The Glass

[Daren Todd]

You pointed out that 6 is blocked, so how is it that 3 will only fill to 3/4?

I'm still sticking with 4

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Assuming a "main bottle flow rate" of less than the flow rate of the tubes, my vote is 3.

2 and 4 don't get any until 3 gets filled.

The others are blocked

 

[RichardAaronlx2610]

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None of them.

 

[Biker1mike]

I think if you pour into the top glass faster than it drains to the other glasses you can fill glass 1 to over flowing before and other is filled.
Keep flow between the two outlets and glass 3 will overflow.

Work on this long enough and you will not notice that your 12 ounce beer is now only 11.2 ounces. Just over 330 ml

 

[motionclone]

7 gets full first

 

[skeets]

Who uses a glass when they drink beer anyway ? oh and it is 3

 

[Steve67]

Would have been 7 if it wasn’t capped at 3

 

[motionclone]

Would have been 7 if it wasn’t capped at 3

Never saw the cap. Too focused on the other stuff. Its definitely 9

 

[GreensvilleJay]

NONE, cause the bottle's EMPTY...
Otherwise,based on slow pouring #3

 

[Henro]

None of them. Only one bottle supply is shown. If it was supplied by a beer tap rather than one bottle, , then glass #7…

 

[Biker1mike]

And this is why I drink bourbon. It is way to darn expensive to play sophomoric games with.
Pour it and sip

 

[JimDeL]

None of them. Only one bottle supply is shown. If it was supplied by a beer tap rather than one bottle, , then glass #7…

7 can't ever fill. It's blocked off at 3.

 

[Henro]

7 can't ever fill. It's blocked off at 3.

Don’t think so. The lower part of the glass 1 outputs to glass 3. Glass 3 outputs to glass 7. Simple as that.

What am I missing? Granted no genius here…

Of course, it could be a trick question. The first glass to get fill is glass 1. Not filled, just fill.

Shame on you, DustyRusty!

 

[JimDeL]

Don’t think so. The lower part of the glass 1 outputs to glass 3. Glass 3 outputs to glass 7. Simple as that.

What am I missing? Granted no genius here…

Of course, it could be a trick question. The first glass to get fill is glass 1. Not filled, just fill.

Shame on you, DustyRusty!

The pipe to 7 is blocked at 3, so nothing will get to 7.

 

[GeoHorn]

I keep thinking…. “What is WRONG with these ordinarily-fairly-sharp fellows…?? Can’t they see nothing is coming out of the beer bottle..?”

 

[Henro]

The pipe to 7 is blocked at 3, so nothing will get to 7.

That‘s correct obviously. Missed that. With that in mind the answer is obviously glass six.

In my defense, I will say that I live in a three dimensional world, and thought those tubes going to glasses 5 and 7 were connected on the back where they couldn’t be seen…

 

[JimDeL]

That‘s correct obviously. Missed that. With that in mind the answer is obviously glass six.

No! Six is blocked at the bottom of the tube.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

sad thing is there's 606 MILLION 'hits' about THIS puzzle......
I need another beer.....

 

[Sawdust&Shavings]

None. I would consume the beer, while the rest of you struggle to agree on the correct glass.

 

[Flintknapper]

It appears that the correct answer can only be glass 3 or 4 since all others are 'blocked' in one location or another.

Since glass 3 is the first to receive fluid from glass 1.....it should fill first.