his life. After his assasination is wife Mary Ann Todd went insane and was institutionalized..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Grats kernelhoover, over to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kernelhoover Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 HTML Comments are not allowed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saskmedman Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 I coulda swore I got that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kernelhoover Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Looks like my picture won't show up. Have to go with a trivia question. What is the world's largest single drop waterfall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bearman14 Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 How about Kaieteur falls, in Guyana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saskmedman Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 That's what I got too. Damn, I'll never win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 8York Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Saskmedman, I've won earlier when I gave the answers to 2 different questions (Stable & Coffin), but lost my turn. If Bearman doesn't come up with his question, should I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saskmedman Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Go ahead and post yours then 8york. This is all for fun anyway. Bearman can still post his, and whoever gets his right should be the next quizmaster. I also want to thank everyone who has participated so far. We are now less than 100 posts away from McGill. Keep it up gang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bearman14 Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Oh, I'll come up with a question -- I just need confirmation that I was right Also, maybe we should make an "honour" rule that is no googling allowed. I basically just copied the question and pasted it into a search -- not a lot of intellectual skill there :\ Just a thought... Bearman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bearman14 Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Geez -- maybe I should stop playing! I don't know if I want Saskatchewan to overtake my beloved McGill Anyhoo, here's my question: How old (on average) is the heart of a 50 year old man? Bearman ps) This is not a tricky or clever question -- just looking for chronological age of the heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 8York Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Ok, thanks. What number (#) divided by 10 will give you a remainder of 9? The same # divided by 9 will have remainder 8; the same # divided by 8 will have remainder 7; and then 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saskmedman Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Interesting question bearman. I'm not quite sure what you're getting at but I'll give it a shot. I'm only a 3rd year med (lol) so my knowledge of cardiac physiology is somewhat limited. I do believe though, that cardiac smooth muscle, just as neural tissue, is by and large incapable of regeneration, so the heart tissue itself would be as old as the organ itself. Since the first detectable heart beats in fetal life occur at around 8 weeks gestation, assuming an ideal preganancy which goes exctly 40 weeks, I will say the heart of a 50 year old man on the day of his 50th birthday is 50 years and 32 weeks old. This may all sound stupid, but hey, I had to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kernelhoover Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Way to go bearman.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bearman14 Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Sorry Saskmedman, you're still a little (or is it a lot) off... Keep the guesses comin' though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jerika81 Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 This took a little while, but I get 2519 for the answer to 8Yorks. Have no idea about the heart one. I just figure a 50 year-olds heart is 50 years old... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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