[Loser]

Originally posted by geoschmo:
A man is sitting in a row boat in the middle of a lake holding a bowling ball. He drops the ball into the lake. What effect and to what degree does this have on the water level in the lake, if any. Assume for the purposes of this discussion that the bowling ball has a density such that it's weight is equal to four times it's volume of lake water.

Um... I think the level of the water will drop. The bowling ball will displace its volume, but it was already displacing four times its volume while it was being held by the guy in the boat.