Rog's Rag-bag

Rog's Rag-bag - 07/14/19 04:33 PM

Maths, logic, trivia, puns, general silliness - an assortment of stuff too disparate to go under any other title. In other words, same old rubbish. [Linked Image]

-1. On a standard 8x8 chessboard, how many different squares of any size (from 1x1 to 8x8) are there?

-2. A Frib is neither a Loji nor a Mith
A Twog is a Dork or a Nurf
A Gluc is neither a Caln nor a Josh
A Shen is a Loji or a Nurf
A Korl is neither a Dork nor a Nurf
A Brut is a Caln or a Josh
A Frib is a Josh or a Nurf
A Korl is a Josh

Who is which?

-3. Ten men live in a street. A B C D and E live at numbers 1-5 and F G H I and J live at numbers 6-10, but not necessarily in that order. The houses are arranged so:

Code

 1    2    3    4    5

 10   9    8    7    6

The man next door to the man opposite I is E
F lives three houses away from G
H lives opposite C
If C is not central, then A is
B lives three houses away from C
If F is not central, then I is
D lives opposite G
The man next door to the man opposite A is J
C does not live at number 5

Who lives where?

-4. FARM is the shortest word that will provide the letters to make AM, FAR and MAR. In a similar manner, which is the shortest word that will provide the letters to make STRIDE, TAX, MOUSE and BOARD?

-5. " A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" was the final tweet of whch actor?

-6. Which number comes next in this series and why:? 100, 121, 144, 202, 244, 400

-7. Napoleon may not have designed the coat he wore but he did ---- - ---- -- --.

-8. "Don't ever stand up to be counted. Someone is bound to ---- your ----"

Posted By: manxman

Re: Rog.s Rag-bag - 07/14/19 04:59 PM

4. ambidextrous

Posted By: Sherlock

Re: Rog.s Rag-bag - 07/14/19 05:00 PM

7. have a hand in it

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Rog.s Rag-bag - 07/14/19 05:06 PM

Two goodies, manxman and Cheryl!

Posted By: curly

Re: Rog.s Rag-bag - 07/14/19 06:15 PM

8. take your seat??

Hi Rog.

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Rog.s Rag-bag - 07/14/19 06:44 PM

Indeed! Hi, Remi

Posted By: Pandora

Re: Rog.s Rag-bag - 07/15/19 02:16 AM

Happy birthday Cheryl!

Posted By: manxman

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/15/19 03:45 AM

6. 1210 (base 4). Starting with 100 in base 10, then 100 in base 9, .............100 in base 4 (is 1210)

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/15/19 07:10 AM

Aargh - missed it. Belated happy birthday, Cheryl

Nice call, manxman !

Posted By: Lex

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/15/19 09:43 AM

2. We are told that a Korl is a Josh, so a Frib is a Nurf, a Twog is a Dork, a Shen is a Loji, a Brut is a Caln and a Gluc is a Mith - on the other hand a nurf is surely a nurf already!

(I thought this might be all about some word play groaners such as LojiShen, but if so I have missed them...)

Posted By: Cue

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/15/19 11:32 AM

1. I'll try 204

1x1 64
2x2 49
3x3 36
4x4 25
5x5 16
6x6 9
7x7 4
8x8 1

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/15/19 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Lex

...on the other hand a nurf is surely a nurf already!

- there is nothing like a good pun. And that is nothing...

Spot-on, Cue!

Posted By: Cue

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/15/19 08:33 PM

Code

 C  E  A  B  D
 1  2  3  4  5

10  9  8  7  6
 H  F  I  J  G

Posted By: manxman

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/16/19 02:15 PM

5. Spock aka Leonard Nimoy

Posted By: Urban Worrier

Re: Rog's Rag-bag - 07/16/19 09:37 PM

Nice finish, gentlemen! I salute you [Linked Image]