The worlds first riddle!

I had a bunch of laughs with the Flea question down at the bar tonight!!!!

Anyway......Two old friends meet after years in ex-comunicado.....Joe told Bob that he has three daughters now. Being that Bob likes riddles, Joe decides to only tell Bob only that the product their ages is 36. He then says that the sum of their ages is equal to the number of the street block across the street from them. He says to Bob that that fact will pose a dilema to him......To this dilema,...he says that the fact that the oldest plays the piano will resolve that dilema!
What are the ages of the daughters?

A bit of a different riddle here.....perhaps a play on words too, but thought I should ask just in case!! Warning!!!!!! It' a silly answer!

That one's been around here before.

Possible solutions
1 + 1 + 36 = 38
1 + 2 + 18 = 21
1 + 3 + 12 = 16
1 + 4 + 9 = 14
1 + 6 + 6 = 13
2 + 2 + 9 = 13
2 + 3 + 6 = 11
3 + 3 + 4 = 10

The only way there could be a dilemma, is if the sum is 13. Both include twins, but only one has an oldest child. Therefore, they are 2, 2, and 9.

Okeodokey Markr!
Do you ever sleep man? R U east or west coast?

Central. Just kidding - sort of. The area I live in is called the central coast of California.

Cool....I lived in San Fran for a while.....
Anyway...being that all the riddles on this board have been solved (except for the Chinamans'), You got anything new? I'm dead out of new sheit!
Also.....If Tryagain could let us klnow his take on the coin issue, it would be great!!

Chinaman's problem? What's that?

I thought he did give an answer to the coin problem (0).

Ohh yeah!......zero! That'll haunt me for a while!! Cheap!
OK....what's next on the agenda?

OK.....pictuer a grid of dots.......5X4 dots.
For the sake of communication.....ABCDEF horizontal X 1234 Vertical.
You must go over all the dots using only 6 continuouse straight lines. The lines can only cross over in areas that there are no dots(no X over a dot, but OK for cross inbetween the dots) .... Also, the 6th and last line must end where your first line began.
Might be old, but worth a shot!

Markr! If you've not done before, should take ya a while! :wink:

To make sure I understand:
- Draw six straight lines without lifting the pencil.
- No crossing on a dot.
- End at the beginning (forming a loop that may cross itself)

How about turning on a dot? For example, start at the top left, go horizontally to the top right, then turn right and go down to the bottom right. Is that permitted?

Yes, yes, and yes to all questions....a loop of straght continous lines. You can go anywhere you want...on and off the grid....just make sure there is no cross over of lines over a dot!

just so that you know...I'm still working on this gridlock....have been for the past 2 days!!!!!!!!!

Do you know that there is a solution?

yes! I can ask for the diagram...but was hoping to solve first. If not I, then someone on the board...If you don't solve right away, would you want the answer right away?? It is not a trick riddle, and has a true solution for sure....this one comes from the guy of the horse races, and is no joker!
All I know, is that it is not a simple connect the dots thing!
Got to think outside the parameters! or so i'm told!

The worlds first fiddle was man playing with his riddle !

Apologies, I am in a right rush today. Hope to return later.

Answers:

11. Is it safe to write a letter on an empty stomach?
.....Sure, but it is probably better to write the letter on paper
12. Can you explain how long cows should be milked?
.....The same way you milk short cows
13. What is the best thing to put into cakes?
.....Your teeth
14. What kind of umbrella do most people carry on a rainy day?
.....A wet one
15. What always happens at the end of a dry spell?
.....It rains
16. When a child stomps through a mud puddle, what is the first thing he does?
.....He (or she) gets wet
17. Why was Washington buried at Mt. Vernon?
.....Because he was dead
18. Where are kings usually crowned?
.....On their heads
19. What runs all around the yard without moving?
.....The fence
20. What is all over the house?
.....The roof



Mark: (Original thinker)

11. no - you'd have to penetrate you skin and abdominal muscles
12. the same as short cows
13. your teeth
14. open
15. precipitation
16. lift his foot
18. on the head
19. fence
20. roof

COIN FLIPS
1/3

TRIANGLE
4 square units

NUMBER LINE
BD=3
BD+DF=5 (OK)

AE-CE=2

ANGLES
56, 124

HISTORY
1803

Mark wrote, "I'm no genius, but I do know that if Try says I'm wrong, there's a decent chance I'm not."

Personally I would put your chance no more than 100%

"I suspect this was intentionally made vague."

Sir, your suspicious mind condemns me.



Rap: "Am I too late?"

No way, we held the front page. We have to get you up to 500 posts.

Triangle
b=2 h=4 A=1/2bh=4

Line
BD=|2-(-2)|=4
BD+DF=4+|3-1|=4+3=7
AE-CE=|2-(-3)|-|2-(-1)|=5-3=2

Angle
x+y=180 deg (straight line angle)
x-y=12 deg
2x=192 deg
x=96 deg
y=84 deg

Midpoint
n-1607=1999-n
2n=1999+1607=3606
n=1803 (I'd accept 1800, this ain't Rocket Science)

Coins
Initial possibilities (Only one is heads)


Zip, I see you have met Francis. He, if I may say is, a perfect gentleman, knowledgeable elegant and stylish in equal measure. When I grow up I want to be just like him. If, and it is a big if, I can still eat honey grits for breakfast. :wink:


Unsolved Spanish riddles.

The pain continues Part III


1. When a man faints, what number will restore him

2. Which number is greater - six dozen dozen or half a dozen dozen

3. When do 2 and 2 make more than 4

4. If 2 is company and 3 is a crowd, what are 4 and 5

5. Why is 2 times 10 the same as 2 times 11

6. How many times may 20 be subtracted from 100

7. If I dig a hole 2 feet square and 2 feet deep, how much dirt is in the hole

8. Make five less by adding to it

9. Behead forty and leave fifty

10. What is the difference between 100 and 1000




The three-digit number 104 has a digit-sum of 1+0+4, or 5. How many different three-digit numbers, including 104, each have a digit-sum of 5


For the senior class trip, the faculty sponsor ordered 256 caps, one for each student. The class is divided into four sections, each with the same number of students. When the caps arrived at the school, the sponsor asked each of the four section representatives to pick up 1/4 of the caps from the supply room and distribute them to the students in their section.

Renee arrived first and took one-quarter of the caps. Brad arrived one period later and took one-quarter for his section. Carol arrived an hour later and took one-quarter of the caps for her section. Mitch arrived at the end of the day and took one-quarter of the caps for his section.

The following morning, Mrs. Johnson, the sponsor, was surprised to find caps left in the storeroom. In addition, students from three of the sections kept coming in to complain that they did not receive a cap.

What was wrong
How many in each group did not get a cap


Suppose you enter an elevator at a certain floor. Then the elevator moves up 6 floors, down 4 floors, and up 3 floors. You are then at floor 7.

At which floor did you initially enter the elevator

Seven line solution

1 Start at A, then draw a line through 02, 08, 14, 20 to F.
2 From F goto 15, 04, to B.
3 From B goto 03, 07, and extend to the midpoint of the points 06, 07, 11 and 12.
4 From there to 12, 18, to E.
5 from E to 19, 10, to C.
6 From C to 05, 09, 13, 17 to D,
7 From D straight up back to A passing 16, 11, 06 and 01.


Whim

Am I too early?

1) nine
2) six dozen dozen
3) when its 22
4) 9
5) they're both doubled
6) once
7) none
8) add a negative number
9) XV->X|V->V
10) 900
11) hats
Renee took 64 hats
Brad Took 48 [1/4(256-64)] 16 Didn't get hats
Carol Took 36 [1/4(256-64-48)] 28 Didn't get hats
Mitch Took 27 [1/4(256-64-48-36)] 37 didn't get hats
The mistake--each of the four should have been told to get 64 hata.
12) x+6-4+3=7 so x=2 and you got on the elevator on the 2nd floor

Rap

[size=7]2. six dozen dozen
3. 22 (concatenate them)
4. 9
6. once (then you're at 80)
7. none
8. 5 + -1 = 4
9. XL -> L
10. -900

SUM TO 5
15

CAPS
Each assumed they were first to arrive and only took 1/4 of the remaining caps.
The first group all got hats.
16 from the second group did not.
28 from the third group did not.
37 from the fourth group did not.
There were 81 caps left over.

ELEVATOR
The net movement was up 5 floors, so the elevator was entered at the second floor.[/size]

Too Late?

Sum of Digits=5
104 402 420
113 131 311
122 212 221
203 230 320
203 230 320
500

15 total

Rap