ChefSuccess Contest #4

[Admin Greg]

Winner recieves a Sous Chef subscription to Tasty Tidbits (http://www.tastytidbits.net)
You must answer these two brain teasers and trivia question correctly. You only get to say one answer for each, one time. Please PM me you answers.

What math symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

One reservoir has four taps. Using the first takes two days to saturate the reservoir, the second tap three days, the third four days and the last one 6 hours. How long will it take to fill the reservoir using all 4 taps at once?

There are several world cities with the name Georgetown. What country does the largest (by population) Georgetown reside.

[pamperedlinda]

Oh, don't tease me! I know the answers to the first 2, but I'm not sure about the 3rd one. Since I already won once I'll let someone else have a chance. :)

[janetupnorth]

Anyone win yet? I JUST got online!

[PamperedDor]

i pm'd but I guess I was wrong on 1 - or 2 - or all three - LOL!!

[JillianAnthony]

I just sent a message but I'm so not thinking I got # 3 right!

[elizabethfox]

omg ....I am so bad at this kind of stuff...wish I knew all of the answers

[vwpamperedchef]

I am not very good at these, I decided not to bother....LOL

[janetupnorth]

i pm'd but I guess I was wrong on 1 - or 2 - or all three - LOL!!

Well, I know #1 for sure...I SHOULD be right on #2 or I need to go back to college...and I just took a guess on #3.

...and I'm still trying to figure out how Becky beat me last week because I pounced on that one pretty fast! :rolleyes:

:p :D

[janetupnorth]

I am not very good at these, I decided not to bother....LOL

Problem is on a few you don't have to be good at logic, just computers which kind of ruins the fun for those of us geeks who like to do the logic.

[PamperedDor]

Anyone win????? which did I get wrong Greg???

[JillianAnthony]

I got the 3rd wrong...oh well I can't figure it out and I don't want to cheat!

[Admin Greg]

kaseydee is the winner!!

Highlight text below for solutions

1) 5.9
2) 4 hours, 43 mins, 17 secs
3) Guyana

[janetupnorth]

Anyone win????? which did I get wrong Greg???

I think you probably got it then!

Correct that - someone beat you...

[JillianAnthony]

Congrats!!!!!

[bsaxman]

I only got #3 right! One of these days I'm gonna get 'em...

[janetupnorth]

kaseydee is the winner!!

Highlight text below for solutions

1) 5.9
2) 4 hours, 43 mins, 17 secs
3) Guyana

Well, technically #1 is wrong. The answer SHOULD be a decimal point. ;) 5.9 is not a math symbol last time I checked.

[pamperedlinda]

Yeah Kaseydee!

[PamperedDor]

I agree with Janet - it asked what symbol !!!!

[janetupnorth]

Congratulations Kasey! Enjoy your 6 months of newsletters!

[elizabethfox]

Darn it! I just had all the answers ready to PM them to Greg!

Oh well...maybe next time :)

Congrats Kaseydee!

[janetupnorth]

I agree with Janet - it asked what symbol !!!!

Greg is judge and jury so he can decide, but you know me, I have to pick on you all!

Besides, it wouldn't make me winner anyway, I got online too late! :p

[Admin Greg]

I agree with Janet - it asked what symbol !!!!
I would obviously have accepted both 5.9 and decimal point, same diff ;)

[janetupnorth]

I would obviously have accepted both 5.9 and decimal point, same diff ;)

Not to us engineers. ;) You forget, I went to "that other" college in your town.


Yell, next time you are doing a contest. I'll create a logic problem for you where you CANNOT find the answer on the internet and HAVE to do the problem!

[PamperedDor]

Oh please don't take it as me being mean or anything - I had the right answers!! Speedy KaseyDee must have beaten me !! My pm must have gone in after hers!! Congrats to Kaseydee!!!

[pamperedlinda]

Well, I didn't use the internet for #1 & 2 (I was off by a couple minutes with my calculations), but I did google search for #3 and I still wasn't sure - turns out I did find the right answer ;)

[janetupnorth]

Well, I didn't use the internet for #1 & 2 (I was off by a couple minutes with my calculations), but I did google search for #3 and I still wasn't sure - turns out I did find the right answer ;)

Yeah, I love it when people actually do them! :thumbup:

We did a contest like that at work and I had created the logic problem. EVERYONE was searching on the internet for the answers and ticked that they couldn't find them.

[ChefBeckyD]

Well, I know #1 for sure...I SHOULD be right on #2 or I need to go back to college...and I just took a guess on #3.

...and I'm still trying to figure out how Becky beat me last week because I pounced on that one pretty fast! :rolleyes:

:p :D


Ha! See, I usually miss these - Again, I am just now seeing it for the first time!

You probably beat me, but since you'd already won once, Greg let me have it. (that's my theory)

However, I do have this freakish ability to unscramble words at a glance - which was a big part of the one I won. It didn't take me any time at all to figure out the countries. The logic part only required writing it all down and filling in the empty spaces, and I admit - I googled the 3rd answer. (I would imagine everyone did though).:rolleyes:

[janetupnorth]

Ha! See, I usually miss these - Again, I am just now seeing it for the first time!

You probably beat me, but since you'd already won once, Greg let me have it. (that's my theory)

However, I do have this freakish ability to unscramble words at a glance - which was a big part of the one I won. It didn't take me any time at all to figure out the countries. The logic part only required writing it all down and filling in the empty spaces, and I admit - I googled the 3rd answer. (I would imagine everyone did though).:rolleyes:

Hey, trust me, I'm ALL for sharing the wealth! But I'm not above teasing other people. :p

Once again, you scare me Becky... :rolleyes: