Joho the Blog » puzzles http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger Let's just see what happens Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:45:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Order of Magnitude Quiz: How many travelers http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/08/order-of-magnitude-quiz-how-many-travelers/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/08/order-of-magnitude-quiz-how-many-travelers/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:40 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/08/order-of-magnitude-quiz-how-many-travelers/ According to the Boston Globe, how many travelers fly in or out of Boston’s Logan Airport every year?

You win this quiz (and get exactly nothing as a prize) if your answer is within an order of magnitude of the right answer. (And I should periodically acknowledge that my friend Paul English invented the Order of Magnitude Quiz.)

The answer is in the first comment.

]]> http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/11/08/order-of-magnitude-quiz-how-many-travelers/feed/ 5 Order of Magnitude Puzzle: Bees per gallon http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/09/19/order-of-magnitude-puzzle-bees-per-gallon/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/09/19/order-of-magnitude-puzzle-bees-per-gallon/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:59:31 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/09/19/order-of-magnitude-puzzle-bees-per-gallon/ You win an Order of Magnitude puzzle if your answer is within an order of magnitude of the right answer. On the other hand, you don’t actually win anything. So, here goes:

How many bees do you think are in a pound? (And isn’t the answer none if they’re all flying?)

How many bees per gallon?

The answer is in the comments. (Note: This is not a computation WolframAlpha can help you with.)

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