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From: ice@trwrba.UUCP (Douglas L. Ice)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 14:02:50 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 14:02:50 1986
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Summary: Logic Quiz (SPOILER!!! NON-ROT!!!)

In article <3200013@wvlpdp> john@wvlpdp writes:
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>	If you had a house that faced East and an rooster laid an egg on
>	the peak of the roof, which way would the egg fall?
>
>	If an airplane crashes EXACTLY on the border of two states,
>	where are the surviors buried?
>
>	Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
>
>	What color is George Washington's white horse?
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>	Which is heavier?  An ounce of feathers or an ounce of lead.
>	An ounce of lead or an ounce of gold.








(Answers follow --- you have been warned!)



*  Roosters don't lay eggs!

*  Hopefully, they won't bury the survivors!

*  Grant (where do they dig up these questions?)

*  Which horse?

*  An ounce of feathers weighs the same as an ounce of lead,
   but since lead and feathers are weighed in avoirdupois (sp?),
   while gold is weighed in troy measure, an ounce of gold
   weighs 480 grains, while an ounce of feathers or lead
   weighs 437.5 grains.

These jokes have been around for many years (wasn't Grant's tomb  
told by Groucho Marx?).  An excellent reference for this type
of puzzle, as well as many other interesting ones, is Raymond
Smullyan's "What is the Name of This Book?" (a good title).
Smullyan has several other puzzle books, but this one teaches
logic while providing amusement.  Here's a sample (stolen blatantly
and without permission or shame):

  A train leaves from Boston to New York.  An hour later, a train leaves
from New York to Boston.  The two trains are going at exactly the same
speed.  Which train will be nearer to Boston when they meet?

  A man has committed a crime punishable by death.  He is to make a 
statement.  If the statement is true, he is to be drowned;  if the
statement is false, he is to be hanged.  What statement should he
make to confound his executioners?

  And now, what is the name of this book? (see above)

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                                             --- Doug Ice