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Here are some riddles. See if you can guess them all in under 60 seconds.
1.) A murderer is condemned to death.
He has to choose between three rooms.
The first is full of raging fires.
The second is full of assassins with loaded guns.
The third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.
Which room is safest for him?
2.) Many many keys I have, but no door I unlock.
Four strong legs and enchanting voice, Yet I never run or talk.
What am I?
3.) Throughout history, there have been thousands of well-documented cases of horses jumping over towers and landing on clergy and small men, forcing their removal. When does this bizarre-sounding phenomenon occur?
4.) What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
Longstreet
08-18-2008, 08:49
I got the first two, but am still working on the last two. Hmmm, two out of four which makes 50%. I feel like I am back in high school . . .
Here's a few more...
5) What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
6) You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
7) What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
8) What can you catch but not throw?
9) I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
10) What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
11) I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
12) Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
13) The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
Here are some riddles. See if you can guess them all in under 60 seconds.
1.) A murderer is condemned to death.
He has to choose between three rooms.
The first is full of raging fires.
The second is full of assassins with loaded guns.
The third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years.
Which room is safest for him?
2.) Many many keys I have, but no door I unlock.
Four strong legs and enchanting voice, Yet I never run or talk.
What am I?
3.) Throughout history, there have been thousands of well-documented cases of horses jumping over towers and landing on clergy and small men, forcing their removal. When does this bizarre-sounding phenomenon occur?
4.) What do you throw out when you want to use it, but take in when you don't want to use it?
1. IMO, the one with the lions who--if they haven't eaten in 3 years--are dead.
2. A piano.
3. When a knight jumps over a rook to capture a bishop or pawn in a game of chess.
4. An anchor.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
1. IMO, the one with the lions who--if they haven't eaten in 3 years--are dead.
2. A piano.
3. When a knight jumps over a rook to capture a bishop or pawn in a game of chess.
4. An anchor.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Ding...Ding...Ding....
We have a Winner on the 1st four !!!!
(BTW....#4 could also be a fishing line.)
I always enjoyed this one. :D
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.
In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet? :eek:
Richard :p
I always enjoyed this one. :D
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50."
The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less.
In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet? :eek:
Richard :p
The carny wrote "Your Exact Weight" on the piece of paper. :lifter
Kyobanim
08-18-2008, 09:36
A man is stranded on a desert island with only a calendar. A year later he was found alive. What did he eat for a year?
A man is stranded on a desert island with only a calendar. A year later he was found alive. What did he eat for a year?
Dates?
Kyobanim
08-18-2008, 10:19
and . . .
Here's a few more...
5) What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?
- A towel?
6) You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat?
- An ear of corn?
7) What goes up and down the stairs without moving?
- The bannister?
8) What can you catch but not throw?
- Herpes (or a cold)?
9) I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?
- A computer?
10) What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
- A globe?
11) I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
- A human being?
12) Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
?????
13) The man who invented it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who needs it doesn't know it. What is it?
????
Those last two are tough...
A man is stranded on a desert island with only a calendar. A year later he was found alive. What did he eat for a year?
Nothing. He was stranded on Dec 31st, and rescued on Jan 1st of the next year.
(BTW....#4 could also be a fishing line.)
Or a climbing rope.
Originally posted by Sdiver:
12) Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
I initially thought of a fish, but then I realized.....an alcoholic:D Fire is the answer. The same could also be said I suppose about what gets wetter and wetter as it dries. An alcoholic going through detox:rolleyes:
To the man who invented it riddle......The answer is a coffin.
Okay, let's see now....
Gagners,
You got numbers 5, 6 and 8 (cold) correct. Number 7, wasn't the one I was looking for.
BryanK,
You are correct of number 12 as being Fire, and number 13 is indeed a Coffin.
BoyScout
08-19-2008, 20:55
If 7 ain't a banister the only things that comes to my warped mind are steps and the hand rail.
If 7 ain't a banister the only things that comes to my warped mind are steps and the hand rail.
There's always the 'runner.'
Richard :munchin
There's always the 'runner.'
Richard :munchin
....and Richard gets ANOTHER ONE !!!!! :lifter :D
Come on, I gotta get partial points for bannister... :lifter
Boyscout - the bannister is the handrail.
Two more guesses:
10) What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
- A computer?
11) I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?
- A SPONGE!!! (How the f#$% did that one not jump out at me sooner?)
Two more guesses:
10) What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
- A computer?
Hmmm...a postage stamp.
Richard :munchin
Hmmm...a postage stamp.
Richard :munchin
Damn you Richard!!!! :mad::D
So easy now that you say it...
BoyScout
08-20-2008, 19:39
Come on, I gotta get partial points for bannister... :lifter
Boyscout - the bannister is the handrail.
I was referring to what goes along the wall, you are right, but those of us who are warped badly, banister keeps you from a drop, hand rail is flush against the wall helps guard against tumble. Both are the same, but in my thinking the location is the difference
Kyobanim
08-21-2008, 04:50
Nothing. He was stranded on Dec 31st, and rescued on Jan 1st of the next year.
No.
Slantwire
08-21-2008, 06:58
A man is stranded on a desert island with only a calendar. A year later he was found alive. What did he eat for a year?
Fish?
Kyobanim
08-21-2008, 08:56
I don't know about you, but my calendars don't have fish on them.
Slantwire
08-21-2008, 09:19
I don't know about you, but my calendars don't have fish on them.
Islands have oceans. Oceans have fish. :shrug
Just in case it was another "lions that haven't eaten in three years" kind of misdirection.
Dates and seasons? like seasoning? Another possibility: dates and yam's if you spell may backwards. Shot in the dark.
Here is a riddle that really makes you think.
A boy comes to a fork in the road and knows one leads to heaven and the other leads to hell, but doesnt know which road is which. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The boy doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask both of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?
We are going to assume the boy wants to go to Heaven:D
Have fun:munchin
Best of Luck
He can ask one of the men which road leads to heaven, then ask the other man what color the sky is that day (or something else that could be determined on the spot).
Assuming they both know which one is which.
A boy comes to a fork in the road and knows one leads to heaven and the other leads to hell, but doesnt know which road is which. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The boy doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask both of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?
1. Which is it--he may ask both one question or which man does he ask?
2. However, the question I'd ask is, "Which road goes to Heavan?"...because they will then both point to the same path. :)
Richard :munchin
1. Which is it--he may ask both one question or which man does he ask?
2. However, the question I'd ask is, "Which road goes to Heavan?"...because they will then both point to the same path.
1. The boy can ask each man one question
2. Ok, close but no cigar. Lets say you would have asked the lier "Which road goes to Heavan?" he would point to the path that leads to hell. You ask the same to the honest man, And he would point to the other road. The Problem is you dont know which man is honest and which man lies.:confused:
Good start though Richard
He can ask one of the men which road leads to heaven, then ask the other man what color the sky is that day (or something else that could be determined on the spot).
Assuming they both know which one is which.
Hmmmmm, ok that could be plausible. Not the Answer I was looking for but it could possibly work. The only problem i have with it, it depends on which man you ask, It could be twisted around against you somehow.
Good answer but not fully correct
GratefulCitizen
08-23-2008, 11:03
Here is a riddle that really makes you think.
A boy comes to a fork in the road and knows one leads to heaven and the other leads to hell, but doesnt know which road is which. There are two men at the fork, one of whom always tells the truth while the other always lies. The boy doesn't know which is which, though. He may ask both of the men only one question to find his way. Which man does he ask, and what is the question?
We are going to assume the boy wants to go to Heaven:D
Have fun:munchin
Best of Luck
"Which road did you come from/go down?"
It doesn't matter which one you ask.
Hmmmmm, ok that could be plausible. Not the Answer I was looking for but it could possibly work. The only problem i have with it, it depends on which man you ask, It could be twisted around against you somehow.
Good answer but not fully correct
How could it be twisted around?
Kyobanim
08-23-2008, 11:18
Sundays
How could it be twisted around?
I knew you were going to ask that....;)
Let me think here...
You can only ask each man 1 question, so if you would ask (lets say you pick the lier first by chance) what color the sky is. We are also going to say he is a clever man. He says blue, the sky is infact blue; but he thinks the sky is accually black and the color is just how the light is reflected off the atmosphere. So infact he thinks he lied. Then you ask the honest man which is the right road. He points to the right road, But since you think they both told the truth you're not sure.
Disclaimer: Not saying that is true because im not sure it is. (dont want this thread to be hijacked on why the sky is blue. For arguments sake:D)
Man that made me think.
That was a good answer though, but not just what I wanted.
Bare with me here:p
GratefulCitizen
08-23-2008, 11:32
New one:
There are 3 light switches on the bottom floor of a building.
One of the light switches turns on a light in a room on the second floor.
It is unclear what the other two switches do.
You can tell the difference between "on" and "off" for all 3 switches.
How can you determine which switch turns on the light without coming back down?
"Which road did you come from/go down?"
It doesn't matter which one you ask.
Hmmmm, I'm trying to figure out what exactly you mean.
The two men stay at the forked roads ( I'm Guessing).
If you mean the lier came from Hell, And the honest man came from heaven.
I'll go with that.
Since you say you would just ask one of them, You go up and ask the lier first.
You ask him where he came from.......:eek:
Wait... that would work
Good job.
But there is still another anwser :munchin
New one:
There are 3 light switches on the bottom floor of a building.
One of the light switches turns on a light in a room on the second floor.
It is unclear what the other two switches do.
You can tell the difference between "on" and "off" for all 3 switches.
How can you determine which switch turns on the light without coming back down?
I would just leave them on for a couple minutes and go down to see if they are warm from being lit. Not sure other than that....webcam ;)
You don't need to ask two questions, ask either man one question to find your answer.
(Assume heaven = right; hell = left)
Ask:
"If I ask the other guy which way goes to heaven, which way will he say?"
Then, go the opposite direction from his answer.
Here's why:
Assume you have asked the liar that question. The other man, being truthful, would have told you "Go right," but the liar can't tell you that. He has to reverse it and tell you to go left.
Assume you ask the truth teller that question. He will tell you the truth, that is, that the liar would lie and say "go left."
So no matter which man you ask, you will get the (WRONG) answer "Go left".
So go right and get to heaven.
You don't need to ask two questions, ask either man one question to find your answer.
(Assume heaven = right; hell = left)
Ask:
"If I ask the other guy which way goes to heaven, which way will he say?"
Then, go the opposite direction from his answer.
Here's why:
Assume you have asked the liar that question. The other man, being truthful, would have told you "Go right," but the liar can't tell you that. He has to reverse it and tell you to go left.
Assume you ask the truth teller that question. He will tell you the truth, that is, that the liar would lie and say "go left."
So no matter which man you ask, you will get the (WRONG) answer "Go left".
So go right and get to heaven.
That was the answer I was looking for.
Good Job CSB
New one:
There are 3 light switches on the bottom floor of a building.
One of the light switches turns on a light in a room on the second floor.
It is unclear what the other two switches do.
You can tell the difference between "on" and "off" for all 3 switches.
How can you determine which switch turns on the light without coming back down?
If i only get one trip up the stairs i would turn the first switch on for a few minutes and then switch it off. I would then switch on the second switch. Then i would know for sure which on controls the light.
If the light is on when i get up stairs i know it is the 2nd. If it is off but warm it would be the 1st and if it is off and cold then it is the 3rd.
What is the only thing you can keep by giving it away?
Red Flag 1
09-11-2008, 18:23
Sundays
Groan!
Originally posted by Tanto:
What is the only thing you can keep by giving it away?
Your heart
BryanK Quote:
-Originally posted by Tanto:
What is the only thing you can keep by giving it away? -
Your heart
A: A promise
A: A promise
Aha.
Here's another one:
What is greater than God,
Worse than the devil,
rich people don't want it,
and poor people have it.
Aha.
Here's another one:
What is greater than God,
Worse than the devil,
rich people don't want it,
and poor people have it.
Nothing is greater than god
Nothing is worse than the devil
Rich people want nothing
Poor people have nothing
The finishing act of this riddle is: "And if you eat it, you will die."
The answer is Nothing.
Dozer523
12-01-2008, 23:09
and . . .
Did the man on the island also eat sundays (sundaes)?
A man is lying dead in the middle of a field next to a tree, and a puddle of water. No tracks around, other than the mans own. How did he die?
Constant
12-03-2008, 10:26
A man is lying dead in the middle of a field next to a tree, and a puddle of water. No tracks around, other than the mans own. How did he die?
Lightning
ZonieDiver
12-03-2008, 10:50
A man is lying dead in the middle of a field next to a tree, and a puddle of water. No tracks around, other than the mans own. How did he die?
From a brain implosion due to pondering too many riddles? :D
Lightning
Good answer, but not exactly what I was looking for.
Originally posted by ZonieDiver:
From a brain implosion due to pondering too many riddles? :D
A certain possibility, but nein :D
The Reaper
12-03-2008, 11:39
Is the water blue?:D
TR
Is the water blue?:D
TR
No Sir, the water is clear.
Kyobanim
12-03-2008, 14:04
Did the man on the island also eat sundays (sundaes)?
yes
A man is lying dead in the middle of a field next to a tree, and a puddle of water. No tracks around, other than the mans own. How did he die?
The man ran into the tree, fell unconscious face first into the puddle, and drowned.
He was next to the puddle. Good guess!
It was an icicle that killed the man.
It was an icicle that killed the man.
Shades of the Charlie Chan movie "Black Magic" and his "frozen blood bullets" there, Numbah Won Son! :D
Richard's $.02 :munchin