The worlds first riddle!

secret agent riddle is good one...
I wonder if I would guess it if you would tell that one to me...cause I got enlightened only when I actually READ it...

His mistake is that he should say "Four". Code is number of letters in word/number guard says

Quote MyO, "His mistake is that he should say "Four". Code is number of letters in word/number guard says"

"The puzzle is on the edge of complexity I still find interesting. A little more complex and it would sound like work"

Someone wrote, "…peopel like you can make bad argument upon, then you also a empty-headless idiot."

I resemble that remark if:
You might be a Redneck if

• The Halloween pumpkin on your front porch has more teeth than your spouse.
• You let your twelve-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.
• You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.
• Anyone in your family ever died right after saying, "Hey, watch this!"
• You've got more than one brother named, "Darryl."
• Your Junior/Senior Prom had a day care.
• You think the last words to The Star Spangled Banner are, "Gentlemen, start your engines."
• You lit a match in the bathroom and your house exploded right off its wheels.
• You have flowers planted in a bathroom fixture in your front yard.
• Ya can't get married to yer sweetheart 'cause there's a law against it.
• You think loading the dishwasher means getting your wife drunk.
• Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.

Now bearing that in mind;

Research had been going on for many years as to the invention of the toothbrush. Researchers knew the purpose of the device, but wanted to know and acknowledge the originating location. After a very long and exasperating study the researchers came to their conclusion as to the origin of the toothbrush. It was decided that the brush was invented in Kentucky. Intrigued with the discovery, the researchers were asked by the media how they came to the conclusion. They all agree it was simple deduction, "If it was invented anywhere else, it would have been called a …"

What would it have been called


There's one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or result until the end.
What is it

What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward

What is the only sport in which the ball is always in the possession of the team on defence, and the offensive team can score without touching the ball

What fruit has its seeds on the outside

Every year, Annette hosts a Thanksgiving lunch for her friends. This year she has asked them to bring pies as their contribution. A week before the luncheon, Annette's friends called her, each on a different day, to let her know what kind of pie they would be bringing.


Sandra didn't call the day after the person who was bringing the pecan pie.

Either Craig or Sandra called on Friday.

Jennifer either brought the cherry pie or the pecan pie.

Vivian called at least three days after the person bringing the pumpkin pie.

Stanly called either the day before or the day after the person who decided to bring the sour cream & raisin pie.

Jennifer and the woman bringing the apple pie did not call on sequential days, in either order.

Either Jennifer or Stanly called on Monday.

What day, name and type of pie from each

((99-9)/9)^sqrt(9)= 1000

whim

((99-9)/9)^sqrt(9)= 1000
whim
After seeing what you can do with 8's. 9's must be a walk in the park.

Now, I think this is a good one!

?'The Magic Line"
Imagine, if you will a line made up of black and white squares, with nine squares in total. In the following order' first W B B W B B W B W . As you can see there are five Black to four White. I bet you that with numbers you choose you will only land on a white square.

Want to prove me wrong? Let's get it on!

1. Write down your telephone number. (e.g. 1298972) Scramble the order of the digits. (2789291)

2. Subtract the smaller from the larger. E.g.

2789291
1298972

1490319

3. Add all the new digits together 1+4+9+0+3+1+9 = 27
4. Now add these digits together. 2+7 = 9 Remember this number.

Now starting at 1(W) count out your number. If it is higher than 9 start again at 1.

Well how did it turn out


Player A and B bet on the total roll of two normal dice. Player A bets that a 12 will be rolled first. Player B bets that two 7s will be rolled consecutively first. They keep rolling until one person wins? What is the probability A will win


Lvise Schin, a Venetian merchant, was dragged into the Hazel Room of Marcanda Palace by a pair of soldiers. Although fairly worried, Schin felt some confidence due to his knowledge of the East. He knew, through tales heard in wine bars, what was waiting for him and how he should react. For a start, he would find himself in front of two doors guarded by two soldiers, a liar and truth-teller. That would not be a problem.

The street-smart Venetian was thrown onto the rug before a throne. Despite his predicament, he could not contain a grin, which only widened when he saw Merlano enter the room and take a seat upon the throne before him.

"Get up, merchant!" barked the conqueror. "There are two doors behind you--"

"Behind one of them there's a horse, and behind the other there are crocodiles, am I right?" interrupted the merchant.

Merlano leaned back. "You are smart and well informed, Christian," he said. "However, this time we'll have a slight variation. You will not find two guards, but one. He will be the one to whom you may ask the single question. From that, you must decide which door will lead you to certain death and which to freedom. Also, you will not know whether he always lies or always tells the truth."

With his face pale, as if he had seen a ghost, Schin turned around and saw that between the two doors, there was indeed only one guard. The guard bore a satanic grin, his piercing eyes staring. Schin approached the guard slowly, his mind working frantically...


What question must Lvise Schin ask to determine which is the door to freedom

One question.
One guard.
True/False unknown.

Sort that one out, if you can.





"Four drawings by Max Ernst are worth as much as five sketches by Magritte, do you agree?" asked Giorgio Parconi, an Italian art dealer. He was tired of arguing over this.

"D'accord!" agreed Cesar Blanchard, who was the director of a Parisian art gallery.

"And we all agree that two sketches by Magritte plus one drawing by Ernst are worth as much as two paintings by Bacon. Right?"

"Bon," nodded the Frenchman.

"So, I'm offering you four drawings by Ernst plus one sketch by Magritte, and in return you give me three sketches by Magritte and two paintings by Bacon. It's perfectly fair, isn't it?"

Blanchard remained silent, he had the feeling that something was wrong.


Was the Italian dealer offering a fair swap

If there was another guard standing here today, with truth-worthiness just opposite to yours, what would be his answer if I asked him which door is right?

And then again you choose other door

4x=5y ---> y=4/5x (Magritte worth is 4/5 of Ernst)
12/5x=2z ----> z=6/5x (Bacon worth is 6/5 of Ernst)

4x+4/5x = 12/5x + 12/5x

24/5x = 24/5x

fair deal

Quote MyO, "If there was another guard standing here today, with truth-worthiness just opposite to yours, what would be his answer if I asked him which door is right? And then again you choose other door"

IMHO this is the best answer - ever. Far better than mine, to you goes the crown.


Schin asked the guard: "If I had asked you which door leads to freedom, which door would you have pointed me to?"

If the guard was truthful, he would have shown the right door. If he lies, he would have again shown the right door, because he would have given the merchant the opposite answer to what he would have given if he was asked a direct question.


"fair deal"

Well, I don't think so.

The swap is unfair. If we abbreviate with an E the drawings by Ernst, an M for Magritte's sketches, and a B for Bacon's paintings, we can rewrite the equations as stated by the Italian dealer as:

EEEE = MMMMM (both dealers agreed on this)
MME = BB (again, both dealers agreed on this too)
MMMBB = EEEEM (the French dealer wasn't sure of this)
Now, if for the 3rd equation we substitute BB with MME (from equation 2), we'll have a 4th equation: MMMMME = EEEEM. But the 1st equation states that MMMMM = EEEE, so it is possible to cancel out, in equation 4, MMMMM on the left and EEEE on the right. This would leave us with the equation E = M, which does not fit with equation 1, where E is obviously greater than M.


The problem gives us 3 equations:
1. 4x = 5y
2. 2y + x = 2z
3. 3y + 2z = 4x + y

Equation 2. can be rewritten as:
4. x = -2y + 2z

Equation 3. can be rewritten as:
5. 4x = 2y + 2z

Adding equations 4. and 5. gives us:
6. 5x = 4z

Combining 1. and 6., we get:
7. 4x = 5y = (16/5)z

If we convert the offer (3.) in terms of y, we get:
8. 3y + 2(25/16)y = 5y + y
ie 3y + (25/8)y = 6y
ie 6.125y = 6y

The last equation is not absolutely true, which proves the swap is unfair.

(Unless you can prove otherwise) :wink:



Four ladies are facing each other. Each one of them speaks twice. One of those statements is truth, the other is a lie.

Amanda:
"I am a frog but I look like a princess."
"There are at least three frogs between the four of us."

Barbara:
"I'm a princess."
"Corinna always lies."

Corinna:
"There is only one frog here."
"I'm a frog that looks like a princess."

Deborah:
"Two of us are frogs."
"I'm a princess."

Are there any frogs


How many ways is there of writing the number 100, each time using only one digit repeated five times. (Any digit) There are more ways than you would think.

For example: 111 - 11 = 100

yeah, my second equation was wrong - x + 8/5x is not 12/5x <--- duh!

"yeah, my second equation was wrong"

A person who has never made a mistake has never made anything worthwile. :wink:


To prove I am the worlds greatest Mind Reader, I set you this challenge;

To assist even further, I give you the answer. The answer is: 4008

Now, all you have to do is think of this color blue .

1. Write down any four-figure number.
2. Write down any important year in your life. (4 digits)
3. Write down the number of years that have passed between that year and now.
4. If you have had your birthday this year write down your age. If not write down the age you will be on your next birthday.
5. Add the total.

Answer: 4008.

Your birthday, your special year, your date of birth. Your choice, nothing subtracted.

The question is, "Am I a snake oil sales assistant"
How did I do it

one of each except for 5 zeroes.

0 ??
(11-1)^(1+1)
(2*2*2+2)^ 2
3/3-(-3)*33
(sqrt(sqrt(4*4*4)+sqrt(4)))^4
5*5*(5-5/5)
(6!-((6-(6/6))!))/6
(7/.7)*(sqrt(7*7))/.7
88+8+sqrt(8+8)
((sqrt(9)*sqrt(9))/9)+99


whim

Congratulations Whim, there are few who could match your reply. To encourage others I give some examples. There must be another 50.

(5 * 5 * 5) - (5 * 5) = 100
(5 + 5 + 5 + 5) * 5 = 100
5! - 5 - 5 - 5 - 5 = 100
5! - (5 + 5 + 5 + 5) = 100
5 * 5 * (5 - 5 / 5) = 100
5! - 5 * (5 - 5 / 5) = 100
5 * 5 * (5 - (5 - 5)!) = 100
(5 + 5) ^ ((5 + 5) / 5) = 100


Ben, the head dog at the north pole, had three sons. One was named mo, the other curly. What is the third dogs name


Joe Doe works for a packaging company. One day, he received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labelled

There is a missing number in the table below.

.4…. 5… 6… 7… 8.. 9
61. 52..63..94..46..__

What number goes in the blank box


"How are we to seat them within our only 8 remaining spaces?" frowned the manager of the theatre. Everyone was well aware of the problems of these eight people. They came as a group, but each person loathed one or two of the other people and could not stand to be near them.

The assistant manager gestured to the plan of seats remaining. "I have made eight counters to represent each of the people in this group. I have numbered them logically. Person 1 and 8 only hate 2 and 7 respectively. All the others hate the numbers on either side of them." He rubbed his chin in thought, "the only problem is how can we arrange them so that no-one is right next to anyone they hate


There is a number made of eleven tens of thousands, eleven thousands, eleven hundreds, and eleven units.

What is that number


Place the counters 1 to 8 in a grid 2.4.2.
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Such that no two consecutive numbers are adjacent to one another horizontally, vertically nor diagonally.



Alice, Barbara, Claire, Daniel and Edward are discussing the result of the card game of the previous night.

Person #1 (woman): "Claire is single. The sisters and brothers all together totalled a loss of £9."

Person #2 (man): "My wife and I have lost a total of £1."

Person #3 (woman): "My sisters-in-law, all together, have lost £2."

Person #4 (man): "My brother-in-law and I have managed to lose £12 all together."

Person #5 (woman): "My result combined with that of Alice - who is Daniel's wife and an only child - is overall positive."


How much has each of them won or lost

number 18 goes to blank box

1,8,3,5,2,6,4,7

there is no chance that exactly three packages are labeled correctly

_ 4 6 _
7 1 8 2
_ 3 5 _

"number 18 goes to blank box"
"there is no chance that exactly three packages are labelled correctly"

MyO , you are far to clever. Just when I thought I had you all beat.
By the way, how are you doing in the ?'soccer' match in Europe? I think you are a fan.

Due to confusion in the local office, the A to No Computer Terms!

• BACKUP - What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods.
• BAR CODE - Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern.
• BUG - The reason you give for calling in sick.
• BYTE - What your pit bull dun to cusin Jethro.
• CACHE - Needed when you run out of food stamps.
• CHIP - Pasture muffins that you try not to step in.
• TERMINAL - Time to call the undertaker.
• CRASH - When you go to Junior's party uninvited.
• DIGITAL - The art of counting on your fingers.
• DISKETTE - Female Disco dancer.
• FAX - What you lie about to the IRS.
• HACKER - Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking.
• HARDCOPY - Picture looked at when selecting tattoos.
• INTERNET - Where cafeteria workers put their hair.
• KEYBOARD - Where you hang the keys to the John Deere.
• MAC - Big Bubba's favorite fast food.
• MEGAHERTZ - How your head feels after 17 beers.
• MODEM - What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall.
• MOUSE PAD - Where Mickey and Minnie live.
• NETWORK - Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line.
• ONLINE - Where to stay when taking the sobriety test.
• ROM - Where the pope lives.
• SCREEN - Helps keep the skeeters off the porch.
• SERIAL PORT - A red wine you drink with breakfast.
• SUPERCONDUCTOR - Amtrak's Employee of the year.
• SCSI - What you call your week-old underwear.

Annoying riddles.

A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys.
How can this be possible


What has wheels and flies (not an airplane)


What happens when you throw a white rock into the Red Sea


What is the greatest worldwide use of cowhide


What's the difference between here and there


Only for the brave.
Here is a rather simple question with a "yes" or "no" answer. It just happens to be phrased in a roundabout way, but that shouldn't disturb you if you find a way to reduce it to it's fundamentals:

"If the puzzle you solved before you solved the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, was harder than the puzzle you solved after you solved the puzzle you solved before you solved this one, was the puzzle you solved before you solved this one harder than this one?"

Yes or no

Rich, right on. It is good to see you turning into a true riddler, and one of the few to have thanked someone for their assistance, how are you doing with the fire and water problems?

Can I assume they were the only ones playing, therefore a+b+c+d+e=0??



Can I assume this is a flaw in the riddle? shouldn't it be brother (note singular) and sisters? If four of them are married and two are sisters and at least one man is related to the sisters, we'd have to assume incest to make the brotherS and sisters statment right.


If both those assumptions are correct, I come up with:

Alice (#3) +14
Barbara (#1) +4
Claire (#5) -6
Daniel (#4) -7
Edward (#2) -5

thanks, tryon! to be honest, I never went back to that site, I got hooked here

She has eight children and 4 are boys? you didn't say she *just* had 7.




A horse driven carriage?



I'd imagine it would sink




Protect a cow's insides?




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