The worlds first riddle!

MIDAS:
I get coins divided equally at least through room 930 (Excel started complaining after that).

Solution:
Let number of rooms = x
Let number of coins = y
y=x^3 (number of rooms times boxes per room times coins per box)
The number of coins after one box removed for the barber: x^3-x.
If x^3-x modulo 6=0 then coins are divided equally among the six sons.

Example:

1. If # of rooms = 5 then total coins=125 (5 rooms, each with 5 boxes, each with 5 coins).
2. Removing one box results in 120 coins.
3. Each son gets 20 coins.

MIDAS
Yep. I misread 'one box to the barber' as 'one coin to the barber.'

X^3 mod 6 = X Therefore, X^3-X mod 6 = 0.

A fair division is always possible.

FARMER
36 days

1. There are no Jews in the kitchen;
2. No Gentiles say "shpoonj";
3. My servants are all in the kitchen.

My servants do not say "shpoonj."

483 623 S56 023
6A7 224 368 F8
276 545 T621 45
82E 857 339 Y75



There is Safety in numbers


Whim

DIFFERENT
Your presents are not made of tin.

The potatoes in this dish are old.

MR. & MRS. A
Both are normal because neither can be a Knave.

Nice. I was looking for something about fate (F8).

Merlin comes up with the first answer,

"My servants do not say "shpoonj."


Whim cracks unsolvable riddle:
483 623 S56 023
6A7 224 368 F8
276 545 T621 45
82E 857 339 Y75



There is 'Safety' in numbers. But then if it was unsolvable he would not have been able to solve it.


I thought these were going to be a problem. However, Mark proved me wrong. (again)

DIFFERENT
Your presents are not made of tin.

The potatoes in this dish are old.

MR. & MRS. A
Both are normal because neither can be a Knave.



1. No ducks waltz;
2. No officers ever decline to waltz;
3. All my poultry are ducks.


1. Every one who is sane can do Logic;
2. No lunatics are fit to serve on a jury;
3. None of your sons can do Logic.


1. There are no pencils of mine in this box;
2. No sugar-plums of mine are cigars;
3. The whole of my property, that is not in the box, consists of cigars.


killer-diller ditloids (With a little clue)
:wink:
17 I T CR O 4913 - is the 4913

SL T 8 M A 14 S T R T E - Sun#Earth

T RN I 4145 M L - 4145 miles

12 I A H O T BS - 12 Scale

206 B I T H B - (last)body

20 B I A N - bottles

4 F O A P - 4 faces

176 V I T L P (I T HB) - 176 (in the Holy Bible)

300 C W T L O T A - 300 cubits

SL T 8 M A 14 S T R T E - Sun#Earth
Sunlight takes 8 minutes and 14 seconds to reach the Earth.

206 B I T H B - (last)body
206 bones in the human body

20 B I A N - bottles
20 bottles in a Nebuchadnezzar

"Sure, you're not going to have much occasion to bust out the Nebuchadnezzar, but at least you now know that those oversized bottles in vintners' windows aren't just hokey advertising gimmicks."

4 F O A P - 4 faces
4 faces of a pyramid?

300 C W T L O T A - 300 cubits
300 cubits was the length of the ark

1. Every one who is sane can do Logic;
2. No lunatics are fit to serve on a jury;
3. None of your sons can do Logic.

None of your sons are fit to serve on a jury.

17 I T CR O 4913 - is the 4913
17 is the cuberoot of 4913

T RN I 4145 M L
The river Nile is 4145 miles long


whim

DUCKS
None of my poultry are officers.

BOX
None of my sugar plums are pencils.

Merlin:

"None of your sons are fit to serve on a jury."


SL T 8 M A 14 S T R T E - Sun#Earth
Sunlight takes 8 minutes and 14 seconds to reach the Earth.

206 B I T H B - (last)body
206 bones in the human body

20 B I A N - bottles
20 bottles in a Nebuchadnezzar

"Sure, you're not going to have much occasion to bust out the Nebuchadnezzar, but at least you now know that those oversized bottles in vintners' windows aren't just hokey advertising gimmicks."

4 F O A P - 4 faces
4 faces of a pyramid?

300 C W T L O T A - 300 cubits
300 cubits was the length of the ark



Whim:

17 I T CR O 4913 - is the 4913
17 is the cuberoot of 4913

T RN I 4145 M L
The river Nile is 4145 miles long


Mark:

DUCKS
None of my poultry are officers.

BOX
None of my sugar plums are pencils.


O/S killer-diller ditloids
12 I A H O T BS - Beaufort Scale
176 V I T L P (I T HB) - 176 verses (in the Holy Bible)


Tricky-to-impossible loids

4 S O A DB - 4 strings

6 P O T SOD - 6 points

400 M A A A T - 400 metres

8 T O A S O A O - 8 tentacles

5 P F A T I R U - 5 points

6 P O A ST O A PT - 6 pockets

8 F A 2 T O A P O H - 8 fingers

6 B I A O I C - 6 balls

K 3 T B D F T O - 'Knock Three Times'



1. No experienced person is incompetent.
2. Jenkins is always blundering.
3. No competent person is always blundering.


1. No terriers wander among the signs of the zodiac.
2. Nothing, that does not wander among the signs of the zodiac, is a comet.
3. Nothing but a terrier has a curly tail.


1. No one takes the NYTimes, unless they are well educated.
2. No hedgehogs can read.
3. Those who cannot read are not well-educated.


A small pick-up truck is deposited in the desert beside three 50-gallon gas drums, all full. The truck's gas tank holds 10 gallons and is empty. The truck can carry one drum, whether full or empty, on its bed. It gets 10 miles to the gallon.

How far away from the starting point can you drive the truck

4 S O A DB - 4 strings
Strings on a Double Bass

6 P O T SOD - 6 points
Points on the star of David

8 T O A S O A O - 8 tentacles
Tentacles on a Squid or a Octopus

6 P O A ST O A PT - 6 pockets
Pockets on a snooker table or a pool table

8 F A 2 T O A P O H - 8 fingers
Fingers an two thumbs on a pair of hands

Is it a standard or an automatic?

Jenkins is not experienced.

No comets have curly tails.

No hedgehogs take the NY Times.

400 meters around an athletic track?

6 B I A O I C - 6 balls

6 balls is an over in cricket

Not bad for a Yank, eh?

This dish is not wholesome.
My gardener is very old.
Humming birds are not large birds.

WENDY
Thursday - lion told the truth, unicorn lied