Last Issue’s Brain Teaser:
Problem:
Solution:
As Assistant Editor of Discover Smith Moun-
tain Lake, “Gremmie” loves to get mail. Here
she is, busy at work, looking over the entries in
our puzzle competition.
If you care to drop her a line, send it to:
Gremlin theWonder Cat
Assistant Editor
Discover Smith Mountain Lake Magazine
P.O. Box 880
Moneta, VA 24121
Or via e-mail at:
GREMMIE’S
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edited by Gerald Muus
bulb fixtures. If you turn two of them on, the lamps
will warm up. After a few minutes, they will be hot
to the touch. Now if you turn one off, you can go
up into the attic. Once there, you will see one lamp
lit, which is controlled by the switch that is still on.
If you touch the other two, one will be warm, and
the other will be cool to the touch. The former is
controlled by the switch that was turned on and
now is off. The latter is controlled by the switch
that was never turned on.
Thanks to all who submitted solutions; our winner
this time around is Betsy Dodson, who was the
first to get it right. Congratulations!
Correct solutions were also submitted by Jeff
Aldrich, Jack and Mary Kuhn, Erika Dwyer of New
Jersey, James Wargo, Joshua Herb, and Anna
Telford.
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Lights in the Attic
Your eccentric old uncle has died and left you his house, providing
that you can pass a test. If you do, the house is yours. If you fail, the
will specifies that the house shall be sold, and the proceeds donated
to the old curmudgeon’s alma mater as an endowment.
The house has a walk-up attic, in which there are three plain bare
bulb light fixtures mounted to the rafters. Near the foot of the attic
stairs, there are three light switches on the wall. Each switch controls
one of the individual lights. None of the lights can be seen from the
location of the switches.
You are permitted to make one trip upstairs to the attic. Once up
there, you must correctly match each light to the switch that controls
it. Can you do it?
A number of folks insisted upon adding factors that enabled them
to solve this, such as using a confederate or other aids.The solution
is quite simple:
There are three lights, each controlled by a separate individual
switch. The important clue is that the lights are three simple, bare
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