Riddles?

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Originally Posted by space_monkey

Before or after the crash :confused:

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:lol:

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Originally Posted by BillGeek

:lol:

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The reason its called a black box is due to the fact that after a crash its burnt and blackened. Prior to the crash its a bright florescent orange color.

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Originally Posted by bushmobile

using the power of reading isn't the answer just 1892...

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Hmmm... I'm not sure... got this somewhere on the web. Well, this is the solution, which doesn't make much sense to me as there ARE two possibilities for the 19th century...

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John Stuart Mill was born in 1806.

In 1936, people born in 1892 turned 44, which is the square root of 1936. Years that are exact squares are rare enough: 422 = 1764, 432 = 1849, 442 = 1936 and 452 = 2025. The last of these does correspond to the same pattern for people born in 2025-45 = 1980, whereas 1849-43 gives 1806 as the only possible answer for a birthdate in the 19th century.

The "unusual boast" which John Stuart Mill could have made when he turned 43 (in 1849) was to have an age whose square was the current year.

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Originally Posted by space_monkey

The reason its called a black box is due to the fact that after a crash its burnt and blackened. Prior to the crash its a bright florescent orange color.

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I did not know that... :blush:
sessi4ml... is that the right answer you were referring to in the wrong position?

Black box, from my answer sheet, yes..orange...so they could find it.
As one comic stated, why don't they make the whole plane from the same material of the black box, then the whole plane would surive the crash.

The first question got me thinking about how to write a Encoder/Decoder. Here is mine

VB Code:

Option Explicit
'Text1 = Text to be encoded/Decoded
'Text2 = Output
'cmdDecode = Command Button To Decode
'cmdEncode =Command Button To Encode
Private Sub cmdDecode_Click()
    Dim iLoop As Long
    Dim i As Long
    Dim iLen As Long
    Dim sOut As String
    
    Dim strLeft As String
    
    strLeft = Replace(Text1.Text, " ", "")
    iLen = Len(strLeft)
    i = 1
    While Len(strLeft) > 0
        i = i + 4
        Checki i, Len(strLeft)
        sOut = sOut & RemoveLetter(strLeft, i)
        strLeft = Replace(strLeft, " ", "")
    Wend
    Text2.Text = sOut
End Sub
Private Function RemoveLetter(strLeft As String, i As Long) As String
    RemoveLetter = Mid$(strLeft, i, 1)
    
    Mid$(strLeft, i, 1) = " "
End Function
 
 
Private Sub cmdEncode_Click()
    Dim sDecStr As String
    Dim sNewStr As String
    Dim iLoop As Long, sLet As String, i As Long, iLen As Long
    
    sDecStr = Replace(Text1.Text, " ", "")
    iLen = Len(sDecStr)
    sNewStr = String$(iLen, "-")
    Dim x As Long, iLet As Long
    i = 1
    For iLoop = 1 To iLen
 
        sLet = vbNullString
        x = 0
        While x < 5
            iLet = i + x
            Checki iLet, iLen
            sLet = Mid$(sNewStr, iLet, 1)
            If sLet <> "-" Then
                i = i + 1
            Else
                x = x + 1
            End If
        Wend
        
        i = i + x - 1
        Checki i, iLen
        Mid$(sNewStr, i, 1) = Mid$(sDecStr, iLoop, 1)
    Next
    Text2.Text = sNewStr
End Sub
 
Private Sub Checki(i As Long, iLen As Long)
    i = i Mod (iLen)
    If i = 0 Then i = iLen
End Sub

88 piano keys
8 sides on a stop sign
57 Heinz Varieties

That leaves only 5=D in a ZC.

Oops, forgot the second page.

@sessi4ml: what about my answers?

"Riddle Me this, Riddle Me that, Who's afraid of a big black bat?"

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Originally Posted by space_monkey

"Riddle Me this, Riddle Me that, Who's afraid of a big black bat?"

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everyone apart from the main villain

I hate bats. They scare me... :cry:

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ
1) How long did the Hundred Years War last?
*116 years
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
*Ecuador
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
*Sheep and Horses
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
*November
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
*Squirrel fur
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
*Dogs
7) What was King George VI's first name?
*Albert
8) What color is a purple finch?
*Crimson
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
*New Zealand
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
*Orange, of course.
Pass this on to some other brilliant friends . . .

I hate trick questions! :(

You are welcome...
I also have many like...
Does England have a fourth of July?
When is two and two greater then four?
If the forest is ten miles long, how far can a dog run into the forest.

Most peope really hate...er..find these challenging

Ofcouse, everyone has 4 July.
22?
10 miles?

I know, I know... it's stimulating doing challenging things! :D

I just hate it when I can't solve it after a few hours... :(

sessi4ml... you said you're going to up these tests :mad:

Then again... I'm shooting myself in the foot here... :afrog:

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10 miles?

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No, 5. After that he's running out of the the forest

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

No, 5. After that he's running out of the the forest

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Ahhh.... :afrog:

Up these Test! This is my best... before the less challenging questions....
Lily Pad on a pond doubles its size everyday. In thirty days it completely covered the pond. How many days will it take to only half cover the pond?
[Option, PM the answer so everyone has a chance to think about it]
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As long as you are here ! Opening a Short-cut file?
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=446897

29 days as the next day it will double in size, thus covering the entire pond

BushMobile has the correct answer...

I've done this one before but I think there are a few members here who hasn't seen it:

One thin, One bold,
One sick, One cold,
The world we span,
to prey upon man.
Who or what are we?

Lilly Pad: And Valleysboy1978 does not know how to read instructions

If you say so

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Option, PM the answer so everyone has a chance to think about it

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you are correct, I did make an option.

Well could you explain WHY I should follow any instructions given by someone other than myself?

Lol, I just read through this whole thread again, and forgot how stupid I was... no wait... that came out wrong...

BTW: Valleys, you never gave the answer to this one? (I can probably guess, but before I put too much strain on myself, I'll rather ask) :afrog:

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Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978

One thin, One bold,
One sick, One cold,
The world we span,
to prey upon man.
Who or what are we?

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Originally Posted by Valleysboy1978

I've done this one before but I think there are a few members here who hasn't seen it:

One thin, One bold,
One sick, One cold,
The world we span,
to prey upon man.
Who or what are we?

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The Bush administration?

Nope... thought of that, but then again... why not? :afrog:

No, it says one thin, not one thick.:thumb:

while walking round a dungeoun (yeah, I'm a roleplayer:rolleyes: ) you see a door with the following written on it.
Pa's Steed, swift
Pa's Shield, protect
Pa's Sword, destroy
Pa's bow, reach
How do you open the door.?

The wealthy lack me,
The poor have me in abundance,
I cannot be seen,
Eat me and you will surely die.
What am I?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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Originally Posted by BillGeek

Lol, I just read through this whole thread again, and forgot how stupid I was... no wait... that came out wrong...

BTW: Valleys, you never gave the answer to this one? (I can probably guess, but before I put too much strain on myself, I'll rather ask) :afrog:

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The Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse

One Thin - Famine
One Bold - War
One Sick - Plague
One Cold - Death

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

How do you open the door.?

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You kick the door down like the Kool-Aid down and scream "Oooh Yeeeaaah!"

http://members.aol.com/lupinaccim/bush-kool-aid.jpg

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

The wealthy lack me,
The poor have me in abundance,
I cannot be seen,
Eat me and you will surely die.
What am I?

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Anthrax.

Centrelink cheques

knowledge of ms products?

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Originally Posted by kregg

You kick the door down like the Kool-Aid down and scream "Oooh Yeeeaaah!"

http://www.vbforums.com/

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Dane Cook Rocks :)

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Originally Posted by kregg

Anthrax.

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:eek2:

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Centrelink cheques

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You're thinking along the right lines