“Member of the Week” Contest - Week 4

Dear Members,

As per the members’ request, we have changed our contest for this week. The game will be in Arabic; it is the “Missing Word” game. First member to find the word wins the game.

Participants will need to answer four questions all about the Syrian Currency; the answers are the keys to find the missing word.

Good luck

الكلمة المفقودة مؤلفة من اربع احرف و لمعرفة هذه الاحرف عليك بحل الاسئلة الاربعة التالية


السؤال الاول: حملت النقود الورقية السورية صورا لابرز الصروح و أقدم الاوابد, كما تضمنت اشكالا و زخارف لمساجد و بيوت قديمة بالاضافة إلى صورا لانجازات سورية الحديثة فنيا, اجتماعيا و اقتصاديا. ما هي العملة الورقية التي تحمل صورة قلعة حلب؟

السؤال الثاني : يطلق السوريين على النقود كلمة "مصاري", يقال أن اصل هذه الكلمة مأخوذ من كلمة "المصريين" على اعتبار أنهم اول من ادخل العملة الورقية إلى سورية. من هو الحاكم المصري الذي أول من ادخل العملة إلى سورية؟


السؤال الثالث : في عام 1998 تم اصدار العملة الورقية السورية فئة المائة ليرة و تم طبع صورة مدرج بصرى على الورقة بالاضافة إلى صورة لشخصية تاريخية, من هي تلك الشخصية؟


السؤال الرابع : صدرت الليرة السورية عن طريق مصرف سورية لاول مرة عام 1919 و كانت تستعمل في سوريا و لبنان, كم كانت قيمة الليرة حينها قياسا بالفرنك الفرنسي؟



لمعرفة الاحرف الاربعة التي تؤلف الكلمة المفقود اليك المعلومات التالية

الحرف الاول: هو الحرف الثاني من فئة العملة الورقية التي تحمل صورة قلعة حلب

الحرف الثاني: هو الحرف الذي يمكن حساب ترتيبه بالابجدية العربية على النحو التالي: ( قيمة الليرة السورية قياسا بالفرنك الفرنسي في عام 1919) مطروحا منها العدد 6

الحرف الثالث: هو نفسه الحرف الثالث من اسم الحاكم المصري الذي أول من ادخل العملة الورقية إلى سورية

الحرف الرابع: هو نفسه الحرف الاول من اسم الشخصية المطبوعة صورتها على العملة الورقية السورية فئة المائة ليرة.

“Member of the Week” Contest - Week 3

Statement:

Eight Businesses, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, are moving into a new eight-story building. Two businesses will not locate on the same floor.

Each business will occupy one entire floor, the floor of the new building are numbered one through eight from the ground floor to the top floor.

Any plan for locating the businesses in the building must meet the following requirements:

B is to locate on the sixth floor.
D is to locate on the fourth floor.
E is to locate somewhere below D’s floor.

Questions:

1- If A locates on a floor exactly three floors above E, A MUST be on floor

(A) Four
(B) Five
(C) Six
(D) Seven
(E) Eight

2- If F locates on a floor somewhere above G, and if G locates on a floor directly above H, which of the following COULD BE TRUE?

(A) G locates on floor seven.
(B) H locates on a floor somewhere above D.
(C) H locates on a floor directly above B.
(D) G locates on floor three.
(E) F locates on a floor somewhere below E.

Good Luck

The Jasmine and the Olive Trees

by Bassam Al Kuwatli

Many years ago, like many first time fathers I was happy about my daughter’s arrival to this world. It was an exciting change to my life and a real passage to adulthood.

On that day I planted in our garden two trees, a Jasmine tree and an Olive tree. I wanted my daughter to grow healthy and wise like the Olive tree, flexible and beautiful like the Jasmine tree. One was hard, strong and fruitful and the other was nice, fragile and fragrant. I thought that a human being needs qualities from both to succeed in life.

With my daughter’s arrival I had dreams that extended beyond today and tomorrow. I had someone who would be looking up to me and who would expect me to provide her with the life she deserves. I had to be up to the task. At the same time she represented a way for me to fulfill through her some of my own dreams that I was not able to fulfill myself.

Now I had to really think beyond what I can see, so like many young families, we carried our bags and left for the horizon. We never reached the Horizon, but we reached the piece of land that is the closest to it. This is the place were the sun turns before it comes back to declare a new day.

This was the land of opportunities and beauty. There is no gold to sweep, but there is success to thrive for and achievements to work hard for. There are as well hardships to overcome and sorrows to languish on. It is not paradise that I found, but it is the closest place to paradise that I was able to find, and I wanted my daughter to grow up in it.

My daughter grew wise and beautiful as I wished. I had to nourish her everyday as you would do to a tree, and now I can start seeing the fruits that bear both the value and the fragrance that those trees have.

As for the trees, they are still there were I planted them waiting for my daughter to visit. Will this visit ever happen, I definitely hope so, but I will leave this story to be continued by her one day.

Happy Syrian Independence Day

64 years of independence.

17 April 1946 – 17 April 2010.

“Member of the Week” Contest - Week 2

Logic Game - Week 2

Statement:

Busses 1,2, and 3 make one trip each day, and they are the only ones that riders A, B, C, D, E, F, and G take to work.

Neither E nor G takes bus 1 on a day when B does.
G does not take bus 2 on a day when D does.
When A and F take the same bus, it is always bus 3.
C always takes bus 3.

Questions:

1- Which of the following groups consists of riders who CANNOT take bus 1 to work on the same day?

(A) A, D, G
(B) D, E, F
(C) D, E, G
(D) E, F, G
(E) B, D, G


2- What is the maximum number of riders who could take bus 2 to work on a given day?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7



Good luck

“Member of the Week” Contest

How to participate in our weekly Logic Game?

1-Read the statement.
2-Understand the facts and rules that appear in the statement.
3-Read the questions.
4-Select the best answer to each question.
5-Post your answers through “Add a comment”.

Note: The facts and rules in a common statement apply to all questions, and the conditions appear in a question apply to that question only.

Week 1

Statement:
T lives in a smaller house than her brother.
T lives in a larger house than her parents.
T’s children live with T.
T has no other relatives.

Questions:
1- If four females and two males live in smaller houses than T’s brother, how many of T’s children are boys and girls, respectively?
(A)1, 0
(B)0, 1
(C)2, 1
(D)1, 2
(E)2, 0

2- If the number of males related to T equals the number of females related to T, which of the following can be true?

(A)T has exactly 4 children.
(B)T has exactly 3 children.
(C)T has exactly 1 child.
(D)T has exactly 6 children.
(E)T has exactly 2 children.