A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
Sunday 15th October 2000
GreeboTCat Started conversation Oct 15, 2000
Picture a ship at anchor. Over the side hangs a rope ladder with half metre rungs. The tide rises a half metre per hour. At the end of five hours, how much of the ladder will remain above the water assuming that nine rungs were above the water when the tide began to rise?
Sunday 15th October 2000
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Oct 15, 2000
The whole ladder!
Of course it's nine rungs.
The ship rises with the tide.....
*slap*
Wake up AGB...
Sunday 15th October 2000
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 15, 2000
Aaarrrrgggghhhh! Too late again!
Yes, GB, the whole ladder, congratulations again *wishing GB had gone on talking in her sleep* 
Sunday 15th October 2000
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 15, 2000
No! Wait! Nine rungs!
Greebo doesn't say how many rungs the hole ladder consists of...
Sunday 15th October 2000
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Oct 15, 2000
Ooooohhh, that was already said by ScooterCat - congratulations!
Sunday 15th October 2000
Witty Moniker Posted Oct 15, 2000
That would be 4 1/2 metres, right? *Grateful it wasn't necessary to convert to yards*
By the way, is this a pirate ship?
Sunday 15th October 2000
dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC Posted Oct 15, 2000
Aye, aye! A pirate ship. 'Tis afloat upon a sea 3 feet deep and 6 inches in diameter, 'tis the "Muddy Sea."
Sunday 15th October 2000
GreeboTCat Posted Oct 16, 2000
Congratulations ScooterCat... your first time on h2iq and your first point...
Key: Complain about this post
Sunday 15th October 2000
- 1: GreeboTCat (Oct 15, 2000)
- 2: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Oct 15, 2000)
- 3: ScooterCat (Oct 15, 2000)
- 4: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Oct 15, 2000)
- 5: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 15, 2000)
- 6: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 15, 2000)
- 7: Titania (gone for lunch) (Oct 15, 2000)
- 8: Witty Moniker (Oct 15, 2000)
- 9: dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC (Oct 15, 2000)
- 10: Witty Moniker (Oct 15, 2000)
- 11: GreeboTCat (Oct 16, 2000)
- 12: ScooterCat (Oct 16, 2000)
- 13: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Oct 16, 2000)
More Conversations for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."