Dark Room
Logic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
A man walks into a dark room with only one match. What does he light first, a birthday candle (one that would go on a cake but in this case isn't on one), a regular candle, or a bonfire? The match is lit.
Answer
The birthday candle, because he can carry it to the regular candle, then light that, and then use both candles to light the bonfire!
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bluetwo 
Jun 13, 2002
| i still don't see why he can't light the regular candle first... |
mad-ade  
Jun 13, 2002
| me neither |
einat16 
Jun 13, 2002
| me neither |
Mogmatt16
Jun 14, 2002
| ditto |
piffle
Jun 14, 2002
| I agree with you. |
Drunky 
Jun 16, 2002
| agreed |
kkats4
Jun 16, 2002
| because if he lit the regular candle first the birthday one would fall over, he keeps holding the birthday candle. The regular candle has a stronger base and stays up by itself. |
librashorty
Jun 25, 2002
| uhhh....okkkay |
madman44
Jun 26, 2002
| You never mentioned a base on the regular candle. Without one it too would easily fall over. |
Dina_2002
Jul 01, 2002
| whateve |
dumbell
Aug 22, 2002
| the birthday candle would be my last choice. it will burn out the quickest giving less time to light the bonfire. Light the normal candle first and carry it as you can then put down the match, next light the bonfire. you can then use either to light the birthday candle. I assume by the thinking that whoever set this is still quite young. good on you for submitting but think it through a litle more. |
speedyg1000
Dec 02, 2002
| not a lot of substance to this one, sounds like it was thought up but not thoroughly. A little too many possibilities. |
jimbo
Mar 24, 2003
| Where I come from, a bonfire is a pile of brush and logs that could boil half of Antarctica. Who has one of these in a room? |
CLIFF
Aug 03, 2004
| YOU'D LIGHT THE MATCH FIRST
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Rmarzbar
Aug 30, 2004
| Cliff: read... 
"The match is lit." |
Pop_Qla
Jun 21, 2005
| I agree with Cliff. Shouldn't you light the match first? And (sorry,m I forget who) but whoever made a comment after Cliff, it never said the match was already lit. So, yeah... you would light the match first, but if you are oinly talking about the birthday candle, regualr candle, and bon fire, then it wouldn't matter. Do whatever order YOU feel best... I mean if the base isn't strong or will melt, then just move the candles farther apart. Yeah? |
Pop_Qla
Jun 21, 2005
| I agree with Cliff. Shouldn't you light the match first? And (sorry,m I forget who) but whoever made a comment after Cliff, it never said the match was already lit. So, yeah... you would light the match first, but if you are oinly talking about the birthday candle, regualr candle, and bon fire, then it wouldn't matter. Do whatever order YOU feel best... I mean if the base isn't strong or will melt, then just move the candles farther apart. Yeah? |
HogwartsGirl05
Oct 11, 2005
| When he walks into the darkroom, is the match lit? If yes, I agree with you on the answer. If not then the match must be lit first.  |
thompson1
Nov 03, 2006
| This is the teaser:
"
A man walks into a dark room with only one match. What does he light first, a birthday candle (one that would go on a cake but in this case isn't on one), a regular candle, or a bonfire? **The match is lit.**"
I surrounded the words "the match is lit" with *s |
dmartin
Apr 15, 2009
| If it's a dark room, wouldn't you light the first flammable thing you found? |
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