Our first Friday Smackdown was an ultimate success. There were 27 respondents of which two big brains battled it out down to the wire to claim this weeks championship and two free movie tickets. Before we get into the details of our winner and respective runner-up. I will again provide the answer to the riddles:
- There is only one way to throw a ball with all your might and have it come back to you. The ball has no strings attached to it, no other person is there to toss it back to you and it won’t be bouncing off anything. How is this possible?
- Answer: Throw the ball up and no matter how hard you throw it, it will come back to you.
- You are playing ping-pong outside and the ball falls into a narrow metal pipe embedded in concrete about 1 foot deep. All you have is the laces from your shoes, your tennis paddle and your bottle of water which is too big to fit in the pipe. How can you get your ball out without damaging it?
- Answer: Fill the metal pipe up with the water from the bottle so that the ball will float to the top.
The winner: Sanjeev – clearly he demonstrated his high mental wattage by answering both riddles correct the first time. Mind you, these were not easy riddles. Some argued that he gave me too many answers, for the second riddle. I considered this before making a decision. Since both answers to the second riddle could have been right and one of the answers was the one I was looking for, he won by a technicality.
The runner-up: Alexis, a personal friend of mine who I know is a genius in his own right. He has helped me solve numerous highly technical issues on many occasions. So I was hoping he would not catch wind of my competition, because I knew he would get the answers right and I really wanted someone new to my network to win. You have to meet him to know what I am talking about, but for now you can trust me; he is brilliant. So needless to say, he did get both answers right, but Sanjeev just happened to beat him to the punch.
I hope everyone who participated enjoyed the challenge and I am looking forward to keeping you all on your toes. Check back this Friday for a special Friday Smackdown, Halloween Edition!
