mental challenge #3

[bunsen burner]

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS MENTAL CHALLENGE


UPSIDE DOWN, MISS JANE
What five-letter word, when written in upper case, reads the same upside down?


Answer: SWIMS

 

[bunsen burner]

The good Mr Dan Liebke, our Chief Statistician, always ready to outsmart us if possible, yesterday asked me, "Do you always believe what you see?"

I said, "Usually. Why?" So saying, Dan pulled out a pack of cards and selected four cards from the deck. He showed them to me. There was an ace, a three, a ten and a jack. He arranged the cards in a certain order and then laid them out in a row, face-down on the table.

I said, "This is that dumb trick where you ask me to find the jack, isn't it?"

"No, my friend," he smirked. "This is that dumb trick where I ask you to find the two jacks that are in those four cards!"

How is this possible and where are the two jacks?



Answer will be provided next month.

 

[ScouseCat]

Does Ace + Ten = Blackjack??

That would mean there's a Jack and a Blackjack, which I suppose could be the 2 types of Jacks.

If that's not it, I have no idea.

 

[Thrawn]

The Jack is glued to either card, making the two look like the one card.

Actually... I like Darren's answer on this one.

 

[Lensen]

On the Jack card, (if I remember my cards correctly ), there is two Jacks on each card, ie if you split it in half, you'll have two Jacks showing.

That's terribly unclear, but its my answer.

 

[supa-gal]

Originally posted by L-Nizzy
On the Jack card, (if I remember my cards correctly ), there is two Jacks on each card, ie if you split it in half, you'll have two Jacks showing.

Like the picture of the jack is a mirror image therefore there are two?!

 

[Lensen]

Yeah, that's it

 

[TheMase]

Originally posted by L-Nizzy
On the Jack card, (if I remember my cards correctly ), there is two Jacks on each card, ie if you split it in half, you'll have two Jacks showing.

That's terribly unclear, but its my answer.

Thats what I reckon too!

 

[grimlock]

Originally posted by bunsen burner
He arranged the cards in a certain order and then laid them out in a row, face-down on the table.

I think this line points to ScouseCat's proposed solution as the correct one. If only the ace and ten were laid side by side would there be a blackjack.

 

[Stucey]

An ace and ten laid side by side isn't a blackjack....

an ace and jack/queen/king is.

 

[evade28]

Originally posted by L-Nizzy
On the Jack card, (if I remember my cards correctly ), there is two Jacks on each card, ie if you split it in half, you'll have two Jacks showing.

That's terribly unclear, but its my answer.

thats what i was thinking too.

 

[Ghostwriter]

The 2 Jacks, obviously there is the Jack and then there is the J, the A, the 3, the third letter of the alphabet converts to C, the 10 which converts to K in the alphabet.
Remember the guy telling the story was a statistician.

 

[Korn]

mental challenge #1 was good, since then it's has been going down hill.

 

[bunsen burner]

I must admit, I thought this one was so crap and ambiguous I haven't even bothered thinking about it.

 

[red+black]

i thought from the outset this was pretty lame. sort of like primary school lame. starting to get like the Police Academy films. wearing as thin as a Christina Aguilera outfit. not that there's anything wrong with that.