Riddle of the Day

[Gizmokid2005]

LOGIC PUZZLE 1:

The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend it's limited income. It has $7 million left in it's budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the contitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:

• Hurrican preparedness: $2.5 million
• Harbor Improvements: $1 million
• School music program: $0.5 million
• Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million
• Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
• National radio: $0.5 million
• Small business loan program: $3 million
• International airport: $4 million

SECOND QUESTION:

If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, what two other programs could they fund?

1. harbor improvements and international airport
2. harbor improvements and school music program
3. hurricane preparedness and school music program
4. hurricane preparedness and international airport
5. harbor improvements and hurricane preparedness

ANSWER (Congrats opnight and TL): Answer 2.

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LOGIC PUZZLE 1:

The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend it's limited income. It has $7 million left in it's budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the contitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:

• Hurricane preparedness: $2.5 million
• Harbor Improvements: $1 million
• School music program: $0.5 million
• Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million
• Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
• National radio: $0.5 million
• Small business loan program: $3 million
• International airport: $4 million

THIRD QUESTION:

Senators from urban areas are very concerned about assuring that there will be funding for a new international airport. Senators from rural areas refuse to fund anything until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the following could they spend the rest of the money?

1. the school music program and national radio
2. hurricane preparedness
3. harbor improvements and the school music program
4. small business loan program
5. national radio and senate office building remodeling

[acoustikarl]

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LOGIC PUZZLE 1:

The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend it's limited income. It has $7 million left in it's budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the contitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:

• Hurricane preparedness: $2.5 million
• Harbor Improvements: $1 million
• School music program: $0.5 million
• Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
• National radio: $0.5 million
• Small business loan program: $3 million
• International airport: $4 million

THIRD QUESTION:

Senators from urban areas are very concerned about assuring that there will be funding for a new international airport. Senators from rural areas refuse to fund anything until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the following could they spend the rest of the money?

1. the school music program and national radio
2. hurricane preparedness
3. harbor improvements and the school music program
4. small business loan program
5. national radio and senate office building remodeling

#1.

BTW That pesky Senate Office Building Remodeling keeps escaping from the list.

[Gizmokid2005]

LOGIC PUZZLE 1:

The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend it's limited income. It has $7 million left in it's budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the contitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:

• Hurricane preparedness: $2.5 million
• Harbor Improvements: $1 million
• School music program: $0.5 million
• Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million
• Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
• National radio: $0.5 million
• Small business loan program: $3 million
• International airport: $4 million

THIRD QUESTION:

Senators from urban areas are very concerned about assuring that there will be funding for a new international airport. Senators from rural areas refuse to fund anything until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the following could they spend the rest of the money?

1. the school music program and national radio
2. hurricane preparedness
3. harbor improvements and the school music program
4. small business loan program
5. national radio and senate office building remodeling

ANSWER (Congrats acoustikarl): #1.

Sorry about the long delay guys, been REALLY busy with things and left my riddle book at home.

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What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

[TurcoLoco]

Sorry about the long delay guys, been REALLY busy with things and left my riddle book at home.

WTF?? You get all these riddles from a book??!!

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What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Haven't you already axed this question??

If not, then my answer would be: SHORT-ER

[Gizmokid2005]

WTF?? You get all these riddles from a book??!!

Not normally. Just that set I did.

[TurcoLoco]

Not normally. Just that set I did.

Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood)! I was only giving you sh.t as usual!

[Gizmokid2005]

What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

ANSWER (Congrat TL): Short

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What word in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

[acoustikarl]

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What word in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

abstemiously, although I wouldn't use it too much.

[TurcoLoco]

Odd word indeed, can't say I have heard of it before...

...could it be the reason why so many people are overweight in this country?

[Gizmokid2005]

What word in the English language uses all five vowels plus Y in alphabetical order and uses each one only once?

ANSWER (congrats acoustikarl for finding an alternative): facetiously or abstemiously.

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My sides are firmly lac'd about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin. What am I?