Curse

Opeth11 · Aug 24, 2006, 03:42 AM // 03:42

Very good. *edits the answer in*

edit - Here's a fun one:

Opeth was bragging about his all male baseball team.

He said, "Three of our players hit home runs and two of those home runs were hit with the bases loaded. Our guys won 9 to 0 and not a single man crossed home plate."

How was this possible?

THEY WERE ALL MARRIED.

Well what do you know, I've managed to hi-jack a thread again..somewhat. At least it's still somewhat on topic..

johan the destroyer · Aug 24, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opeth11

Very good. *edits the answer in*

edit - Here's a fun one:

Opeth was bragging about his baseball team.

He said, "Three of our players hit home runs and two of those home runs were hit with the bases loaded. Our guys won 9 to 0 and not a single man crossed home plate."

How was this possible?

Girls baseball team.

Opeth11 · Aug 24, 2006, 04:12 AM // 04:12

Not exactly the answer I was looking for, but it sure works..I guess..

I'll change it into an all-male team.

fatogreboy · Aug 24, 2006, 05:02 AM // 05:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opeth11

He said, "Three of our players hit home runs and two of those home runs were hit with the bases loaded. Our guys won 9 to 0 and not a single man crossed home plate."

How was this possible?

All of the men were married

fatogreboy · Aug 24, 2006, 05:04 AM // 05:04

Heres an old riddle I remember from math class. You guys might have seen it before but oh well, here it is...

Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they each pay the clerk $10 and go to their room. A few minutes later, the clerk realizes he has made an error and overcharged the trio by $5. He asks the bellhop to return $5 to the 3 friends who had just checked in. The bellhop sees this as an opportunity to make $2 as he reasons that the three friends would have a tough time dividing $5 evenly among them; so he decides to tell them that the clerk made a mistake of only $3, giving a dollar back to each of the friends. He pockets the leftover $2 and goes home for the day! Now, each of the three friends gets a dollar back, thus they each paid $9 for the room which is a total of $27 for the night. We know the bellhop pocketed $2 and adding that to the $27, you get $29, not $30 which was originally spent. Where did the other dollar go????

Opeth11 · Aug 24, 2006, 09:45 AM // 09:45

It didn't go anywhere =_=

They payed 30 as a total and had 5 given back to them, effectively paying $25 total. However, $2 goes to the boy, so they've given out $27 in total.

The hotel has the $25 it wants for the room, the boy has $2: Total of $27.

27/3 = 9 ~ the $9 that the 3 men payed each.

Wait..did that even make sense..?

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*throws in some more*

What goes up, but at the same time goes down, up to the sky and down to the ground, my present tense and my past tense too, lets go for a ride just me and you...what am I?

Peter killed someone, he is a murderer. Peter was guilty & David was innocent. They went to court. After a while, they came out. The lawyers found out Peter was the murderer but they arrest David, why?

What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?

Name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.

Which English word has three consecutive double letters?

*I find this one incredibly clever, though the answer isn't technically sound* --> You are in a room with no windows and no doors. Everything is made of cement in the room except for a mirror and a table. How would you get out? Look into the mirror. Take what you saw, and use is as a saw to cut the table in half. Two Halves make a whole. Use the hole to escape.

AquilaI · Aug 24, 2006, 10:33 AM // 10:33

^

The day riddle:- Christmas eve, christmas day, boxing day

I've also heard a variation on that last one:- hit your hand to make it 'sore/saw' saw the table in half. put it together to make a 'whole/hole' and escape through the hole

Poison Ivy · Aug 24, 2006, 10:38 AM // 10:38

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Originally Posted by Inde

You've got someone working for you for seven days and a gold bar to pay them. The gold bar is segmented into seven connected pieces. You must give them a piece of gold at the end of every day. If you are only allowed to make two breaks in the gold bar, how do you pay your worker?

Cut it in 14 pieces.

Opeth11 · Aug 24, 2006, 10:38 AM // 10:38

Regarding the day riddle: Your answer sure works, but it was not the one I am looking for, as Christmas is not celebrated in many places.

Well done on the second one.

Poison Ivy · Aug 24, 2006, 11:00 AM // 11:00

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Originally Posted by Inde

There are 4 women who want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. You have 17 minutes to get all of them across to the other side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each woman walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower woman's pace.
Woman 1: 1 minute to cross
Woman 2: 2 minutes to cross
Woman 3: 5 minutes to cross
Woman 4: 10 minutes to cross

Meh, cake.

Woman 1/Woman 2 go across. 2
Woman 2 Comes back. 4
Woman 3/Woman 4 go across. 14
Woman 1 Comes back. 15
Woman 1/Woman 2 go across. 17

Time for a refill on caffine...

Cebe · Aug 24, 2006, 11:20 AM // 11:20

Surely the best interview question ever would have to have come from John Cleese in Monty Python's Flying Circus?

"a-ding-ling-ling-ling-ling-ling?"

Illidan Coldage · Aug 24, 2006, 01:25 PM // 13:25

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Originally Posted by Opeth11

It appears to be green on the outside, but is red on the inside. When you spit it out, it is black. What did you eat?

Watermelon

Ultimate Warrior · Aug 24, 2006, 02:44 PM // 14:44

for the day one, August 1st, August 2nd, and August 3rd

It works

Mars Dragonblade · Aug 24, 2006, 03:20 PM // 15:20

Might as well have a go:

Two men went deep into the Dutch Forest: one, a small, meek man; the other, a monster. They walked for days, until, out of food, they got desperate. The monster murdered the meek man, and ate him for dinner! He left no remains, whatsoever, and was seen by no one. On his return to civilisation he told no one. Who was the murdering, canniballistic monster?

milias · Aug 24, 2006, 04:36 PM // 16:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inde

The most famous of these interview questions is the first one, Why is a manhole cover round?

1. So that it doesn't fall in
2. It's easier to dig

There's a third answer, which I forgot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inde

If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?

Fill up 5-quart pail first, pour from it to fill up 3-quart pail, so you have 2 quarts left in 5-quart pail. Empty 3-quart pail, pour the remaining 2 quarts in 5-quart pail into 3-quart pail. Fill up 5-quart pail again, pour from it to fill up 3-quart pail. Now you end up with 4 quarts in the 5-quart pail.

Mrscoombes · Aug 24, 2006, 04:55 PM // 16:55

I once got 'If you saw a dragon outside your window, what would your reaction be?' it turned out he was just pulling my leg, though...

milias · Aug 24, 2006, 04:58 PM // 16:58

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Originally Posted by Inde

One train leaves Los Angeles at 15mph heading for New York. Another train leaves from New York at 20mph heading for Los Angeles on the same track. If a bird, flying at 25mph, leaves from Los Angeles at the same time as the train and flies back and forth between the two trains until they collide, how far will the bird have traveled?

The bird will have traveled at 25mph the same amount of time it took the trains to collide. So if we designate the distance between NY and LA as "x" in miles, it will take

x / (15 + 20) hours

for the trains to collide.

During this time, the bird will have traveled:

x / (15 + 20) * 25 = 5/7 * x miles

So the bird will have traveled five-seventh of the distance between NY and LA.

Sir Skullcrasher · Aug 24, 2006, 05:52 PM // 17:52

Predict the profit margin from this year (pretend its A-Net) and decide on what marketing strategy it is needed to get more buyers for us.

Bane of Worlds · Aug 25, 2006, 12:56 AM // 00:56

geez people the strange interview questions are designed to test how the person reacts and how they go about answering unexpecting questions not related to the job like how interviewer spills coffee on you or make you wait longer to see how you react and see what type of person you're.

Opeth11 · Aug 25, 2006, 01:08 AM // 01:08

I would love to be an interviewer for a company and then throw in a bunch of random questions like that just to see how crushed the poor suckers will be.

"WHAT'S MY CHINESE NAME?!"
"Um.."
"OH! YOU'RE DONE!"