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| Posted by Adamko | 10/08/02 |
| Love this puzzle. Didn't take too long to answer but still great |
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| Posted by Rowsdower | 12/24/03 |
| Clever! 8) |
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| Posted by boodler | 11/25/05 |
| 'fraid I'd no idea! excellent! :wink: |
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| Posted by stephiesd | 12/15/05 |
| wow. i was off. |
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| Posted by choptlivva | 12/16/05 |
| Cool!!! (pun intended) :lol: |
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| Posted by musicmaker21113 | 01/19/06 |
| But... what if it's a fluorescent light bulb? :lol:
Just kidding... great teaser! :D |
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| Posted by magicumbreon | 02/06/06 |
| That is really sneaky! |
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| Posted by jntrcs | 03/27/06 |
| I didnt know that was a possibiblity |
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| Posted by Vigo95 | 03/28/06 |
| i liked this alot !!! |
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| Posted by warmonkey318 | 03/29/06 |
| wow..i didnt get that one, it was really good! :D |
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| Posted by Mellew | 03/30/06 |
| this wasnt my first time doing this one but on my first time i actuaky got it rite :D :D :D |
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| Posted by TehIgnored | 04/02/06 |
| That's an electricians riddle my cousin told me....it took me about 10 minutes to get it when he told...but I finally did.....
I'd heard it before, but I based the difficulty on that....not that I knew the answer....
WONDERFUL TEASER...i love this one |
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| Posted by elshawno | 05/09/06 |
| loved it... although I heard it a long time ago, I forgot... |
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| Posted by McGee | 05/09/06 |
| classic, already knew it in about 5 other styles. |
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| Posted by Zealot | 08/01/06 |
| awww, i had no idea. 'twas a good one |
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| Posted by scallio | 08/01/06 |
| Awesome teaser! Didn't get the answer, but it is a great teaser!
:D :D :D :D |
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| Posted by OldChinaHand | 08/01/06 |
| Simple, flip a switch, send the wife down to check, flip another switch, send the wife down again until you find the right one; then you go down once to make sure, you know how wives are. Then you take your hammer and smash the other two extra switches to pieces...right? But really, this was a fun teaser to solve. 8) |
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| Posted by marschie | 08/01/06 |
| Very, very clever ...but what if it's an office building with a high ceiling?? All the "what-ifs" in the world won't change the cleverness of this teaser. Good job! |
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| Posted by bluehawk | 08/01/06 |
| :o OOOOOOKKKKKAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!
Not real logical to me, but ,,,,,,,,,,,
OOOOOKKKKKAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!! :o
:wink: 8) |
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| Posted by utnative | 08/01/06 |
| :oops: :oops: i'm not a logical thinker i guess. i wasn't even close. good teaser, poor solver :oops: :oops: :wink: |
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| Posted by curious_george | 08/01/06 |
| Darn... I was going to submit this exact riddle once I got enough points... Oh well :D |
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| Posted by pating | 08/01/06 |
| i like this teaser, even though i heard it before. :D you just know there's got to be a twist somewhere. |
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| Posted by underherfeet | 08/01/06 |
| To all, you are only checking once, flip first switch on then off, then flip second, then go down, warm, was first, on, is second, off, it's third, if none work, wrong set of switches? |
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| Posted by bradon182001 | 08/01/06 |
| Interesting. I sure didn't come up with the right answer. :o |
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| Posted by jkramer470 | 08/01/06 |
| You could always turn them all on and just not care witch one it is. |
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| Posted by coachpisco | 08/01/06 |
| I thought you could only flip the switches once. So if I checked and the light was on, fine. If not, I went back and flipped the last switch. I guess I mis-read the instructions. :( :-? |
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| Posted by cyberstar5150 | 08/01/06 |
| Flip 'em all. Teaser solved. :D :lol: |
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| Posted by kcheer2493 | 08/01/06 |
| That didn't even cross my mind!
Very Creative. Thanks :D |
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| Posted by Badger | 08/01/06 |
| I think the logic is clever and flawless... Didn't get the answer, though! I had the wife & kids downstairs with walkie talkies... Had the switch dismantled with a volt/ohm meter at the ready(lol). I like the logic & situation probs. Broke my daily streak on this one. Good job! Too bad it sounds like an oldie. Thanks! :D :D :D |
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| Posted by monkeygrl99 | 08/01/06 |
| I think that this one was really hard, because I wasn't even thinking about tthe answer! |
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| Posted by FeaerFactorY666 | 08/01/06 |
| ahah!! verry nice!!! :D |
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| Posted by enjaytee | 08/01/06 |
| What does it matter if two of the switches don't work. Just turn them all on. It was a good teaser tho :wink: |
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| Posted by Neek | 08/01/06 |
| Great logic puzzle. Of course, I didn't get it. I'm pretty sure I haven't solved any of the logic puzzles at all. I'll keep trying. |
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| Posted by Pizzazz2u | 08/01/06 |
| Very cleverly thought out teaser! I did know the answer beforehand, which made it easy for me to know the outcome. :wink: But, to other individuals, it does make them think. Keep them coming! I have had some clever teachers during my years, including young kids and older kids. :wink: |
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| Posted by iteachkids | 08/01/06 |
| OldChinaHand, you are a STITCH! :lol:
My only question is this - what if I can't reach the bulbs to touch them???? Hope there's a ladder in there! |
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| Posted by speedqueenkmw | 08/01/06 |
| I'd just wait for a helper downstairs. :roll: |
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| Posted by heyman | 08/01/06 |
| I agree with BeeneB. Because of the wording one would not have been able to give the same answer as the writer. I came to a different conclusion.
My conclusion was based not on using the light to go downstairs but to know which switch turned the light on. My analysis is: Turn on any light. Go down stairs. If it is on then there you have it. If it is not, then turn on another, then go downstairs not for checking but to use the light. If it is off, then you know the last one was the right one! |
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| Posted by unConfuseMe | 08/01/06 |
| :-? i didn't care for this one... |
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| Posted by wizkid | 08/01/06 |
| I've solved this one before but a different way. |
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| Posted by shawneeo | 08/01/06 |
| I thought this was great! I never heard it before, and I didn't get it, but its perfect as far as I'm concerned.
some of you, I don't think you have any idea what you're talking about! I mean... REALLLLLLY!
Thanks aa lot, loved it, good-o!
:D |
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| Posted by kwelchans | 08/01/06 |
| How do we know that the light is off to begin with? |
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| Posted by c_rae | 08/01/06 |
| Unfortunately I didn't get it. I really had to read the answer closely and reread the puzzle in order to understand it.
:oops:
I guess I need more coffee!! Good teaser! :D |
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| Posted by kman613 | 08/01/06 |
| Excellent puzzle. It stumped me! |
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| Posted by doka13 | 08/01/06 |
| interesting :) |
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| Posted by AZTTT | 08/01/06 |
| Nicely done! :D I had considered putting a glow-in-the-dark sticker nearby, then doing the same thing with the first two switches. Your hint cued me in on the heat thing. Great job!! keep em coming!
:) :o :D |
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| Posted by ItsJustWildman | 08/01/06 |
| Grew impatient and cheated. :oops: But good teaser! :D |
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| Posted by FulanitoGM | 08/01/06 |
| It took 27 comments for someone to finally say the totally obvious answer: "turn them all on." If the other two don't do anything, like the teaser says, what does it matter if they're switched on? I think the solution makes life harder than it already is! I'm just sayin'... :D |
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| Posted by somnambulist | 08/01/06 |
| This was a good one! |
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| Posted by labsmith | 08/01/06 |
| That was a great teaser. I thought of checking the voltage meter, wondered if the switch could get warm, didn't think it was possible any other way. Darn,I didn't get it. |
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| Posted by HScott13 | 08/01/06 |
| Clever! Didn't think of that. |
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| Posted by syracuse945 | 08/01/06 |
| veryyy clevr... th@ idea nvr crossd my mind, of course... haha... it took me a cuple of reads 2 get the solution, but aftr, i was, lyk, "o my gosh, th@ makes sense! now i feel s2pid"... :wink:
good job! |
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| Posted by temisho | 08/01/06 |
| i have a friend who always tell riddles like this one! so i've heard it before, but its cool. |
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| Posted by jabdr | 08/01/06 |
| I thought I was sooo clever. I picked the 'right' switch (not the left one or center on) because logic told me the Answer was in the title. The RIGHT switch. Yes, I feel pretty dumb now!! 8) :( :) |
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| Posted by jcann | 08/01/06 |
| How can "Turn them all on" be right? The question doesn't say that your job is to turn on the light, but to determine which switch controls the light. If you flip them all, of course the light will be on, but you still will not know which switch did it! :o |
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| Posted by thimblenoggin | 08/01/06 |
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:D If I could only switch on the light bulb over my head! :D |
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| Posted by Musikman212 | 08/01/06 |
| That was kinda different. I liked it though. |
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| Posted by naeem_ng | 08/02/06 |
| Oooh, good one! :D |
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| Posted by RRAMMOHAN | 08/04/06 |
| Couldnt get the answer despite two days of sporadic thinking. Good teaser based on common knowledge. Made us all think:some with success, some without! |
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| Posted by ragdol13 | 08/07/06 |
| wow i have no idea wtf that teaser meant...but cool..? i guess |
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| Posted by ragdol13 | 08/07/06 |
| y not just turn them all on at the same time yo? |
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| Posted by lmurray | 08/08/06 |
| XIEXIE NI! THANK YOU! HEN HAO!
VERY GOOD. I APPRECIATE THIS ONE, I REQUIRED A LITTLE THOUGHT.
PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING. :) :) :P |
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| Posted by vlerma | 08/08/06 |
| :DHeavenly days, Imurray the light does shine for you. Great teaser, that I hadn't heard before so let's just say "I Saw the Light." :lol: |
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| Posted by expertcoder | 08/12/06 |
| That was funny. |
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| Posted by luvdoritos706 | 09/05/06 |
| that is very smart....i probably would have never gotten that if i had to do that |
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| Posted by Qrystal | 09/18/06 |
| Ooo, I forgot I fave'd this one awhile back, and now I'm here to say how awesome I think this teaser is.
Upon reading the comments, I have to agree that kwelchans has a good question. There is no way for us to know that the light was off to begin with, and the whole situation is thrown off if the light was on. (Then we'd HAVE to put up an uncharged glow-in-the-dark sticker in the room before heading up to the lightswitches...)
I think we have to say that the light was off to begin with. |
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| Posted by ciotog | 11/18/06 |
| Besides to make this a teaser, why can you only check once? Surely if you can only check once, you don't have the luxury of time as suggested in the answer.
Perhaps I just expect too much, but I can't help thinking that the world would be a better place if everyone had higher expectations. |
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| Posted by Jimbo | 03/11/07 |
| I'm glad I don't have to live wih some of these whinging pedants. I thought it was an excellent logic teaser. Simple explanation and clever. :P |
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| Posted by jin10doh | 05/17/07 |
| One of the best teasers I've ever done! Very creative!
Kudos!
:D |
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| Posted by princesspt | 09/28/07 |
| sweet! very very creative teaser! :D |
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| Posted by biztycl | 12/25/07 |
| The 3 switches is already written by someone else too. One more solution, turn first one on, second one off, and the third one flick it 1 million time (since there is no restriction on how many times you could flick it) and the 3rd bulb will guarantee to blow because it has limited life span to be turn on X number of times and there you have your 2nd solution - 1st on, 2nd off, 3rd BLOWN. |
