Okay, then let's allow people who don't know it to guess it
You guys can read his spoiler for an extra line. It's not ruining the solution and you can still try guessing the one after that if you want.
I know one but it's French...
You know what, I'll try anyways.
What's the next line?
1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
I got frustrated and looked the answer and explanation up online. What was supposed to be French about it? The explanation I read was in English, and it made perfect sense to me.
I got frustrated and looked the answer and explanation up online. What was supposed to be French about it? The explanation I read was in English, and it made perfect sense to me.
The first time I told it on an English forum, people complained that it "didn't work in English". In French, numbers don't have plurals, therefore the first line is read "one one" but the second is read "two one" and so on, instead of "two ones". I was told the fact it didn't work the same in English prevented people from guessing the solution.
Since that was a complaint then, I hesitated posting it here.
If you say it works fine though, I'll trust you on that. It's hard to tell when you already know the solution.
Whoops! Shoulda checked my knowledge really. Bamse and The Highway are correct.
So the pattern goes
R,B,R,B,R,B,R,B,R,B,
R,B,R,B,R,B,R,B,R,B,
R,B,R,B,R,B,R,B,R,B,Y,G
If you solve it from now on, just give the next letter in the sequence, and so on. Someone else can give a new puzzle.
I googled the hint, "147", and found that it was the top score in a kind of pool game. To get that score, you need to get the balls in the holes in a specific order, first a succession of all 15 red and black balls, alternating them, and then all the remaining colours.
I couldn't find anywhere stating if the remaining colours had to be in a specific order or not. I'm not even sure WHAT they are. But it looks like that's the answer.
I googled the hint, "147", and found that it was the top score in a kind of pool game. To get that score, you need to get the balls in the holes in a specific order, first a succession of all 15 red and black balls, alternating them, and then all the remaining colours.
I couldn't find anywhere stating if the remaining colours had to be in a specific order or not. I'm not even sure WHAT they are. But it looks like that's the answer.
Yeah, 147 is the highest score you can get in one break (basically, one go at the table) in snooker. Basic rules are that you must first pot a red, then a coloured ball and repeat that until all the reds (15 of them) have been potted. Then the coloured balls must be potted in order of points value (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink & black - points value 2 to 7 in that order).
Instead of three bulbs, there was a traffic light - red, yellow, and green. You were the guy in the booth behind the traffic light that controlled it (lol), but you don't know which button controls which light. Also you have butter and there's a dog outside that will kill you if you get out of the booth more than once.
That has a different solution. In that case, you just flip switches noticing what crashing noises result. Then the police come for you, and you blame the dog.
The simplest way to check would be to actually do it (or make a small program to do it :P).
Nyaha, if you get a program to do it, I will ask you another question: What is the biggest digit in the TWENTY-EIGHT-TRILLIONTH line... and so on, until your computer program breaks
The biggest digit would still be 3. To get a 4, the previous line would have four of the same in a row, so if you split them in two's (because of the way it got generated) it's either like {.. ab bb bc ..} or {.. bb bb ..}. The first is impossible because it would be {.. [a+b]b bc ..} instead, the second because it would be {.. [2*b]b ..} instead.
(This assumes the "digits" don't use a decimal system per se and may have some minor issues. You can do a strict proof by using induction, but I'm not going to go to that length here.)
OK, wiseguys, here's one more.
Anastasia and Bertha were sisters. Both were equal in terms of how they acted. Anastasia died on Land, and Bertha died at Sea. People were devastated when Anastasia died, but happy when Bertha died. Why is this?
"Anastasia and Bertha were nuclear bombs" sorta works, but I'll keep thinking. Other sort of... killy things... that are better to have at sea (whirlwinds etc.) seem to sorta work in the same way. Hmmm.
OK, wiseguys, here's one more.
Anastasia and Bertha were sisters. Both were equal in terms of how they acted. Anastasia died on Land, and Bertha died at Sea. People were devastated when Anastasia died, but happy when Bertha died. Why is this?
And they get names in alphabetical order, that also fits.
The first one died on land, causing much destruction on its (her?) way, while the second one died at sea, before arriving land, without causing destruction, so people is happy.
And they get names in alphabetical order, that also fits.
The first one died on land, causing much destruction on its (her?) way, while the second one died at sea, before arriving land, without causing destruction, so people is happy.
So People ARE happy. But I'll let it slide this one time. And Yes, you were right.
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If you have 5 apples in 1 hand and 7 apples in the other hand what do you have?
yea you got it
I know one but it's French...
You know what, I'll try anyways.
What's the next line?
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
Yes! Did you know it or did you figure it out, and if you figured it out, can you explain how?
It's a quite well known "math" riddle here in Spain too.
There's another riddle with numbers from 1 to 9:
8-5-4-9-... what's next?
HINT: Well, I'm actually used to the Spanish version
5-4-2-9-... what's next?
HINT-2: Maybe Avistew is more used to this other version
5-2-8-9-... what's next?
You guys can read his spoiler for an extra line. It's not ruining the solution and you can still try guessing the one after that if you want.
I got frustrated and looked the answer and explanation up online. What was supposed to be French about it? The explanation I read was in English, and it made perfect sense to me.
Since that was a complaint then, I hesitated posting it here.
If you say it works fine though, I'll trust you on that. It's hard to tell when you already know the solution.
AEFHIKLMN
What are the next 2 letters and why?
T and V, they're letters with only straight lines.
I googled the hint, "147", and found that it was the top score in a kind of pool game. To get that score, you need to get the balls in the holes in a specific order, first a succession of all 15 red and black balls, alternating them, and then all the remaining colours.
I couldn't find anywhere stating if the remaining colours had to be in a specific order or not. I'm not even sure WHAT they are. But it looks like that's the answer.
Yeah, 147 is the highest score you can get in one break (basically, one go at the table) in snooker. Basic rules are that you must first pot a red, then a coloured ball and repeat that until all the reds (15 of them) have been potted. Then the coloured balls must be potted in order of points value (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink & black - points value 2 to 7 in that order).
Thanks! A bit tricky considering I didn't even know that game before, but interesting puzzle.
That has a different solution. In that case, you just flip switches noticing what crashing noises result. Then the police come for you, and you blame the dog.
The top one goes: 8,5,4,9,1 or 0
The bottom one goes 5,2,8,9,4
Dunno about the middle one
Curious addition on the one avistew posted, for people that have already seen that puzzle, in the sequence:
1
11
21
1211
111221
etc.
If I were to carry on to 1million lines, what would be the biggest digit on the millionth line? And why?
And haha, Javi-Wan, good one ^_^
The simplest way to check would be to actually do it (or make a small program to do it :P).
You got it. Jack was born in Hospital Room 1701.
Monkey challenged Snake to a Gunfight. Monkey was known to be very quick, but Snake was known to be deadly. Who won the fight?
...or hands to hold the gun
Nyaha, if you get a program to do it, I will ask you another question: What is the biggest digit in the TWENTY-EIGHT-TRILLIONTH line... and so on, until your computer program breaks
(This assumes the "digits" don't use a decimal system per se and may have some minor issues. You can do a strict proof by using induction, but I'm not going to go to that length here.)
Jeez.. People are solving mine too quickly.
Anastasia and Bertha were sisters. Both were equal in terms of how they acted. Anastasia died on Land, and Bertha died at Sea. People were devastated when Anastasia died, but happy when Bertha died. Why is this?
that would fit. they always get female names.
The first one died on land, causing much destruction on its (her?) way, while the second one died at sea, before arriving land, without causing destruction, so people is happy.
So People ARE happy. But I'll let it slide this one time. And Yes, you were right.
AEFHIKLMNTVWXYZ
BCDGJOPQRSU
Why are some above and some below??