Riddles

[Sea Rem is best grill Posts:419 Threads:57 Reputation 28]

Aeroski gave me this cool idea and I like the idea of it. So post your best riddles and see who solves them first. I'm gonna post mine with a spoiler, but don't cheat! Try your best before looking up the answer!

There are 1600 people sitting around a circular table. The first person (person 1) has a sword and kills the second person then hands it to the next alive person (in this case person 3). Person 3 stabs person 4 and gives the sword to person 5. This goes on until person 1499 kills person 1500. Then person 1 kills person 3 and so on. This is repeate?d until there is only a single person remaining.


Who remains in the end?

Spoiler Show

Person 1153.

If you have any number of people equal to a power of 2 (2, 4, 8, etc.) then the first person will be the last remaining. The closest power of 2 to 1600 is 1024 (210). So the first person to go of the 1600 when there is 1024 people left will be the last person remaining. 1600 - 1024 = 576. 576 * 2 = 1152. Person 1152 will be the 576th person killed and person 1153 will be the first person to go of the remaining 1024 people.

Good luck and have fun!

[Sxarlos Og as F**k Posts:617 Threads:59 Reputation 52]

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock

Edit: How is this possible?

[Sea Rem is best grill Posts:419 Threads:57 Reputation 28]

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock

What's the question? Or am I that dimwitted lol

[Aiad8dWSJKS DF Member Posts:943 Threads:369 Reputation 13]

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock

What's the question? Or am I that dimwitted lol

I was wondering what the question was too xD It seems more like a poem :P

[Sea Rem is best grill Posts:419 Threads:57 Reputation 28]

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock

What's the question? Or am I that dimwitted lol

I was wondering what the question was too xD It seems more like a poem :P

I thought the same thing lol

[Sxarlos Og as F**k Posts:617 Threads:59 Reputation 52]

Look back at it, I edited it.

[Sea Rem is best grill Posts:419 Threads:57 Reputation 28]

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock

Edit: How is this possible?

Its a story. Anything is possible in a story.

[Sxarlos Og as F**k Posts:617 Threads:59 Reputation 52]

There is a story that a man and not a man
Saw and did not see a bird and not a bird
Perched on a branch and not a branch
And hit him and did not hit him with a rock and not a rock

Edit: How is this possible?

Its a story. Anything is possible in a story.

Nope.