Challenges
Every Saturday, a new challenge will be set, and the old challenges answers will be revealed along with the people who completed the challenge.
Week 1’s Challenge:
[Level: Easy] In southern London, Mary lives on Colour Street. On Colour Street there is a blue house with blue bricks, a red house with red bricks, a yellow house with yellow bricks, a pink house with pink bricks and an orange house with orange bricks. What colour are the bricks on the greenhouse?
Answer: There are no bricks on the greenhouse - greenhouses are made of glass!
Week 2’s Challenge:
[Level: Medium] Name the correct title for the song by Fall Out Boy that has these lyrics:
Last years wishes are this years apologies
Every last time I come home
I take my last chance to burn a bridge or two
I only keep myself this sick in the head
‘Cause I know how the words get you
Answer: I’m Like A Lawyer With The Ways I’mTrying To Get You Off (Me and You)
Week Three’s Challenge:
[Level: Very hard] Betsie’s cousin from a foreign country is staying at Betsie’s house. He does not speak English, but Betsie does not know this. One day Betsie’s cousin, William, gives Betsie a piece of paper that reads the following:
You are Betsie’s best friend. She gave you the note because you are a top student at different languages. Betsie wants to know two things:
1. What does the note say?
2. What language is it written in?
March 25, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Glass?
March 25, 2008 at 11:10 pm
It’s glass isnt it?
March 26, 2008 at 1:35 am
Glass. A greenhouse is where you keep your plants! PLANTS! PLAAANTS!
March 26, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Err, this riddle has appeared about 20 times in the cp newspaper since i started.
^ignore^
But there are no bricks, instead glass.
March 27, 2008 at 3:35 am
theres no bricks its made of glass
March 28, 2008 at 4:48 am
Green bricks the color of
March 30, 2008 at 9:30 am
there are no bricks….just glass or flexiglass
March 30, 2008 at 9:36 am
That would be plexiglass, but they now use Lexan as it is stronger and remains clear longer. “P
March 30, 2008 at 9:56 am
my iguana’s thingy has plexigalss…….
April 2, 2008 at 4:54 am
So does my fish tank…
But my answer is still glass.
I just fell off my computer chair again. I need to get a new one of these things…
April 6, 2008 at 8:45 pm
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April 6, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Wow, Really long name… but you cant fool me… I know what it is.
The Song is:
Im Like A Lawyer With The Way Im Always Trying To Get You Off Me (You)
mmmmhmmmm
~Blinky
April 6, 2008 at 10:25 pm
I can’t do this with another persons answer showing lol.
What is the point.
April 7, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I think its Im like a lawyer with the way im always trying to get you off me (you). I dont really know.
April 8, 2008 at 8:44 am
Me and You (I’m like a lawyer) is the name of the song. I only know that cuz my bro listens to Fall Out Boy all the time.
April 15, 2008 at 1:29 am
Monday/April 14. The answer to 나는 영어를 못하는 is:
The note says: I do not read English (trans.simple –understand)
Language: Korean
Zipo7
April 20, 2008 at 10:56 pm
No, Zipo, it says something like that, but it doesnt say that exactly.
Exactly it says : I could not speak English
Written in: Korean
April 20, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Actually we are saying the same thing. No biggy.
April 21, 2008 at 12:01 am
This is “I could not speak English” in Korean.
나는 영어를 말할 수 없었다. It depends what region you are in I suppose.
April 22, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Okay. I Just used Google Translate , and Thats what popped up.
April 22, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Fall out boy Rocks!!!!! Whhoooo . They are the best band ev
April 22, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Lol. I don’t need an exact answer. But Blinky and Zipo you both have roughly the same idea, though Blinky’s answer is the one I was looking for.
(I should’ve done it in Mandarin or French or something lol!)
April 23, 2008 at 6:06 am
In lies the problem…google. I don’t refer to any search engine. I am French and take foreign language lab.
No matter. It is all a game.
C’est vachement chouette!
Au Revoir
April 24, 2008 at 9:23 am
Lol….I can speak a little French, like, really little…but I can’t spell it!
I’m thinking of taking up begginners French in Yr 11 and 12.
I Liebe Escargot (Is that how you spell snails in French? It was meant to say in 3 diff. languages {English, German and French} I love snails…lol)
~Squishy133~
April 25, 2008 at 7:57 am
The text is in KOREAN and it says
“I do not speak english”.
May 5, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Its Korean and says I dont speak english
May 6, 2008 at 12:10 am
OOooooo I know!! the hard one. It’s easy
Language:Korean
Note:I cannot speak in English or I cannot English(It said at my translator
P.S. If you don’t know me, then I’m Aqua Jet from C.P!
May 7, 2008 at 9:20 am
Spanish, French and some German is what I speak.
I don’t speak english though. In fact, I don’t speak a word of it.
May 13, 2008 at 6:39 am
Look, I did not look at theirs, but I recognize that language as Korean from Falloutboy101’s site, and he wrote that once on there to so it was on his site.
Note says: I cannot speak English
Language: Korean