Oz's Question of the day #220 (22/2/10)

[OZXJR]

You arrive at a hotel and have 3 sets of golden rings to pay for the room with. The first set of rings has 4 rings, the second set has 2 rings and the third only has one ring.
You cannot take these sets of rings apart orexchange them for a different form of currency and the hotel clerk has no change.
You want to stay at the hotel for 7 nights and you have to pay one gold ring for each night that you stay.
You cannot pay in advance or all at once at the end of your stay.
How do you pay for your 7 nights at the hotel?

PM answers please.

 

[Kazza]

Ring! Ring!

Pm sent....

 

[k1c]

Stay at the Y?

With special favours only available in the seedier parts of town?

Check?

PM sent.

 

[Fz6Sa]

PM Sent :cheer:

 

[SirIsaac]

PM sent...

 

[Coopdman]

PM sent...

 

[Adirondack Jack]

PM sent...with reservations.

 

[teej21012]

PM sent...

 

[discgolfdude]

I paid for all 7 days, oh here is your pm lol

 

[Less]

I think this answer works???

 

[krid80]

likely wrong answer pm'd

why do I torture myself with these?

 

[CHEMIKER]

likely wrong answer pm'd

why do I torture myself with these?

Same here.

 

[Live4Snow]

I knew working at a hotel would pay off eventually. PM sent.




At least you didn't try to pay in quarters!

 

[Senior]

PM sent (hopefully I'm not too late)

 

[OZXJR]

Answer:
You give the clerk the 1 ring on the first night

On the second night you give the clerk the set of 2 rings and take back the 1 ring.

On the third night you give the clerk the 1 ring that you took back.

On the fourth, you take back the 1 ring and the set of 2 rings, and give him the set of 4 rings in return.

On the fifth night, you give the clerk the 1 ring back

On the sixth night, you take back the 1 ring and give him the 2 rings.

On the seventh night you give him the 1 ring back

Confused myself on this one but here are who I "think" won.
Rep and casino cash winners:Kazza,K1c,and Fz6sa

Rep winners:Vinpub,SirIsaac,Coopdman,AdirondackJack,Teej21012,Discgolfdude,Chemiker,Less,Krid80,Live4snow,Busyweb,and Senior.

 

[krid80]

Same here.

:steve: doood we got one!

 

[Senior]

phew . . . . . nearly missed that one :cheer:

 

[CHEMIKER]

Woot! Note, this only works if the clerk doesn't refer to the rings as "my precious" and run off with them LOL.