Braingle: 'Research Team' Brain Teaser

Research Team

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Puzzle ID:	#3593
Fun:	(3.16)
Difficulty:	(1.36)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	arij
Corrected By:	MarcM1098

What do these sentences translate to?

"A research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended, sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first team member."

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Answer

Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
and Jill came tumbling after
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Comments

Mogmatt16 Apr 20, 2002	much ado about nothing
Schmilts_05 Apr 30, 2002	This is really cool!!
krishnan Aug 15, 2003	superb
absy Dec 07, 2003	hehe i liked it AND i got it right
utnative Sep 12, 2006	i loved this teaser it is great. after i looked at the hint, i thought humpty dumpty but he was alone on the wall. the little graycells kicked in. and i got it on the second try super duper teaser.more please.
Taika Sep 12, 2006	Cunning! It helped to play the scenario in my head.
Rach_ Sep 12, 2006	Hehehe brilliant
marschie Sep 12, 2006	The hint gave it away; great fun!
Badger Sep 12, 2006	Easy, but very fun, well written, and imaginative! Thanks for submitting!
karenokupniak Sep 12, 2006	Fun Fun Fun
MurfQ Sep 12, 2006	Easy, but well written none the less. Probably so easy for me because I've heard something very similar before. Oh well, still a good teaser.
bradon182001 Sep 12, 2006	I got it!! Didn't even look at the hint. Just had to concentrate on what the big old fancy words meant.Good, fun teaser.
bradon182001 Sep 12, 2006
shawneeo Sep 12, 2006	I got it! I liked it, but I wish there had been MORE! I also thought the instructions might have been a wee-leetle-teeneey beet more... instructive. None the less, I figured it out, but was disappointed that there was only one, so I hope you do more. Thanks!
Pizzazz2u Sep 12, 2006	Fantastic! I totally enjoyed it Definitely, an Awesome approach to get anyone to find out about this tale. Of course, once they get it figured out, they should roll their eyes with humor and laughter. Keep these a coming
Synlapse Sep 12, 2006	Too many big words got me discombobulated. I guess I just don't know Jack. Oh well, good teaser anyway.
saleprice Sep 12, 2006	got it after the hint, very clever!! Thx for the fun
zaya Sep 12, 2006	Funny, clever, needed the hint.
locutus13ds Sep 12, 2006	Ain't no shame in using the HINt!. After that it was a breeze!
rachellanders Sep 12, 2006	I got it right!! That was an AWSOME teasr!! Their should be more like it!
Nellem Sep 12, 2006	Got it right away but still fun
RRAMMOHAN Sep 12, 2006	Got the translation right, but didnt link it to Jack and Jill! A good teaser.
scallio Sep 12, 2006	The translation is no problem, but I didn't get Jack and Jill because they are siblings or friends- not a research team. The answer appears to be a team of volconologists, that go to a volcano crater and obtain a water sample. The first geologist falls, hitting his head and the other has to descend after him.
Trishgal Sep 12, 2006	Got it right Did not need the hint way to start the morning looking forward to more thx
scallio Sep 12, 2006	Suggestion- why not change the story to read KIN, OFFSPRING, ACQUAINTANCE or COLLEAGUES rather than research team OR explain in the beginning that the answer is to be a Mother Goose rhyme. Love these type of teasers! Amazing how complicated language has become. We've come a long way...
highway101 Sep 12, 2006	I got went up the hill right away and naturally thought of Jack & Jill. I just figured a reasearch team or any team would be considered more than one person. I liked your teaser. Good Job!
tonjawithaj Sep 12, 2006	Ha!
OldChinaHand Sep 12, 2006	J&J on the rock w/o a splash. Cool.
kman613 Sep 12, 2006	Good one, and I concur w/ some earlier comments - the "research team" thing threw me for a loop...
1blessedgirl Sep 12, 2006	This one is going in my favorites It was very enjoyable and very creative.
composer Sep 12, 2006	Very cool. I would like to see a whole bunch more nursery rhymes rewritten in this fashion.
heyman Sep 12, 2006	Did they ever get the water?
Qrystal Sep 12, 2006	Teeheehee, that was amusing!! And who's to say Jack & Jill were not a research team?! Maybe they put the pail of water on the top of the hill to see if they could catch more rainwater from a greater height. If that isn't what happened, why the heck would they be going up a hill to get water? A well wouldn't be built on the top of a hill, because then it would be farther away from the ground water it is meant to tap. Any standing water would likely run downhill anyways. So what gives?
speedqueenkmw Sep 12, 2006	got it but not till after I looked at the hint
FeaerFactorY666 Sep 12, 2006	nice!
Pizzazz2u Sep 12, 2006	Actually, there was an underground spring. Which found the soil and ground was weak through the middle, so it shot upwards. The builders of the time, were waiting on J & J to get to the top, so they could be instructed on how to build a dwelling which would house the liquid shooting through the ground. And the story goes on...
ari_1 Sep 12, 2006	wow very inque and clever
Club33 Sep 12, 2006	Didn't get it until AFTER the hint, but that was great!! I agree with whoever said there should be more of these!!! I liked it!!!
doka13 Sep 12, 2006	i knew what happened but i didn't get it was a nursery rhyme and then i knew exactly what it was.... haha
labsmith Sep 12, 2006	Charming! You could make the hint harder by giving a more generalized clue. Something like, "You've heard this little tale before".
jabdr Sep 12, 2006	When my crown found Humpty, all the King's Men wouldn't let me think of J & J. Very clever!
efarns Sep 12, 2006	The vague instructions made this pretty interesting. I didn't have any idea what the teaser might be referring to, and the unpredictability made it fun to figure out.
aikomishimatsu Sep 12, 2006	i knew what it was basically talking about, but i thought there were 2 people on top of a volcano, not a hill. So i visuallized that and so i didn't figure it out.
sarita01 Sep 12, 2006	i got the three little pigs because the way i read it i got that the first two pigs got hurt but the third didnt
syracuse945 Sep 12, 2006	wooo! i got it! rili weird of me, but i ac2ali got it... haha... wen i was read'n all those big words, i was think'n, 'ther's gotta b n ezer way'... so, i thot of words synonymous 2 the 1s u had up... cool...
suganue Sep 12, 2006	That was so cute. I really liked that one. It helped that I actually got it w/out looking at the hint. I figured it was a nursery rhyme or commom saying. Keep up the good work!!!!!!
lmurray Sep 13, 2006	I LIKED YOUR VERSION OF THE TALE BEST. VERY GOOD AND WELL WRITTEN.
tallyho_2022 Sep 13, 2006	I thought it was "Two guys walked into a bar. The second one should have ducked"
tallyho_2022 Sep 13, 2006	I thought it was "Two guys walked into a bar. The second one should have ducked"
vlerma Sep 16, 2006	Sorry to be a little late reviewing your teaser, but hey, what can I say. Any old grandma knows a nursery rhyme no matter how it is written. Very well done though. More please?
phyllisa Sep 16, 2006	Very well done
RoknRobn228 Jan 22, 2007	Needed the hint, but eventually got it. Very well done!
lkp68 Jun 06, 2007	Woo Hoo! I got this right without the hint. Thanks for the fun!
luckypuppy May 14, 2008	Thanks for taking all the fun out of that nursery rhyme
chittermouse3 Mar 31, 2009	how clever!
doehead Sep 12, 2009	When did Jack & Jill become a research team? Give me a break!!!
crazy10man Sep 12, 2009	Loved it! Very creative! @Doehead - get over it and quite whining. Research, or going by the more formal synonym, investigate, means to search or examine into the particulars of Team is two or more people joining together for a common goal. So, yeah, Research Team they were.
shannmo Sep 12, 2009	where in the nursery rhyme does it say that they weren't a research team? It is up to the reader to decide. nice one!
patiencewithaP Sep 12, 2009	I liked it! Good job!
wordmama Sep 12, 2009	I looked at neither the hint nor even the answer!! I just pictured what the words were saying and was delighted to find Jack and Jill at the "bottom" of it all!! And the people tearing apart the nursery rhyme: Shame on you! Get a life! I thought this teaser was GREAT!!
auntiesis Sep 12, 2009	The cranial damage gave it away for me. Very well written even if some people found fault with it. I loved it. Fun, Fun, Fun.
UptheHill Sep 12, 2009	NICE1 GUYS!!
gaylewolf Sep 12, 2009	Thanks - I LOVED the teaser and I figured it out too. What I also love just as much are the wild comments everyone gives. Especially the ones that complain about the nit pickiest things! hysterical!
gaylewolf Sep 12, 2009	Thanks - I LOVED the teaser and I figured it out too. What I also love just as much are the wild comments everyone gives. Especially the ones that complain about the nit pickiest things! hysterical!
gaylewolf Sep 12, 2009	Whoops! sorry about sending it twice!!
doehead Sep 12, 2009	All you people that said remarks about my answer can DROP DEAD. When did people in nursery rhymes become research teams. You are the ones that need to get a life and be realistic. If you don't like my answers so be it, but keep your remarks to yourself!!!!
shannmo Sep 12, 2009	if you dont like our remarks keep it to yourself!
cacepc Sep 12, 2009	Great interpretation!! More, PLEASE!!! For those who have a problem: Look at it as a POLITICIAN reciting "JACK and JILL"
lukasiwicz Sep 12, 2012	Looks like doehead can dish it out, but can't take it. Maybe she/he would have been lsss likely to post his/her silly quibble if the term "reconnaissance" hd been used, instead of the word "research."
HABS2933 Sep 12, 2012	IT was okay. Faily easy even without the hint. scallio's suggestion that the hint say it is a nursery rhyme is absurd to say the least, why not jut give the answer outright in the hint if that is the case. And I agree, who says they were not doing research? No one knows why they were going up the hill to get the water. There are a few alternate rhymes that attempt to explain that but I can't post them here.
jaycr Sep 12, 2012	Got this one right away, interesting view of the story. One more comment . . . Easy big fella, it's just a teaser.
cutebug Sep 12, 2012	After reading all the comments,I have to agree with doehead.He told it like it is!!!
gaylewolf Sep 12, 2012	Hi CuteBug - I know DoeHead - he's been around for a long time. You would like each other - as you both think alike. PS I liked this teaser! Well written!
asupmdr Sep 12, 2012	Good puzzle, but...I thought I remembered this one. A "search teasers" for "Jack and Jill" produced a teaser very similar to this one. Stormtrooper in 2005 posted this teaser# 24693. Just keepin' it real, yo.
Maggiethe8th Sep 12, 2012	fun!