Post by: lebriznon on January 04, 2004, 09:36:00 PM
you're lost in a forest nearby a town you want to get to. In the forest, you meet two guys standing at a fork in the path: one path leads to the town, the other leads to the "hole of death". One of the guys always lies, the other always tells the truth, and they answer all questions asked. (how do u know this? who cares. its a given).
you are allowed to ask one question ONLY to ONE of the two guys (why? who cares, its given again). you must pick one and ask him ONLY.
What do you ask in order to determine the path that leads to the town?
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 04, 2004, 11:09:00 PM
I could actually think of plenty of answers for this one, are you sure you said it right?
Post by: geniusalz on January 05, 2004, 02:18:00 AM
I've heard this somewhere, so I won't say the answer. But the riddle is pretty good.
Post by: maximillian on January 05, 2004, 05:06:00 AM
Here are possible scenarios based on guy 2's response:
1) "yes", guy 2 always tells truth - Invalid condition
2) "yes", guy 2 always tells lies - path on left
3) "no", guy 2 always tells truth - path on right
4) "no" , guy 2 always tells lies - path on right
Therefore if guy 2 says "yes", then take path on left. If he says "no", then take path on right.
Post by: gcskate27 on January 05, 2004, 08:08:00 AM
Post by: Zero on January 05, 2004, 10:04:00 AM
| QUOTE (Hoppy @ Jan 5 2004, 05:28 PM) |
| You're lost in the woods and all you have with you is a pack of matches and a knife. You come across an abandon cabin. Inside there's an oil lamp, wood stove, and gas lamp. Which do you light first? |
The match.
Post by: Fuzzy on January 05, 2004, 11:41:00 AM
Post by: Muntzster on January 05, 2004, 01:02:00 PM
for 3 days they traveled very slow trying to come in last and they decided to stay the night at an inn
the one man asked what can we do to win this race .. the inn keeper whispered somehting in his ear and the next morning they raced to the finish line at their fullest speed.. why
btw there r only 2 people racing if that helps
Post by: Zero on January 05, 2004, 01:12:00 PM
| QUOTE (Fuzzy @ Jan 5 2004, 08:41 PM) |
| There is a massive train crash but thankfully noone was killed, but two on the train were dead, how is this possible? (They were not deceased before entering the train) |
Heart Attack?
Post by: geniusalz on January 05, 2004, 01:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (Boozy @ Jan 5 2004, 05:32 PM) |
| Also, one day when I was traveling to Saint Eve's, I met a man with seven wives. Every wive had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats. How many cats, sacks and wives were traveling to St. Ives? If you dont get this, your stupid.  |
You're travelling
Post by: geniusalz on January 05, 2004, 01:34:00 PM
| QUOTE (Muntzster @ Jan 5 2004, 06:02 PM) |
| alright there is a horse race to win the kings daughters heart the only catch is to win the race u must come in last for 3 days they traveled very slow trying to come in last and they decided to stay the night at an inn the one man asked what can we do to win this race .. the inn keeper whispered somehting in his ear and the next morning they raced to the finish line at their fullest speed.. why btw there r only 2 people racing if that helps |
There was free (insert random desirable stuff here) at the finish line
Post by: lebriznon on January 05, 2004, 01:35:00 PM
you ask any one of them "What would your friend say is the way to town?"
and then you go the other way.
Post by: Fuzzy on January 05, 2004, 03:45:00 PM
Post by: sk8ermike6789 on January 05, 2004, 05:48:00 PM
Post by: vesebr on January 05, 2004, 05:51:00 PM
The Wife said she was sleeping.
The Cook was cooking breakfast.
The Gardener was picking vegetables.
The Maid was getting the mail.
The Butler was cleaning the closet.
The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know?
Post by: Fuzzy on January 05, 2004, 06:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (vesebr @ Jan 5 2004, 10:51 PM) |
| A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know? |
The cook, you dont cook breakfast...or the gardener, gardeners dont pick vegetables...the wife, she couldnt have been sleeping if she called...so many loopholes...
Post by: geniusalz on January 05, 2004, 06:17:00 PM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 05, 2004, 07:44:00 PM
| QUOTE (vesebr @ Jan 5 2004, 10:51 PM) |
| A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police questioned the wife and staff and got these alibis: The Wife said she was sleeping. The Cook was cooking breakfast. The Gardener was picking vegetables. The Maid was getting the mail. The Butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murdered. Who did it and how did they know? |
the maid... there's no mail on sunday
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 05, 2004, 07:45:00 PM
| QUOTE (vesebr @ Jan 5 2004, 10:51 PM) |
| Why can't Joe Balush, who is now living in Canada, be buried in the USA? |
cause he's still alive and you don't bury people alive.. it's kinda against the law.
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 05, 2004, 07:49:00 PM
| QUOTE (lebriznon @ Jan 5 2004, 06:35 PM) |
| the answer to my original riddle is: you ask any one of them "What would your friend say is the way to town?" and then you go the other way. |
you saying my answer wouldn't help? Whatever I still say there are several answers to that though yours is the most clever.
ok my turn guys.
A man comes around to a red hotel in a grey colored car and hands the owner of the hotel $2000. why?
*this man did not stay in the hotel nor did he owe this man money from an earlier time... and no the owner didn't win the publisher's clearing house.
wow this is a fun thread, not much here thats has to do with comdey but fun none the less.
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 05, 2004, 08:03:00 PM
Post by: Morglum on January 05, 2004, 08:14:00 PM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 6 2004, 05:44 AM) | ||
the maid... there's no mail on sunday |
Yes there is mail on sunday, anyone whos english can tell you that...
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/
National News paper called the mail on sunday
so the maids excuse is perfectly valid 
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 05, 2004, 08:15:00 PM
try again
Post by: Zero on January 05, 2004, 08:20:00 PM
| QUOTE (Fuzzy @ Jan 6 2004, 03:09 AM) |
| The cook, you dont cook breakfast...or the gardener, gardeners dont pick vegetables...the wife, she couldnt have been sleeping if she called...so many loopholes... |
You can cook breakfast omlet, pancakes, waffles, etc. Also Gardeners do harvest fruits/veggies from gardens.
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 05, 2004, 11:46:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| A man comes around to a red hotel in a grey colored car and hands the owner of the hotel $2000. why? *this man did not stay in the hotel nor did he owe this man money from an earlier time... and no the owner didn't win the publisher's clearing house. |
Monopoly !
Post by: Morglum on January 05, 2004, 11:53:00 PM
| QUOTE (ThreeEyedFish @ Jan 6 2004, 09:46 AM) | ||
Monopoly ! |
Cant be monopoly, the deed cards for working out how much you pay clearly states that for "staying" at hotel on whatever street you pay X amount etc... in the riddle he said the man never stayed at the hotel
Post by: jackster on January 06, 2004, 02:40:00 AM
At the same time theres a black-out in the town hes driving through.
A black dog walks into the road, he has black eyes also.
The man is driving a black car.
The streert lamps are not working due to the blackout.
There are no other cars or people around due to the blackout. Somehow he calmly avoids the dog.
How?
IT was daylight
Post by: moistness on January 06, 2004, 06:05:00 AM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 06, 2004, 06:49:00 AM
| QUOTE (Morglum @ Jan 6 2004, 04:53 AM) | ||||
Cant be monopoly, the deed cards for working out how much you pay clearly states that for "staying" at hotel on whatever street you pay X amount etc... in the riddle he said the man never stayed at the hotel |
actually I said he never stayed "in" the hotel so my riddle still worked out and he was correct with monopoly.. the two people wre playing monopoly and blah blah blah...
next one... this is a classic, reworded just a bit though
Mark came home early on Friday to be home with his wife. To his suprise he came home and found sarah lying dead on the floor surrounded by water and broken glass. He noticed the window was open and instantly knew how sarah died. How did sarah die?
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 06, 2004, 07:16:00 AM
| QUOTE (Spency234 @ Jan 6 2004, 12:13 PM) |
| What row of numbers comes next? (Has nothing to do with mathematical equations) 1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 |
I did this one like a year ago, it took me so long to figure out. the answer is...
1113213211
..but I won't spoil the fun of how you get it.
Post by: HAL2001 on January 06, 2004, 09:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 6 2004, 10:16 AM) |
| 1113213211 ..but I won't spoil the fun of how you get it. |
That's not too hard, it just has to do with maintaining the same pattern in the columns of numbers...
Anyway, here is a riddle that I made up myself:
I watched the numbers change from 6521 to 0010. What was I looking at?
Post by: HAL2001 on January 06, 2004, 09:30:00 AM
Post by: maximillian on January 06, 2004, 10:21:00 AM
Post by: maximillian on January 06, 2004, 10:43:00 AM
| QUOTE (jackster @ Jan 6 2004, 12:40 PM) |
| ... A black dog walks into the road, he has black eyes also. ... Somehow he calmly avoids the dog. How? |
As someone already mentioned - it could have been daytime. Also, perhaps the dog walked into the OTHER lane. Since he can't see anything he never knows that the dog is in the other lane.
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 06, 2004, 10:47:00 AM
| QUOTE (maximillian @ Jan 6 2004, 09:21 PM) |
| A man has 8 gallons of wine that he wants to split between his two sons. He doesn't have any measuring instruments to accurately divide the wine. All he has is an 8 gallon, a 5 gallon, and a 3 gallon jug. The 8 gallon is full, the other two are empty. How does he devide the 8 gallons evenly using only the 3 jugs? |
Wasn't there something like that in KOTOR. Under the ocean?
* Fill the 3
* Pour the 3 to the 5
* Fill the 3 again
* Pour the 3 to the five till it's full (you're left with 1 in the 3 thank, 5 in the 5 tank and 2 in the 8 tank)
* empty the five back to the 8
* move the 1 from 3 to 5
* fill the 3, move it to the 5 (with 1 in it)
and there you have it
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 06, 2004, 10:50:00 AM
After 24 days it filled the jar completely.
Aow many days did it take to fill only half a jar?
Post by: LepPpeR on January 06, 2004, 10:57:00 AM
Post by: LepPpeR on January 06, 2004, 10:59:00 AM
| QUOTE (ThreeEyedFish @ Jan 6 2004, 03:50 PM) |
| A worm in a jar doubles it's size every day. After 24 days it filled the jar completely. Aow many days did it take to fill only half a jar? |
23?
Post by: xBaNaNaEv0LuTiOnx on January 06, 2004, 11:07:00 AM
| QUOTE (LepPpeR @ Jan 6 2004, 08:57 PM) |
| A man road into town on his horse friday, spent 3 days in town then left on a friday. How is that possible? |
the horse's name was friday?
Post by: LepPpeR on January 06, 2004, 11:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (xBaNaNaEv0LuTiOnx @ Jan 6 2004, 04:07 PM) | ||
the horse's name was friday? |
very good
Post by: Hoppy on January 06, 2004, 11:38:00 AM
| QUOTE (LepPpeR @ Jan 6 2004, 03:57 PM) |
| A man road into town on his horse friday, spent 3 days in town then left on a friday. How is that possible? |
HE'S A WITCH, BURN HIM!!!
Post by: Spency234 on January 06, 2004, 11:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (xBaNaNaEv0LuTiOnx @ Jan 6 2004, 09:01 PM) | ||
the succeeding line describes the line above it. so it should be something along the lines of : 11(one 1) 13 (1 three) 21 (two one's) 32 (three 2's) 11 (one 1) |
Thats the answer I was lookin for!
One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancells his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life?
Post by: Fuzzy on January 06, 2004, 11:42:00 AM
Post by: gcskate27 on January 06, 2004, 11:49:00 AM
| QUOTE (Hoppy @ Jan 6 2004, 09:38 PM) | ||
HE'S A WITCH, BURN HIM!!! |
he turned me into a newt!
..i got better...
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 06, 2004, 12:06:00 PM
"Tomorrow, 14-April-1927, We'll be having a memorial service to the pilot, Captain John Smith, who died in world war one, ten years ago.
The service will be held in the church on Main street.
Family and friends are invited."
This can't be true. Why?
Post by: vesebr on January 06, 2004, 12:39:00 PM
I LOVE THE TOPIC BTW..
BUT I KNEW HALF OF EM ALREADY
awwwwwwwwww damn sorry for the caps
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 06, 2004, 12:42:00 PM
| QUOTE (vesebr @ Jan 6 2004, 11:39 PM) |
| did the brits have planes in WW1? I LOVE THE TOPIC BTW.. BUT I KNEW HALF OF EM ALREADY awwwwwwwwww damn sorry for the caps |
I believe they did, if not then change it to 'soldier'. That's not the solution.
Post by: sk8ermike6789 on January 06, 2004, 01:58:00 PM
| QUOTE (LepPpeR @ Jan 6 2004, 01:08 PM) | ||||
very good |
you shoulda capitalized "Friday" then
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 06, 2004, 02:27:00 PM
| QUOTE (ThreeEyedFish @ Jan 6 2004, 02:06 PM) |
| In 1927 a local british newspaper posted this add: "Tomorrow, 14-April-1927, We'll be having a memorial service to the pilot, Captain John Smith, who died in world war one, ten years ago. The service will be held in the church on Main street. Family and friends are invited." This can't be true. Why? |
they called it "the great war" until ww2 was coined in the 40s/50s
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 06, 2004, 02:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (Boozy @ Jan 5 2004, 02:32 PM) |
| Also, one day when I was traveling to Saint Eve's, I met a man with seven wives. Every wive had seven sacks, every sack had seven cats. How many cats, sacks and wives were traveling to St. Ives? |
none were going to st. ives, they were all going to st eve's
any on eget that one yet
Post by: Fuzzy on January 06, 2004, 03:06:00 PM
Post by: sk8ermike6789 on January 06, 2004, 06:23:00 PM
| QUOTE (Fuzzy @ Jan 6 2004, 05:06 PM) |
| Still noone got mine, come on its so easy, im gonna post the answer soon. |
OH! their names were "Dead"
EDITED FOR THEY'RE, THERE, and THEIR
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 06, 2004, 09:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (Chicken Scratch Boy @ Jan 7 2004, 01:27 AM) |
| they called it "the great war" until ww2 was coined in the 40s/50s |
Correct !
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 07, 2004, 03:19:00 AM
| QUOTE (Towelie13 @ Jan 6 2004, 04:15 PM) |
| For the one with Sarah dead with glass Sarah is a fish the aquarium broke ? |
yep, o get into more detail the wind form the open window blew it ofgf the shelf but you got it.
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 07, 2004, 03:22:00 AM
| QUOTE (Spency234 @ Jan 6 2004, 04:41 PM) |
| One morning a man is leaving on business trip and finds he left some paperwork at his office. He runs into his office to get it and the night watchman stops him and says, "Sir, don't get on the plane. I had a dream last night that the plane would crash and everyone would die!" The man takes his word and cancells his trip. Sure enough the plane crashes and everyone dies. The next morning the man gives the watchman a $1,000 reward for saving his life and then fires him. Why did he fire the watchman that saved his life? |
"one MORNING".... "NIGHT watchman"... pretty simple why he was fired..
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 07, 2004, 03:26:00 AM
| QUOTE (ThreeEyedFish @ Jan 7 2004, 02:09 AM) | ||
Correct ! |
that involves to much knowledge for me.
I'm going to have to find the mastermind card game I use to have.. it contains about 3000 good riddles... and about 2000 shitty ones.
Post by: moistness on January 07, 2004, 03:30:00 AM
| QUOTE (Fuzzy @ Jan 5 2004, 09:41 PM) |
| There is a massive train crash but thankfully noone was killed, but two on the train were dead, how is this possible? (They were not deceased before entering the train) |
they died after boarding the train, but before the crash?
Post by: rx8gt on January 07, 2004, 03:10:00 PM
the guy that made it, doesn't want it.
the guy that wants it, doesn't need it.
the guy that needs it, doesn't know it.
what is it????
Post by: Fuzzy on January 07, 2004, 03:46:00 PM
| QUOTE (sk8ermike6789 @ Jan 6 2004, 11:23 PM) | ||
OH! their names were "Dead" EDITED FOR THEY'RE, THERE, and THEIR |
Mr. and Mrs. Dead were riding the train at the time of the incident
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 07, 2004, 04:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (rx8gt @ Jan 7 2004, 05:10 PM) |
| here's one my friend told me and i thought for hours, but couldn't get it. the guy that made it, doesn't want it. the guy that wants it, doesn't need it. the guy that needs it, doesn't know it. what is it???? |
a coffin
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 07, 2004, 06:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (rx8gt @ Jan 7 2004, 08:13 PM) |
| well chicken scratch boy, you are obviously a hell of a lot smarter than me. damn it. |
at least you can write
Post by: lebriznon on January 07, 2004, 09:17:00 PM
Is this man lying or telling the truth? Why?
another one:
If you dont use it, it's black
if you use it, it's red
when you're done with it, its white.
what is it?
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 08:02:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| A man walks up to you and says, "Everything I say is a lie." Is this man lying or telling the truth? Why? |
it's a whatchamacallit... oxymoron or something, not a riddle. Anyway the answer is thats it's not possible. If he's telling the truth then well.. he can't be cause everything he says is a lie and if he is lying then everything he says is the truth.
Now thats the way I was told awhile back, i still say it's possible that he's lying about the "everything" part which in turn would make it so he must be lying.
| QUOTE |
| If you dont use it, it's black if you use it, it's red when you're done with it, its white. what is it? |
I want to say coal but I'm not sure.
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 08:18:00 AM
first:
What is more useful when it is broken?
second:
There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?
three:
Two mothers and two daughters go shopping. They have $21 (they only have 21 $1 bills and no change so $5.25 is not the answer), which they split equally between them. How can this be possible?
Post by: moistness on January 08, 2004, 08:24:00 AM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 8 2004, 06:18 PM) |
| second: There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim? |
straight up to froggy heaven, he's dead!
What type of plant can you not sit under for longer than 5 mins without dying?
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 08:28:00 AM
Post by: moistness on January 08, 2004, 08:32:00 AM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 8 2004, 06:28 PM) |
| seaweed? |
Ha, knew it would be easy, i will give you that but i was thinking more along the lines of a water lilly!!
I take it my answer to yours was wrong then?
::edit:: what a twat i am, i should have put "what type of flower?"!!!!!
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 08:42:00 AM
and yea you were right about the frog. that one is simple, try the third riddle.. it's a tough one.
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 09:07:00 AM
1
While sitting in her easy chair, drinking beer and watching a ball game, Bertha Dribble decided to turn over a new leaf. She decided to get into shape. Not one to make rash decisions, Bertha hollered out to her husband to go to the library and find her a book on physical fitness. When Mr. Dribble got to the library he saw a book with "how to jog" on it's spine. He "snuck" it out and returned home. When Bertha finally glanced at the book several weeks later, she found that it had nothing to do with getting into shape. What kind of book was it?
2.
While on safari in the wild jungles of africa, Professor Quantum woke up one morning and felt something in the pocket of his shorts. It had a head and tail, but no leags. When Quantum got up he could feel it move inside his pocket. Quantum, however, showed little concern and went about his morning rituals. With such a casual attitude, what was in his pocket?
3.
If two hours ago it was as long after one o' clock in the afternoon as it was before one o' clock in the morning, what time would it be now?
Post by: brandogg on January 08, 2004, 09:10:00 AM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 09:31:00 AM
Post by: lebriznon on January 08, 2004, 02:17:00 PM
the one about the man saying "everything i say is a lie":
the answer is he is lying
not everything he says is a lie. some things he lies about, some things he doesnt. in this case, he is lying because NOT EVERYTHING he says is a lie.
ya i dont like that one either....more of a play on words kinda question...
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 08, 2004, 02:51:00 PM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 8 2004, 10:18 AM) |
| What is more useful when it is broken? |
glowstick
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 08, 2004, 02:57:00 PM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 8 2004, 11:07 AM) |
| While on safari in the wild jungles of africa, Professor Quantum woke up one morning and felt something in the pocket of his shorts. It had a head and tail, but no leags. When Quantum got up he could feel it move inside his pocket. Quantum, however, showed little concern and went about his morning rituals. With such a casual attitude, what was in his pocket? |
a coin
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 08, 2004, 05:31:00 PM
| QUOTE (Chicken Scratch Boy @ Jan 8 2004, 07:57 PM) | ||
a coin |
correct
| QUOTE |
| glowstick |
not the answer I was looking for but that could work.
| QUOTE |
| DUDERMAN...the money one (number 3) the mother adds 1 dollar of her own, each takes 11 dollars and then she takes back the dollar (i heard an old riddle a while ago that was kinda the same but the solution was this...IM SO CLUED OUT!) |
what? uh... you're way off man.
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 08, 2004, 05:56:00 PM
they buy a pack of gum for a $, split the $ and the gum? dunno longshot
Post by: gcskate27 on January 08, 2004, 09:50:00 PM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 8 2004, 06:18 PM) |
| first: What is more useful when it is broken? |
a clock, at least opposed to an incorrectly set clock... the broken one would be right 2x a day...
*or an escalator... if youre scared of getting stuck in the grills...
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 09, 2004, 03:09:00 AM
Chicken Scratch, think less aout the money itself, and do't worry about any math.. hence why it's a "riddle"
xbanana, how to jog...a cookbook? wtf?
gcskate, nice answers but incorrect from what "they" claim the answer is.
Post by: gcskate27 on January 09, 2004, 09:31:00 AM
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 09, 2004, 10:45:00 AM
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 09, 2004, 11:08:00 AM
One is a daughter and a mother. something like gradmother-mother-daughter.
Money splits to 7$ each
Post by: geniusalz on January 09, 2004, 02:38:00 PM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 09, 2004, 07:33:00 PM
| QUOTE (ThreeEyedFish @ Jan 9 2004, 04:08 PM) |
| The mother, mother, daughter, daughter riddle: One is a daughter and a mother. something like gradmother-mother-daughter. Money splits to 7$ each |
damn you're right, didn't think anyone would get it.
| QUOTE |
| Broken? an egg (and half a dozen other things) |
yep thats the answer and I didn't write it so I know there are other good answers like glowstick which was mentioned earlier
| QUOTE |
| is the book about memory or sorting papers? |
nope, it's actually pretty simple if you read the the riddle... notice one word that sorta stands out, well thats a hint.
Post by: DermicSavage on January 10, 2004, 06:58:00 AM
Post by: TCS on January 11, 2004, 04:11:00 AM
30 miles?
Post by: veg on January 11, 2004, 04:47:00 AM
30 miles is right!
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 11, 2004, 06:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (DermicSavage @ Jan 10 2004, 11:58 AM) |
| the book is about basketball mebbe? |
nope
| QUOTE |
| oops should of said 12 noon. 30 miles is right! |
god I hate these "riddles" that remind me of highschool math. I thought I as done with all that.
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 12, 2004, 05:27:00 AM
Post by: lebriznon on January 12, 2004, 03:47:00 PM
(im sure many have heard this one...i'll post follow-ups later)
Post by: Chicken Scratch Boy on January 12, 2004, 04:07:00 PM
put it in
close the door
Post by: lebriznon on January 12, 2004, 04:22:00 PM
| QUOTE (Chicken Scratch Boy @ Jan 12 2004, 06:07 PM) |
| open the door put it in close the door |
correct.
what are the four steps done to put a crocodile into the refrigerator?
Post by: vesebr on January 12, 2004, 06:06:00 PM
Post by: veg on January 12, 2004, 11:39:00 PM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 12 2004, 03:27 PM) |
| 5? (thats an absolute guess, It's too early for me to do that kind of math.) |
nope
Try again.
Post by: Lorre on January 13, 2004, 01:40:00 AM
Penguin 1 is penguin 2's son.
Penguin2 isn't penguin 1's father.
How is this possible? (I know it's a stupid one)
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 13, 2004, 03:05:00 AM
Post by: Lorre on January 13, 2004, 06:11:00 AM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Jan 8 2004, 06:02 PM) | ||
it's a whatchamacallit... oxymoron or something, not a riddle. Anyway the answer is thats it's not possible. If he's telling the truth then well.. he can't be cause everything he says is a lie and if he is lying then everything he says is the truth. |
This isn't a paradox.
What if that guy lies sometimes, it's possible to lie sometimes isn't it
So he's lieing in this particular moment, he doesn't lie always, he lies sometimes.
It's yellow, it turns at 150 MPH and then it's red, what is it?
Post by: Morglum on January 13, 2004, 06:15:00 AM
| QUOTE (Lorre @ Jan 13 2004, 04:11 PM) |
| It's yellow, it turns at 150 MPH and then it's red, what is it? |
A half ball of edam cheese fired from a cannon?
EDIT: Oh and for the 'tards out there, edam is yellow and has red wax around its outside.
Post by: gcskate27 on January 13, 2004, 06:38:00 AM
Post by: Lorre on January 13, 2004, 06:44:00 AM
I'd better say:
It's yellow, then it spins around at 150MPH and then it becomes red.
Post by: moistness on January 13, 2004, 07:06:00 AM
| QUOTE (Lorre @ Jan 13 2004, 04:44 PM) |
| Nope, both are wrong. I'd better say: It's yellow, then it spins around at 150MPH and then it becomes red. |
A canary in a blender
Post by: TCS on January 13, 2004, 07:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (veg @ Jan 11 2004, 02:04 PM) |
| It's ten o'clock in the morning and a man and his dog set out on a walk to the next town. The man is able to walk at the constant rate of speed of 5MPH. In the mean time his dog takes off and runs ahead to the next town then turns around and heads back to the man. Then sets off for the town again. The dog keeps doing this until the man makes it to his destination at 12 noon. The dog was running at a constant speed of 15MPH. Given: The man walked 10 miles. How far did the dog travel? Bonus question how many trips did the dog make? hint: You have to ignore acceleration and deceleration. |
The dog made 3 trips.
Post by: TCS on January 13, 2004, 07:42:00 AM
| QUOTE (TCS @ Jan 13 2004, 05:41 PM) | ||
The dog made 3 trips. |
Make that 2 trips.
Post by: Lorre on January 13, 2004, 08:41:00 AM
| QUOTE (moistness @ Jan 13 2004, 05:06 PM) | ||
A canary in a blender |
Yeah, correct!
Post by: Lorre on January 14, 2004, 02:03:00 AM
In a room (I'll call it the lamproom) there is a lamp.
You're in a room next to the lamproom.
In front of you there are three lightswitches, one of them is used for the lamp in the lamproom.
How can you find out which of the tree switches is for the lamp, when you can go into the lamproom only once?
There is no window or anything trough which you can look into the lamproom.
Post by: TCS on January 14, 2004, 05:47:00 AM
| QUOTE (vesebr @ Jan 14 2004, 01:02 PM) |
| if its off but how, its #3 if its cold and off, #1 |
I think you have those backwards.
Post by: veg on January 14, 2004, 07:16:00 AM
| QUOTE (TCS @ Jan 13 2004, 05:42 PM) | ||||
Make that 2 trips. |
sorry nope
Post by: dcuk on January 15, 2004, 06:27:00 AM
| QUOTE (xBaNaNaEv0LuTiOnx @ Jan 9 2004, 04:32 AM) | ||
a cook book? |
Oh come on whats the answer to this cos its gonna drive me flipping crazy......................................................
My enitre processing power is going to be occupied by this every flipping moment of my waking day.
how could you do this to me ....... have you no consideration for my sanity ! !
Post by: eyric101 on January 15, 2004, 07:02:00 AM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 15, 2004, 12:53:00 PM
| QUOTE (eyric101 @ Jan 15 2004, 12:02 PM) |
| It was an encyclopedia. The book simply carried entries of words that begin with 'How' to words that begin with 'Jog' |
finally someone got it, good job.
Post by: Majinbuu on January 16, 2004, 03:36:00 AM
| QUOTE (veg @ Jan 11 2004, 09:04 AM) |
| It's ten o'clock in the morning and a man and his dog set out on a walk to the next town. The man is able to walk at the constant rate of speed of 5MPH. In the mean time his dog takes off and runs ahead to the next town then turns around and heads back to the man. Then sets off for the town again. The dog keeps doing this until the man makes it to his destination at 12 noon. The dog was running at a constant speed of 15MPH. Given: The man walked 10 miles. How far did the dog travel? Bonus question how many trips did the dog make? hint: You have to ignore acceleration and deceleration. |
Disregaurding accelleration and decelleration, the dog made an infinite number of trips.
Post by: Lorre on January 16, 2004, 06:32:00 AM
| QUOTE (keenie @ Jan 16 2004, 11:28 AM) |
| You are given two pieces of identical string, each exactly 1 meter long, along with a box of matches. Each piece of string, burns for exactly one hour, albeit not constantly (ie one section of each string burns longer then another). You are then removed of any devices that enable you to tell the time. Your task, is to figure out how to measure 45 minutes, using just the two pieces of string! |
Light both strings at the same time, but on the other site (since they don't burn equally you should be able to see which side burns faster than the other, but they still remain IDENTICAL) this way you'll have a string burning on the left side and one on the right site, when they cross eachother "halfway", half an hour has passed.
Blow them out and repeat the same process to make them burn 15 mins.
30+15=45
Came up with this all by my self
Post by: maximillian on January 16, 2004, 07:53:00 AM
| QUOTE (keenie @ Jan 16 2004, 11:28 AM) |
| You are given two pieces of identical string, each exactly 1 meter long, along with a box of matches. Each piece of string, burns for exactly one hour, albeit not constantly (ie one section of each string burns longer then another). You are then removed of any devices that enable you to tell the time. Your task, is to figure out how to measure 45 minutes, using just the two pieces of string! |
Place the box of matches in your pocket - since matches are a useful item and they may come in handy some other day. Now... use one of the pieces of string as a sundial. Hang it from something and make sure that the free end touches the ground. Starting at roughly 11:30am - mark the position of the sun (from the string-sundial) as time zero. Burn the other piece of string. After the hour has passed mark the one-hour position. 45 minutes is about 3/4 of the span between zero and one hour marks. If you want to get technical about it then you could take the string that forms the pendulum and use it to accurately measure 1/4 of the span by folding it twice.
Simple... and you have a free box of matches.
Post by: veg on January 16, 2004, 08:39:00 AM
| QUOTE (Wesly @ Jan 16 2004, 04:52 PM) | ||
The dog made 4 turns. At the time of the 5th turn the dog arrived in town at the exact moment the man arrived (so there wasn't a 5th turn but the dog did make 5 runs). So if you define a "trip" as a run from A to destination B (and not back again) then the dog made 5 trips. If you define a "trip" as the way to destination included with the way back then the dog made 2,5 trips,......although the dog and man together actually made one trip (from home together to destination in this case to town). |
Not the answer I had in mind sorry.
I was thinking round trips for the dog by the way.
Think about this:
In the dogs first round trip he will meet the man at the 5 mile mark between the towns. This is because the man is going 5 mph and the dog is going 15 mph at the 1 hr mark they meet at 5mi.
The second time the dog will meet the man the man will have traveled 2.5 more miles after 1/2 hrs more.
Without giving the answer I will also say the progression will continue until the dog can no longer turn around (for practical purposes). So you may figure the length of the dog in the calculation. A dog one foot in length is around .00019 of a mile...<grin>
veg
Post by: TCS on January 16, 2004, 11:51:00 PM
Post by: veg on January 17, 2004, 02:01:00 AM
Sheeit man it ain't that hard. Takes 2 min with a calculator.
I ain't no Einstein.
Here's how to get the answer.
If the dog meets the man at a halfway point each (round) trip.
The dog goes 15 mi for each 5 mi the man does.
The towns are 10 mi apart.
1st trip dog meets man @ 5mi the man has 5mi to go
2nd trip dog meets man @ 7.5 (5+2.5 mi ) the man has 2.5 mi to go
3rd trip 8.75 (5+2.5+1.25 mi )
4th trip 9.375 (5+2.5+1.25 +.625 mi) and so on.
If you can see you just divide 2 into the remainder each time
Average dog is 1ft for an ankle biter to around 3 ft or so.
Well use 1 ft for example. 1 mi is 5280 ft. divide 5280 into one you get dog length in miles. around .00019 mi
Keep dividing 2 into the remainder until you get below the length of the dog this is where the little ankle biter can't make any more trips.
This happens between 15 and 16 trips.
You want some Einstein shit what's the number of trips if the dog has no dimension (length) he he he...
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 17, 2004, 08:01:00 AM
Post by: ssjdave80 on January 17, 2004, 01:49:00 PM
Post by: brandogg on January 18, 2004, 07:44:00 AM
Post by: TCS on January 18, 2004, 05:09:00 PM
| QUOTE (veg @ Jan 17 2004, 07:01 PM) |
| I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assasinated. What am I? |
The Monkees.
Post by: ThreeEyedFish on January 19, 2004, 04:33:00 AM
What comes twice in a moment, once in a minute and never in a thousand years?
Post by: Lorre on January 19, 2004, 06:10:00 AM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 19, 2004, 07:14:00 AM
ok guys, here's some more...
1) Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on Earth?
2) What is the next letter in this sequence? O-T-T-F-F-S-S-(?)
3) Which word from Group B belongs with the words from Group A?
A.) Blast, Paper, Box, Bank
B.) Juice, Bag, Cradle, Carpet
Thats all for now, have fun
Post by: sk8ermike6789 on January 19, 2004, 09:31:00 AM
Everest still was the higest, no one found it though....
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 20, 2004, 04:27:00 PM
| QUOTE (TCS @ Jan 20 2004, 08:00 PM) | ||
E. |
correct and sk8ermike was also correct.
just so people know, E is next because it goes.
O-T-T-F-F-S-S-E-N-T (one, two, three, four, five, etc.)
no one got number 3 yet, it's a tough one.
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 20, 2004, 07:26:00 PM
Post by: brandogg on January 21, 2004, 10:43:00 AM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 21, 2004, 11:27:00 AM
"Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it is."
Post by: Lorre on January 21, 2004, 11:36:00 AM
Post by: Zero on January 21, 2004, 03:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (Lorre @ Jan 21 2004, 08:36 PM) |
| What was Man doing when he found out cows give milk? |
Watching Calves drink the milk...
Post by: TCS on January 21, 2004, 05:10:00 PM
| QUOTE (veg @ Jan 21 2004, 10:57 PM) |
| What about the "rock group" riddle? It ain't the monkeys. The last I heard they were all alive. |
I guess I will have to say "The Beatles".
Post by: brandogg on January 21, 2004, 09:04:00 PM
Post by: TCS on January 22, 2004, 09:55:00 PM
Post by: XxmutinyxX on January 22, 2004, 10:30:00 PM
back in elementary wed do things called "mindbenders" and simply was a grid with "subjects" which in this case would be the house color, drink, pet, etc. with clues wed mark with O's and X's, and if one thing got an O in one category, it would get an X in everything else in that category. well simply put, seeing has how none of the clues had fish....plus those clues are insufficient to even fill out the grid. anyways, no one owns the fish
Post by: XBoxgeek on January 22, 2004, 10:47:00 PM
What is greater than God.
More evil than the Devil.
The poor have it.
The rich don't need it.
And if you eat it, you'll die?
Post by: frozen lake on January 23, 2004, 05:41:00 AM
Post by: The Juggler on January 23, 2004, 07:46:00 AM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 23, 2004, 06:47:00 PM
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 30, 2004, 08:21:00 PM
1. what can you put in a barrel to make it lighter?
2. There is a town in Texas where 5% of all the people living there have unlisted phone numbers. If you selected 100 names at random from the town's phone directory, on average, how many of these people would have unlisted phone numbers?
3. we're five little items of an everyday sort, you'll find us all in a tennis court. what are we?
4. A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30
miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
5. The more there is the less you see. What is it?
6. What can go around the world and always stays in the corner?
7. It is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the begining of the end, and the end of every space? What is it?
8. How can you give someone $63 using six bills, without using any one dollar bills?
9. Name an eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end.
10. How many 'F's will you find in this sentance. just read through it once and count. (it's not a riddle but interesting none-the-less...
"FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS."
have fun!
Post by: muggs on January 31, 2004, 04:05:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| 1. what can you put in a barrel to make it lighter? |
A hole.
| QUOTE |
| 5. The more there is the less you see. What is it? |
Fog? Smoke?
| QUOTE |
| 8. How can you give someone $63 using six bills, without using any one dollar bills? |
Give them $65 and get change? 1- $20 4-$10 1-$5
| QUOTE |
| 10. How many 'F's will you find in this sentance. just read through it once and count. (it's not a riddle but interesting none-the-less... |
2
muggs
Post by: Vinpire on January 31, 2004, 04:47:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| 3. we're five little items of an everyday sort, you'll find us all in a tennis court. what are we? |
the five vowels, A tEnnIs cOUrt.
| QUOTE |
| 4. A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible? |
the horse is travelling in a circle. the two legs on the outside of the circle will travel further than the two legs on the inside of the circle.
| QUOTE |
| 6. What can go around the world and always stays in the corner? |
the stamp on a letter ?
| QUOTE |
| 8. How can you give someone $63 using six bills, without using any one dollar bills? |
One $50, One $5 and Four $2 bills.
| QUOTE |
| 9. Name an eight letter word that has kst in the middle, in the beginning, and at the end. |
inkstand
Post by: DuDeR MaN on January 31, 2004, 09:45:00 AM
muggs got the first one right.. you were close on #5 but not close enough.
and veg got the second one. and I was expecting your riddle to be a real band, thats a great riddle.
Post by: muggs on February 03, 2004, 03:23:00 PM
| QUOTE (Vinpire @ Jan 31 2004, 09:45 AM) | ||
6 |
LOL I was counting the F's in the wrong sentance!
muggs
Post by: Drew224 on February 03, 2004, 09:38:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| 5. The more there is the less you see. What is it? |
Darkness?
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 03, 2004, 10:40:00 PM
Post by: Fastmandan on February 10, 2004, 05:39:00 AM
I want to give you 30p, but i can only use 2 coins and one cant be a 20p.
The english money is:
1p
2p
5p
10p
20p
50p
£1
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 10, 2004, 09:08:00 AM
you give me 20p and 50p and I give you £1
Post by: muggs on February 10, 2004, 09:27:00 AM
| QUOTE (Fastmandan @ Feb 10 2004, 10:39 AM) |
| People who only live in england or know about the english currency will only be able to get this one, but ill post it anyway: I want to give you 30p, but i can only use 2 coins and one cant be a 20p. The english money is: 1p 2p 5p 10p 20p 50p £1 |
The other one is 20p.
muggs
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 10, 2004, 01:32:00 PM
| QUOTE (muggs @ Feb 10 2004, 02:27 PM) | ||
The other one is 20p. muggs |
oh duh youi're right, that went right over my head.
Post by: Fastmandan on February 11, 2004, 02:31:00 AM
Post by: muggs on February 12, 2004, 10:06:00 AM
muggs
Post by: TCS on February 14, 2004, 04:44:00 AM
| QUOTE (muggs @ Feb 12 2004, 08:06 PM) |
| Here's one for ya. What has forests but no trees, cities but no buildings and rivers but no water? muggs |
Africa.
Post by: muggs on February 14, 2004, 08:13:00 AM
| QUOTE (romeoso @ Feb 14 2004, 04:36 AM) |
| a map?! i dunno. |
Correct. How about this.
What has keys but no locks. Space but no room and you can enter but you cannot leave?
muggs
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 14, 2004, 11:39:00 AM
| QUOTE (dazdastardly @ Feb 14 2004, 01:48 PM) | ||||
computer keyboard? |
no locks? should I refer you to caps lock, number lock, or scroll lock?
Post by: mirx999 on February 14, 2004, 12:29:00 PM
| QUOTE (veg @ Jan 17 2004, 02:01 PM) |
| I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assasinated. What am I? |
mt. rushmore
Post by: muggs on February 14, 2004, 06:10:00 PM
| QUOTE (dazdastardly @ Feb 14 2004, 01:48 PM) | ||||
computer keyboard? |
Correct.
| QUOTE |
| no locks? should I refer you to caps lock, number lock, or scroll lock? |
True. I think I may have fucked up the wording been a while since I heard that one.
muggs
Post by: lebriznon on February 14, 2004, 10:55:00 PM
its called the monty hall problem:
at some game show, a contestant is shown 3 identical doors by the host. The host says, "Behind one of these doors is a nice car. behind the remaining two are goats." (the host knows which doors have what behind them).
then the host tells the contestant to pick a door (but not open it). The contestant points to a door. Then the host opens the remain that contains the goat. (now theres 2 doors left. one with a goat, the other with the car. The contestant is pointing to one of them.)
then the host says to the contestant, "you now have a choice. either you keep the door you are pointing to, or you can switch to the remaining door."
the contestant wants to win the car, obviously. so what should he/she do? switch? not switch? and why or why not??
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 15, 2004, 07:59:00 AM
If I were the contestant, I wouldn't switvh.. why? because I feel it's best to go with my instincts. I know it's not right, but thats just me.
Post by: lebriznon on February 15, 2004, 08:29:00 AM
has everything to do with probability. i wont give up the solution just yet...
Post by: Lorre on February 15, 2004, 09:22:00 AM
| QUOTE (lebriznon @ Feb 15 2004, 08:55 AM) |
| k heres a math problem. i just read about this, and i thought it was cool. its called the monty hall problem: at some game show, a contestant is shown 3 identical doors by the host. The host says, "Behind one of these doors is a nice car. behind the remaining two are goats." (the host knows which doors have what behind them). then the host tells the contestant to pick a door (but not open it). The contestant points to a door. Then the host opens the remain that contains the goat. (now theres 2 doors left. one with a goat, the other with the car. The contestant is pointing to one of them.) then the host says to the contestant, "you now have a choice. either you keep the door you are pointing to, or you can switch to the remaining door." the contestant wants to win the car, obviously. so what should he/she do? switch? not switch? and why or why not?? |
Awww I heard this riddle in 8th grade from my math teacher.
He should keep it I believe because the probability of picking two goats in a row is smaller, but I'm not sure.
Post by: lebriznon on February 15, 2004, 02:41:00 PM
| QUOTE (romeoso @ Feb 15 2004, 01:29 PM) |
| i think you have a better chance of winning the car if you switch. since you're chances increase to 2/3 by switching doors. |
CORRECT.
I still havent found a good mathematical solution to this. most of them involve Bayes law (is that spelt right?). And i still dont understand why it ALWAYS works out to switching=2/3 chance of winning, and not switching=1/3 chance.
however, I've tried repetitions of this many times, and it ALWAYS works out that way...
i always see it as a 50/50 chance either way, since at that moment, you have a choice of two, and only one is a winner....weird...
Post by: muggs on February 15, 2004, 06:32:00 PM
What is it?
muggs
Post by: rastareaper on February 15, 2004, 06:53:00 PM
| QUOTE (muggs @ Feb 16 2004, 04:32 AM) |
| Poor people have it, rich people want it and god fears it. What is it? muggs |
nothing
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 15, 2004, 07:12:00 PM
| QUOTE (muggs @ Feb 15 2004, 11:32 PM) |
| Poor people have it, rich people want it and god fears it. What is it? muggs |
you said it wrong and this is at least the third time it's been said in this thread.
Post by: muggs on February 15, 2004, 07:52:00 PM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Feb 16 2004, 12:12 AM) |
| you said it wrong and this is at least the third time it's been said in this thread. |
Nope didn't say that one wrong at all. Sorry if it was a repeat though don't really feel like reading through 14 pages.
rastareaper-correct
muggs
Post by: moistness on February 16, 2004, 12:56:00 AM
| QUOTE (romeoso @ Feb 16 2004, 10:47 AM) |
| here's an old one: A 20 foot ladder is attached to a yacht. Each step is 6 inches apart. If the water is rising 1 ft/hr. How long will it take for the ladder to be entirely submerged? |
Unless the boat is sinking, it wont!
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 16, 2004, 07:00:00 AM
| QUOTE (muggs @ Feb 16 2004, 12:52 AM) |
| Nope didn't say that one wrong at all. |
actually you worded it a bit wrong. It still works, I'm just saying. Believe me, I know my riddles.
Post by: muggs on February 16, 2004, 10:14:00 AM
| QUOTE (DuDeR MaN @ Feb 16 2004, 12:00 PM) | ||
actually you worded it a bit wrong. It still works, I'm just saying. Believe me, I know my riddles. |
Not to be an asshole but watch Nemesis Game. I got it from there word for word.
dazdastardly is probably right there may be several variations to some riddles.
Anyway what has an answer but has no question?
muggs
Post by: Grospolina on February 16, 2004, 12:51:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| You are given two pieces of identical string, each exactly 1 meter long, along with a box of matches. Each piece of string, burns for exactly one hour, albeit not constantly (ie one section of each string burns longer then another). You are then removed of any devices that enable you to tell the time. Your task, is to figure out how to measure 45 minutes, using just the two pieces of string! |
The answers to this were both wrong. If you burn the strings at opposite ends, then you will have two different pieces of string after they have "crossed". You can't measure 15 minutes with different strings.
Also, if you make a makeshift sundial, 45 minutes will have already passed and you're really taking 1:45 to do it. Besides, it's not exact.
Here's the solution:
Burn string A at both ends, and at the same time, burn string B at one end. String A will completely burn out in 30 minutes. At this time, light the other end of string B (which still has 30 minutes left). Now, the string will completely burn out in 15 minutes, for a grand total of 45 minutes.
Post by: Tobison on February 17, 2004, 05:55:00 AM
| QUOTE (muggs @ Feb 16 2004, 04:32 AM) |
| Poor people have it, rich people want it and god fears it. What is it? muggs |
Its happiness!
Poor have it because you dont need money to be happy
The rich cant buy it
God fears happiness...why else would he have placed me on this god forsaken planet??? Because he doesnt want me to be happy!
Post by: muggs on February 17, 2004, 09:50:00 AM
| QUOTE (Tobison @ Feb 17 2004, 10:55 AM) | ||
Its happiness! Poor have it because you dont need money to be happy The rich cant buy it God fears happiness...why else would he have placed me on this god forsaken planet??? Because he doesnt want me to be happy! |
Good thinking but no.
muggs
Post by: lebriznon on February 17, 2004, 01:21:00 PM
Post by: muggs on February 18, 2004, 10:03:00 AM
No guesses on this one?:
what has an answer but has no question?
muggs
Post by: DuDeR MaN on February 18, 2004, 08:13:00 PM
Post by: muggs on February 19, 2004, 09:52:00 AM
muggs
Post by: veg on February 20, 2004, 08:57:00 AM
"I'm a strange creature, for I satisfy women,
a service to the neighbours!
No one suffers at my hand except for my slayer.
I grow very tall, erect in a bed, I'm hairy underneath.
From time to time a good-looking girl, the doughty
daughter of some churl dare to hold me, grips my russet
skin, robs me of my head and puts me in the pantry.
At once that girl with plaited hair who has confined
me remembers our meeting. Her eye moistens."
veg
Post by: romeoso on February 20, 2004, 10:16:00 AM
Post by: shavedrat on February 20, 2004, 10:29:00 AM
| QUOTE (romeoso @ Feb 20 2004, 01:16 PM) |
| heh.. sounds a little suggestive..but i'd say.. an onion. |
Yeah, that was too suggestive. If I didnt have my mind in the gutter I mighta thought of that.
Good job
Post by: Grospolina on February 20, 2004, 01:57:00 PM
| QUOTE (IVoLtAgEI @ Feb 20 2004, 06:54 AM) |
| alright heres one that took me a while to figure out: You have one golden bar segmented into seven pieces. There is a man that will work for you for one week, and every day you must pay him one piece of the bar, but you can only make two breaks in the bar. Where or how do you make the two breaks? |
It's binary!
You break it into pieces of length 1, 2 and 4. You trade the pieces back and forth with him each day (we are assuming he still has the gold each day).
Day 1: 1
Day 2: 2
Day 3: 1 + 2
Day 4: 4
Day 5: 4 + 1
Day 6: 4 + 2
Day 7: 4 + 2 + 1
Edit: What's the point of getting paid every day if you can't spend it until the end of the week?
Post by: AfroBoy on March 08, 2004, 02:21:00 AM
Post by: lebriznon on March 08, 2004, 06:57:00 PM
Post by: AfroBoy on March 09, 2004, 12:22:00 AM
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