Which country has more?
$begingroup$
Saw this question and couldn't help but make it into a different riddle.
China has three more than Chile
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
HINT
The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
knowledge lateral-thinking
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Saw this question and couldn't help but make it into a different riddle.
China has three more than Chile
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
HINT
The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
knowledge lateral-thinking
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
I thought I had a reason but it doesn't work for the second line!
$endgroup$
– Tom
7 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
@Tom, exactly what I thought for the original question, so I made my reason into a question instead.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
That's a nice question with a well chosen hint. Line 2 was correctly clued!
$endgroup$
– Tom
6 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Saw this question and couldn't help but make it into a different riddle.
China has three more than Chile
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
HINT
The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
knowledge lateral-thinking
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
$endgroup$
Saw this question and couldn't help but make it into a different riddle.
China has three more than Chile
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
HINT
The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
knowledge lateral-thinking
knowledge lateral-thinking
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
asked 8 hours ago
panda-34panda-34
1433
1433
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
New contributor
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
panda-34 is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
1
$begingroup$
I thought I had a reason but it doesn't work for the second line!
$endgroup$
– Tom
7 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
@Tom, exactly what I thought for the original question, so I made my reason into a question instead.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
That's a nice question with a well chosen hint. Line 2 was correctly clued!
$endgroup$
– Tom
6 hours ago
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
I thought I had a reason but it doesn't work for the second line!
$endgroup$
– Tom
7 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
@Tom, exactly what I thought for the original question, so I made my reason into a question instead.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
That's a nice question with a well chosen hint. Line 2 was correctly clued!
$endgroup$
– Tom
6 hours ago
1
1
$begingroup$
I thought I had a reason but it doesn't work for the second line!
$endgroup$
– Tom
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
I thought I had a reason but it doesn't work for the second line!
$endgroup$
– Tom
7 hours ago
2
2
$begingroup$
@Tom, exactly what I thought for the original question, so I made my reason into a question instead.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
@Tom, exactly what I thought for the original question, so I made my reason into a question instead.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
That's a nice question with a well chosen hint. Line 2 was correctly clued!
$endgroup$
– Tom
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
That's a nice question with a well chosen hint. Line 2 was correctly clued!
$endgroup$
– Tom
6 hours ago
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
Analyzing this it seems to be counting the number of different
chemical element symbols consecutively contained in the word.
China has three more than Chile
We may compare by looking at the last three letters:
ina has Iodine (I), Indium (In), Nitrogen (N) and Sodium (Na), while ile has only Iodine (I).
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Then the first three letters:
Alg has only Aluminium (Al), while Nig has Nitrogen (N) and Nickel (Ni) - we don't count Iodine (I) again as Nigeria already has it.
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
The first three letters:
Ire has Iodine (I), Iridium (Ir) and Rhenium (Re), while Ice has Iodine (I), Carbon (C) and Cerium (Ce).
Hence Ireland = Iceland which is fair and elementary :P
HINT:The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
New elements are discovered and named, but it's unlikely they would have symbols contained in the bolded letters.
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
$endgroup$
2
$begingroup$
We don't countIin line 2 because Algeria already has it.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
});
});
}, "mathjax-editing");
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "559"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
panda-34 is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f80526%2fwhich-country-has-more%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
Analyzing this it seems to be counting the number of different
chemical element symbols consecutively contained in the word.
China has three more than Chile
We may compare by looking at the last three letters:
ina has Iodine (I), Indium (In), Nitrogen (N) and Sodium (Na), while ile has only Iodine (I).
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Then the first three letters:
Alg has only Aluminium (Al), while Nig has Nitrogen (N) and Nickel (Ni) - we don't count Iodine (I) again as Nigeria already has it.
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
The first three letters:
Ire has Iodine (I), Iridium (Ir) and Rhenium (Re), while Ice has Iodine (I), Carbon (C) and Cerium (Ce).
Hence Ireland = Iceland which is fair and elementary :P
HINT:The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
New elements are discovered and named, but it's unlikely they would have symbols contained in the bolded letters.
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
$endgroup$
2
$begingroup$
We don't countIin line 2 because Algeria already has it.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Analyzing this it seems to be counting the number of different
chemical element symbols consecutively contained in the word.
China has three more than Chile
We may compare by looking at the last three letters:
ina has Iodine (I), Indium (In), Nitrogen (N) and Sodium (Na), while ile has only Iodine (I).
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Then the first three letters:
Alg has only Aluminium (Al), while Nig has Nitrogen (N) and Nickel (Ni) - we don't count Iodine (I) again as Nigeria already has it.
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
The first three letters:
Ire has Iodine (I), Iridium (Ir) and Rhenium (Re), while Ice has Iodine (I), Carbon (C) and Cerium (Ce).
Hence Ireland = Iceland which is fair and elementary :P
HINT:The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
New elements are discovered and named, but it's unlikely they would have symbols contained in the bolded letters.
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
$endgroup$
2
$begingroup$
We don't countIin line 2 because Algeria already has it.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Analyzing this it seems to be counting the number of different
chemical element symbols consecutively contained in the word.
China has three more than Chile
We may compare by looking at the last three letters:
ina has Iodine (I), Indium (In), Nitrogen (N) and Sodium (Na), while ile has only Iodine (I).
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Then the first three letters:
Alg has only Aluminium (Al), while Nig has Nitrogen (N) and Nickel (Ni) - we don't count Iodine (I) again as Nigeria already has it.
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
The first three letters:
Ire has Iodine (I), Iridium (Ir) and Rhenium (Re), while Ice has Iodine (I), Carbon (C) and Cerium (Ce).
Hence Ireland = Iceland which is fair and elementary :P
HINT:The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
New elements are discovered and named, but it's unlikely they would have symbols contained in the bolded letters.
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
$endgroup$
Analyzing this it seems to be counting the number of different
chemical element symbols consecutively contained in the word.
China has three more than Chile
We may compare by looking at the last three letters:
ina has Iodine (I), Indium (In), Nitrogen (N) and Sodium (Na), while ile has only Iodine (I).
Algeria has one less than Nigeria
Then the first three letters:
Alg has only Aluminium (Al), while Nig has Nitrogen (N) and Nickel (Ni) - we don't count Iodine (I) again as Nigeria already has it.
Ireland and Iceland...? Are they even different?
The first three letters:
Ire has Iodine (I), Iridium (Ir) and Rhenium (Re), while Ice has Iodine (I), Carbon (C) and Cerium (Ce).
Hence Ireland = Iceland which is fair and elementary :P
HINT:The numbers are only correct as of this writing, they might change in the future (though unlikely)
New elements are discovered and named, but it's unlikely they would have symbols contained in the bolded letters.
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
edited 6 hours ago
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
answered 7 hours ago
TomTom
33.7k3118195
33.7k3118195
2
$begingroup$
We don't countIin line 2 because Algeria already has it.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
add a comment |
2
$begingroup$
We don't countIin line 2 because Algeria already has it.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
2
2
$begingroup$
We don't count
I in line 2 because Algeria already has it.$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
$begingroup$
We don't count
I in line 2 because Algeria already has it.$endgroup$
– panda-34
6 hours ago
add a comment |
panda-34 is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
panda-34 is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
panda-34 is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
panda-34 is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.
Thanks for contributing an answer to Puzzling Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fpuzzling.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f80526%2fwhich-country-has-more%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
1
$begingroup$
I thought I had a reason but it doesn't work for the second line!
$endgroup$
– Tom
7 hours ago
2
$begingroup$
@Tom, exactly what I thought for the original question, so I made my reason into a question instead.
$endgroup$
– panda-34
7 hours ago
$begingroup$
That's a nice question with a well chosen hint. Line 2 was correctly clued!
$endgroup$
– Tom
6 hours ago