'H2IQ' Revisited - 1
Created | Updated Aug 19, 2004
'H2IQ' Revisited
You need a mind as slippery as an Eel, and a talent for seeing things from a
different angle to understand H2IQ. A popular h2g2 quiz for several years, H2IQ
returns to once again tease and frustrate with questions and problems for you to solve. Each week I
will repeat a question once used in the 'infamous' H2IQ quiz and all you have to do is answer it in
the 'H2IQ Revisited' conversation below. All those who give vaguely the correct answer will have
their name printed in next weeks column.
Now for this weeks
question...
Farmer Greebo owns three pink pigs, four brown pigs, and one black pig. How many of Greebo's
pigs can say that it is the same colour as another pig on Greebo's farm?
Last Weeks H2IQ Revisited Answer
Q. Decode the following cryptogram to reveal a quote from Einstein.
VLFJVDFUVZD VY LZWM VLAZWUFDU UBFD TDZPHMQJM.
TDZPHMQJM VY HVLVUMQ. VLFJVDFUVZD MDEVWEHMY UBM PZWHQ.
A. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the
world.
Those with the correct answer or at least agreed with the correct answer -
FIRST WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS -
St Demon Drawer
In Total Agreement was -
ShazzPRME
Those with the a different answer but still deserve a mention -
Person whose decryption algorithm was far too complex to explain so therefore got it wrong was -
Danny B.
Person who appeared to be using the wrong key was -
Master B
Person who as far as we know is still stuck at the bottom of a well in Foynes is -
GodBen
...And Finally...
Here's a curious fact for you...
If you cut an onion in half and rub it on the soles of your feet, an hour later you will taste onion
in your mouth!
Now I haven't tried this myself, but if any fearless researcher does give this a try let me know the
results in a conversation below.
