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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Grimbal, william wu, Icarus, ThudnBlunder, Eigenray, towr, SMQ)    Speed « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Speed  (Read 4412 times) alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Speed   « on: Nov 12th, 2010, 6:33am » Quote Modify Which are the two fastest running animals on land? IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Speed   « Reply #1 on: Nov 12th, 2010, 6:51am » Quote Modify It's probably a trick question, and even if it isn't I'm just taking a guess without looking it up, cheetah on the short run, human on the long run. Of course aside from distance, one could also consider speed relative to size (X body-lengths per second), in which case some insect or other would probably be the fastest running animal. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB pex Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 880 Re: Speed   « Reply #2 on: Nov 12th, 2010, 6:58am » Quote Modify Two cheetahs. IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Speed   « Reply #3 on: Nov 14th, 2010, 2:37pm » Quote Modify This article has some interesting information on the comparative speeds of animals: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020488440457436468058793168 4.html IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB alien2 Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 6989 Re: Speed   « Reply #4 on: Nov 15th, 2010, 12:31pm » Quote Modify on Nov 12th, 2010, 6:58am, pex wrote: Two cheetahs. You know my tricks. Now try to solve the Million Dollar Riddle. « Last Edit: Oct 7th, 2013, 2:39am by alien2 » IP Logged pex Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 880 Re: Speed   « Reply #5 on: Nov 15th, 2010, 1:09pm » Quote Modify on Nov 15th, 2010, 12:31pm, alien2 wrote: You know my tricks. Now try to solve the Million Dollar Riddle. Heh, I never intended that to be a serious answer.   I've been thinking about your Million Dollar Riddle a lot - but that hasn't helped a bit yet... IP Logged webtasarim Newbie     Gender: Posts: 47 Re: Speed   « Reply #6 on: Oct 6th, 2013, 4:33pm » Quote Modify 2 cheetahs IP Logged skyrnin Newbie     Posts: 4 Re: Speed   « Reply #7 on: Oct 10th, 2013, 2:47pm » Quote Modify Cheetahs   IP Logged webtasarim Newbie     Gender: Posts: 47 Re: Speed   « Reply #8 on: Oct 19th, 2013, 3:23am » Quote Modify Cheetahs , Free-tailed bat IP Logged UgoLocal02 Newbie     Gender: Posts: 31 Re: Speed   « Reply #9 on: Jun 12th, 2014, 1:43am » Quote Modify Cheetah and Road Runner   IP Logged bal Junior Member     Posts: 59 Re: Speed   « Reply #10 on: Jul 4th, 2014, 3:56pm » Quote Modify Paratarsotomus macropalpis on a cheetah This combo is unbeatable   IP Logged Vollmacht Muster | My Blog | My Gallstones | Resignation Letter Sample wakiza33 Junior Member industrial Engineer // Berkeley Alumnus     Posts: 54 Re: Speed   « Reply #11 on: Sep 12th, 2014, 8:10am » Quote Modify Oscar Pistorious running from the Courtroom.   And a cheetah. IP Logged Binder Jetting Engineer Annettagiles Junior Member     Gender: Posts: 67 Re: Speed   « Reply #12 on: Sep 23rd, 2014, 4:14am » Quote Modify Horse and girraffe are the two fastest running animals on the land IP Logged Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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