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Divide the marbles onto the scales in two piles of six

Remove marbles one at time till the scales are level for your first weighing

Remove all the marble apart from the two you removed and place these on one side

and two old marble on the other side

Remove one marble from each side if the scales go level thats your second weighing

If not then youve got your heavy or light marble

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The Royles

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Divide the marbles onto the scales in two piles of six

Remove marbles one at time till the scales are level for your first weighing

Remove all the marble apart from the two you removed and place these on one side

and two old marble on the other side

Remove one marble from each side if the scales go level thats your second weighing

If not then youve got your heavy or light marble

 

Each removal of marbles would count as a weighing, as you are observing if it balances or not, good idea though.

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label the marbles 1234 5678 ABCD

 

put 1234 5678 in the pan (WEIGHING 1)

 

if level, then 1234 5678 are all "reference marbles" and your target marble is in ABCD

 

put AB and 12 in the pan - if level, marble is amongst CD (WEIGHING 2)

put 1 and C in the pan, if unbalanced, C was your boy, otherwise D - END (WEIGHING 3)

else

put 1 and A in the pan, if unbalanced, A was your boy, otherwise B - END (WEIGHING 3)

 

(Now that was the easy part. It's this next bit which has taken me ages, and no doubt I'm too late now. Damned if I'm letting the hard work go to waste....)

 

but, if 1234 and 5678 are unbalanced, then ABCD are your reference marbles

 

you can relabel the light side of the balance 1234 and the heavier side 5678

 

put 156 and 278 in the pan (WEIGHING 2) - if level, then our marble is either 3 or 4 which we can determine by weighing 3 against a reference marble A (WEIGHING 3)

 

if 156 vs 278 is unbalanced and 278 is heaviest, then 7 or 8 is a heavy marble (since it was on the heavy side of weighing 2) OR marble 1 is a light marble (as it was on the light side).

 

for our third weighting, we weight 7 and 8 to find the heavier marble. If balanced, then 1 was our light marble. Job done.

 

if in the 156 vs 278 weighing 156 was heaviest, then you can perform the same logic to discover the marble is either 5,6 or 2

 

Do I win a prize?

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The Blorenges

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label the marbles 1234 5678 ABCD put 1234 5678 in the pan (WEIGHING 1) if level, then 1234 5678 are all "reference marbles" and your target marble is in ABCD...put AB and 12 in the pan - if level, marble is amongst CD (WEIGHING 2)...put 1 and C in the pan, if unbalanced, C was your boy, otherwise D - END (WEIGHING 3)...else...put 1 and A in the pan, if unbalanced, A was your boy, otherwise B - END (WEIGHING 3)

(Now that was the easy part. It's this next bit which has taken me ages, and no doubt I'm too late now. Damned if I'm letting the hard work go to waste....)

but, if 1234 and 5678 are unbalanced, then ABCD are your reference marbles you can relabel the light side of the balance 1234 and the heavier side 5678...put 156 and 278 in the pan (WEIGHING 2) - if level, then our marble is either 3 or 4 which we can determine by weighing 3 against a reference marble A (WEIGHING 3)...if 156 vs 278 is unbalanced and 278 is heaviest, then 7 or 8 is a heavy marble (since it was on the heavy side of weighing 2) OR marble 1 is a light marble (as it was on the light side)...for our third weighting, we weight 7 and 8 to find the heavier marble. If balanced, then 1 was our light marble. Job done... if in the 156 vs 278 weighing 156 was heaviest, then you can perform the same logic to discover the marble is either 5,6 or 2

Do I win a prize?

 

My brain hurts :blink:

MrsB (.....throwing all her marbles out of her pram :P )

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The Golem

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"And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do, I

don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?

There's no reason for it, you've gotta go sometime."

 

Name the album. Bonus points for the track title.

 

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - too easy...

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civilised

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Can someone tell me if there's a time limit on how long a question is outstanding ?

 

This is the second time that a question of mine has been ' dinged ' ( ie an answer is given as correct ) by someone else.

 

Without wanting to sound like a grumpy old man, I think I need to know how frequently I should be at a computer before my questions / answers are pre-empted by others.

 

Yours in quizziness :P

 

civilised

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The Golem

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Can someone tell me if there's a time limit on how long a question is outstanding ?

 

This is the second time that a question of mine has been ' dinged ' ( ie an answer is given as correct ) by someone else.

 

Yours in quizziness :ph34r:

 

civilised

 

No time limit, although if it's a tough question I would think 12 hours is a reasonable length of time before someone resorts to cheating! :ph34r:

 

With regard to "dinging" someone elses question, if the question setter isn't online but the answer can be confirmed by someone else well I say go for it - it is only for fun after all, what does everyone else think? <_<

 

Oh and it IS Derwentwater, with Cat Bells in the foreground and Barrow in the distance - there are caches on these two fells by the way... :unsure:

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The Golem

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Well, while Jango and Boba are out bounty hunting or whatever it is they do :ph34r: - here's another question....

 

Which 1972 movie, starring Bruce Dern, saw him tending the last remnants of Earth's forests aboard a giant spaceship?

 

Edited to add the actors name and not the character :ph34r: - thanks Nediam!

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Nediam

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Well, while Jango and Boba are out bounty hunting or whatever it is they do :ph34r: - here's another question....

 

Which 1972 movie, starring Lowell Freeman saw him tending the last remnants of Earth's forests aboard a giant spaceship?

 

Aaaargh!!! banghead.gif

 

A friend of mine was asking what this film was the other week! I told him and now I've forgotten! D'oh :ph34r:

 

 

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Wasn't Freeman Lowell the characters name, not the actor?

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Nediam

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Silent Running. The ship was called the Valley Forge. And the robots were Huey, Lewie and Dewie. A sci-fi classic :ph34r:

 

On the topic of Dinging, I'm sorry if I Dinged out of turn.

 

 

Aaaah that's a relief! :ph34r: Cheers SP, it would have bugged me for ages........well at least until I gave up and Googled it ;)

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Nediam

Nediam

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Great film :ph34r:

 

 

Right, next up and staying with films:-

 

What movie was the first to win an Academy Award for Best Picture? oscar.gif

 

If some one gets it right please feel free to "Ding" them. I'm off to a real pub quiz (and cider ;) ) so won't be able to answer for the next few hours. :ph34r:

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