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Postby cinelli » August 27th, 2018, 1:02 pm

It is bank holiday Monday. Time for a family-friendly puzzle.

A party of Mensa members was being given a guided tour of the clocks and watches gallery. "I bet you can't tell me which timepiece has the fewest moving parts," said the curator. "A sundial," bellowed the intellectually gifted ones. "Okay," said the slightly peeved curator. "Which timepiece has the most moving parts?"

There was a prolonged silence. What was the answer?

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Postby Spet0789 » August 27th, 2018, 1:35 pm

I suspect the right answer is the sun, but I suppose it could be the universe.

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Postby jfgw » August 27th, 2018, 3:51 pm

Possible spoiler:

I reckon an hourglass is quite high on the list.

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Postby cinelli » August 28th, 2018, 9:49 am

Quite right, Julian.

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Postby jfgw » August 28th, 2018, 11:24 am

cinelli wrote:Quite right, Julian.

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Does that mean that I am more intelligent than any of those Mensa members? :)

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Postby UncleEbenezer » August 28th, 2018, 2:00 pm

jfgw wrote:Does that mean that I am more intelligent than any of those Mensa members? :)

Julian F. G. W.

Well, once you've learned to distinguish Hypothetical Mensa Members from Real Mensa Members. And either of the above from [fill in the blank].

And of course make similar distinctions, such as logicians in a puzzle vs real logicians.

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Postby cinelli » August 28th, 2018, 8:08 pm

jfgw wrote:Does that mean that I am more intelligent than any of those Mensa members? :)

Julian F. G. W.

It was never in doubt.

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