My take on people, places, events and other things
Solve this one:
You were going to enter into a 20 stories building…
In every floor there is a guard…
To every guard you will pay a half of the money you brought, then the guard will gave you change of Php1.00.
Question: what is the minimum money that you would bring so that you can reach the top floor of the building having Php2.00 left?
An anagram is a type of word play wherein you rearrange the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase, using all the original letters exactly once. For example: “Microsoft Windows” could be rearranged to become “sown in discomfort“. Other examples are:
Today, I am posting a modified form of anagram. It is designed to challenge your knowledge of geography and your ability to think laterally.
Take out three letters from the three word phrase below and scramble the remaining letters to make the name of a country.
1. AGE OF LIARS
2. VAN FOR TIME
3. ONE BIG MULE
4. THE OLD PAN
5. TOUGH ACT SAFARI
6. WE SEND ONE
7. A REAL DINER
8. NEAR HIS GYM
Now check out how fast you can do the eight items above!
LETS SEE HOW FAST YOU CAN SOLVE THIS:
I am a five letter word.
If my first letter is removed i come above you
If my first two letters are removed I am still around you
HINT: I am used for your comfort
This quiz should be easy, since I provided the choices for you to choose from. If you think the correct answer is not among the choices provided, you may type-in the correct answer.
But the real challenge, is if you can tell me where in Davao del Sur is the beachfront I am referring to.
Now, here is the question:
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Three months ago, I travelled from Padada to a beachfront somewhere in Davao del Sur. On the first day I travelled one half of the distance. On day two, I travelled one-third of the remaining distance. On day three, I travelled three-quarters of the remaining distance. On the fourth day, I travelled one half of the remaining distance. On the fifth day, I was left with 5 kilometers left to travel. How far is it from that beachfront to Padada in total?
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Up to the early 70s, there were no television and daily newspapers in Padada- my hometown. Our main form of information and entertainment during those years was radio. So we listened to radio dramas, to the radio commentaries, and to songs played over the radio. Radio announcers were celebrities, and radio characters were our heroes.
If we don’t like the radio program(s) and for lack of anything else to do before bedtime, we spent our time telling stories; or more accurately, the adults telling the stories and us the younger ones listening to them. On some of these occasions, they played games of wits – the most popular of which are challenging the other people in the crowd if they can solve a puzzle. The dynamics of the puzzle game was amusing. As one person gave his solution, the other people in the group retorts back why the solution is wrong.
Here is one of the puzzles I remember being discussed in one of those. Lets see if you can solve it!
The Rabbit, the Cat, and the Cabbage
A farmer is returning from the farm. With him is his cat, a rabbit and cabbage. On the way home he must cross a river. His boat is small one, allowing him to take only one of the three things. He can’t keep the rabbit and the cabbage together (because the rabbit would eat it), nor the rabbit with the cat (because the cat would eat the rabbit).
How shall the farmer get everything on the other side (without any harm)?
And for my kababayans, the original version is as follows:
Ang Rabbit, ang Iring, ug ang Repolyo
Ang magbabaol pauli na gikan sa iyang umahan. Duna siya dala nga iring, rabbit ug repolyo. Bag-o sya mo-abot sa iya nga balay, kinahanglan nga molabang siya sa usa ka sapa. Pero gamay ra ang iya nga baruto mao nga usa ra sa tulo nya ka dala ang pwede nya nga makarga sa baruto. Dili nya pwede unahon ug dala ang iring unya biyaan ang rabbit ug ang repolyo kay kaunon man sa rabbit ang repolyo. Dili pod nya pwede nga biyaan ang iring ug ang rabbit kay kaunon man sa iring ang rabbit.
Unsaon man iyang himoon aron malabang nya ang rabbit, ang iring ug ang repolyo sa tabok sa sapa nga walay mahitabo sa bisan usa sa tulo?