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Started by Locutus, July 28, 2012, 02:49:04 PM

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Locutus

July 28, 2012, 02:49:04 PM
This is making the rounds on FaceBook with various answers being given.  How many squares are there in total in the image below?

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Exterminator

#1
July 28, 2012, 03:15:22 PM
40.
Arguing with Christians is like playing chess with a pigeon.  No matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like it's victorious.

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Locutus

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July 28, 2012, 05:25:36 PM
Nobody else?  I've seen a couple of you looking.  Scared to test the waters?  :razz: ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Henry Hawk

#3
July 28, 2012, 06:53:30 PM
Quote from: Locutus on July 28, 2012, 05:25:36 PM
Nobody else?  I've seen a couple of you looking.  Scared to test the waters?  :razz: ;D

I finally came up with forty after coming up with 36 .... finally figured out where I was missing four....I can't imagine anymore than that being possible.
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libby

#4
July 28, 2012, 07:02:09 PM
Oh, what the heck! I'm just about cross-eyed, but came up with 33.36.
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Locutus

#5
July 28, 2012, 09:40:53 PM
Quote from: Henry Hawk on July 28, 2012, 06:53:30 PM
I finally came up with forty after coming up with 36 .... finally figured out where I was missing four....I can't imagine anymore than that being possible.

:wink: :biggrin:
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Locutus

#6
July 28, 2012, 09:41:32 PM
Quote from: libby on July 28, 2012, 07:02:09 PM
Oh, what the heck! I'm just about cross-eyed, but came up with 33.36.

Now you need to find the same 4 more that Henry did.  ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

Locutus

#7
July 28, 2012, 09:43:08 PM
There are 40. 
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

me

#8
July 28, 2012, 09:54:50 PM
There are two I can't find. 
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Locutus

#9
July 28, 2012, 10:31:32 PM
Quote from: me on July 28, 2012, 09:54:50 PM
There are two I can't find. 

Ok. You got me there.  I can see how you can miss 4, but not two.  ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

me

#10
July 28, 2012, 10:36:46 PM
Quote from: Locutus on July 28, 2012, 10:31:32 PM
Ok. You got me there.  I can see how you can miss 4, but not two.  ;D
I don't understand that either and it has me puzzled also because I know there are two somewhere tied to the two I'm missing.  Either that or I counted two of the 4 missing twice. Gonna do it again.
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Anne

#11
July 28, 2012, 10:40:50 PM
I kept coming up with 36, but  I think I finally got the last four. After awhile it makes your eyes cross!
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Locutus

#12
July 28, 2012, 10:42:36 PM
Quote from: Anne on July 28, 2012, 10:40:50 PM
I kept coming up with 36, but  I think I finally got the last four. After awhile it makes your eyes cross!

Most people come up with 36 first.  ;D
One of the gravest dangers to the survival of our republic is an ignorant electorate routinely feeding at the trough of propaganda.   -- Locutus

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."  -- Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

me

#13
July 28, 2012, 10:43:18 PM
Now I'm coming up with 33  :doh:
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Y

#14
July 28, 2012, 11:28:24 PM
Quote from: Exterminator on July 28, 2012, 03:15:22 PM
40.

Agreed, unless you cannot count the squares intersected by the two squares containing the smallest squares as squares.  I saw an IQ test with a trick question like that once.
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