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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Vegas or Egypt?
Imagine that you have been captured by a UFO, and after some time deposited back to earth. You open your eyes and see the sun straight above you, a palm tree, and a big stone sphinx in a sand. How do you know whether you are in Las Vegas or in Egypt?
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5 comments:
I bet it is Vegas because the Sphinx in Egypt are in the desert and it is too dry for a palm tree. Palm trees will probably be near the Nile.
I never been in Egypt but I thought I saw a picture of Egyptian sphinx with a palm tree nearby in a book. But perhaps I was confused and it was Vegas :)
In any case, lets take the palm tree out of this puzzle:
You open your eyes and see the sun straight above you, and a big stone sphinx in a sand. How do you know whether you are in Vegas or in Egypt?
The sphinx in vegas is not in a sand.
Hint: sun is the key.
Ok, I am revealing the answer:
You are in Egypt. On the globe, US is North from the Tropic of Cancer line. Tropic of Cancer is the north most line where sun could be straight overhead. So, sun can't be straight above you in Vegas.
New puzzle tomorrow.
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