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Thu 16 Jun, 2005 12:03 pm
As I went across the bridge, I met a man with a load of wood which was neither straight nor crooked. What kind of wood was it?
What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000?
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?
How would you rearrange the letters in the words new door to make one word?
There is only one correct answer.
What five letter word, no matter how you pronounce it, is always pronounced wrong?
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain on earth?
ok, im just taking a wild guess...
the third one: they could have been in a dry lake...lots of dried up lakes are still called lakes! lol that answer is wrong tho, im sure!
the last one: Mt. Everest was still the tallest...no one just ever knew about it...yea, thats wrong too!
wrong
wrong is always wrong, however you pronounce it.
stumped
Neither straight nor crooked? A tree stump, it's round. Not sure?
one word
I made "one word" out of "new door". But my word is two words!
single man
No single man got wet; they were all married?, or were they all women?
oh yea! they could all be married! haha
yes they were all married, value is 100, mt everest was still the biggest, o-n-e w-o-r-d is correct, wrong is the correct ans so the only one left is no1
Would No. 1 be - sawdust?
i dont understand how "wrong" is the answer to the 4th one
Re: riddles galore
What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000? 1000/1001
Re: riddles galore
tof wrote:How would you rearrange the letters in the words new door to make one word?
There is only one correct answer.
I KNOW THIS ONE!! Arrange the words
new door into the words
one word. Right?
(Cheeky me, I've seen this riddle before.)
Re: riddles galore
pavishga wrote:What is the value of 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 1,000? 1000/1001
Hi Pavishga, welcome to the forum. I nearly missed this one. In future, it may well be better if you start a new thread. Good first post, keep it up.
By working backwards, the answer becomes easier.
Nine-tenths of a thousand is nine hundred and eight-ninths of nine hundred is eight hundred etc., all the way down to the final answer of one hundred.
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