A friend of mine presented this nifty little puzzle, he said it's from Round Britain Quiz. It goes like this:
An athletics competition, arranged periodically, rewards a medal to 79 winners, 47 runners-up, and an indeterminate number of third places. 50 cans of drink are served as refreshment. By this logic, how many policemen are needed to keep order?
Answer
The number of participants
corresponds to the place on the periodic table of elements (79 is gold, 47 is silver). This is what is referred to by "arranged periodically." The number of third places is indeterminate because bronze is not on the periodic table of elements.
The 50 cans of drink
are tin, which is 50 on the table of elements. "Tin" is a British name for cans in general.
The number of policemen
should be 29 (copper), because, as Levieux points out, a policeman is a "copper."
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