At a movie theater, the manager announces that they will give a free ticket to the first person in line whose birthday is the same as someone who has already bought a ticket. You have the option of getting in line at any time. Assuming that you don't know anyone else's birthday, that birthdays are distributed randomly throughout the year, etc., what position in line gives you the greatest chance of being the first duplicate birthday?

from http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/hard.shtml

yall are dumb..... so think like you are. Never once does it say it must be the birthday of somebody in the line. That's something ya'll imply and if so, then the probability is so low you'd get it anywhere. Try being the first person. By looking at it, to where it doesnt have to be the same month as someone elses in line, the 1st person is guaranteed it.

Posted by Matt on 2004-03-29 22:21:31