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Pretend that you are playing a regulation game of American Football, and you start on your own 1 yard line. If no penalties are assessed, how many times can you run/pass for exactly one yard each down, in one drive, in hopes of scoring a touchdown?
Remember, an American Football field is 100 yards long.
Remember, an American Football field is 100 yards long.
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4You get 4 downs to travel 10 yards. If you only advance 4 yards in 4 downs, you will still be 6 yards short of getting a first down, ending your chances of scoring a touchdown.
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I don't understand this at all. I think it should be listed under Math teasers, since I understand very few of those anyway.
why is this in the trick category? did you mean to put it in trivia?
clever trick question
but too easy for anyone who knows anything about football
however, it looks like some people don't
but too easy for anyone who knows anything about football
however, it looks like some people don't
??????????????????????????????? this absultly makes no scence (then again i don't watch any sports)
this is a good teaser it just should be in a difrent caragory
I know nothing about football, so that was greek to me
I'm somewhat new to this, but it makes sense that it's in "trick". If you didn't know about American football, you might answer either "100" or "99".
Fortunately Mama taught me better and I could have answered this one by the time I learned to count.
Fortunately Mama taught me better and I could have answered this one by the time I learned to count.
Jan 01, 2006
The puzzle doesn't specify that you can't go for more than one yard. I assumed you could go for 1 yard and then for 7 for the first down. Which means you could go for 1 yard a total of 27 times before scoring a touchdown.
how many times can you run/pass for exactly one yard each down
That has to be enough clarity for you
That has to be enough clarity for you
Another great teaser.
I have no clue? Not much of a football person I guess. Great teaser though!!
I have to agree with chipman - your setup does NOT specify that you have only one set of downs! So I calculated that you could make 1 yard three times, then seven to get your next first down at the 11 yard line, repeat the performance to the 21, to the 31, to the 41, to the 51(which is actually called your opponent's 49 yard line,) to the 61 (39,) to the 71 (29,) to the 81 (19,) and thence to the 91 (9.) At this point you will have repeated the "Three one yarders plus a seven" nine times as chipman figured for his answer of "27." You have also reached your final first down, as there are no longer ten yards available for you to advance to receive another.However, you still have four plays in which to acheive a touchdown so you can throw/run for 1 yard three more times for a total of 30 before you have to cross the last six yard gap and add another inch to break the planeof the goal line andscore your TD. Stop being so surly, bigSwaff and admit that you worded
your teaser poorly. BTW, Iagree, this is NOT a Trick teaser unless you intended that discrepancy between 27 and 30 one-yardersas the trick- which you apparently didn't. Try again.
your teaser poorly. BTW, Iagree, this is NOT a Trick teaser unless you intended that discrepancy between 27 and 30 one-yardersas the trick- which you apparently didn't. Try again.
how many times can you run/pass for exactly one yard each down
There really is no other way to stress this folks.
There really is no other way to stress this folks.
I thought it would be a golf question. The scoring DRIVE.
Yea! I got it!! and I don't get to watch much football- I thought it was very clear about 1 yard at a time!
huh?
well the touchdown hope would end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure it's very clever, but I don't see the trick, and it appears to require knowledge of US football, which most outside the US wouldn't have.
You could have said "consecutive times", Swaff, to make it more clear. Otherwise, that doesn't appear to be a requirement.
I am completely at a loss to understand what is so hard to understand. One yard at a time. Four attempts. Equals four yards.
Six short of a first down (ten yards).
Done.
sorry didnt really lyk it coz i dun really know nething about football yeah
It is impossible to run for "Exactly one yard" and then go any further. The down is over. You also specified drives only. . . no passing. Maybe people unfamiliar with "American Football" got confused. Great teaser!
I didn't understand it.
I found that really easy, but I gues thats because I actually follow sports. Obviously some people here don't...
Good teaser though!
Good teaser though!
What?
I don't know anything about
American football. I am American, but I've never taken the time to learn all the rules of the game, which is probably why my dad and sister get mad at me during the Superbowl when I keep asking "What just happened?" Soccer rules are so much simpler J/k!
I don't know anything about
American football. I am American, but I've never taken the time to learn all the rules of the game, which is probably why my dad and sister get mad at me during the Superbowl when I keep asking "What just happened?" Soccer rules are so much simpler J/k!
ggood teaser...but i didn't know the difference between linebackers and linemen until last night...
When the author responds, "There really is no other way to stress this folks." and only repeats, "how many times can you run/pass for exactly one yard each down," one must assume she is ready to abandon other parts of the question, namely the phrase, "in one drive." If 30 doesn't look like best answer, big SNIFF is suffering from trick mind!
I said "None" because someone playing regulation football should know they have to go at least 10 yards in 4 downs, and should know from the beginning they would have no "hopes of scoring a touchdown" going one yard every down. =P
Good one.
I thought it meant soccer
This was hard since I know nothing about american football. Even though I am american
What? I would have never guessed that!
Easy, but fun!!!
Easy, even for me and I'm definitely not a football fan. Thanks for posting.
I thought that one was a snap! Good job
i will never understand football. now i have to take an asprin.
Jul 01, 2009
2nd and 3 from opponent's 7 - 1
3rd and 2 from opponent's 6 - 2
4th and 1 from opponent's 5 - 3
1st and goal from opponent's 4 - 4
2nd and goal from opponent's 3 - 5
3rd and goal from opponent's 2 - 6
4th and goal from opponent's 1 - 7
TOUCHDOWN
Seven plays.
3rd and 2 from opponent's 6 - 2
4th and 1 from opponent's 5 - 3
1st and goal from opponent's 4 - 4
2nd and goal from opponent's 3 - 5
3rd and goal from opponent's 2 - 6
4th and goal from opponent's 1 - 7
TOUCHDOWN
Seven plays.
Jul 01, 2009
Unless you're saying that every play on the drive has to be one yard. But that's not much of a puzzle. Or a trick.
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