Puzzles / Brain Teasers

[asprin]

Now, now...don't go there.

So here goes:

A man (let's call him Jane Doe) wants to enter a building. A gatekeeper is guarding that building's door. He only lets you through if you answer his code correctly. So Jane hides behind a nearby tree and starts observing the visitors.

First visitor: Guard says 12, visitor says 6. He lets him in.
Second visitor: Guard says 6, visitor says 3. he lets him in.

By now, Jane realizes that all he has to do is divide the number by half. Confident, he approaches the guard.

The guard says 10. Jane says 5. The guard kicks him out never to be allowed to enter the premises again.

Where did Jane go wrong?

 

[Princess Saffron]

Argh! I was hoping everyone would forget about this thread. Now I have to come up with something smart [HASHTAG]#notMyCupOfTea[/HASHTAG]

This is one of my fave threads so i won't forget about it! .

 

[Princess Saffron]

Now, now...don't go there.

So here goes:

A man (let's call him Jane Doe) wants to enter a building. A gatekeeper is guarding that building's door. He only lets you through if you answer his code correctly. So Jane hides behind a nearby tree and starts observing the visitors.

First visitor: Guard says 12, visitor says 6. He lets him in.
Second visitor: Guard says 6, visitor says 3. he lets him in.

By now, Jane realizes that all he has to do is divide the number by half. Confident, he approaches the guard.

The guard says 10. Jane says 5. The guard kicks him out never to be allowed to enter the premises again.

Where did Jane go wrong?

Is it because the man has a womans name?

 

[asprin]

Is it because the man has a womans name?

Haha, not really though. Good eye. I thought it might slip by.

 

[Princess Saffron]

Haha, not really though. Good eye. I thought it might slip by.

Nothing gets past me!! .

 

[zimrahil]

Now, now...don't go there.

So here goes:

A man (let's call him Jane Doe) wants to enter a building. A gatekeeper is guarding that building's door. He only lets you through if you answer his code correctly. So Jane hides behind a nearby tree and starts observing the visitors.

First visitor: Guard says 12, visitor says 6. He lets him in.
Second visitor: Guard says 6, visitor says 3. he lets him in.

By now, Jane realizes that all he has to do is divide the number by half. Confident, he approaches the guard.

The guard says 10. Jane says 5. The guard kicks him out never to be allowed to enter the premises again.

Where did Jane go wrong?

Haven’t a scooby doo

 

[Princess Saffron]

Now, now...don't go there.

So here goes:

A man (let's call him Jane Doe) wants to enter a building. A gatekeeper is guarding that building's door. He only lets you through if you answer his code correctly. So Jane hides behind a nearby tree and starts observing the visitors.

First visitor: Guard says 12, visitor says 6. He lets him in.
Second visitor: Guard says 6, visitor says 3. he lets him in.

By now, Jane realizes that all he has to do is divide the number by half. Confident, he approaches the guard.

The guard says 10. Jane says 5. The guard kicks him out never to be allowed to enter the premises again.

Where did Jane go wrong?

Did the man have a dress on pretending to be a woman? .

 

[zimrahil]

Did the man have a dress on pretending to be a woman? .

I think you are fixating too much on the gender issue and not enough on the number puzzle

 

[Princess Saffron]

I think you are fixating too much on the gender issue and not enough on the number puzzle

I think it's a trick question , asprin could have called him John Doe.

 

[zimrahil]

I think it's a trick question , asprin could have called him John Doe.

Fair enough, I did wonder if the name had something to do with it, as it was specified very deliberately !

 

[asprin]

Did the man have a dress on pretending to be a woman? .

I think it's a trick question , asprin could have called him John Doe.

Fair enough, I did wonder if the name had something to do with it, as it was specified very deliberately !

Hate to disappoint you but that was a honest mistake

Hint: Spelling bee

 

[zimrahil]

Hate to disappoint you but that was a honest mistake

Hint: Spelling bee

Ah got it now, that’s was an excellent puzzle. Will see if @Saffron/anyone else gets it before posting my answer

 

[Princess Saffron]

Ah got it now, that’s was an excellent puzzle. Will see if @Saffron/anyone else gets it before posting my answer

If i haven't got it now i never will! . It was on my mind last nite, can't come up with anything!

 

[zimrahil]

If i haven't got it now i never will! . It was on my mind last nite, can't come up with anything!

Think of what guard is saying, twelve, six etc
The clue was spelling bee!

 

[Pinch hitter]

may be he needed to say seven or six instead five... may be the code is the nearest number which start with 'S' if guard say the number which start with 'T' and if he say a number which start with 'S' than, code is nearest number which start with 'T'...