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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Re: Q33

**Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 5:23 pm

carlwebb

Re: Q33

**Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:11 pm

Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Well, that was weird. Got it, but it's weird for a puzzle. Thanks for the hint.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:24 pm

kie_yeo

As a stand alone puzzle that bought only one word to mind. It was wrong. Googling bought up a whole plethora of other possible words.

Seeing the variation it became obvious. Which beggars the question, is this an individual IQ test or a team effort?

**Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:04 am

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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Kie, I'm sure this is supposed to be individual. But undoubtedly we've all benefitted from the team effort. I do wonder who would be in first place if we hadn't helped each other. Since it is progressive, most of us would still be stuck back on 27, 26, or even 18, with no hope whatsoever of getting close to 100.

**Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:03 am

Mavado · Veteran Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 87

Group effort

**Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:47 am

magnet0 · Unfettered Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 398

Here, here.

Worshippy

**Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:52 am

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Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

Yep. Dittos and kudos to WIQ!

**Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:47 pm

BerzerkerJen

Ditto!

This departed from being like a traditional IQ test ages ago, so as I feel dumb and dumber, I try not to let it affect me too much. Wink

I haven't been doing these types of puzzles very long, so each one is expanding my mind. If not for the group, I would have been stuck many questions ago!

**Posted:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:57 pm

Squirle · Greenhorn Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 6

This one got me stumped (q10) Embarassed

The old Book of Riddles has 2634 pages.
Page 1 says: "1 page is lying"
Page 2 says: "2 pages are lying"
And so on until page 2634 says: "2634 pages are lying"

Only one page of the book tells the truth.
Which one?

Anybody with a clearer mind that could give a hint or two? Smile

**Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:18 am

kie_yeo

Try working it for each page -

1 page is lying - this suggests that 2633 pages are correct, which is clearly wrong since they all claim something different.

2 pages are lying - suggesting 2632 pages are correct, again miles out.

Still unsure?

**Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:12 am

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Squirle · Greenhorn Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 6

**Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:15 pm

xoxo_pr0ud · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 164

I'm stuck on 13. I did what someone else suggested and

**Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:44 pm

Adventurik · Decorated Joined: 30 Jun 2008 Posts: 262

**Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:41 pm

xoxo_pr0ud · Decorated Joined: 24 Jul 2005 Posts: 164

**Posted:** Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:33 pm