Author Topic: Duck Again (Read 4192 times)

WXYZCIENCE · « **on:** June 18, 2006, 05:51:52 PM »

Here is the duck.

Where was this little wind up duck made? What year was he born?

The Prize.

Skill testing question (1x1/1)x(1+1/1)-1= __

TomW · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:01:55 PM »

And I don't think that duck is real. I think you photoshopped it out of thin air!

Cheers.

TomW

Nando · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:02:58 PM »

A6D9 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:04:11 PM »

I"m not sure on the duck, but the prize is sure neat, did you make it? or purchase it? if purchased mind if I ask where? and if you made it, do you make more? maybe willing to sell?

as for the skill testing qestion i believe the answer is 1. lol

ElSenator · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:11:06 PM »

Germany, about 1935!

hiker · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:22:51 PM »

1956--japan..

back then we sold them are scrap metal--and we bought it back as cheap metal toys..

i can remember taking one apart when i was a kid--it was made out of a v8 juice can

and what ever else--could still see the print on the inside of the toy..[no paper lables back then]

nice little heat pump mill...?

sahlein · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:31:18 PM »

Japan ..... 1952

Sahlein

sahlein · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:35:36 PM »

No, No, No!!! The "scrap metal" was before WWII!

sahlein

Titantornado · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:48:25 PM »

I'll go with Japan too, say 1950, and the skill test answer is 1

ElSenator · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2006, 01:54:56 PM »

Oh, and the skill test. 42.

dinges · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2006, 02:00:24 PM »

That skill test is easy. Either 0 or infinity, depending on the value of '1'.

USA, 1926.

vawtman · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2006, 02:29:56 PM »

u.s. 1956

Fiddlehead44 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2006, 02:32:17 PM »

ZERO

JAPAN 1950'S

FIDDLEHEAD

vawtman · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2006, 02:59:52 PM »

china 56 =0

A6D9 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2006, 03:14:14 PM »

how are you gettign zero for the question?

do t step by step. I"m pretty sure it is 1 right?

hiker · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2006, 03:29:17 PM »

okay--my mistake..

i know a few of my toys were made from tin cans-made in japan..

still cracks me up --take im apart and see all the diffrent cans they were made from..

vawtman · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2006, 05:17:21 PM »

china 1963

powerbuoy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2006, 06:51:09 PM »

Germany 1945 ... the duck was used by the Germans to smuggle important material out of the country while being under siege by the Allies. The duck was used either by by letting it swim downstream a river or by airdrop from a high flying Heinkel bomber. One duck mysteriously surfaced near the Hudson river (it became later known that a German sub had been depth charged not too far away a day earlier) and was picked up by a young boy. One day the duck fell to the ground when the boys father picked up some tools from a shelf. The duck opened and revealed detailed drawings on a low temperature stirling engine that would spin a fan on a 7 DegC temp differential ... the fathers name was James Senft.

That's it ...whats my prize?

Powerbuoy

wiredwrong · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2006, 08:18:03 PM »

Paya of Spain, 1927, 0

willib · « **Reply #19 on:** June 18, 2006, 09:52:08 PM »

i'm not going to guess , because i could never accept your fine invention , some details on it would be nice though..

jimjjnn · « **Reply #20 on:** June 18, 2006, 11:19:28 PM »

jimjjnn · « **Reply #21 on:** June 18, 2006, 11:22:46 PM »

Forgot to multiply. Added instead.

Recalc is 1

whirlybird · « **Reply #22 on:** June 19, 2006, 05:29:38 AM »

Does that duck eat pump worms.

I think the answer is 0

Got any plans for the neat Stirling Engine.

Also interested in the blade profile and the TSR

P.S You are a tricky bugger are'nt you.

sPuDd · « **Reply #23 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:38:25 AM »

Is it just me, or does that duck have a few .38 slugs stuck in it ?

luv2weld · « **Reply #24 on:** June 19, 2006, 07:53:25 AM »

I'd say Japan, 1942. Skill test = 1

ghurd · « **Reply #25 on:** June 19, 2006, 08:09:53 AM »

Germany, 1938?

G-

kitno455 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 19, 2006, 09:53:41 AM »

oh- not just cheap toys- there are reports of early ferarri owners removing the body panels from their very expensive sports cars, only to find that the insides were painted with the signage of some local establishment. it seems that flat steel was in short supply, and the factory guys resorted to night-time raids of businesses and billboards for materials.

allan

richhagen · « **Reply #27 on:** June 19, 2006, 10:44:08 AM »

I'm going to go with 1 for the skills question based upon the order of operations.

(1)*(2) which equals 2 and then subtract one to obtain an answer of one.

As for the duck, I really don't know. I know that a bunch were made in Germany and Japan, and quite a few in china as well. Based on the tabs with how it is put together, I am going to take a wild guess that it is from Japan. It is difficult for me to guess it's vintage as well, but a while it could be older, I will guess late 60's. If I have to nail it down, I'll go with 1968. It probably takes a removable key to wind it up on the far side. All are guesses. Rich

DanG · « **Reply #28 on:** June 19, 2006, 11:31:31 AM »

(((1 x 1) / 1) x (1 + (1 / 1))) - 1 = 1

Best 1st guess on Ducks Provenance...

British Crown Colony of Hong Kong

Lithograph copyright date of 1955-ish

Former Soviet Union origin is possible though...

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hiker · « **Reply #29 on:** June 19, 2006, 12:36:36 PM »

times up whats the ANSWER........

wiredwrong · « **Reply #30 on:** June 19, 2006, 12:40:14 PM »

I want to change my answer, I still say Spain, 1927, but I change the skill test to 1

vawtman · « **Reply #31 on:** June 19, 2006, 03:33:52 PM »

China 1945 final answer.Test=1

Stonebrain · « **Reply #32 on:** June 19, 2006, 03:36:03 PM »

Finaly,I did a computersimulation of your skiltest

The answer is 0.9999999

About the duckcontest:

What is the closingdate for answers.

What date you give the winner.

And what is it about:

1)Right or Wrong.

or

2)closest

And what is the distance between japan and tokyo.

Need more clues.

cheers,

stonebrain

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