The worlds first riddle!

WORM
37 days (and 36 nights)

ROMAN NUMERALS
The single continuous line (curve) was an "S" in front of IX making SIX.

Mark writes;

WORM
37 days (and 36 nights)

ROMAN NUMERALS
The single continuous line (curve) was an "S" in front of IX making SIX.



I am not an insect. However, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are not gold.

Who am I


At a local bar, three friends, Mr. Green, Mr. Red and Mr. Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit.

"Have you noticed," said the man the blue suit, "that although our suits have colours corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?"

Mr. Red looked at the other two and said, "You're absolutely correct."

What colour suit is each man wearing


Did I ask this before?
Tom rode his bicycle 300 miles. Three tires were used equally in accumulating this distance. How many miles of wear did each tire sustain


Richard was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Richard clung to the horse's ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Richard saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked.

Flailing his arms about, he accidentally caused the horse to come to an abrupt halt. What could bouncing Richard have done to make the horse stop

Answers:

1)Rasputin

2)Mr Green - green, Mr Red - red, Mr Blue - blue. Not one, but all of them were wearing suits that matched their names. Of course, it could also be other pemutations if we shift each color over one.

3)Each tire had 66 2/3 miles

4) The horse had blinders?

SUITS
Red wears green, Green wears blue, Blue wears red.

TIRES
200 miles

Hi s1391470. Welcome to A2K and to the riddles forum. A very brave first post, and I am pleased to say you have a 50% success rate. As does Mark for this section. When it comes to Math we never argue with Mark. I hope you stick around and come up with a few puzzles yourself.

"Rasputin"
"The horse had blinders?"

Richard accidentally put his hands over the horse's eyes. If a horse can't see he will automatically stop.


SUITS
"Red wears green, Green wears blue, Blue wears red."


Since none of the men are wearing the color of suit that corresponds to their names, and Mr. Red was replying to the man in the blue suit, it had to be Mr. Green to whom he replied. We then know that Mr.Green is wearing a blue suit. Therefore, Mr. Red is wearing a green suit and Mr. Blue is wearing a red suit.

TIRES
"200 miles"


200 miles. For every mile travelled, each of the two tires sustained one mile of usage. Therefore, in a total of 300 miles travelled, there would be a total of 600 miles of wear. And 600 divided by three is 200.




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


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


Arl Jones introduced Roger Smith to his friend as his ?'Uncle Roger'. Roger Smith introduced Arl Jones to his friend as his ?'Uncle Carl'.

"If you are uncles to each other," queried one of the friends, "you must also be nephews to each other."

"That's correct," replied Arl.

Since there has been no breach of marriage law, how can you explain such a relationship


David's father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and _____

Packages:
Zero chance of three correctly labeled and one mislabeled.

David:
Snap, Crackle and David

DOGS
Yes, What is the third dog's name.

UNCLES
X's parent's sister married Y, so Y is X's uncle.
Y's parent's sister married X, so X is Y's uncle.

It becomes blindingly clear that, I cannot ?'fool' anyone, as the following answers prove.

Merlin:
Packages:
Zero chance of three correctly labelled and one mislabelled.

David:
Snap, Crackle and David (Damnation, you were supposed to say ?'Pop')


Mark:
DOGS
Yes, What is the third dog's name.

UNCLES
X's parent's sister married Y, so Y is X's uncle.
Y's parent's sister married X, so X is Y's uncle.

In English I think Mark means:

Two men, A and B marry each other's mother. One son was born to each marriage, in this case, Arl Jones and Roger Smith. Arl's father is A, and his half brother is B. Also, Roger's father is B, and his half brother is A; therefore, Arl and Roger are both uncle and nephew to each other.


Time for revenge.

Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white, felled by three eyes, black as night.

What's going on here


Abbie promised to take her daughter Lecky shopping on the day before the fourth day after the day after tomorrow. If today is Sunday the 3rd.

On what day and date will Lecky take Abbie shopping


Where you live, does the law allow Peter Schmidt to marry his widow's sister


First ask your mother if you can play with crayons, then draw four rectangles on a piece of paper. Put nine x's in the four rectangles so that there is an uneven number of x's in each rectangle.


Good luck, you will need it.

White Soldiers:
Nice strike.

Shopping:
They would go shopping in five days, so Friday the 8th.

Marriage:
It is usually difficult to get a marriage license and a death certificate for the same person.

Merlin's up to his Adrianisms again!

RECTANGLES
One large rectangle contains three smaller rectangles. Each small rectangle contains three Xs. Therefore, the large rectangle contains nine Xs.

Merlin, who must get up early writes;

White Soldiers:
Nice strike.


This answer is noticed by a passing stranger who states, "Merlin's up to his Adrianisms again!"

Fancy having a ?'ism' named after you. Kinda cute.

Shopping:
They would go shopping in five days, so Friday the 8th.

I am sorry to inform you that the ?'committee' has deducted you half a point, due to the fact that, "There is no way to know when Lecky will take Abbie shopping. However, Abbie will take Lecky shopping on Friday the 8th"


Marriage:
It is usually difficult to get a marriage license and a death certificate for the same person.

I did not know there was any difference. I thought to get married was a death sentence. :wink:


Mark at last got up, and neatly answered the last question. Which I thought rather tricky. Shows how wrong one can be. I was going to leave it there. However, as it would appear nothing much else is about so, read the next lot and weep.





Even though the odds are always in favour of the gambling house, why does the establishment insist on a house limit on stakes


I say, "In certain circumstances four can be half of five".
Is this statement True or False


Beorge, Helen, and Steve are drinking coffee.
Keort, Karen, and Davie are drinking soda.
Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda



He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six.

What am I

"He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six."


A vowel

"Using logic, is Elizabeth drinking coffee or soda"


All people who drink coffEE have two E's in their name. So she is a coffee drinker.


Whim

Gambling:
Odds favo(u)r the house, but do not guarantee that the house will win (the house will win over a long series, but a large individual bet could break the bank).

I'm glad I got up after Merlin because I'd have given the same answer to the shopping question.

Also, I'm sorry to hear that Try has been committed.

Whim, it is good to see you back, and on top form.

"He has one and a person has two, a citizen has three and a human being has four, a personality has five and an inhabitant of earth has six."

A vowel

All people who drink coffEE have two E's in their name. So she is a coffee drinker.


Moving swiftly along to Merlin who writes:

Gambling:
"Odds favo(u)r the house, but do not guarantee that the house will win (the house will win over a long series, but a large individual bet could break the bank). "

Whilst I have, "Every casino in the world would go bankrupt without a house limit on stakes. Without it, gamblers would keep doubling their stakes until they won. No matter how bad a losing streak they were on, they would eventually win."


Last, but not least Mark said, "I'm glad I got up after Merlin because I'd have given the same answer to the shopping question."

Thank you Mark, you too have been deducted a half point. :wink:


Merlin rejoins the fray and showing great concern writes, "I'm sorry to hear that Try has been committed. "

May I thank you for your kind words. My Doctor thinks if I double the medication, I will be out of here in no time. Although the padded cell is comfortable, it is most difficult to type with a straight-jacket on.

I also noticed that you only managed 3 out of four. It was the 4 out of 5 that puzzled you.




"A balm can do everything for good health. I jog, kids laugh. Many notoriously overweight people quit. Research shows, time undermines values, which x-rays your zeal."

Leaving aside grammar and punctuation, and using logic. Is there anything unusual about the above sentence




Hi! Ma and Pa told me I'd better say that all the two-letter words in this paragraph have something in common ...... or else!

What's the common factor here


How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line:
5+5+5=550

Can you figure it out


What do you add to "one" to make it disappear


What is one thing that all wise men,
regardless of their religion or politics,
agree is between heaven and earth

I'm afraid I must respectfully disagree. Your argument assumes that the gambler has an infinite amount of money, while the house's resources are limited.

One line:
5+5+5 (inequality sign) 550

Disappearing "one":
Add an "n"

5+5+5=550

Add one straight line to the +, to get 545+5=550
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It would be interesting if we would try to find new equations where also one straight line must be added or removed.

here are two examples:
III = IX - XII
V = XI / VIII


whim

Hey! How about a point for honesty?

UNUSUAL SENTENCE
The first letters of the words are A-Z.

ONE
Add 'N' to make one none.