Intro: This is the 5th episode of 'aam aadmi's great minds contest". Thanks to generous participation by MSians, the last four were a success. If you are curious what to expect in these contest or the 'philosophy' behind the name of the contest, kindly check earlier postings. "philosophy' can only be found in the first episode. You shud be able to see the recent episodes under recent postings to the right of this text ( to your left!).
Inspiration for this round of contest came from an unexpected corners. First, The corner at home, where our TV resides, then also from the corner where I stack old newspapers. Just as I was being fed a lot of TV commericals of Volkswagen ( German Car maker, for the poor in GK!), I also happened to see their huge ads in print. Thats when an idea for this contest came!
What You are to do in contest : Basically Think! When I say think it involves every kind of thinking, lateral thinking, logical thinking, illogical thinking etc. Put simply you have to think like me! which means you may have to use not just your brain, mind, heart but also other organs which you can use to think! example kidney! ;-) You also need to have basic math skills like addition, subtraction, mulitplication, division!You might need to keep your sense of humor along too! ;-)
Questions: In the following questions I am going to make some statements about Volkswagen. They may sound absurd at the outset, but are TRUE (as I am making them!) You need to mention what is the logic I use to arrive at that particular statement. Also wherever question has numeric data, you need to support your answer with necessary calculations.
1) I dont know Volkswagen cars or its names. But my statement is: All Volkswagen prices are equal. The price is in the range of 900000 to 1150000.
To do: answer why prices are same. show the calculation to show how I arrive at the given range of prices!
2) A Volkswagen Car appears to have 4 wheels (+1 spare, possible). But my statement is it actually has 40 wheels, but only 30 touch the road while running!
to do: find the logic, explain the math involved
3) A volkswagen starts by ignition key. But I state that it also has a manual start option. This manual start option is comparable to starting a generator, but to start once, the lever has to be operated exactly 10times.
to do: explain the logic behind manual option & the math behind 10 strokes
4) Volkswagen is steered using a steering wheel. But I state that it is also steered by multiple simple handle ( like bike/scooter handle) Do you know where these are fitted? do you know their count?
To do: explain logic behind steering handle & their location. Show the math to arrive at their count
5) A volkswagen car typically can seat 2+3 people. But I state that it can seat 40 people in all.
To do: explain logic behind inflated seat count & show the math to explain seat configuration
6) A volkswagen car can seat a person to the left of driver. But I state that no person can sit to the left of the driver. In other words the seat to the left of driver is only imaginary
To do: Explain why there is no seat to the left of driver!
Master clue: There is no need of individual clues to each question. As unravelling one logic will lead to the other very fast. So as a master clue I am just giving one word - Bajaj! Think of everything you can relate to the word Bajaj, from there light shud shine somewhere, making you see the 'Master Logic' !!
How to post answers: You can comment here or if you want to prevent others from getting hints from your answer or copying them, you can send via M2M too. Answers can go any length, if you want to explain and make yourself clear!
Deadline - The contest is open till tomoro midnight ( 7th Jan midnite)
Results:Results & Winners ( IF ANY!!) will be announced Friday or after.
Prizes: I am a pauper with no points. Sajith has volunteered to send prizes. I will take his help if there are winners!
Bumper Prize - If anyone cracks the master logic & answers all 6 perfectly, I will declare him a "great mind" & keep the following as my status message for 1 full week -"XYZ (MS id ABC) is the greatest mind on MS. He has unravelled the master logic behind great minds contest 5"or I might send a real prize too!
Happy Thinking!
