That's math. That's easy. To take a week to walk a fortnight means he's walking double speed, so a 2x. The regular apple is 5x larger in diameter than a grape, but that's in 1D - in 3D, it would be 5Β³, so 125 times bigger. Meaning, there are 1/125x apples in a barrel of grapes.
Now, barrels of grapes are barrels of wine. If we take the bordeau standard of 225l, and say each grape has a volume of 2,8cmΒ³ and hence an apple has 350cmΒ³, we get to a result of 642 apples per barrel, not calculating the space between the apples. The fact that "42" is inside this number is already a hint to that I'm on the right path. Now, we 2x from the speed-walker that and get to 1284, the year that Edward II. was born, an event that lead to the invasion of Ireland in 1315 - and that is obviously the whole idea of the riddle, to educate about the history of Ireland.
Grand. I feel much better now!
Stop solving the riddles for everyone! Let other people shine, too! π
Riddles? If it takes a man a week to walk a fortnight, how many apples in a barrel of grapes?
That's math. That's easy. To take a week to walk a fortnight means he's walking double speed, so a 2x. The regular apple is 5x larger in diameter than a grape, but that's in 1D - in 3D, it would be 5Β³, so 125 times bigger. Meaning, there are 1/125x apples in a barrel of grapes.
Now, barrels of grapes are barrels of wine. If we take the bordeau standard of 225l, and say each grape has a volume of 2,8cmΒ³ and hence an apple has 350cmΒ³, we get to a result of 642 apples per barrel, not calculating the space between the apples. The fact that "42" is inside this number is already a hint to that I'm on the right path. Now, we 2x from the speed-walker that and get to 1284, the year that Edward II. was born, an event that lead to the invasion of Ireland in 1315 - and that is obviously the whole idea of the riddle, to educate about the history of Ireland.
Impressive! It's almost as if you can read my mind:)
I did not, I promise! I said I'll never do that again, probably! It's just math and logic....