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You are driving a car. On your right is a steep cliff. Right in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant, both of which travel at your own speed. On your left there is a fire truck blocking you. How do you stop your car?
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Ask the merry-go-round operator to stop.Hide Answer Show Answer
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The set-up for the it was good, but the answer should have been the break. You stop the car with the break.
If there's one merry-go-round teaser, I haven't heard it!
I like it--but I can't understand how you get a steep cliff on a merry go round?
The steep clif is not on the merry-go-round, it is at the side of it, ie the merry-go round is probaly on a beach or such like. It just makes you think you are on a road by adding it into the puzzle.
Hey bmotts, y do u always say "If theres 1 ---- teaser ihaven't heard it" ? Good teaser though!
where did the cliff come from? and i'm sorry, but most merry-go-rounds have horses and do not incluse elephants and fire trucks
If this were a two lane road, it would happen that the firetruck were going in the opposite direction. It is not very likely even if it is a road with one way traffic, that both the car and the firetruck would be traveling at the same pace. The car would eventually be able to pull over to the firetruck's lane, either in front of him or behind him, and then pull over to stop. NICE twist at the end though.
Sep 12, 2002
I also said use the BRAKE because whatever is behind would have to slow down to match. The setup should have said You are behind the wheel of a car because if you're on a carousel, you're not really driving.
c13urly is right. Brakes should be the answer. What's with the elephant and the horse anyway? And the fire truck? But the cliff could be the edge of the merry-go-round. No, that would be all around you. Madness, next time write one that makes sense! Is c13urly, 13 years old? I'm 12. w/e.
if it was a merry go round the fire truck wouldn't block you because you cant turn any way and if there was a cliff it couldnt rap all the way around the merry go round or it wouldnt be a cliff and thats my name
or it can be a horse cart with an elephant on the back
I would be terribly embarrassed to repeat this answer to anyone. It's just plain stupid to come up with that kind of answer to that question which also was somewhat stupid!
u said driving a car i never been on a marri-go-round that has a car :OP
wouldn't there be a big post to the left of you (i.e. center of merry go round?)
usually (well all the merry-go-rounds ive seen ) they go clockwise.
the centre of the merry-go-round wud b on ur right ie. the steep (vertically perpendicular) cliff.
the centre of the merry-go-round wud b on ur right ie. the steep (vertically perpendicular) cliff.
Feb 08, 2003
I thought they went counter clockwise
I haven't read the answer yet. I do hope it is not "with the brake"!
Well that's a relief. Hey bmotts, how come you commented if you haven't heard it? Did you leave out a word like "good" or "bad"?
ok that realy didnt make sence. u dont drive a car on a merry go round and wuts with the steep clif and firetruck? sory but its knida strange
shoot the animals, drag race the fire engine then fly off the cliff, harry potter style..problem solved!
does anyone watch eastenders here
YOU CANT SAY BRAKE ITS NOT YOUR TEASER
well, i guess you beat me to submitting this teaser.
Actually, all merry-go-rounds I've seen go counter-clockwise.
And hey, "use your brake" is a perfectly valid answer, and it makes more sense.
And hey, "use your brake" is a perfectly valid answer, and it makes more sense.
you made me feel really stupid...
i said "use your brake"
that's how you stop a car, anyway, and since it's a trick teaser, that would work....
who said the merry-go-round operator would stop it for you? what if he couldn't hear you over the highly annoying music?
i said "use your brake"
that's how you stop a car, anyway, and since it's a trick teaser, that would work....
who said the merry-go-round operator would stop it for you? what if he couldn't hear you over the highly annoying music?
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And how do we get good or bad karma?
And how do we get good or bad karma?
I said "use your brake" because it sounded like the horse was behind the elephant - in front of you there is a horse and right behind an elephant - so I thought you could slow down and nothing would be behind you.
You CAN use the brake, you'd just get trampled by an elephant
I got 'the breaks"....
I too said 'use your brakes'. But people, it is part of the creator's imagination if a merry-go-round has a fire truck, a horse, an elephant, and a car. Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Don't be so cynical. Admit you got it wrong and be done with it.
Also, a cliff could be defined as a sudden drop off. Since the merry-go-round doesn't extend forever and back on itself, then it has to end. If the end of said merry-go-round is greater than a 20 degree drop off, then I would call that steep. Doesn't have to be a 20 foot cliff with sheer sides for it to be a steep cliff.
Wait wut
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