The worlds first riddle!

or a heart?
I would like it be that, at least, but I was told that Colomb did some demonstration with this box..

0-9
975 + 84 + 3 = 1062

CLOCK
1, 2, 11, 12
3, 4, 9, 10
5, 6, 7, 8

BOX
an egg?

Ok.

Try: Who's weeping now?

Yitwail:
a winning lottery ticket

You wish. Always with the boxes.


Francis:
or a heart?
I would like it be that, at least, but I was told that Colomb did some demonstration with this box..

Would that be, Christophe Colomb the great sea captain?

Mark:
0-9
975 + 84 + 3 = 1062

CLOCK
1, 2, 11, 12
3, 4, 9, 10
5, 6, 7, 8

BOX
an egg

28

Cruel Mark occupying the high ground wrote, "Try: Who's weeping now?" (As if he did not know)

Now I am crying. Please explain s l o w l y so I may understand.


How did your day go? Well, thank you for asking. Dateline Portsmouth:

Saw what's left of Mary Rose (500 years old)
HMS Victory. Oldest commissioned warship in the world (250 years old)
HMS Warrior (Ironclad 150 years old)

Then a trip round the bay, and wow, at the north end a massive stone fort built by the Romans! (2000 years old) They sure do have some history here.


Mark was out walking one day. He met his father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law. What did Mark call her


There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters
signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four
signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman.

What is that word



What is the surface area of a rectangular prism with dimensions 6 ft by 8 ft by 15ft


One side of a very accurate ruler is to be marked in units of 1/24 inch and in units of 1/9 inch. Including the two end points, how many different marks must be made from the 1-inch mark to the 2-inch mark


Ohio license plates have two letters, followed by two numbers, followed by two letters. How many different license plates are possible

Mark was out walking one day. He met his father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law. What did Mark call her

mom

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters
signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four
signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman.

What is that word

heroine

SURFACE AREA
516 square feet

RULER
31

OHIO PLATES
45,697,600

I 13 V 3 X 16 L 20 C 5 D 14 M

I = 9 (or 35), V = 22, X = 24, L = 12 (or 38), C = 3 (or 29), D = 4, M = 13

Here's a home brewed addition puzzle:


No leading zeros.

I don't know if it's easy or hard. There are two solutions.

9657
248
248
-------
10153


I will give one solution, so Try can try it too.

Yep.

Yitwail:
Mark was out walking one day. He met his father-in-law's only daughter's mother-in-law. What did Mark call her

mom

There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters
signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four
signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman.

What is that word

heroine

Way to go Yitwail


Mark:
SURFACE AREA
516 square feet

RULER
31

OHIO PLATES
45,697,600


WHIM
TRY
TRY
-----
AGAIN

Congrats Mark, very clever.

Whim:
9657
248
248
-------
10153


I will give one solution, so Try can try it too.

Well done Whim, although I doubt there is another answer. It looks like the 1015 must stay and you must carry 2 at the start.




When George turned 14 years old, his father was 42 years old, which was three times George's age at the time.Today is George's birthday and George's father is now twice as old as George.
How old is George


Bill learned to count in a base different from base 10, so that, for instance, instead of writing 136, he writes 253. What base does Bill use



Nine different two-digit numbers can be formed with the digits 1, 3, and 7.
(A digit may be used twice in a number).
How many of these numbers are prime



I start with the letter e,
I end with the letter e.
I contain only one letter,
Yet I am not the letter e!

What am I


Around the Earth I go
I don't move fast or slow
I have no beginning or end
See me you cannot
Where I am It's always hot

What am I


Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue and grey,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.

What am I

why thank you, Ta.

I start with the letter e,
I end with the letter e.
I contain only one letter,
Yet I am not the letter e!

What am I

an envelope

Around the Earth I go
I don't move fast or slow
I have no beginning or end
See me you cannot
Where I am It's always hot

What am I

the equator

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue and grey,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.

What am I

eye

GEORGE
28

BILL
7

1 3 7
7

"Well done Whim, although I doubt there is another answer. It looks like the 1015 must stay and you must carry 2 at the start."

There's another solution.

Mark wrote, "There's another solution."

Ok, it's after midnight here, how about:

-9640
--253
--253
_____
10146

Damn clever problem.

-9640
--253
--253
_____
10146

Doesn't match the pattern. Try, try again...

George is 28
Bill uses Base 7
Seven are Prime
eye
?
U

Yitwail:

I start with the letter e,
I end with the letter e.
I contain only one letter,
Yet I am not the letter e!

an envelope

Around the Earth I go
I don't move fast or slow
I have no beginning or end
See me you cannot
Where I am It's always hot

the equator


Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I'm double, I'm single,
I'm black, blue and grey,
I'm read from both ends,
And the same either way.

eye

May I on behalf of the less fortunate, extend our belated best wishes for your passing the 2000 post count.


Mark:
GEORGE
28

BILL
7

1 3 7
7

"Try, try again..."

Please be so kind as to point out any failure to comply with the printed restrictions placed on the solution… Now, cut me some slack buddy, I aint got no pen and paper. To make matters worse, I am dreaming of ?'Bears'. I fear the end is about to overtake me.


Hello! Who's this? Raprap, so good they named him/her twice.

George is 28
Bill uses Base 7
Seven are Prime
eye


If you are indeed the Raprap spoken of in high places, I fear you will find little here to test your ability. Unless you can come up with an answer to Mark's problem. (see above for details.) In which case, the key to turning base metal into gold could be yours.


A jar has eight red, nine blue, and ten green marbles.
What is the least number of marbles that you have to remove from the jar and be certain that you have three of the same color


Wendy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result by 9. Instead, she subtracted 9 and then divided the result by 3, obtaining an answer of 43.

What would her answer have been if she had worked the problem correctly


Jon's total charges at a local restaurant came to $386 last month. If he receives $5 off for each $25 that he spends, how much money did he have to pay


What number comes next in the pattern, and why
2, 3, 6, 15, 42, _____



I am something people count on,
But I'm not your fingers or toes.
I am the comfort in your heart,
When your mind's not sure it knows.
People often call me blind,
For I have no eyes to see.
Several times I have been lost,
But I cannot be given away.

What am I


Walk on the living, they don't even mumble.
Walk on the dead, they mutter and grumble.

I am


I make you weak at the worst of all times.
I keep you safe, I keep you fine.
I make your hands sweat, and your heart grow cold,
I visit the weak, but seldom the bold.

What am I

It just hit me - it is the ?'6' outta place.
Wait , the ?'0' as well. Oh hell.

This can't make me weak, my name is Wallace...

(Adrian for Try)