1. How many tourists are staying at this camp?
2. When did they arrive: today or a few days ago?
3. How did they get here?
4. Is there a town nearby?
5. Where does the wind blow from: north or south?
6. What time of day is it?
7. Where did Alex go?
8. Who was on duty yesterday?
9. What date is it today?
I'll post the answers later......B-) (it dosen't make any sense to me)
1. How many tourists are staying at this camp? Four
2. When did they arrive: today or a few days ago? A few days ago
3. How did they get here? Row boat
4. Is there a town nearby? Can't tell for sure
5. Where does the wind blow from: north or south? North
6. What time of day is it? Supper time
7. Where did Alex go? Chasing butterflies
8. Who was on duty yesterday? Colin
9. What date is it today? March 29, 2016 or day 8 of their adventure
Holy Cow, post: 364535, member: 50 wrote: 1. How many tourists are staying at this camp? Four
2. When did they arrive: today or a few days ago? A few days ago
3. How did they get here? Row boat
4. Is there a town nearby? Can't tell for sure
5. Where does the wind blow from: north or south? North
6. What time of day is it? Supper time
7. Where did Alex go? Chasing butterflies
8. Who was on duty yesterday? Colin
9. What date is it today? March 29, 2016 or day 8 of their adventure
4. Yes
This has to be the stupidest post ever.
ANSWERS TO THE CAMP RIDDLE
1. There are four tourists
four spoons on the picnic blanket and four names on the duty list.
2. They arrived a few days ago
A spider's web has appeared between their tent and a tree in that time.
3. They got there by boat
Note the oars by the tree.
4. No, a village is not far
..because there's a chicken wandering around.
5. The wind is blowing from the south
A flag that shows the wind direction is on top of the tent. (To tell which direction is which, look at the branches - they're normally bigger on the southern side of trees - if you're in the Northern Hemisphere.)
6. ItÛªs morning
Take the answer from question five to figure out east and west then work out the time based on the shadows.
7. Alex is catching butterflies
His net is behind the tent.
8. Colin was on duty yesterday
Colin is rummaging through his backpack (marked with a 'c'); Alex is catching butterflies; James is taking photos as his tripod can be seen sticking out of his bag. This leaves Peter - then, according to the list, that means Colin was on duty yesterday.
9. Today is August 8th...
According to the list, Peter is on duty, and there is a watermelon - which ripen in August - on the ground..
Sorry y'all 😉
Holy Cow, post: 364535, member: 50 wrote: 1. How many tourists are staying at this camp? Four
2. When did they arrive: today or a few days ago? A few days ago
3. How did they get here? Row boat
4. Is there a town nearby? Can't tell for sure
5. Where does the wind blow from: north or south? North
6. What time of day is it? Supper time
7. Where did Alex go? Chasing butterflies
8. Who was on duty yesterday? Colin
9. What date is it today? March 29, 2016 or day 8 of their adventure
The wind blows from the south. The shadow should point northerly. If the only two choices are north or south then looking at the fire I would say the wind is blowing south to north.
It is roughly lunch time.
What on God's green Earth does the presence of a chicken have to do with there being a town nearby?????
In our part of the world the prevailing winds are from the south causing trees to lean northward, thus the larger growth on the north side of the trees. The watermelon could have been hauled in with them during several months of the year after being purchased, not picked from a local garden. The long shadow of the boy by the fire suggests early morning or late afternoon. Is he supposed to be whipping up a giant pot of oatmeal for breakfast? It's more likely he's conjured up a great stew for supper from the slower chickens that were in the scene earlier in the day.
Holy Cow, post: 364594, member: 50 wrote: What on God's green Earth does the presence of a chicken have to do with there being a town nearby?????
In our part of the world the prevailing winds are from the south causing trees to lean northward, thus the larger growth on the north side of the trees. The watermelon could have been hauled in with them during several months of the year after being purchased, not picked from a local garden. The long shadow of the boy by the fire suggests early morning or late afternoon. Is he supposed to be whipping up a giant pot of oatmeal for breakfast? It's more likely he's conjured up a great stew for supper from the slower chickens that were in the scene earlier in the day.
It also looks more like a pumpkin than a watermelon, the On Duty sign could be their ages not the date.
This is a test to see if you can use Sherlockian deduction, where the barest of facts are used with unstated assumptions to deduce conclusions that Conan Doyan always made sure were right. Bad practice for a surveyor who may later find stronger evidence.
Bill93, post: 364655, member: 87 wrote: This is a test to see if you can use Sherlockian deduction, where the barest of facts are used with unstated assumptions to deduce conclusions that Conan Doyan always made sure were right. Bad practice for a surveyor who may later find stronger evidence.
Elementary my dear Watson, it's the mere child's play of deduction! (the Basil Rathbone version of Holmes)
Watermelons are ready by JuneTeenth here in East Texas.
Bill93, post: 364655, member: 87 wrote: This is a test to see if you can use Sherlockian deduction, where the barest of facts are used with unstated assumptions to deduce conclusions that Conan Doyan always made sure were right. Bad practice for a surveyor who may later find stronger evidence.
Ol' Sir Arthur made a fantastic and compelling character with Sherlock Holmes. Too bad his mystery stories were horrible examples of mystery. I mean, he wrote quite well and they are an interesting read, but they aren't really a mystery story. A mystery story places clues where the reader can find them so that the read can piece together things outside of the narrative and possibly come up with a solution, or at least part of one. With the stories that Doyle wrote, there were only superfluous clues given in the story and Holmes always solved the mystery simply due to the fact that he had superior knowledge that the other characters (and the reader) never had at all.
