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The Contest Center 59 DeGarmo Hills Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
The Contest Center has CLOSED the guestbook
due to heavy SPAM.
What am I?
At either end a twisted path,
A thousand steps between.
Those who get them give them,
Those who give them always have more.
[Answer]
How?
King Just is growing old. He has no children, and has decided to
leave his vast tropical kingdom to the person who can solve this riddle. He
has a pool dug, 30 feet square and 15 feet deep. In the center is a platform
10 feet square, and level with the sides of the pool. The walls are all
smooth and vertical. The water in the pool is 12 feet deep. On the platform
he has placed his royal scepter (which is gold and weighs 30 pounds). In the
pool he has placed a dozen hungry sharks.
The person who can retrieve the scepter and hand it to the king will
inherit the kingdom. To do that you are given 2 strong wooden planks.
Each plank is 8 feet long, 1 foot wide, 2 inches thick and weighs 40 pounds.
You are not allowed to use anything else, such as nails, glue, hammer, saw,
bolts, rope, poles, clamps, tape, etc. You are allowed only 1 minute
for the task.
How do you get the scepter and get back in time?
Path
Draw a continuous path through the three rooms in this house
so that each of the 12 walls is crossed exactly once.
