A Conversation for The H2IQ Quiz - Be The First Among Equals
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Wednesday 13th September 2000
GreeboTCat Started conversation Sep 13, 2000
In your cellar there are three light switches in the OFF position.
Each switch controls 1 of 3 light bulbs on floor above. You may move
any of the switches but you may only go upstairs to inspect the bulbs
one time. How can you determine the switch for each bulb with one
inspection??
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Sep 13, 2000
Personally I'd stand at the top of the cellar stairs while Mina controls the switches down below. 
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Sep 13, 2000
Am I first? Am I first?
Answer:
Turn on first switch
Turn it off after a while
Turn on second switch
Go upstairs
Lighted bulb goes with second switch
Feel the other two bulbs.
The bulb that is still warm goes with first switch.
Cold bulb goes with third switch.
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Sep 13, 2000
GB, you are just unbelievable! I refreshed the forum just before I posted, and still you managed to squeeze in ahead of me...
Hi Ottox!
Wednesday 13th September 2000
JAR (happy to be back, but where's Ping?) Posted Sep 13, 2000
Eleven minutes too late.
Norway: Zero Points.
It's getting to be a habbit. (Hobbit?)
oh well.
Galaxy Babe is right. Again. (But one day I WILL beat you!! )
JAR, late
Wednesday 13th September 2000
JAR (happy to be back, but where's Ping?) Posted Sep 13, 2000
Sorry. Titiana is right. My brain is not with me this morning..
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Sep 13, 2000
Hehehe
Neither is mine....
My mind is on my date on Friday night....
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Sep 13, 2000
awwwwww poor Ottox, you should join my celibacy thread!http://www.h2g2.com/F41297?thread=70603&latest=1 ;-) See you there!
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Gandalf ( Got my own Comp Now!! Still Redundant!! ) Posted Sep 13, 2000
Too damn late AGAIN.
Was eating brekky when Q posted!!!
'G'
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Tashalls, Muse of Flights of Fancy (Losing Weight at A858170) Posted Sep 13, 2000
Well, at least my response times are improving
Wednesday 13th September 2000
dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC Posted Sep 13, 2000
Holy Doughnuts! This is EXACTLY how I have been spending my free time lately -- trying to figure out which circuit breakers in the basement of my new house control which lights upstairs.
I could have answered it! If only I had internet access at home!
By the way, be careful when touching those bulbs. They get hot. Also, a loud radio helps, which leads to a second answer - buy some light-bulb-socket to electrical outlet adapters, plug loud radios into the bulb sockets, then play with the switches and listen for the radios to go on and off. It helps to have them tuned to different stations, say one classical, one rock, and one all-talk.
Half a point? Half a point? I'll bring back the doughnut!
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Witty Moniker Posted Sep 13, 2000
Titania's answer is excellent.
But it only works if the 'warm bulb' and the 'lit bulb' are not burnt out.
How's the new house working out, d'Elaphant?
Wednesday 13th September 2000
GreeboTCat Posted Sep 14, 2000
Well done Titania... a point goes to you...
Thursday's question is being posted later today... so keep watching the H2IQ space... ~grin~
Wednesday 13th September 2000
Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Sep 14, 2000
Bummer!
Greebo has twigged to my little tricks....
Oh, well, back to the birthday Party at Foxy Manor's Bar....
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Wednesday 13th September 2000
- 1: GreeboTCat (Sep 13, 2000)
- 2: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Sep 13, 2000)
- 3: Titania (gone for lunch) (Sep 13, 2000)
- 4: Ottox (Sep 13, 2000)
- 5: Ottox (Sep 13, 2000)
- 6: Titania (gone for lunch) (Sep 13, 2000)
- 7: JAR (happy to be back, but where's Ping?) (Sep 13, 2000)
- 8: JAR (happy to be back, but where's Ping?) (Sep 13, 2000)
- 9: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Sep 13, 2000)
- 10: Ottox (Sep 13, 2000)
- 11: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Sep 13, 2000)
- 12: Gandalf ( Got my own Comp Now!! Still Redundant!! ) (Sep 13, 2000)
- 13: Tashalls, Muse of Flights of Fancy (Losing Weight at A858170) (Sep 13, 2000)
- 14: dElaphant (and Zeppo his dog (and Gummo, Zeppos dog)) - Left my apostrophes at the BBC (Sep 13, 2000)
- 15: Witty Moniker (Sep 13, 2000)
- 16: GreeboTCat (Sep 14, 2000)
- 17: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Sep 14, 2000)
- 18: Trillian's child (Sep 14, 2000)
- 19: ox (Sep 14, 2000)
- 20: Trillian's child (Sep 14, 2000)
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