ITT You give me a good question (reps)

FinalCountdown · 10-31-2009, 01:44 AM

I need a question, a really good question that requires a lot of thinking to solve. Can be about just about anything, but something of this world like history, a specific name, person, etc. The question can be formed in any way. To help you understand here's an example:

What symbol in terms of punctuation that you would see in writing, best describes "life goes on"? (Punctuation used in writing = , . ; : ,etc.)

Give up? Answer: A dash. The reason? E.g. : " Patrick Bateman Oct 16, 1980 - June 10, 2042. " The dash represented his life going on.. until the moment he died.

So basically that's it, I'm looking for good questions as I'm trying to come up with ideas to submit questions to a game show (they give prize rewards for good questions). Reps will be given for good questions/ideas.

EDIT: I have to submit an answer as well guys. I can't ask "why do we exist" for this reason, and similar questions that have a personal belief/answer. The answer needs to be factual and have a logical/factual basis.

Subrosa · 10-31-2009, 01:47 AM

How many penguins does it take to fix an ice cream truck?

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 01:47 AM

Suppose there are 4 people, two of which are wearing red hats, and two of which are wearing blue hats. one person is behind a wall, and the other three are standing in a uniform line, only able to see the person directly in front of them. Which person knows exactly which color hat he's wearing, and why?

Alexandre76 · 10-31-2009, 01:47 AM

Why do we exist?

7399martyn · 10-31-2009, 01:50 AM

What are your aspirations in life? what would you do once you achieve them?

FinalCountdown · 10-31-2009, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

Suppose there are 4 people, two of which are wearing red hats, and two of which are wearing blue hats. one person is behind a wall, and the other three are standing in a uniform line, only able to see the person directly in front of them. Which person knows exactly which color hat he's wearing, and why?

There's not enough info in the question... two things,

1. Do the people know what color hat they have on themselves?
2. Can the guy in the back see the hat of the person in front of the guy in front of him?

EDIT: Edited first post.

Subrosa · 10-31-2009, 01:55 AM

I guess my question wasn't taken srs :[

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by FinalCountdown

There's not enough info in the question... two things,

1. Do the people know what color hat they have on themselves?
2. Can the guy in the back see the hat of the person in front of the guy in front of him?

No they cant see their own hat, and yes they can see the hat of the person directly infront of them.

Infusco · 10-31-2009, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

No they cant see their own hat, and yes they can see the hat of the person directly infront of them.

Do they know that there are two red and two blue hats between them?

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Infusco

Do they know that there are two red and two blue hats between them?

They know that 2of them has a red hat and 2 have a blue hat.

AnhYeuMy · 10-31-2009, 02:04 AM

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop?

Over 9000.

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

They know that 2of them has a red hat and 2 have a blue hat.

If someone can answer this 100% correct you win a 20$ SRS will paypal it.

OnMyWhey · 10-31-2009, 02:15 AM

ok assuming the guys are
1-> [wall] <-2 <-3 <-4
and number 4 can see numbers 3 AND 2 then:

a:
number 4 sees that 2,3 are wearing the same color hats and deduces that his hat is a different color, thus he announces. and all is well

Or

b:
number 3, assumes that number 4 isnt totally stupid, and that had number 3 and number 2 been wearing the same color hats he would have said something.
seeing as number 4 has not said anything, he deduces that both he [number 3] and number 2 are wearing different color hats. he then looks at the color of the hat in front and declares that his is a different color

OnMyWhey · 10-31-2009, 02:16 AM

Give me my money.

shiz1231 · 10-31-2009, 02:25 AM

hahaha i was about to post that answer aswell

OnMyWhey · 10-31-2009, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by shiz1231

hahaha i was about to post that answer aswell

Not sure if srs.

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by OnMyWhey

Give me my money.

Ok there are only a fixed amount of logical outcome's from this...

1."behind a wall" dosnt state that the wall is higher than his field of vision.
2.The " a wall" is not stated to block his vision/or be no transparent.
3. Dosnt state that the wall cannot be a mirror.
4.Dirctly in front of him dosnt state that person in the middle of the uniform line has perif-vision of the two people on each side.
5. i can go on and on about there is a lack of guidline's what is allowed to be done and not, due to lack of pre-set information discribing each thing.
________________
1. 2 people have blue hats=true
2. 2 people have red hats=true
3. there is one wall=true
4. there is one person behind the wall=true
5. there are 4 people in total=true
6. 3 of the 4 people are standing in a uniform line
only able to see directly in front of them=true
7. dose any person knows exactly what color hat they have on=unknown

So from these 6 true's and 1 unknown factor, there are only 4 logical correct outcome's each one having a equal % of being correct due to the lack of information, but one has a higher % of being correct with the flawed information given...
_________

8. the person behind the wall know's because the wall is not in between him and the 3 uniform lined up people, so he can see all three of them and which hat they have on, and therefore he knows which hat he has on. because 1-6 are true and 7 is unknown 8 must be true.. for a person to exactly know which hat he has on..but 8 can only be true if 9 is true
9.(he's behind a wall but he can turn around and other 3 uniform lined up people have there back's turned when the person behind the wall turns around)=true

So the person behind the wall has the highest logical % of being the person to exactly know which hat he has on because 1,2,3,4,5,6,9 are true and 7 is unknown and thats

he know's why because he can turn around and see the three people in uniform line facing the other way but conflict #10 is about there all infront of a wall but not, but are but not.....

Sorry if you explained that you'd get it.

OnMyWhey · 10-31-2009, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

Ok there are only a fixed amount of logical outcome's from this...

1."behind a wall" dosnt state that the wall is higher than his field of vision.
2.The " a wall" is not stated to block his vision/or be no transparent.
3. Dosnt state that the wall cannot be a mirror.
4.Dirctly in front of him dosnt state that person in the middle of the uniform line has perif-vision of the two people on each side.
5. i can go on and on about there is a lack of guidline's what is allowed to be done and not, due to lack of pre-set information discribing each thing.
________________
1. 2 people have blue hats=true
2. 2 people have red hats=true
3. there is one wall=true
4. there is one person behind the wall=true
5. there are 4 people in total=true
6. 3 of the 4 people are standing in a uniform line
only able to see directly in front of them=true
7. dose any person knows exactly what color hat they have on=unknown

So from these 6 true's and 1 unknown factor, there are only 4 logical correct outcome's each one having a equal % of being correct due to the lack of information, but one has a higher % of being correct with the flawed information given...
_________

8. the person behind the wall know's because the wall is not in between him and the 3 uniform lined up people, so he can see all three of them and which hat they have on, and therefore he knows which hat he has on. because 1-6 are true and 7 is unknown 8 must be true.. for a person to exactly know which hat he has on..but 8 can only be true if 9 is true
9.(he's behind a wall but he can turn around and other 3 uniform lined up people have there back's turned when the person behind the wall turns around)=true

So the person behind the wall has the highest logical % of being the person to exactly know which hat he has on because 1,2,3,4,5,6,9 are true and 7 is unknown and thats

he know's why because he can turn around and see the three people in uniform line facing the other way but conflict #10 is about there all infront of a wall but not, but are but not.....

Sorry if you explained that you'd get it.

NeoginCF · 10-31-2009, 02:59 AM

A turtle and a human being hold a sprint, the turtle runs at speed x and the human at speed 4x. Explain why the human will never pass the turtle.

Paradox of zeno if you want the answer.

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by OnMyWhey

look at ur sigg

yondy12 · 10-31-2009, 03:00 AM

Where does wind originate from and how is wind carried throughout the world in an ever-existing process when the generator of wind is not always constant?

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by NeoginCF

A turtle and a human being hold a sprint, the turtle runs at speed x and the human at speed 4x. Explain why the human will never pass the turtle.

Paradox of zeno if you want the answer.

It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, because there are an infinite number of points Achilles must

yondy12 · 10-31-2009, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, because there are an infinite number of points Achilles must

i c wut u did thar

NeoginCF · 10-31-2009, 03:06 AM

U my friend copypasted that from the internet cuz i never said a word about achilles

OnMyWhey · 10-31-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, because there are an infinite number of points Achilles must

Hahaha you got caught mother****3r.

dehollister · 10-31-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by yondy12

Where does wind originate from and how is wind carried throughout the world in an ever-existing process when the generator of wind is not always constant?

Differences in air temperature create wind, differences in air temperature come from the sun

yondy12 · 10-31-2009, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dehollister

Differences in air temperature create wind, differences in air temperature come from the sun

this is wrong.

NeoginCF · 10-31-2009, 03:17 AM

It's right, well sort off
U should also include earth rotation