Brainteasers 31:
4 Headaches
Headache No. 1:
Who remembers carbon paper? Take two sheets of typing paper, called Sheet A and Sheet B.
In your mind put a piece of carbon paper between the two pieces of typing paper. Sheet A
is on top, then you have the carbon paper with the carbon side face down, and Sheet B is
on the bottom. Holding the 3 pieces together, fold them in half evenly so that Sheet A is
the outsdie sheet. Now write your name on the outside piece of typing paper. Headache
Question: On the 2 sheets of typing paper, how many times and where does your name appear
and is it as written or is it backward?
Headache No. 2:
Assume that all zypoctlities are also quepoxines, but only some
quepoxines are archymodoles. Which of the following statements is true?
1. No zypoctlities can be archymodoles.
2. If something is not quepoxines, it is also not an zypoctlities.
3. If something is a , it cann be a zypoctlities
Headache No. 3:
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Headache No. 4:
An angry Democract kidnapped Ralph Nader and showed him 2 groups of
pills. In each group were 8 pills. The Democrat said, "These pills look the same but
they’re not. Eight of them are a new drug which causes anyone who takes it to develop
a social conscience and become a Loyal Democrat. The other eight will cause you to become
boundlessly greedy and a True Republican." The Democract then showed Ralph Nader two
large boxes. "You must divide the 16 pills into these two boxes. My assistant will
then choose a box and draw one pill from that box. You must then swallow that pill."
Assuming that Ralph Nader would rather live as a Democrat than as a Republican, what
distribution of the pills will give him the best chance of doing so?
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