The worlds first riddle!

P aulaj writes, "Are you feeling generous?"

Well, not since I got the warning from the cops. However, if I said you have a gregarious persona, would you hold it against me?

Yes :-)

The Question: There is only one correct answer to this question. Which answer is this?

MyO:
If answer 1 is correct, then also answer 2 would be correct.
If answer 2 is correct, then either answer 1 or 3 would be correct as well.

Therefore - Answer 3 is only possible correct answer with given conditions (and "answer C" is correct answer on given question).


Mark:

WHIM
77


Whilst reaching a lowly 23, I wondered;


How many ways are there to list the numbers one through ten so that
no number appears in its own position

(i.e. 1 is not first in the list, 2 is not second, three is not third, etc.)





A rather silly car thief stole, without knowing it, the car of the chief of police. The police immediately started an investigation and on the basis of witness depositions, four suspects were arrested that were seen near the car at the time of the crime.

Because the chief of police took the case very seriously, he decided to examine the suspects personally and use the new lie-detector of the police station. Each suspect gave three statements during the examinations, that are listed below:


Suspect A:
1. In high-school I was in the same class as suspect C.
2. Suspect B is the guilty one.
3. The thief didn't know that it was the car of the chief of police.


Suspect B:
1. Suspect C is the guilty one.
2. Suspect A is not guilty.
3. I didn't do it.


Suspect C:
1. I never met suspect A until today.
2. Suspect B is innocent.
3. Suspect D has a driving license.


Suspect D:
1. Suspect C is innocent.
2. I never sat behind the wheel of a car.
3. Suspect A is the guilty one.


With so many contradicting statements, the chief of police lost track. To make things worse, it appeared that the lie-detector didn't quite work as it should, because the machine only reported that exactly 6 of the 12 statements were true, but not which ones.

The Question: Who is the car thief

ONE THROUGH TEN
1,334,961

CAR THIEF
B

I think this riddle is flawed. The solution relies on
NOT(A1) => C1, but A and C could have met after high school
NOT(C3) => D2, but D could have sat behind the wheel without a license

WHIM
83:
83 61 60 40 24 25 75 69 12 52 48 33 31 5 11 14 50 71 73 27 54 67 77 44 37 63 58 23 41 59 22 78 43 57 64 36 13 51 70 30 34 66 55 45 76 68 32 49 72 28 53 47 74 26 38 62 2 7 9 16 4 21 15 10 6 3 1 80 20 29 35 46 18 82 39 42 79 65 56 8 17 19 81

Paula Jean you are a diamond. "Yes" (edited one time in total).



Mark:
ONE THROUGH TEN
1,334,961



CAR THIEF
B

I think this riddle is flawed. The solution relies on
NOT(A1) => C1, but A and C could have met after high school
NOT(C3) => D2, but D could have sat behind the wheel without a license



There are two pairs of contradicting statements in which nothing is said about the possible offender: A1-C1 and C3-D2. These statements always result in 2 true and 2 false statements.

In addition, it follows from the introduction that statement A3 is true. So we have a total of 3 true and 2 false statements.
On the basis of an assumption about which suspect is the offender, we can count how many of the remaining statements are true:
Statement:

Offender: A: B: C: D: None
A2. false true false false false
B1. false false true false false
B2. false true true true true
B3. true false true true true
C2. true false true true true
D1. true true false true true
D3. true false false false false

Total:
A:4 true, 3 false
B:3true, 4 false
C:4 true, 3 false
D:4 true, 3 false
None:4 true, 3 false

Combined with the other 3 true and 2 false statements this gives:

A is the offender:7 true, 5 false
B is the offender:6 true, 6 false
C is the offender:7 true, 5 false
D is the offender:7 true, 5 false
None of the suspects is the offender:7 true, 5 false

Because it was given that exactly 6 statements were true, suspect B must be the offender.



Mark
83:

Good lord, this cannot be happening!





Yesterday evening, Paula and her husband invited their neighbours (two couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round table. Paula tells you the following:


Mark sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna.


Esther sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of my husband.


Whim sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of Roger.

I did not sit beside my husband.


The Question: What is the name of Paula's husband?

(Names chosen at random)




The following number is formed by a special pattern and is the only
one of its kind: 8549176320.

What is the pattern



Mary (a friend of Paula's) has boxes in three sizes: large, standard, and small. She puts 11 large boxes on a table. She leaves some of these boxes empty, and in all the other boxes she puts 8 standard boxes. She leaves some of these standard boxes empty, and in all the other standard boxes she puts 8 (empty) small boxes. Now, 102 of all the boxes on the table are empty.

The Question: How many boxes has Mary used in total

Even though I was not invited to the dinner, here is the table plan :

Tryagain wrote:
"Paula Jean you are a diamond. "Yes" (edited one time in total). "

Caught. I guess if I'm going to pull a disappering act, I should do it in a more timely fashion!

<makes note...Pay attention self!>



Tryagain wrote:

"I did not sit beside my husband."

That's because he had gas.



The Question:

What is the name of Paula's husband?

Mr. Combustible?

Lovely table arrangement Francis, but there is one thing missing... the center piece. Here it is-




Sorry for the derailment, I can't help it.

The magic of Light!

It's the prettiest one I could find :-)

8549176320
The digits are in alphabetical order.

BOXES
115
2 of the 11 large boxes have 8 standard boxes
11 of the 16 standard boxes have 8 small boxes

TRAIN
Smith

UNIQUE NUMBER
69

Bitterballs

Since I am huge fan of unpair numbers I would gladly leave the last one for Francis - so he will eat 22

21---41---51----61---
12---32--->
33--53--->
24--44--->
15--35---->
36--56--->
27---47--->
18---38--->
9---29---->

missings------
31
19
28
37
46
22
43
34
25

the largest is 43

I think MOU meant 43. Since he left the last one for Francis, he ate only 21.

CHESS BOARD
204

BREAKDOWN
Allan. It takes Dillon as long to complete the last half of the trip as it takes Allan to complete the whole trip.

yeah Try, read more carefully

Since I am huge fan of unpair numbers I would gladly leave the last one for Francis - so he will eat 22

we both eat 21, and one is left I like unpair numbers, so I let Francis eat the last one