Thursday, May 30, 2024

Can you solve this week's puzzler?

The 95 Point Question

Puzzler time.

Here it is.

This involves two undergraduate chemistry students at a major university. They had a highly successful semester in an introductory chemistry class that they were taking.

So their confidence is high. So high in fact that they decide to blow off the entire week before exams.

So, instead of studying that week, they take a trip. They go to a fraternity party in a town quite a distance away and they have a pretty good time. So these guys spend the entire week partying. And they have such a good time, that they don't make it back in time for their final exam. They miss it entirely.

In a panic, they devise a plan. They agreed to tell the professor that they had a flat tire, and this prevented them from returning on time to take the exam. (This was before cell phones, obviously...)

So, they tell the professor this. And they beg and they plead with him to allow them to take the exam again. They say this will never happen again.

The professor agrees and tells them to return the next morning.

So, they do. They come back the next morning and the professor give them their exam. He has them leave their backpacks and books in the office and sends them to different rooms to take the exam.

The test consists of one 5 point question, some molarity problem. Something easy. And smiling confidently, each student answers the question.

Then they turn the page. The next question is the 95 point question.

And the puzzler question is, what is the 95 point question that the professor put on the make up exam?

Good luck.

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Particular Plate

Time again for a new puzzler. Here we go.

Imagine, if you will, you're driving in your automobile on a fine spring afternoon on our fair city.

On this drive, you see in front of you another car with a very interesting license plate.

This particular license plate has 6 characters. Those characters are TAN-270.

So the plate says just TAN-270.

And the puzzler question simple is, what make of car is this license plate attached to?

And there is a hint. The hint is: high school.

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Particular Plate

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The Stopping Comet

This guy and his wife had a 1975 Mercury Comet years ago. It was a good old car for them for a while.

But then, one day, the Comet developed this interesting problem. The engine would die whenever the car came to a stop, but only when the wife was driving it. It never did this when the husband was driving it. When the wife would drive the car and come to a stop light or a stop sign, the whole car would just shut down. Everything would die except the headlights. The engine ran just fine otherwise, and would start right up again without hesitation when this would happen. If she slowed down dramatically and came to a very slow stop, it would not die. But if she did a normal stop, it would die every single time. But this would never happen when the husband drove the car.

The husband brought the car to us. He hands us the car key, and we take it for a drive to test it. The problem never appeared. We did the normal stuff. We replaced the fuel filter, checked all the ignition related components, looked for loose parts or connections. We looked at every single possibility. Then we drove the car again, and it was fine. So we call him and said, "It doesn't do that for us. We fixed all these things. We think it must be good now. You can come pick it up."

So, the husband comes to pick up the car. He drives it home, and the car is perfect. It drives flawlessly. He gives his wife the key and says, "I'm sure it must be fixed now. I stopped a bunch of times to test it, and the car did great."

The wife is so happy. She puts the car key back on her keychain and is happy.

A few hours later, his wife comes back in tears and says, "It is not fixed. It is still dying any time I stop!"

So they take the car back to the shop. He takes out the key ring and slams it on the counter. And he says, "It is still not working! Please fix it again!"

So we look it over again, and there is nothing wrong with the car. And I tell him that, and he drives it, and it works perfectly. He drives it home. It works just fine.

The next day, his wife decides to test the car, and he gets in the passenger seat. And of course, the car dies at the stop light, but only when his wife is driving. And she's upset, and he does not know what to do.

And then, suddenly, from the passenger seat, he understands what is going on.

So the question is, what did he realize? What could have caused this issue only for his wife, and not for him or the mechanic shop?

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