The toughest quiz ever!!

Mackass · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:44

Mr.Orb said:
8 grand if you call the premium line number

I think I'll pass... it'll probably cost me that amount to get through to them.

Zefan · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:45

Chess Board =

1 = 64
4 = 49
9 = 36
16 = 25
25 = 16
36 = 9
49 = 2 (NO, IT'S FOUR DAMN IT)
64 = 1
= 204

ie there are 64 squares consisting of 1 block, 49 consisting of 4, etc etc etc.

Pretty predictable after the first couple tbh.

Amp34 wins

Amp34 · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:45

SexyBetty said:
Its like saying how many squares are on a chess board

204

Check for yourself

Zefan · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:47

Amp34 said:
204

Check for yourself

.......... please explain where I went wrong because I can't see it. Oh wait, yes I can. W1nn0r!

Seriously though how did I miss that

Amp34 · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:48

there are 4 x 49 squares not two, close though.

S@njay · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:48

R34P3R said:
Please don't anybody be sad enough to go try and count this.

204

yes i used google.

Xinn · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:49

I agree with Zefan simply because i can't be bothered counting and he gave the logic of it.

Edit: kk Google wins. 204

Zefan · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:49

I ACTUALLY counted

You faker loser hacker cheater nubs.

Amp34 · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:50

S@njay said:
204

yes i used google.

whistles*

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=chess+board+number+squares&meta=
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/qq/database/QQ.09.00/tom3.html
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56760.html

I did start counting then got bored and use my initiative instead.

Zefan · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:51

I bet I'm the ONLY one who's stupid enough to have counted. Damn I'm proud. Now I'm off to my old school field to play manhunt

Yay!

S@njay · 29 Apr 2006 at 22:54

Amp34 said:
whistles*

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=chess+board+number+squares&meta=
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/qq/database/QQ.09.00/tom3.html
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/56760.html

I did start counting then got bored and use my initiative instead.

lol, no wonder school is getting easier, answers are on google, i think net nanny should stop it!

But it dont work for everything

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=how+many+pyramids+are+there+&meta=

Steeps · 30 Apr 2006 at 02:42

i got 204 and i counted. google lies according to my lecturer :rolleyes:

KizZ · 30 Apr 2006 at 02:45

punky_munky said:
[IMGhttp://www.twobeds.com/upload/./userfiles/punky_munky/wtf.jpg[/IMG]

And would you believe me if I told you the guy that phoned up got it wrong?

And what was the right answer?

Psypher5 · 30 Apr 2006 at 02:55

SexyBetty said:
Its like saying how many squares are on a chess board

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]204, as so google says.

edit
I should read more than half of page one

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Arcade Fire · 30 Apr 2006 at 09:56

I'd bet that the 'correct' answer wasn't 28.

My mate and I spent about 90 minutes watching one of these whilst we were bored and getting drunk once. It was a simple maths equation, but devoid of any brackets and so depending on how you interpreted it you could get a load of different answers. We worked out that there were five different ways to interpret it sensibly, and so that answer could have been any of five different things - and we have maths degrees, so we were right goddammit!

But eventually somebody had called in and given each of our five answers, and they were all wrong. The 'right' answer turned out to involve interpreting it in a REALLY stupid, convoluted way, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was the same.