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What's the Time 2
Checkers, the smartest dog in the world, was outside playing his favorite game, barking at birds, one afternoon. At 3:24 he all of a sudden ran inside the house to get some water. As he entered the house, he looked at the big digital clock in the kitchen which said 3:25. He thought it was strange that the clock was wrong, but since he doesn't have thumbs, he figured that one of his people could set it later.
How did he know that the clock was wrong?
How did he know that the clock was wrong?
Answer
Since Checkers thought it was strange that the clock was wrong, he couldn't have known that it was wrong already. What he did know, however, was that the clock was a 24 hour clock and therefore should have shown the hour as 15 since it was in the afternoon.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Great teaser. Very creative and a very smart dog!
Ditto! That is a VERY smart dog
I'm lost
IM THE DOG!
any way
Yay, great teaser
(what is it? #10 in a day? )
any way
Yay, great teaser
(what is it? #10 in a day? )
Think I will try this again tomorrow, can't make sense of it tonight.
makes no sense to me either...
Sorry still don't get it
Huh?
okay I get the 24 hour clock and how he knew it was wrong...but what does the first sentence of the answer mean????? eh?
i don't get any of it at all.
dogs r the coolest animal
good teaser
good teaser
i dont understand it.............
who knows
im kind of braindead today
i like dogs though
who knows
im kind of braindead today
i like dogs though
I did'nt get it either. The dog is smarter than me.
i don't understand the teaser
I came up with a better answer, since this in the teaser category.... The clock was flashing (Digital clocks flash when the power is cut to them) so the clock was flashing 3:25 AM
I disagree, that's not a better answer. It's just an easier answer. And the fact that it's a Trick means that the easy answer can't BE the answer.
Wow. That totally blew my mind.
well we hav discovered sumthin........dogs r smarter than us
how were you supposed to know it was a 24 hour clock??????? i'm confused
great teaser, alittle confusing at first, BUT still it was a great teaser!
How are we to know that it's a 24 hour clock?
I don't get it.
dont get any of it sorry but dogs are cool p.s. who names a dog checkers
ooo....smart dog....very clever!
Hmmm, and I thought he knew it was wrong because the school bus hadn't came yet! He knew the time the bus came 3:25, which is why he was running for a drink just before the bus came!!!
nice1
easy
a 24 clock is like military time. The usual clock goes 1-12 AM to 1-12 PM.
But miltary time goes 1-12 for AM and 13-24 for PM. So if it were 50 PM it would be 170 in military time. By the way, Checkers is a genious dog
But miltary time goes 1-12 for AM and 13-24 for PM. So if it were 50 PM it would be 170 in military time. By the way, Checkers is a genious dog
Um, ok. That's weird.
Digital clocks can be program to read as an analog clock or as a 24-hour digital clock.
thjis teaser isnt that good, no offense, i just didnt like it, but i am sure alot of other people did,
I don't get it. It never said it was a 24 hour clock.
It's kinda confusing but still a really good teaser!
I figured he had looked at the clock on the way out, and it said 3:25 then as well...
I don't get it.
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