The worlds first riddle!

Yet again Iacomus scores 100%. I am sure someone can challenge that remarkable achievement. On the other hand, perhaps not. No Owls were found within these riddles.

A wealthy man named Dave Webber had been counting his money. When he finished, he accidentally left a $100.00 bill on his desk. But when he returned for it a short while later, it was gone. Only two other people could have seen the bill. One was the maid; the other was the butler.

The maid told him that she had hidden it for safe-keeping under a green book that was on the desk. But when they looked the bill was not there.

The butler said he had found the bill where the maid had left it. He had placed it inside the book, where he thought there was less chance that somebody would find it. He had written down the page numbers so that he would not forget them. The bill was between pages 35 and 36, he said. But when they looked, there was no money in the book.

After Mr. Webber had talked to the maid and the butler, he called the police. He knew who had taken the money. Who was it, and how did he know


A farmer in California own a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver


Lazy Harry agreed to work on a job for his brother-in-law for thirty hours at eight dollars an hour, on the condition that he would forfeit ten dollars per hour for every hour that he idled.
At the end of the thirty hours Harry wasn't owed any money and didn't owe his brother-in-law any money either. How many hours did Harry work and how many hours did he idle
(Some rounding will be necessary.)

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Hi Relative

I think you'll find the 'Treasure Island' problem interesting. I'd be very interested in hearing how you approach it.

Relative, your return has been eagerly awaited. I hope we find you in fine form for the challenges ahead.

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Young Jack and Jill are brother and sister.
Three years ago, Jack was seven times as old as Jill.
Two years ago, he was four times as old.
Last year he was three times as old, and
This year he is two and one half times as old.

How old are Jack and Jill

Four extremely bright women are at a party. The hostess takes a set of eight stickers, 4 yellow and 4 purple, and shows the stickers to the other three women. She then puts two stickers on the forehead of each woman. Everyone can see all the other stickers except the two in the hostess' pocket and the two on her own head. The hostess asks each woman in turn if she knows the colors of her own stickers. The answer as follows:

Alice: "No"
Brenda: "No"
Cyndi: "No"
Alice: "No
Brenda: "Yes"

What are the colors of Brenda's stickers, and how did she figure it out (Figure that at each step, the women all gave the only possible answer and that their reasoning was correct.)

Many years ago, a wealthy old man was near death. He wished to leave his fortune to one of his three children. The old man wanted to know that his fortune would be in wise hands. He stipulated that his estate would be left to the child who would sing him half as many songs as days that he had left to live.

The eldest son said he couldn't comply because he didn't know how many days his father had left to live, and besides he was too busy. The youngest son said the same thing. The man ended up leaving his money to his third child, a daughter. What did his daughter do

Put your feet up, have a drink and think carefully.

You know who, yes, we all know who completed a triple hat trick.
The last in this series should not be attempted by anyone on medication.


There are five acquaintances. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer?

1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a top-notch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week.
4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month.
5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago.
6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.
7. Dan used to drink heavily.
8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together.
9. The murderer is Jack's brother; they grew up together in Seattle.


Lynn likes grapes but not potatoes. She likes squash but not lettuce, and she likes peas but not onions. Following the same rule, will she like pumpkins or apples


Adrian is throwing Relative a surprise birthday party but he has to stay within his budget. He spent half of his money plus $2.00 on the cake. Half of what he had left plus $2.00 was spent on balloons and streamers. Then he spent half of what he had left plus $1.00 on candy. Now he is out of money, how much did he start with


Larry has been wandering for days and is lost in Liars and Truthtellers Town. He desperately needs to ask directions from a Truthteller. He stops a group of three women and asks if they are Truthtellers. The first woman says: "Two of us are Truthtellers." The second woman says: "Only one of us is a Truthteller." The third one adds: "The last woman who spoke is telling the truth."

Which of the women are truthtellers


A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him


NAPOLEON...
loves Beethoven, but not Brahms.
loves Jefferson, but not Lincoln.
loves Kant, but not Spinoza or Heidegger.
loves George III, but not Nebuchadnezzar or Sargon.
loves hot air balloons, but not bicycles.


Which does Napoleon love: ice cream, Doberman Pinschers,
the cinema, or cuneiform

Starting this week - An Able two no co-production in association with Hal laboratories - The World Math Challenge - Featuring the most puzzling math riddles ever released in the public domain. :wink:

Not for the faint hearted, said The Daily News…

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Five pumpkins are weighed two at a time in all ten sets of two. The weights are recorded as 16, 18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, and 27 pounds. All individual weights are also integers. How much does each pumpkin weigh

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A large tank has a steadily flowing intake and 10 outlet valves, the latter being all of the same size. With 10 outlets open, it takes two and one half hours to empty the tank; with 6 outlets open it takes five and one half hours to empty the tank. After the tank is empty and with all 10 outlets closed, how long will it take to fill the tank

…Bush postpones peace talks to compete in the World Math Challenge, a spokesperson for Dysentery world said today…

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A courier pigeon departs Las Vegas for Reno at the same time as another courier pigeon departs Reno for Las Vegas. Both pigeons fly at constant speeds, although different from each other. They cross paths 2x miles from Las Vegas. After each arrives at their destination, they immediately turn around, going back and forth without breaks. They cross paths the second time x miles from Reno. Where will they cross paths the third time

165.015
You have a box of matches and six 64-minute fuses. Each fuse burns exactly 64 minutes but the rate of burning is inconsistent. A half a fuse would not necessarily burn in 32 minutes. The fuses are also not equally inconsistent. Two cut fuses of the same length would not necessarily burn in the same time. Without the use of a clock, scissors, or anything other than the matches and the fuses how can you create a 60-minute fuse

There at least four possible answers to this problem.

UN denies pullout delay due to unauthorised time spent by its officials on the World Math Challenge. UAP - New York bureau.

•166.016
Fifty contestants for the Miss America pageant were arranged in ten rows and five columns on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City. One viewer of this display noticed that of the tallest women in each column that Miss Maryland was the shortest of the five. Another viewer noticed that of the shortest women in each row that Miss Nevada was the tallest of the ten. There are no ties, all fifty women have different heights. Who is taller, Miss Maryland or Miss Nevada

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The front wheels of a wagon measure 3.5 feet in diameter. The rear wheels measure 4.25 feet in diameter. While the wagon is stopped somebody makes a chalk mark on both a front and rear wheel. How far must the wagon travel before both chalks marks return to their initial position at the same time

Train A travels with speed S, then train B will travel with 2S
They will ride towards each other so meetinpoint M will be at 1/3 of A's distance and 2/3 of B's distance

I will consider that train A is the one who's leaving to late, and I will also assume that the distance is 100 miles.

So A will travel 331/3 miles in x hours if he'll leaves on time
And he will travel 311/3 miles in x-1/12 hour à considering that in 5 minutes point M is shifted 2 miles

So I'll come to the folliwing equations:

331/3 * (x-1/12) = 311/3 * x
x = 25/18

all we have to do is calculate S:

(331/3 ) / ( 25/18 ) = 24 mph

173.013 King Spade, Queen Spade, Queen Heart

Magnum

May I make a comment upon your answer?

If, as you say, the slower train travels at 24 mph, then it would have travelled 2 miles in the 'missing' 5 minutes.

When the faster train arrives at point M, the slower train, having lost 5 mins, must be 2 miles from'M'.

They continue toward one another from there, so the meeting point has to be less than 2 miles from M when they meet.

When you do get the answer you will realise that 24 mph suggests clearly that you were on the right track but that some detail of your working went slightly astray somewhere.

Welcome to the thread BTW.

btw sorry for posting it here? I noticed later that answers suppose to be sent to you by PM?

okay, but I'll wait for new questions now, I have no idea what is already answered and what is still actual

or if you have time you can tell me if some of riddles still have no answer, then it would be interesting to try...