Monday Madness

1) Professor Swanson has just returned from a 6 month sabbatical to the Middle East. She is now giving lectures about her trip and the many ancient artifacts she had seen first hand. She described several mummies and tapestries she saw that dated back to 200 B.C. Coins dated 46 B.C. and weapons made from metal that date back to at least 500 B.C. Her stories were very vivid and quite entertaining. What's wrong here? 2) FANNY FILINGER WAS OF THE IMPRESSION THAT EIGHTY SIX YEARS OF HISTORY SHOW THAT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE IN EVERY CASE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. How many "F"s are contained in that statement? 3) There are a pair of identical twins. Bob and Bill. Bill can never tell the truth. Bob is "normal" in that he may or may not be telling the truth. Bill commits a murder. Everyone knows Bill did it. But Bob and Bill are identical. The twins are brought before the judge. The judge addresses the twin on the left and asks "Are you Bill?" "Yes I am" responds the twin. The judge then correctly identifies which is Bill and has him remanded into custody. How was the judge able to do this?

1.

Coins dated 46 B.C.

Not sure if you meant "dated back to". But if you did actually mean just dated then the coins would be fakes.

2. 7

3. Since Bill can never tell the truth it would seem that the judge had addressed the question to Bob. Had it been Bill being asked the question the answer would have been no.

2: 8

8 it is

1)
Correct… no coins were ever cast that carried the date 46 B.C. (or any date B.C. for that matter)

2)
Correct… there are 8 "f"s.

3)
Correct… If the twin questioned had of answered "No", then it would have been impossible to tell which twin was answering. But because the twin answered "Yes", then it had to be Bob answering.

Well done oldman960 and terry1966!

How about a blooming onion to share:
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