sgtammo   
Jan 07, 2006
| Very nice Zona. I realyy enjoyed this. |
bigSWAFF_69_
Jan 07, 2006
| I've always known of those, but didn't have a clue on how to make it into a teaser 
Good job.
However, couldn't any liquid (to an extent) work? Like Gatorade, lighter fluid, white out, etc. |
metallicman
Jan 07, 2006
| Awesome teaser. I spent about ten minutes trying to figure it out, and I still didn't get it! Keep it up Hobo.  |
Brainy_1
Jan 08, 2006
| Nice job Zona!!  Really great teaser!!  |
zonarita
Jan 08, 2006
| Awesome teaser; Arizona flavor and nicely done. |
Sunrose
Jan 08, 2006
| Enjoyed this one. Good one hobo!! Keep them coming. |
Warrior_Poet
Jan 12, 2006
| I agree with the above comment. The trick here is that the liquid doesn't really matter, so long as its density is less than ironwood and greater than pumice. Lemonade would have done it. |
Warrior_Poet
Jan 12, 2006
| umm... wanted to say good teaser too... |
zonahobo
Jan 17, 2006
| Well noted Warrior .. you get an A in the class .. (Thanks to all for the nice comments)--Zona |
SPUTNIK2
Jan 17, 2006
| This was fun, thanks! |
nanda
Jan 21, 2006
| terrific ..keep it up goodie.. |
puttaholic  
Jan 22, 2006
| i alf guessed the answer, but it was a good teaser |
madleon
Feb 09, 2006
| great teaser " Z ", I knew the water and pumice, ...but not the desert ironwood learn something new everyday! |
OldChinaHand
Feb 09, 2006
| At first I was thinking mercury, but nothing like wood would really sink. The pumice I got but the desert ironwood tree which is so dense that it actually sinks in water, I'm not too sure about. Structure wise it would float. Cool |
OldChinaHand
Feb 09, 2006
| At first I was thinking mercury, but nothing like wood would really sink. The pumice I got but the desert ironwood tree which is so dense that it actually sinks in water, I'm not too sure about. Structure wise it would float. Cool |
bobbet
Feb 09, 2006
| Zona ,good thinking girl. I am going to pull this one on my friends this morning over coffee. Thank you Bob. |
churchlady
Feb 09, 2006
|  Silly me - I didn't get it. Thanks and keep them coming!! |
coachpisco
Feb 09, 2006
| ...and I was thinking too much about the liquid.  |
nathalia 
Feb 09, 2006
| Woah good one!! |
xsagirl
Feb 09, 2006
| Very good teaser. Fun and informative. I learned something today! |
Vigo95
Feb 09, 2006
| at first i was hoping it was a riddle so i wouldn't have to feel that bad dor not knowing the answer . but i then remembered the pumice stone i used this morning . i couldn't really figure out the wood . so i thought maybe petrified wood ?!  |
lorelle_b
Feb 09, 2006
| haha...i was just thinking it was a really dense piece of wood and a very un-dense rock....i guess that makes the rock pumice...lol nice teaser! |
ragethe3rd
Feb 09, 2006
| Wow it seems like thatd be so simple... I got it wrong anyway. |
nikitafullmoon
Feb 09, 2006
| I am torn on this teaser. On the one hand, I think it was a clever teaser, but on the other, I think it was full of misdirection that the Science category should be without.
I thought of both pumice and the desert ironwood (though I couldn't recall the name of the tree-my grandfather was a geologist) but then, when I looked at the teaser again, it seemed that the point was not to figure out what kind of rock or wood were involved, but to figure out what kind of liquid they were both in. So, after thinking I was wrong, I gave up and peeked...and felt cheated. Grrr. But still, it is clever. |
schatzy228
Feb 09, 2006
| while stuck between a rock and a hard place, i guessed water, figuring it had to do with the type of rock and wood, but thats as far as i could go.
GREAT TEASER |
vancon
Feb 09, 2006
| clever & creative. |
luckythirteen
Feb 09, 2006
| i found it really easy cause if you know what type of rock has air holes, then you know the answer! very nice teaser. it's the second one i'v gotten right so far! |
kman613
Feb 09, 2006
| good one - science teaser are my favorite |
Swordoffury1392
Feb 09, 2006
| Not a bad teaser, but obsidian is considered volcanic glass. As a matter of fact, pumice is not at all glassy, but more soft and powdery. Thought I'd let you know that, otherwise, pretty good! |
hockeygirl
Feb 09, 2006
| very well done kinda easy but i stilled liked it good job zona!!!  |
(user deleted)
Feb 09, 2006
| 2006Feb9 Superb trivia, but the type of wood is not familiar in my location (Manila,Philippines) Surely look forward to more trivia. regards,CHarlie@manila...cgaw_manila@yahoo.com |
dancer93
Feb 09, 2006
| i like it even though it was rele hard. but maybe it was justt me. lol!!! |
zonahobo
Feb 09, 2006
| Having a teaser as teaser of the day (TOD) is always a high point for submitters on Braingle because you get to see posts from so many new and interesting people. Thanks for the comments all!
I would add for Sword that the pumice and obsidian are both volcanic glass .. one cooled as a liquid (obsidian) and the other was more of a froth which made it light enough to float. Indeed, Oldchina the wood sinks. You could make a floatable boat out of it like you can with steel and concrete, but it does sink right off the tree. I also thought of petrified wood when I wrote this, but really there is no wood in pertrified wood. It has all been replaced by quartz mostly.
As far as the misdirection in the science category, that is the nutty professor's fault. That is why the students call him nutty. Has anyone had a teacher like that? I did and it made science kind of fun.
Those are great comments all and sorry about the location specific tree but that is why I am Zona!
I hope everyone has as much fun as possible on this site. |
Vigo95
Feb 09, 2006
| is rele supposed to be real or really
????????????????????????????????? |
Vigo95
Feb 09, 2006
| about the petrified wood , do you mean that you just can't find it outside anymore ?
also , i guess i thought petrified wood was available because i grew up with it in my house but i think my grandfather had gotten it in his travels . (he died before i was born so i don't know) it was an ashtray . |
zonahobo
Feb 09, 2006
| Sure, there is plenty around but it is rock that has filled in where the wood was over many many years. We have a place called the Petrified Forest (a national park) that has giant logs still on the surface. It is protected there and if you get caught trying to leave with a free sample, you can get in big trouble from the park service.
There are lots of unprotected sites, so you can still find it on the market and if you are lucky, on the ground. It polishes beautifully and is great looking in many art forms. It also lasts a lot longer than its owners, so someday your grandchild can treasure that ash tray as you probably do. |
Vigo95
Feb 09, 2006
| that was nice zona . i did know about the petrified forest . i just didn't know if i could walk in my front yard and find some .
thanks for getting back with me . you're awesome !!!! |
Vigo95
Feb 09, 2006
| Zona your birthday is two days after mine . |
xolilangel827ox
Feb 09, 2006
| i would have never guessed that !! since i have no clue what either of those are !! but great teaser anyway..good job! |
bisqueet814
Feb 09, 2006
| Great Teaser, made my day! |
southerngirl13
Feb 09, 2006
| *sighs* |
booboobear
Feb 09, 2006
| I got it right away. I think I get these better if I do them at the end of the day instead of the first thing |
lmurray 
Feb 10, 2006
| THIS WAS A LITTLE BETTER, BUT STILL TOO EASY! |
bluehawk
Feb 10, 2006
| HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE ANSWER IS WATER.
GOOD ONE ZONA. I THOUGHT OT WAS GOOD. |
Splatt
Feb 19, 2006
| Lil angel - pumice is that gray rocky stuff that people use when showering. You know... to buff the rough skin off their feet? It's called a pumice stone and has lots of edges (holes) that do the scraping.
As for the tree, no idea. |
Katelin
Feb 24, 2006
| That was really neat, I hope to see many more like this one! Great work! |
riddlelover
Mar 05, 2006
| Didn't get that one- great work!!! |
(user deleted)
Mar 16, 2006
| science really rocks!!! |
GeniusGod
Apr 24, 2006
| THIS WAS TOO EASY!!!!!! |
Vudluxi
May 31, 2006
| Liked the way you had me thinking about the liquid more than the objects. Doesn't seem to have been the opinion of everyone but that's what makes some teasers stand out from the rest - good presentation. |
PunnettSwears
Jun 10, 2006
| Cool...I got it right. |
vbguy101
Aug 19, 2006
| :[] WHAT? |
jazzyca7
Sep 07, 2007
| i got it write! |
coolboi
Feb 09, 2009
| good 1 |
bradon182001
Feb 09, 2009
| Nice teaser, Bo. I guess it's one of those that you either know or you don't. I didn't. Now I do. Thanks for posting.  |
doehead
Feb 09, 2009
| This would work in any liquid that does not have an oil base. |
snowmonster
Feb 09, 2009
| Great Teaser Bo! Make us some more!!!!! |
tommysmo
Feb 09, 2009
| good one, Bo! |
Jimmymo
Feb 09, 2009
| I figured this was the trick and was right!!! |
auntiesis
Feb 09, 2009
| I thought of water right away, because of the pumice stone, but I got hung up on the ironwood. Very good teaser, and the commentw were great. Keep up the good work hobo. |
dogg6pound9
Feb 09, 2009
| Great teaser Bo!!!... i had gotten the pumice part, but was unaware of Desert Ironwood... i did some research on it and it is a very interesting tree... thanx for the informative teaser this Monday morning!!! |
avonma
Feb 09, 2009
| I thought it wasn't the liquid, so I was on the right track. I immediately thought of the Petrified Forest, which I saw as a little girl; but never did think of volcanic rock. I have some pumice stones around the house to remove limestone in the water that builds up on our toilets; but I didn't think of pumice. |
javaguru
Feb 09, 2009
| I'm pretty pleased at how quickly I got that. |
bookworm91
Feb 09, 2009
| Wooo! I actually got this one; living in Arizona, we've got a lot of ironwood trees and we scrub our pools with pumice. Great teaser! |
braingle100
Feb 09, 2009
| I got this from when I was in arizona! nice teser! |
Gingercookie
Feb 09, 2009
| That was NOT fair... the liquid was comrpomised by the differences in the two items. UNFAIR!!!
I usually am an unfair-reporter of difficult answers so don't take this personally! |
Quickq
Feb 09, 2009
| This teaser is no good.
2 things.
Firstly, how is it a mysterious liquid? 
Secondly it could just as easily be mercury or bromine or even coca-cola.  |
UptheHill
Feb 09, 2009
| NICE!!! |
sapphireduck
Feb 09, 2009
| I really liked this teaser. I thought water, but I wasn't sure. |
piratechicken92
Feb 11, 2009
| that was 1 horrible teaser, thats all i gots to say |
zonahobo
Feb 11, 2009
| Thanks all for reading and taking time to comment. I guess it proves you can't please all the people all the time. |
gaylewolf
Feb 09, 2012
| That was a good one! I learned a few things!! Thanks for posting!
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Tife4real  
Feb 09, 2012
| Nice one! |
Tife4real
Feb 09, 2012
| Nice one! |
HABS2933
Feb 09, 2012
| I too enjoyed the focus on the liquid instead of the objects. It did not occur to me that they would not just be your average garden variety rock and wood. I could not think of a liquid in which those items would exhibit that behaviour. great teaser even if I missed out on the answer. |
phyllisa
Feb 09, 2012
| Pumice rock is also used as a medium for some potted plants. I have heard of petrified wood, but not ironwood. Good teaser anyway. |
jaycr
Feb 09, 2012
| Got this one. I have a piece of ironwood. It is appropriately named. |
Marple
Feb 09, 2012
| Take no notice of the critics Zona - I love this teaser and I learned something as well! |
