pop quiz!
Posted by mistic on 18 Feb 2008 at 05:10 pm | Tagged as: myspace
A hunter leaves his home, walks 10 km to the South and 10 km to the West, shoots a bear, walks 10 km to the North, and is back home. What color is the bear?
First person to answer it right in the comments wins a congratulations from me (MSRP $49.99) as well as the satisfaction of being smarter/faster than everyone else! (MSRP $0.02)
i say, “you cannot tell.”
i don’t think the traditional answer for this is correct … a triangle is a triangle - no matter where positioned. try it … 10 inches, 10 feet, 10k, 10 miles … i doesn’t matter.
if point A is home - then you can move the triangle around on a map all day long - and it will work. maybe i am just thick?
i know the answer … but i am not sure i want the prize :-)
peac4d.
amos
Hint for those who don’t know the answer yet: the earth is curved. North always points to one particular point on the earth.
And, yea, the prize is kind of shabby - but it’s what I could scrounge up ;P
yepper … the orignal quiz simply needs a word inserted, like, “true north” and “true south” to make it easier and more precise.
otherwise, ticky nerds like myself will question the whole game :-)
now, even with “true north” or “true south” one has to remember that the earth’s surface isn’t flat too. the man’s westward journey could be over a 10k mountain trail - which leaves us back with uncertainty as to the bear’s color.
but, i am just being a pest.
btw, i don’t think the prize is too shabby - it’s just that i thought someone else might need a good “congrats” plus a healthy dab of satisfaction ;0P
peac4d.
amos
p.s. enjoy your blog posts
heh, ok.
Well thanks amos.