Couple of logic puzzles..

[Nibble]

These teste are used by the British intelligence service to assess recruits. They have been on a TV program recently so if you saw it try not to spoil it...

1: A man goes to bed at 10.30pm. He winds his alarm to go off at noon. How many hours sleep does he get?

2: Don is standing behind Ron. Ron is standing behind Don. How can this be?


Maybe you will find them easy but I struggled with the first one.

 

[Questions]

These teste are used by the British intelligence service to assess recruits. They have been on a TV program recently so if you saw it try not to spoil it...

1: A man goes to bed at 10.30pm. He winds his alarm to go off at noon. How many hours sleep does he get?

2: Don is standing behind Ron. Ron is standing behind Don. How can this be?


Maybe you will find them easy but I struggled with the first one.

Is it his father ?

 

[John Boy]

1. 13 and a half hours

2. They are standing back to back

 

[nail-Z]

1 - midnight - so 1.5
2 - they're back to back

 

[Eric Potts]

2: They are back to back

1: Still thinking

 

[Bozza]

1. An hour and a half. The 'clue' is in the winding of the alarm clock since wind-up alarm clocks have no concept of AM or PM - 12 o'clock is just the next occurring 12 o'clock.

 

[Nibble]

1. An hour and a half. The 'clue' is in the winding of the alarm clock since wind-up alarm clocks have no concept of AM or PM - 12 o'clock is just the next occurring 12 o'clock.

Spot on. I guess that is the end of that. well done

 

[Eric Potts]

1. An hour and a half. The 'clue' is in the winding of the alarm clock since wind-up alarm clocks have no concept of AM or PM - 12 o'clock is just the next occurring 12 o'clock.

I,m sure some posh wind up clocks do AM + PM , hence my lack of certainty on this one

 

[Bozza]

A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (the man did not add the poison and nothing was added to punch after he left.)

 

[Yorkie]

The poison sank so therefore the top of the liquid was safe.

 

[Nibble]

Bozza would you like to join the Intelligence service? You have triumphantly answered the only two questions needed to become an operative!

 

[Bozza]

Bozza would you like to join the Intelligence service? You have triumphantly answered the only two questions needed to become an operative!

Alas, I only answered one.

 

[Brian Potter]

It wasn't the punch that was poisoned. It was something else, that the first guy didn't have, but the others did.

 

[Bozza]

The poison sank so therefore the top of the liquid was safe.

Nope.

 

[British Bulldog]

A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (the man did not add the poison and nothing was added to punch after he left.)

Can you stop it with these silly questions! I'm still trying to work out how Ron & Don can bum each other at the same time!

 

[Nibble]

A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die? (the man did not add the poison and nothing was added to punch after he left.)

It was not the punch that killed them but the food served after he left?

 

[Bozza]

It wasn't the punch that was poisoned. It was something else, that the first guy didn't have, but the others did.

Nope.

 

[Bozza]

It was not the punch that killed them but the food served after he left?

Nope.

 

[Nibble]

Alas, I only answered one.

No matter, come aboard!

 

[nail-Z]

Bozza would you like to join the Intelligence service? You have triumphantly answered the only two questions needed to become an operative!

And only a minute behind me