I just remembered this one.
A tennis club with 200 members organises a tournament. If a player loses a match they are out of the tournament, and there are no draws. How many matches are needed to decide the tournament winner?
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Yet another brainteaser
Saturday 27 February 2010 at 01:23
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Another brainteaser
Saturday 27 February 2010 at 01:14
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Edited by Richard Walker, Saturday 27 February 2010 at 01:17
In a cross-country run, Sven placed exactly in the middle among all participants.
Dan placed lower (i.e. did worse than Sven), in tenth place, and Lars placed sixteenth.
How many runners took part in the race?
(This is another mini-classic, I'll try to recollect where it was first published.)
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Monday 1 February 2010 at 00:11
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Edited by Richard Walker, Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 02:26
A man is twice as old as his wife was when he was the same age as she is now. She is 30, how old is he?
(Both OU students of course!)
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