The great mystery thread - post yours here!

[Blue_Frog]

Assuming that you are referring to a closed polygon made up of three intersecting sides on a flat plane, you can't.

Ahh... but I never indicated flat plane did I?

[Blue_Frog]

Since math likely isn't my strong point, and I shouldn't try to me SMRT with math-like problems (and I more than likely fudged up what i was trying to say before) heres a couple more to try -- a Mystery and a Puzzle

Mystery #1: A man marries twenty women in his village but isn't charged with polygamy.

Mystery #2: A man rides into town on Friday. He stays three nights and leaves on Friday.

Puzzle #1: Connect all 9 dots, using only 4 straight lines.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

1. He is the vicar
2. Friday is the name of his horse and I gave up after that

[Blue_Frog]

1. He is the vicar
2. Friday is the name of his horse and I gave up after that

+2 points for you! You get to find the next one

[Blue_Frog]

I know the solution for the dots as I use it in training to encourage people to ....think outside the box...

*lol* great clue

Heres a couple more that i ran across --
1. What gets wetter and wetter, the more it dries?

2. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

3. The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place.

[cmayer31]

*lol* great clue

Heres a couple more that i ran across --
1. What gets wetter and wetter, the more it dries?

2. Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?

3. The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of every end, And the end of every place.

1. A towel
2. A fire
3. I like the third one and I'm not sure that I want to give it away. I saw the answer in a letter once.

[Whisk_Luva]

3: The letter E

[Blue_Frog]

. A towel
2. A fire
3. I like the third one and I'm not sure that I want to give it away. I saw the answer in a letter once.

3: The letter E

Well, you guys got all 3 of the last puzzles -- too quick for me. The only ones I had left, are the right-angle-triangle puzzle, and the dots puzzle.

Otherwise, its someone else's turn to post another mystery/puzzle!

[cmayer31]

Here are a couple quick ones:

1. I travel all over the world by land, sea, and air, but I always stay in the corner. What am I?


2. Poor people have it,
Rich people need it,
And if you eat or drink it, you will die.

What is it?

[JenBKR]

2. Poor people have it,
Rich people need it,
And if you eat or drink it, you will die.

What is it?

Nothing?

[cmayer31]

Nothing?

Yup

[Blue_Frog]

I know the answer to the 'travel around the world' one -- but someone else can give it a shot so I wont give it away

Ok, for anyone interested, the answers to the triangle and dots:

1. Triangle made up of 3 right angles: If you lay out the triangle on a sphere instead of on a flat plane. Heres an exmaple:



Also see here for a better explanation -
http://torus.math.uiuc.edu/jms/java/dragsphere/


2. Using 4 straight lines to cross through 9 dots:



'Think outside the box' was the best way to describe this one.

[JenBKR]

1. I travel all over the world by land, sea, and air, but I always stay in the corner. What am I?

A stamp

[Roxyluvsme13]

You guys are smart, I feel stupid .

[cmayer31]

A stamp

Yep! I can't think of any right off the top of my head. Someone else needs to come up with one.