identity the states

here's another identify the states game

(I went looking for one because I couldn't find the first one, but there it is below.  Actually it's not there any more, so good thing.).

know your Middle East geography?

It is amazing how often we speak of these countries and don't really know where they are. Drag the country's name onto the map.

There is no humbling score nor time limit; this exercise is a learning tool. Don't fear making an error. Once you finish the puzzle, you will be far more educated about this very intense area of our world.

The map game.

Guess Your Number Game

Guess Your Number

[relayed by Raynette]

golf quiz

This is fun even if you do not golf.

If you select a wrong answer, the ball moves only so far down the fairway and stops and you are charged with one stroke. Keep selecting the answers that you think are correct and the ball moves dow n the fairway until you get the right answer and the ball goes in the hole. If you have the correct answer right away, the ball goes directly in the hole. Enjoy!

[via Donna]

Get the Frogs to the other side

Bob spammed us a puzzle in Excel format that's supposedly a second grade computer test in China. You have three green frogs and three brown frogs and you have to figure out to get them to switch positions.

(It took me a while to finally get it.)

Here's a java version.

The Monty Hall Problem

You're on a game show. A mega-yacht is behind one of three doors, lumps of seaweed behind each of the other two. You guess Door A. The host doesn't tell you whether you've won; instead, he opens one of the other doors (say, Door B) to reveal a lump of seaweed – and invites you to stick with Door A, if you're comfortable with that choice, or to switch to the remaining unopened door. Your call.

Should you switch?

See for yourself.

[via velcher of chucks_angels]

In Other Words

ISAAC ASIMOV'S SUPER QUIZ
Subject: IN OTHER WORDS

Identify the proverb or saying. (e.g., The 24th letter indicates the location. Answer: X marks the spot.)


FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. Arrive with no effort, leave with no effort.

2. Wretchedness cherishes fellowship.

3. Battle combustion by using combustion.


GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Permit snoozing canines to go undisturbed.

5. Ill tidings communicate quickly.

6. Not in view, not in recollection.


PH.D. LEVEL

7. Nothing compares to your own residence.

8. Enunciation is simpler than execution.

9. A simpleton is quickly separated from his cash.


Answers

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