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Question

Lets say you are in the deep north of Alaska trudging around in the snow for some unknown reason. You are getting cold and start to look for shelter. Shortly afterwards you find a little abandoned log cabin and quickly make your way to it. Inside the cabin you notice some weathered old furniture, a wood stove (with a pile of wood by it), an oil lamp (with oil in it), and an old torch lying on the floor. You know you have to make a fire to stay warm.
The wood stove will stay warm for a very long time but might be difficult to light. The oil lamp will be easy to light however but wont give off much heat and will only burn for so long until it runs out of oil. The torch would be the easiest to light but it looks in bad condition and it might fall apart after being lit.
In your pocket is a book of matches that has just one match left in it. The match can light only one item before going out.
So now the question comes down to which one of the items you will light first and why.

Answer 1

The match

Answer 2

First you light the oil lamp because it'll give you the same light and heat generation as a match, but will last alot longer.

Since the torch will break apart easily, you need to put it into the stove to use as kindling to get a real fire started.

You can then break up the old furniture to use as logs and put those in the stove, too, on top of the broken up torch.

Finally, use some pieces of the torch or fabric or whatever to get a flame from the oil lamp into the wood stove to light the torch/kindling, which should light the broken up furniture pieces, which will heat the stove and keep you warm and dry.

Answer 3

Oil from lamp to pour onto wood in stove. Use match to light torch to use to lay on oil soaked wood in stove. Maybe even drip a little oil on the torch end if needed first. Do not use all oil, though. Just use enough to make flame catch onto wood inside stove.

Answer 4

put the wood in the fire place - put some oil on it ( not all of it ) let it sit for a min. or two then light the torch and put it in the fire place - that way you have a nice warm fire that you know will burn on the frist try - you can always use a small stick from the fire to light the oil lamp later on .

Answer 5

I would build a fire in the stove first then take a small piece of the wood and light the lamp.

Answer 6

I would light the lamp first to give me light, I would then tear apart the torch for kindling and use the kindling to start the fire to stay warm. I would then douse the lamp because I would have the light from the fire to see.

Answer 7

Personally, I would lay the torch which is easy to light inside of the stove which is hard to light. Then I would light to torch. That way, even if it does fall apart, it will have served the purpose of lighting the stove which would otheriwse have been more difficult to light.

Answer 8

put the wood in the stove pour a lil oil over it and light it use the torch for firewood too you can make another torch from a peice of kindling and some rags soaked in the oil

Answer 9

Put the torch in the fire place, light it and then add wood.

Answer 10

the match to lite the torch to lite the stove and lamp.