'H2IQ' Revisited - 6
Created | Updated Sep 28, 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...
If you divide thirty by a half and add ten, what is the answer?
Last Weeks H2IQ Revisited Answer
Q. Two train tracks run parallel to each other, except for a short distance where they meet and
become one track over a narrow bridge. One morning, a train speeds onto the bridge. Another train
coming from the opposite direction, also speeds onto the bridge. Neither train can stop on the short
bridge, yet there is no collision.
How is this possible?
A. The trains where on the bridge at two different times.
Those with the correct answer or at least agreed with the correct answer -
FIRST WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER WAS -
Danny B.
In Total Agreement was -
lbclaire
Marjin
Reddyfreddy
andforrest
Those with the a different answer but still deserve a mention -
The person who thought it was a double deck bridge was -
Kandyman
The person who asked an obscure question and then apologised for it was -
Master B
The person who is currently on a plane to New Zealand in an attempt to evade a police manhunt is -
GodBen
The person who blushed furiously because they didn't bother reading the question properly was -
Pond_Rat
The person who came up with the grossest answer was -
Pythagoras
The person who because he was busy totally missed the part of the question that read 'coming from
the opposite direction' was -
St Demon Drawer
The person who thought there could be a station in the middle of the bridge was -
Flanker
...And Finally...
Here's a list of what a 10-stone person would weigh on the other bodies in our solar
system.Pluto - 7lb
The Moon - 1st 10lb
Mercury - 3st 11lb
Mars - 3st 11lb
Uranus - 9st 1lb
Saturn - 10st 11lb
Neptune - 11st 12lb
Jupiter - 25st 5 lb
Hmmm...I wonder if that mean if I move to the Moon to live then I could eat more doughnuts...
