Brain Teasers

[dusken]

That's a wrong answer, please try again. I'll give you 2 hints: "He" "thinks of tattooing 'anileve' on his pelvis."

Oh, I remember. I spoke with him.

[Anonymouse]

A little kinky aren't we?

[anileve]

Here's an easy one.

Between Sing-Sing and Tarry-Town
I met my worthy friend, John Brown,
And seven daughters, riding nags,
And everyone had seven bags,
In every bag were thirty cats,
And every cat had forty rats,
Besides a brood of fifty kittens,
All but the nags and bags wore mittens!
Mittens, kittens-cats, rats-bags, nags-Browns,
How many were met between the towns?

[dusken]

I guess nine but I may have been hasty.

[anileve]

You may have been hasty. You rely on your 'brilliance' too much, it's a very dangerous and vulnerable position. How did you arrive to that conclusion?

[dusken]

Seven daughters. One John Brown. One Narrator. Nine.

[anileve]

Nope. Read what is being asked in the riddle, the last two lines.

[dusken]

Unless I am being hasty again, your earlier one could be CAR.

[dusken]

Nope. Read what is being asked in the riddle, the last two lines.

Well, let us start with those hyphens: what the phuck are those hyphens supposed to mean?

[anileve]

Your guess pertaining to the "Three letter word" problem is correct.

If you want me to walk you through the problem, I suggest you schedule an appointment for tutoring, I charge per problem. But I’ll tell you this… you’ve got the concept right, now if you just apply appropriate calculations you’ll be set. It’s really very trivial.

Here is another one.

Four boys, Alan, Brian, Charles, and Donald, and four girls, Eve, Fay, Gwen, and Helen, are each in love with one of the others and, sad to say, in no case is their love requited. Alan loves the girl who loves the man who loves Eve. Fay is loved by the man who is loved by the girl loved by Brian. Charles loves the girl who loves Donald. If Brian is not loved by Gwen, and the boy who is loved by Helen does not love Gwen, who loves Alan?