The worlds first riddle!

Oh how I've waited for this day...

9801 (2025 and 3025 can't be uniquely identified by the last digit only).

Nice job, markr, that's what I got, too.

(Just letting you know, so that your post would not just be hanging there with zero acknowledgement. )

Hey, hold up there partner; to say, 'nice job Mark' is my job!

Let's get some ground rules straight from the get go:

Número uno. I post up an impossible puzzle, Mark answers it over coffee, allowing himself enough time to complete the New York Times crossword.

Rule to. Check spelling and grammer then go>to ruel won.

Nevertheless, you will find me magnanimous in defeat and I therefore concede that you both made a lucky guess and came up with the correct answer.

By the way, " ...hanging there with zero acknowledgement."

Zero is a number is it not, thus by definition- Mark had a number of acknowledgements!
Quid pro quo.



However, before I forget my manners may I welcome ( fill name in here ) to the red hot Riddles thread. Your confirmation was admirable and even though I have never been in the Navy do you know how difficult it is to get on the net when working at -400 feet?

I feel I must warn you that this thread is not for wimps or tree huggers, No Sir-ee Bob , only red necks, hillbillies and bayou folk are allowed. Iffin you meet the strict criteria and have a pretty sister - welcome! If not; mind the door don't...


Mark old buddy, how good it is to see you again, I hope you and the family are well and prospering despite the unfavourable economic conditions. Do you still manage to find time to play squash?

I would call round to buy you both a drink but I forgot your house number and I have to check your age, so grab a calculator and let's run through some numbers...

Enter your house number.
Double it.
Add 42.
Multiply by 50.
Subtract the year of your birth. (All four digits).
subtract 50.
Add the number of birthdays you have had this year. i.e. 0 or 1.
Then subtract 40 from the total...

The last two digits are your age and the rest no matter how long are your house number.
Am I correct or what!

Apart from the fact that you are both old enough to drink; can you tell me how this works?



Wait up! I don't get paid $200,000 per annum by A2K to ask such easy questions...

Try to get your head round this problem...

Due to the increased A2K membership our bountiful leader leads us to a new star and the forum begins to settle, this star is named Dunroming.

However the chief moderators of the 20 Groups can't agree and setup on the nearest planets, all of which are in circular orbits spaced out at distances of 1, 2, 3, ......20 astral units from Dunroming.

Now, to keep the planets computers running and to supply software updates the old Dunroming space droid travels at one astral unit per day and due to a programming malfunction visits the planets in the order1-2-1-3-1-4...1-20-1.

Every whatever years the planets fall into an alignment that allows the droid to fly back and forth along a single straight line staying on the same side. Ignoring the time taken to land, deliver, have a coffee and take off etc, and assume each planet is a point and nothing gets in the way.

How long does the a2k droid take to complete a full system update?

<swoons>

love it when you and markr talk geek

I once visited the hamlet of Duffus after I was done roaming!

The question and answer are both the same.
The question: What was the question and answer?
The answer: What was the question and answer?
xD I didn't read all of it.. only the question xP

Wow! You remembered squash. As a matter of fact, I still play - however not as often or as well as I used to.

The house number/age calculation boils down to this:

age*100 + 2010-birthdate (age at the end of 2010) + 1 if you had a birthday already in 2011.

However, I'm 101; so it didn't work for me. ;>)

Dunroming question:
It's probably a multiple of "whatever" years.

The question is whether or not he jokes and knows the truth.

The answer is he doesn't know the truth and does not know how to jest.

The first part of the riddle refers to the future question which is at the end of the second part.

The second refers to the answer to the question which is in the first part?

Quote:
"The EGREGIOUSLY ERRONEOUS ONE"
You beaut Sheila, I love it when you sweet talk!

LOL crafted, "It was one of Tryagain's first and only mistakes."

May I suggest that if I am to be pilloried on the altar of public discontent let it be known that it was not 'one of' as it was the only.

Furthermore it would remove a burr from my saddle blanket if we could agree that 'first' at the very least denotes a second or successive occurrence, therefore I would suggest 'one and only'.

Last but not least, the plural of mistake is now rendered superfluous.
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.


HI and welcome hellz avenger and crayon851. You both make a compelling assessment which time will judge.

Dunroming

The trips out are 1+2+...+19 = 19*20/2 = 190.
The trips back are the same.
Therefore the total is 380.

Note that although the planets have lined up, since they are still orbiting, the droid's trip is actually longer.

Do you ever speak English?? I will never understand you

I'VE GOT SOME NEW RIDDLES!

1. I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What Am I?

2.I am always hungry; I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What Am I?

3.What's smaller than a ant's mouth?

MYSTERY RIDDLE

Detective Wesley carefully examined the scene before him. He was in a hotel room about 3 miles from the victim's home. The victim's body lay in front of him peacefully on the bed. It was January 7th, 3:15 PM, the body was discovered by a hotel maid. The man's name was Sean Donovin. He was in his late twenties, a successful business owner, a Sunday school teacher, and was soon to be married. The detective shook his head in disgust. He whispered to himself, "Why would anyone commit suicide when they had everything going for them?"

The detective saw this as suspicious. The only potential suspects would have to be people he trusted. According to testimony from his coworkers and friends, he only trusted 3 people: his sister, Hannah, who was very close with the victim and who often assisted him while he taught at the local church; his brother, John, who owned a smaller, semi-successful business; and his fiance, Jenna.

The apparent cause of death was by injection of poison. At least his death was peaceful, the detective thought. The detective continued to search the hotel room, when he stumbled upon a suicide note. It read:

Jan 04/2009 4:10 AM

My loved ones,

Jenna, Sis, John, I would just like to tell you how sorry I am. Blame God for why I am to die today. Blame Him. Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you. Do not mourn my death. Please move on.

Goodbye,

Sean


The detective saw this letter as somewhat suspicious. His last words were abrupt, almost impersonal. Why would a Sunday school teacher blame God?

The body was taken in for medical examination. Days later, the coroner would determine that the body died from a poison which killed instantly. The coroner would also determine that the body was only dead a mere 3 hours before it was discovered.

The detective then realized that the date and time used on the note were completely false. All 3 of those mentioned in the letter agreed the handwriting was indeed Sean's.

The detective realized that the identity of the murderer was given inside the suicide note. After a thorough examination of the note, Detective Wesley quickly arrested the murderer.

Who was it?

No Cheating!! No Google!

1. piano
2. fire
3. whatever the ant eats

"Jenna, Sis" is a play on Genesis. Nothing else jumps out at me.

His brother killed him

Genesis 4:9, 4:10

Correcto!!

Yep! Haha! You're smart!

Emily was sitting at her study table, home alone, on a cold and stormy night. Her parents had taken a flight earlier in the morning to Australia as her grandmother had passed away. She had wanted to follow her parents but she had an important English examination the next day which she could not miss.

The storm was getting heavier by the minute and the wind was howling outside. All this noise made it very hard for her to concentrate. She was on the verge of dozing off when she was shaken alert by a sudden "THUD!" She dismissed it as a window which had been slammed shut by the wind.

She tried to concentrate on her books when she heard faint footsteps. Emily got out of her room and looked around when suddenly, without warning, she was grabbed by the neck. She tried to scream but it came out as a mere whimper as the intruder was pressing hard against her throat with his arm. She tried to free herself from his grip but to no avail.

"Give me all your money!" growled the man who had grabbed her from behind.

"Th-there is none h-here! Please ll-let me go!" cried Emily.

"Don't LIE TO ME!" screamed the increasingly agitated man. She felt the man strengthen his grip around her neck. She said nothing and a few seconds passed by in silence. Suddenly the phone rang which alerted both of them.

"People will get suspicious if I don't answer the phone," said Emily, with a controlled voice. The intruder let her go.

"Alright, but NO funny business, or ELSE!" said the nervous intruder. Emily walked toward the phone. She took a deep breath and calmed herself. She picked up the phone.

"Hey Em! How's the revision going?" said the caller.

"Hey Anna. Thanks for the call. Hey you know those Science notes I lent you last week? Well I really need them back. It would be a great help to me. It's an emergency, so if you could give me them tomorrow it would be great. Please hurry in finding the notes. I need to get back to my books now. Bye," Emily said. She hung up the phone.

"It was wise of you not to say anything," said the intruder, although he was more than a bit confused by her conversation.

"Now TELL ME WHERE THE MONEY IS KEPT!" screamed the thief.

"It...it's...in my dad's room. The first room on the right. Third drawer," said Emily.

"SHOW me!" said the man, and removed his grip around her neck. She took a big gulp of air and nearly fell. She swallowed hard and said a silent prayer. She walked slowly, in silence, toward her father's room. All of a sudden, they heard police sirens. The intruder froze in his footsteps. He ran to the nearest window and jumped out of it.

Emily ran outside in time to see the intruder being escorted into the car. She saw Anna and she ran toward her and hugged her.

"Smart kids," said the policeman.

What had happened?

Hint:
Read the conversation carefully and think outside the box.

Perhaps she never lent her any science notes. That combined with, "It's an emergency...," would probably get most people to suspect that something was wrong.