Comments on: Question 58 in our Cryptic Quiz

By: Nina

Nina — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:58:39 +0000

Lay one ladder diagonally across one corner of the moat, lay the other one perpendicularly from the first ladder to the corner of the island.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:41:01 +0000

Put one ladder across a corner of the square moat, and then rest the second ladder from the middle of the first ladder to the corner of the square island.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:31:57 +0000

He placed the ladders like this: /\

By: Midknyt

Midknyt — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:24 +0000

Take one of the ladders and place it across one of the corners – i.e. if I’m standing at a corner, I place it across in front of me and make a nice right triangle with it. Then get on that ladder and in the middle place the second ladder..

In other words, the ladders make a T with the bottom part of the T touching the corner of the land across the moat and the top cross of the T going diagonal across the corner of the moat.

Hopefully that made sense. :)

By: istoo

istoo — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:46:16 +0000

He placed one ladder over the corner of the moat, with each end on a different edge of the moat (forming a right angled triangle
with two edges of the moat and the ladder as the hypotenuse).
The second ladder was placed on top of the first, at (say) 90 degrees to it, with one end on the first ladder and the other end on the island. The ladders form perhaps a Y shape.

By: Laurel Fan

Laurel Fan — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:56:14 +0000

Lay one ladder across a corner of the moat, then lay the other ladder from the first ladder to the corner of the island.

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By: spyra

spyra — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:32:01 +0000

He placed one ladder across the corner of the moat (straddling the two sides), and the other between that ladder and the inner corner of the island.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:40:57 +0000

I would say he used one ladder to climb down into the moat on one side and the other one to climb up on the other side.

By: bee

bee — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:29:13 +0000

Hi there, as I don’t know how to describe it I just painted it: http://www.abload.de/img/unbenannt2g2w.gif

By: Dian

Dian — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:25:23 +0000

Go to one of the corners of the square. Put a ladder diagonally near the corner (supported by the 2 outside land to the left and right of corner). Then put a ladder perpendicular to the first ladder and land the other side to the inside land, right at the inside corner.