Question of the Day #33 - Five For Friday Blue balls and Chessboards

[sxty8goats]

Question #33 is closed (Finally, sorry about the delay) 11/12/09, 4:28PM

Five For Friday - You have One PM to get your answers in. No multiple PMs on this one.

First PM with an answer is the only one that counts

1 point for each correct question/puzzle/riddle.

3 bonus points for the first person with all 5 correct.
2 bonus points for the second person with all 5 correct.
1 bonus points for the third person with all 5 correct.



How many squares are on a chessboard ?
Answer:
1, 8x8 square
4, 7x7 squares
9, 6x6 squares
16, 5x5 squares
25, 4x4 squares
36, 3x3 squares
49, 2x2 squares
64, 1x1 squares
Total of 204



At dusk I come without being fetched.
At dawn I disappear without being stolen.
I'm a poet's tears and a sailor's guide.
What am I ?

Answer : Stars



There are a mix of red, green and blue balls in a bag.
The total number of balls is 60.
There are four times as many red balls as green balls and 6 more blue balls than green balls.
How many balls of each colour are there?

Answer: 36 red/ 9 green/ 15 blue



What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

Answer: A Postage Stamp



I know what my job is,
The point has been made.
You say I have a big head,
And you're right, I'm afraid.
So put me in my place,
And then leave me alone.
What I need most,
Is someone to drive me home.
What am I ?

Answer: A Nail


PM Answers

[1luckeyt/a]

pm sent.

[hellmonkey]

Sigh, i think i messed up #1.

[1luckeyt/a]

Sigh, i think i messed up #1.

don't worry. i did too.

[Good Vibes]

Had to go somewhere, so in a little late. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! :)

[2KSE]

I'm still stuck. Only got 3 so far.

[whaler01]

PM sent. These made me think and scribble on paper.

[sxty8goats]

Points _ Bonus _ Member
5 _ 3 _ SilverGoat04
5 _ 2 _ ChillyPalmer
5 _ 1 _ GoodVibes
5 _ 0 _ BackRoadGTO
5 _ 0 _ brada
5 _ 0 _ whaler01
4 _ 0 _ Go Steelers
4 _ 0 _ 1luckeyt/a
4 _ 0 _ GTO48
4 _ 0 _ hellmonkey
4 _ 0 _ IDNTWN2
4 _ 0 _ JTSnooks
3 _ 0 _ d420gto
3 _ 0 _ USCGTO
3 _ 0 _ VeritasGT
2 _ 0 _ zxxviii

Although the sun is a star, it doesn't work for that question because of the 'dusk/dawn' wording.

[sxty8goats]

Had to go somewhere, so in a little late. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! :)

Seems to have been a good set of questions. Lots of wrong answers so people were challenged but enough correct answers to show that they were not too difficult. There were quite a few submissions before any bonus points were given.

Most common missed was the chessboard question, I figured there would be less wrongs because we had a 'count the squares' question a couple weeks ago. Second place for missed would likely be the Nail question. I never got that one myself, had to look it up the next day but saw the logic. :)

[hellmonkey]

Yeah, I realized as soon as I sent the PM that I messed up the chessboard question. Oh well.

[Good Vibes]

Seems to have been a good set of questions. Lots of wrong answers so people were challenged but enough correct answers to show that they were not too difficult. There were quite a few submissions before any bonus points were given.

Most common missed was the chessboard question, I figured there would be less wrongs because we had a 'count the squares' question a couple weeks ago. Second place for missed would likely be the Nail question. I never got that one myself, had to look it up the next day but saw the logic. :)

That's what I was thinking about when I answered it. You know if there's a question that takes more reading into it, I'm gonna do it. I usually mess up on the simple ones, because I think it's too easy, so there must be a trick.