The worlds first riddle!

"She falls backwards into her apartment" lucky her.


"If about turn means what I think it means East" It sure do.

A car's odometer shows 72927 miles

Then you add………………………11 miles
Total……………………………...72938

Equals = 73037 (Right answer though)

Kev, get some new batteries for your calculator. The number is 110. Or, did you keep the 0 for the riddle? :wink:

"Apart from the first line "O" fits, pronounced "nothing"

Quote Kray, "woke up at 3 in the after noon" Man, that's just the sort of job I want. Do you want a trainee?

"I would give the guy that lost the bet 100 dollars if he could make his house jump"


I came, attacked, enslaved seasons and regions.

I am:

Hint :Famous person, first and foremost. Call that a salad?


As you all find the questions so easy, try some for which I have no answer. Do you?

At one point, a remote island's population of chameleons was divided as follows:
• 13 red chameleons
• 15 green chameleons
• 17 blue chameleons
each time two different colour chameleons would meet, they would change their colour to the third one. (i.e.. If green meets red, they both change their colour to blue.) Is it ever possible for all chameleons to become the same colour?

Why or why not

A line of 100 airline passengers is waiting to board a plane. They each hold a ticket to one of the 100 seats on that flight. (For convenience, let's say that the nth passenger in line has a ticket for the seat number n.)
Unfortunately, the first person in line is crazy, and will ignore the seat number on their ticket, picking a random seat to occupy. All of the other passengers are quite normal, and will go to their proper seat unless it is already occupied. If it is occupied, they will then find a free seat to sit in, at random.

What is the probability that the last (100th) person to board the plane will sit in their proper seat (#100)

This is a re-working of an old problem. This time it can be done in 11 moves, or can it

Problem: three cannibals and three anthropologists have to cross a river. The boat they have is only big enough for two people. if at any point in time there are more cannibals on one side of the river than anthropologists, the cannibals will eat them. What plan can the anthropologists use for crossing the river so they don't get eaten?
A = Anthropologist
C = Cannibal
++= Boat

river
AAA |============|
|++ |
CCC |============|

need to make it
river
|============| AAA
| ++|
|============| CCC
Note that if you violate the "anthropologists > cannibals" rule at any point in time, it is illegal.. for example if a boat with a cannibal and an anthropologist travels to a shore with one cannibal on it, then # cannibals > # anthropologists, even if you say the anthropologist immediately takes the boat back.

Let W be the west shore which they are all on. Let E be the east shore where they want to go.

Ps. Quote MyO, "Here comes Bubba with (the) two a$$ holes" (Meaning his two friends of ?'coarse')

heh yeah i had to go in at 5pm to 10. so i decided to sleep in

i think the "I came, attacted" one is cesar

chameleons.. hmmm i would say that it is not possible for them all to be the same color because if all but one were the same color the last one would meet one of the other ones and change to a different color than both of them.
its starting to sound kinda funny.. im just picturing red green and blue chameleons.

for the passenger one. wouldnt it be 1 in 99 because the first passenger alread had a seat but if he didnt sit in his then the chance that he will sit in that guys seat is 1 in 99.

The chameleons cannot become the same colour with that initial distribution.

If there were 12 red, 15 green and 18 blue you could do it.

Quote Kray, ""I came, attacked" one is cesar"

We have a winner, the first person in the world to answer.

I Came, Attacked, Enslaved Seasons And Regions. = I Caesar.

"chameleons.. hmmm i would say that it is not possible for them all to be the same color"

Adrian has spoken "The chameleons cannot become the same colour with that initial distribution"


I think they are both right. Anyone disagree?


A hole leading in, a hole leading out, we connect to a cavern that is slimy all throughout.

I am



A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible


A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three.
Break the walls, eat the boarders, and then throw me away.

What am I



A king decided to let a prisoner try to escape the prison with his life. The king placed 2 marbles in a jar that was glued to a table. One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be blue.

If the prisoner could pick the blue marble, he would escape the prison with his life. If he picked the black marble, he would be executed. However, the king was very mean, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no blue marbles. The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jars.

If the jar was not see-through and the jar was glued to the table and that the prisoner was mute so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life


Last, but not least

Can you arrange seven hockey pucks in six rows so that there will be exactly three hockey pucks in each row

Note; this riddle may be attempted with a dime or a quarter etc if you don't have the necessary number of pucks. Although why anyone wouldn't have seven pucks is unknown to me.

A hole leading in, a hole leading out, we connect to a cavern that is slimy all throughout.

I am the digestive system, starting at the mouth and well, I'm sure you can finish the rest.

A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 ...

the two legs that go further could have a larger span of step


A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three.
Break the walls, eat the boarders, and then throw me away.

hmmm im gonna go with a penut, and yes i have seen some 3 nut penuts lol

A king decided to let a prisoner try to escape.... I'm still thinking about this one, I sort of think I have heard somthing like it before. but I didnt notice that it went from 2 marbles in a jar to 2 marbles in the jar"s".


Can you arrange seven hockey pucks in six rows... no, no I cannot. unless of course u mean not at the same time.

Holey tomalley, what's this Kray up and about before midday? Smoke me a kipper. :wink:

"I am the digestive system" Well Doc, I was thinking more nose but your answer fits just as well.

"the two legs that go further could have a larger span of step"

That reminds me of the riddle, "How many legs does a horse have?" Answer ?'6' Forelegs at the front and two at the back.

I keep getting complaints that the answers are posted before some folk in the world have had a chance to ?'have a go'. Therefore, may I ask for clarification of "two legs that go further could have a larger span of step"

Which two legs and why?

"hmmm im gonna go with a peanut, and yes i have seen some 3 nut peanuts"

I never thought anyone would get that, that fast.

"no, no I cannot. unless of course u mean not at the same time."

Sure, all at the same time. If I can do it anyone with an IQ above 7 can solve it.


WITM_ITS

What is the missing letter in this sequence


Cross out six letters and you'll find a word that we should know. The word must be spelled out in order.

SBAIXNLETATNERSAS


Did you know that if you live within 5 miles of a cemetery you can't be buried there?

Why


Four men were in a boat on the lake.
The boat turns over,
and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake,
yet not a single man got wet!

Why

two legs that go further could have a larger span of step

i would say it would be the hind legs... because they bring them up further than they do the front...

Cross out six letters and you'll find a word that we should know

BANANAS

Did you know that if you live within 5 miles of a cemetery you can't be buried there? Because burieing someone alive is murder

Four men were in a boat on the lake.
The boat turns over,
and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake,
yet not a single man got wet!

two ways to answer it lol.... u could say that they are all married.. there for not single... or since 4 of them sank they were not alone there for not a single man sank. lol

Sure, all at the same time. If I can do it anyone with an IQ above 7 can solve it.

does 6.9 count?

Horses legs; To make any difference the horse would have to be going round in circles, track, ring etc. Then the outside legs would travel further than the nearside.


BANANAS Clever.

Did you know that if you live within 5 miles of a cemetery you can't be buried there? Because burieing someone alive is murder

Four men were in a boat on the lake.
The boat turns over,
and all four men sink to the bottom of the lake,
yet not a single man got wet!

two ways to answer it lol.... u could say that they are all married.. there for not single... or since 4 of them sank they were not alone there for not a single man sank. lol

I love those answers. I only have the first, but I think the other is better.


"does 6.9 count?" Yes, just before seven. :wink: (Rebus)


You have 20 blue balls and 14 red balls in a bag. You put your hand in and remove 2 at a time. if they're of the same colour, you add a blue ball to the bag. if they're of different colours, you add a red ball to the bag.

(Assume you have a big supply of blue & red balls for this purpose. note: when you take the two balls out, you don't put them back in, so the number of balls in the bag keeps decreasing).

What will be the colour of the last ball left in the bag

Once you tackle that, what if there are 20 blue balls and 13 red balls to start with


I flip a penny and a dime and hide the result from you. "one of the coins came up heads".

What is the chance that the other coin also came up heads


If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many hens does it take to lay six eggs in six days


A train engine that was pulling over a hundred cars loaded with freight came to a stop at a junction. The engine detached and a new train engine backed up and coupled onto the long line of freight cars. The new engine then tried to move forward. It tried several times, using full throttle, but was unable to budge the long line of heavy freight cars.

The engineer put the train into reverse, backed up a few feet, and then tried to move forward. The train then moved down the track, pulling the long line of freight cars behind it without any problem.

How

Well, I'd go ahead and answer them but like you said, other poeple want a try. So I'll wait untill tomorrow. Good luck all

If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many hens does it take to lay six eggs in six days

6?

You have 20 blue balls and 14 red balls in a bag. You put your hand in and remove 2 at a time. if they're of the same colour, you add a blue ball to the bag. if they're of different colours, you add a red ball to the bag.

(Assume you have a big supply of blue & red balls for this purpose. note: when you take the two balls out, you don't put them back in, so the number of balls in the bag keeps decreasing).

What will be the colour of the last ball left in the bag

a blue one

Quote Magnum,

"6" Nice
"a blue one" Even nicer


Outstanding problems;

WITM_ITS

what is the missing letter in this sequence

Can you arrange seven hockey pucks in six rows so that there will be exactly three hockey pucks in each row

Note; this riddle may be attempted with a dime or a quarter etc if you don't have the necessary number of pucks. (No tricks, just thought)

A king decided to let a prisoner try to escape the prison with his life. The king placed 2 marbles in a jar that was glued to a table. One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be blue.

If the prisoner could pick the blue marble, he would escape the prison with his life. If he picked the black marble, he would be executed. However, the king was very mean, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no blue marbles. The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jars.

If the jar was not see-through and the jar was glued to the table and that the prisoner was mute so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life


A train engine that was pulling over a hundred cars loaded with freight came to a stop at a junction. The engine detached and a new train engine backed up and coupled onto the long line of freight cars. The new engine then tried to move forward. It tried several times, using full throttle, but was unable to budge the long line of heavy freight cars.

The engineer put the train into reverse, backed up a few feet, and then tried to move forward. The train then moved down the track, pulling the long line of freight cars behind it without any problem.

How


Professor Rebus selects two students at random from his class. He proposed a simple game: Both students put their wallets on the table. The money is to be counted and whoever has the most money of the two has to give it to the other.

The two students are given a little time for consideration.
Mr Straus reasons that, if he loses, he will lose the money that he has in his wallet, but, if he wins, he knows that he will win more than that amount. What he stands to gain is greater that what he stands to lose. As he reasons his chances of winning must be 50%, he decides that he should play the game.

However, Ms Morris, the other student, uses the same reasoning. She believes that her chances of winning are as good as those of Mr Straus and that, if she loses, she only loses the amount of money in her wallet, but that if she wins she wins more than she has in her wallet.
How can the game be to the advantage of both Mr Straus and Ms Morris

Try.

The way train brakes work the slack is automatically run in every time the train stops. The brakes do not all apply at the same time. The brakes come on from the locomotive and then back through each car progressively.

Just a small quibble.

A king decided to let a prisoner try to escape the prison with his life. The king placed 2 marbles in a jar that was glued to a table. One of the marbles was supposed to be black, and one was supposed to be blue.

If the prisoner could pick the blue marble, he would escape the prison with his life. If he picked the black marble, he would be executed. However, the king was very mean, and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars and no blue marbles. The prisoner witnessed the king only putting 2 black marbles in the jars.

If the jar was not see-through and the jar was glued to the table and that the prisoner was mute so he could not say anything, how did he escape with his life


he must pick a marble and it must not be seen by the people, so he puts that marble in his pocket or something, then he takes out the second marble en shows it to the people wich is off course a black one, and logically the first one he took out must be blue.

And freedom lies ahead

WITM_ITS

what is the missing letter in this sequence?

L.


Whim

Adrian wrote, "The way train brakes work the slack is automatically run in every time the train stops. (Not in all cases or gradients)

The brakes do not all apply at the same time. The brakes come on from the locomotive and then back through each car progressively.
(Again it would depend not only on the type of engine, age etc. But on the type of wagon)

Just a small quibble. (That is very restrained and due to a hangover, much appreciated. So much that you may notice no mention of Dingo jokes) :wink:

The point of the question is; Take two identical engines, one could pull the load; the other could not move them. What happens at the start, to make such a difference?

Quote Magnum, "He must pick a marble and it must not be seen by the people, so he puts that marble in his pocket or something, then he takes out the second marble en shows it to the people which is off course a black one, and logically the first one he took out must be blue.

And freedom lies ahead" A true genius.

Whim, yes Whim wrote, (what is the missing letter in this sequence?) "L."

Like ?'L' it is. :wink:

Can you now go back and answer your ?'Rebus' question please?

A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink is very well known, but is rarely consumed, served warm and taken straight from its source. The man is a sucker for a free drink, especially since he can't live without it.

What is his favourite drink



A man was digging and found a block of ice with two people in it. Immediately, he knew it was Adam and Eve.

How did he know


A man was going on a one-way bus trip. He intended to ride for a certain distance, get off the bus and walk back to town.

If the bus travels at a rate of nine miles per hour and he was to jog back to town at a rate of three miles per hour, how far would he ride so that he'd be back in eight hours



A mother has six children and five potatoes. How can she feed each an equal amount of potatoes
Do not use fractions.



A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Dave was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Dave have to paint the number nine


One for Whim, who I am told is good at numbers. :wink:

The sequence of digits
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 ...
Is obtained by writing the positive integers in order. If the 10^n th digit in this sequence occurs in the part of the sequence in which the m-digit numbers are placed, define f(n) to be m. For example f(2) = 2 because the 100th digit enters the sequence in the placement of the two-digit integer 55. Find, with proof, f.

A new medical building containing 100 offices had just been completed. Dave was hired to paint the numbers 1 to 100 on the doors. How many times will Dave have to paint the number nine

20 times

"20 times"

You were supposed to say 9 or 10 like everybody else. However, no matter how hard I try I cannot count as many as 20. perhaps you could point out the ones you counted.

maybe you should seek 100 doors and paint the numebrs yourself ;-)

"maybe you should seek 100 doors and paint the numbers yourself"

Thank you Magnum a great idea. Luckily my house has 99 doors and I did what you suggested and I can now confirm; your earlier answer of 20 is indeed correct. :wink: Can you now advise on a good paint stripper.

Digging deep into my bag of tricks I have a selection of real brain bashers, which I hope will be able to answer the question; East or West, who is best?

This is not a race, just put a (E) or (W) depending on where you are in relation to GMT. If you agree with an answer (If there is one) say so, if not, say why.


Given the following sentences:
The number of times the digit 0 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 1 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 2 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 3 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 4 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 5 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 6 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 7 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 8 appears in this puzzle is _____.
The number of times the digit 9 appears in this puzzle is _____.

Complete these sentences with digits until they are all true.


Below are a number of statements:

1. Precisely one of these statements is untrue.
2. Precisely two of these statements are untrue.
3. Precisely three of these statements are untrue.
4. Precisely four of these statements are untrue.
5. Precisely five of these statements are untrue.
6. Precisely six of these statements are untrue.
7. Precisely seven of these statements are untrue.
8. Precisely eight of these statements are untrue.
9. Precisely nine of these statements are untrue.
10. Precisely ten of these statements are untrue.


Which are true