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Leapin' Lizards! (A Variation)
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Five lizards are sitting on a log. Two decides to jump to the ground, one decides to jump to a nearby leaf, and the rest decide to stay.
How many lizards are now on the log?
And all DO carry out their decisions.
How many lizards are now on the log?
And all DO carry out their decisions.
Answer
Three are left. "...Two decideS to jump..." Two is the name of the lizard, only one jumped on the ground. The "s" is not a typo.Hide Answer Show Answer
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ok
Apr 02, 2004
good one.
cute
gud teaser.....easy thou
i thought it was typo, and was just thinking grrrrr bad english... then i read answer... ok im shamed
Ha! tricked me there!
Good....kinda deceiving though. I think you should have written "...One decides to jump on a nearby leaf, and Two decides to jump on the ground." So that Two is clearly a proper noun and makes it a teeny bit easier.
I actually got it!
Whoah rashad, are you sure you have quite enough smileys? Good teaser - I got 3 as well, but I thought 2 jumped on the ground and then one of those 2 jumped onto the leaf. Maybe I'm just weird...
I got IT right, I noticed the typo, but went with the way of names and not numbers
yay! i finally got one!! i'm not very good at teasers, but i actually got this one!!! good teaser!
Fooled me! Good one- keep it up!
i fiqured it out quite fast but it was an exelent trick using someones commen sense to trick them
It was a good one. I got it, but it was still pretty good.
Dec 02, 2004
I liked it...I got it....I liked it!
There are four left, not three!!!
I got four...the nearby leaf could still be on the log.
I thought that the leaf was on the log too...
OK u got me there i didn't even really scanned from one word to another
Anyway it's fun
Anyway it's fun
OK u got me there i didn't even really scanned from one word to another
Anyway it's fun
Anyway it's fun
I did the math wrong so i got the problem right
Easy but cute. I caught the wording and got the answer right away.
Actually you are ALL WRONG!!! It says there ARE 5 frogs sitting on a log (present tense). So that is the answer. Just because they deside to do something doesn't mean they have YET! Even though it says they follow through. It's sort of a contradiction in the teaser.
It SHOULD READ "there WERE 5 frogs on a log..."
But I still liked it. I do think that too many teasers try to use common words as names to trick the reader. Try a bit harder to be original please.
It SHOULD READ "there WERE 5 frogs on a log..."
But I still liked it. I do think that too many teasers try to use common words as names to trick the reader. Try a bit harder to be original please.
MY BAD...
LIZARDS, NOT FROGS. I guess it's harder for me to picture lizards jumping.
LIZARDS, NOT FROGS. I guess it's harder for me to picture lizards jumping.
i got three - either the leaf was on the log, or one of the lizards that jumped to the ground then went on to jump onto the leaf (a stretch i know, but given it's in the trick category the answer couldn't possibly be "two")
I got it easily. But good job.
That should have been the hint. The s wasnt a typo.
I noticed the typo right away - cute!
It was OK
Lame... teasers that involve a common word really being the name of something are usually such...
i thought that was a typo so i didnt get it.
wow i win
Wow i liked it
i got it
At first i was like "What??" but now i get it. Clever.
I am apparently awful at math. I said one...
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