Whereas Jennings would get 693. His solution seems equally valid to me.Matthew Turner wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:00 pm723 up next?John Clarke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:43 pmEnglish humorist Paul Jennings once made a similar point, citing this question from H J Eysenck's Know Your Own IQ:E Michael White wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:47 am.... all those IQ tests we were forced to do as kids were all flawed on this type of question.
2 7 24 77 ?
Jennings reasoned "24 = 2x12; 77 = 7x11; so the next ought to be 24x10, or 240".
The actual "correct" answer is 238. I'll let readers figure out how.
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Interesting. I am tempted by the idea that you have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 on one die and the numbers 1 and 6 on the other. That covers all the possibilities 2 - 12. The other 4 faces can be any of the digits 1 - 6 and the probability of 7 is 1 in 6.MJMcCready wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:06 pmEach die of a pair of non-identical dice has six faces, but some numbers are missing, others are duplicated, and some faces may have more than six spots.
The dice can roll every number from 2 to 12.
What is the largest possible probability of rolling a 7?
It would be same if you had the digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on die 1 and 0 and 5 on die two.
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Ok so I think we can do better than 1 in 6' if we have
1,2,4,6,6,6
1,1,1,3,5,6
I think that is all the numbers covered and the probability of 7 is 1 in 3
1,2,4,6,6,6
1,1,1,3,5,6
I think that is all the numbers covered and the probability of 7 is 1 in 3
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1,2,3,3,3,3
1,4,4,4,6,9
Probability of 7 is 13/36
1,4,4,4,6,9
Probability of 7 is 13/36
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Yes correct, and I thought that was really hard.
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At a time when you forget your car keys/can't find the door key etc it's amazing what rubbish you can dredge up from the recesses of your memory. I clearly remember a news item from a comedy show sometime in the 1960s or early 70s which went something like this:-John Clarke wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:00 pmHome. (Pronounced "Hume", as in the 14th Earl of Home, who became prime minister as Sir Alec Douglas-Home.)Matthew Turner wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:49 pmWhat word is pronounced differently if the first letter is a capital.
"And now the News. The Foreign Secretary Lord Home is home...........I'm sorry I'll read that again.........The Foreign Secretary Lord Home is home, no the Foreign Secretary Lord Home is home............oh never mind." Read by John Cleese I think.
Fill in the variations yourselves.
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Spot on, Richard. I've got eight of the Oddlys, mostly discards from Wellington Library. Must try and source the rest some day ....Richard James wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:01 pmWas that from a piece called "I do not like you IQ" by any chance?John Clarke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:43 pmEnglish humorist Paul Jennings once made a similar point, citing this question from H J Eysenck's Know Your Own IQ:
I remember being in hysterics reading that on a District Line train between Ravenscourt Park and Richmond at some point in the 60s. Good to know I'm not the only one with fond memories of reading Paul Jennings' Oddly books.
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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Yep.Matthew Turner wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 9:00 pm723 up next?John Clarke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:43 pmEnglish humorist Paul Jennings once made a similar point, citing this question from H J Eysenck's Know Your Own IQ:E Michael White wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:47 am.... all those IQ tests we were forced to do as kids were all flawed on this type of question.
2 7 24 77 ?
Jennings reasoned "24 = 2x12; 77 = 7x11; so the next ought to be 24x10, or 240".
The actual "correct" answer is 238. I'll let readers figure out how.
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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That's a good one however you pronounce 'scone', since Scone in Scotland rhymes with moon.John Clarke wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:45 pmIndeed, a partial refutation!David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:07 amIndeed it is, but "Hume" is not the universal pronunciation of "Home" as a proper noun.
Home House is an upmarket private members' club in Marylebone which was mentioned as a victim of alleged fraud emanating from the Braingames World Championship Match in 2000. (No such fraud was ever proved.)
When I first heard of it, I called it "Hume House", only to be told immediately that it was "Home House".
Let's try another Scottish one: scone/Scone.
I don't think younger generations would understand the snobbish nuances in the Betjeman poem below, which ends with 'scones' rhyming with 'stones'. The implication is that scones rhyming thus is the mark of a lower class person trying to be posh. I was brought up to imitate the Queen's supposed pronunciation which rhymes with 'gone'. My mother's other no-nos were 'Pardon?' (should be 'What did you say?') and 'Pleased to meet you' (should be 'How do you do?). Nowadays it tends to be 'You all right then?' - 'Yes, yourself?'
How To Get On In Society by John Betjeman
Phone for the fish knives, Norman
As cook is a little unnerved;
You kiddies have crumpled the serviettes
And I must have things daintily served.
Are the requisites all in the toilet?
The frills round the cutlets can wait
Till the girl has replenished the cruets
And switched on the logs in the grate.
It's ever so close in the lounge dear,
But the vestibule's comfy for tea
And Howard is riding on horseback
So do come and take some with me
Now here is a fork for your pastries
And do use the couch for your feet;
I know that I wanted to ask you-
Is trifle sufficient for sweet?
Milk and then just as it comes dear?
I'm afraid the preserve's full of stones;
Beg pardon, I'm soiling the doileys
With afternoon tea-cakes and scones.
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If you hadn't been so well brought up, you wouldn't have been qualified to start the "Pedants United" thread on here decades later.Paul Habershon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:17 pmI don't think younger generations would understand the snobbish nuances in the Betjeman poem below, which ends with 'scones' rhyming with 'stones'. The implication is that scones rhyming thus is the mark of a lower class person trying to be posh. I was brought up to imitate the Queen's supposed pronunciation which rhymes with 'gone'. My mother's other no-nos were 'Pardon?' (should be 'What did you say?') and 'Pleased to meet you' (should be 'How do you do?). Nowadays it tends to be 'You all right then?' - 'Yes, yourself?'
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Are any other forum members hooked on Wordle?
I only came across it a week ago and it's a nice daily challenge to look forward to.
I'm already thinking it would be useful to have a list of allowed words as I used up a go today on a word which is allowed in scrabble, but may not be in Wordle. As it had 4 letters in the correct place I got the answer on the next turn. Or maybe the software doesn't allow you enter words which are not allowed?, I don't know.
I only came across it a week ago and it's a nice daily challenge to look forward to.
I'm already thinking it would be useful to have a list of allowed words as I used up a go today on a word which is allowed in scrabble, but may not be in Wordle. As it had 4 letters in the correct place I got the answer on the next turn. Or maybe the software doesn't allow you enter words which are not allowed?, I don't know.
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It doesn't allow you to enter words which are not allowed, no.
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The list of guessable words (combinations of letters that won’t be rejected by the software) is larger than the list of solutions.
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Now we have moved on a day I don't think I'm spoiling anything by revealing yesterday's answer was Wrung. After a couple of attempts I realised that both wrung and brung worked, but wasn't sure if brung would be on the list (I don't think the pedants would like it ). I tried it anyway and it was accepted, but incorrect.
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